The Alamance gleaner J VOL. LIV. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 1928. NO. 33. 1 L i i J 9 HAPPENNINGS OF THE WEEK I ) _ | NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Maine Election Notable for Size of G. O. P. Majorities; Smith Nails a Lie. By EDWARD W. PICKARO THOSE who still place faith In the old saying "As Maine goes, so goes the nation" are now free to place their bets on Hoover; for the Repub lican ticket won a sweeping victory In the state election last week. How ever, no one had doubted that the O. O. P. wonld elect Its candidates, and the significant features were the size of their majorities and the total vote. The former was a surprise to even the most optimistic Republicans. Wil liam T. Gardiner defeated E. C. Mo ran, Jr., for the governorship by near ly 85,000 votes; and Senator Frederick Hale's majority over Herbert E. Holmes was approximately 80,000. The Republican majority was more than double -what It was four years ago and four times what It was In 1926. The total vote was about 35, 000 less than It was In the last Presi dential year, but analysis shows that the loss was mostly sustained by the Democrats. The Republicans had made an especial effort to get out their vote and the Democrats were frankly apathetic. The Republicans elected all four of the state's con gressmen. Naturally, Republican National Chairman Work rejoiced In the Maine outcome and found In It presage for a Hoover victory, asserting that the campaign In the Pine Tree state was waged- largely on national Issues. On the other hand, Democratic Chairman Raskob saw no omen In the result, saying his party had made no espe cial effort there and no national Is sues were decided by the Maine elec tion. He was "surprised the Repub licans did not poll a larger vote." The records show that since 1840, In 15 out of 22 Presidential election years, the result In the Maine state election has correctly foretold the out come of the Presidential election. TEXAS provided an exciting Inci dent In the campaign when lta state Democratic convention opened In Dallas. A motion that only those delegates loyal to A1 Smith be seated started the rnmpns. The anti-Smith crowd, led by former Governor Col quitt, promptly bolted, and as they re tired from the hall there were Innu merable fist lights. The regulars pro ceeded with their business, "cordially Indorsing" the national platform and Smith and In the same set of resolu tions calling upon "all officers of the government and all members of the party" to rally for the "destruction of the traffic In alcoholic liquors." The bolters, about 900 In number, held a separate meeting and adopted resolutions characterizing the nomina tion of Smith as an unfortunate error. They left the direction of their future activities In the hands of an execu tive committee headed by Alvln S. Moody of Houston. XXTHHiE Senator Robinson, Demo ?? cratlc Vice Presidential candi date, was making a whirlwind speak ing tour through the South, Governor Smith gave such time as be could spare from state duties to confer ences with party leaders and to fur ther refutation of charges made In the deplorable "whispering campaign." Informed that he was accused. In a letter, of being "disgustingly Intoxi cated" at the New York state fair at Syracuse, he issued a formal denial of the charge, which denial was backed up by the statements of men who were close to blm all during the day of bis visit to the fair. One of his defenders was one of the gover nor's political opponents. State Sena tor Fearon of Syracuse. Others In cluded the newspaper correspondents who accompanied the governor. The letter was said to have been written by a woman of Syracuse to one In Parkersburg, W. Va. Republican Chairman Work has strongly repudl dated the whispering campaign as an offense to common decency equally harmful to the candidate maligned and to his opponent. He says Hoover la also the objpct of scurrilous and false attacks. The Post Office deport ment has taken steps to stop the send ing of the vicious statements through the malls. In one Instance a lot of post cards were confiscated. Plans were completed for Governor Smith's tour of a fortnight, Septem ber 16-80, during which he speaks In six western cities. Herbert hoover bad a long conference with President Cool Idge Immediately after the letter's re turn to Washington, and while there was no announcement of the part the President would take In the campaign. It was said he probably would make one or more addresses In New Eng land. Mr. Hoover Is now directing the organization work of his campaign. The radio part Is already In opera tion. The candidate's first real cam paign speech was ready for delivery at Newark, N. J., Monday. National officers