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The Alamance gleaner VOL. LIII. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY jAUGUST 25, 1927. NO. 30. HAPPENNINGS OF THE WEEK1 NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS "Air Derby" to Honolulu Is Won by Art Goebel in the Plane Woolaroc. By EDWARD W. PICKARD SOMETHING new under the sun? an "Air Derby" across the Paelfle ocean from Oakland, Calif., to Hono lulu?was the feature of the week's news. After a deal of preparation eight planes started In the race for the James Dole prize of 835,000, of which $10,000 was for the second to reach the goal. Four met with disas ter at the take-off, but the other four winged their way over the waste of waters. The Woolaroc, piloted by Art Goebel, movie stunt flyer, and with Lieut William Davis, D. S. N? as navigator, won the race. The Aloha, with Martin Jensen of Hono lulu as pilot and Paul Schluter as navigator, was second. At this writing the two other planes are missing, and are being sought by airplanes and naval ships. These are the Miss Doran, with Augie Pedlar as pilot, Lieut. V. R. Knope as navigator I and Miss Mildred Doran of Detroit as passenger; and the Golden Eagle, of which Jack Frost was the pilot and Cordon Scott the navigator. The Woolaroc made the flight In 26 hours 19 minutes and 33 seconds. The I Aloha took 28 hours 17 minutes. Lieutenants Maltland and Hagenber ger of the United States army made the trip in 25 hours and 50 minutes several weeks ago, while Ernie Smith and Emory Bronte, the first civilians to fly to Hawaii from California, land ed at Molakal island 25 hours 26 min- I ntes after leaving the mainland. Goebel's plane was equipped with a radio outfit that functioned well and he was in frequent communication With ships. The army navigation ofti cers at Honolulu, who charted the course of the aviators as the radio reports were received, agreed that the flight of the Woolaroc was almost per fect and was a triumph of the highest order for scientific practice In air navigation. The plane was kept In line constantly with the radio beam heacon at San Francisco. Pilot Jensen took the Aloha by the northern route and overshot his mark ?omewhat. He said he skimmed the surface of the sea nearly all the way. While the Woolaroc was kept at an altitude of between 600 and 800 feet The successful aviators were given a warm welcome In Honolulu, but the telehration was marred by anxiety concerning the missing flyers. DOWN at San Diego, Calif., the navy's PN-10 seaplane broke two world's records and established a third. The plane weighed at the time ol take-off approximately 11 tons. It carried 1,100 pounds Of sand, 1,222 gallons of gasoline and 120 gallons ol lubricating oil. For a plane carrying tois dead weight, these records were established: Duration?20 hours, 45 minutes, 40 ?fronds. Distance?1,568 miles. Speed?78.56 miles an hour. The plane was piloted by Lieut. Byron J. Connell. He was accom panied by Lieut H. C. Hodd, radio Waineer, and Comar Vincent avia tion chief machinist's mate. P ARLY In the week two big Junkers L Planes, the pride of Germany, "arted from Dessau to fly across the Atlantic. One, the Kuropa, had New ,rl> as its goal, and the other, the remen, was to fly as far as Chicago " lts gasoline lasted. The Europa 1,11 '"to stormy weather and after fc'Hng over the North sea It devel *W"1 motor trouble and was forced to ^ back, landing at Bremen. The /amen kept on until It had crossed jjeiand and out over the ocean some ~*J*nce. Then the storm grew worse, r* gasoline was being used up too t, and the aviators gave it up and " great dltUculty made their way to Dessau. It was thought a rd Junkers plane mlghtr attempt the i 'nUc crossing, but on the other !/." eiPerts thought the time Cor a light had passed for this year. 1 I HE full bench of the Massacbu setts Supreme court overruled the exceptions by Saceo-Vanzetti de fense counsel to decisions by Justice George A. Sanderson of that court and by Judge Webster Thayer of the Superior court and refused to grant a writ of error This meant that the two men must be executed after the termination of their respite, midnight of August 22, unless some further means of saving ^heir lives were found. AMERICA'S greatest "captain of industry," who might better be termed a generalissimo, passed with the death In New York of Judge El bert H. Gary, chairman of the board of the Dnited States Steel corporation Though almost eighty-one years of age, he was still In active control of the mighty concern which was the cre ation of his Imagination and genius and whose destinies he directed from Its beginning. Gary was one of the most important figures in modern finance and business, and his part in the af fairs of the nation, in both peace and war, had much to do with