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lU THE BURNSVILLE EAGLE News Review of Current Events the World Over Statesmen at London Conference Try to Pull Germany Out of Financial Morass—President Hoover Offers Plan. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ter McDonald "A .. ' T7OUR resolutions ', ' ' Lor recommenda- ^ tions, devised liy the ^ committee of finance ministers and adopted --"w by the seven-power i F' * conference in Lon- don, comprised the total results of the , SE^yj piii-iey, and it was the J opinion of experts that ^ little if anything had been done for the ac- tual relief of Ger many. The plan in cludes tlie suggestions of President Hoover, which Secretary Stimson said were really both American and Brit ish in conception. Here, briefly sum marized, are the recommendations adopted: First—That the central banks and the World Bank for International Set tlements extend the SIOO.OOO.OOO Ger man credit for a further period of three months. Second—That private banks be urged to leave their credits now in Germany In German hands for the present. Third—That a world bank commit tee be appointed to consider the ques tions of short-term loans to Germany and the conversion of existing short- term loans to long-term loans, v Fourth—That the conference “note with satisfaction" the action of Ger man industrialists In creating a* re serve of approximately $12r),000,0d0 on the German gold discount bank. After the conference adjourned. Chancellor Bruening and Minister Cur- tlus consulted the American delegates concerning the possibility of arrang ing a new long-term loan. If France refused to participate, they thought the loan might he made by America, Great Britain and several other coun tries. Herr Bruening als^o conferred with Premier Laval 0.^ France on the pos- within tlfe' next three months. . That France is not at all In sympathy with the Hoover credits proposal was made clear by Premier I.aval when he Informed the conference: “Our coun try saved herself fn lf»26. That is an example which Germany should medi tate upon.7 Prime .Minister Ramsay McDonald presided over the sessions'of the con ference, and at Its opening he sought to Impress on the delegates the Im perative need of speedy and decisive action. “If we cannot find a solu tion of the present crisis,” said he. “no one can foretell the political and financial dangers that will ensue. It will be difficult to stay the flood be fore It has overwhelmed the whole of central Europe, with consequences social and political, as well as purely financial, which no man can estimate. “Time Is against us. Every day adds to the risks of a collapse which will be outside of humap control.” F rance took advantage of the in ternational confabs to start a cam paign for putting teeth In the Kel logg pact and in the League of Na tions covenant. A memorandum is sued at the Qua! d’Orsay, replying to the league’s request for Information on armed strength, contained the offi cial view that disarmament cannot be accomplished unless an international armed force is set up under the aegis of the league, or reciprocal obliga tions are undertaken to prevent ag gression by a military force. The document gave no precise figures on France’s armaments, but did declare that Chose armaments have been re duced to the lowest possible point “under present conditions in Europe and the world.” National security is still the slogan of France, and she Insists on guarantees if her arma ments are to be modified. The memorandum finajiy contends that insecurity for one state means Insecurity for all. and the idea of neutrality Is incompatible with the notion of solidarity of states. W HILE statesmen in London were trying to reach con clusions that might result in the complete abandonment of the projected Austro-Ger- man customs union by the German gov ernment, the World court in The Hague opened a hearing on the proposal that has been so dear to tlie hearts of the officials in Berlin. Before the court took up the case President Adatcl of Japan Installed Judges de Bustamente of Cuba and Wang of China, who were not present at the last session. After this preliminary, the full court, Including Frank B. Kellogg of the United States, began the hearing, with the governments of Germany, Austria, France, Italy and Czecho-Slo- vakia as parties to the case. They were represented by an army of agents, counsels, advocates, and as sistants. The Austrian agent, Prof. Rotten- berg Gov. Murray Lieut. Bush- BURNSVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1931. Eric Kauifmann, was accompanied by an American, A. S. FaJler, of ttie New York bur. Ditpatches from V'lenna Indicate that Austrisyis not nearly so eager for the customs union as she was before the present financial crisis hit Ger many. Indeed, the Austrian govern ment may drop tlie plan entirely. It is now engrossed in trying to extri cate .