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> y ? A V ?'? >'^r- -r-^>r* ~ ^ v ??" *71 "7 The Alamance gleaner 1 ? **''.' '?'nlwfw' X VOL. LV. GRAHAM, IN, C., THURSDAY FEBRUARY 7, 1929. ' NO. 1. fi| HAPPENNINGS OF THE WEE| l NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Cruiser Bill Fight Nears the End; Supply Measures for Army and Navy. By EDWARD W. PICKARD BROUGHT to time by threats of night sessions made by Senator Hale, chairman of the naval affairs committee, the senators opposing the fifteen cruiser bill abandoned their filibuster tactics and consented to lim itation of debate on the measure This was to take effect at noon on Febru ary 4 and the prospect was that a vote would be reached by the. middle of the week. If the pacifists succeed in at taching amendments to the house bill making necessary the appointment of a conference committee, there might be a final filibuster against the con ference report One amendment was favored by President Coolidge?the elimination of the clause fixing dates for commencement of the construction of the cruisers. It was made known at the White House that If the bill passed even without the time clause, the President will ask for an appro priation for an immediate start in the building program. Representative Britten of Illinois, urging passage of the bill, said early In the week that he was "sure the time limit will be pleasing to Presi dent-Elect Hoover." But that gentle man immediately telegraphed to Presi dent Coolidge that be had made no public or private statement upon this question, and added: "As you know, I warmly support your views and you may so Inform others If you wish to do so." This telegram was handed to Senator Hale, who read It to the senate, and at the same time he read a message from Paul V. McNutt, na tional commander of the American Legion, urging passage of the bill with the time clause, on behalf of the Legion. Senators Borah and Walsh both spoke in favor of elimination of the time clause, arguing that such action was proper as a preliminary to an other disarmament proposal. Senator Reed of Missouri, who retires to pri vate life on March 4, delivered what will be one of his last speeches, exer cising his great powers of ridicule and sarcasm against the pacifists and argning strongly for preparedness. RESPONDING to the appeals of Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, the appropriations committee of the bouse reported a naval supply bill calling for approximately $351,000,000 and providing funds for the addition of 500 enlisted men to the naval estab lishment. This would bring the navy personnel up to 84,500. The recom mendations of the budget being thus exceeded, the committee, in order to make up the deficit, advised the de commission of older ships and the transfer of their crews to newer ves sels. The bill's total is about $15, 000,000 less than was appropriated for the current fiscal year and $70,000,000 less than the estimates submitted to Secretary Wilbur by the heads of the naval bureaus. The War department supply bill, which had been passed by the house, was reported to the senate by its ap propriations committee with an addi tion of $5,000,000, for purely military activities, made to the $447,000,000 total of the house measure. Of the funds added by the senate committee, approximately .$3,000,000 will go for the purchase of new bombing, pursuit and training planes for the air corps, $026,000 for the National Guard main tenance, new construction and an in crease in the ration allowance, and approximately $1,000,000 will be turned over to the organized reserves. Other senate changes Included the addition of two items providing $81, 000 for forage for 1,000 horses owned by army officers and $82,500 for the purchase of 500 additional horses for the cavalry, engineers and artillery. Both items were approved by the budget, but had been stricken out by the bouse. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE. delivering * his farewell address at the semi annual meeting of the business organ ization of the government, dwelt up on the extraordinary prosperity which the nation is enjoying, but warned the country that this can be continued only by the exercise of rigid economy in federal, state and local expendi-* tures. While admitting that as a re sult of the expansion of the country federal expenditures show a tendency to rise, Mr. Coolidge warned that the greatest menace to continued pros perity now lies In the rapidly mount ing costs of local and state govern ments. This heavy drain on the earn ings of the people, he said, "is a red flag warning us of the danger of de pression and a repetition of the dis aster that overtook the country in the closing days of 