THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
VOL. LII.
WHAT'S GOING ON
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENTfVENTS
Developments in Mexican
Situation —Lively Do
ings in Geneva.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
TAMES A. FLAHERTY, supreme
J knight of the Knights of Columbus,
accompanied by the members of the
npreme council, called on President
Coolldge at White Pine camp and dis
pelled the popular Idea that his order
asks that the United States intervene
In the Mexican religious controversy.
It does not even ask the lifting of the
m bargo on arms shipments to Mexl-.
co, he declared. Instead, it desires
only the exercise of whatever good of-"
flees the United States can extend
wider international law to ameliorate
conditions in the neighboring republic.
He placed much blame on the policies
of the last three American administra
tions, and Mr. Coolldge, who has pur
sued a policy of "hands off" in the
quarrel between Calles and the church,
was said to have listened "kindly and
patiently" to what the delegation had
to say.
Down In Mexico City the congress
has assembled and it Is expected that
the religious situation will be taken up
very soon. The President's message
dealt with it at some length. There
was said to be a good chance that
congress, although made up of over 80
per cent of government men, would
make certain concessions to the Cath
olics which may remove some of the
objections of the church. The Cath
olic League for Religious Defense,
however, is not dissatisfied with the
present situation, Its secretary assert
|» lug that the economic. boycott Is so
successful that It has' practically
paralyzed the economic life of the na
tion. Says he:
L "Commerce In Mexico, according to
statements by the chamber of com
merce Itself, has fallen off 50 per cent
>lnce the opening of the economic boy
cott, and Industrial organizations are
complaining of a large overproduc
tion because of lack of consumers.
"In the Interior the boycott is felt
terribly. Entire cities, towns and vil
lages have subjected themselves to
heroic sacrifices of abstinence. In
Aguas Callentes, Arades, and Penjamo
no beans are eaten this month, and
the civic government In these places
Is on the verge of bankruptcy.
"This is only the beginning. As
time goes on the lines will be drawn
tighter. The final effect of the boy
cott will be to force capital to face
the situation and take means of meet
'ng it. It either must further the ends
of the boycott or force the government
to repeal the objectionable antl-Cath
ol'c legislation."
J N MORE ways than one the world
court cut quite a figure la the
week's news, in Geneva the confer
ee of representatives of 37 nations
egan discussion of the admission of
e United States with the reserva
°ns made by the senate. The first
reservations were quickly ac-
but opposition developed to
• fourth, which would prevent the
ague of Nations from amending the
statutes without America's per
® Mlon. sir George Foster of Cana
•ed the opposition and was warmly
ponded by Markovlfch of Jugo
avla. The debate grew rather hot
1 South American delegates Inter
red to smooth things over. Final
' 00 on the fourth reservation was
j**tponed and discussion of the fifth
w & li !* egUD - This provides that the
® d oourt shall not, without the
• , sent °' the United States, enter
. D , any request for ah advisory opln
, woching any dispute or question
which the United States has or
an Interest The belief pre-
In Geneva that the basis of this
the p at!on ,s a desire on the part of
t| States to prevent any at-
N'atf the conncU the League of
ilth ODS *° Beelt opinions
inwi on Immigration problems or
trim, ° ns a ® ec t' n 8 the Monroe doc
and Latin America. It was
*«® Place Sele
as Cradle of Race
QQ e cra( lle of the human race may
to A m ° re transferred, this time
to tJ ,Btra " a ' where what is declared
*as " le most archaic known skull
ns Ut J eartf 'ed more than a year ago.
by Zr ian scientists say It antedates
I aj., n °wn -ages all other human re
dow ' 'eluding the Rhodeslan, Pilt
jjt, ® n d Tagal skulls, and the Nean
t *>nm rellcs - which are said to be
atlv ely modern when put beside
thought likely the reservation would
be turned over to a commission for
study and advice.
\/T EANWHILE California was hold
lng a primary election In which
the world court was promjnent. Sena
tor Shortrldge, pro-court, was run
ning for renominatlon by the Repub
licans and was opposed by Robert M.
Clarke, backed by Senator Johnson
and other anti-court leaders. At this
writing incomplete returns Indicate
that Shortrldge was victorious by a
considerable plurality. Llneberger,
anti-court and wet, was trailing far be
hind. Lieut. Gov. C. C. Young, also sup
ported by Johnson, was leading Gov.
Friend W. Richardson and the four
Other candidates for the Republican
gubernatorial nomination. Congress
man Florence P. Kahn, who Is de
cidedly wet, was renominated, and the
wets were leading In several other
Congressional districts.