of the national Woman's party met In Washington and decided to support Hoover he cause, they stated, his position Is In advance of that of other Presidential candidates. They said they opposed Smith "because he opposes equal rights for women In Industry and has had a long record of opposition to equal Industrial opportunity for wom en and has actively sponsored laws handicapping women In earning their livelihood." WHEN Hoover, praising the Kel logg anti-war treat;, hailed It as one of the great achievements of the Republican administration, Secretary Kellogg showed signs of displeasure for above all things he does not want the pact dragged Into partisan poli tics pending action on It by the sen ate. Said he: "I do not think the treaty for the renunciation of war should be made a party issue In either the campaign or the senate, and I can not congelve that It will be." Reser vations to the treaty, by the senate, will be vigorously opposed by both Mr. Kellogg and Senator Borah, chair man of the senate foreign relations committee. They believe there Is nothing In the treaty that Imperils the Monroe Doctrine or other vital Inter ests of the United States. Despite the fact that most of the nations of the world have accepted the Kellogg pact, Secretary of the Navy Wilbur believes the United States should go right ahead with Its navy construction program. He said as much after conferences with naval officials In which both the Kellogg treaty and the mysterious Anglo French agreement were discussed. Other officials said the Navy depart ment would concentrate on senate ap proval of the slxteen-shlp bill and later would try for the adoption of a large building program. FORMAL negotiations looking to ward complete evacuation of the Rhlneland and final settlement of rep arations were opened In Geneva by the representatives of Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan. The first discussions of Germany's plea were promising, although an earlier speech by Premier Brland, attacking Chancellor Mueller's statements of German fulfillment of her pledges, had created some doubt of ultimate agreement. London dispatches said Great Britain and France were In accord on these points: First, perfect co-operation among the allies. Second, Implicit recognition of the fact that the occupation must con tinue unless the Germans give other guarantees for the payment of the reparations. Third, a political guarantee by Ger many that the plan for the union with Austria will not be pursued. Fourth, the consent of Germany to the control of the demilitarized zone of the Rhlneland for 25 years. Fifth, the Germans to take the Initi ative by presenting concrete proposals. GENERAL Prlmo de Rivera, pre mier of Spain, uncovered another plot against his dictatorship and caused the arrest of several hundred revolutionists who were hatching a .coup d'etat The dictator In a state ment to the press said those taken Into custody were politicians and others who "live and prosper by pro voking disorders." and declared the condition of public order In Spain could oot be better In all tbe country. Another dictator ha* been offered a crown, bat probably will decline It. Thlg one la Marahal Pllaudaky, who wag offered the crown of the "Polleh empire" by 1,600 delegate* of the monarchlat* of that country. Be al ready haa refuaed a like honor sev eral time*. CHARLES EVAN8 HDGHES wag elected a member of the per manent court of International Juatlc* by tbe League of Nation* to aucceed John Bassett Moore, reatgned. Mr. Hughes accepted, saying he deemed It a privilege to serve on the court. Since the United States la not a mem ber of the world court, Mr. Hughea does not officially represent thlg coun try on the tribunal. GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING cele brated his sixty-eighth birthday last Thursday and Secretary of War Davis took the occasion to present to the famous soldier four foreign decora tions conferred upon him since tbe World war. These were the Order of the White Lion, class 1, conferred by the President of Czechoslovakia; a medal commemorating the first cen tenary of the battle of Ayaehucho, conferred by the President of Peru; knight commander's cross of tbe Or der of Vlrtutl Mllltarl, conferred by the President of Poland; and a Vene zuelan "Bust of Liberator," two lapel buttons and an album of photographs conferred by the President of- Vene zuela. JOHN COOLIDGE, ion of the Presi dent and Mrs. Coolldge, has ob tained a position as a clerk In the general offices of the New Vnrir -v Haven & Hartford railroad In New Haven, Conn., and lam weu ? ? ,i earning his own living. William Wood, secret service operative, will continue to act as bodyguard of the young man until March 4. Miss Florence Trum