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The Alamance gleaner % ? V-" % ^ VOL. till. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY AUGUST 4, 1927. NO. 27. HAPPENNINGS OF THE WEEK ] | NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Naval Conference Resumed With Not Much Hope of an Agreement By EDWARD W. PICKARD WITH the return to Geneva of the British delegation, the naval lim itation conference was resumed; but. there was a feeling there and in Washington that the parley was doomed to failure. Viscount Cecil and W. G Bridgeman had submitted to the British cabinet their demands and their entire policy, and apparently were upheld In every particular. Sir Austen Chamberlain, foreign secre tary, then made a statement to the house of commons that left little hope that an agreement could be reached. The crux of this was that he consid ered the permanent formula adopted at Washington for limiting battleships Inapplicable for certain classes of cruisers to have sounded the death knell of the conference. It was to apply this formula to auxiliary craft that President Coolldge called the conference. Sir Austen suggested that an agreement might be reached for a shorter period than originally planned, or on destroyers and subma rines only, In'case the three powers could not agree on a maximum cruiser tonnage; but this idea was coldly re ceived by the American officials in Geneva and in Washington. Dispatches from Geneva said the flnaV British proposals were as fol lows: L That, since an agreement has practically been reached on subma rines and destroyers, a convention ?hall be framed providing for 90,000 tons of submarines and 180,000 tons of destroyers, with an approximate 60 per cent ratio for Japan. 2. That a quota of 300,000 tons shall he adopted for all cruiser types. 3. That the ratio between the Unit ed States, Great Britain, and Japan for 10,000-ton cruisers carrying 8-inch guns shall be 12-12-8, or, If this Is not Acceptable, 15-15-10. 4. That the next smaller cruiser class shall be limited to 7,500 tons, carrying 6-inch guns. 5. That the question of providing extra smaller cruisers for Great Brit ain from its obsolete vessels shall be left to the Washington conference in 1931. Congressman Martin B. Madden of Dlinois, chairman of the house appro priations committee, who has been traveling in England, gave an inter view at Torquay in which he said that if Great Britain was not willing to give America the equivalent of Eng lish ship power with respect to speed, range, tonnage, etc., there was every reason to believe that the United States naval building program would have tiie support of the appropria tions committee. An agreement put ting our navy out of balance with Britain's would not be ratified by con gress, he said. Ambassador Gibson has been told by the State department that the United States would rather have him return to Washington with out a treaty than to sign an agreement which fails to safeguard American in terests or make possible real naval economies. POR three days about two dozen " governors of states and some guests, in annual conference at Macki nac island, Mich., discussed all manner ?f topics related to the public wel &ce, devoting a large part of the time to flood control and farm relief. The executives do not adopt resolutions at these meetings, but they were unan imous in favoring flood control of the Mississippi river and Its tributaries the federal government and in hlaruing that government for post 'eglect of that problem and the con fluent losses. Governors of the Mid West and West had a lot to say #bout the agricultural problem and ??st of them seemed to favor a raeas ttre like the McNary-Haugen* bill the President vetoed. I There was a general condemnation * election corruption but the gover- ? nors disagreed on the method of puri fication. A limited expression on fed eral control of hydro-electric systems was largely opposed and the senti ment against the centralization of power in Washington bureaus was all but unanimous. A proposed bouse of governors was called ridiculous by one governor and commended by others. GifTord Pinchot, former governor of Pennsylvania, found opportunity to tell the conference that Senator-elect Vare should be ousted from the sen ate, and to make a bitter attack on Secretary of the Treasury Mellon as Vare's political partner. PRESIDENT AND MRS. COOL1DGE attended the pageant at Custer, S. D., celebrating the days of gold dis cqyery, and experienced some thrills not on the program. Two big horses broke from a covered wagon they were drawing and, with the doubletree at tached, ran through the crowd straight for the box where the Chief Executive and his party were seated. A mounted cowboy managed to turn them aside, the throng opened for them and they disappeared over a near-by