The Alamance gleaner . * . * '"HlB ? *? . ? . . ' ??? rn I ? ' . ? ? I n |p . , m ? ? - ?? , , . . . . ^ .... .. ,. ? , , 1 , . . ? ? rn VOL. UV. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY NOVEMBER 22, 1928. NO. 42. ???i^?? i i i ??i-"j DOINGS OF THE WEEK I NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Ship and Crew Blamed for the Lou of Life in the Vestris Disaster. By EDWARD W. PICKARD NE hundred and eleven persona, ^-'of whom forty-three were women ind children, perished when the Lam pert A Holt liner Vestris sank about BfiO miles off the Virginia capes. The rescued were 215 in number and were picked up by vessels summoned by the SOS call of the radio operator on the Vestris. Who, if anybody, was to blame for the terrible loss of life was to be determined by official investiga tion. Many of the survivors were cer tain that the captain, William Carey, was responsible for it He went down with his vessel and cannot defend himself. The stories told by the res cued passengers agree that the ship was in evident peril Sunday night and that Captain Carey delayed the sending of calls for help until ten o'clock Monday morning, presumably hoping to save salvage fees, which are heavy. Though the Vestris was Inspected at New York on November 7 it is assert ed she tailed with some of her life boats and lowering davits in poor con dition and that none of the boats were sufficiently equipped with oars, pro visions, etc. Before she got far from port a heavy list developed, and the cargo shifted when heavy seas broke through one of the coaling ports. When the captain anally did send out the S. O 8 call it was answered Immediately by several vessels, in cluding the American Shipper, the blench tanker Myriam and the North German Lloyd liner Berlin. The bat tleship Wyoming and Ove coast guard vessels also were rushed to the scene. But hours before the first of these arrived the Vestris had rolled over and gone to the bottom. Almost at the last minute the passengers and crew took to the boats, but some of these boats were smashed, and others upset. The old rule of the sea, wom en and children first was observed, but only ten of the thirty-three women survived and all of the twenty chil dren perished. Twenty-one bodies of the dead were recovered. Captain Carey was said at the London offices of the steamship company to have been an experienced seaman with an excellent record. Staying with the ship and dying with the captain was M. J. O'Loughlin, the radio operator. SIX members of the flying school squadron at San Antonio, Texas, were killed when an army transport plane crashed. The right wing and tall piece of the plane broke off at at an altitude of 3,000 feet and It plunged Into a tall spin. The men killed were all In the cabin of the plane and had no chance. The pilot and another man, who were In the front seat, were thrown out and land ed with parachutes. MOUNT ETNA calmed down toward the end of the week and It was believed the eruption was nearing Its end. The river of molten lava was beginning to solidify and Its advance was much slower, but It still was menacing several towns. Officials of the Fascist government were most ef ficient In evacuating and assisting the refugees, all of whom were provided with shelter and food. Ample funds were voted by the council of mlnls ers. The work of reconstruction al -eady Is being planned, among the first things being the building of new ? reimportation routes around the fresh lava deposits. The total dam age Is estimated at 39,000,000. Three towns were ruined, two railroads cut snd partly submerged and many hun Ireds of acres of lemon groves and ineyards destroyed. Very few lives vere lost for the Inhabitants had a ut ile warning. PRESIDENT-ELECT HERBERT HOOVER Is on his way south card aboard the battleship Maryland, nd all of Latin-America Is getting eady to welcome him on his good will our. It was decided that the first ort of call should be Corlnto, Nlca New Bacterial Disease Hurts Beans in West Large acreages of beans grown for ced pnipoeee bare been destroyed by i bacterial disease known as the "halo pot" In Montana, Wyoming and Oolo ada. Reports of the damage caused by his retail rely new disease bare been nade to the bnrean of plant Industry it the United States Department of Agriculture by Miss Florence Hedges, as the remit at a Held trip. Bade ragua, where he would be met by President Diaz and would bare an op portunity to Indicate the policy bis ad ministration will pursue In dealing 'with situations similar to that which arose In Nicaragua and which resulted in the policing of the country by American marines. From there on the tentative program calls for stops at Balboa, Canal Zone; Callao, Pern, and Valparaiso, Chile. The govern ments of Colombia, Ecuador and Bo livia also asked that Mr, Hoover visit those countries. The President-elect Is accompanied on his tour by Mrs. Hoover and their son, Allan. The others In the offlclal party are Henry P. Fletcher, Ameri can ambassador to Rome, representing the State department; George Aker 8on, secretary to Mr. Hoover; George Barr Baker of New York, a personal friend; Commander Augustln T. Beau regard, United States naval aid to the President-elect, and a force of four clerks and Interpreters. Before leaving Palo Alto, Mr. Hoover made It known that he had not dis cussed his cabinet appointments with anyone and would do nothing In that matter until his return In January. William J. Donovan, assistant attor ney general of the United States, spent several days at the Hoover home and at once It was rumored that he would be given the post of attor ney general. In a letter written for the Manufac turers' Record, Mr. Hoover expressed his profound appreciation of the heavy vote given him by the Southern states, and promised that he would give that section of the country all the help be could In the way of flood con trol and development of an lnter coastal canal system and hydro-elec Mp nnirAr PRESIDENT COOLIDGE'S Armistice I day address, delivered at the Amer ican Legion exercises In Washington, aroused a lot of comment, mostly fa vorable In this country. Ue made an earnest appfcal for the construction of additional cruisers for our navy, and then passed to a review of Amer ican relations since the war, giving Europe notice of changes In our for eign policy. Ue took America's for mer allies to task for their criticism of this country, announced a tighten ing of American purse strings on loans to Europe, placed the blame for the failure of the Geneva three-power conference and the efforts to attain cruiser limitation squarely upon the selfishness