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The Alamance Gleaner VOL. LV. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY JANUARY 16, 1930. NO. 50. 1?President Hoover in a farewell meeting with the American delegates to the naval limitation conference In London. 2?Irwin B. Laughlin, American amhassador to Spain, being carried in a royal conch to the palace In Madrid to present his credentials to King Alfonso. 3 and 4?Crown Prince Humbert of Italy and Princess Marie Jose of Belgium whose marriage In Rome was the outstanding event of the week in Europe. ; : i J NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS American Delegates to the Naval Parley Prepared for Big Reductions. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ONE hundred American delegates, experts and advisers sailed Thurs day for the naval limitation conference In London without any definite instruc tions from President Hoover, but with the assurance that he will support any agreement at which they may arrive with the representatives of the other fonr naval powers. While no figures have been made public. It Is understood in Washington that the American delegation is ready to cut about 200,000 tons from the American navy, to eliminate two of the proposed 10,000 ton cruisers and to agree to a further battleship building holiday, postponing replacements that would begin in 1931 under the Wash ington treaty. This program would include reducing our submarine strength by 20,000 to 30.000 tons and our destroyer strength by 100,000 to 130,000 tons; provided the other pow ers made proportionate reductions. wtnrvSI P.? ,1 n.na fhof li'nV/dl ?<U1U(IC IIIC uuiu nuo biiut " Premier Tnrdleu of France expects the conference to end successful!]' In three or four weeks and that France will play a dominant role In the pro ceedings. The French delegates, It was said, would propose a scheme cov erlhg six years, to 1930, creating a naval construction holiday for that period. While France still insists on retaining submarines, It Is willing to restrict their size, gun power and cruising radius to a degree that would make them strictly defensive. France Intends to renounce its rights to -construct capital ships up to 173.000 tons, as allocated to It at Washington, and concentrate Its sea power In the auxiliary classes?cruis ers, destroyers, and submerslbles. The French plan will seek to overcome the existing deadlock between the United States and Great Britain over 10,000 ton cruisers carrying eight-Inch guns, by allocating the global tonnage of the vnrious powers with categories merely Indicated approximately, per mitting each power to allot whatever amount of the total It decides neces sary for self-defense to that class. As was stated several weeks ago, however, the French persist In their demand that whatever agreement la reached In London shall be trans mitted to the League of Nations' pre paratory dlsarmamenr commission so that It can be made a part of the league's general plan for the reduc tion of both land and sea armaments The French believe that within all years the league's disarmament con ference will be held and that all na tions will accept Its findings WHILE on the subject of arma ments It may be noted that the bonse appropriations committee Is be (Inning to realize that the American army needs better fighting machine) and more up to date motorized equip mant. It reported to the house the War department supply hill carryln? appropriations of $<.'>5,000,000, anc called attention to the fart that It hat provided $239,855 for experiments work In connection with the develop ment of tanka. armored cars and othei weapons and equipment for use wltt a mechanized force. This had beet entirely omitted from the budget at submitted by the President. No change In the size of the arm; Is contemplated In the new bill. As at present, army enlisted strength will remain at 118,750. Officer strength will be 12,000. The National Guard will be given an increase, raising the strength to 190,000. Funds for train ing citizens, at the citizens' military training camps are slightly reduced. The air corps appropriation ap proved by the house committee amounts to $35,823,473, a million dol lars increase over the present year. This sum will not bring the five year air expansion program up to date. Developments of the week in the Germnn reparations confer ence at The Hague Indicated'that a settlement of all disputes would soon be reached. The major question was as to a guaranty for France in case the German government should wil fully default in execution or should denounce the Young plan. The French delegates submitted a draft of a docu ment covering this point which it was hoped the Germans would accept. Vladimir MololT, Bulgarian minister of finance, pleaded for a reduction in the Bulgnrlan indemnity. "We are not seeking to haggle or bargain," he said, "but a spirit of loyalty to you neces sitates stating that Bulgaria Is Incap able of paying unnulties as high as $3,000,000 over a period of 30 years. We are anxious to discharge the debt honorably, but we simply cannot pay that much." When asked to name a figure M. MololT suggested $2,000,000 per annum. HUMBERT, prince of Piedmont and heir apparent to the throne of Italy, and Marie Jose, the "snow prin cess" of Belgium, were made man and wife