1920." The President warmly defended his policy of drastic economy in. federal expenditures, and was seconded in this by Director of the Budget Lord. DECEIVING few political visitors and devoting part of each week to flshlrjg, Herbert Hoover Is having a fine time down in Florida. Most in teresting of his callers last week was A1 Smith, who was stopping in Coral Gables. With John J. Rascob and W. F. Kenney, the recent Democratic standard bearer drove over to Belle Island and spent half tfh hour chat ting with the man who defeated him. Later he said to the newspaper men: *1 found Mr. Hoover very friendly and affable. We told each other some of the fanny things that happened during the campaign to each of ns. bat did not talk of anything important. I can't go Into that any more.** Thursday Mr. Hoover, still eager to catch a sailfish, went to Long Key on the yacht Saunterer. His guests were Justice and Mrs. Harlan F. Stone, Verne Marshall of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Sullivan. Correspondents at Miami Beach now believe that Mr. Hoover has decided j on his cabinet but will not announce his selections until Immediately after 1 his inauguration. They are satisfied that neither Ambassador Morrow nor Ambassador Fletcher will be secretary of state. There was a report that that portfolio or the attorney generalship might be offered to Thomas Nelson Ferkins, the Boston lawyer who Is one' of the American alternates in the rep arations conference of experts. It was believed Mr. Hoover wanted a New Englander in the cabinet. Mr. Coolidge also was in Florida last week, but only for a brief period. Accompanied by Mrs. Coolidge and a few others, he ran down to Mountain Lake and on Friday delivered an ad dress at the dedication of the bird sanctuary and singing tower estab lished by Edward W. Bok. After a dinner and brief rest at Mr. Bok's home, the party returned to Washing ton, arriving Saturday evening. FOR the time being Gen. Bramwell Booth is winner In bis fight to re tain his personal control of the Salva tion Array. But the high council hasn't given up yet. The chancery court in London decided that the coun cil's action ousting the aged general was void because the commander's legal representatives were not per mitted to plead bis cause before the conncll voted against him. Therefore the conncll had to start its proceed ings all over again. One of the lead ing members said that the position of the reform element had been con soli dated by the legal proceedings, and that there was no doubt the council would reiterate its previous decision and proceed to elect a new general without further parley. It was said the outstanding candidate for the posi tion was Evangeline Booth, sister of the general and commander of the Army in the United States. UNDER proclamation by the Na tionalist government all China celebrated "Customs Autonomy day" on Friday because Japan, the last of the powers to hold out has Anally rec ognised the new Chinese tariff and thus admitted China has the right to regulate Its own customs rates. As the proclamation says. China "la at last able to throw off the economic yoke imposed eighty years ago by Eu ropean imperialists." The proclamation points out the beneAts expected to accrue to China as the result of customs autonomy, the Arst of which Is the enhancement of China's position in the family of na tions. Second, it opens a new chapter in China's foreign diplomatic rela tions: third, marks the downfall of foreign imperialists, and fourth, opens the way to Chinese national economic development, enabling China to enter the world's markets on an equal foot ing. Lastly, the change is declared to mark the definite passing of unequal treaties, including the abolition of ex traterritoriality, the rendition of for eign concessions, as well as the term ination of foreigners' rights to naviga tion In Chinese inland waterways. STAIN had another of her abortive . rebellions last week. In Ciudad Ileal, a hundred miles south of Madrid, a body of artillery revolted and ran their guns out into the streets ready to shoot up the city; and in some other places there were Incipient up risings. The government troops were sent int<y action promptly, and prom- I ises of Immunity to all privates and ! noncommissioned officers induced the mutineers to return to their barracks. Their oflicers were all arrested for trial by court-martial, and Sanchez Guerra, former Conservative party | leader, was seized at Valencia. WALDEMARES, dictator of Lithu ania, said he liad uncovered a plot against his regime by men who were acting with the knowledge of President Smetona, and he caused the arrest of the chief of staff of the army and eighteen high officers of the Kov I no