bill. When Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge were returning to the State Lodge they were over taken by a violent rain storm which made travel over the slippery, slop ing roads rather perilous. Mr. Cool idge has been asked by several cities to use his influence in the matter of the location of the Republican na tional convention of next year, but last week be declared he had no choice, though he would be glad to confer with the national committee if It desired. It is said that San Fran cisco now has more votes pledged to it than any other city. The President is seriously consider ing the Invitation to visit Havana next spring, extended by President Machado of Cuba, and to address the Pan-American congress there. He might make such a proposed trip the occasion of visiting Porto Rico to in form himself of conditions in that island, the people of which are clamor ing for changes in their form of gov ernment and the election of -a gov ernor of their own people. MftS. ANNE U. STILLMAN and her son, "Bud," found place on the front pages again last week, for the young man was married in the Grand Anse camp, in the Quebec woods, to Lena Wilson, forest girl and former servant In the Stillman house hold. Fill managed the whole affair with great eclat, gathered a lot of notable wedding guests and decked her new daughter-in-law with magnifi cent diamonds. Of course the news photographers were there in swarms, and as Father L'Ami was performing the ceremony some of them pressed too close. Fifi flew into a rage and upset them and .their cameras and bombarded the whole squad of camera men with plates until they fled to the woods. Marion county prosecutor KEMY of Indianapolis and his aids are working their way through a great mass of documents turned over to them on the order of ex-Dragon Stephenson, the life convict, which he says substantiate his charges against Indiana officials; and a new grand jury at Indianapolis is supposed to be investigating Stephenson's alleged control of the 1925 legislature. Gov. Ed Jackson continued silent concern ing charges of misconduct in office, and two Indianapolis papers, the News and Times, asked him to show ills in nocence or resign. Editors of other Indiana papers back up this demand, the Republican organs saying the gov ernor owes it to his party, as well as to himself and the state, to dispel the cloud of mistrust.now enveloping the statehou.se. Prosecutor Ilemy says the | disclosures may rock ttie state and ! shock the nat-ion. IjdEEDERICK STERLING, the first F American minister to the Irish Free State, presented his letters of credence to,Gov. Gen. Timothy liealy In Dub lin and took up his duties. The cere mony was made elaborate by the Irish, their best troops acting as escort for Mr. Sterling and lining the route of the parade to the vice regul lodge In Phoenix Park. After seeing the governor general, the minister ex changed calls with President Cos grave. Mr. Sterling's first task will ml be the negotiation of a commercial treaty between America and Ireland, replacing the old American treaty with Great Britain. IGNORING the Chinese treaties with the powers, the Nationalist govern ment at Nanking has promulgated a new list of tarilTs on luxuries, running from 15 to 60 per cent. American ex ports to China are especially hard hit ' and the American merchants In Shang- 1 hai met and decided to send a strong protest to Washington, though their hop* of relief was small. Though Gen. Feng Yu-hslang was continuing his advance on Peking, along the line of the Hankow railway, Gen. Chang "Kai-shek, generalissimo ' of the Nanking forces, was reported to he In a precarious position because j ttie Radical forces from Hankow were moving down the Yangtse toward Nanking and also were threatening to 1 advance south through Chekiang ' province on Shanghai. ' FRANCE, or its government 1* ' about fed up on Russian commu- 1 nist propaganda and Premier Poincare 1 called in the soviet ambassador, Chris- 1 tian Rakowsky, and told' him most 1 emphatically that unless Moscow's 1 Red agents in France were recalled at once France might be provoked Into 1 breaking off all relations wit!