Newspapers / The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, … / Oct. 6, 1927, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER ! VOL. LIII. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY OCTOBER 6, 1927. NO. 36. HAPPENNINGS OF THE WEEK | NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Scores Killed and Hundreds Injured by a Tornado at St. Louis, Mo. By EDWARD W. PICKARD BETWEEN seventy and one hundred persons were killed and about six hundred Injured by a terrific tornado that swept through St Louis, Mo., Thursday. An area of six square miles in the city was ravaged by the wind and heavy rain, and the property damage may exceed $75,000,000. More than 5,000 homes were destroyed, as well as numerous business buildings. The storm's path was northeast, across the Mississippi river, and in the Illi nois towns of Granite City, Venice and Madison several persons were killed and much damage done. Governor Baker of Missouri ordered out the National Guard to patrol the storm area In St Louis, and the local Ited Cross as well as hundreds of members of the American Legion turned out for relief work. Mayor Victor Miller Issued an appeal for cash contributions to aid the thou sands who had been rendered homeless, and a citizens' committee was organ ized to co-operate with the Ited Cross in raising funds. FINANCIERS and many other per sons are still immensely interested in ttie recent action of the federal re serve board reducing its rediscount rate, and it seems certain that the af fair will be the subject of a congres sional investigation. Members of the board, it is said, expect such an in quiry and are prepared to defend their course. It is charged that the rate was reduced at the behest of the governors of the British, French and German central banks, and at least one Federal Reserve bank governor, George W. Norris of Philadelphia, frankly admits that the action was taken for the purpose of aiding Euro pean finances, and thus benefiting the United States. He explains this as follows: "Great Britain has Just recently gone back to the gold standard, Ger many, Austria and Hungary are sta bilized. Poland Is about to be stabil ized, while France and Italy are not. The United States, with half the gold in the world, is vitally interested in the preservation of the gold standard among nations. "The situation in .Europe is sucii that several of the great banks in Eng land and on the continent saw that they would have to raise their dis count rates unless the rates over here were lowered. If they had been com pelled to advance their rates, it would have thrown a chill on business throughout the continent and in Eng land. This In turn, would seriously afreet our export business with those nations Just at the time when volume shipments of cotton, wheat and other commodities are beginning." ft is said the visit In the summer ?f Sir Montagu Norman, governor of the Bank of England, who was accom panied by Schacht and RIst of the German and French banks, respective ly, was for the express purpose of in ducing the federal reserve board to educe tlie rediscount rate and thus hring about the flow of money to Eu rnpe, where higher rates were main tained. Norman succeeded in this and the Immediate result was what he aimed at. With the American rate 1 per cent below that, of London funds ?WRitn to flow back to the British mar and sterling exchange began to advance, being now at par, an unpre cedented situation at a time of year ?hen there is heavy British buying of American cotton, grain and other Products. Dear admiral thomas p. ma GRUDER, commandant of the hiladelphia navy yard, stirred up a * ?f discussion by a magazine artl * In which he severely criticized the "avy as "overorganlzed and run on wasteful lines." Though the admiral might have been disciplined for pub lishing the article without Hrst sub mitting it to the Navy department. Secretary Wilbur has taken what most of us will regard as the wiser course and lias called on Magruder to "submit to the Navy department promptly a full and detailed state ment embodying his plan for reor ganizing the navy and the Navy de partment upon more economical lines." "Of course, I have no such plan now," said the admiral, "and I have so informed the department. To make such a plan would require the expert assistance of a number of officers and the necessary clerical help over a long period." Admiral Magruder charged that the navy supported too many admirals and too few enlisted men, was tied up with red tape, was overorganized ashore and afloat, that uneconomical methods begun In war time were con tinued and that the navy had failed completely to demobilize following the World war. He asserted that many of the navy yards would be discontinued were It not for political Influences^ BEARING on the navy situation