bull, daughter of the governor of Con necticut, returning from a motor trip through Europe, admitted to reporters that she was likely to become John Coolldge's bride sometime next winter though not before Christmas. EAKL ROWLAND of Kansas won first place in class A of the aerial derby across the continent from New York to Loe Angeles. He drove a Cessna monoplane and was in the air 20 hours and 30 minutes. Moat of the planes In all three classes made the transcontinental trip safely, and the finish was a great sight for the crowds gathered at the Los Angeles field for the air races and exhibition. Of the nine planes that started In the nonstop race across the continent not one completed the trip except that piloted by Art Ooebel, and that noted aviator had been forced to stop at Prescott, Arix. The contest was there fore declared no race. One of the aviators taking part in the local exhibition was Lieut. J. J. Williams of the army. He crashed early in the week and died of his In juries, whereupon Col. Charles Lind bergh reported st army headquarters there and asked to be assigned to take the place of his dead friend. There after the "three musketeers" In little Boenlng fighters were led by Lindy In their maneuvers. HIGHLY successful tests of the new submarine safety device called the "lung" were held off the coast of Maryland. Three navy divers went down 153 feet In a diving bell, and, equipped with the "lung," crawled out and made their way to the surface safely and with no discomfort. It was made known that several scores of these devices are being constructed and their final test, that of being used for actual escape from a flooded sub marine In 225 feet of water, will he made next month by the same divers The naval officers expressed s belief that lasi^keek'a successful test will result In the equipping of all of the 78 submarines In the United State* navy with "lungs" for each member of the crew tb be placed In the escape compartments of the undersea craft PORTO RICO was struck by a trop leal hurricane that caused damage of several millions of dollars, mainly In San Juan which bore the brunt of the storm. Tornadoes In Nebraska and South Dakota killed fourteen persons and ruined thousands of dollars worth of property. Mum earn Showi Early Lite of Middle West U yon would know Intimately tne <lfe of the pioneer* who cm reed this .'rest Middle-West denization out of (he forest and the wilderness go to Three Oaks, Mich., and sp^pd s day at the Chamberlain Memorial museum, -ays a writer In the Chicago Dally Mews. Tou will aee the strange and primitive tools of the frontier, the rude furniture of the lob-cabln era, uad the Implements and devices by which the blazers of the trail made possible the comforts that are enjoyed by the people or today. It la aald to be one of the Bneat mueeama of early American life In existence, and haa few If any equala In portraying the early daya of the Great Lakea region. It la called the Chamberlain Memorial muaenm and waa founded aa an appreciation of the life and worka of one of the early day aetUera; Henry Chamberlain, known aa The Sage of Three Oaka." Seventy thousand relics of the frontier are on display there, ranging all the way from the forester's ax and saddle to Indian skulla and tepees, from the primitive hearse of (ha pioneer to the crude bnt touching trun dle bed carted out of toga. Admiasloo la free to the public, aa the mueeum la supported by the E. K. Warren foundation, Mrs. Warren being a daughter of Mr. Chamberlain Ample provision has been made for the de velopment of the museum and cour teous guides make a visit moat pleasant VOTERS WILL NOT AGREE WITH WORK Whita'a Attack on Smith Dittinctiy Partiaan. Chairman Work of tho Republican National committee mtaaed ? rare cbance at that New Xork preaa con ference to aajr a graceful, chlvalrlc word which, we think, would have been widely approved. Aaked If he , regretted William Allen White'* at tack on Governor Smith, Doctor Work replied, "It'a none of our business." Be went on to explain that White "la a free hand and la not connected with the Republican National committee In any way." The committee, It will be remem bered, had prevloualy waahed Ita hands of responalblllty for Ur. White. The ablution waa performed by Henry J. Allen, In charge of Ur. Hoover'* publicity, who "Inadvertently" confld ed to the reporter* Ur. White'* cable denying that be bad retraeted the Smith charge*. Granting the fact that William Al len White 1* In no wl*e apprenticed to the Republican National committee, the truth I* that the Kansas editor la an authentic apokeiman of the Repub lican party. HI* typewriter la worth more to the pafty than an army corpa of ordinary prees agenta or spellbind ers. His position