} Rus- I sia. Rakowsky hurried to Moscow to 1 confer with his chiefs. Eight com munists, convicted in Paris of being 1 spies In the pay of Russia since 1924, ' were given unusually severe sen tences. Secretary General Turntl of the Italian Fascist party in a speech at Ravenna predicted that a clash be tween the Fascist and the Bolshevist conceptions of the state must come, and that the victory would rest with Fascism. NEW YORK was all set to undergo the Inconvenience of a strike of traction workers, and the Interborough managers were prepared to continue service with strikebreakers?which promised riotous times?when Mayor Walker intervened and in two hours won both sides to agree to a settle ment that resulted at least in a truce. The trouble probably is not over, how ever. for the union leaders assert they are now free to organize the traction workers, while the Interborough offi cials deny this. Accompanied by his brother. Prince George, and by Prime Minister Baldwin, the prince of Wales has come over for another visit to Canada, and possibly to the United i States. On August 7 these three dis- | tinguished men will represent Eng- j land at the formal dedication of the 1 Peace bridge between Buffalo and ! Fort Erie, Ontario, built to comrnem- | orate a century of unbrokep peace be tween the United States and Canada, \ The United States will be represented ' by Vice President Dawes and other j notables. Lieut, cakleton c. cham | PION of the army went up for ; an altitude record a< Washington, and j when seven miles up his airplane mo I tor caught fire. Refusing to use the j parachute because he was determined j to save his barograph record, he de- j scended by head and tali spins arhd ? back slips, all the time fighting the flames with a small extinguisher. Sev eral times the machine was out of con | trol, but Champion finally landed I safely in a cornfield. Then he learned ' that he had failed of a record by 1.000 : feeL Maurice e. crumpacker, rejv resentative in congress from Portland. Ore., committed suicide by Jumping into San Francisco bay. after previously attempting to kill himself with poison. The reason for his act | was not revealed- ^ Cardinal Czernoch, primate of Hun gary, died in Budapest after a long illness. CHICAGO'S worst marine tragedy since the sinking of the Eastland 12 years ago occurred Thursday, j when the little excursion steamer Fa vorite sank In a squall. Twenty-six IttfSIIP drowned, fifteen of them bein gchildren and ten women. Fifty five passengers and members of the crew were saved. titter Battle Sure Over Tax Redaction A fierce battle over tax reduction J< winter was made certain by coo demands of rival party lead' Representative William B. Green of :t- Republican chairman of the ** and means committee. ap ed for a slash In rates on tndl incomes under 1500,000. He "~Ci'ed also that the corporation ?* should be em. Representative John X. Garner of Texas, ranking Democrat on the com mit tee, declared flatly for the corpo ration reduction from 13% to 10 per cent, amounting to about $300,000,000, while Green was noncommittal as to the extent of the cut. Repeal of "nuisance taxes." includ ing theater admissions and club dues, and repeal of the automobile tax. were coupled with the corporation rate reduction in Representative Gar I ner's program. Although he set no I figure, if wa? n** would reduce revenues about *400.- , 000.00a The treasury. it was learned, will stand pat. for the present at least, on a cut of *175.000.000 to *200.000.000 It is withholding approval of all changes except a cut in the corpora tion rate and repeal of the Inheritance tax. Green strenuously assailed the lat ter proposal, although the revenue loss would be only about *40.000.000 Democrats will >oln him la opposition, ?m'-ina It a bitterly contested Isaac THE HATED ? WOMAN ' ? ? <? br D. J. Walsh.) ELLEN CASS closed the door be hind her and ran out to where her husband was doing some last tinkering on the newly ac lulred second-hand flivver. As she ippeared he drew his bead from un ler the hood with a slgb of satisfae lon. "It will get yon there now, I guess," le said. "But drive carefully, dear. Ko speeding." "Speeding! On these roads!" Ellen aughed as she jumped In. "All right 3ere I go. Don't forget to pop the >otatoes Into the oven so they'll be >aked by the time I get back." It was the first time since her roar -lage that Ellen had gone to town llone. But Dan had some Important :blngs to see to and could not ac :ompany her. Although It was a new experience to drive unaided, she loved lew experiences. Her heart was light is she bounced along, her cheeks flowing, her blue eyes bright with the exhilaration lent by the wind, motion and excitement. The sun was shining. A day of days full of tang and charm. Her pulses raised as the vigorous little engine throbbed Its way onward. A turn by the waterfall and she came upon a woman who was taking some papers from the battered mall box by the roadside. The woman lifted her bead, her eyes met Ellen's, she half smiled in recognition, but Ellen fled without a sign. Speak to Amy Lester! Never! Why, she hated Amy with the one evil spark In her young heart For Amy had been Dan's first love. He had told Ellen about it?how near he had come to marrying Amy, just so near as Amy would let him, that Is. She had refused him with that scornful laugh of hers; that sldewise glance of her beautiful dark eyes. The Idea of any normal woman refusing Dan! Though that