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The Alamance gleaner * VOL. LTV. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 1928. NO. 32. HAPPENNINGS OF THE WEEK | NEWS REVIEW OF GURRENTEVENTS Rescue of Rockford Flyers in Greenland?Zogu Now King of Albanians. By EDWARD W. PICKARD BERT HASSELL and Parker Cram er, the Rockford (III.) aviators who set out on a flight to Stockholm and disappeared, were found alive and safe In Greenland by the University of Michigan expedition and last week started for Denmark by steamer in company with Prof. W. H. Hobbs, leader of the scientific group. Losing their way to Mount Evans, their Green land destination, the flyers ran out of gas and landed on the Ice fields 100 miles Inland. For two weeks they tramped over mountains, around fjords, and across sand flats, and finally at tracted the attention of the scientists by smoke signals and were rescued. Their Stlnson plane was uninjured when they abandoned It, but was be lieved to have been broken up by lat er storms. Though unsuccessful In making the flight to Sweden, the aviators believe they have established the fact that the Greenland route Is the best for flights to northern Europe; and In this they are upheld by Vllhjalmur Stef ansson, the noted Arctic explorer who says that In Greenland there are tens of thousands of miles of perfectly level Ice on which planes can land safely. Mr. Stefansson said the Greenland course In the future will be taken by airplanes and dirigibles to the prac tical exclusion of the southern routes over 1,600 miles of open water. A ^ direct route between Seattle and Ber lin, he explained, would combine a maximum of safety with a minimum of distance, and would bring, the west coast of America almost as near to Europe In hours as Is the east coast. FRANCE lost oil* of her leading statesmen last week In an air plane disaster. Uantice Bokanowskl, minister of commerce, aviation, posts, telegraph and telephones and roungest member of the cabinet, was killed when a plane In which he was flying from Toul to Paris crashed Just after Its start. His fonr companions also perished and the bodies were bnrned when the wreck took fire. One of the worst recent American airplane disasters occurred near Po catello, Idaho, when a Fokker air mall plane crashed. Six passengers and the pilot were Instantly killed. EUROPE has a new king. Ahmed Zogu, who has been serving as President of Albana, was elevated to the throne by the national assembly without a dissenting vote and assumed the historic name of Scanderbeg III. This Mohammedan, a former moun tain chieftain, took a double oath as king, once on the Bible and once on the Koran. He has guaranteed the country complete freedom of worship. Though the people of Tirana, the Al banian capital, seemed happy to have Zogu as king, the chiefs of the Repub lican party are said to have sent a protest to all European powers, say ing the Albanian people would resort to arms to restore the republican form of government. Italy was the first power to recognize the new regime and it was believed the exam ple wonld be followed by all the oth ers. The king's first ofllctal act was 1 the liberation of 2,000 prisoners, and the second was to give bonuses of one month's salary to all state employees. GERM ANT, constantly trying to find some way to get the French army of occupation out of the Rhine land, has made a definite proposition on the subject to France, and last week In Geneva Herr Mueller, chan cellor of the relch, had a long private conference with M. Brland, French minister of foreign affairs It was said that the German plan contem plates the mobilization of a certain portion of the 11,000,000,000 gold marks (22,730,000,000) In railway de bentures as provided under the Dawes plan, for the floating of an Interna tional loan and the liquidation of. a large portion of France'a war Indem nity claims. It provides for the fixa tion of the total amount of repara tions which Germany shall pay under the Dawes plan. The Dawes plan merely fixed the amount of annuities without stating how many years they should continue. It was realized by both Mueller and Brland that the proposition cannot be developed' until after the Presidential elections In the United States and an agreement with the next administra tion at Washington, because the bulk of the relch railway debentures must be floated In the American market. \I7HEN the League of Nations aa * ? sembly opened in Geneva the representatives of Finland, Sweden and Poland stirred up a warm debate by proposing that the league under take an Investigation aimed at check ing the abuse of alcohol. The dele gates from the wine-producing coun tries of southern Europe protested and no decision was reached. H. J. Procope of Finland, president of the league