present in dustrial conditions. Though long the advocate of the eight-hour day in the steel mills and fought for many years by labor leaders, he was held by many as a real friend of humanity, the masses in particular, and as a philan thropist and a benefactor of church and science. During the World war he was the indefatigable aid of the government. Judge Gary's body was taken to his old home in Wheaton, a suburb of Chicago, and the funeral was held in the beautiful memorial church which he built there. His suc cessor as chairman of the steel cor poration has not yet been announced. J. Ogden Armour of Chicago, anoth er of America's leading business men. died In London after several months' illness. The sou of P. D. Armour, famous pioneer meat packer, he suc ceeded his father as head of the busi ness and expanded It into a world wide-organization, winning one of the country's great personal fortunes. In the period of post-war deflation this fortune dwindled with astonishing swiftness, and Mr. Armour withdrew from active participation in many of the concerns with which he was cpn nected, these including banks and railways. John Oliver, premier of British Co lumbia, died In Victoria at the age of seventy-one years. He had been ill for some time and had been relieved of his official duties by the naming of J. D. McClean as acti"j premier and leader of the Liberal party. : Other deaths worthy of note were those of James Oliver Ci'rwood, popu lar American author, and lihinelander Waldo, well-known New Yorl-er. FOLLOWING a conference with Mr. Coolldge In Rapid City, Director of the Budget Lord announced tlmt the President had approved large In creases In appropriations for both the army and the navy. .Among the ex penditures for national defense au thorized by the President are: Puna* for completion of the six cruisers au thorized by congress in the last ses sion ; funds for completion of tire re modeling of the battleships Okla homa and Nevada: and funds for 1,800 first-class planes for the army and 1,000 planes for the navy. There was only one naval appropriation which the President did not approve. That was -for three submarines, asked for In 1916, on which Investigation work still Is being done. Pessimists at once began figuring that the increased defense estimates, together with the necessity of spend ing a lot for farm relief, would make Impossible any extensive reduction In taxes by the next congress. But the official opinion In Washington was that taxes would certainly be cut at least ?100,000,000 during the coming session. In order to bring this about the Democratic leaders and some Re publicans will. If necessary, comhor the practice of applying all receipts from foreign debts to national debt reduction. President Coolldge holds that tax reduction nert year Is feasi ble If congress does not indulge In excessive money spending. General persuing called at th.? summer White House and dis cussed with Mr. Coolldge conditions of American cemeteries in France, also submitting to him the accepted designs for various memorials and chapels I 1 on the battlefields. The President went to the Pine Itidge reservation Wednesday and saw a pageant and parade in which some ten thousand Indians participated. He received from the Sioux national council a memorial reciting the loyalty and complaints of the Indians and In re ply assured them of the government's sympathy and close study of their problems. Next day Mr. Coolidge. ac companied by Mrs. Coolidge and their son, John, inspected the government hospitals for World war veterans at Hot Springs, S. D. "luns were mnde for the Presidential family to spend a week In Yellowstone National park. COLLAPSE of the Nanking Nation alist group In China seems Imtnl nent. After his armies, which were advancing on Peking met with severe defeats and were drivel. back to the south of the Yangtse, Uen. Chiang Kai-shek resigned his leadership and appealed for unity of action between the Nanking and Hankow factions But the northern troops kept on go ing south and at last reports had oc cupied Pukow and were bombarding Nanking, across the Yangtse. Both foreign and native residents of that city were fleeing. Meanwhile the for eigners In Shanghai were pr 'paring to defend the place against invasion by the disorganized hordes of fleeing Nationalist soldiers. American, lirlt ish and French troops were placed In strategic positions, the British being in an advanced line about Shanghai's environs, outside the International settlement. The barricades between the French concession und Chinese ter ritory were reconstructed. The situ ation there was complicated by a quarrel between the British* an thorities and the Chinese officials An English airplane had been forced to land in Chinese ter ritory and the native otticiuls