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''' raKH f ' ' ? '*? f "*-J?tt' ??**?' 1 ~~ _., ? ? '^j The Alamance gleaner 1 VOL. LIII. '<? GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY DECEMBER 15, 1927. NO. 46. DOINGS OF THE WEEK I NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Opening of New Congress? Kansas City Wins the G. O. P. Convention. By EDWARD W. PICKARD PRIMED for lively fights on various issues, the Seventieth congress be gan its first session on Monday. The house Immediately re-elected Nicholas Lougworth, but organization of the sen ate and corpmlttee assignments in botb bouses was delayed. With the open ing of the senate on Tuesday came the first gun In the battle over the seating of Frank L. Smith and W. S. Vare, senators-elect from Illinois and Penn sylvania respectively. Norris of Ne braska led off with a resolution sum marily refusing the two membership In the senate. Counter resolutions by their friends, that they be allowed to take the' oath of office and that the charges, of corrupt election practices be referred to the committee on priv ileges and elections, were offered. On Wednesday Senator Borah had his say In support of the latter resolutions and' the senate, by a vote of 53 to 28, decided that Smith could not take the ogtljv! Later the same action was taken in the case of Vare. Both cases were referred to the Reed committee on campaign expenditures. p RESIDENT COOLIDGE'S message, ' read to congress Tuesday, was a straightforward, business-like docu ment, setting forth the needs of the country as he saw them and advjsing $S. to.th?. future. He'did not with draw ' a' Bt"p In his attltiide'on con troversial questions and consequently the message in its entirety waS pleas ing only to his thick and thin, support er?. The program he recommended for the nation may be summarized thus: Farm relief?creation of a federal farm board to administer a revolving fund to aid co-operatives. Flood control Construction of dikes, spillways and aids to navigation In the lower Missis sippi. Tazaton?Moderate reduction as recommended by Secretary Mellon. Merchant marine?stop further build ing and turn ships over to private ownership. Inland navigation?Pro jection of the Gulf-to-the-Atlantlc wa terway through the St. Lawrence. Panama canal?Construction of $12, 000,000 dam at Alhajuela for flood pro tection. National defense?An army large enough for protection of the na tion with generous supply of offi cers; more cruisers, airplane carriers arid submarines for the navy but no participation in a navy building race. The President also urged strict en forcement of prohibition and again asked that the Chief Executive be given authority to act during coal strikes. In the matter of foreign rela tions he recommended understandings with other nations toward outlawing wur and negotiations of covenants not out of harmony with the Constitution. The president's farm relief proposi tion <n not at all suit the corn belt men; his recommendations as to taxes was at variance with the Ideas of the ways and means committee, which on the same day Introduced its bill call ing for a tax reduction of $232,735,000, much greater than was favored by Sec retary Mellon; the limitation of flood control work to the lower Mississippi was contrary to the views of a great many who advocate a much more com prehensive policy; the "big navy" men were not satisfied with his program for fighting ships, and both parties are split on his merchant marine Policy. ' TirEDNESDAY President Coolidge * submitted bis annual budget mes sage, and again warned congress that taxes should not be reduced by more than $225,000,000. The budget be offered for the fiscal year 1029 calls for total expenditures, exclusive of those of the Postal service, amounting to $3,550, 037,031. This Is about $04,000,000 less than the estimated expenditures of the current fiscal year of 1928, but repre senta an Increase of about $G3,000.000 ovet actual disbursements of the fiscal war 1927. On the basis of estimated receipts. tor the fiscal year 1929 of $3,809,497. Postage Rate Changes Recommended by New In recommending changes In post **? rates. Postmaster General New transmitted a cost ascertainment re- , Port on the handling of the mails and other services showing operations were conducted at a net loss of $28,914,716 lfist year, first-class mail was the ??ly class showing a profit. It having bee? $83,174,429, while second-el a^s newspapers and periodicals ?bowed a toes of $84,022,702. 