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The Alamance Gleaner VOL. LVI. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY APRIL 24, 1930. NO. 12. 1?People In old-time frontier garb and covered wagons taking part In the journey over the Oregon Trail In celebration of the Covered Wagon centennial. 2?Gen. John J. Pershing being given the honorary degree of "Doc tor of Military Science" by Chancellor Brown of the New York university. 3?Ten-mllllon-dollar light cruiser, Chi cago, launched at Mare Island navy yard, California. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Legge Says Export Deben ture Would Bring on a Foreign Embargo. By EDWARD W. PICKARD PRESIDENT HOOVER'S opposition to the export debenture plan as a means of solving the wheat problem, now incorporated In the pending tarift bill, has received the support cf Chairman Alexander Legge of the fed eral farm board. In a radio address broadcast by the National Farmers' union, Mr. Legge predicted the adop tion of this plan would have dire re sults. "Some persons think a way should be found so that the world market price would apply only to the surplus production and have the tariff effec tive on the wheat sold at home," Mr. Legge declared. "To my mind this Is Impractical." "At the present time you see the sit uation of France paying a bounty of 20 cents a bushel on the export of cer tain grades of wheat, of which they have an excess supply, and Great Brit ain taking measures to retaliate. A few weeks ago, In parliament, Lloyd George made the statement that If the United States tried to ship wheat to England at a price lower than domestic price levels he would not be 5 satisfied with a duty, but that the remedy should be an embargo prohib ? itlng the Importation of any wheat ' from this country. "All of the consuming countries of the world are watching us closely. I am satisfied that they would take prompt measures to retaliate In the event exporting was done on a basis which they believe would be unfair to their growers. Just as we do In this country under such circum stances." Defending the board's setup of cen tral marketing associations, Mr. Legge stressed the point that these "are not government agencies, as some critics who cry 'Socialism' would have the country believe, but. Instead, are the Instrumentalities of the producers, who grow crops, to market these crops to their best advantage." William G. Kellogg has resigned as general manager of the Farmers' Na tional Grain corporation and vice president of the Grain Stabilization corporation, both of which are spon sored by the federal farm board. Mr. Legge says he believes the farm board Is meeting with success In Its wheat acreage reduction program. In formation received by the board Is that In the West and Northwest the farm leaders and farmers themselves are In dorsing the plan. SPEAKING to some six thousand Daughters of the American Revolu tion gathered In Washington for their thirty-ninth continental congress. Pres ident Hoover earnestly argued In be half of American entry Into the World court and said he had no doubt that the Cnlted States would soon find a way for such action. He declared American adherence would not consti tute an "entangling alliance" and that It had been recommended "by every one of our Presidents and every one of our secretaries of state living since Its Inception." The Daughters, who as a body have evidenced their opposition to Ameri can participation In the World court, duly applauded 11 r. Hoover. He was more warmly cheered when he advo cated national defense forces strong enough to prevent Invasion of Ameri can shores, when he pledged that dur ing hla administration the United States would refrnln from entangle ments in European diplomacy, and when he praised the results of the London naval conference. Two days later the Daughters adopted reports demanding the main tenance of sufficient military and<naval equipment to meet any emergency that may face the United States in the future, and opposing the scrapping of American ships until the major pow ers sign a limitation treaty. They evinced dislike for the three-power agreement concluded in London by the United States, Great Britain and Japan. WHILE many of the delegates to the London conference were scat tering for the Easter holidays, the drafting committee was hustling to complete the proposed treaty In time for the five nations to approve and sign It at a plenary session set for April 22. The chief difficulty that arose In connection with the three power agreement was the wording of an "escape" clause allowing any one of the three powers which have agreed on a limitation In all categories of ships to exceed the fixed limits In case any outside power builds so as to be come dangerous. This was satisfac torily adjusted. To meet demands of the Japanese, Secretary of State Stimson and Sen ator Iteed entered Into a "gentlemen's agreement" with Reijlro Wakatsuki, head of the Japanese delegation, and Admiral Takarnbe that the United States would not build during the life of this treaty the additional ton nage of light cruisers to which it Is entitled If It should decide not a build the last three of the 18 heavy cruisers allowed by the