THE ALAMANCE GLEANER VOL. LII. DOINGS OF THE WEEK NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Nicaragua Asks Uncle Sam to Check Mexico's Aid to Rebels There. By EDWARD W. PICKARD' MORE trouble with Mexico con fronts the government of the United States, due to the admitted fact that the "Liberal" revolutionists of Nicaragua are, receiving aid, in the way of men and war. Munitions, from Mexico. Adolfo Diaz, favored by Wash ington for the presidency of Nica ragua, was elected by the congress Im mediately after the peace conference presided over by Charge d'Affaires Lawrence Dennis which resulted In an agreement to return to constitutional government Diaz was formally rec ognized by our government Wednes day, and ut once he appealed to Wash ington for aid in stopping the gun running expeditions from Mexico. In announcing the recognition of Diaz, Secretary of State Kellogg took occasion to refer In veiled but unmis takable terms to the Mexican govern ment's fomentation of armed conflict In the Central American republic. "The department," said Secretary Kellogg, "has been informed that President Diaz Intends to make over tures of peace and general amnesty to his political opponents, and that he will offer the Liberal party participa tion in the new government including certain cabinet posts. I sincerely hope that this offer, If made, will be ac cepted by the. Liberals,, since only by co-operation between all factions can peace and tranquility be restored to that country, nqw so unhappily torn by revolution, a condition which has invited interference from outside sources; a state of affairs which must cause concern to every friend, of sta bility in Central America." General Moncada, rebel leader, was called on board the U. S. S. Rochester at Blueflelds -and ' given a dispatch from Washington, asking him to lay down his arms with the understanding that there would be ji. general amnesty. Otherwise, he wtts told, the United States would be obliged to take-.action to prevent further fighting. The Calles regime in Mexico, which Is called Bolshevist by Its'opponents, has been extending Its Influence'over Central America, at least In Guate mala, and Is reaching out. for Nica ragua. It would not be pleasant for the, United States to have such a "bloc" of nations controlled by the Calles group between it and'the Pana ma canal: hi addition to his war on the Yaquis, which is goln'g none too well for him, President Calles may' have to meet a revolutionary movement ip Chihuahua and along the northern border. Though Mexican officials * scoff at -this, the ru mors persist, that It Is under way and is serious. Gen. Nicholas Fernandez, former member of the of Pancho Villa, is Reported to Ijave* led ■ small ( band of rebels a;rosS .the bor der east of El Paso for the purpose of recruiting a force of revolutionists. It was said the party was well mount- . and armed and had plenty of money. A former follower of Adolfo de la Huerta was In El Paso recently recruiting men for a revolt pOL. ORESTES FERRARA, a prom duelist, has been -appointed minister to Washington from Cuba,-, to -succeed Dr, Rafael Sanchez Aballl, who re igned. Cuba had a brief quarrel with tniguay during the week and 4ts min ister in Montevideo obtained his pass- Ports and left the ckpffaCj' Howfever, i trouble was soon adjusted and dlp omatic relations were resumed. ,After being In power for a year, the Jj""ean cabinet beaded by Mhximl- Do Ibanez has resigned. At this *Jitlng President Flgueroa-Larraln "•* not appointed a new premier. mongers In Europe cofe tlnue to prophesy another war In e near future, but they, are not fP'eed as to whether It will be be nee. Most of .them are in accord 0 Italy being one of the belligereA an 'o Make Public > ' p Resource* of Ala*ka ollowlng the example Qf .privately "7** pioneer 1 railway systems In ex tlnß the resources of the territory 7° u guou3 to their lines, Uncle Sam, Wi 7i, ° f the Alaakan taUri»aJ, v will people ot the states the ad of the railroad belt In order 10 attract capital. N* W wais been created *Uroad, to bring the resonrces of nations, because as every one knows, she Is overpopulated and Is looking for additional territory within easy reach of the mother country—some where along the Mediterranean. She believes Tunis should belong to her instead of France, for there are some three million Italians there; but wise observers do not believe Mussolini has any intention of fighting France. There remains the territory in Asia Minor which Italy would like to pos sess and yvhich now Is. held nominally by Turkey. If Mussolini obtains any of this, It Is more likely to come through the aid of the League of Na tions. There is ground for the belief that France would be glrtd to transfer her Syrian mandate