HBRFT - , " the Alamance gleaner VOL. LIV. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY MAY 17, 1928. NO. 15. WHAT'S GOING ON I NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Watson Defeats Hoover in Indiana?Japan Is Fight ing Chinese. By EDWARD W. PICKARD INDIANA farmers Indicated last week that they did not approve of the Presidential candidacy of Herliert Hoover. The vote of the rural dis tricts In the Republican primary was strong enough to give Senaftr James EL Watson, favorite son, a majority of something like 25,000 over the sec retary of commerce, whose strength was iqalnly In the cities and larger towns; and the 33 Hoosier delegates at Kansas City will vote for thd sen ator at least on the first ballot AMI Hooverites claimed the result' In In diana was a severe blow to Hoover's chances, bnt his supporters asserted he really had won a victory by keep ing Watson's majority down to com paratively small figures. Despite Senator Watson's protesta tions that he Is In the race to win, the politicians nearly all assume that be is a stalking horse for Lowden or Dawes, and the opinion is widespread that the Indiana delegation, or many of Its members, will shift to Dawes as soon as the senator releases them, though they may first give Lowden a chance. G. Burt Thurman, the Wat son campaign manager In the state, said: "Indiana will be for Dawes or Lowden or any other Republican," with significant empbasis on the word Republican. Maryland Republicans last Tuesday pledged their 19 dele gates to Hoover. Democrats of Indiana voted to send their 30 delegates to Houston Instruct ed to vote for Evans Woollen, the In dianapolis banker whom Tom Taggart brought forward. He was unopposed. The Republicans renominated Senator Robinson and the Democrats picked Albert Stump for the senate. The nominations for governor must be made by the party conventions, for no candidate on either side won a clear majority. Michigan's state Democratic conven tion voted to Instruct the delegation of 30 to vote as a unit for A1 Smith, the opposition being easily squelched. But the fight against the New Tork governor Is not entirely abandoned, for In Alabama the anti-Smith or ~un Instructed delegation" faction captured the majority of the state's delegates to Houston. In Texas the bitter strug gle to send an unlnstruhted delegation tot the Republican convention seemed likely to win. SENATOR STEIWBR'S campaign expenditures Investigation commit tee has not brought out anything in teresting so far except a small display of temper by Herbert Hoover. He' was subjected to a long examination ns to promises, contributions and po litical deals and managed to retain control of himself, but when Senator Barkley of Kentucky asked him wheth er he had advised the manufacturers of chinaware to raise the price of china, be exploded, saying: '1 won der, Mr. Chairman, If the committee is not getting down to dealing with a pretty small type of street slander." From the other candidates for the Presidential nomination the committee extracted no Information In the least sensational. BOTH tbe house and senate accepted the conference report on the flood control bill after the measure had been so altered that if would meet with the approval of the President Three Important revisions suggested by Mr. Coolldge were made and It was understood the bill would receive executive approval, although tbe Pres ident still dislikes some of Its pro visions. Tbe bill as It reached the President authorises the expenditure of $325. 000.000 for the flood control project but i according to President Coolldge and Maj. Gen. Edgar J ail win, chief of engineers, tbe actual minimum cost win be at least $500,000,000. The bill places final authority In the hands of the President Actual construction work would be In charge of the pres ent Mississippi river commission under the direction of the secretary of war and the supervision of the chief of engineers. ,* , While tiie bill declares for the re tention of the principle of local con tribution toward flood control projects, local interests under the bill most fur nish only sncli additional rights of way as are needed forslevees on the main channel of the Mississippi and must maintain the flood control works when completed. The federal govern ment will bear the entire cort of con struction of levees and other flood con trol works and will furnish rights' of way for levees along floodwnys and spillways FOK the first lime in history the sen ate has assumed the prerogative of ofFering udvice to the Supreme Conrt of the United Sta'tes. By a vote of <6 to 31 It approved a resolution asking that Donald C. Ktchberg of Chicago, counsel for the national conference on the