pact. Consequently, until the next arms conference, Japan is allowed 74 per cent of Amerlcn's aggregate tonnage in cruisers, destroy ers and submarines. President Hoover has said that the United States will save a billion dol lars as a resuft of the three-power pact. Others estimate the saving In naval construction at half that amount. Great Britain will save $300,000,00 and Japau. $200,000,000. Information In Washington Is that the pacifist groups will work for ratification of the treaty and then will campaign against the appropriation of funds to keep It in operation. The pact prob ably will not be submitted to the'sen ate until next December during the short session. WHEN It comes to voting on a ques tion that may affect their chances of re-election maDy of our senators are not very brave. Which explains the long delay In acting on the appoint ment of Judge John J. I'arker of North Carolina as an associate Justice ' of the Supreme court. The opposition to Parker was found mainly In or ganized labor and among the negroes, because of two decisions handed down by him some time ago. The senators were much concerned and one of them even asked President Hoover to with draw the nomination. The President flatly refused to do this, and Anally Senator Overman annonnced he would try to get the Judiciary committee to take action on April 21. It was said most of the Southern senators would vote for confirmation of the appolnt ment, knowing that If Judge Parker were rejected the vacancy would be filled by some one from another sec tion of the country. The President has appointed Roland W. Boyden to succeed Charles Evans Hughes as American member of the permanent court of arbitration at The Hague. Representative tinkham of Massachusetts completed his presentation of evidence and argu ments against tbt Anti-Saloon league aad ecclesiastical lobbies before the senate committee on lobbying. Tlnk ham devoted most of bis attention last week to Bishop James Cannon, Jr., of the Methodist Church, South. He was followed by Henry H. Curran, president of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, who al ready had refused to surrender that organization's flies "except under com pulsion of subpoena." Sharply quizzed by Senators Caraway, Robinson and Walsh, Mr. Curran told In considerable detail of the opera tions of his association, Its growth and resources, and of Its plans to op pose at the polls drys who seek elec tion to'congress. He said the associa tion spent nothing for lobbying and perlodicai+y (lied reports of Its ex penditures and contributors as re quired by law. Attorney General Mitchell, appear ing before the senate Judiciary com mittee to oppose the resolution for a senate Investigatlou of prohibition, gave warning that the prison popula tion of the country Is so great today that It Is Inexpedient to stimulate any further prosecutions. He said the federal prisoners had Increased during the last nine months by 6,277, Includ ing those confined In county, city and state institutions, and that every fed eral Institution was overcrowded. He attributed most of the new prisoners to the prohibition law prosecutions. "It makes me feel," he said, "that we ought to get our house in order and Increase our facilities for handling the criminal business we already have before we start passing any more federal statutes that make things fed eral crimes that are not at present." PLANS were announced last week whereby the Radio Corporation of America would acquire the radio man ufacturing activities and facilities of the General Electric and Westlnghouse Electric companies, and official Wash ington sat up and took notice. Sen ator Dill of Washington, who has long been Interested In radio legislation, called the attention of the senate to the proposed combination, terming It "n new trust monopoly." At the same time the Department of Justice an nounced that It was "fully advised regarding the proposed affiliation," was "Investigating It fully" and was "considerably concerned about It." FOR three days Washington was swarming with editors, for the an nual meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors was taking place and members were there from all parts of the country. President Walter M Harrison of the Oklahoma City Times called the first session to order and Norman Baxter, president of the Na tlonal Press club, made an address of welcome. The meeting closed Satur day night with a banquet at which President Hoover, H. Wlckham Steed, formerly of the London Times, and Andre Geraud (Pertlnax), political editor of-the Echo de Paris, were the speakers. As is customary In such cases, the remarks of the President were not made public. REFUSING requests of both sldea for modification*, the Supreme court of the United State* announced terms of Ita final decree In the lake levela cnae, following substantially the recommendations of Charles E. Hnghes as special master. The Chicago sanitary district, under the terms of the decree, most complete Its $175,000,000 sewage treatment pro gram within nine years. Diversion of water from Lake Mich igan at Chicago, which now averages 7,250 cubic feet per second under a War department permit, must be cut to an ultimate annual average of 1.500 cubic feet per second on December 31. 