to Italy Revelations following the arrest of Ricclotti Garibaldi in Paris have been rather startling and France might well And In them cause of serious quarrel with Mussolini's government, but In view of the duce's disclaimers and apologies for the acts of the more un i restrained Fascist! it Is probable that France will take the view that these acts were unauthorized. On the other hand, London dispatches say the Ital ian volunteer officers in England have been officially notified that their serv ices may be needed and to hold them selves ready to return to Italy at a moment's notice. GEORGES TCHITCHERIN, soviet commissar of foreign affairs, and Tewflk Rushdi Bey, foreign minister of Turkey, held an Important confer-' ence in Odessa, presumably to formu late an alliance. This led many Eu ropean statesmen to believe that a league of western Asiatic nations, in cluding Russia, comparable to the League of Nations, might be Intended. At a banquet following the conference Tchitcherin said the crushing force of "imperialistic" nations had pressad .Russia and Turkey Into an interna tional mutuality. WHILE the British Imperial con ference in London is at this writ ing about over, there has been no of ficial statement of its conclusions. Un officially, it is asserted that the pre miers of the dominions have refused to ratify the Locarno pact, which was drafted so as to exclude the dominions unless they expressed their participa tion; that the dominions have shown a decided disposition not to help main tain the naval forces of the empire and especially not to pay any part of the expense of building the huge naval base at Singapore, contracts for which are now being let; that the matter of privy council appeals will be left open for a future conference; and that there was complete agreement on the continuance of British control of Egypt ANOTHER group of - Chicagoans, numbering 74, have been indicted for conspiracy to violate the prohibi tion laws, In the government's clean up campaign In that city. Among the accused are Municipal Judge H. M. Walker *md Police Captain John Pren dergast, secretary to the chief of po lice. The rest are politicians, police men and saloonkeepers. The federal officials have now had 153 residents of Cook county indicted, and another list, including more prominent jnen, is ex pected before long. , In announcing the return of the In dictments, District Attorney Olson said : "Dishooest police officials work ing hand in glove with the political representatives of the criminal, under world, aided and abetted by many who hold' high positions of public trust and at times even the scales of Justice In their hands— that's Chicago's crime ring and crime cause; and if that crimirtai alliance can keep its present stranglehold by the exercise of intimi dation and personal violence toward those who know the facts, then justice Is dead and the courts may as well close tlielr doors." fctayor Dever end other city officials retorted that Olson's language was "unwarranted and unfair" and th* mayor said In effect that the federal grand jury's'action was a cheap re hash of a clean-up made six months 'ago by the city administration Itself. ISTURBED by cablegrams from U Bucharest concerning the tftadl ' tlon k King Ferdinand, Queen Marie of Rumania abandoned her American tW'at Louisville and engaged accom central Alaska right under the nose of the man with surplus to invest. ' Hitherto ' the resources along the railroad have been spoken of in gen eralities, such* as "great storehouses of wealth," "mountains of coal" and "many square miles of precious met als and commercial minerals." . Hereafter the Alaska railroad's in dustrial department will offer eco nomic data calculated to guide the in vestor Into proper and remunerative channels. Mineral deposits will be surveyed modations on the Berengaria sailing from New York on November 24. King Ferdinand Is suffering from sigmoiditis, but Premier Averescu told parliament that his condition caused no anxiety. MAJ. MARIO DB BERNARDI, the "flying Fascist" who captured the Schneider cup for Italy in the sea pl&pe race;s at Norfolk, setting new speed records, made yet another world record over the three-kilometer course, which he covered at an average speed of 258.873 miles an hour. He and his team mates then went to Washington, where they received the personal con gratulations of President Coolldge. Bernardl flew a little Macchl-Flat monoplane and after It is returned to Italy and wheels are substituted for pontoons, he will go after the fastest of all speed records which was estab lished by Bonnet of France at 278.48 miles an hour. T TNCLE JOE CANNON, who passed away In his home in Danville, Rl., lies at rest under a red haw tree' In Spring Hill cemetery at that