garrison. The dictator's opponents declare he has been supporting the Soviet policies against Poland. LEON TEOTZKT, that thorn in the side of the Russian Soviet gov ernment which he helped to create, has reaped the reward for his con tinuous plotting against it. He was taken from his place of involuntary re tirement in southeastern Russia and doomed to exile. At first no country could be found that would receive him. but finally Turkey consented to lei him be sent there. So he, at latest reports, was on his way to Angora. His friends. In Berlin and elsewhere believed be would be assassinated on the way, and there was a rumor thai the murder already bad been com mitted. IN THE case of Glen Jennings, coast guard charged with the fatal shoot ing of J. D. Hanson, secretary of the Niagara Falls lodge of Elks, the Jury could not agree on a rerdlct and was discharged. Jennings will be tried again, probably In May. The Jury de liberated for twenty hours and at one time Btood XI to 1 for conviction. ELINOR SMITH, the "flying flap^ per" who is only seventeen years old, went up from Mltchel field in an open cockpit plane in extremely cold weather and established an endurance record for women of 13 hours. 1C mln utes and 45 seconds. This broke by one hour, 5 minutes and 45 seconds the record made recently by Miss Bobby Trout of California. OSCAR UNDERWOOD. former United State* senator from Ala bama and for years one of the ablest leaders of the Democratic party, who died at his country home In Wood lawn. Vs., was burled at Blrmlncliatn Ala., with simple bnt impressive rites. Mr. Underwood was the last survivor of the big figures of the Democratic convention of 1912 at Baltimore. In that convention and again In 1924 In New York he was an active candidate for the Presidential nomination. His service In congress was long and dis tlnguisbed. He retired voluntarily from the senate In 1927. Ogden Mills, New York financier and father of Ogdeu L. Mills, seder secretary of the treasury; George J Charlton of Chicago, passenger traffi. manager of the Alton railway; Alex ander T. Brown of Syracuse, N Y. Inventor of shotguns and typewriters and Robert L. Slagle. president of the University of South Dakota, were among others who died last week. GOV. HENRY 8. JOHNSTON of Oklahoma (Headed not -guilt; to eight Impeachment article* voted b> the lower houae of the utate legialu tare, and announced he waa read; fnt Immediate trial before the aenatt court- The cane wan net for Feh ruary 11. Hembera of the ntate Su preme court also are ander fire, grave charge* against them being made b< witnesses before a legislative suhcnm mlttee that la making a general In vestlgatlon. Wireless Will Assist Scotland Yard Police London.?"Set a wave length to check a crime ware." This may be come the slogan of Scotland Tard with the increasing use of wireless In the work of criminal investigations department , London police offlciata may wireless finger prints, by code, to Wow York or Australia and receive a reply within 48 boors Scotland Yatd la now planstng to Unk the prto dpal police stations of Great Britain bjr wireless. This will remove the ' difficulty of Instant communication with county police official!. It li es timated that the new system will save three hours' time In communicating with Glasgow or Edinburgh. Receiving and transmitting sets win be Installed In London's 200 police stations. Major Tittle. Scotland ? Yard's chief engineer, has prepared ? a code for C L D. messages and a I car running at fall speed through s ? London street recently communicated with the police of Preaton. Lancashire 196 mllea away. When the hookup of ail police statlona la completed po lice headqoartera can maintain coo ?taut communication with the eotiri police tyttem. Uadarwater Cat New London. Conn.?Uncle Ram i nary boaata the moot rereatile under water cat la exlatence. She la maacoi of the anbtnarlae 0-4 and la one of tb< drat below dock at the order to aab ??*?*?????I??*????II? i the i : : silver ! . ! spoon i; (Copyright. > { EMILY NASH found the small parcel lying on her dresser where It had been placed by the hand of Mrs. Dickey. Usually the boarders at Mrs. Dickey's found their mall on the hall table down stairs, and the very fact that so much pains had been taken with this par cel proved that It must have been considered of some consequence. Emily tore ofT the wrapper and opened the white box. Within the | box on a bed of white cotton lay a gleaming silver spoon marked with her ' Initials. A tiny card snuggling be side It bore the name of Helen Dixon. She had known Helen Dixon so ( slightly that she hod never dreamed . of receiving any sort of gift from her, much Ies3 a solid silver spoon The dear, beautiful, shiny