314, President Cooltdge predicts a sur plus of $252,540,283, assuming no change in the present revenue laws. He estimates the surplus for the cur rent fiscal year at $454,283,800, this figure representing the difference be tween estimated receipts of $4,075,598, 091 and expenditures amounting to $3,621,314,285. The President allows approximately i $645,000,000 for the purely defense needs of the nation during the year ending June 30, 1929, an Increase of approximately $20,000,000 over the sum made available for defense last year. According to the President's figures, navy estimates for the next fiscal year are $362,167,020, an Increase of $14,299,043 over this year. For the army the budget estimates provide $291,331,833. The navy total, however, contains approximately $9,000,000 for retired pay for officers and enlisted men, an item not Included In the army total. YITHEN the Republican national com * * mittee got together?with two new anti-La Follette members surprisingly elected in Wisconsin?it first called on the President in the White House, and Mr. Coolldge made quite a long ad dress in which he quite definitely re moved himself from consideration for the nomination in 1928. His words were : "Tfiis is naturally the time to be planning for the future. The party will soon place in nomination its can didate to succeed me. To give t'"y for mature deliberation I stated to the country on August 2 that I do" not choose to run for President In, 1928. My statement stands. No one should be led to suppose that I have modified it My decision will be nespected. After I had been eliminated the party began and should vigorously continue the serious task of selecting another candidate from among the numbers qf distinguished men available." The committee then took up the question of the convention city, hear ing the offers of the several contest ants. Chairman Butler aroused a good deal of animosity by declaring his preference for Kansas City, and a hot fight between that city and San Fran cisco resulted. On the twentieth bal lot Kansas City won, and the com mittee at once issued a call for the convention to meet there- on June 12. Mr. Coolidge's "elimination" of himself was followed by a statement by Charles Evans Hughes that he was not to be considered a candidate, and, though Senator Willis announced that he was willing to accept the honor, there were left but three major contenders for the nomination?Frank 0. Lowden, Her bert Hoover and Vice President Dawes. The selection of Kansas City was re garded as rather favorable to Lowden and Dawes. Under the terms of the call for the convention the basis of representation will be the same as In 1924. There will be one delegate for each congres sional district and one additional dele gate for each district polling 10,000 or more votes for the Republican candi date for President in 1924 or Re publican candidate for congress In 1926. Then there will be four dele gates at large for each state and three additional delegates for each state car ried by the Republican ticket in 1924. There will be 1,089 delegates In the convention, compared with 1,109 In 1924. Kentucky and Texas gain three each, while Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin lose three each, Tennessee eight; Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia two each, and Alabama, Louisiana, and New York one each. WAR.VI.N'Q wn? Issued to the Re publican and Democratic parties by tbe Anti-Saloon league at its meet ing in Washington, that tbe league membership will support only those candidates in state and national elec tions whose utterances, acts and rec ords prove them to be loyal supporters of the Volstead act To win the sup port of the organization the parties must nominate men whose loyalty to the dry act cannot be questioned. After a bitter fight between the sup porters of F. Scott Mcllride, national superintendent of the Antl-Saioon league, and Ernest H. Qierrington, general manager of the league's pub lishing activities, over the question of whether force or persuasion should be the major weapon ujed In the future by the league in Its Qght against re peal of the Elgh teeny ametjpment. Some of the postmaster general's recommendations for changes In the rates are: Restore the one-cent postage rate on post cards. Rednee the postage on magazines and newspapers when sent b7 others than the publisher or newspaper to one cent for each two ounces. Provide for collecting one-cent addi tional an ounce on flrst-class matter when mailed with postage deficient Provide f5r collect on deliver; busi ness reply cards and business reply r McBrlde