\iistria from its own financial difficulties. Dr. Franz Itottenberg, wlK), until recently was director gen eral of the Bank of Austria, has been called on for help and has been made director of the Austrian credit bu reau. It will be liis taal; to arrange a national credit and budget system which, it is hoped, wili pull the na tion out of the hole. A NNOUNCEMENT is made by the Insurgent government at Canton. China, that it will begin operations against the Nationalist government on August 1. when Gen. Chang Fat-Knwi will lead an array Into Kiangsi prov ince. whicli is nominally Nationalist territory. This decision followed the an nouncement that Gen. Shlh Yu-San, an anti-Nationalist, had begun hostili ties iu northern China. General Shih’s operations north of the Yel low river caused the declaration of martial law in Peiping and Tientsin and the invocation of a news censor ship by Nationalist authorities. '“pRANSPORTED from El Paso, -1 Texas, In an ambulance, Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior, entered the New Mexico penitentiary at Santa Fe to serve a sentence of a year and a day for bribery in federal oil leases. He was put in the prison hospital, where be is expected to serve his time. The usual photo graphing, finger printing, clas.siflca- tion and numbering rouHne, was dis- with un^l I'»u U hy^ /xTfe ,priS9n%]iy^iafl,‘Dr.,S. jv^Fiske,' as ^>1e'’t6 Sraira these details. Interviews by the press with Fall were forbidden by the United States Department of Justice in a letter of instructions to Warden Ed Swope of the New Mexico penitentiary. C HOUI.D “Alfalfa ^ Bill” Murray, gov- emor of Oklahoma, seeki'any other office, it is likely he would __ receive a large part of the motorist vote of the state. He has been engaged in a contest with Gov. Ross S. Sterling of Texas over toil and free bridges across the Red river, which separates the two states, and for a time at least the result was that au tomobiles crossed the river on free spans, excepting the one at Denison, Texas, and the owners of toll bridges were doing no business. At the south end of the Denison free bridge Te.xas rangers were stationed oy order of Governor Sterliug to stop truffle after Oklahoma officers had torn down barrier that had been erected. In i taliatiou. Governor Murray had high way crews tear up the approaches to toll spans that are nenr two free bridges. The Denison toll bridge was blocked at the Oklahoma end. forcing traftic to make a 30-miIe detour to the free bridge at Preston. Oklahoma highway employees said they had received orders to begin tear ing up a section of road near Aehille, OIrla., leading to K. O. & G. railroad bridge at Carpenter’s Bluff, eight miles east of Denison. The railr bridge has a toll runway for vehicles. Involved in the controversy are federal injunction and a contract wi toll bridge owners. J. J. Loy, Texas state senator, prominent In highway affairs, informed Governor Sterling that he considered the Texas execu tive had overstepped his authority .sending rangers to block the Denison free bridge. “The bridge was closed by a federal Injunction and keepinj it closed was a matter for federal of ficers,” Loy said- elimination race | which started at Ak ron, Ohio, and the contest was decidedly unsatisfactory. First place was won by the United States navy hag which was pi loted by Lieuts. T. G. M. Settle and Wilfred Bushnell. Second place went to the Goodyear-Zeppeiin Goodyear VIII., pi loted by Frank Trotter, and third hon ors to the W. J. R. of Detroit, guided by Ed J. Hill and Arthur Schlosser. The navy balloon landed at Marilla, N. Y., after covering a distance of 215 miles. The Goodyear came to earth about two hours later at Stev- ensviile, Out., ISM) miles from her starting point, while the W. J. R. came down at Wesleyvtlle, Pa., near Erie, after covering only 115 mUe» The army balloon No. 1, piloted by Capt. Karl S. Axtater and Lieut, fl. S. Couch, had to cover only about 80 miles to take fourth place in the contest. This bag came down