comes a statement from the White House that President Coolidge wants first-class army and navy establish ments maintained in this country and lias no Intention of qsklng any reduc tion In the amount of funds now ex pended annually for national defense. The President Is convinced that the country is well able to meet the taxes imposed by present expenditures of $700,000,000 annually, for the army and navy, and his main desire Is to Insure that the best possible military and naval establishments are ob tained with the funds voted by con gress. A MERICAN Legionnaires, who are ** traveling about Europe after the close of their convention, are being re ceived everywhere with great enthu siasm. So far the only unpleasant ness was the attempt to bomb the train on which Commander Savage and his party were going to Italy. This was laid to the Communists and fortunately was frustrated by the fact that the train was running behind time. King Victor Emmanuel received the party in the royal palace at Pisa in most democratic fashion, and * In Rome the Legionnaires were greeted by the city officials and immense throngs of cheering citizens. They marched to the grave of the Unknown Soldier and laid a wreath upon It, then changed to evening dress and were received in audience by the pope. Meanwhile another group of the LegtWnnaires was having a line time In London and elaborate plans were made by the English for festivities and a reception by King George this week, when the party with Mr. Sav age were due there. GREAT BRITAIN won the Schneid er trophy in the seaplane race at Venice when Flight Lieut. S. N. Web ster in a Napier supermarine plane whirled over the course of 31% miles at an average speed of 281.488 miles an hour or about 4.7 miles a minute. This broke all existing speed records, and on the straightaways Webster flew at a rate of Ave miles a minute. His average time for the closed course was five miles an hour faster than the average of MaJ. Mario de Bernardl in a land plane over the open course two years ago, when the Italian estab lished a world's speed record. Motor trouble forced all the Italian entries to quit before completing the course. The United States did not participate in the race this year be cause its only entrant, Lieut. Alford J. Williams, crack navy flyer, did not have time to complete preparatory tests in his specially constructed sea plane. INDIANA citizens who are trying to clean up the politics of the state were considering measures last week to force from office Mayor Duval of Indianapolis, who was convicted of violating the corrupt practices act. The mayor tried to forestall such ac tion by appointing his wife city con troller. According to law that official becomes mayor If the mayoralty be comes vacant. It was revealed, also. that eight relatives of Duval hold po sitions In the city?government. Ar thur Ullliom, attorney general of In diana, addressing a gathering of Me publican workers, warned them that unless they kHIed the klan In the state they would kill the party. He declared the Democrats were partly responsible for the super-government rule there, but this was' warmly denied by K. Earl Peters, Democratic state' chair man. COMPLETE anarchy seems about to prevail In all China south of the Yangtse river. The Hankow Nation alist government virtually collapsed when the Central Bank of Canton, the Bank of China and the Bank of Com munications declared a two months' moratorium. They have a total of $64,000,000 In paper currency Issued In Hupeh province alone. Tang Shen shl, military head of the government fled aboard a warship. The Nanking government of the ntpderate National ises, also seemed about' to fall, and the Communists are forming councils of the workers and peasants and call ing on all of those classes to take arms. An official Russian dispatch says Eugene Chen, former Chinese Nation alist foreign minister, and Mme. Sun Yat-sen, widow of the founder of the Chinese republic, were married re cently In Moscow. LICHTENSTEIN, the little Euro pean principality which lies be tween Switzerland and Austria, suf fered severely from floods that fol lowed three days of torrential rains. Its villages were almost wiped out and many lives were lost Bavarian, Austrian and Swiss troops all crossed the borders to help rescue the people. The floods also caused great damage in neighboring regions and railway service was Interrupted. GREECE Is having a strenuous time trying to prevent a coup by agents of Pangalos, the former dicta tor who Is In a fortress awaiting trial on a charge of treason. Many arrests have been made and ail the police have been armed with guns. Enemies of Mussolini assert that the trouble In Oreece is fomented by the Italian premier, who gets blamed for almost everything In that part of the world. BARON AGO VON MALTZAN. Ger