thing! She held It In her hand tenderly, breathed upon Its glossy surface where the vn por spread as on glass, saw her own quiet, sweet face reflected, and smiled to think that this was her first and only wedding present She was to be married next morn ing at eight o'clock and go at once to her new home, a small house In the quiet suburb which she and her fiance, Charles Burchell, had discov ered after much hunting. They were going to rent until they could afford to buy. and that might not he In years. But they were both resolved to begin modestly. There was to he qo elaborate wedding, no trousseau, no trip. She had always thought that she would never he married until she could have white satin, orange bios soms. a veil. But that was before her father died and she had to earn her own living. She still though! with regret of the veil, but to have Charles was to have all that one needed for happiness. He was so good, so sensible, so honest Her one desire was to make him a worthy mate. She stood looking at the silver spoon for a long time. Besides the , few things already packed away In her trunk, hits of bargain linen and the like. It was her sole contribution toward home-making. She had earned so little, and It had taken so much to live. Dear Helen Dixon! She would never know what happiness she conferred. Next day she showed the spoon to Charles. They were In the tiny nouse. rented furnished, beginning their married life by unpacking. "See what Helen Dixon gave me!" she said. "Who Is Helen DixonT "A girl who used to come to the store where I worked and buy of me. One day I saw her looking at my engagement ring, and I knew she un derstood. Yesterday she sent me j this. She must have guessed 1 was j 50}ng to need It soon." "It's a beautiful, spoon, .solid. No. I," Charles-said, with the air of an sxpert. "I believe this came from aur shop. At least we have a pat tern like It. A whole set like this would be worth something." He named a price. "Maybe some day I can have a whole set like it." Emily said, smil ing. "I hope so. It's one of those good, sensible patterns that never go out af style," Charles spoke with the con viction of a Jeweler's assistant who loved his work and meant to have his own shop some day. From the first life flowed smoothly with Emily and Charles Bunchell j They were the king of young mar* 1 rled people for whom there are no ] stagnant shallows, no exciting rapid* I Charles Interests were In his work, i nls home, their future. fie was al ways on time If the car was. He | always warned Emily of his arrival oy whistling, and when he entered :he house he was always glad to see ner. hungry, and often with a treat ; :o hand her?a pound of candy, may ne. or some fruit, or a magazine. And j Ernlly never failed In her welcome I py having a smile. a warm, nourish i ing meal, a clean house for her bread j winner. She kept the little home 1 peautlful and yet to fragrant and 1 'linrles' salary went a great way. Both had an object to ptan for. save I for. hojK? for. With Charles It was 1 business of his own. with Emily .t was a borne of ber own. They jsed to laugh about It sometimes Emily had a stoat box with s hole punched In the cover Into which she dipped every spare nickel, dime nod penny. The silver spoon hsd given ner the Ides of saving for a whole set jf spoons. Rot It was three months aefore she proudly selected and paid for the mate to Relen Dixon's gift. On her birthday Charles gave her another spoon. She now had h spoon for each of them, and one for com pony.' as she said laughingly. Bm they did oof have sny compsny. sod is for themselves, they were content o use the cheap plated spoons which ;be had picked up ct a bargain sale. The first year Emily achieved a set ?f six spoons. She used to take them >ut of their box and fondle them and idmlre them. It is only the woman vith the true home Instinct who can inderstand how this little wife felt ibout her household treasure. The second year Emily was unable 0 buy spoons, for Cliarllne came? Jharllne named after her father, but uclth her mother's sweet eyes, and ovely expression. Oharllne was hot er than a whole outfit of silver; she vas silver. Jewels, flowers, music, all he priceless and beautiful things of ife. There was a new Joy in the small louse, rented furnished, and a oew incentive for saving. "Charllne's education and my silver. 1 house and your shop, r-an we ever iccomplish them all?" Emily asked playfully. Churles laughed. "Sure. We're bound to.