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The Alamance gleaner ] VOL. LIII. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17, 1927. NO. 42. HAPPENNINGS OF THE WEEK | NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Election Day Results in New York, Detroit and Elsewhere. By EDWARD W. PICKARD GOV. AL SMITH'S stock as a Pres idential nominee possibility, al ready pretty high, took quite a Jump as a result of the elections in New York state. The Democratic organi zations elected nearly all their candi dates In the metropolitan district, but the party's biggest victory was in the vote on the nine proposed constitu tional amendments. The governor op posed the sixth of these, to lengthen the term of the governor to four years and hold the state elections in Presi dential years, and this was defeated by a huge majority. The other eight proposed amendments, all supported by 8mith, went over by big votes. One of them raises the debt limit of New York city so that additional bonds for $300,000,000 may be issued for new subway construction. The adoption of this was considered a personal victory for Mayor Walker. Detroit's exciting mayoralty election resulted in the defeat of Mayor John W. Smith, an avowed enemy of prohi bition, by John C. Lodge, the candi date of the Anti-SaloSn league and other reform organizations on a bone dry program. However, the glee of the drys was somewhat tempered when Mr. Lodge, who had maintained silence during the campaign, asserted that he was absolutely free from obil gatlons and pledges, and continued: "This wet and dry matter was dragged Into the campaign. It was never an issue. We can have orderly law enforcement without asking the aid or advice of the professional drys, with the emphasis on 'professional.' There will be positively no 'snooping.'" In Ohio the Anti-Saloon league met with defeat when the voters rejected the Marshall bill which would place Justices of the peace on a fee salary basis and thereby give them authority to hear and decide cases involving In fraction of the prohibition laws. Lovers of horse racing and those who like to bet on the ponies rejoiced In the victory of Judge Flem D. Samp son, Republican, over J. C. W. Beck ham, Democrat, for governor of Ken tucky. The winner made his campaign as a friend of racing, and the loser was opposed to it and to parl-mutuel betting, and the Kentucky Jockey club took a most active part In the fight Senator-elect William S. Vare of Pennsylvania scored in Philadelphia, where his campaign manager, Harry A. Mackey, was elected mayor, de feating J. Hampton Moore, Citi zens" party candidate. But this may Involve Sir. Vare in a new slush fund scandal, for the Citizens' party council asserts that the Vare forces expended "approximately $1, 000,000" and crowded the polls with watchers and workers, "some of whom not only intimidated voters but doled out coplons allowances of $10 notes and dispensed liquid refreshments lav ishly." Wherefore the council may seek to invalidate the election. At this writing It appears certain that James Rolph, Jr., was re-elected mayor of San Francisco, defeating James E. Power. Indianapolis has a new mayor, who will serve until 1930, when the city manager system goes into effect. He Is L. Ert Slack, former United States district attorney, and he was elected by the . city council to fill the unex pired term of John Duvall, who re signed af'er conviction of corrupt Practices. Slack at times has served ss an attorney for the klan and for the Anti-Saloon league. He Is person shy a dry. His friends point out he 's not a klansman, and that his sole Income has always been his legal fees. f~\lL 1s being spattered all over the place down In Washington, where 'he grand Jury Is Investigating the al leged attempts to fix the Fall-Sinclair Jury or to subject the Jurors to Itn Ptoper surveillance. William J. Burns, i-cad ?f the detective agency whose ?t*tr.thcs were employed by persons acting for the defense, sought to Justi fy the actions of his,men, asserting that the defense had the same right to shadow and observe juries as the prosecution has. An apparent at tempt to start a back-fire was the charge made by Burns' men that a young assistant attorney general had had improper contact with one of the jurors, but this fell through. A. Ma son Day and Sheldon Clark, Sinclair company officials who were charged with directing ythe operations of the detectives and receiving their reports, refused to testify before the grand Jury as to who actually hired and paid the investigators and what re lationship existed between them and Harry Sinclair. Both Day and Clark were arrested and held under bonds. Every