man ambassador to the United States, was killed in Germany when an airplane in which he was traveling to rejoin bis wife, crashed. He had made himself very popnlar In Wash ington and was considered one of his country's best diplomats. Lew Shank, auctioneer and former mayor of Indianapolis, one of the most picturesque figures in Indiana public life, died suddenly. Another notable American who passed away was Ed ward T. Jelfery, former president of the Illinois Central and widely known for his achievements in the railroad world. Bernard j. dott of Memphis, Tenn., lias been pardoned by the President of France after serving part of an eight-year prison term for deser tion from the French foreign legion while on active duty In Syria. He was ordered to rejoin his regiment In Al geria. Doty had served in the Amer ican army during the World war and his case attracted much attention both in the United States and in France. His desertion in Syria was brief and was caused merely by homesickness. MEXICAN troops fought two en gagements In the state of Jalisco with rebels described as "Catholic fanatics" and killed 34 of them. In one of the combats Father Sedano, a Catholic priest, was captured, court martialed as the leader and promptly executed. The long-distance telephone line be tween Washington apd Mexico City was formally opened last week by a personal conversation between Presi dent Coolidge and President Calles. As neither understands th? other's language the talk was Interpreted at both terminals. Other distinguished persons were at each end of the line, and the United States army band and the Mexican national band played th? national anthems. British and Gorman Chemical Merger Seen A merger of British and German rfjjjcal interests Is under way, ac ^rtUa? to Dr. Harrison E. Howe, one a fronp of American Chemical so officials attending the exposl ?f chemical industry at New t hstandlng denials that hare Tonally been made, the prepon ZT*** ?t evidence reaching na ^**les profdMi between the cbem leal manufacturers of Great Britain and the vast cartel* of Germany In their effort to effect a consolidation of Interests that can overwhelm any i other group In the world, with the possible exception of the United States," says Doctor Howe, editor of the society's official Journal and a member of the National Research Council. "It may be argued that such mer gers stifle individual initiative. In crease overhead, and therefore costs, and that an allocation of sales terrl- | 0 tory restricts markets and tends to promote damping In other sections or a decrease In volume of output "On the other hand, when a single organisation is capable of producing more than 85 per cent of the world's needs, it is evident that through such production mar come dictation la world markets, and, if the power Is so need, a continued threat in dosses tic markets as wett. Like any great power, whether the results are for ID or for good depends upon how it Is used." ? " 4 -V - r *$'* jkvflbx A* "? 'wV jtft COMPARED WITH REAL * YOUTH <? by D. J. Walih.) HI![.DA LEWIS was expecting Everett Waters to call upon her that evening. They were very old friends In that casual way which Is pleasant without being provocative. Everett Waters bad once proposed to Helen and she bad put blm off gently, leaving blm to hope that If be ever asked her again she would probably accept blm. But he had not asked her again, although he continued to cull upon her regularly, to write to her when be was away, to send her gifts at holiday time or upon her birthday. Meanwhile Hulda was very content. She was too comfortable as she was to care to change the con dition of her life. Her father had left her well provided for. She bad her own home, a mother who bore the cares of the household and plenty of leisure to paint charming little pic tures that she never sold. And she was still young, attractive, graceful. Lots of time yet for margg|ng. Pos sibly, too, somebody might appear who was more like the lover of her dreams than the plain, quiet lawyer who bad been her schoolmate and now managed her few business affairs. She did not stop to think that Everett was lonely, that In keeping him daDgllng she might be shutting him out of happi ness and some other woman ont of a home and a companionship. As far as that went she was not afraid \>f any other woman. She was absolutely sure of Everett Waters. Upon this summer day she was painting In the large northern room which she called her studio when the door opened softly and a young girl entered. Hulda numbered no young girls among her friends and she stared at this one In surprise. Then she re cognized the lovely blooming face un der the stern little black hnt?such a hat as Hulda would not have dared to u-pnr. "Why, It's Ethel!" she exclaimed. "Your own niece, Ethel, Aunt Hul