at Cus tards, Pa., after riming into a storm. The same storm forced down L. P. Furculow and John Rieker, the Akron balloon pilots, wiio landed four miles norlli of Ravenna to take fifth ptace after traveling only about 20 iniies. A second army balloon, piloted by Lieuts. Edgar Fogesonger and John A. Tarro, was last, with a flight of only 35 minutes. It covered only 12 miles .before coming down. As a re sult of tlie contest, the navy and Goodyear balloons will represent the United States along with W. T. Van Orman of Akron In the international Gordon Bennett race. N IC.YRAGUAN insurgents have ’’busted loose” again and are giv ing the national guard so much trou ble that United States marine patrols went to the rescue from Managua. A large party of rebels armed with pistols and machetes entered the town of Uaiua on the Escondido riv er and, after sharp fighting, was driv en back by national guardsmen. Three of the invaders and one guardsman were billed. About the same time 250 men un der Pedro Altamirano, Sandinista chieftain, sacked the small mining town of Santa Domingo in Cliontales department, according to official re ports. Police killed one of the insur gents. A national guard patrol was ambushed on both sides of the Chico river at Kisalaya by 40 Insurgents, the government has been informed. T?hree of the insurgents were killed and one guardsman was wounded. O UR eight new 10,000-ton cruisers, it .Jias been found, roll so bad ly in rough water that the effective ness of their gunfire is impaired. Therefore they are to be altered. Al ready anti-rolling tanks and larger bilge keels are being put in the Pen sacola and the Northampton and If these changes are succe|sful the oth er cruisers also will have them. Navy officials said the seriousness of the roll bad been exaggerated. The seven cruisers now building have been so modified in design, it was said, that the tendency to roll will be eliminated. ■HAT was said be the largest prohibition investiga tion ever undertaken came to a cllnias in ■’* * Jf.. a bam'iuore wiieu affed-' eral grand jury re turned three indict- menis charging 53 corporations and indi viduals In New York, New Jersey, Dela- . ware. Maryland, Michigan and Ohio Woodcock conspiracy to violate the prohibition laws. The investigation was begun in Au gust. 1929, after tlje seizure in Balti more of three big stills used for cracking and re-distliling commercial alcohol for beverage purposes. More than 130 vtitnesses, including Prohi bition Director Woodcock, Dr. James M. Doran, former director and officials of the attorney general’s office ap peared before the Inquest, which cost the government $500,000. Among those Indicted were the United Slates Industrial Alcohol com pany, and its subsidiary, the United States Industrial Chemical company of West Virginia and Maryland, the largest industrial alcohol company in the country. According to the charges, the con spiracy was started in 1927, and cor- porations were formed for the pur chase of industrial alcohol so it could be resold to other individuals for con version into beverage channels. It was said the ring operated plants at Cleve land. Erie, Pa., Paterson, N. J., and Fredonia, and Florida, N. Y. W HEAT continues to be a live topic for a considerable part of the country's population, and scarcely a day passes without eitlier an attack on the policy of'the farm board or a defense of its way of doing business. The price having dropped to 25 cents a bushel or even lower in the South west, the growers are using their grain in ways heretofore unknown. In the Texas panhandle It is accepted as admissions to theaters, and by den tists and newspapers in lieu of cash. Many of the southwestern farmers are feeding wheat to poultry, cattle and hogs and using It for fuel. A judge In Dodge City, Kan., offers to marry couples for ten bushels of the grain, and In several cities motor companies take It iff exchange for used cars at the rate of 50 cents a bushel. S YNDICALISTS are causing a lot of trouble in Spain, and it is a ques- whetlier the new republic will be able to survive. Riotous demonstrations in Seville resulted in the death of nearly a score of persons, and martial law was proclaimed there. It was predicted" that when the as sembly was formally constituted the cabinet would resign Immediately, that Alcala Zamora would be elected president and that he would summon either Manuel Azana, present war minister, or Alejandro Derroux, for eign minister, to the premiership. The proclamation declaring martial law In Seville set forth that troops would fire on the slightest warning and that, therefore, residents had best keep off the streets and out of balconies. Resistanqe to the military will result In immediate court-mar tial. The troops were ordered to use heavy artillery to destroy houses from which sniping has been going on. l& 1031. Wwtera N«wai>&oer UaioD.i CHEAP WHEAT LEADS TO BARTER SYSTEM Grain Used in Strange Ways in the Southwest. Kansas City.