was not so bitter as the thought that Amy had first place In his heart. No, she could never for give Amy that, never! What girl could who feels she has taken second place? Not that Dan now cared for Amy. He was all wrapped up In his wife, Ellen knew. But it was left for llllen to show Amy how much she had (hen lightly regarded his love, she must see now that it had been good enough for a superior woman. And Ellen felt she was superior In looks and intellect and all that makes a de sirable woman. Still, even the sight of the hated woman could not spoil Ellen's good time for her. She enjoyed her drive, enjoyed her town with Its shops, peo ple and general attractions. She popped Into the candy kitchen for a taste of soda. She bought a new mag azine for Dan and took great pains with her household list, choosing cof fee and sugar as If they were silk and satin. She went to the hank for Dan, she got a wrench at the hard ware store and then was ready to go home. The" flivver had grown cold. It shivered and rebelled as she applied the starter button. Then It gate In and sway they went on their home Journey. A few miles out of town she had a blowout This meant changing a tire, and she had never changed a tire be fore although she knew how. By the time she was on her way agafn she noticed that the weather had changed. The sky was gray, right down to the tops of the hills the wind was heat ing Ellen's cheeks, trying to run away with her hat and scarf. "We're goir.g heme no more to roam." Ellen always sang that on the return Journey. She sang It now, but somehow It failed of Its effect. Per haps It was because she was alone. And now suddenly she felt a cold caress on her chin. She looked up. Snowflakes! A million of them up there swarming like gnats. Snow flakes 00 her brown coat, gumming the windshield, covering the radiator. It was difficult to drive, for even after Helen had tnrned on the headlights she found that they penetrated but feebly Into the fast-thickening gloom. Suppose she got lost I It was pos sible, especially when she came to the forks of the road. There was no sign post here; "If there had been she could not have read It. She began to drive slowly and cau tiously, fearful of getting off the track, which the snowflakes fast ob literated. She felt queer and miser able. Then suddenly the car Jolted terribly, bumped Into something and stopped. Ellen gave a sharp little cry. The cry was torn from her by that swift terror of concussion. Then she re gained calm. "What a foot I ami" she thought "There's nobody to hear me." Sbe got out of the car and tried to make an examination of the dmn- ( age done. She could not see a thing, but she felt here and there?at the headlights, the fenders, the radiator. All safe. The bumper had saved her. She had struck something hard, but the good old bumper hud not given way. The obstacle, however, had gone down In the shock of Impact. A small tree?or post. She touched something with her foot, heard a rattle and picked up a tin box?a mull box. And now she knew where she was. This was Amy Lester's mall box that she had knocked down. It meant that she was not out or the road?at least not far. She hesitated. Inclined to go on, yet feeling she ought to do sorne thing about the mail box. She called as loudly as she could through the snow, "Mrs. Lester! Mrs. I-ester!" A voice answered. "Hello! "What's the matter?" "I ran Into your mall box and knoc ked It down," Ellen shouted. "Walt I I'm coming." Through the opaque veil of the snow a shadow appeared?Amy Les ter. "What happened?" she asked. El len told her. "Oh, It's you, Mrs. Cass! I remember seeing you go by. Come into the house and stay until It stops snowing. It's only a squall. Can't lust much longer. If you go you may run into something more than a mail box. Here! Give me your hand. Now come along. Look out for that step. Here we are." She opened the door and Ellen . found herself In a warm, pleasant room with flowers, color und the glow of a golden lamp. "Take off your things and sit down, n make a cup of tea." Amy said. She was a spirited, dark woman with flashing white teeth. "Don't bother," Ellen murmured. It was nice to be In out of the storm, to stop lighting the white cobwebs. In a few moments she had a cup of tea In one hand and a cake in the other. Just as Amy had. They sipped, nib bled. looked at each other and chut ted sociably. "Don't bother about the mall box," Amy said. "Tom will see to thut. I am glad you struck that Insteud of l the big ash the other side of the road. Well, at l?ast we are acquainted?at last. And I'm going to like you. And you're going to like me. No reason why we shouldn't be friends. I'm married and you're married and we've both got the best men in the world." She laughed. "Do you know, Dan Cass didn't care a rap for me? He Is ! four