da." The girl kissed her. "I knew you'd be crazy to see me. Dad and I Just got back from Paris last week?and here I am. I've been gone two whole years, do you know It?" "Of course, I am glad, dear?I sup pose those clothes are'French?" "Entirely so." Ethel spun around to show them. "Dad loosened up his purse strings Just before we sailed. But you must see what I've got In my trunk 1 I brought my trunk, auntie. Ton see, I'm going to stay a while. How well granny Is looking I Ton, too ?only you are getting gray, did you know It? What a nice little picture! Oh, how Is dear old Everett Waters? Is he Just the same constant thing as ever?" Hulda flushed and bit her lip. She arose from her easel and took off her apron. Downstairs she could hear her mother at the telephone ordering from the grocer. The peaceful current of life had suddenly become a brisk tor rent owing to the arrival of this gay young visitor. Twenty years be/ore Hulda's broth cr bad married a girl whom Hulda and her mother did not like. Ethel was like her mother. Somehow Earl Lewis had been able to acquire a good deal of money which he spent In leading a careless, roving life. Two years before he had -natched up Ethel and gone abroad Now here was the girl de veloped Into something so beautiful and altogether fascinating that Hulda felt a curious pang of Jealousy. Ethel took possession of the house. The trunk came and she appeared In pink and black. Hulda, who bad grown a bit careless In dress, prompt ly made a toilet. Ethel laughed at the bloe crepe. But when Everett Waters came up the steps In the moonlight she did not laugh at him. Instead she ran to him, flung her arms about his neck and kissed blm. Holding her at arm's length Everett studied her through his glasses, Hulda looking on grew cold. She suddenly felt old. ugly, unfashionable. And while Ethel chat tered gayly she sat silent, not listen ing, but thinking strange. Inexplicable thoughts of her own. Afterward Ethel came Into Hulda's room clad In astonishing silken pa jamas. which, with her black bobbed hair, made her look like a surprising ly adorable plerrette. "Everett's a dear," she said "He's Improved so much, while I've been gone. That gray hair makes him look very distinguished. He reminds me of a great diplomat, I saw la Parts, rm quite wild about Everett, auntie. Did yoo know that be remembered every one of my birthdays while I was away? Ton did not, but be did. He sent me this bracelet I am wearing." She turned the circlet round her wrist. Hulda did nut sleep much that eight. She lay awake thinking, tt was true. Everett had hnproved, WhO# she It had never occurred 10 livi thai one was not as young uml pretty us ever. She had been an sclf-ussiired. Now. compured with real youth such us Ethel's, she realised thut she vrus but a faded flower. To Ethel she was old and uninteresting. Suddenly she burled her face In the pillow and wept. The days that followed were agony to Huldn. They motored In Everett's ear?and Ethel sat with Everett. Ethel led Everett to the tennis court and they played enthusiastically, while Hulda, who had the misfortune to turn her ankle, looked on. Evenings Ethel turned on Ihe phonograph und taught Everett Dew steps while Uttlda prt tended not to see. There came a day when* Huldu knew two things certainly?she loved Ever ett and she was never going to be able to have him. Be bad tired of her In the long years she had kept hltn waiting. She was no longer the woman of his dreams, one younger and fairer had supplanted her. It was her own fault. But oh, the pity of It thut af ter long pursuing of an Imaginary Everett embodied thut very Ideal. Thut day a telegram came for Ethel from her father. He wanted her to re turn Immediately. 8he ninde no ex planation, but In an hour she was gone, leaving Hulda to puck the trunk and send It after her. Hulda's feel logs were indescribable as she conscl entlously stowed sway the brief, color ful silks, wpolens and . chiffons that bad made her Dlece so radiant during her Short stay. That night Everett came; he had been coming nearly every evening of late. He Inquired for Ethel and when Hulda told him that Ethel wus gone he looked away, smoking In* silence Dlsapiwinted, Hulda knew that was what shadowed his face. Suddenly he came and sat down be side her on the porch hammock. His hand on hers, looking Into her eyes he said softly; "Are you going to let ine propose again, dear? Please let me?1 wunt you very much, Huldn." This time Huldn did not refuse hltn She did not dare refuse him. Never mind If she was second choice, nevet mind anything as long as she hud hltn to love. "So Ethel's gone,'" Kverelt said af ter a while. "Cute little girl; ainun log, very. Shall you miss her. dear?" "Shall you?" returned lluhhi. Everett laughed. "Why, no. Why should I? I've got you." Afterword