1938. The diversion must be reduced to IL500 feet next July 1, and to 5,000 feet on December 81. 1935. (JO. lttt. Wasters Newspaper Union.) I ? DAVIdT^I II PART ON I' I I " LIFE'S r 1 1 STAGE I (OB by D. J. WalalLt MONICA'S smile was coaxing as sbe looked ap at the quiet face of the man beside her. "Please tell me what you do, David. Why must you have a secret from me?" He flushed guiltily. "Surely you can trust me, Iiod; some day I'll ex plain It all." The clear brown eyes clouded. That age-old line: "Trust me." Her broth ers had warned her agninst David Watson, telling her with unpleasant implications In their voices that mys teries were usually sinister. Gam bling was one of the things mentioned. David did not work mornings and that looked odd. "I once read a story about a man of mystery and he turned out to be the town hangmnn." David's laugh rang out at this. "I'm not a hangmnn, Monica. I don't ask you to marry me immediately. Jnat have faith In me for a short time longer." "I don't like it I think I'll stop seeing you until . . . until . . she paused. She had Intended to tense him Into surrender, but It wns at that moment that she saw the girl. In ber mln>. the word was In capital letters. The girl was audaciously pretty, al though her dress was shabby and her glance at Monica's David was filled with amused recognition. In the brief pause that followed the air seemed tense, mysterious?then with an al most Imperceptible wave of a thin hand the girl moved on and David lifted his hnt "You'd better Join your friend," said Monica. "I think she wants you," and she mingled with the crowd of pedestrians who were waiting for the green light at the corner. He made no effort to detain her, but his face was sober as he, too, wns swallowed up by the hurrying mob ol workers and shoppers. "So glad I met yon, dear," gushed Monica's slster-ln-law, Maud. "I'm on my way to a fitting and I want you to take Sally up to the playroom here." she nodded toward the great depart ment store before which she had paused. "There's a clown there who has a good line and the children are all mad about hbn." Sally giggled. "He's terribly funny, Aunt Monica. 1 wish you'd stay awhile and wntc i him. He's named 'Pierrot.'" Her aunt turned Into the store and made her way to an ele vntnr. "Don't allow Sally to leave the play room (or nny reason." ordered .\lonlrn, tipping the mnld In charge. "The clown, the clown." came In childish shrieks, nnd smiling at the uproar Monica left to keep an en gagement. At 5:20 she rushed hack, wondering If her sister-ln-lnw had called fm Sally, whom Monica had forgotten Only ten minutes before closing time I The smell of smoke sent a pang ol fear to her heart Her way was barred before she had reached the ele vators. "Keep back, mndam. Nc cause for alarm," repeated the door man suavely, "the (tore Is closing." "I've got a niece up In the play room." cried Monica wildly pushing at the dgure barring her way. "The playroom Is closed. The store Is closing. The smoke Is nothing merely a?" He turned aside, his arm firm against her struggles, and nodded to a clerk, who took his place. The elevators had ceased running 1 when Monica opened her eyes. The smell of smoke was very strong and the air thick with It She had been carried to the entrance during net faint and was sitting on a stool, hei head against a clerk who was dashlns water In ber face. "Want me to put you In a tail?" Monica struggled to her feet and made a swift dash past the girl. "I've got to get up there. Sally, little Sally. Is there!" A Oreman sprang toward her. "Out lady, there's a fire upstairs!" The air was Oiled with cries and shrieks of sirens as more Ore engine) sped up. The faces of the outpominj shoppers were smoke-stained and drawn. Sobs mingled with orders and women fought to get back Into tb< store. An elevator door clanged and a man's voice rang out: "The last load Every child Is here. Make way!" An oddly garbed Ogure with hurnln; eyes stumbled past Monica. In hli arms were two small flgures and Juai ahead, almost fainting from fright, tot tered the playroom maid with a third child In ber arms. Mould, (limbed forward. The voice had effectually nrouaed her and she tore Sully from the sheltering urine. From a fine smeared with while grease-paint burned the eyes of David, bis mouth a scarlet gash above the ruffled collar. "My clown got us all out," SnUy was sobbing, "my own dear clown. The firemen told blm to go, but he only laughed at them. Auntie, he's burned his bands. Looky 1" "David. David," breathed the girl, totally oblivious of the surging crowd, holding Sally firmly with one hand while her left hand sought that of the Pierrot He winced as she touched his seared hnnd. "All the children are out. Monica. I?I didn't mean you to know my fccupntlon," the bizarre mouth twisted In an Ironical grimace that hurt the watcher to see. "but I hnd to take the work I could do, for 1 had to have money at once." Belatedly she noticed his Injuries and urged him toward the corner and around it "We'll get a taxi and have your burns treated." Sally lifted her smoky face. "We didn't get burned. He put big covers over us and wet them at