seized the wings and refused to comply wltr a British ultimatum that they give them up immediately. The Chinese contended that flying British planes over Chinese territory is a vlolution of International law as well us the international airplane convention, to which both Breat Britain and China are signatories. Japan, asserting Its preferential claims In Manchuria and Mongolia has served notice that It will not tol erate any opposition there to Its pot Icy. j?The Chinese, especially In Mnn chttria, are deeply resentful of the Japanese actions and platis. and the Mukden Chamber of Commerce stated an Intention to boycott Japan. ft WHAT Is denominated an "econoni Ic Locarno" In the form of ? commercial treaty was signed "b> France and Germany after three years of dickering. The pact provides foi a mutual favored nation agreement on practically all products passing he tween the two countries and puves the way for Intertrade such as the two nations have never experienced French agriculture will receive the greatest benefit. Practically all to la riffs are lowered, while Germany agrees not to Increase the exlstlna ones on cotton, wool. silk, leal hoi goods and metallurgical products soap and perfumery. PRESIDENT COSGRAVE'S govern ment of the Irish Free Slate nai rowly escaped overthrow at the hund of a combine of three purtles ufter L>. Valera and his followers had take;, the oath of fealty to the king and or cupled their seats In the I>aII. A reso lullon of lack of confidence was In trodured and the vote was a tie whir, was broken when the speaker rus his vote In the negative. As a mat ter of fact. Cosgrave was saved h' Alderman John Jinks of Sllgo. a mem ber of the Redmond party, who sllppe-; | away Just before the vote was taken He says he never had any Intention of voting the government out. Cosgrave Is expected to gain strength in the general elections In October. BOLIVIA was greatly alarmed hy ;? big uprising among the Indian* who largely outnumber the whites If that country. Rut quick action by lie government troops Isolated the dl* affection In certain sections of thrc departments ar.d gave assurance thai the trouble would soon be ruleted Many chiefs were captured and heavy penalties were Inflicted and there after thousands of Indians returned to their work In the fields ^'age of Wheat and Rye Will Be Increased . ,r"ierg are intending to Sow this ^ an acreage of winter wheat 13.7 ^ ?nt greater and an acreage of Cent Erea,er than was sown tl>e Department of Agrlcnl w ??a?uncea after exbanstive com 8 of farmers' Intentions as ex ^Angnsti. '"tended acreage of winter tJ* larger than planted in any "to the exception of the fall of 1918, when 51JM3.0UCI acres were sown. [ Most of the increase In intentions as compared witti Intentions last year ai this time Is reported from Kansas. Ne braska, Texas and Oklahoma, where present Intentions are 2.0UU.U00 acres abore those reported a year ago. Other states where farmers show in tentions materially above those re ported last year, include Montana and Washington, where there has been some shift from spring wheat and some of the central corn-belt states, where there is considerable land which farmers for various reasons given were unable to plani 10 sprang crops this year. In the principal winter wheat hell, the north central states, the Intended acreage of 28,928.000 acres, compared with 24,942,000 acres sown last fall; south central states. 8.957.000 acres, compared with 7.942.000; western states, 6.789,000 acres, compared with 6,249.000; sooth Atlantic states, 2. 356.000. compared with 2.201.000. and north Atlantic stataa, 1/607.000. com pared with 1,433,000. ?0 *"? '! THE SURE CURE FOR FIDGETITIS (? br D. J. Walsh.) MltS. FKISBY was old. elegant and petulant She lived alone with her servants In > big house set on a wide-sweeping lawn which was as smooth as a car pet and perfectly kept by Old I'ete. her gardener. She had flowers In great abundance and a luxurious limousine was housed In a garage quite In keeping with all the rest of her property. Mrs. Frisky was seven ty and when she went forth to call on the few persons she considered worthy of her notice she was clothed In the richest of black satin and wore diamonds of such size that she fairly dazzled (he eye. She was to all ap pearances austere and hanghty, a woman with a heart of Ice. She never allowed any one to take liberties with her and she granted favors and Interviews much as a queen might. She was not generous and to the peo ple and children who lived near her she was a perfect bugaboo, for If a child or dog happened to stray on her premises It was driven away and made to feel It had committed a great crime. Everybody, even the few on whom she looked with favor, stood In awe of her. In all her life there had been only three