.. cQij the Democratic side John B. El
liott, who was Indorsed for senator by
William Glbbs l McAdoo, was leading
Isador Dockxveller, whom he accused
of complicity In a Tammany Hall plot
to capture California democracy. But
Carl Alexander Johnson, San Diego,
dry, also bearing the McAdoo indorse
ment, was tralllhg Justus S. Wardell
in the gubernatorial race. Wardell
also was accused by the McAdoo can
didates of trafficking with Tammany.
SENATORS TRAMMELL of Florida
and Gooding of Idaho, both of
whom voted for American entry Into
the world court, have changed their
minds and are now ready to vote for
withdrawal of the ratification. Mr.
Trammell said he would offer a reso
lution for such action when the •sen
ate meets in December. The defec
tion of these two would not materially
affect the situation, and at the sum
mer White House It was made known
that President Coolldge does not an
ticipate a victory by the nntJ.-court
forces. It may be mentioned that Col.
Theodore Roosevelt, speaking to the
Middle West, declared himself against
the world court, though supporting the
Coolldge administration in all other
respects.
«Xyf A" FERGUSON lost her chance
iVI to be governor of Terns for
another term when she was defeated
In the run-off primary by Dan Moody
by nearly two to one. The attorney
general, whose nomination by the
Democrats Is equivalent to election,
said the klan was not an Issue and
Jim Ferguson had found It Impossible
to make it one.
It appears at this writing that a
run-off primary will be necessary Sep
tember 14 In South Carolina where
neither Senator E. B. Smith, Edgar A.
Brown nor N. B. Dial had a clear mar
jorlty for the senatorial nomination.
They were standing In the order
named.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS delegates
were trying hard to find some way
to satisfy Spain and Poland and at the
same time admit Germany to member
ship and a permanent seat In the
council. The commission at work on
plans for reorganization of the coun
cil decided that Spain could not have
a permanent seat It adopted Lord
Cecil's scheme giving Spain and Po
land semi-permanent seats the tenure
of which Is three years, with a decla
ration of their re-ellglbillty.
It seems likely, however, that Spain
will quit the league entirely as a. re
sult of the refusal of Great Britain
and France to attend a conference on
the status of Tangier. As was re
counted last week, Spain insists that
the Tangier district be added to her
Morocco protectorate, and the Spanish
foreign minister has said flatly that
Spain will withdraw from the league
unless this Is granted. In the house
of commons Sir Austen Chamberlain,
foreign minister, said Britain was will
ing to discuss with Spain and France
the former's request for a league man
date over Tangier, but with due re
gard for existing treaties. He did
not think Geneva was a good place for
such a discussion.
Italy Is now tied up with Spain by
6 new treaty of alliance which It Is
admitted Is a direct threat to France
In so far as the rule of the Mediter
ranean basin is concerned. European
diplomats were wondering If Musso-
the Cohuna skull, so called because it
was found near Cohuna. This prehis
toric skull was found In red surface
loam and the Interior was tilled with
fine reddish sand resembling that of
arid regions where there are sand
drifts. On the surface of the skull
was a thin Iron-stained Incrustation
similar to the drift within, but con
taining carbonate of Hme. Prof. Colin
MacKenzle, director of the National
Museum of Australian Zoology,- now In
possession of the skull, believes It be
longs to a direct line of the human
GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1926.
lini and De Rivera would try to
sabotage the meeting of the league.
OVERRIDING the veto of Governor
General Wood, the Philippine
house of representatives passed the
senate bill providing for a plebiscite
in the islands on the question of in
dependence. The measure is now up
to President Coolldge, who will have
six months in which to act after it
reaches him. He will have reports
from both Governor General Wood
and Col. Carml Thompson, his per
sonal Investigator there, to help him
make up his mind. In Washington It
is believed he will support Wood.
chief of the Azores Islands,
" was hit by a disastrous earth
quake that ruined most of the homes
in the town of Horta and that was
followed by a tidal wave that caused
great damage In the village of Fetelra.
Though probably not more thp.n a
store of persons were killed, the In
jured number several hundred and
material losses were Immense. For
tunately the temblor came In the day
time when most of the Inhabitants of
the Island were out of doors. The
quake was the severest ever experi
enced in the archipelago.
At about the same time there were
earthquakes In several regions of
Mexico, and a little earlier Maine had
some shocks.
AMERICA has lost two more of her
best aviators through airplane
accidents. Commander John Rodgers
of the navy, hero of the Hawaii flight,
fell with his plane Into shallow water
and was fatally Injured. Lieut Cyrus
K. Bettis of the army, who crashed
Into a mountain in Pennsylvania in a
fog, died in a hospital In Washington
from spinal meningitis which devel
oped after It was thought he was on
the way to recovery.