years younger than I am. It was bis mother who wanted him to marry me. But I knew better. Land. yes. | Dan and I would never have got along?oh. here's Tom !" A big handsome young fellow came In at the back door. There was an Interval during which introductions were made and a few pleasant things said. "Say." Tom laughed, "storm's ever. \ You girls noticed It?'' They hadn't, but it was true. El- j len sprang up. her face beaming. "I've got to m ud home. But before 1 I go I want you folks to promise to come over tomorrow night to supper. Even if you are the best cook in the world. Mrs. lister. I've simply got to show you how g??.?,| I (in fry chicken." They laughed as they gladly ac cepted the Invitation. Over the snowy road facing a sud denly golden sunset Eleln made her ; way. Her heart was light. The hated woman?whyj there wasn't any hated ! woman nny more. There was Just Amy I,ester, her friend. Saving Pine Trect The pint* forests of the future will i not perish in Infancy if ftie recent re- : search efforts of J Stewnrt Wlnnt of the New Vork State College of Ac rlrulture are put to practical use Hitherto there has always been n | heavy mortality in pine plants started from seed In forest nurseries and later set in the hope that they may become huge tre<*s a century or so later. The 1 tend-r young plants are easily killed by parasitic soil fungi. Doctor Wlunt finds that soil treat ment with several chemicals, espe cially with some recently discovered chlorophenol mercnry compounds, de ttroys these parasites and permits the baby pines to develop until tliev are strong enough to be secure against these enemies.?Science Uagaalne. Picturei Long Hidden Pictures that had been hidden for many years were revealed recently by workmen renovating an ancient build ing In Prilgue. Czechoslovakia. The walls of the structure were decorated with figures producing an effect sim ilar to that on pottery, and when the coating of dust and paint was re moves!. the art work was Clearly shown. The pictures had been worked In plaster, an Imitation of bas-relief being effected by laying a coat of white over one of black and then re moving enough of the upper coating to expose the black In the desired designs and patterns. They are be ing preserved as curiosities. Tha Rambla, Barcelona. (Prepared by the National Geocraphlc } Society. Washington. D. C.) ^ CATALONIA, Spain's northeast ern province, is forever threat ening revolution; but in re- ( cent centuries, at least, the revolutions have never quite resulted f in independence. The geography of Spain Is better known in terms of its cities than Its sections. Catalonia can be placed readily by calling It "the province of which Barcelona is the head city." Politically It can he located by calling It Spanish Ireland. Still Catalonia might resent this label as much as she chafes at Madrid rule, because her history of Independence running back to the "Ninth century at least is quite ancient enough to warrant Ire land being called instead "the English Catalonia." To make Ireland a proper parallel It would be necessary to move from England across the Irish sea most of England's factories and mines and most of her Industrious workmen. There would be left In England (now playing the role of Spain) the govern ing classes and the military. Catalonia is the workshop of Spain. It claims to pay nearly 80 per cent of the nation's tax bill. The annual In come produced by this single prov ince is reported to be two-thirds that of the entire nation. Although Cata lonia covers only one-sixteenth of the area of Spain It supports one-tenth of* the population. There Is an old Spanish proverb, "A Catalan can turn stone into bread." A Catalan Is proud of that proverb. Work is raised to high dignity in Catalonia. The Catalan does not envy Seville and other Spanish cities their reputatlojrs with tourists as quaint spots where the Middle ages linger unashamed. He lives in the present. He Is proud of Barcelona's rows of workingmen's houses and smokestacks. Modern machinery can he found on Barcelona's docks. At the Catulin mines the latest advances In mining engineering are in evidence. The Kbro, which grains the whole south flank of the Pyrenees. Is dwin dling to a^creek because of the rapid Increase of Irrigation. It Is the Cata lan's close link with the progressive world that has made Barcelona Spain's glass <>f fashion and the sec ond city of the nation. They Have Their Own Language. Castillan Spanish la official Span ish. It la standard. like Parisian French. Hut once away from Madrid one hoars nil sorts of variations of Cast 11 Ian. Co into Catalonia and you will hear another language entirely. The Catalan* have *i>ent much time and effort conserving their own lan guage. Newspapers are printed in Catalan. While It Is a Romance lan guage. the