persons who had discovered tbst she had a heart, one an early sweet heart who left her for her friend, the second old Hannah, her ancient hand maiden, and she knew "Miss Caroline" as she called ber mistress, "like a book," and the third was young Doc tor Dent Doctor Dent had been called In an emergency to attend Mrs. Frlsby one day when her old family doctor had been away. Mrs. Frlsby waa, ahe aald. a victim of nervea, but when Doctor Dent had taken her tempera ture, looked at her tongue and felt her pnlse be had told her that ahe waa not a victim of nervea hut ahe had a bad caae of fldgetltls. To the old woman, fed up on Doctor Crosby's sympathetic diagnosis, the thought of a new symptom waa really refreshing, and she continued to employ the young doctor, never suspecting that he had found nothing the mntter with her but ennui. When he had said fldgetltls and told her ahe was a fldge tarlan he thought ahe would see the Joke at once, but ahe had not and quite reveled In the new complaint. This new Interest lasted until winter came and the snow plied up and made It Impossible for her to get out In the car and then she really did get so nervous and dissatisfied with every thing that she lost her appetite and began to sleep badly. Finally she developed a headache and remained In her room and then she took to her bed. She refused to see any one and when some of her acquaintances nnd relatives heard of her Indisposition they seilt flowers and books, but she hated flowers In her room nnd she had dozens of books nnd magazines that she had never opened. Poor Hannah was at her wits' end. She offered to put cold compress** on her mistress' head and brought n bottle of Mrs. Frlsby's favorite .lav ender smelling salts, but when she only broke down and cried and said she guessed she was homesick this frightened old Hannnh so badly that she sent a hurry call for Doctor Dent and he came, as he laughingly told Mrs. Frlsby, "on two wheels." When he had talked a few moments he told her if he had had time he certainly would have brought her an aluminum ring with a glass setting as big as a bean. At this she laughed. Hefore he went away he said he wad going to send her a cure. It would arrive the next morning^ promptly at nine o'clock, and a* It was a peculiar rem edy and must be delivered directly Into her hands she would have to be downstairs when It was delivered. And then he went away, and so busy was Mr*. Frlsby In speculating over what the cure could be that before she realized It her headache was gone ; and when Hannah appeared bearing ,a tray upon which ? dainty supper re posed she fell to and ate with a relish. The next morning Mr*. Frlsby came down to breakfast. She ate hurried ly and a* soon as possible returned to the big window In the llrtng room which commanded a slew of the street Promptly at nine a car drove up and a man got not with something wrapped In a blanket In his arms. Mrs. Frlshy gasped In horror. A mo ment later the maid nshered the man Into Mrs. Frlshy's presence. The man came forward and with out a word set the bundle on the rug at the old woman's feet He then removed the blanket and there stood revealed the funniest crooked-legged wrinkled-faced Boston bull puppy that was ever seen. "A dog!" fairly shrieked Mrs. Frla by. "I hat* dogs I" "Oh, but you won't this* one. mu u?u. said the man. "He's only six weeks old. He comes from u long line of blue ribbon winners. He's more In telligent thun a?a child. He will make a tine pal. I have written dl rections as to his diet and care and I think that's all. Good morning." and before the old woman could frame a protest the man was gone. Left alone with a dog I She, Caro line Frlsby, who hated dogs. She would ring the bell for Hannah and she would order the dog sent back at once. As she rose from her chalf and started for the door the puppy, whose Idea of the world to date was that it was full of love, warmth, milk and dog biscuits, mistook her inten tion and, staggering forward on his crooked legs, began to yip and growl and cavort and finally in a perfect ecstasy of Joy rolled over on his tint back right under her feet. Mrs. Frisby attempted to shove him out of her way with her foot, but the dog caught hold of the toe of her shoe and begun worrying It. In order to get rid of him she stooped down and attempted to grab him by the collar, but the puppy, seeing a hand ap proaching, leaped up and kissed It with his warm moist little tongue. The old woman drew back her hand, but she stood looking with fascinat ed gaze into the friendly bright eyes of the little dog. Why. after all. dogs were not so bad?not this one at least. Maybe she would wait a bit before calling Hannah?there was plenty of time. It would do no harm to watch the creature a moment, and she went back to her aeat by the