council, in his conveulug ad dress lauded the Kellogg anti-war treaty as an instrument of world peace. That pact is still the subject of lively comment all over the world, and each day more nations signify their intention of adhering to it. Con gressman Britten of Chicago, chair man of the house naval committee, who was In Paris, gave out a warning against the idea that the treaty meant the curtailment of the American naval building plan. Congressman La Guar dla of New York, also In the French capital, disputed this, saying our pro gram could not be continued without virtually repudiating the pact. In Washington speculation was rife con cerning the reservations which will be proposed In the senate by those who profess to fear foreign entanglements. It Is generally believed one of these reservations will be to make It clear that America will not permit Itself to be drawn Into European disputes, and that another will state that we re serve the right to use force, If neces sary, to protect onr position and in terests on the Western hemisphere. After a pleasant visit in Ireland Sec retary of State Kellogg sailed tor home without going to England. PRESIDENT CALLES of Mexico In * his address before the congress declared he wonld not continue In of fice either as a provisional or consti tutional President after his term ex pires on December 1 and woultf not again seek the office. He made a plea for national nnlty In selecting and supporting a provisional President and rejoiced that there were no "caudlllos" (military-politico leaders) left because they meant danger for the country. While It may be true that there are no caudlllos available, the army chieftains still expect to dic tate to the Obregonist congress in the choice of a new President WISCONSIN'S Republican primary left political afTalrs In that state rather confused. Senator 1-aFollette was renominated, overwhelmingly de feating O. W. Mead, conservative. But Walter J. Kohler of Kohler, mil lionaire and conservative, was victor in the race for the gubernatorial nom ination, beating Congressman J. D. Beck, LaFollettelte, and Governor Zimmerman, who sought the support of both factions. The other Incum bents of state offices were renominat ed, defeating the Kohler slate. The defeat of Beck was taken by the con servatives to mean that the LaFollette regime was near Its end, despite the personal popularity there of the young senator. Kohler*! Democratic oppo nent will be Mayor A. G. Scbmedsman of Madison. The Democratic nominee for senator is M. K. Bellly. Io Michigan the Republicans renom inated Governor Green and Senator A. H. Vandenburg, and the Democrats named W. A. Comstock and MaJ. J. W. Bailey to oppose them. Responsible leaders of both the Republican and the Democratic parties deeply deplore the forcing to the front of the religious issue In the Presidential campaign; but it is be ing forced nevertheless. Governor Smith felt compelled last week to take notice of It when ha learned that some of his opponents were charging that If he were elected be would head ? the federal department! and bureana with Roman Cat hoi let. In reply he railed on Robert Moses. a Republican and a Jew whom he appointed secre tary of atate In 1927, to tell the ro ll Clone and political afllllationa of the members of his cabinet and appolnteea and of others whose appointments hare been approved by him. The re sults of the lnqnlry. as given out at Albany, were: "Members of the governor's cabi net totaling 14; Protestant, 10; Cath olic, 3; Jewish, 1. Republican. 8; Democrat, 4; Independent, 2. "Other present stnte department and major division heads totaling 25; Protestant, 14; Catholic, II; Demo crat, 14; Republican. 8; Independ ent, 3. "Other present state officials, whose appointments were approved by Gov ernor Smith, totaling 156; Brotestant, 105; Catholic, 33; Jewish, II; undesig nated, 7; Republican, 72; Democrat, 58; Independent, 9; undesignated. 17." HERBERT HOOVER has been told by his advisers that the Middle West Is safe for him, and so will not make any campaign speeches In that region. He will deliver but one ad dress In the South?at an Industrial celebration at Ellzabethton, Tenn., on October 6. Senator Brookbart of Iowa was one of tbose who told Mr. Hoover he was certain to carry the agricultural states, the only neces sary thing being "to let the farmers know Hoover's real war record." On the other hand the Republican party In North Dakota has split, the Inde pendent wing Indorsing Hoover's can didacy and the nonpartisan wing re- . fusing to do so. The latter faction apparently controls the state central committee. Republican efforts to break Into the aol|d South are resulting in some queer conditions. Republican mana gers In Alabama and Georgia have consented to the withdrawal of Re