tourist equipped with t?oth French and Spanish might as well stop tip his ears when he crosses the border, lie will be deaf to Catalan. If the traveler comes from the ? North he will run Into the Catalan language before he crosses the bor der. For many centuries before Spain and France became well-knit states. Catalonia was a saddle over the Med iterranean end of the Pyrenees moun tains. On the French side the Cata lans have not clung to their heritage with the passion of their Spanish brethren. Most of them, like Marshal .Toffre, himself a Catalan, are deeply | loyal to France. Rut In Roussillon, In French Catalonia, one may bear In ! a short walk through the narrow street*, Spanish, French with a Span ish accent, French with a Catalan ac cent, Spanish with a Catalan accent Spanish with a French accent, Catalan with a French accent and Catalan with a Spanish accent. Catalonia has a flag. too. It Is a yellow banner with four diagooal red stripes. There Is a fine story to the design. A dying Catalan hero drew his bloody fingers across his yellow scarf sod gave It to his countrymen i for a standard. While the banner does not appear often In public. It If Introduced In mat lapels, automobile radiator caps and insignia for athletic lea ma. So normal are Its eecasionat rero lutlons, uprisings and riots tbat Bar celona has two kinds of police. One kind, the "nrbanos." attract Immedi ate attention by their red coats and walking sticks. They are charged only with the regulation of traffic and with directing strangers about their beautiful city. The other kind, the "carablneroa." usually are mounted, go armed, stand at police cr'actings and other strategic points; and theirs Is the duty of put ting down any Incipient uprising. Sel dom do these attain the. Importance of a revolution. The Fortress and Rambla. Barcelona's grim fortress on ? rocky hill at its harbor entrance frowns upon the stranger; but Its broad, colorful, lively streets welcome him must graciously. It Is a city of pictures as It was when Washington Irving described It. The years have not robbed It of Its charms, hut they have brought factories and noisy traffic. The more fashionable streets have a tree-lined promenade for pedes trians In the renter and on the out side of the trees are the highways. Here the struggle of the old and the new Is epitomized in the automobile, the horse-drawn carriage, the "mule bus." which Is Just what its name Im plies, and the donkey carts with the exceptionally small animals of Span ish breed. Woman frequent the streets as they do nowhere else in Spain; and on the liamhla, Barcelona's Fifth avenue, stroll ladies with faces half-hidden hy mantillas, others in smart walking suits and Parisian hats, and still oth ers, native peasants, with picturesque velvet earb and their Ions baggy caps. Kven amid the sizhts and scenes of a street one's attention ultimately La attracted by a house of the so-called Catalonian style which, a' flrst. may look like a distortion of a mirror of many carves. A longer Inspection of many a fine Barcelona home discloses that the curved and crooked lines, and bevel effect at each window tier, are purposely designed, and admira tion is elicited by the detft tiles In variegated colors which appear he low the roofing. I'ntil 1492 Barcelona was the New York of the Mediterranean. Its posi tion in the northeastern roast of Spain, actually at about the same lati tude as New York city, relatively is to the Mediterranean world what the Western city is to Atlantic trade routes. Columbus' voyage was c->n sidered a bit of impertinence on the part of the Catalonian pwernment to upset the balance of trade in favor of ? cities in western and southern Spain. Soon a movement swept the Catalan provinces, of which Barcelona is the center, for annexation to France. In 104*) Catalonia did rebel against Philip IV, and gave Itself over to French protection; but its old allegiance was renewed in 1*152. and cemented by the peace of Ryswiek before the close of the Seventeenth century. In four cen turies this resentment had ameillo rated enough to permit the placing of a statue of Christopher Columbus In the Hambla. Despite Its commercial subsidence when the Atlantic replaced the Med iterranean as the major water route of civilisation, Barcelona flourished. A year after the late war between Oeorge Dewey and Spain, as O. Henry pat it. Barcelona paid more than a tenth of the kingdom's entire revenue from industrial taxation. Despite its disorders and Its mod ernism. Barcelona retains many relics of those mellow times when Cervantes made It the setting for Don Quixote's later adventures. There stm an church possessions, lottery ticket sell ers. policemen with red coats sad hel mets. flower stalls and cnged-Mnt vendors.
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