place. For several days his body lay In state while the neighbors and fellowtowns men who had long known and loved him passed the bier with tears in their eyes. Then Vice President Dawes and scores of other well-known Illlnolsans, together with many from other states, gathered there for the simple funeral ceremony. The . procession to the church and from there to the tomb wis led by Knights Templar, Ameri can Legion members and boy scouts. Another well-known American passed away with the death of La fayette Young, former senator from lowa and for many years the editor and publisher of the Des Moines Capi tal. He was seventy-eight years of age and' one of the few remaining members of the old school of Ameri can journalism. Chicago was shocked and grieved by the death of Patrick J. Carr, treasurer and sheriff-elect of Cook county. He was a self-made man, had risen high in the councils of the local Democratic party and was remarkably popular'with all the peo ple of the city. George Sterling, poet and dramatist of San Francisco, com mitted suicide in the Bohemian club by drinking poison. Allen Upward, well-known author and lawyer of Lon don, also took his own llfa CONGRESSMAN DEMPSEY o t Lockport, N. Y., chairman of the house harbors and rivers committee, offered to the Great Lakes Harbor as sociation, In session in Buffalo, a solu tion of the lakes level problem in the form of passage of a bill In congress providing regulating works which would restore all the levels of the lakes, compensating not only the slight Chicago diversion but all other causes. The delegates, nearly all determined foes of Chicago In the controversy, im mediately laid plans for the defeat of the bill mentioned by Mr. Dempsey. Of the nearly forty Inches of lowering of levels, Chicago's diversion through the sanitary canal Is only 5% inches and can never be more, according to government engineers. IT IS believed at this time that the British miners have voted against the- acceptance of the government's terms for settlement of the coal strike. The adverse vote was heavy In Scot land and South Wales, and miners who had returned to work were not permitted to vote by the local miners' councils. Return of men to the pits goes on steadily, which fact may In fluence the final decision of the miners' federation. FUGITIVE from Justice for more than three years, "King" Benjamin Purnell, leader of the House of David at Benton Harbor, Mich., was arrested last week by the state police. During all the time when he was being sought throughout the Country he had been hidden In the admliflstration building of the peculiar colony. There are against him various charges of attacks on young girl members of the colony, and he Is also named In receivership suits against the House of David. COMMUNISTS In the Island of Java have revolted against the Dutch government of the colony and several bloody battles have been fought The Dutch seemed to have the better of the encounters and It *as believed the rebellion would soon be quelled. and reported by engineers of the fed eral bureau of mines, data will be obtainable on matters of transporta tion, power, both hydroelectric and coal, labor costs and all other Items having a bearing on the subject con sidered. Armed with authentic reports, the industrial department will become a sort of reference bureau, open to whoever desires accurate Information and at the same time serve as a liai son between claim owner, prospector and promoter and Investing capital. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY OCTOBER 7, 1926. JIM - AND HIS DECISION By H. M. EGBERT (Copyright by W. Q. Chapman.) ▼ IM BENNETT sat on. the sand of Tan-tan island and - looked out | across the sea, as he had done each day for more than a year. Everybody In Tan-tan knew Jim Ben nett and the raggedest beachcomber sneered when his name was men tioned. It wa% not so much the depths to which he had fallen as the fact that he had fallen so far. Three years ago he had left San Francisco to make his fortune In the South seas and had come back to marry Elsie Dale. But her father was many times a millionaire, and had other ideas for Elsie's future. Every thing depended, then, on Jim's making good on the copra trading trip, in which he had sunk hisilttle capital. At least, so far as marrying Elsie was concerned. Her father would never consent Jim knew Jack Dale too wfell to hope for that. But If the trip succeeded Jim could afford to bear the old man's enmity, and Elsie had said she would. The ship was wrecked "on an un charted reef off Tan-tan. Jim Baw his little capital lost. He had barely the fare home. Despair took hold of him, then the lethargy of the life in the little place. He had sunk down and down. He had at last written to Elsie releasing