SERIOUS labor trouble broke out In
Manvllle, It. 1., where a mob of 1,-
800 striking textile mill workers
fought a battle with a small force of
state police and deputy sheriffs, after
an attempt to set .fire to a mill. The
officers used tear gas bombs, revol
vers and riot guns and a number of
the rioters were wounded, as were
three of the officers. The governor
sent a detachment of state troops to
maintain order.
In Chicago another open and closed
shop struggle Impends. A strike of
structural iron workers was called on
a skyscraper In course of construc
tion as a starter, and the citizens' com
mittee to enforce the Landls award
promptly called In strikebreakers to
take the places of the union men.
Other artisans' unions are likely to be
come Involved. The committee an
nounced it would support any contrac
tor In Chicago who desired to erect
steel on the open shop basis.
The long-standing flght between
President Lewis of the United Mine
Workers and President Farrlngton of
the Illinois miners' union, has result
ed in the suspension of the latter by
the state executive board. He was
forced to admit that be had contract
ed to enter the employ of a big mining
firm whenever he should quit office.
IF RUDOLPH VALENTINO had any
sense of humor he must be laugh
ing in his coffin over the outburst of
mushy sentimentality and mawkish
emotionalism thai has 'followed his
lamentable death. Enough here to say
that after funeral ceremonies In New
York, the remains of the screen star
were transported In a special car to
Hollywood for burlaL
GERTRUDE EDERLE did not long
maintain her supremacy as a
swimmer of the English channel. Her
feat was duplicated by Mrs. Clemlng
ton Corson of New York, the mother
of two children; and a few days later
Ernst Vlerkoetter of Germany swam
across from France to England In the
record time of 12 hours and 42 min
utes.
DURING the second year of the op
eratlon of the Dawes plan, Just
ended, Germany met nearly 54 per
cent of Its reparations payments by
means of deliveries of materials. The
total payments amounted to 1,220,000,-
000 gold marks (about 1290,860,000),
and the deliveries In kind 656,800,000
gold marks (about $156,318,000).
ascent. The upper Jaw projects from
the forehead to an extent exceeding
that of any known skull, resembling
the living anthropoid. The floor ot
the nose is not detlned from the rest
of the face, as in modern man, and
the bony archer at the side of the
face for the support of muscles of
mastication are large and profnlnent
—New York Times.
In the making of attar of roses only
the red rose Is used, and tlii« la
gathered Just before dawn..
Regularity in
Feed Important
Cows Should Be Milked by
Same Man at Same Hour
on Each Day.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Of all dairy operations, milking on
most farms takes the greatest amount
of time, and to many persons Is the
most Irksome task. It has commonly
been assumed that cows should not
only be milked regularly but also by
the same man each time. Doubtless
this has had much *to do with the
distaste many persons have for dairy
work.
Irregular Milking.
Experiments by the United States
Department of Agriculture at the ex
perimental farm of the bureau of
dairying at Beltsvllie, Md., show that
with cows that are average to good,
milking may take place at Irregular
hours without any marked effect upon
production. Whether very high pro
ducers would show similar results has
not been determined.
• It was found, however, that when ir
regular milking was accompanied by
Irregular feeding the production was
lessened about 5 per cent. Apparent
ly cows are more sensitive to changes
In the feeding routine than to varia
tions In the hoij*s of milking. The
conclusion Is not to be drawn from
these experiments that regularity In
doing the dairy work Is a matter of
little importance, but rather that
cows can occasionally be milked
earlier or later than usual If there Is
something else to which the dairyman
desires to give his time.
Milked by Bame Person.
Though It Is generally believed that
a cow will produce more when milked
always by the same person, the prac
tice In many large dairies where there
are several milkers Is to milk the
cows as they come, rather than to
reserve certain cows for each man.
SCHOOLGIRL FINDS BIG BARBERRY
BUSH 'OVERLOOKED IN A SURVEY
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Method of Preventing the
Spread of Stem Rust
(Prepared by the United Statu Department
of Agriculture.)
Rural school teachers In many dis
tricts of the north central grain-grow
ing states are Instructing their botany
and nature study classes In the prin
ciples Involved In the government's
campaign against the common bar
berry bush, says P. E. Kempton, In
charge of barberry eradication, Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture.
By Instructing the pupils in a prac
tical method of preventing the spread
of stem rust to small grains, these
teachers have not only aroused Inter
est in the scientific studs of plant life,
but have materially aided In a proj
ect conducted for the benefit of agri
culture.