might be described a* that of honorary general counsel to the party. He 1* an unofficial per sonage whom the leaders consult, and Is regularly drafted, as he was at Kansas City, to help write the plat form. It was not as a free lance. It was not as a disinterested citizen, that Mr. White assailed Governor Smith. It was as a Republican striving to In jure the Democratic candidate In pub lic esteem and, a? a corollary, seek ing to promote Mr. Hoover's pros pects. And because of his unique party place and bis personal prestige, anything that Ur. White says of a political character In the campaign la morally Indorsed by the Republican National committee, unless the Re publican National committee explicit ly repudiates It Doctor Work, as we have said, had a splendid opportunity to repudiate Mr. White. He had a One opportunity to put Into striking effect Ur. Hoov er's announced desire to conduct this contest with dignity and decorum, and refreshingly clear of the billingsgate of barroom controversy. Doctor Work bad that chance and missed It?St Louis Post-Dispatch. Democrats Stand tor Honest Tariff Policy Mr. Hoover, n stating bis views on the tariff, bas deliberately discarded all the' results of the research of the trade experts In his own department and taken bis stand with those ex tremists In bis party wbo derannd that If there Is any revision at all It most be upward. He pledges bis party to a flfht to keep oat foreign goods. Presumably, he Intends to stand by all the monstrosities of the Fordney-McCumber tariff and perhaps to add to them. Toward tbe methods of President Coolldge In destroying the tariff commission he maintains ? discreet silence. Governor Smith, on the other band, proposes to rehabilitate the tariff com mission and through It to give the country honest tariff legislation. That la far from the Hoover policy, and those wbo say that tbe Democrats have switched over to the Republican side on the tariff Issue need to revise their references. Tbe Democrats have accepted the principle of protection but they have not accepted Mr. Hoov eris Idea that protection means the Fordney-McCumber law and more of It Republican* "in the Ait* Apparently both the mill ownera and (he mill workera of New England will be likely during the campaign to aak Curtis, Smoot and other Republican spellbinders to offer them some plan of "protection" against the cotton fields, climate, cheap power and lower coat of living that make the southern mills such devastating competitors. And what will Curtis, Smoot. et Id omne genus answer? It Is a fairly safe bet that they cannot propose any better mill re lief In the East than they have farm relief In the West?Atlanta Constitu tion. Candidate* in Agreement Sens tor Robinson's speech was more then the parrot-like echo of the aver age Vice Presidential candidate after the master has spoken. The Arkansas senator shows an Independence of spir it as well as a deep grasp of the fun damental Issues before the country. Be agrees with Al Smith on the major Items outlined In the letter's speech of acceptance, even though he may dis agree on some matters of personal Interest and preference. Where be agreee he does so not because Al Smith says so, but because of his own | frank convictions. JMpBeautiful I p Capital, -r, , t Atrial View of Patarmo. p o (Prepared by tha National Oeoyrapbto Soclaty, Waablnaton. D. C.) PALERMO, capital of Sicily, ia a Bern of a city, one of tbe urban beauty apote of tbe world. When one approachea It from tbe aea, the Conra d'Oro Ilea In front, that shell-like plain, like a gigantic garden, with Monte Pellegrlno's red craga on the right. Capo ZaffaraDo'a wooded helghta acroaj on the left, while Monte OrllTone'a dark range fills tbe back ground. Modern t'ulermo la a medley of tbe dark old atreeta and wide new onea, of Moorlati domes and modern marble mansions of labyrinths of al leys and a broad beautiful Marina; while no other city of Its else pos sesses such splendid parka and public and private gardens. "Panorama"?all harbor?was the ancients' name of Palermo, which would Indicate Its Oreek origin, though from earliest Inscriptions there la good authority for believing It a Chaldean colony to begin with. Whatever Its stem, Its Oreek, Roman, Gothic, Sara cenic and Norman occupations have left marked traces on the City of Oolden Shell. Palermo has been an Important maritime city for more than three thousand yeara. In Phoenician days It occupied a small peninsula, with a wide harbor nearly surrounding It. Later the silt from the Inland moun tains tilled the harbor bed which now forma a part of the foundation of modern Palermo. Happy and Beautiful. It was during /J^ie Eleventh and Twelfth centuries that Palermo reached Its height of