win dow. An hour later when Hannah entne Into the room, followed by Doctor Dent, they found Mr*. Krliby sitting hy the fireplace with the puppy In her lup. Her Jeweled hand was gently stroking the little fellow's warm body and he was sleeping. She looked upi with a smile when she caught the as tonished look on old Hannah's face, and the umused eyes or the young doctor. "I see my cure has worked." *nld Doctor Dent, as be came to stand by her side. "I think It has." answered Mrs. Frlshy soberly. "Itut what If It hadn't?" "I had one more thing to try." he said. i "I was going to hrlng my sweet heart She Is a sure cure for tldget Itls." "Who is she. doctor?" asked Mrs. Frlsby. "Julia Markliam?" "Julia Murkham!" fulrly cried the old woman. "Why, she is my grand niece?did yon know It?" "Not until after we were engaged." said the doctor. "Well." said Mrs. Frlsby thought fully. "I promised Julia's mother I would make a home for that girl, hut I never have. I have always thought I hated young things?" "But do you?" asked Doctor Dent "Not now," answered the old wom an. "And If Julin has had sense enough to get engaged to a tine young fellow like you. why, maybe It would lie a good thing all the wuy round for her and you and I to live under this roof together." "And the dog?" asked the doctor with a smile. "And Brownie, of course," answered Mrs. Krishy flrmly. Ae?thetie$ , Two aesthelea wotp In n druc atore eating lunch. (We don't know where they Rot the price.) "That la the moat exquisite plnklah glow I Irnve aeen In many a day," re marked one, "Yea," agreed the other. "It I* like the evening aun nxalnat fleecy clouda." "And the white bread makea inch a perfect baekxround. Notice the dell cate ahndlng " "And there la Juat enouxh of It fo blend. Not overdone. I defeat glar ing colore." "Yea?I believe I conld eat anothe ham aandwich."?Louiavllle Courier Journal. . . Worihipart of Baal Baal, the s?"l of the ancient OV naanites and Phoenicians. to whom children used to be sacrificed. Is stl'l worshiped by the Nuba blacks, who lire on the granite mountains of the Dar Nuba, or land of the Nuba*. In the far south 'of the Sudan, Just above the equatorial swamps. In Knrdofan, north or flir Nuba, Mr. Fife found men with 12-foot spears riding on hulls, and he was told that the Messerla Arabs of Dar Ilomr, In southwestern Kordofan. employ bull cavalry against the Dlnka tribes. Collage-Brad W inner t Several compilations have been made as to hew many of the people who are Included In Who's Who In America are college bred, based on various editions. The results have been about the same. In round num bers, 77 out of every 100 persons giv ing educational data, whose names appear In the 1922-1023 edition, at tended college; M out of every 100 were college graduates. - _ * SjWJS Wise Mm. Hug* Block* of Marble Show How Well Epheeua Waa Built. (Prepart'l by th? National Geographic Society, WaahlnKton. D. C.) ONE of the most Interesting Iierlods of undent Greece was that of the so-called Seven Wise Uen, 650 to 550 B. C. There Is (treat disagreement among ancient authorities as to who all the Seven Wise Men really were, and only four of them are the same In all the lists given. The four about whom we are sure are Bias of l'rlene, l'ttakos of Mlty lene, Thales of Miletus, and Solon of Athens, and three of these four were from places on the eustern Mediter ranean. The centers of Interest and activity among the Greeks at the time of the Seven Wise Men were In Asia Minor, and such familiar names ss Samos. Chios, Miletus, Mitylene, Smyrna, and many others were connected with the great events that occupied the minds of the people In that era. It was a time of unique Interest In history, for much of our present thought-life owes Its origin to movements which began in the days of the Wise Men. Can we put ourselves back In that faraway time and picture something of the homely, everyday life of the people? Can we tlnd out how they thought and felt? The outward surroundings we can reproduce, for they are still practi cally the same. The eastern Mediter ranean is one of the gardens of the world. The sea Is bluer than other sens; the tints of the skies are softer, the violet and rose blend more mar velously In the sunsets, the mountains have a sensuous attraction, and the | sails on the horizon allure. There Is a wonderful charm also [ In the Islunik life of the Aegean, and I that charm must be In many ways the same at the present time as It was In the distant age of which we are speaking. The shipping also has not wholly ; lost Its ancient form. It Is true that the picturesque warships, with their banks of oars each side, hare disap peared ; but the craft which lazily sail from one port to another today may well remind us of the descrip tions of the old merchant vessels. Rapidly