publican electors from the ticket and the substitution of the names of Dem ocratic electors. In Florida an agree ment has been made whereby half the Republican electors on the ticket will be Republicans and the other half Democrats. Assurances have been given that If the Democrats running as electors 6n the Republican tickets In Alabama and Georgia and Florida receive more votes than the electors running on the ticket beaded by Smith and Robinson, they will vote for Hoo ver and Curtis. CHICAGO acquire* It* first billion dollar financial Institution through the merger of the Continental Nation al Bank and Trust company and the Illinois Uerchsnts Trust company, de tails of which were approved last week. The consolidation forms the biggest banking Institution In the country outside of New York. It will rank either eecond or third In the United States, depending upon wheth er all the asaets go Into the merger or whether some of them will be seg regated and liquidated. THE home mlaslon board of the Southern Baptist convention an nounced from Its headquarters in At lanta that It was unable to pay cur bent salaries because of the discovery of a 11,000,000 shortage In the ac counts of Clinton S. Carnes, treasurer, who disappeared August IS. It was found that Carnes kept a secret Hie In wblch were enteied special loan transactions with more than ISO banks In the South, transections which never came under the scrutiny of regular auditors or of the church. The Joint committees of the church said none of the obligations Incurred by Carnes would be repudiated. SEVEN mldweatern financiers were charged with a conspiracy to use the malls to defraud through the sale of nearly 11.000,000 worth of secur ities In farm loan companies In s Joint Indictment returned by a federal grand Jury In Boston. Those named In the Indictment were: Guy Huston. John B. Huston. John L. Boylea and Harold A. Smith, all of Chicago; Wal ter E. Craven A Kansas City; Oran F. Schee and Vernoo U. Sigler. Pes Moines. The charges Involve the sale of securities la three companies, the Missouri-Kansas Farm company, the Farm Company of Massachusetts, and the Farmers' Fund of Illinois. Pilotf Air Squadron Hag Enoiablo Record Looked a poo not long ecu by many United State* naval anthoritlea aa a dnblooa Innovation, the enllated pllou' air eqnadron, the only one In tbe ' military service In tbla country, baa taken IU piece among tbe navy's beet ea e combat unit, Bt end reedy to flgbt from bettleehipe end airplane cerrlere. Organised in January, 1887. to ton ?iy wltb the la* fuel ant M per cent of naval aviation pllota be of the ranks, the squadron has Invaded that domain restricted formerly to of Scers and has established an envia ble record of no fatalities or major trashes and only three minor mishaps. Composed of picked chief petty o(B ters, none of whom had less than Ave rears' experience as relief and utility pilots, the unit has passed through all the training given officers' squadrons, ind It has wan the i nansaanlelloo at the high set naval aethssttlse. dee to collated personnel, they feel. ?Idc* It If recognlted fi representing the highest type of men and service for thorn lo the ranks. The unit la prorided with tba finest of modern aircraft and maximum accuracy In piloting la required. Lieut Com. O. P. Cliapllne. who baa been given credit for the devel opment of tbe nnlt, la convinced thai the tactical employment of enliated pilots, aaanrlatod la aquadnma with ??tavwdUf adapts Itself to fight Zoroasteris Paradise (Prepared by the National OeogTaphlo Society. Washington, D. C.) ANYONE who has carefuly ex amined a map of Asia has probably noticed as one of the few designated features of the portion occupied by Persia the rather striking name. Mount Demavend. The empbnsls given to this spot by the ab sence of many other defined locations throughout the country Is quite in keeping with its size, magnificence and Importance. Demavend, which outrivals In pro portions any mountain in Europe, is the highest peak In southwestern Asia, for It rises to an altitude of nearly 20,000 feet above sea level. Whether viewed through the mists from the Caspian sea or In the clear, thin air of the Iranian plateau, its snow-ribbed volcanic cone is a vision of surpassing splendor. But to realize its full grandeur one must see It from the crest of a neighboring range, where the eye can take in with a single sweep the unbroken rise from base to snmmlt, or from some point a hundred miles southward across the desert, where it still dominates the hazy horizon long after the rugged outlines of its surrounding ranges have dissolved in the distance. Is It to be wondered at that such a superb landmark should hold a prom inent place from the earliest times In the legend and the superstition of the Iranian