Burns operative who was sent to Washington for the Tea pot Dome job was quizzed by the government prosecutors in the effort to establish the identity of two stran gers who approached Jurors J. J. Costlnette and G. P. Grenfail, as re lated by those two men to the grand jury. SEVERAL thousand residents of the Mississippi valley, with Mayor Thompson of Chicago and a big dele gation of his admirers at their bead, went to Washington and presented to the house committee their demands for comprehensive flood control legis lation. Mr. Thompson, Governor Small of Illinois, Mayor O'Keefe of New Or leans and a number of others ad dressed the committee, and white no specific legislative program was pro posed there was agreement among the speakers that the federal government must assume complete responsibility for the adoption of a program to avert future flood disasters on the Missis sippi. Willingness was expressed for the most part to support whatever program might be recommended by the army engineers. There was in sistence that other legislative projects, which might be attached to a Missis sippi flood control bill, be kept sepa rate. While In the national capital Mayor Thompson reached an agreement with General Jadwin, army chief of engi neers. In Chicago's water meter dis pute with the government. NEW ENGLAND'S floods, which spread death and disaster throughout several states, are subsid ing, but the conditions In the stricken regions are so serious that" President Coolidge and the Red Cross were askid to go to the rescue. Bitterly cold weather, impassable roads, short age of food supplies and threatened outbreaks of pestilence combined to render the situation of the people des perate. About 150 lives were lost In the floods, and the damage to property probably will run far Into the mil lions. Farmers lost great quantities of live stock and in many cases alf their buildings were swept away. In cities and towns along the rivers the losses of both lives and property were heavy. Contracts caning for the con- I struction of eight Atlantic cargo airplanes, similar to the one piloted across the Pacific to Hawaii by Lien tenants Maitland and Hegenberger, have been let by the War department The planes will cost approximately $35,000 apiece. They are tri-motored monoplanes, with a capacity of ten persons to each plane. FROM native sources comes the story of the heroic fight and tragic death of Lieut E. A. Thomas and Sergt, Frank Dowdell, American ma rine aviators who were killed by Nica raguan rebels several weeks ago. When their plane crashed they es caped unhurt and made tbelr way to ward Jicaro, capturing two prisoners whom they met One of these men suddenly attacked one of the marines with a machete, severely wounding hlra. The other marine shot the rebel dead, but the other prisoner fled and carried word of the happening to San dino. The outlaw Reader sent a force that trapped the marines In a rave. In the desperate fight that followed the Americans killed a number of the guerrillas before they were themselves shot to death. Soviet RUSSIA celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution with great demonstrations s "In Moscow and other cities. In the capital a wild, cheering throng of a million men, women and children marched through the streets, passing before the tomb of Lenin, on which stood Tresldent Kalinin of the soviet union. Thirty thousand troops under General Voroshiloff took part In tbd .parade. In Shanghai, China, and Har bin, Manchuria, the White Buaslana staged counter demonstrations and there were bloody encounters between the two factions, which were Anally ended by the consular guards. SEYMOUR PARKER GILBERT, the American agent general for repa rations payments, scolded the German federal states recently for their lax administration of finances, and part of the German press and public was greatly offended by what was consid ered dictatorial Interference. Espe cially was Bavaria angered, and that state and Wurttemberg threatened to separate from the German republic and join Austria. It developed later that Mr. Gilbert Issued his warning at the Instigation of the government In Berlin to open the way to administra tive reform and financial economies. Chancellor Marx planned a trip to Munich to calm down the Bavarians FRANCE has arranged for the dis posal of $70,000,000 In government 5 per cent bonds to the Swedish Match company and thus will be enabled to retire the balance of the 8 per cent Morgan loan of 1920. Financiers In Paris believe the Swedish concern expects sooner or later to get the very lucrative French match monopoly. From the start the Swedes will win Important commercial