Wednesday in the Pauline chapel of the Quirinal palace at Rome after three days of elaborate fetes and en tertainments. The ceremony was per formed by Cardinal Maftl, archbishop of Pisa, and was witnessed by a bril liant assemblage numbering 1,500. The princess, who entered the chapel on the arm of her lather, King Al bert, wore on her head a high filigree crown In the form of orange blossoms, adorned with diamonds and pearls. Her wedding gown was of white satin, and over it was a mantle of white velvet made especially in the Omo dis trict, with a train seven yards long trimmed with white ermine and held by four male attendants dressed In black, gold braided uniforms. King Victor Emmanuel escorted Queen Eliza beth of Belgium, and Prince Humbert accompanied his mother. Queen Elena. The royal couple, after appearing on a balcony of the palace to receive the plaudits of the vast throngs gath ered there, were accorded a private audience by the pope, who blessed them and gave them a special piece of arras utimu 3? MUCH talk and little action char acterized the ruction In congress over prohibition enforcement. The one concrete thing was the request of President Hoover that congress ap propriate Immediately <302,000 for 30 new speed boats for the coast guard to use In combating rum-running on the Great Lakes. This request was In a supplementary budget report which pointed out the necessity of getting 1 the boats Into action wltbln three months, before the navigation season ' opens. Each of the boats desired 1 would be 34 to 30 feet In length, would carry a crew of four and presumably ! would be armed with machine guns. I Senator Wal-h of .VoswrWusrtts was I the first to bring op the prohibition I matter In the upper house when ses I slons were resumed after the holi days. He submitted resolutions of r a Boston mass meeting protesting 1 against the "wanton and reckless klll 1 Ing of citizens of Massachusetts by ' the coast guard." Next day orators. both wet and dry, exploded In both r aenate and bonae and the recrtmlna tlons and retorts were loud and bitter. On Wednesday Itepresentntive Black of New York, a wet, told the house that he had heard there was dissen sion In the President's crime commis sion. PROHIBITION caused what, may ' prove to be the first serious rift between the house of representatives and the White House. Administration leaders in the house. sent ..word to President Hoover that the resolution proposing a Joint congressional pro hibition committee is not likely to pass. It was passed by the senate three weeks ago and sent to the house rules committee, from which it has never emerged. Speaker Nicholas Longworth admit ted that "the lenders of thi house" do not believe such a Joint committee should be allowed to usurp the func tions of the Independent house com mittee already constituted. Fifty wet members of the house of both political parties pledged them selves at a caucus to battle to a finish against the forthcoming program of the drys to put bigger and sharper teeth In the prohibition laws. THOSE radical senators who call themselves Republicans won a de cided victory by forcing the appoint ment of Senator Robert M. I,a Follette of Wisconsin as a member of the pow erful finance committee. Senator Thomas of Idaho, generally "regular," also was named a member, the vacan cies filled being those left by the resig nations of Edge and Snckett, now am bassadors. The old line Republicans on the committee ou committees fought hard to keep I.a Follette, from the place, but Senator Smoot, fearing to have the contest carried to the floor of the senate, voted with the Demo crats and radicals for the appoint ment. The finance committee now In cludes 11 Republicans and 8 Demo crats. If La Follette and Couiens of Michigan Join forces with the Demo crats, the latter will control the com mittee. In any event' It Is no longer bossed by the Eastern Republicans. IN THE course of regular business the senate continued Its work on the tariff measure, dealing especially with woolens and rayon silks. The committee Investigating lobbying heard some more witnesses concerning ef forts to raise or lower the sugar sched ule, and the name of the President wns dragged In several times In a way that brought a sharp rebuke for the committee from one witness. II. H. Pike, Jr.. a New York sugar broker. EDWARD Bole, for many years edi tor of the Ladles' Home Journal and otherwise noted for his philan thropies, died suddenly at his winter home near Lake Wales, Fla. He was sixty-six years old and had retired from work some time ago. Coming from Holland as a child. Mr. Bok by his own efforts won fame and fortune, and then set about returning to the public much of bis money In the way of philanthropic gifts. Another well known American who was claimed by death was Prof. Henry J. Cox, chief of the weather service In Chicago and the oldest weather forecaster In the country In point of service. GEN.-JOHN J. PERSHING does not want to be a senator. Certain of his friends and admirers lo Nebraska started a movement to Induce him to run against Senator George TV. Norrls. and broached the subject to him. The general's response was: "I do not desire, nor have I desired at an; time to seek public office. While It would be a distinct honor for an; man to represent tbe great state of Nebraska lo tbe United States senate, m; de cision must be regarded as anal." '<* <??? Waalara Mawananar ral?a.