—With wheat down to 25 cents a bushel and even lower, farmers of Kansas,. Oklahoma and Texas are going back to the barter system. Some of tlrA bumper crop of this year is being tjfaded tor enter tainments and for professional serv ices. The grain is-also being con sumed in ways lieretpfore unknown. In tlie Texas I’anliandle. theaters are admitting farratfrs and their fam ilies lor a specified'^nount of wheat, dentists exchange \\*rk for it, mills accept it in exchange for flour and almost every newspaper in the sec tion is paying above.niurkot price for the wheat for siibsc^ptions. So far, however, (grocers, clothing merchants, machinery dealers and others who do any considerable amouat of business with fanners have not adopted the plan. Old mills all over.the Texas wheat country have been repaired and put Into opea-ation and are exchauging flour for the raw grain. Some of them produce only the whole wheat product, but the business is heavy, neveitheiess. Many farmers are feeding their wheat to poultry, dah y cows and hogs, and there are few raw crop farmers in the Texas territory who have not bought from twenty-five to several hundred bushels of the cheap wheat to feed to poultry anti live stock. Outlying districts of the north plains have announced that some farmers will burn wheat for fuel this winter, rather than haul in-coal, At Dodge City. Kan,, Richard W. Evans. Ford county probate judge, has offered to marry cou[iles for ten bushels of wheat. The regular fee is -$5. An automobile con:^)aii,7, in the same wheat belt town, is‘offering 50 cents a bushel for wheat' in exchange for used cars. At Elkhart. Kan., a motor car e pany is offering .50 wnts a bushel for wheat, to be applied on purchases accounts, k •5.000-bHShel storeroom' built by the company is nearly filled. Hutchinson, Kan. — One Kansas wheat farmer here believes he has outwitted the low market, He is C. E. icing and he has his 1932 wheat crop sown, harvos^ jd; threshed, and »la. l*e e Is much lower than what if would be under the usual plan.' His next year's :rop was obtained without turning his hand. King has ICO acres of land, figured that a good average crop would be 10 bushels per acre. So he decided in advance to make that his crop for 10.32. He simply bought 16 bushels of wheat for every acre he has, at the prevailing market price, 25 cents per bushel at tlie time. Then he scored it on his farm just as if he had harvested it. Washington.—Official estimates wheat production in 14 countries for the 1931-32 harvest place the total at 1,8.34,560,000 busliels. against 1.872,- 332,000 liushels for the same countries in 1930-31, the Department of Agrl- :uicure announced, Reports from 22 countries give the area planted to wheat fos the 1931-32 season as 186,584,000 acres, compared with 191.217,000 In the preceding year. These countries represent about per cent of world wheat acreage, elusive of Russia and China. Stocks A'wait Men Who Shave in Centralia Centralia, Wash.—Four of Centrai- ia’s shorn and powdered “pioneers” spent an uncomfortable half hour In stocks. A vigilance committee started rounding up those who failed to com ply with a city ordinance requiring all male inhabitants to go unshaven until the annual Southwest Washing ton Pioneers' picnic, August 11 and 12. Classed ns ''slackers'' and convicted in police courts of violating the city ordinance, the four were placed in the stocks to be ridiculed. No half-way measures are to be tolerated. Moustaches, even long drooping decorations, are mere eva sions, and will not save a man from ’’public shame,” Two Dry Agents Slain by Indiana Bootlegger Fort Wayne, Ind.