Growing Colon)**. A groat ware of colonization had passed over that part of the world Just before the time of the Wine Men, and the coloniea, after the struggle for existence of the early years In new surroundings, had emerged into | a larger life. In finding larger life the sen alwifys helped them; for. In political strife within and the need of protection from without, there was always the sea for refuge. People who can sail away from trouble at home always find resources, and the sea was the source of many treasures. The growth of the colonies was rapid, for other reasons. How eoujd It be otherwise In such beautiful and fruitful surroundings. As Herodotus says, "The Ionian* built their cities under the finest sky and In the finest climate In the world, for neither the regions above nor below nor the parts to the Kast or West are at all equal to Ionia." Isong before Athens Joined the circle of commercial cities, the riches of the entire eastern world were rep resented In Ionia. The market-place In both large and small towns was the central point and constituted a kind of bourse?In fact, was the Wall Street of the town?where the excite ment of trade ran so high that a market-master was necessury to con trol It The question naturally arises: "How was business carried on, by barter or by some primitive kind of banking system?" What th* Coins Toll. Our chief testimony on this point Is furnished by th* coins of the ps liod, for coinage originated In Asia Minor, and as early as the time of the Wise Mwn coins were in common use. There are very few specimens of that age now in existence, yet some are preserved in the British museum and in other collections. The first coins were made of elec tron], which is a mixture of gold and silver and which was found In natural form in the' mountains of Lydia. There were no inscriptions on them, but emblems of religious worship and also of trade. The age of the Wise Men was be fore the time of Greek history, and there are few records from which to reproduce it. In trying to describe the culture of an age wholly different from anything which we have ever known, the chief authority is from internal evidence of writings of the time, largely poetry, which now exist for the most part in fragments, quoted by later writers, and also from pic tures or vases belonging to that pe riod. The pictorial representations on the vases of the stories of the gods re produce the ordinary customs of daily life in regard to religious worship, dress, use of chariots and horses, weapons of war, varieties of musical Instruments, habits of sitting and standing, wedding and funeral cere monies, and many other things. Are we Justified In calling the pe riod a cultured one? It seems that we are Justified in attributing culture to people who could produce and enjoy the best lyric poetry which the world has ever known, and who could originate lines of thinking that have bad a perma nent significance in the development of the Intellectual life of later times. We find In the late Seventh and Sixth centuries B. C. the beginning of modern systematic knowledge, and a careful study of the thought of the time will give us an insight Into the origin of modern science and philoso phy, for our present use of language and our ideas of the world are per meated with the results of that an cient thinking. Culture In lonla. Even the emancipation from tradi tions and the desire for Independent Individual thought, which character ise modern Ideals, find their counter parts In the age of the Wise Men. The culture that arose In Ionia was . very different In Its form, however, from any development of later times, and most difficult for us to under stand. It was, first of all. addressed to the ears and not to the eyes. We are now essentially an eye-minded people, and measure our learning by the books that we read and write and collect In libraries and by other things that we can see with our eyes, but the Sixth century B. C. was an age without any free distribution of written records and only the beginnings of libraries, which were mostly collections of wooden tablets. Some of the great men of the latter part of the period each wrote a book, but it was a la borious process. Social life In Ionia and the islands was the life of men and women to gether, for women were free in that age to share In ail the activities, even in public athletic exercises in the gymnasium of the town, as we read of their doing in the Island of Chios. The life of all waa free and open ' and natural, and the standards of morality were much higher than In subsequent periods of Greek history. There seems to have been a shrine at almost every turn of the mountain path and a religions ceremony tor every act of daily life. There wets spirits in every wood and stream sad spring.