> MOLLY ?f i! SPENDS HER i! i! "MAD MONEY" ii 11 110 by D. J. Walsh. I ALTHOUGH the family Bible re corded Molly Burkes middle name as Imogene, It might bet have beeo lodependenL For Molly believed most Hrmly lo being the captain of her soul, and If t little money In reserve would protect ber head from being bloody as well as unbowed Molly would be right there with the reserve. Never had Molly gone to a dance without taxi fare tucked away. Tet, oddly enough, Molly had always re turned to her home In company with the same escort with whom she left So It wasn't exactly that Molly was cynical that prompted her to say noth Ing to Norman about the fact she hadn't spent all her savings on her trousseau. It was Just that Molly had seen enough unhappy marriages to make her want to know tbnt In cnse her own didn't pan out well, she wouldn't be trapped Into drifting along, unable to make her escape, be cause 8tie hadn't the price of her own living expenses until she should get back Into step In the business world Molly wasn't going to be domestic from a sense of duty. Inspired by the need of support?not If Molly knew anything about It. Molly wus going to be domestic just as long as she stayed In love with Norman, and statistics being what they are, Molly felt that $600 salted nway stood about even chances of being used for financing on escape scene, or of being left In trust to mature for her old-age use. Two years, three years, four, Ave. six ?still the "mad money" remained In tact, while the Interest accumulated to the tunc of 7 per cent. The year after the twins were born Uoll; very nearly spent a generous portion of her reserve?not on escape from domesticity, but on a session In n sanitarium. But she resolutely re membered her vow to never let cur rent expenses decrease her capital, and Instead of departing for a sanl tarlum she took a rest cure at home, cancelling all social engagements, nap ping when the twins napped, and dig ging In the garden while the twins took their airing on the side porch. "The seventh year Is the hardest," so some cynics say. Certain It Is that the seventh year Molly nnd Norman were married proved to he decidedly strained. For one thing Norman was shifted from a straight salary to straight commission. For another Nor man nnd Molly disagreed Intensely In the matter of schooling for the twins, Molly pulling strongly for sending the youngsters to a private school, Nor man advocating that boys belonged In a public school. The third influence came In the form of a letter from the flrm for which Molly had worked previous to her marriage. It seems that Molly's successor was leaving to he married nnd Molly's old plnce was open In case she cared to play the modern and go back to salaried work. Norman's attitude toward the pro posal that Molly resign from the role of housewife nnd resume the role of business woman made Molly herself literally speechless with resentful n "11- irnr Mnlle rhniieh she honestlt loved home life, was not blind to the unpleasant details of that same life ?the scraping of enrrots, for Instance, and the mnklng of laundry lists. Ai for her feelings toward Norman?prob ably they were much the same as are cherished by the average wife who for nearly seven years had heard her hus band sing off key In his bath, has cleaned up his pipe ashes from har I best bureau covers and has listened | to him expound political views with wtilch she was heartedly In disaccord, j As for Norman's feelings toward Molly?he still kissed her whenever i be left her?even In a crowded bus, a practice which puzzled Molly, making j her feel motherly toward him. And he i nearly smothered her with wraps 1 whenever he took her for a drive. "He really wants to take care of me," admitted Molly to herself, "even though he doesn't seem able to sup port me In the style to which be thinks I should be accustomed." "But sentiment doesn't pay divi dends," reflected Molly the morning after Norman had annonnced that If Molly went back to work it would mean the end of everything as far as his life with her was concerned. "And WO a week Is WO," she con tinued. Resolutely she went about the process of cashing In on what had been a WOO investment seven years earlier. "A cool thousand;" she exclaimed delightedly. "Plenty to pay for a term for the twins In thst lovely special study school, hire a maid, and get me a new outfit of clothes for busi ness. Then on sixty a week t ran manage beautifully." As for Norman?he didn't figure In her plans Norman didn't want s buslnesswomsu-wlfe?very well. Nor man should be relieved ot her with out further ndo. "1 haven't," decided Holly, "a housemaid's soul. Work Is work, time Is lime, and working time might just as well pay a profit" At the sound of Norman's whistle from the front path, Molly hastily tucked the precious bank draft Into a drawer In her desk, and hurried toward the kitchen. Norman was bonis earlier than usual?dinner wasn't nearly ready?and Holly, us long as she was on the Job as housewife, pro posed to be efficient about ft. "Why, what's the trouble!" ex claimed Holly as she caught sight of Norman's face. "Ned Brooks played the market, lost everything and bus cleared out for parts unknown. The house he