—Two federal dry agents were shot and killed near here and two others were injured when George Adams, paroled bootlegger, shot his way out of a trap laid by the agents. Adams, suffering from a bul let wound in the neck, was captured later in front of the home of a friend. The slain operatives were John 1. Wilson, head of the special unit of rhe Indianapolis prohibition offices, and Walter M. Gilbert of the dry depart ment at Cincinnati. Those injured are C. E. Green of Portland, Ind., and Oliver J. Gettle of Indianapolis. “Depression Flats.” New St. Louis Subdivision For about a mile along the Mississippi at st. Louis may oe seen many small make-shift shacks built of old boards and tar paper. Tins is the new subdivision builtand occupied by those families and individuals who are without jobs and funds and named “Depression Fiats.”'\Tliese people have taken the liberty, under their circum stances, to squat on the edge of the Mississippi where living is cheaper and children can romp and play. The pho tograph shows one of the shacks where a family of six, including three children, make their home. Plan to Take Gold From Sea Fails Berlin.—The fantastic scheme of German scientists to pay Germany’s reparation debt with gold from the ocean has been abandoned. For more than eight years Profes sor Wilhelm Sclilenk of the chemical institute of tlie Berlin university re vealed, German scientists carried extensive research in all the oceans of the world in an attempt to extract gold from seawater. Hope is Abandoned. "Our last hope of winning gold from sources other than mines has been definitely aliandoned.” Professor Sclilenk declared to Universal Serv ice. “The idea of extracting gold from the ocean sprang up during tlie in flation period when the gold que.stion was so burning. A number of sliips equipped with the latest scientific in struments and modern laboratories carried Germany’s mo.st prominent sci entists to all coiners of tiie world, . to Am-filtw, ilio'^pei'-' centage of gold in the ocean would have been adequate to warrant ex tracting it. But our expeditions found that Arreniu-s was wrong and that only a small fraction of the amount of gold he claimed to have found in ocean wa ter aetuall.v existed, Hard to Extract. “But even if Arrenlus liad been right, it would be practically impos sible to Isolate the precious metal, owing to its extremely irregular dis tribution. Contrary to general be- Immigration Tide to United States at Ebb Washington.—Fewer inmiigraiits are how being admitted than at any time during tbe last 100 years, and immi gration has ceased to be “an economic menace,” Wiiilam N. Doak, secretary of labor, lias announced. Only one iiiunigrant is entering the United States wliere five were admit ted a year ago and tliirty in 1914, Mr. Doak declared. Swelling the outward time of migration, tliere were more than 18,000 aliens deported In the fis cal year just ended on June 30, he said. Mr. Doak recommended that con gress raise the educational require ments for admission to citizenship. Too many persons are gaining citi zenship who do not comprehend its sponsihilities, he said, also significant In its declaration tliut “there are i signs of improvement in employment conditions.” * lief, ocean water is not a specific so lution, but a continually changing mix-' ture. "Water from'.the polar regions con tains an entirely, different percentage of salt, chemicals and minerals tlian water from the .tropics. “And gold’s peculiar molecular for mations In ocean water offer an add ed difficulty iu extracting U. We found veritable ‘gold streams,’ specific cur rents which contain a Higher percent age of gold.” i- Petrified Rattlesnake Found on Mountain Westfield, Mass.—Evidence i-f what may hftve been a prehis toric rattlesnake lias been found on Mount Teko. The apparently petrified rep tile appears on the face of a ciiff a score of feet from the nearest footpath.'. Scientists who have viewed It esfimal,e that it was about seven^feet long and four inches in diameter. Lipstick Once Classed With Witchcraft Art London,—Use 'of lipstick was once a punishable Offense in .Enitiand, ac cording to Dr. Margaret FIshenden, scientific investigator in the depart ment of'scieiitlic and industrial re search. > • Cosmetjeg w^re introduced Into Eng- sl»*, de clared in a radTOnmdca^ii "Chem istry and the Housewife.” In 1780, she, said, it was decreed that any woman who should “seduce, or betray into matrimony any of his majesty’s subjects by scents, paints or cosmetic washes should incur the penalty of the law in force against witchcraft and Oint the marriage, upon conviction, should stand null and void.” Gen. Washington Knew Pinch of “Hard Times’^ Wasliington.