peoples? As Mount Olympus In Greece was the home of the gods, so the paradise of Zoroaster was the summit of Dema vend in Persia. Many legends have developed from its mysterious, fear-ln spirlng grandeur. Not only has this great mountain held a lofty place In mythology, but it has cast Its far-reacblng shadow over many epoch making events In history. Almost at Its very base (In the Median metropolis of Ithages) was born the mother of Zoroaster. It marks tbeteastern limit of the raids of the Assyrisns before the rise to power of the great kings of Persia, and its frowning eastern face over looked the mountain home of the ris ing Parthian empire. Alexander the Great paused beneath it in his pursuit of Darius III and sent expeditions through the neighboring passes to sub due the almost Impregnable regions of Hyrcanla. Following in his footsteps came Antlochna the Great against the Parthlans, and westward along this same . Jte Genghis Khan, Holagu Khan and Tamerlane led their ravag lug Mongol hordes. Quldepost for Caravans. Bluing not far from a great Interna tional highway, Demaveml has served as a gigantic gnldepost for scores of generations of daring merchants, who. long before Columbus, exchanged the wares of the West and the East by means of their slow-crawling cara vans; knd Its lonely grsndeur has gripped the imagination of Intrepid abventnrera of all ages. Within Its shadow a score of great dynasties bare risen and fallen, and today It stands as one of the few remaining glories of the Persian empire. The Elburx mountain range, of whlcb Demavend Is an outstanding member, la a unit In the great moun tain system that stretches from south ern Europe to central Asia, and. wltb regard to Persia, la the great dividing line between the northern limits of the Iranian plateau and the Caspian depression?a 12,000-foot wall separat ing a basin 81 feet below sea level from a tableland averaging 4,000 feet In altitude. Beginning near Ardabll. In Azerbaijan, It extends southeast ward and eastward more than S00 miles along the southern shores of tbe Caspian and Into Khorasan. Demavend Itself Is about 43 miles northeast of Teheian, In the central of three parallel chains. It towers high above these Banking aaoontaliM, whoae summits Be net exceed tee peak among endless series of ridges. Its conical form and seemingly even slope of about 45 degrees from top to bottom at once Indicate Its vol canic nature. ; Lofty but Not Hard to Climb Strange to say, the exact altitude of Deroavend still remains uncertain. Nuirerous measurements have been made, ranging from 18,000 to over 22,000 feet, an nverage of the most reliable giving an altitude of about 19,000, though the single measurement commonly accepted Is 18,464 feet. For a mountain uf this size, the as cent cannot be considered especially difficult, there being few obstacles other than the cold, the rarity of the atmosphere, and fatigue. Late summer, with Its settled weath er and mlnlmnm of snow, Is, of course, the best time of the year for the as cent Although Teheran, the nearest large city. Is the logical point of de parture, the precipitous nature of the western scarp necessitates a circuit ous approach A three-day trip kes one across the first range of moun tains by the Afcheh pass, with an elevation of 9,000 feet; then, between the two ranges, down the well-watered Lar valley, which during Its brief summer season supports the flocks and herds of nomadic tent-dwellers, who pass their winters In the plain villages south c* Teheran, and skirting the southern base of the mountain Itself, to the village of Renn, above the can yon east of Demavend. This mountain village, which has an elevation of about 6,000 feet, makes an excellent base, for from this point a well-defined trail winds upward 7,000 feet, to where a few shepherds pasture their flocks on the green, moist areas Immediately below the snowfields. This part of the ascent, made either on horse or mule back or afoot, re quires the better part of a day, due Ing the early hours of which It Is necessary to grope one's way through heavy cloud hanks. It Is a glorious moment, however, when a sudden movement of the clouds clears the sky and reveals the summit. Its great golden cap of sulphur glowing In the sunlight, seemingly so near In the dry, clear atmosphere that one la de ceived Into thinking that the climb Is almost over. The ascent from this temporary ramp to the crater require* about ten hours of actual climbing; so, however one arranges It. part of the trig, up or down must be made at night. Al though with nightfall the cold become* extremely severe, there Is the com pensation of enjoying the wonderfully luminous moonlight of Tersla under very unusual conditions. No Big Glaciers to Traverse. Considering the aridity of the re gion, It