Uulda felt that ahe had broken fnlth with Ethel. Suppoae Ethel loved Everett? The thought ter rifled her. She waa at hreakfaat next morning when a telegram came?such a long one from Ethel. "I'm engaged to Dick?we met on | shipboard; married next month; tell Everett?he's getting ready to propoae < to you agaln-rtold me so?take him? no mistake? must have him for my uncle." Hulda passed the telegram across the table to her mother. Then she covered her-face with her hands und laughed wltu a sob of thankfulness In her laughter. Life'i Journey As I often remark to my nearest companion, I realize more and more as I grow older the stark truth In the poet I'ope's line: "'Man never Is but always to be blest," with accents on the verbs. No dnuot It Is wise to keep the end and aim of our Jour ney through life always In mind, lint that ought not to muke us blind to the sacramental blessings by the wayside. The beauties of sky and landscape, of (lowers, beasts birds i anjl fellow creatures are for our en ! Joyment. to help to perfect happi ness. The Persian fable said that on j his arrival In Paradise n mortal wus 1 asked by his Owner: "llow did you | enjoy the world through which yon ! have passed?" "1 was so anxious to get through It to this world. I hardly : noticed It." he answered. "Ye. I 1 made and furnished for you thai [ world too;" said the Master!?"Ob server." In Montreal Family Herald A Memory Winston Churchill's Intervention In | the war debt controversy between : Secretary Mellon and the professors | led George Dunn Marvin, the San ; Francisco economist, to say: "Churchill Is always leaping up ! Into the limelight. Have you rend | his two volumes lhat tell how he won the war? "Cbnrrhlll In his war hook has for gotten the Dardanelles, hut Pll never forget the remark that an old colored man made In the course of that dls astroos campaign. "'Dem Dardanelles, sah." said the 1 old man. "am sholy showln' delr selves heller lighters don wot dnt Churchill fellnr reckoned on.'" Autobiographical Fibe Literature by man on the subject of women Is the most Interesting and an reliable In the world. It Is unreliable because It Is autobiographical and all autobiography Is Action.?The AsierV ess llagsxine. ^?SjanishMainb ? ?1 w Th? Town Laundry, Macuto, VcimiMla. t (Prepared by the National Geo*raphle Society. Washington. D. C.) THE "Spanish. Main" Is familiar to the ear of everyone who hag ever read a pirate atory; but just what la ttT Few expressions In Eugllsh 'literature have given rlae to more con fusion. Applied originally. It would nppenr, to the waters of the Carib bean sea and that part of the Atlantic ocean traversed by the treasure ships of Spain, It gradually Included the adjacent coasts of the continent, un til, with most modern writers. It has come to mean tills alone, and "sail ing the Spanish Muln," forsooth, will hereafter be an anachronism until such time as airships shall have be come popular In Caribbean countgies. Hut let us use the term in its original 1 sense ns applying to the seu only?to the "golden, tropic sea," which, de serted hy Its galleons, bereft of its romance and Its mystery, deserves, surely, to retain Its memories and its ancient glorious name. The coast has its historic memories ns well?this far-fumed coast of Tier ra Flrme which Columbus declared to be the site of the earthly Paradise, "the most beautiful (lands) In the world, and very populous." Strung along the coasts washed by the Spanish Main are quaint towns worthy of Investigation by tourists. Cumaua, or New Toledo, as It was formerly culled, has the distinction of being the tlrst European settlement lu I Venezuela, and with the exception of [ a supposed settlement of the Por tuguese upon the Amazon, the first on the continent Consoles ttcampo, who founded It was preceded Just one year by Cortes In Mexico, and It was ten years luter that Plzurro set out for Peru. Cumana and tha Mountain Wall. Cumana today la n humdrum city of about 10.(XXI Inhabitant*, the cupltal of the state of'Bermudez, and an Im portant port In the "Orient." as the eastern slate* of Venezuela are called. It certainly presents a sorry contrast to the town of a century ago, then the Independent capital of a large prov ince, or rather of two, an Impor tant eccleslustlcal center, and rank ing easily first among all the cities of the coast In the culture and Intel ligence of Its Inhabitants. Cumana Is as yet almost unknown to the traveler; but some day the tourist tide will set In. and not only th- city Itself, but the delightful hill country of the Interior, as well as the neighboring towns of Ilarcelonn-r whlch. like Cumana, was the scene of many stirring events during the war of Independence?and Carupano, noted for Its trade In agricultural products and for Its Incomparable rum?all, no doubt, will In time