** The house came first. There was a iarling bungalow going dirt cheap. They bought It and moved in. This necessitated some furniture, but where there's a will there's a way. Then Charline had to have some things?a crib and a carriage. She was getting big enough for dolls and picture-books! A great girl with five teeth! Sometimes It took rlose ft km ring and some worried frowns to get every thing paid for, but even so. Emily found a nickel or dime now and then to slip Into the box with the hole punched In the top, which always stood on her cupboard shelf. One could wear a frock for ever so long, hut with a daughter growing up one simply must have tasteful accessories. Hhnrllne, even If she were not born wltb the proverbial silver spoon In her charming mouth, was 6tlll going to have'a silver spoon to eat her por ridge with. And so somehow the bungalow got paid for, and by the time Chart I tie got old enough to handle a fork and knife there were those utensils In good durahle silver. A year or two Inter Charles had ii little money left to him from an un expected source. Then It was he Opened his own little shop. And be cause he had been careful and pains taking and had learned the business so well, he was n successful jeweler almost from the first. One day Emily found that she had new neighbors In the house across the way?young married people with their two children, who had grown tired of flie city. When she went to call she found Helen Dixon. Helen Dixon married, happy and. oh, so glad to find an acquaintance In a suburb where she had expected to meet only stran gers! Call It a coincidence or what ever you wish. It was still a very pleasant thing, and in no time at nil the two families were on terms of In timnte friendship. Yesterday Chnrllne had n birthday party and Helen assisted Emily. "What beautiful silver you have, dear!" she exclaimed. Emily laughed. "Yes. and It all started from that silver spoon you gave me." she said. "1 Just bad to live up to it. and?* "Yon have." returned Helen ed miringly. Doing Research Work on African Mountain A lonely mission Is being curried out by four Americans In Smith Africa. They are \V. Hoover, bis wife and In fnnt. nnd Fred Greely, who for the last two years have camped on Mount Brukknro* In southwest Africa, feet above flie level of the surround Inj: plateau. They have a small house on the mountain top, hut formerly they had only a cave for shelter. The reason for this out-of-the-way life Is that the party Is doing research work for the Smithsonian Institution of the United States, measuring solar radiation. Besides their work, these people have hooks, cameras and a phonograph, nnd a cow. dog and cat ?Exchange. Unhurt by Long Fall Twplveyear-old Kdward Walsh of Brooklyn stumbled and foil through the class rover of an nirshaft ond dropped lire stories to the cellar without Injury. Ills playmates rushed to the top of the airshaft and a coun cil of war was held. They raided all the neighborhood yards for clothes line. fled the pieces together, lowered It and hauled Walsh op three stories to a projection, where he made a safe ? andinc. Then a doctor wl?o examined him found only a tiny laceration orei his right eye and a alight cot no his right shoulder. CoMitmtioa. Ao economical mothet lias a young son who persists In bringing tiK chums to the apple bin In the cellar Sb* fold the generous fart to have ths boya eat the mellow ones. He w?* heard felling the young hungry tribe **J(ow. t?e sure and est the mellow ones bemuse mother wants to keep the g?w*i ones" W TAHITI , 3 Nativt Tahitian Man and Woman. (Prepared by the National Geographic \ Society. Washington. O. C-> EVEN u short visit to Pu|>eete, capital of the Island of Tahiti, while the steamer pauses, is in ? teresting: hut to really under stand something of life in tills gem of the South Sens one must journey In land. The usual method of travel Is by carriage but more enjoyable to many is a leisurely walk with a guide, pausing at native villages. Any guide one chooses Is likely to carry among bis meager belong ings gome sort of musical Instrument, for all Taliltlans love music. They de light in singing, and from ancient days have drawu sounds from crude bam boo and wooden instruments. Tbe fa- i vorite instruments now are the ac cordion. harmonica, and Jews'-harp. One sees the first in ail parts of the island. In Papeete groups of young persons of both sexes will be seen squatting on lawn or street, wreathed with flowers and accompanying an tc cordlon with voice or limb. The way out of Papeete lies be tween coconut groves and banana fields; beside coral-littered beach: In the shade of the flowering purau (wild hibiscus). aDd past the lowly sensitive plant. In alarm at one's treau, hundreds of land crabs run in ungainly fashion fo their boles, sotne raising militant claws, others bending all their ener gles toward flight Under foot tiny ants forage; In the shallows of the sea the blue otuu fishes for Its break fast ; farther out brown fishermen poise pronged spears from reef or boat; to the right and to the left tbe leisurely inmates of thatched homes prepare their breakfasts or saunter about with an air of luxurious ease. Doth young and old among them m lute passers by with the national "lorana !?