and Laura were living In Is for sale Laura has gone home to her people." "Oh! The poor thing." cried Molly. "Her people have plenty of money? she'll be all right," said Norman, "but raayhe I don't wish I had enough for a down payment on that house?It's not new, but Its wonderfully built." "And the garden," Interrupted Mol ly, "Isn't the garden glorious?" Silently Nortnnn nodded, then sold "If only I weren't such a dub I would have made enough by now to buy the place, but I've got exactly $5UU and the hank won't lake a cent less than fifteen hundred. The house not being new. It's next to Impossible to finance It without plenty of cash." Suddenly Molly smiled?the sort of smile that had been rare that seventh year. Norman's eyes were anxious? eager. Darting Into the living room Molly flung open her desk, caught up a scrap of paper and hurried back to the kitchen. "See," she said, triumphantly, "with your five hundred we can hare the house." "But?" faltered Norman. "It's up to a man to provide shelter for his family." "Applesauce." cheerfully responded Molly. "Don't 1 have to live In your house for the rest of my life? So why shouldn't I turn In my old age fund toward purchasing my?cnge?" "Oh, my dear," exclaimed Norman, which, as any sevt-n-years-mnrrled wife will tell you. was a perfectly satisfactory remark for a husband to make, especially when accompanied by the sort of worshipful look that Norman gave Molly, as, stumbling over the twins' muddy arctics, he stepped from the hack hall Info the kitchen, and caught her close In bis arms. Wonders of the Deep Placed on Exhibition How science has taken possession of o tropical Island and secured ninny queer prisoners for "third degree" ex?\ ntninatlon. Is told in a fascinating series of photographs contributed to the Illustrated London News by Dr. William Beebe, the well known marine biologist. Doctor Beebe and Ids staff selected as their base "n speck of land" off the Bermudas known as Non such island. They "Invaded with net nnd camera the private haunts of many weird and wonderful aquatic creatures, some of them dwelling far down in the dark abysses of the ocean." Among them Is a Jet-black whnlolet wide i carries a brilliant torch projecting from Its forehead?this be ing caught ut a depth of 800 fathons. Enough Said A (oft answer. beslder turning away wnth. frequently onuses It. Teddy Bro vn, on arriving home after a long business Journey, wns In no mood to submit to tlie Inevitable catechism of his loquacious spouse. "ilave you thought about me while you have been away?" she asked. "Yes," said Brown, with a groan. "Sure?" persisted Mrs. B. "Yes, of course I" repeated the weary carpetbagger. "How bnve you shewn It?" was the next query. , Teddy drew a long breath, then softly replied: "Well, my love, I lodged at the Nag's Head." Then the hair flew.?London Week ly Telegraph. No Mystery "I've been wntchlng that mechanic for the last IS minutes. There's a man who knows hla business. He dldn't.spill a drop of oil on the ground. He put down the hood gently, fastened It securely, snd left no fingerprints on IL He wiped his hands on clean waste before opening the door, spread a clemh cloth over the upholstery, meshed the gears noiselessly and then drove slowly Into the street." "Y'eah, that's his own csr."?Skelly News. Coifing Wail An English expert has perfected ? mechanical putter which, according to the prospectus, "semis the hall oo a straight line to the cup when oper ated correctly." The human wrists, also, will send a ball on a straight line to the cup when operated correct ly?but try and do It; try and do It! ?Arkansas Gnsette. ticrmn snmmffl n A Gat* In Tangier. lPr*par*d by th? National Q*ograabt? Society. Washington. D- C.) MOST uf northwestern Africa Km nee has taken for her own. But in this Gallic em pire stand two enclaves lit tle if nny Influenced by France: the territory of Tangier, and the Spanish Zone of Morocco. The chief cities of these areas, Tangier and Ceuta, are Europe's two nearest municipal neigh bors in Africa. Only the narrow Strait of Gibraltar seimrntes them from Spain. Tangier, on the Atlantic side of the strait. Is in a permanently neutralised and demilitarized zone, administered jointly by representatives of France. Great Britain. Spain and Italy. This arrangement was only arrived at In 102S. The Tangier question was of such delicacy that It was dodged by mutual consent for more than a decade. The Moroccan crisis of 1911 be tween France and Germany almost set the World war off three years before Its time, and when pence was pre served by the narrowest margin, the powers were glad enough to thurst the Tangier question hastily aside by stilting that the city was To be given a special regime to be agreed upon Inter." Meantime a temporary inter national commission administered af fairs In toe city and a territory of 140 square miles around It. and failed to please Grent Britain who want ed permanent 1 Internationalization; France, wlufc wanted the zone an nexed to the French protectorate; or Spain, who wanted control herself. Situated only a few miles from Eu rope. Tangier has been affected to a greater or less degree by Western civ ilization for centuries. Since the Moors set up their power In north western Africa, the Portuguese. Span iards and English have at times held the