advantages by the deal. The French agree to boy millions of francs worth of match making machinery, which tbe Swedes alone manufacture, in the hope of try ing to make a good thing out of the monopoly, the potlentlal value of which is evident from the fact that everybody In the world wants to ex ploit It. GEN. ARNULFO GOMEZ, Presiden tial candidate in Mexico, and chief of the late Insurrection, was cap tured with a number of his supporters In the mountain region of the state of Vera Crux by Gen. Gonzalo Esco bar, Gomez and his nephew, Fran cisco Vlzcarra, were summarily tried by court-martial and executed. Later several of the military officers who had followed bis fortunes were con demned and shot. Generals Matus and Esplnosa, lead ers of the Yaqul Indians lately In re bellion against the Mexican govern ment, have surrendered and with 600 of the Indians were taken to Mexico City. The Yaquls were lodged In bar racks to await forced enlistment in various sections of tbe army. The en tire tribe will be dispersed In accord ance with the plans laid by General Obregon some time ago. COLORADO'S coal-mine strike seems to be fizzling out, (or the men have lost nearly all tbelr leaders. Thirty of them were arrested by the state police in a concerted drive designed to pot an end to illegal picketing, and though new leaders sprang np, the men appeared to have lost heart and were reported returning to work in considerable numbers. On the other band there were stories of plots to storm the Jails at Walsenburg and Pueblo and release the imprisoned agitators, and at the former place a mob of 400 strikers attacked a squad of state policemen and severely beat six National Guard officers. MILLICENT ROGERS, daughter of Henry H. Rogers of New York, who recently divorced Count Balm von Hoogstraeten, was married last week to Artnro Peralta Ramos of Ar gentina. It was reported the bride received $500,000 from her father as a wedding gift The couple sailed for the groom's borne in South America. ANOTHER wedding, of more inter est in Europe, was that of Prin cess Anne of France, daughter of the duke of Guise, pretender to the throne of France, and Prince Amadeo 0 m berto. duke of Apulia and cousin of the king of Italy. The ceremony was performed in Naples and was wit nessed by a brilliant gathering that Included the kings of Italy and Spain and many members of the nobility. Theories Proved by Giants of Intellect | Three notable figures In science. Co hfmicus, Kepler and Newton. stand r the three most far-reaching gen 'milzatlona known in the history of tinman Intellect ^pernlcus, entirety unaided. worked "ft the theory that the earth moved ?round the son. Instead of the sun "j^ng around the earth. That wan 1,1 1531. Then in 16Ut? Kepler an ??tfflcol that the earth and other plan ets moved around the sun in empurai orldl*. and stated the laws of motion that determined It. Then In 16S7 came Newton with the "Prtnrlpla" and "Gravitation." nnd the mechanism of the heaven* wa? com plete. Ever since the publication of Coperfiieus' hook. 125 years before, the existence of some kind of force had been thought of as accounting for the movements of the planets, bnt It was left to Newton to demonHtrnte whnt that force was. He spent twentj yearn studying Hit problem before be was able to sire t> the world hia cod elusion. ?Kutisus fity Star. Ducal Strawberries The exact rca?on why the straw berry leaf Is ttsetl as the Insignia ot. the Kngllsh ducal coronet la not known. Various decorative leaves were employed I a heraldry and the ducal coronet In Its present font was decided upon by Cburlca IL ??? Grcaty4metidaio 1^ ffiircb ^ When the turkey gobbler's gobblia' And a-struttin' 'crost the lots And the turkey hens ere chatteria' i As they d j the turkey trots When the grey clouds of November Shut the sun eut of the sky. Then we can't help but remember That Thensgivin' time is nigh. Then a feller gets to thlnkin' How his season's work was done? Of the hay and grain he gathered Underneath a summer's sunt And he sizes up his treasures Names his blessings, one by one Crops in corner! bs, bins end cellars?