* and the curious stare with questioning eyes. Sights Along tho Way. As one walk* there Is much to see. One moment It Is the curling sort ! thundering on the reef, or an Inspiring i view of the toothed island of Moorea ; again It Is flower and tree?the pan j claims, the medicinal mlro, or the dye producing eufa. On every hand the ' breadfruit shares yard and roadside with the prolific mango; over wave washed shore and high on breexy hill lean the nut-home palm; and afar, on mountain slope, branch the glossy fel ( (a type of plantain). After sundown one may experience ' one of the greatest pleasures of the | tropica?travel by moonlight. When j the elements of the air are In a placid | mood, an evening stroll la a delight Waving palms and gently sighing i wind roar of sorf no distant reef, and ' ceaseless wash of tide, combined with | pictures of contentment and hospnable greetings of young and old from road j side and dooryard. produce sensations : foreign to the most rsdlsnt day. Chinese Art Storaktspera. Travelers moat put up fur the night in native homes. If the bouse of a reasonably well-to-do family Is choaen It will probably be ? one-story, on painted wilder structure. The floor and walla will be bare, and the root will be of galvanised Iron sheeting, the ceemnoo covering for woodea buildings In tbo South Pacific. In tra mps In Tahiti H Is dHBcott to snow when one bn* crossed what -y';. j?! night properly t>e called the line he ween village- end plantation. Bat iracticnlly every village center to narked by a group of two or three smoky-looking Chinese stores. Whei^ ?ver they stand, there is the Tillage square, where the g??ssi(iers gather; tnd, in the harvesting season, the per Tume of vanilla l?eans drying on can ma spread before the open doors. makes the place fragrant. There the native exchanges his co mmits and scented pods for bread and Drown sugar and American canned sal mon or New Zealand canned butter and beef, and tliere the traveler to refreshed by coffee or tea. flgnre-eigh? doughnuts, and twisted roll. In 1'olyneslu hospitality exhibits It self in many novel ways. In Tahiti, for example, the host sometimes Jj spreads a new tablecloth at every meal. When a housewife wants to grace the family hoard, she goes Into the yard and gathers for that pqrpnss s banana branch or a few hibiscus leaves. For breakfast one may have orange tea and coconut milk. The first la ^ brewed from the leaves of the wild orange tree, and makes a pleasant drink Like coffee, it is prepared In a pa Inw hatched kitchen without walla and Is served In a bowl. Most Tahitlans are very fond ot cof fee and always have It for breakfast. With It they eat tinhnttered bread. The islanders were taught to eat bread by the Chinese, and so wherever it is possible for ? baker's can to go. coffee and rolls form the morning's refreshment. At other meals fal, yams, and taro replace the loaf. Prefer Fingers to Forks. TnhltlaiUi Mill Have on aversion lor artificial aids In eating, tor they be 'ieve thai nothing surpasses tbelr own digits as food conveyors. When Wat- ' lis visited the Island a native who had been facetiously named Jonathan thought otherwise after be bad put on European clothes, and be resolved to elevate himself In society by feeding v/lth a fork. He made a heroic at tempt. but every time he strove to es tablish a connection between the In strument and bis mouth hts band ea countered his lips, leaving the food poised at his ear. From the villages the natives go In to the mountains on hunts for M. The fel Is a species of plantain, and it la the Island's most valuable article of food. It grows In the mountains and Is available at all time* of the year. If closely resembles the banana, bat Its leave* are darker The fruit Is from an Inrh and a half to two Incbrs in diameter and is borne up rightly on the stalk In bunches that frequently have from 1(10 to 1.10 plan ulna When ripe, these are a light red or yellow Ttiere are many va rieties. The fruit la boiled or baked for eat ing. and after It la cooked It la cus tomary to beat It with a stick to loos en Its akin and Improve Its quality. The fel crows tor tip mountain ; Mope*, where It can be aeea miles K > , ?way To get this staple, the woods man most worm hts way ap almost Im passable steeps, sad then down nar row. Mtppery partis he most dtartag, weighted with f raying hardens af from 100 to ISO pounds.
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