valuation of American railways, be allowed to Intervene In proceedings before the court for the purpose of making an oral argument and filing a brief. The conference Rlchberg repre sents was formed some yfears ago ,by radical groups and is headed by Sen ator Norrls of Nebraska, who intro duced the extraordinary resolution. The case in question is an appeal by the railroads from a lower court's de cision upholding the Interstate com merce commission's ruling with re spect to the determination of valua tion for rate-making and recapture purposes. CHINA and Japan are actually at war, though not officially, because Japan Insists on giving military pro tection to the Shantung railway and to her nationals there. Protests of both the Nationals and the Peking government were unheeded and bloody clashes between the Japanese and the Southerners at Tslnan, capital of Shan tung province, followed. There were many casualties on both sides and the fighting continues at tbe time of writ ing. Each side blamed the other for i the outbreak of hostilities, and each accused the other of brutal outrages. The Japanese commander In Shantung established a neutral zone along the railway and at latest reports had driven the Southerners out of it. The Tokyo government speedily prepared and sent over heavy reinforcements and dispatched additional warships. Then Marshal Chang, dictator of north China, Issned a proclamation ordering all his forces to cease fighting the Na tionalists, In order, evidently, that the Chinese nation might employ Its com bined strength In combating the Jap anese aggression. In his pronunda mento Chang Intimated his Intention of soon retiring to Manchuria, stating he was willing to be not Insistent re garding national politics, and tie con cluded with the statement that the ship of state was sinking rapidly and he -hoped the people would come to their senses and save the country from destruction. Suggestions of mediation by the United Slates have been made but are useless, for Washington has said It would not undertake to mediate unless asked to do so by both sides, and Japan says It will neither ask nor ac cept mediation. Tbe unofficial govern ment view In Tokyo is that Japan does not consider tbe present situa tion whr and that therefore the matter can be settled diplomatically between japan and China. All Americans In the war zone are believed to be safe, though some. Including Consul Price at Tslnan, were under fire. RUMANIA almost bad a revolution last week, bat tbe government nipped It In the bud. The peasants fathered In vast throngs?two hun dred thousand In Alba J alia and smaller numbers In other places?and fortnu lated demands (or a change of govern ment and the end of the despotic regime of Premier Bratlano. Some of the leaders wished to have the hordes march on Bucharest to enforce their demands, but others dissented and only a few thousands slhrted on the trek to the capital and they aeon quit At the gatherings the government had stationed large detach menu of troops which did net Interfere with the de liberations but effectually squelched all the ardor for militant action. Aa Interesting feature of the affair was tbe fact that Pflnce Carol. In England with his female companion, plotted to take advantage of the assemblage of the peasants to gain possession of the throne. He Intended to seod airplane# over to ecatter messages to the peo ple, and perhaps to By there himself. Rot the British government discovered the plan, frustrated It and ordered Carol to leave the country. It was ru mored he might come to the United States. Leaders of the peasants' party denied that they had any part In Carol's scheme. PREMIER MUSSOLINI. In an official note to Secretary Kellogg, states that Italy Is entirely willing to collab orate with the United States In the negotiation of a muitllaterftl anti-war treaty. The State department officials, however, do not like the dictator's sug gestion that the United States should participate in an Internatiohal Jurists* conference which would discuss the whole subject of outlawing- war. It Is not believed Italy will press this point. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JIL, has made public two letters to Col. Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, in which be asked the latter to resign his position because of the revelation of Stewart's participation In the Continental Trading ? company's deals that were involved In the Tee pot Dome lease scandal, ilr. Rocke feller wrote Colonel Stewart that he was calling upon him "tevmake good the promise you voluntarily gave me some weeks ago that you would resign at my request" Stewart up to the time of writing has declined to com ment on the matter. Rockefeller is a very large stockholder In the Stand ard of Indiana, but It was,said in Wall etreet that he might not be ahle to enforce his demand for Stewart's res ignation If the chairman decided to resist. District Attorney Rover In Washington submitted a transcript of Stewart's testimony before the senate Teapot Dome committee to the federal grand Jury with a view to his indict ment. PRESIDENT COOLIDGR told caller* at the White Hotue the other day that If all projects before congress are approved the required expenditure wonld be so huge that tax redaction woilld be Impossible, fodeed, he warned. It wonld be necessary to levy additional taxes. The aggregate ex penditure called for'would be more than a billion dollars, according to Chairman Snell of the house rules com ! mlttee. Included In the Mg projects are: Flood control, at least 3323.000. 000; farm relief. $400,000,000; Boulder dam, at least $125.000.000; Muscle Shoals. $73,000,000; good roads. $73. 000,000; retirement of civil employees. $00,000,000; Welch federal employees' salary Increase bill. $18,000,000; Missis sippi river barge line. $10,000,000; war mineral relief bttl. $3,000,000 to $10. 000.000. and vocational training bill. $6,000,000. Babon vqn huenefku). captain Koehl and Major Fltsmaurlce. the Bremen transatlantic flyers, flew from Philadelphia to Chicago and spent two strenuous days and nights there. Thej were feasted and. entertained In vari ous ways, and on Saturday there was a grand" parade to Soldier Held on the Lake Front where they were formally welcomed to the city. More than one hundred German and Irish societies were In the line of march and took part In the ceremonies. Among the guests of honor were Prat Hogo Junk era. manufacturer of the Bremen plane, and T. A. Smlddy. minister of the Irish Free 8tata at Washington. INFORMATION reaching (he War de 1 partment (bow* that Great Brit ain'* army expenditure* daring the coming year for the deretopment aad purchaaa of new machine weapon* and motorized equipment will be teo time* the amount expanded hp the United State* for a atmliar purpose. The British will spend 13.000.000 In army modernization work. The United States la planning to expend more than erer before In peace time on ma chine weapon*, bat It* total spending* for testing and now deretopment work will not exceed *500.000. . Of the funds allotted to the ordnance department of the United testes arm) about gl40,000 will be utilized for the purchase of trucks, tractor*, amnion! tloo power carta, aad otbor material for completely motorizing an infantry regiment. The balance will be ex pended In tank expert mentation* and la perfecting new artillery. Timber Supply Matter of Moment to Nation This country contain* an roc 470. 000.000 acrwa of land which forester* classify aa forest land, and which will not be needed, or la not primarily salted for other agricultural crops Bat at least 80.0u0.000 acres of this land Is so denuded as to be In a noo productfee roodltloa. and much mora of it Is not nrndflnt nearly as much timber as Ir ceold under proper far the United State* I* using up Its tim ber . supply four times as rapidly as that supply Is belnf replaced through growth, and It Is probable the Ba tten's wood requirements will lac lease as the population grown with the virgin forest area of the United States reduced to bat little mote than one-sixth what It wga orig inally, the numerous lndnafrlea which dfpend to a greater or leas exM% on wood, and the many other I amain concerned with the products end bead Ma af Mafia wa Im to leefe fa a . reforestation snd scientific ftwi management on a pengimi pradar Uon basis, forest experts declare. The origins! forest ares of the Daltec States Is estimated at 8220000M seres, or abotfl two-fifths of the ea tire land area. The present forest area Is pot at t70.0n0.0flb seres, ot which oalj 121000.000 sere* remalt as virgin forest, while some 250.000. 000 serss of cut sad bnrn*0 bet when Geneeiere came to rteft her aont not hi oc would do but he maM marry ber. He had thrown ep ereif thlop and followed ber beck to ber borne. Mary oeeer eew Mm eiala; ae* dom heard from him Be bad tifcw Joat abortt all the mnwry they both had te aet op In bwtiaeaa Bel the bas Ineaa failed. And be died. Mityk bean had aort of tailed and the adth bora told her she better per late the home while sh? cewM. Then, after a risit te Donor McAfee's. she'd pat H la her bead "that she meat asw the little boy Therm left. The ntte hey most be like Ms daddy?baa ha waamL The trip had beea rBrappetaSfap. Take It all in all. the was better aft at? tile home. telllnp* ail this. Bat pal had a way a? brintrinj bet not. 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