magnificence, un der the Norman line of Roger and Robert d' Hautevllle, a magnificence which still dazzles one In such kingly gems as the Palatine chapel aod the cathedral at Monreale. Nowadays Palermo, with Its 40U.IXJO Inhabitants, constitutes the delightful center of Sicily's Riviera, where one may hear excellent opera, or alp aperi tifs In open-air cafes, or Join the fashionable promenade along tree shaded boulevards, wliere Paris fash Ions dominate, and dark, languroua faces reveal Sicilian beauty In Its flower. A childlike gaiety, as of an endless carnival week, reigns at Palermo. The cabman beams, touching his hat, over a twenty-cent fare. The many flower sellers tie their bouquets of blossoms atop of long poles, so that one seems to see walking clumps of roses thread ing the crowd. Seen In the markets, the peasant's two-wheeled cart Is s splendidly colorful affair. Its sides painted with chromes of the Crucifixion, or of medieval combats, or of pirouet ting ballet girls, while the accompany ing horse Is decorated with a feather duster of blue and scarlet plumes and with rows of tiny mirrors, designed to frighten ofT the evil eye. Each street shrine of Saint Rosalia would rival a florist's window, and at nine In the morning one commonly sees business men passing In line be fore her. to deposit their votive bou quets, en route to their offices. 8alnt Rosalia, by tbe way, having lived and died In a cave near Palermo, reappeared during a Seventeenth-cen tury plague, promising to abate the scourge If ber bones were given Chris tian burial. The ceremony of convey ing ber relics through the streets tgkes place each July, while the ac companying regattas, horse races, and fireworks add a characteristic gusto. Cones d'Oro a Rich Plain. Palermo's surroundings Include the famous plain of Conca d'Oro, the most fertile region of Sicily, where rock drilling nnd pumping stations have created an Irrigation system which has Increased the orange and lemon yield twentyfotd. Draw a line along the Irland's entire north coast te Messina, then down tbe whole length of the em const, and yon will hive demarked Sicily's lemon belt; b nnd of this the richest spot Is the p Conca d'Oro g To turn from Palermo's wealth to r Its poverty, one has but to thread Its tortuous slnms, where a suspicious eye t! peers at one through a sliding panel s before the door Is opened; where two p housewives purchase and split a small Rah between them, end the street call of "I buy hair!" resounds among the crazy tenements. It Is a lugubrious experience to watch the hair merchant testlngly An ger the magnificent braids of some growing girl; to hear the squalid bar gaining over five soldi (one-fourth of a lira), more or less, before he snips the black locks Into his basket. To compute bow many similar heart breaks are represented by the more than 100 tons of human hair exported annually by the western half of Sicily might make even a statistician weep. The most exquisite jewel In Paler mo's casket Is the Capella Palatlna, built at the command of Koger, Sic ily's first Norman king and son of Count Roger d'Hautevllle, the Cortes and Plzarro of his time. It Is a mel ody of mosaic art, this chapel In Pal ermo's royal palace. Not an Inch of the surface-floor, walls, cupola or roof bul Is gemmed with exquisite work. Its colors are softened and blended with age, ontll It suggests some ori ental sheik's tent of cashmere em broidery. Reside the pulpit stands a very ancient carved white candle abrum 14 feet high, and near the cbolr steps swings a magnificent re pousse silver lamp, glfta of King Rog er to this Jeweled chapel bis fairy wand created. Church of Son Giovanni. < The structure about which perhaps ' centers the greatest Interest Is the plctures<)tie ruined church of Sao Glo rannl Degll Eremite, built by King , Itoger, and possibly partially con structed from some old mosque, for there are Ave round cupolas of the same form that one sees In all Mo hammedan countries. Moor and Nor man are dust and ashea and the lore- | ly cloisters where the monks once paced and meditated are only a gar- I den now. Within sight of Sao Qio- 1 rannl, outside Porta Santa Agatha, la ( on old cemetery, and lnalde Its walls , the remains of s Cistercian monastery ( founded by the English Archbishop Walter of the mill, grim legends haunt . this place. On Raster Tuesday, 1282, j while the monastery bell rang for vea- f pers. occurred that gory massacre . known as the Sicilian reapers, the slaughter of the French. From Pal- . ertno the fury spread orer all the Is land until thousands of the French . were slain, and Charles of Anjon tost from his crown his "Jewel of the Mediterranean." Above the dty of Palermo, on a cliff almost overhanging the Cooes d'Oro. stands