* Fine a family es anyone. Then he 'most forgets the hardships And the herd knocks he's passes through, And, in spite of comin' winter, He is glad, instead of bluet And it doesn't seem to matter if He's a dollar or a dime, He Just can't help a-feelin' thankful At good old Thanksgiein' time. ?Dakota Farmer. Day Tend* to Fotter Spirit of Kindliness Tbe da; on which the nation It called to the giving of thaoka la a home and famll; da;, and at aucb It a valuable Inatitutlon. Those who have 06 homes are often Invited to Jtfcome for tbe da; members of fam ilies that are blessed with them. In a word, the home that Is In all onr thoughts toda; Is tbe hospitable borne. And that Is well. There Is great need In these times to develop and strengthen the famll; feeling, and to weld It more closet; as a social unit. To the accomplishment of that work a properl; observed aod honored Thanksgiving da; ma; powerfull; contribute. To give thanks for what! ?some ma; ask. But that Is not at all the thought What is Important Is that there should be In all a thank ful spirit a right attitude toward llfd, whether considered splrltuall; or ma terial!;, and a frame of mind that knows something of contentment and Inward peace. There Is moch for which to be thankful If one onl; looks at life and Its problems and difficul ties?and blessings?In the right wa;. The da; would remind us that kind liness Is a great virtue, and that tbe world would be happier If there were In It a good deal more of the spirit of . friendliness?even among nations. ?Indianapolis Newe. r\ Day to Reflect on Why to Be Thankful It li one thing to be officially thank ful and quite another to be actually and peraooally ao. To accept Thanka glrlng aa an admittedly welcome hol iday; to apend It at home enjoying a good dinner followed by a comfort able nap and then to go onl for a call or two on frlenda la not enough. One might do thla and atlll not be In the rplrlt of the day. Aa the greateai of the apoatlea baa written, "the letter kllleth but the eplrlt glvetb life." To be lu the aplrlt of Thankaglrlng la to reflect upon the reaaona that one haa for national, family and peraonal thankfulness. Maybe a glance at the pagea of a rchool blatory of our coun try might help to quicken the pulae and brighten the eye. Poaalbly a steady gazing on the familiar featuree of Waablngton or Lincoln might be an aid to reflection. Sentiment That Uplifts Gratitude la one at the nobleat sentiments which wella from the hu man heart. It porlflea, uplifts and en noble*. It is an attribute ot stability In character. A man may bare many imperfections, bat If be Is capable of gratitude be Is far from being all bad. And when gratltnde la offered to the Host High, It brings the sool Into tone with the DMn* as scarcely anything else can. I * l? I By ELMO 8COTT WATSON i. HHg iMttana Of fhe nnnunl u] nJ I Thanksgiving proclamation 1^1 ||k I by President Coolldge re* Iflj K calls the* Interesting fun l^j |P| Hint the first proclamation ID of any sort that came from LV J the hands of an American v/ President was a Thanksgiv ing proclamation. It was issued by George Washington, the first President of the lofted States, on Oc tolier 3, 178b. In New "York city, then the capital of the nation. Quite aside from Its Importance In the realm of "historical firsts.'* this document hn? had a romantic history. Soon after It was Issued If disappeared and for more than 130 years Its whereabouts were known. Jersey Man Started It The story of how this proclamation came to be Issued Is also an interest j Ing one On Friday, September 2fi. 178J?. Klias Boudinot of New Jersey | took the floor of the house of repre (tentative*, and declared that the ses Lsfon of congress should not end with I our offering an opportunity to all citi zen* of the country to Join In n mighty ; thanksgiving service. #principally bo [ cause the adoption of the Constitution guaranteed their future "life, liberty owl pursuit of happiness." lie there upon presented the following Joint resolution: Resolved, that a Joint committee of both Hoaxes be directed to wait upon rhe President of the t'nlfed States, to request that he woul I recommend to the people of the United States a day of public Thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by afford ing them an opportunity peaceably to I establish a Constitution of governmeut for their safety and happiness. Strange a* It may seem, this reso lution precipitated a hitter debate. Aednnu* Burky, ? Democrat from South Carolina, declared that he did not like this dilmicklng of "European customs where they made a mere mockery of Thanksgiving," since two nations at war frequently sang Te Deum" for the same event, even though to one It was a victory and to the other a defeat Thomas Tudor Tucker, a Federalist of South Cartv | Una, declared that the house hod no business to Interfere In u matter which did not concern tliero. Why, he asked, should the President direct the people to do what perhaps they had no mind to <lo, since they might not be Inclined to give thanks for a Con ?dilation until Ibcy had experienced that It promoted their safety anil hap piness. After some farther uigument the resolution was flnully adopted by the house and sent