Is not surprising that there are no great glaciers to be traversed; but the remains of glacial ormatlons. In particular one Immense chasmlike groove, at the bead of which Is a huge Immovable Ice mass, suggest tbat at one time the country enjoyed a more salubrious climate. The angle of the Incline varies only from 40 to ,Vi de grees, thus rendering the ascent as monotonous and tiring as that of an endless ladder. The sliding, shifting fields of pow dered pumice not far below the sum mit seriously obstruct progress, for the climbing here Is similar to what one would encounter In trying to as cend a steep roof covered with two feet of loose snow. Although It re quire* one and one-half hoars for this portlpn of the ascent, the descent over the same ground la easily made In four minutes. The expanse of the great golden sul phur cap. the edge of which Is reached a hundred yards below the rim of the enter. Is startling. Tbooaanda of too* of sulphnr are exposed to view and the fosses which permeate the Mount Demavend, Persia. <9?@Ksxsioe)??e>@x?>(!>ex?(ai??ex?>???Q^ POOR MISS ANGEL iaxs??(s>?e>????e>???(Si??(iKs>?e>3>e> (A by D. 1. Walsh-> THE whole town celled her poor Miss Angel, and she knew It 8he knew It with shame and hu miliation and regret. let she had done nothing to deserve the title except that she hnd waited too long for a man who bad changed his mind concerning her. Cora Angel had begun "going" with faenry Van Orden when she was twenty. When a girl "goes" with a man It means that she accepts his at tention to the exclusion of all others. If they continue to find enjoyment In each other's society they become en gaged and soon after married. But sometimes these tentative pre-engage ment attachments last for years with out any other outcome than an in creasing coldness on the part of the one or the other or both. Then It may he a heartache ensues, but this depends upon whether love enters Into the arrangement. From the first Cora had loved Henry Van Orden, and she was the happiest thing alive when he asked her for the first time to dnnce with him. After that evening he escorted her home from choir practice, to concerts, church suppers and other functions of that kind. People become accustomed to seeing them together and wondered If they would marry. Henry was the younger of the two Van Orden boys. He was handsome, lively and with a good deal of camou flage In his makeup. He never kept any Joh long, hut was always on the hunt for something better. His older brother, John, after getting what edu cation he could, went to work In the bank and stayed there. That was about as much as any one knew about John Van Orden, for It was Henry who claimed all the attention. Without doubt, any girl in Hlllvllle would have been glad to be the re cipient of Henry Van Orden's favor. It was odd that he should have chosen Cora Angel, for Cora was not pretty; she was merely a sweet, quiet, gentle girl with tender month, dreamy eyes and a cloud of wavy fair balr. Her mother was a widow with consider able means and they lived In the nicest way. Old Mrs. Crowe said that Cora would always have enough to take care of the family, whether Henry earned anything or not. Cora went with Henry for years he fore he proposed to her. Dp to that point theirs had been the most casual of friendships on Henry's part, and on Cora's the most discreet. There was never any spoonlngs. Even after they became engaged they went on much as before In the daylight opinion. Henry never seemed to care to play the lover and Cora kept her affections out of sight. But she wondered some times why Henry never sought to kiss or embrace her. They had not been engaged long be fore Henry left Hlllrllle and went to the city, where he found a new Job more to hla liking than anything the small town offered. He wrote to Cora and occasionally came to see her, bnt he nerer said anything about their getting mnrrled. And this went on for eight years. Cora was thirty now, a little quieter and gentler than erer. The girls of her set had married; most of them had children. A new set was coming up which thought her rather old. People began to ask her when she and Henry were going to get married, and she tried to smile as she answered that she didn't know. Then her mother lost eTerythlng she had except the house on Pleasant street In the turnorer after the war the stocks she had Invested In bad become worthless. Cora went to work. 8he could not teach, for Instead of going to college she had waited for Henry. So she got a place In the bank. Mostly her busi ness was long columns of figures. Sometimes when she went horns at nlgbt her throat was dry wttb read ing. and always her heart ached. For Henry Van Orden bad suddenly ceased to write to ber. When the news of ber mother's misfortune went abroad. Instead