of England and other Eu ropean nations The French press didn't especially like the President's remarks; and In London Lord Birkenhead In a banquet speech said: "My answers to the Pres ident of the United States would be that we ask nothing from them except good will. When we discuss questions of naval construction we do not Invite lectures as to whether we are pacific or not. When America claimed the right to build a certain number of cruisers our answer was; 'We agree. Let them build as many as they like.' There Is one-thing no English govern ment ever will do. They will not sur render the right to build a sufficient number of light cruisers to protect the empire for which they are respon sible trustees." G'OV. AL SMITH went down to Biloxl with a party of close friends to rest and play golf, but be fore departing from New York he Is sued a cheerful radio address to his fellow Democrats. Admitting his dis appointment with the outcome of the election, he yet refused to admit that the defeat had crushed the Democratic party and declared that It must carry on Its political tight along the lines and upon the principles It always has stood for and that It should be a con structive rather than a destructive force. Those principles, he asserted, are as great In defeat as they would have been In victory. Citing the large popular vote he received, be said: "We have the assurance from the election returns that the Democratic party Is a live, a vigorous and a forceful major minority party. The existence of such a party Is necessary under our system of government" The governor reminded his hearers that Mr. Hoover would be the Presi dent, not of the Republican party, but of the United States?of all the people ?and as such "Is entitled to all the co-operation of every dtlxen In the de rinm medtcaglnls phaseollcola la be tiered to be tbe caaae of balo blight which may be introduced Into new fields through infected seed, although the amount of loss resulting Is de pendent upon a number of factors, among which are unfavorable weather conditions. The disease has also been found in sections of Florida, south western Georgia and South Carolina. All of the most popular canning 'va rieties of beans, with the exception of the Refugees, are eery susceptible to halo blight but the Cast that the 1st velopment of * program calculated to promote the welfare aDd the beat to teresta of thla country." LOUIS J. TABER, master of tho National Grange. In addressing the opening session of the annual con vention In Washington, urged that congreas call a halt on the expendi ture of public funds for new reclama tion projects. "The government should act with caution In the devel opment of new lands for agricultural production during this period of de pression and surplus." Mr. Tabor said. "The grange must fight against ap propriations for new Irrigation and rec lamation projects until there Is evi dence of need for the land for food purposes, or until agriculture agala prospers." The grange Is In favor of the export plan of farm relief In preference to the McNary-Haugen bill, which It con siders dead. HIGHWAT officials from nearly every state, in annual convention In Chicago, expressed the belief that there would be an unprecedented ex pansion and development of Improved roads during the Hoover administra tion, because of the encouragement he gave the movement In his St Louis speech, and the association asked for a largely Increased federal aid appro priation. STATISTICS made public by the In ternal revenue bureau show that 52 individuals entered the $1,000,UOO or more Income class in 1927 and tbat the total number In that group was thus brought up to 283. The report shows a marked decrease In the num ber of persona having Incomes up to $10,000 a year and a considerable In crease In those reporting higher In comes, as compared with tbe figures for 1926. There was a big decrease In the gross Incomes of corporations. JULIU HAMu, leader of the Ru manian peasant party, was sum moned by the regency council to form a ministry for that disturbed country, and undertook the Job, to the great Joy of the peasants and workmen. He made up a cabinet and began work by dismissing a lot of lesser officials in different parts of the country, say ing he wished to clean "Rumania's Augean stable of Its corrupt and dis honest Incumbents before the new elections are held so that the Liberals with their huge political machine can not falsify the returns." All the op position parties hare combined to fight to the death against the Mania government This combination la backed by the big corporate Interests and says It will spend money freely In the national elections early In De- ' cember. Raymond Polncare yielded to per suasion and formed a new ministry for France with himself as premier without portfolio. But he had to leave out the Radical Socialists because they refused to co-operate with him, and thus his parliamentary strength Is considerably decreased. He also omitted M. Louis Marin, leading op ponent of the war debt agreement ratification. District attorjfet asa kktfs 1 of Lot An gel pleaded not guilty to charge* of bribery and will go on trial, with seven others, on December s. An Interesting feature of this case la the possibility that the Aimee Scra pie McPbersoo kidnaping conspiracy matter may be reopened. Witnesses before the grand Jury submitted docu mentary evidence said to have sup ported allegations that about $300,000 was used in the defense of the evan gelist before the district attorney dis missed the charges of conspiracy which were made against her. Over in England, where Aimee has been evangelising, she denied this story with scornful satire. MME. KIGRID GNDSET of Norway has been given the 1928 Nobel prise In liters tore, and Henry Rerg son. French philosopher, that for 1927, j held over from last year. The Nobel awards for chemistry, for both years, | were carried ofT by Germans, Prof. ' Helnrichs Wleland of Mnnlch and Prof. Adolf Wlndaus of Goettlngen. The peace prise for 1928 will be awarded by a committee of live In 1 Oslo. ? ngees are quite reel?tai)t to this dis ease glee* the agricultural experts hope that It will be possible to com bat this disease Invasion of the bean crop by breeding new varieties, espe dally resistant to It. In the mean time It is of the greatest Importance to clean up tbe seed stocks by grow 1 Ing them In disease-free areas where favorable weather conditions prevail I or by selecting them from fields with i a minimum of disease. Tbe canning industry Is of coarse affected by the cooditlooa set forth. wexwwMwsxswxsxsxas^^ I WHEN THEY I I INHERITED !