was re-elected and Cherrins ton was made director of a new de partment of education, publicity and research. E. S. Sliumaker, Indiana superintendent who is under indict ment for contempt of the Indiana Su preme court, was dropped from the executive committee. MEMBERS of the powerful Ameri can Farm Bureau federation, in convention In Chicago, listened to an address by General Perahlng on the place of. agriculture In a national de fense program, and liked his views eo well that they told him they would like to vote for him for President of the United States. He smiled, but de clined to comment on this incipient boom. The federation adopted a reso lution Insisting that legislation which "contains the principles embodied In the McNary-Haugen bill, with such improvements as experience and good judgment may suggest shall again be passed by congress." Another resolution asked a change in the tariff act so that the United States tariff commission mny more ef flcleptly serve agriculture in the cases before It. SECRETARY MELLON Id his an nual report says that, notwith standing a decline In business activ ity, underlying conditions are sound. "Business activity began In the spring months of this year to fall below the totals of last year," says the report. "As a result of this recession business is now being conducted on a basis that conforms more nearly to the normal expectancy, as Judged from the reg ular rate of growth of the country. While business is not as active as In most of 1026, It can hardly be said to be subnormal, and the underlying fundamentals appear to be sound. "Another Indication of healthy busi ness conditions Is the recent recovery In commodity prices, due in the main to the rise In agricultural prices. The growing stability of prices In Europe, moreover. Is favorable to our export commodities." CHARLES MARTINDALE, master In chancery of Indlanoplla, filed in the United States District court a re port In which the Standard Oil Com pany of Indiana and fifty other oil concerns are held not guilty of violat ing the Sherman anti-trust Isw by a monopoly of trade. Martlndale holds that there Is no evidence of an exist ing conspiracy in restraint of trads, maintenance of a monopoly, prlcn fix ing or pooling of patent rights. Dis missal for lack of equity of the suit In stituted by the government thraa years ago was recommended. LITHUANIA and Poland presented their ? complaints against each other to the council of the League of Nations In Geneva and asked for re lief. Premier Waldemaras appeared for Lithuania first before representa tives of Great Britain, France, Ger many, Italy and Japan, and refused to budge from his position. He said he was ready to give the council every guarantee of Lithuania's pacific Inten tions and his willingness to set up a neutral zone between Lithuania and Poland, but hegcould not go Into the question of Immediately restoring dip lomatic relations with Poland or allow ing the Poles nntrammeled entry Into Lithuania. Next day Waldemaras told the coun cil how Lithuania has been continually menaced by Poland since the estab lishment of the little republic, and re counted the alleged Polish actions In support of Lithuanian rebellions. For eign Minister Zaleskl of Poland said Waldemaras1 charges and fears were based on gossip and that bis country extended the fraternal hand of friend ship to Lithuania. Finding the whole matter too difficult for Immediate de cision, the council referred It to Van Btockland of Holland for a report JAPAN'S plan to borrow $40,000,000 from J. P. Morgan * Co. for the benefit of the Japanese owners of the South Mancbnrlan railway has been killed. All the Chinese factions had protested against It, and the disap proval of the United Statea was con sidered certain. Under the American notes of May, 1915, Japan la required to obtain' American approval of any Manchurlan loan to which the Chinese have not consented. The Japanese are greatly disappointed by this failure. letters at the regular rate together with not more than two cent* on each card or letter. Provide transmission of thlrd-claaa mail In quantities of not leta than 20 pounds, of Identical separately ad dressed pieces at twelve cents a pound, excepting books, catalogues, seeds, etc., on which the rate shall be eight cents a pound, but In no case at less than one cent per piece. This in effect would restore the one-cent minimum rate on open envelope direct adver tising. tffitm 1 J tVwaom. 