her—and had forgot ten. He had quite forgotten by the time Elsie's letter -arrived. She had told, him that she was going to wait three years. If at the end of that time he did not claim her, she would feel free. But she loved him; let him re member that every day of his life. At the end of the first year Jim re membered it occasionally. He was employed in one of the island re sorts. At the end of the second year he had a hazy recollection. Then he was doing odd Jobs along the wharf. At the end of the third year, when he was nothing but -a beachcomber, he remembered again, this time more clearly. He remembered It when the month ly vessel arrived. He expected that It would carry a letter for him. No letter had been at the post office; and yet, when Jim looked up and saw tt young, athletic American, neatly dressed, with sun helmet and blue glasses, approaching him, he was sure that he had come upon business con cerning Elsie. Jim looked upjazlly from among the little group of fellow loafers, and won dered how any man could find the energy to walk at that gait In such a sun. The young man drew up to the group and stopped. "Any of you men know a fellow named Jim Bennett?" he Inquired. The man nearest Jim nudged him lazily; the rest did not even shift their eyes from the far horizon. "I'm Jim Bennett," said Jim, rising. He saw the astonishment upon the young man's face. "Will you please come over here?" asked the stranger. He led him about fifty yards away, out of the hearing of the others. He might have saved himself the trouble, for those who were not asleep in the shade had already forgotten Jlm'fe ex istence. When they stood together upon the sand the young man took Jim by the shoulders and swung him round, facing him. "Are you Jim Bennett or are you lying?" he demanded, In crisp, nervous accents. For an Instant Jim felt the resent ment that would have come to any normal man at such treatment; but then he remembered that he had left his manhood behind him at Tan-tan town. "I'm Jim Bennett,", he answered doggedly. "What do you want with me?" The other breathed hArd. "Where do you come from?" he demanded. "I must have proofs of what you say. Who is the woman to whom you are engaged ?" "You mean Miss Dale, I suppose," drawled Jim, and the other, let his handi dc*op, from his shoulders and stared *t v -Um hopelessly. "Are yori crazy or sunstruck?" he Inquired presently. /"tjsuall/"6otb," answered Jim truth fully. "Today, as It happens, I haven't fotud anyone willing to give me the prtce. How about you?" The young mqn clapped him on the shoulder. "Listen to me," he said quietly. -You must have been a man once, from all I've heard of you. I recog nize you now from your photograph, although that beard makes you look quite different Miss Dale's father is dead. He hfts left her his whole for tune. She wanted me to come and find you and bring you back to her. She loves you, and pride doesn't count. She knows what yod most have J>een through, and she's going to ask Jou to marry her, once she gets you at her side. Understand?" Jim understood. The thought of the Dale millions at hiq command wad paralyzing; it galvanized him into life. He looked up, to see the young maD reading his face. "Here's ten dollars I" be said sud denly. "No—wait!" He pulled out the pocketbook again. "Here's a hun dred. Do' you think you can get washed and cleaned and have a new suit and good linen on your back, ready to sail on the ship tomorrow?" Jim pocketed the money mechan ically. "I suppose so," he muttered. "What's your hurry?" v "Because," said the other gravely, "Miss Dale Is on board. That's why. And the best man In the world couldn't deserve your luck." Somehow the new clothes, the lux ury of a bath, had put new manhood into Jim. He lay In bed early in the morning in the hotel and speculated what he would do with the Dale mil lions. He would go to San Francisco, of course. He would build a palace there. He would have automobiles, fine clothes, cigars, all the physical luxuries which he had been dented so' long. And —he would marry Elsie at the first opportunity, to keep his hold on her. « He e»t up and dressed. He was Jnst abLut/to leave the room when the young man entered. He surveyed Jim with a grimmer smile than before. "You haven't shaved off vour beard," he said. "No," said Jim thoughtfully. "It looks—more manly, I think." The other looked at him in con tempt. It penetrated the Jim winced. It was the first moment of self-realization In many a year. "Why have you done all this for me?" he asked, looking at the other curiously. "Do you know, I believe — I believe you are in love with Elsie yourself." "Miss Dale from you, please," re plied the other. "Yes, I am in love with her, if you wish to know it.