be "stopped over" at and duly photographed. "So. westward-ho they ran," writes Klngsley of the good ship Rose, as she skirted the coast between Cape Codera and La Guuira, "beneath the mighty northern wall, the highest dlff on earth, some seven thousand feet of rock parted from the sea by a narrow strip of bright, green lowland. Here and there a patch of sugar cane or a knot of coconut trees, close to the water's edge, reminded them that tbey were In the tropics; but above, all was savage, rough and bare as an Alpine precipice. Sometimes deep clefts allowed the southern sun to pour a blaze of light down to the sea marge, and gave glimpses far above the stately trees lining the glens, and of a veil of perpetual mist which shrouded the Inner summits, while up and down, between them and the mountain side, white, fleecy clonds hong motionless In the burning sir. Increasing the Impression of vastness and of solemn rest, which was already overpowering." And so. Indeed, as Klngsley so vivid ly pictures them, go tbsaa mighty cBffs appear; sad aae learns with to _ ' i.jSy ... *. ~-ki? a slr^irf.lt^'rixrK^^*^ I never have beheld their awfnl gran deur, he who alone, perhaps, has domb justice to the scene. Inaccuracies, td be sure, have crept Into the descrip^ tlon, and as the steamer approaches from the north the traveler mag fail, through a mlsjudgment of distance, to appreciate the magnitude of the greenish-brown muss before him; but presently he spies something to meas ure with, a cluster of buildings, a lit tle toy city, which he Is told Is La Gunlra, while apparently but a stone's throw away lies Macuto, the well known watering place. Then, per haps, though almost too late?for the ship has a schedule to maintain? docs the full Impresslveness of the scene burst upon his awakened senses'; and If there yet be time, let him gaze Intently before him, for the view en tirely changes when he lands, and not until he Is once more on board and the vessel well in the oiling can the noble proportions of the "Sills" again be appreciated. i La Quaira >a Picturesque. " j La Gualra. for all Its fame, or rather notoriety. Is a city of but 14,000 in habitants, or about two-thirds the size of Bnngor, Maine; bat even this seems an overestimate when one climbs the hillside and looks down upon Its jum bled mass of dark-red roofs, with a thin line running east and west along the shore and a short spur following a cleft In the otherwise Impassible bar rier behind IL Prominent at the water front are the market place, the large custom house?practically the ralson d'etre of the city?the Inevi table plaza, and the shore batteries. Bere, also, Is the terminus of the I.a Gualra and Caracas railway, and jutting out from the shore a distance of 2,000 feet or more Is the famous breakwater, which has done so much to Increase the truffle of the port. f.a Gunlra can boast of several churches (one a rather Imposing structure), a bull ring, u large theater, and a diminutive fort, the latter perched high above it, like the turret of a battleship, and provided with the same armament as the shore battery. To one side, but below this fort, stand the ruins of the old governor's castle, where the "Rose of Torrldge" dwelt [.a Gualra was founded in 1558. two years before our ancient city of St. Augustine, and has shared the usual vicissitudes of the Spanish set tlements upon the coast, having been repeatedly attacked by pirates and foreign fleets. Maracalbo a Good Port. Muracalbo Is coupled with Cumana and La Oualra. though not truly of the Spanish Main. Maracalbo la situ ated upon the lake of the same name, or rather upon the strait connecting the lake with the outer gulf. Like La Goalra and Puerto Cabello, It has ex cellent steamer communications with Curacao and New York. Maracalbo should long since have been one of the moat important porta In Caribbean countries, for behind It lies a vast low land region, rich In all manner of trop ical products and only rendered Inac cessible In places by the very profu sion of Its wealth. In recent years the city has come Into Its own through the development of a great oil Held adjoining the lake and even beneath It. The population naa Increased to more than 00,000. Furthermore, Maracalbo Is the port of a considerable section of Colombia, and nearly all of the coffee that bears Its name comes either from across the boundary or from the Venesuelan Cor dillera region south and east of the lake. There Is the bnm of commerce at Maracalbo. Ocean crawls come sad go and fleets of sailing craft ply to various towns upon the lake, as arell as to up-river porta. It is a city that can boast of electric light, tramway ttssa. telephones, telegraphs, a sohmhrMe
The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 6, 1927, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75