3K T WAS December 23; there would be a rush for ClirNt B Jg mas flowers at the Alpha Floral rooms that day; and the girls were already busy getting the windows redecorated. "How did Miss Anne say to put these poinsettlas In the east window?" isked Ardus Ellington, who was help ing out during the holidays. "The old girl said to graduate them," answered Jane Duncan, who was "regular help" at the shop. "Of course, with you, a college stude, (raduate means to turn out?to finish jp. That's what I'd like to do with .hese flowers?finish them. I'm so -Ired of them." "I'm afraid you don't love flowers," Tolced Ardus. "I do." "You would," retorted Jane, who ?iked for everyone to think her so phisticated If not depraved. "I like the little old coin I get at the end of the week; and It's little enough, believe me. But come here, Innocent, and 1*11 show you how to graduate the posies. Park the shortest ones next the glass, the taller ones next, and so on?like this." Ardus saturated the black sand In the flower pots, and carried other pots from another room while the others drained a bit MIss'Anne called from a workroom at the rear, and Jane - answered the call, while Ardus worked at the win dow. Just as Jane returned with an armload of made-up flowers to box, Henry Von Hagen came Into the shop. "I better take him; he's a regular," said Jane In an undertone; and she deposited the orders on a table. "May I help you, please?" she asked, demurely enough. "Some poinsettlas, I think," an swered the man, and Jane led the way to where Ardus was working. Henry looked at the plant Ardus was lifting for the window. He also looked at the glrL , "This Is a beauty," he said, look ing at the girl, though he Indicated the plant "PU take this one, and these two," he continued, selecting other plants. "Then I'd like to have some of the cut blossoms." Jane went before blm Into an ad joining room, where he selected two dozen of the cut flowers with stems of varied length. Back In the office he gave the address; wrote a check In payment; and left the shop look ing at Ardus Ellington. "That nut's sayln' It with poinset tlas, I'd say," remarked Jane, going back to packing the flowers. "I'd say a prince Instead of a nut ?If I were getting the flowers," smiled Ardus. "Well, I'll say the way he lamped you would Indicate that he'd say I I Ardui Carried othar Pota From An other Room. ?prince**' to you. Innocent Why'n't y'u flirt a bit?" "Who Is be," asked Ardus, Ignor ing her quentlon. "Head engineer at the Public Herri ce or *omethlng. Name'* Von Hagen. HI* old man'a a professor here for yeara?romantic language*. T'u ought to know him. Maybe you're had clause* under the old gink." "I think I do know who be I*: but I hare no dasse* with blm till next year. But who were the flower* for?" "Qettln' Inqotsltire already V asked the girl, teaslngly. "Well, he's send ing them u a Christmas present to his mamma," she said, accenting the last syllable. The conrersatlon was stopped by a customer, an? for the rest of the day a busy stream of happy shoppers ran In and out of the shop. Miss Anne wsa wrapping some polnsettlas for the girls; Ardus se lecting some rtolets for her coat collar; and tbe Christmas greetings were being exchanged at tbe same time. Jane exclaimed: "Well, I gotta beat It My sweetie's ' /*? Ukio' me to the Orpbeora tonight Suppose you're goln' to one of the big 'Y.-W.' parties that gome of the professors' wives are throwing for the orphan etudes?" "Yes, and I'm mighty thankful for ? chunce to go to a party. It's pretty nice, when one must be away from home at Chrlstmns. The funny part is that there are three parties, and none of us knows to which party he's going?<r at whose home the party will be. We are to be railed for and are to ask no questions. Isn't that thrilling?" "Twould almost startle a turtle, don't ya know. Well, good night; don't do anything I wouldn't." And Jane was gone. After supper, Artlus dressed with much care, and then came down to sit In the cheer of the grute lire. She wondered what the folks at home were doing, and tried to visual ise every member of the family. She stood looking Into a huge poinsettia on the table. She remembered a dream she had the night before, and that she had not remembered till that minute: but Just then an auto horn sounded outside. She hurried Into her coat and hat, pulling on her gloves as she went down the steps. Some one she didn't know was coming up the walk. He turned, after greetings, and they went together to the waiting car. Ardus had no more than buttoned her coat high around her neck, he ? When Ardue Cam* Down tho 8Up? She Wat Met by Henry. Siik careful of the violet*, than