that trlompb of ecclesi astic builders, the Cathedral of Mod- ' reale, Santa Maria Noora, the great est monument to the glory of William the Good and his mother, Margherita of Aragon. Around the'cathedral and Its adjoining monastery has sprung op gradually a considerable town, from whose rocky heights the Inhabitants look down upon an earthly paradise. The exterior of the cathedral Is plain and simple, giving no hint of the glories within, dependent on no one school of art for Its magnificence. The splendid chnrch la the work of Norman-Slcllian artists. Is Latin In shape, Roman In Its colonnade, By zantine In Its mosaics, Greek In Its sculpture, Saracentlc In Its mouldings. Eighteen of the oriental granite col umns were taken from Greek and Ro man temples. Walla, arcades . and vaultings, are <ooe solid Incrustation of Byzantine mosaic on a gold grand. KriCHEflff iS CAW^T^jl^l ~ (A 1111. Weaters Wwnwm Union.) ?ho drooaos 170 no oloon and neat, . Bolth docont and (ontool. And than thoro'o something la bar ?alt Makes ony droaa look wool. ?Robart Boras. DRINKS FOlT INVALIDS In lllneu tbe thought of food Is ften dlstaatefol. but the desire tor fluids Is Intensified. More ??flh Insistent than the call for food Is the demand for drink. Tbe senae of Hhunger may depart, but thirst is seldom dlmln mm While water Is the I most used and natural 'X?Ly beverage an Infinite va khaJMHI rlety of other drinks may be prepared for tbe rell and 111. In lllnesa the drink not nly quenches the thirst but It re uces tbe temperature of the fever atlent Drinks may serve as a form f nourishment, when solid food can ot be taken. Other drinks relieve ausea, stimulate tbe heart, excite the astrlc juices, control tbe bowels and rove soothing to a congested state f the alimentary canal. Alt drinks given to the 111 should e under the advice of the attending byslclan, for even the harmless rape juice may be fatal In cases ecoverlng from typhoid. Like everything else prepared tor he Invalid's table, all beverages bould be made and served with all osslble daintiness. A thick, smeary lass of lukewarm lemonade, or other rink which should be either hot or old, would nauseate a person who Is iot ill. A pretty tumbler or sherbet cup, tending on a pretty plate, protected y a simple paper dolly will appeal o the eye, even before tbe drink has ouched tbe palate. Beverage should never be left un overed In a sick-room, or In fact any ood. Very hot drinks stimulate tbe dl lestlve fluids, while very cold ones etard, but lower the temperature In 'ever. Various fruits and fruit juices may >e used with lemon and orange or done. Pineapple, currant, berries of llfferent kinds strained from their ulces, as well as the wholesome and veil liked grape juice, are all good done or In combination with other faults. Most fruit juices are more palatable when chilled, standing In Ice. Orange juice, strained and chilled, s one of the most agreeable ind mildly laxative drinks we have. It Is well liked by young and old. It is strained and given to very tiny In fants between feedings. Being rich n vita mines It la Invaluable for trowing children. Where there Is aridity of the blood, jrange juice Is recommended as s tally drink. Way* With Llvsr. Since calves' liver has been recom mended aa good for the anaemic, the price baa soared. Iao that it has be come an expen sive food. The liver of other yonng animals is considered to be most v a I a ? b I e and as it is less ixpenslve, those who are in need of. more red corpuscles, should eat It treely. Liver shonld not be overcooked, lave it sliced tbln and cook quickly n batter, browning lightly on both rides. The best method is to have the lver cut one-half to three-fourths of in inch in thickness, poor over it rolling water and let stand for three minutes, drain, dip Into flour and cook In butter. Bacon is usnaily served with it; fry It crisp and brown and punish with the curled bacon and parsley. i Liver With Onions. ?Cook the onions in bacon fat then add the liver, scalded as above, but not dipped in flour; cook until lightly brown on both sides and serve with the onions around the liver. Baked Liver.?Cut the liver so that the slices will be one and one-half Inches thick. Cut gashes lengthwise, three-fourths of an Inch deep. Lay strips of fat salt pork into these gashes. Have ready a well-greased baking dish. Place in the baking dish peeled and thinly sliced onions to the depth of sn Inch and one-hall Lay the larded liver npon the onions, dust thickly with flour, add pepper and salt Cover with one pint of stewed tomato and beke la a bfisk ovsn. When the tomato juice begins to boll, cover and reduce the heat Bake further one-half hour. Tvw-tdij

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