of rushing to his girl and begging her to marry him, he simply Ignored ber, and none knew better than Cora wbat that meant She grew pale and thin, but every morning as regularly aa she pinned on her hat to go to the bank she pinned oa ber brave little smile, and even ber mother did not know all. One day there was a shortage some where In accounts and every employee of the bank bad to stay until the thing was settled. It was seven o'clock of a wild, winter evening when release came. Cora had telephoned to her mother not to worry. She was tired and faint as sbe pinned on her Uttle black velvet hat and drew on the fur coat which was a leftover from their days of affluence. As she stepped from the side door et the boHdfeg Jstm Tad Ordaa Joined everybody Mid that some day fee would be president. "Come over to the Frenchman's, Cora, and have supper with me," he said in bis grave, friendly way. Be caught her elbow In his band and steered her through the speeding traffic of Main street and they were entering the restaurant before a^a realised that John had paid no atten tion to her refusal. They bad turkey and lee cream and some delicious coffee, and Cora bright ened under the Influence of good food. The Angel menage eras being carefully run these days "And now I'll take you borne In my car," John said when the meal was ended. After he had placed ber In the warmed and lighted closed car be van ished for a few moments. When be came back he bad a big box of candy and a perfect armful of red rosea. "John I" Cora gasped. Her tired face flushed. "Thank you a thousand times," she said. They drove straight to Ler home. As she was rising to leave the ear John laid his hand gently on her arm. "One moment, Cora. Will you many me?" he asked. Cora sat down again, trembling. "John I I?you know Cm engaged to your brother." "Never mind my brother. Maffc me. Promise me here and now." "It wouldn't be honest. It?" "Any man who is trilling for bis en gagement to run eight years, going on nine, doesn't love the woman well enough to marry her. I do love you. Cora. I loved you before I ever started going with Henry. While you hare been waiting for Henry I've been waiting for you. I think I've waited long enough." "Ill have to think?" "No. Let's settle It now." 8he looked rather helplessly Into bis strong, kind face. His eyes were not like Henry's. Somehow she was glad they were not. The most wonderful thing that could have happened to her was happening. She realized that Suddenly John put httOrm about her and drew .ber to blm. "Remember, I love you." he Insisted. "Well." Cora sighed. They were married the next day. And Jobn moved from his boarding house over to lira. Angel's Cora wrote to Henry that night?the nlgbt before her wedding. She wrote a timid, appealing little letter and aent It to his old address. It was not nntll she had returned from a month's happy honeymoon In Florida that she found the letter which had come In answer to the one she sent to Henry. It was from his Una and was tersely enlightening "Mr. Tan Orden left our employ some time ago. He and his wife went to visit ber people In Ohio. We know oothlng further." Cora showed the letter In ber hand to John. "Did you know t hat night that Henry was married?" she demanded. John smiled and pinched her pink cheek. "W hat If 1 did?" be retorted. On to Lahinch Shamus O'Brien, the Chicago hu morist. apropos of a Washington so ciety that has been formed to aboiigh Irish Jokes, told an Irish rtorj. "A party of automoblllsti in Ire land." be said, "were on their way to Lahinch. They had come a long (Be ta nee since morning. It was now get ting dark, and, as far as they coold discover, Lahinch was no nearer than when they'd started out "A man was mending a fence by the road. " 'Uow far to Lahinch T they asked him. "'Te're half-way faith.' " 'Half-way from where? "'From here.'" Tahmo Warm Off Janet Is a four-year-old miss who lives in the country where they have one of those big. old-fashioned, cool cellars. One of the hot days Janet followed ber mother down into the cellar. After walking around ? few minutes, she said: "Whew, mother, lent this fine? It ukes the warm off." Loarnod Toting at or Although he Is only fourteen year* old, Robert B. Konlkew baa teceited notice of his admission to Harvard university. He was graduated recent ly from Boston Latin school. The college entrance examination la geometry, for which three boors la allowed, was completed by Konikow la 30 minutes. Conscious Inferiority The phrase "inferiority complex" nas been popularised by followers of Slgmund Freud. The phrase In the terms of a layman refers to a belief that an Individual has not the ability of those with whom be la associated Only God knows the prayers that
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