the driver said: "Here we are," aa he drew np In front of a large home and stopped. He assisted Ardus to alight walked to the steps with her. lifted his hnt and said "good night" "Good night?and thank you,' an swered the girl. Ardus went up the broad steps and rang the bell. Henry Von Ungeu opened tne door. "Good evening," he said cordlully, taking her hand. "Mother, this Is Miss Ellington." "I'm so glad you could come. Go upstairs to the first room you come to." When Ardus came down the steps she was mi. by Henry, who led her Into a big living room. I'olnscttius were grouped In the big old-fashioned bay window. Gazing Into one of the flowers, Henry said: "You know, I had the queerest dream last night." "So did I," Joined Ardus. "I dreamed," continued Henry, "that I went to the opera, and when the curtains were drawn?" 'There was n huge polnsettla on either side of the stage," Interrupted Ardus. "And when the orchestra played 'Dreams of Love' a?" ^A prince stepped out of one of the flowers?a prince with page toys, attendants, and so on," Interrupted the girl again. "How In the world could you know what I dreamed?" asked Henry. "But you do; and a princess stepped out of tho other bloom?a princes* with as many attendants and Indiee-ln-waitlng. They began a?" "A march to music toward the ren ter front of the stage." said Ardus. Henry's conntennnce revealed sur prise, excitement, Inrrednllty; but be continued: "How could yon know what I dreamed?I didn't even remember It myself till I looked at that flower. Rut they did march toward the center front of the stage. And when they met. the prince kissed the princes*, and she put her arms around his neck?" "And yon were the prince," said Ardus. "And yon were the princess." fin ished Henry. Their Hps met; her arms were about bis neck; his arm encircled her waist. Some one In another room laughed aloud. Then Henry and Ardus saw that they were under the mistletoe. Unabashed, Henry said: "I've been looking for yon always, dear; when will yon marry me?" Ardus replied: "Yes, I knew yesterday that yon were the one?and then that dream that proves we belong to each other?" "Of course, I've dreamed of yon al ways?but when will we be married?" "Just any time you say, dear." ? (?. lilt. Wwurn Nmrnpnpnr Union > New Hebrides _ A Patriarch at NaW Habridaa. irrvparen uv m? nmonai u?uii? biiuiij Society. Washington. D. C.? FRANCE and Great Britain have ? strange portnersb'p In tbe admin 1st ration of tbe New Hebrides Islands, which lie In tbe Pacific ocean about a thousand miles east of Australia. For a long time the Islands were not formally under the control of eny European country. But both British and French commercial actlvl ties were growing, especially the lat ter, owing to the proximity of France's territory. New Caledonia. Neither power could obtain tbe agreement of the other to the annex ation of tbe New Hebrides, so tbe problem was solved at least tempo rarily In 1878 by the Joint declaration if France and Great Britain that the territory should be neutral. This agreement did not work very well, and In 1006 a protocol was entered Into stating that' the Islands should he come "a region of Joint Influence'' by Great Britain and France, with sepa rate administrations for the natlonsls of each, and a Joint administration toward the natives. People of all oth er nationalities must choose or "opt" whether they are to he under British or French Jurisdiction. So today the Islands have a queer "scrambled" government not very sat isfactory to either the French or Brit Ish trading companies, tbe plantation owners, the missionaries, or the ns tlves. There Is a British high com missioner and a French high commis sioner In the Islands; separate British and French police forces; and a Joint court presided over by a Briton, a Frenchman, and i third Judge select ed iiy the king of Spain. Both languages are ottlclal. but neither Is very useful In dealing with the natives. For the New Hebrides natives are still savages. What tha Natiss Ara Llka. For years the notlyes of the Islands were the prey of tltfc e-Blackhlrdcrs." or labor pirates, because they are gen erally considered more Industrious and sturdier of build than the average Kanaka. They are reputed to have cannlballatlc tendencies, to he trench erous and of uncertain temper, facts probably due In some measure to the treatment to which they were sub Jected by these traders. They are MclnnesCan stock, below the medium In stature, and accentuate the ugll- I ness In their broad, black faces and receding foreheads by