to the senate the next ?lay. The up)M-r body acted ti|siii It Immediately as follows: Resolved, that the Senate do concur In the above recited resolution and that Messrs (William 8 ) Johnson tof Connecticut) and (Ralph) Izard (of South Carolina) he the committee on the part of the 8cnate. Accordingly. Senators Johnson nnd Izard, acting with the committee ap pointed from the Imnse. composed of lloutllnot. Sherman and Peter Sylves ter of New York, notified President Washington of the wishes of congress nnd on October 3 he Issued the proc lamation. Both the New York Dully Advertiser and the New York Dally Gazette gave it prominent display In their Issues of October 8. and so far as Is known the day designated (Thursday. November 20) wua gen erally observer! as a day of thanks giving. Proclamation Disappears How ibis proclamation disappeared from the nrchlves of the nation Is si III a mystery, hut dlsapjieur it did?and no one seemed to have noticed Its ab sence until 1021. when It was adver tised wltih numerous other manu scripts hv the American Art Galleries in New York nnd was purchased there by J. C. Kit spat rick, asslstnnt chief of the division of manttsrrlpta of the l.lbrary of Congress. The handwrit ing of the document Itself Is that of Wllllntn Jackson. Washington's secre tary. but the signature -t the end la Washington's, ft Is curious to note that the great seal of tin United States does not appear on It Dor la the proclnmntloo countersigned by the secretary of stutc. as hns been the rase with all later Presidential proc lamations. Including those for Thanks giving. The text of this historic docu ment follows. Uy the President of the United States of America A Proclamation. Whereas ii is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Al mighty God to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly 1 to implore His protection and favor? and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint committee request ed me to recommend to the people of ? the United States a dry of public Thanksgiving and prayer to be ob served by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Al mighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to es tablish a form of government for their safety and happiness. Now therefore, I do recommend and ? assign Thursday, the 26th day of No vember next, to be devoted by the people of this state to the service of ? that great and glorious Being who la the beneficent Author of all the good that was. that Is, or thai wUl be. Th. " we may then nil unite In rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks?for His kind care and protec tion of the People of this country pre vious to their becoming a Nation? for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable Interpretations of His Providence, which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the , late war?for the great degree of tran quillity, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed?for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and hap piness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted?for the civil and religious liberty with which we ;? are blessed, and the means we have of . acquiring and diffusing useful knowl edge: and in general for all the great and various favors which He hath been pleased to confer upon us. And that we may then unite In moat humbly offering our prayers and sup plication to the great Lord and Ruler ' of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions? to enable us all, whether In public or ? private stations, to perform our several : and relative duties properly and punc tually?to render our national govern- r ment a blessing to all the People, by constantly being a government of wise, lust and constitutional laws, discreetly * and faithfully executed and obeyed?to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as hava shown kinship unto us) and to bless them: with good government, pence, sad con- ' cord?to promote the Vnewledge and practice or true religion and virtue and the Increase of science among them . ard us?and generally to grant onto nil mankind such temporal jrespsifly * as He alone knows to be best. ,>] Given under my hand at the city nf New York the third day of October b the year ef ear Lord lTSt^ first Thanksgiving Proclamation *v; /fy Ml tfyZSf+SpSzts ~\ i ?* Ac*A ' ~s //</ /?f ~Ziy(w*U*ct /^?/^-/A' X>4w<fX^ ?<; 4~~/y 4 *yUfu ^y^ttzz^. +~yyt~n 4ft<?ky A* Ji^C S/ZyyS X?~e 4. ^m^/)./ W.?u -trjMyZZy <?v ^/c /&^ yLses ^ ^4 -*' 4< Xal</^v '^^/,cprte / yf*~<~r <*&- - ^y^yu^yy j A y/i?.i. ?u*.//^- /^Jx yyij^ *W <?yS" I t) *t//W.A^/' W -V^>)X fjflCyfci). 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