- And if I hadn't found you I think she would have married me." "Then why did you find me?" mut tered Jim. The other choked down an expletive. "If you're ready," he said coldly, "we'll start right away." Jim went out with him. And now, surveyed by the curious inhabitants of the little settlement, the target of their sneering glances, Jim felt sud denly more ashamed than he had ever felt before In all his life. And for the first time he really understood the depths of his degradation. He had been a worthless beach comber, while she had waited for him, believed In him. He was utterly worthless. He could not degrade that pure life to level of his own. He had thought of nothing but the Dale millions, nothing at all of the love that had been true to him. Unconsciously he held his head higher and flung back the scornful gestures, the looks, the thinly-veiled Jeers. They should learn some day that there was that spark of manhood in hlin which would kindle the old fires! He knew that his phst was utterly dead. And so, walking at the side of his companion, he boarded the boat. There was a delay, a brief delay. The young man turned to him und •said: , "Rememlrer, Bennett, my Hps are sealed forever. You have your own future and hers t6 make or inar. I know her love for you, and tliut Is why I shall remain silent. Can you honor It? Promise rne that from this day forward you will strive with might and main to be worthy of her." "I promise," answered Jim humbly, and the man at his side looked at him strangely. This seemed to be a new man—he had known nothing of him. Along the deck came a white-robed figure, tripping glqdly. Jim knew her at once. All his heart went out to her. Elsie had not changed a bit dur ing those three years, except that there was more of the woman In her poise, her thoughtful eyes, and Just as much of the happy girl. In her smil ing tajfß. "John!" she exclaimed. "Where— where Is Jim, then? And who Is this gentleman?" Suddenly Jim realized that she had not recognized him. His tan, his beard, the Ineffaceable marks of those three years on his face. . . . He turned a little away. "Jim died last week," he said quiet ly. "We didn't dare to break the news to you at once. He died —I was his friend—he wanted me to tell you." He turned and walked with steady steps to the ship's gangway, and along the wharf. Not Alwayn Best Plan Compromise Is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of re taining another —too often ending In the loss of both. —Edwards. Day of Opportunity In this, day, opportunity not only knocks at your door but Is playing an anvil chorus on every man's door, and then lays for'the owner around the corner with a dub.—Elbert Hubbard. Angola's f Prospects A Musical Instruments of Angola. (Prepared by the National Oeo*r«phlc Society. Washington. D. C.) THE latest rumor concerning the solution of greut problem, the finding of an out let for her too crowded and rap idly increasing population, alleges that negotiations have been under way for the purchase by Italy of An gola, Portugal's vast territory on the Atlantic coast of Africa. Angola covers a large part of south western Africa. It stretches along the Atlantic ocean for a thousand miles and extends 800 miles or more Inland. A comparable slice of terri tory In southeastern United States would have a coast line extending from southern Georgia to New York city and, excepting Florida, would In clude an area greater than all the states south of New York and the Great Lakes, and east of the Missis sippi river. This vast region, although It was discovered by Portuguese sailors In 1442 and although It has had Portu guese settlements since 1575, has not been developed to any great extent. It was really a victim of thc» discov ery of Brazil and the opening of the water route to IntJla, for Into those more promising regions was poured all the colonizing energy of Portugal at a time when that country was the world's leader in colonization. The stream of energy and men passed Angola by, and It has been a sol't of Portuguese backwater ever since. Its Coast Is Dreary. But there are also po.tent geograph ic and economic reasons for Angola's lack of development. With the ex ception of former German southwest Africa, which adjoins It to the south, Angola has the dreariest and most forbidding coast of ony section of Af rica. Superficially It may be com pared with the desert coast of north ern Chile and Peru; and the com parison Is heightened by the exist ence of a cool current that sweeps up the coast from the Antarctic as the Humboldt current flows north ward the west coast of South America. Behind this worst foot which An gola thrusts forward Is n region of surprisingly good potentialities. The coastal desert strip extends Inland from 12 to 120 miles and then