the bubbly fountuin. Say, Aunt Monica, 1 want on Ice cream cone." The Incongruous request In the very face of tragedy served to lessen the tension and David turned to Ids sweetheart "Are you going to for give me for the mean part I'm playing on life's stage just now. linn?" "Forgive," she repeated uslminedly. "I can never make up to you for my doubts. I can't even." a slinky sound Intended fur a laugh trembled through her white lips, "usk you about that remarkably pretty girl." "My kid sister, Monica. She ran away from home and 1 followed to take care of her. Dad was so angry he stopped our money supplies, and that's how I happened to be turning my poor talent to account In amnslng the children. She Is returning to St. f.ouls tonight and?I need no longer remain Incognito." Women Geographers The Society of Women Geographers says that for active membership in this organization only those women are eligible who have done distinctive work whereby they have added some thing to the world's store of knowl edge concerning the countries In which they have traveled. Among the members are Delia Akeley, who dur ing her Inst expedition to Africa as sembled a natural history collection of African curios which hns been pur chased hy the Newark museum. Eliza beth Dickey In 11127-28 made extended explorations In Brazil and Venezuela. In 1I128-2K she accompanied the expe dition t> the Mnlpttres rapids, Itlo Ori noco, which was led hy her husband for the Museum of the American In dian. George Hcye foundation. New York. Ruth Crosby Nohle Is the dis coverer of a new species ,nf frog, which hns been named In her honor "Elentherodnctylus Ruthne."?Wash ington Star. The Better Part Apropos oi the gostip which linked , the nnme of n ruinous movie stnr with thnt of an oil magnate recently at rutin ISencli. Lord Charles t-everholm snhl at a tea: "It Is not true thnt they are"-en gaged. The young lauy has, I know. , refused him ten times. Iter attitude Is rather thnt of the beautiful Mile. ! Benumesnll, the famous musical com edy actress who, when an elderly ad t mlrer offered her his fortune and his heart, replied: "'The first half will he enough for me.'" Forget Enmity in Hunger The government's "brend line" In Glacier National park has been one of i the most popular animal rendezvous I In the Itocky mountain region. Here It was thnt hunger reduced animals ot ; all kinds to a common level; here It > wns thnt Internecine strife was fore I gone In the desire to obtain food, i Among the patrons of the government dole were weasels, mink, crows, blue Jays, mountain sheep, deer. bear, mag ; pies and other birds and anlmsls. Roman Rondo in England ' Ever., road map of England shows ! tiny dotted lines where. In the course ' of centuries. In spite of the growth of the villages nnd the fluctuation In Im portance of the market towns, the old itoman road still exists, sometimes ' as a mere cart track, nnd at others ' merely a line of hedges, still standing 1 as a monument of the busy life which ' passed away before even William the 1 Conqueror gathered his srmles across '? the Channel.?New York Times. i Malls Usa of the Present Waiting for yonr ship to come In t Is a precarious occupation. Par bet i ter la It to be up and doing now than I to he trusting In the futnre. Oppor tunity Is not what may come to us to | morrow, but what we make' out of today.?Grit. nBritainuiAfrica n ? -*?r Mother of Kenya Colony, British East Africa, Carrying Her Child, as All Burdens Are Carried There, by a Strap Slung Across Her Forehead. (Prepared by the National Olographic Society. Waehlntton. D. C.) IN HIS hunting trip to Kenya and Uganda provinces In British Bust Africa, the prince of Wales, like most other hnnters In thnt region of the world, made his headquarters at Nairobi, capital of Kenya colony. The largest shops In town cater to the sportsman, and natives In the vicinity earn a livelihood as "safari boys.' those who bear the supplies for the banting parties. Specially equipped autos now follow the Jangle trails and one may purchase a different type of gun to hunt ench variety of nDlmnl. In Its early days Nairobi was known as "the tin town of East Africa," he cause of Its houses and shops con structed of tin and corrugated Iron. Handsome stone structures have gen erally replaced those earlier buildings Wide, paved streets have supplanted dirt roads. Automobiles mingle with bicycles and Jinrickshas drawn hy na tives. Nairobi Is the capital of Brit ish East Africa and Its attractive gov ernment buildings and large hotels give the city a cosmopolitan touch. The government of the city Is vested In an elected council. Women have s municipal vote. Most of the whites In Nairobi are English. The native population con sists mainly of the Klku.vu, n mild mannered, agreeoble people, and the Masai, once the most famous warrior tribe of East Africa. The hulk of the trade Is In the hands of the East In dians, of whom there are several thou sand In the city. Venerable Land. Though Kenya calls Itself the new est of the Ttrltlsh colonies. It is one of the oldest lands of the earth. Theodore Roosevelt. In speaking of his African hunting trip, said that the Masai often reminded him of the pic tures of the soldiers