place; but the English, the last of the three to have possession, aban doned It to the Moors In 1GS4. For a long time afterward It was one of the chief cities of the sultan of Moroc co. But since the city has been In the hands of TnfldeU" It has beer visited only on the rarest occasions hv the sultans. For many centuries It lias occupied a reserved sent on the African side of the Strait of Gibraltar, in full view of the parade of commerce to and from Mediterranean ports, but today Its un improved harbor does not permit dock ing of larger ocean going vessels. No Wheeled Vehicles in Tangier. From the sea. Tangier is the Arab city of North Africa par excellence, for the ugly dashes of yellow, green and red, with which scattered modern constructions have marred the other wise glistening whiteness of the na tive city, are not distinguishable until the steamer lies close In. The traveler from Europe will bo struck at once by the total luck of the well-known rumble of city streets, for though the uneven thoroughfares are In most part paved with cobblestones, wheeled vehicles are practically un known. Camels have to he unloaded In the "Socco," or market place, outside the walls. Things too heavy to be carried by n single animal must he transported by men. and It Is no un usual sight to see great stones live and six feet long slung on poles an<! borne by a doxen or more hnlf naket] Moors. In these narrow streets the little box-like shops, waist high, give tht proper oriental setting to the whole In them one sees the owner recllnlnj and sedately reading, seemingly obllv lous to the stirring scene around him until he Is "disturbed" by a purchnsei for his goods, all of which are wltlili arm's reach. Id the bqiiness section coffo bouses offer the principal Tangle 4 recreation. Patrons sit In groups oo the floor, playing with odd-marked cards. or lean agaiast the walls sip pins a beverage. sir-oking their pipes, and sometimes sin sins to the tone ot a native orchestra. Next door an un kempt shopkeeper, seemingly more in terested In keeping his Ions-stemmed pipe lighted than in making a sale, presides over his shop displacing pot tery. brassware and trinkets. Beggar* nre most importunate. They beg for alms and often follow a "prospect" until be jields a coin. In th? Homes and Market. An American's description of a Tan gier residential district would be "more narrow winding lanes hemmed 18 in by high white walls." The walls are blank except for Aorway leading Into courts. A peep through an open d??or ieveals some of the city's gar j den spots?flower beds surrounding | fountains, shaded by lofty pain* Some courts are also used as minia ture farmyards where cattle and fowls are fattened for the market. Most travelers agree that a cisit to the large market, lying Just outside of the city wall. Is well worth a trip to Tangier. There city folk mingle with the rural folk from the fertile regions in the vicinity. Men. women and children, camels, horses, donkeys, dogs and fowls, all are huddled together in the dust amid piles of orange* ban kets of eggs, casks of olives and Im provised stands for nuts, date* can dies, kitchen utensils and home-made shoes. The country women weat hroad-hrimtued straw hats. The strict er Moslems wear kerchiefs half cov ering their faces. Around the edge of the market place letter writers and fortune tellers ply their professions; Mack, portly So dancse negroes 111 laitrrs uamr iv the tune of metal cymbals and disks dangling about their bodies, and the fire-eater nnd snake-charmer arnaxe throngs with their clever tricks* Tangier's strategic Importance lies in the fuct that it is at the southern entrance to the Strait of Gibraltat and as a fortified naval base might prove almost as effectual in blocking that exceedingly Important passage as the famous rock Itself. The city Is only 35 miles southwest of the Rock of Gibraltar and Is barely 25 miles from the nearest point on the Span ish mainland. Ceuta la a Spanish City. Different is Ceuta. oa the Medlter runenn side of tl?e Strait of Gibraltar and in the Spanish tone. Modern , Ceuta is a military and penal station for Spain. The architecture and at* mosphere of the town are predomi nantly Spanish. For several hundred years the mosque has been used as a cathedral. The cathedral and the governor s palace are the only build ings of architectural Interest Tb? medieval fortifications, with their an cient moat and drawbridges, have have been partly modernised. The town Is peopled mostly by the Spanish garrison and the civilian con victs. There are a number of Moorv resident there, and colonies of Jews and negroes. ? tying behind the southern ?'Pillar ? of Hercules," Ceuta has the same nat ural strategic position as has Glbral* ? rnr. opposite the strait Neighboring I Spanish towns and Gibraltar are kept I In regular communication with Ceuta by steamers and "faluchos," small * row boat a equipped with one lateen > sail. Originally a Carthaginian colonj, ; Ceuta was brought by various sieges under the control of the Romans, Van dals, Goths. Arabs, Berbers, Porto r guese and Spanish. For a short time i during the Nineteenth century Ceuta was even occupied by British troops e but It was restored to Spain by Britain r at the close of the Napoleonic wart.
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