— George Washington.” arrived at his home froin the Revolu- lionary war practically “broke,” re- ■cent letters revoai. He sent his mofber 15 guineas with the ex^anolion that these were all- iie liad and tluit ihey were due soma one else. -• —" 'T now have 'domt^d§. upon me fdr more than £500, ,3-i6-odd of which is due for tiie tax of 1786, and I know not where or wlien I shall receive one shilling with which to pay it.” , Old Court Records Complete Archives St. Louis, Mo.—'Three packing boxes of old officiai court records of Ste. Genevieve, Mo., shipped recently to the Ml.ssouri Historical society, has given that body complete official records from that district between 1761 and 1865—almost 100 years. Previously the society had been‘giv en official papers from 1761 to 1804. Recently, however, it was decided to turn papers dating from 1804 to 1865 ever to the society. More German Food Served in Paris Cafes Paris.—The ever increasing number of Germans frequenting Montmartre and Montparnasse, the two gayest night haunts of Paris, has caused res taurateurs and cafe proprietors to sub stitute German dislies for American ones served as specialties. In former years the restaurant men catered to Americans with breakfast foods, “hot dogs” and baked beans. The decrease in Americans has re sulted in the appearance of German dainties. College Boy Orchestras to Play on U. S. Liners Boston.—Collegians wili be employed to play in the orchestras of ships of the United States lines .during the summer months, according to plans being completed by the Intercollegi ate Alumni extension service. Orchestras from the following col leges have already been engaged for the 'glimmer: University of Peansyl- vania. University of California, Massa chusetts Institute of Technology Penn States, Ohio State, Columbia, Ford- ham, and University of Maryland. School to Recess So the Pupils Can Dig Potatoes Bethlehem, Pa.—The Moore town ship district In Northampton county planned a school schedule to Include a two weeks recess during the potato digging season. According to the plan the schools will be opened on August 24, two weeks earlier than usual. When the potato season arrives the di rectors will close the schools for the two week period to permit children to assist at their homes in digging the potatoes. Motorist Arrested When He Offers Chief a “Hip” Quincy, Mass.—Frank Farrell was motoring through Cohasset when ha stopped his car to ask a pedestrian for a match. A girl companion of Farrell offered tlie stranger a drink. The stranger, who proved to be PoUca Cliief H. J. Pelletier, arrested P'arrell. In court Farrell was fined $100 for drunken driving. Eagle Believed to Have Attacked Child Killed Tazewell, Va.—John Murray, a farm er, killed an eagle at Ilorsepen that had a spread of 73 inches from tip to tip. It is believed tliat It was tha same eagle that attacked a child i-e- cently. The bird was found drinking from a creek when shot Cannibal* Eat a Belgian Cape Town.—Dispatches to the newspaper Dis Burge, by way of Jo hannesburg and Ellzabethvllle said a cannibal tribe near Leopoldville had killed and eaten M. Mallot. the Belgian district commissioner of Leopoldville Owl “Hypnotizes” Man; Claws Out One of Eyes Edmonton. Alta.—“Hypnotized” by a vicious mother owl, which clawed his face and body, Albert Hughes of Wainwright, Alta., was at a hospi tal here after an operation for removal of his riglit eye. “I was walking underneath a tree,” said Hughes, “when the owl suddenly fluttered from her nest. I didn’t fight back or rim. I couldn't. All I could see was those two big eyes. I was hypnotized.” Men Taught Hula Dance Honolulu.—A school for training men in the contortions and gyrations of tbe hula dance has been set up in this city. The class Is limited to men only. Asked If He Wants to Go to Jail, Mute Says “No” Seattle.—'William Leonard, twenty- three, was taken to Police court, charged with begging. , He professed to be deaf and dumb. Court attaches tried various ruses, attempting to make him talk, but all failed until Judge John B. Gordon suddenly caught his eye and asked, “Do you want to go to jail?” Leonard quickly replied "No.” He was escorted to a cell Champion Barrel-Birlers of Paris Jean Farges, No. 2. winner of the one-mile annual rolling champlonsliip race in Paris Is accepting the congratulations of Paul Eustache, No. 1, tha champion of lust year, who finished second in this race, only 20 yards ba* bind tbe winner.
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