Barberry material and literature re
cently displayed in a school In La
Salle county, 111., so fascinated one
ten-year-old girl that she Immediately
became interested. The next day,
while passing through a wooded area,
she found a common barberry bush
growing on the bank of a creek in an
almost Inaccessible spot at least a
mile from the nearest road. It was a
buch 12 feet high and moderately in
fected with rust. There also were a
number of seedlings close by.
The county had been surveyed in
1028 to locate all common barberry
bushes and a resurvey had been made
In 1924. In all probability this bush
still would be undiscovered bad this
girl not become Interested in the com
mon barberry and its method of
spreading rust to' the grain fields.
Rust spores carried by the wind
from common barberry bushes have
been known to Infect distant grain
fields.
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Plant Breeders Making
" Crops More Profitable
The Improvement of farm crops
and the discovery of better method*
of crop production are essential to
progress In farming. ,
Wisconsin agronomists were tmotf
the first to work on crop Improvement
and a long list of successful pure-bred
varieties stands to their credit. The
Wisconsin pedigreed barley, our first
pure-bred grain, was produced by se
lecting superior plants from many
thousands grown together for com
parison in breeding plots.
After several years of testing the
different selections, the best were mul
tiplied and distributed to pedigreed
seed growers, and through them to
the farmers. The success of this
At the bureau's experimental farm,
12 cows were divided into thrpe
groups of four cows each, and each
group' was milked regularly by the
same man for 40 days. The 12 cows
were then milked by the same three
menyin such a way that no cow was
minced twice In succession by the
same man. After 40 days the cows
were changed to regular milking again
for 40 days. The results show an in
crease of only about 0.05 per cent
In the milk and butter fat through
steady milking by the same man.
This is so little as to be almost
negligible.
Feeding' Test Results
Studied at "U" Farm
Six lots of Hereford baby beeves,
ten animals to the lot, were on exhi
bition at the end of a 217-day feeding
experiment before nearly 300 cattle
feeders and other persons interested
in cattle feeding at University farm,
St. Paul, Minn., recently.
All of the calves were purchased In
October, 1925, from the Schermerhorn
farms In Mahnomen county. The ex
periment compared the value of
shelled corn anfl corn-and-cob meal,
full fed and slightly limited grain ra
tions, and made comparisons of the
feeding, finishing, selling and killing
qualities of steer calves, heifer calves
and a mixed lot of steers and heifers.
Ten steers which were fed n daily
ration each of 10.33 pounds of shelled
corn, 1.70 pounds of linseed meal,
15.06 pounds of corn silage and 2.21
pounds of alfalfa hay—a ration which
cost $8.74 for every 100 pounds of
gain—made the best record. Includ
ing the pork credit, the market per
calf was $14.81, or a return per bushel
for ear corn of 97 cents.
A full report of the different rations,
methods of feeding, costs, selling
prices etc., can be obtained by writing
the animal husbandry division at Uni
versity farm.
A
work Is shown by the fact that almost
all the barley now grown In our state
is of the pedigree strain, and our Beed
growers each year send thousands of
bushels to other states.—E. D. Holden,
Wisconsin.
Spread of Tuberculosis
Among Swine Not Common
Owing to the comparatively short
life ef swine the spread of tuberculosis
from hog to hog Is not common, be
cause the disease, being slow in Its
development, often fails to cause the
breaking down of the affected tissues
before the animal is slaughtered,
writes Dr. L. Van Es In Capper's
Farmer. Only In older tuberculous
swine, such as breeding animals, may
there be bacilli given off by the mouth
or body discharges. More commonly
Is the infection acquired from other
animals and more particularly from
affected cattle and poultry. The germs
scattered about In yards by the drop
ulngs of tuberculous animals are read
ily taken up by swine In the pursuit
of food. The bacltyi contained In the
carcasses of affected animals and In
the various types of slaughter-house
offal, often fed to swine, can bring
about their Infection. Milk and dairy
products derived from tuberculous
cows always have played an Impor
tant part in the transmission of the
disease to swine. Those are the prin
cipal facts that must be given consid
eration In the protection of swine
against tuberculosis.
Brood Sow Ration
A good standard ration for brood
sows Is % pound of mlddlldgs or
ground oats, % pound of bran, and %
pound of tankage per day per head.