sticking coco nut fiber In their hair acd adorning their ears and flat noses with rings. They pride themselves upon their weapons?spenrs, clubs hows, and poisoned arrows?some of which are beautiful In design and elaborate pat tern. The women In general hold a de graded position. The wives of the more Important men Increase the number of the skirts which they wear at one time as an Indication of their rank. The "pooh-bah's" wife wears as many as SO. The "better halP of a man Is sometimes hurled alive with her husband upon his death. Qnlros. the Portuguese navigator In 1(106. was the flrst white man to see the rugged outline of the coast of the Islands, which rise abruptly out of the deep sea In the hurricane tone of the tropics. Believing he had dla covered tha great southern continent which was at that time tbe dream of navigators, Qalros may be compared to Columbus, who thought he hod found a route to Ind'a when be sight ed the palm-fringed shores of tbe West Indies. He called his discovery Australia del Esplrttu Santo, which has been shortened by trader* to Santo and Is applied to the largeat Wand of the group. Some of the other large luouiimins ano pa my vmcnnic manna are A mhrym. Annatam. Aurora. Apt. Pentecost. Rromanga. MalllcoHo a ad Tanua. the borne of the -great light house of the, southern Isles." Tanaa toIcsdo. Which bums forth brilliantly every three or Mar annates. Santo a Fertile Island. Countless atresias cut Santo, which la 64 miles long a ad1 82 miles wide, luto broad, fertile valleys. Fross Its shores,-and those of the neighboring trlands toils of copra are sent to Syd ney. Australia. and to New Caledonia and shipped frqtn there is seep makers the world over. Coffee, cocoa ana vanilla, as well as tropical fruits, grow In abundance. Oranges are anfd to grow ?n large that both a man's bands can scarcely span one of them, and the pineapples of the Islands sometimes weigh 20 pounds. So rtefe Is the soli and luxuriant the resets tlon that In msny places 6JM0 sheep can be kept on 2j000 acres of land. Vila harbor or VUa. which Is set between mountain peaks and gemamd with Islands. It the most Important N commercially among the many CHts modious and strategic harbors which the Islands afford. The scattered lit tle village which doses under the shelter of Its palm trees has bollt no pier to encourage Its shipping. The cargoes must he loaded by the na tives In small boats. Though the prog ress of conquering nations baa left Its mnrk In Ibe Catholic and Presbyterian churches, the large wireless station and certain administrative bindings, the town Is essentially native In char acter with Its thatch-roofed houses set amid the colorful hibiscus blos soms. and sometimes fortified with stone nolle. What the furore of the Islands la to be Is a problem. British resilient a la the South seas. Including the Australi ans and New Zealmndern. are anxious to have Frence'e governmental Inter" est taken over by Great Britain or hy one of the southern dominions art log for her. Most of the British nation als In the Islands are Australians or New Zealandere. The British plant ers are not permitted to bring In coojle labor from India or elsewhere; but there Is no such restriction on the French, who have Introduced sev eral thousand Tonkluese rootle*. im Japan*** Crowding In. Then there Is the problem of Japa nese immigration. They have nuue In large numbers, and the British sen growing up a parallel situation in that In New Caledonia where there are more thnn 6.000 Japanese, and where they have a strong bold on the busi ness activities of the islands, InrlmV Ing the famous nickel mine* there. v The Australians fear thai It the New Hebrides should pass entirety under French control, they might later fall *j Into Japanese hands. The French themselves greatly out number the British, and there are per haps ten French trading ships busy la the Islahda 'to ooe British. In Vila, the capital, the French population ' outnumbers the British eight to one. There have been a number of con ferences between France and Great ,1 Britain at which an effort has been - made to place the New Hebrides un der a tingle Jurisdiction. Repi iieenis-. T lives of Australia and New Zealand ?jj proposed either that Great Britain '*'<1 take a mandate over the Islands, that rl> the French debt to Britain be *cW|fl celled In exchange for France's Ijj)* ests. or tluit British African terrttjSpl he traded to France for the New rides. Bnt France not wnaffta3Br!iS proposed thai the British Inwffg ttKSj nag and leora the French la |g*5?g$ g|OB. ?