of Thothmes and Rameses made by the ancient Egyp tian sculptors, In thnt thler faces were resolute and had clear-cut fea tures. The same noted traveler sal.I of this tribe that though the women were scrupulously clothed, "the hus bands and brothers, very ostentatious ly wear no clothing for purposes of decency." Still Hunt "Sacred Book." The Callas, though they are now of little Importance cither politically or economlcllly, take great pride In their pant. They say that they once had a sacred book, like the Bible or the Koran, hut a cow ate It, and not being certain about the particular ani mal, In their aearch they are atill opening the atomach of every cow that dies. The moat effective weapon of the Maaal and Andoroho la the arrow which they poison with the Acocan thera Schlmperl, a email tree. They boll the leovea and branches until the mixture becomes thick and pitch-like In appearance, and place It on sheets of bark which they hide high on the branches of trees away from the chil dren, ontil It la needed. When an nnl mal la shot with an arrow dipped In the poison. It dies almost Immediately. The natives cut out the flesh around the wound as soon as possible and throw It away. The remainder Is eaten and the blood Is drunk. This love of blood as an article of food Is common among many African tribes, several of them going so far as to bleed their cattle and drink the blood hot or mix It with their porridge. Tbe mixed breed known as Swahllls, who live along the coast of the main land and among the thousand-and-one representatives of other peoples of the world to be found In Zanzibar, have one claim to prominence among Kanya tribes?their language Is the one In common use In the colony. If one ?peeks 8wablll be can And some one to converse with btm from Natal to Aden and from Mombasa to the Congo. Uganda, west ward of, and farther Inland than Kenya, is a land where 30 years ago natives and wild ani mals roamed at will, seldom seen by the while man. Now the protectorate la an important source of Britain's cotton. Land of Cotton. Hemmed in from the sea hy Kenya colony on the east, the Anglo-Egyp tian Sudan on the north, Lake Vic toria and Tanganyika territory on the south, and the Jungles of the Belgian Congo on the west, the protectorate, which is about twice the size of New York state, has become self-support ing. And 01) per cent of Uganda's exports ure cotton. the cotton crop in 1906 yielded about 3."0 bales. Now more than 200,000 hales are produced annually. It is not the white population but the black, woolly-headed, flat-nosed na tives who are the Uganda "cotton barons." There are about 1.800 white inhabitants among a total population of more than 3.000,000. Many of the whites are experts who operate ex perimental farms and Instruct the na tives in cotton culture. More than a half-million acres of cotton-growing land are tended by the tribesmen. In eastern Uganda, where the best cot ton Is grown, native chiefs have large holdings. Their tribesmen take keen interest In small plantations, some of which are smaller than half an acre. Cities Replace Native Huts. Where small native villages once stood, the traveler now sees prosper ous towns. Entebbe, the capital, is a beautiful little town of bungalows sur rounded by well-kept lawns bordering wide streets, shaded from the tropica! sun hy huge trees. It occupies a pen insula almost surrounded by the blue water of Lake Victoria. The government, house is a gnbierf bungalow overlooking the lake. Save for a little business carried on In the Indian bazaars and the arrival of lake boats at the pier twice n week, En tebbe Is quiet It suggests a summer resort rather than the seat of govern ment of a large, prosperous colony. Although the capital Is little more than a stone's throw from tlie equator, its climate is not unpleasant. The ther mometer reaches 115 degrees by day but the nights are cool, the mercury sometimes dropping as low as 50 de grees. Contrary to populnr opinion thnt central Afrlcn In Junglebound. Uganda has a largo network of roads linking up various trade centers. On the roads between Important towns It is not uncommon to see natives riding bicycles and driving pleasure automo biles and motor trucks. And beside the road, modern steel plows are often seen turning the soil that only a few years ago had never been touched by anything hut the crudest Implements. There are numerous tribes In Ugan da but It Is the Bugandn natives with whom the traveler usually comes In contact. The forests of the west are Inhabited by pigmies, (.tons, leopards, monkeys, hippopotamuses and ele phants are still to be found there. The Hugnndn natives are Intelligent, and according to the missionaries, easy to convert. Both men and women usnally wear a wide, cotton cloth, sometimes bright ly colored, draped about their bodies from the shoulders tc the knees. The cloth worn by a native may have been made from the raw product of his own plantation, after having been woven In the mills at Manchester, England. Tall, clumsily built and ugly, the men are brave, polite to travelers, and happy. The women, while not beauti ful. usually wear a smile rather than the glum countenance of some of their neighboring sisters.