Besides this feed them from one to two
pounds of corn for each hundred
pounds of live weight, depending upon
the condition of the sows. The amount
may be decreased to one pound if tfie
sows are too fat, or increased to two
pounds or slightly over If they are too
thin. It Is wail to have the sows In
good flesh but not fat
Standardization of Eggs
A better standardization of eggs pro
duced In and shipped from Missouri
will result from an agreement com
pleted between the federal bureau of
agricultural economics and the Mis
souri state marketing bureau for fed
eral-state Inspection service on butter,
cream and eggs. The Missouri Farm
ers* association and the state market
ing bureau already have an arrange
ment for the Inspection of eggs for the
association. The association will beai
a part of the expense.
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Probably of -us has ID
mind a dream home which he some
day hopes to build and which, to his
mind, Is very real. However, when it
actually comes to building these dream
homes we very frequently find that
what we have thought so clearly de
vested in our minds Is all too vague
to form Into a plan and, still worse,
that to obtain all the features, which
go£,to mnke the dream home what it
Is, will cost far more than we can af-,
ford to spend.
It Is right here that expert planning
comes in to help us realize most near
ly our dreams. And expert planning
again Is essential for those of us who
have less definite ideas in mind and
only conceive of certain features
which we desire in the new house.
Kxpert planning, as represented In
ready-made plans which permit of
slight alteration to meet special re
quirements, Is always available.
Such a ready-made plan Is shown In
the accompanying Illustrations. Look
ing at these there will be some of us
who will feel that the plan as It
stands could hardly be Improved upon.
It offers a large number of those
especially desirable features which we
have intended to Insist upon. One of
these is a sheltered entrance porch
and a vestibule which permits en
trance without passing through the
living room. Entrances directly Into
the living room are very common
these days, but many of as object to
them, especially the men of the fam
ily who would like to be able to enter
unobtrusively when we happen to
come home during a session of the
wife's bridge club.
From this vestibule It Is possible
to pass Into the living room or Into
th« dining room, dnd from there Into
the hallway and the more private por
tions of house. This central hall
way leads s us to the two bedrooms
at one end of the house, each pro
vided with a large closet, designed
for good cross ventilation and with
the bathroom placed conveniently be
tween. From the hall there Is also a
stairway leading to the attic space
above and a door which gives assess
to the basement stairs and to t>e
kitchen.
The kitchen Is placed In the cen
tral, rear portion of the building and
there is a large, connecting pantry
where, with built-in shelves, the
housekeeper may find ample storage
space for the household necessities.
Here, too, the refrigerator is placed
NO. 22.
with an opening for Icing it from the
outside. The kitchen itself is com
pactly arranged and has a door open
ing onto the rear porch beside which
are the outside basement stairs.
The dining room, is large, 13 by 10
feet, something not often found in
the modern small home. There la a
tendency today toward small din
ing rooms, breakfast nooks in place
of dining rooms, and even the elimina
tion of a separate place for dining,
an end of the living room being used
for the purpose. For a family which
prefers this modern plan of dining,
the space utilised in the plan for a
dining room may be converted to some
other purpose. An extra bedroom may
be desired, a study or recreation eoom
for the billiard table, radio and ether
entertainment equipment
In exterior appearance this home is
fully equal to the floor plan arrange
ment. Its stucco-covered walls rise
from a solid concrete foundation and
are topped by a roof of the popular
variegated shingles which are so often
iffeen nowadays. The chimney, a fea
ture of the front elevation, is also In
stucco to the line of the eaves, above
which an attractive brick is expoeed.
The irregvifcr roof effectively relieves
the flat effect which Is often a fault
of the bungalow-type home and the
entire effect Is most charming.
"Rock" Garden Coming
Back Into Popularity
A large amount of energy is being
expended these summer days on mak
ing the environment of the home more
beautiful.
Rock gardens, with the Increasing
Interest being shown in them and the
results comprising a form of nature
beautiful, with unequaled effect, are
one of the most interesting types of
gardening possible. They are a topog
raphy miniature that places no limit
on the designer's artistic ingenuity.
They are a delightful diversion from
the formal type of gardens, as one
can on a comparatively small space
of ground display a far greater range
of effects than in formal type gardens.
Plants for the rock garden can be
divided Into two kinds; alpines, which
come from a high altitude and prefer
a rocky environment, and low-growing
border plants, whose dwarfjr habits
also fit them in the rockery. The al
pines require a cool, moist, well
drained soil, a good mixture being
composed of one part of good garden
loam, one-third leaf mold, one-third
sand and some lime rock or broken
mortar, special soil mixtures being re
quired for some of the more tender
rock plants.
In construction the most desirable
site is a spot where rocks are found
exposed, preferably a slope with a
southeastern exposure. If possible,
study a rock hillside and see bow