the country rises by a series of huge ter races to a broad plateau which ex tends eastward Into the heart of Af rica. On each higher terrace condi tions are better than on that below. The transition Is from aridity and lack of vegetation through seml arldlty' to a reasonably well-watered park land of grass and scattered trees. Much of Ibis plateau Is nn ex cellent region for Europeans, healthy, cool, reasonably productive and much of It' free from the tsetse fly The grains flourish In the Angola plateau country, but they are gjown by only a few natives and fewer Eu ropeans. There are enthusiasts for this country, however, who insist that It is only a matter of time and the Influx of more energetic farmers, un til tbli vast upland region shall be come another Argentina. It Is point ed out, too, that the country is In much easier and less expensive reach of European consuming centers than New Zealand,» Australia, or South America, and that It would have a marked advantage also In the produc tion of cattle and the shipment of meat Portugal.' Has Improved It. Since the World war Portugal seems to have taken an Increasing Interest In Angola. There were long ugly rumors of a continuance of slav ery In the colony In spite of interna tional agreements for Its suppression. NO. 35. The sparseness of the population and the laziness of the natives made it difficult 'for Portuguese plantation owners to operate, and in many case* they took matters into their own , hands and forcibly put laborers to work. Government regulations against such practices were Ignored. In re cent years these conditions seem to have been greatly Improved and a more forceful government established. The government, too. has made avail able large funds for physical -develop ment of the colony. In addition to fostering railway building, the gov ernment has itself constructed sotnv excellent motor roads in the plateau country. The big factor In appealing to Italy. If she were considering such a purchase, undoubtedly would be-the spnrse population. Less than 4.000.0U0 Inhabitants dwell In the 485.0W square piles of Angola. It is esti mated, while Italy, with only ll&OOO square miles, has a population of about 40,000,000. In other words, al though Angola is four times as big as Italy, It has only a tenth of the ac tual population, or one-fortieth the density of population. Perhaps ode half of the area of Angola at least Is suitable for colonization by Euro peans. It Is obvious, therefore, that it would form un admirable outlet for Italy's surplus people. In the southern portion of Angola's plateau Is a sort of little Transvaal. Displeased with alien control from which ordinary treks did no* to free them, a group of Boers took the wearisome Journey across the great Kalahrarl desert and settled In this remote region. Many perished on the road, hut those who won through have established solid communities which the Portuguese officials have granted them the liberty and self goverpment in their communities which they so much desire. In their settlements, surrounded by houses of typical Transvaal architecture, and with the great heavy wagons In use. one might imagine himself a thousand miles away In the vicinity of Johan nesburg or Pretoria. Good Harbor at Lobito. At several points railways extend from the coast of Angola to the al most temperate zone plateau. The most Important railway starts from the middle of the long coast and ex tends some 300 miles Into the Interior. It will eventually extend eastward across Angola and into the Belgian Congo to connect with existing Bel gian and South African systems an-l with lines to the east coast yf Af rica. The- Angolan port terminus of this railroad Is Lobito, with a fine harbor. Lobito is an upstart among the ancient coastal cities. Benguel.i and Loanda and the middle-aged town of Mossamedes. having been born on a bare sand-spit only a few years ago. The excellence of Lobito bay's har bor Is hidden as one steams toward It. The steamer seenib headed for barren cliffs with a narrow, sandy beach at their base. As a matter .of fact, however. It turns out when one approaches closer, that the beach is a narrow spit of sand a mile or more off shore. This sand-spit walls off the sea, and behind It lies one of the best harbors In Africa. It Is three miles long and a mile wide, sufficiently commodious to hold easily ships to handle the sea traffic of an empire. The harbor seems protected in all winds and there Is little tide. Loanda, capital ot Angola, also has lines of steel extending Into the Interior, and from Mossamedes'a "toy railway," with narrow-gauge track and tiny cars, runs across the desert •trip and Intfc the bills. !.. ■ - •ye.ittK.ifc -.'-j' iii

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