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VOL. LVI. , GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY JUNE 26, 1930. . NO. 21.
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li ......?<?d irfifliriiirrtriMirri^n.r-fn?fFFfrmay MHE
1?View of the commencement exercises at West Point while Secretary of War Hurley was presenting commis
sions to the 241 members of the graduating class. 2?Parade of the last French troops of the Army of Occupation
through the streets of Trier before their return to France. 3?Col. Sir Henry Cole of England arriving at New York
to take charge of European exhibits for the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENTEVENTS
Ambassador Morrow's Vic
tory in New Jersey and
What It May Mean.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
MEW JERSEYS Republican prl
' mary was the most Interesting
event of the week, and its repercus
sions will continue to be felt for many
months. Dwight W. Morrow's victory
in the contest for the senatorial nom
ination was more than decisive?It was
overwhelming. The ambassador to
Mexico had a plurality over Franklin
Fort and Joseph S. Freylinghuysen of
approximately 309,000. There was a
fourth candidate for the short and
long terms, as was Mr. Morrow?John
A. Keliey?but his vote was negligible.
Morrow's tremendous showing nat
urally stirred up Immediate specula
tion as to whether he would be Mr.
Hoover's rival for the Republican
Presidential nomination in 193'J, which
had been more than suggested sev
eral weeks previously by Governor
Stokes of New Jersey and President
Hibben of Princeton. Some political
observers thought this would be forced
on hira. while others were certain that
he would support Hoover at that time
and wait four years longer for Ids
chance at the greater honor. Imme
diately after the result of the primary
was known. President Hoover caused
this official announcement to be issued:
"The White House will give every
possible support to the Republican
nominee for the senate from New
Jersey. The President and the ad
ministration have every confidence
that Mr. Dwight Morrow will be the
next senator from New Jersey."
Some Republican leaders inter
preted the President's move as a cor
dial gesture, intended to cause Mr.
Morrow to feel so friendly to Mr.
Hoover that he will discourage the
activity of admirers booming him for
the Presidency. Senator Blaine of
Wisconsin, however, voicing the views
of the wet leaders, said "It indicates a
cautious step in the direction of a
liberal attitude on the Eighteenth
amendment."
MORROW made his campaign as an
advocate of repeal of the
Eighteenth amendment and the return
of liqnor control to the Individual
states. Fort, who was so badly beaten.'
ran as a pronounced dry. But the
wets. In their rejoicing, should take
Into consideration the facts that New
Jersey Is admittedly a wringing wet
state, and that Morrow probably wonld
have been victorious even If he had
not said a word on the liquor ques
tion. The Anti-Saloon league said the
nomination of a wet In New Jersey
was no more significant than the nom
ination In Maine. "The phenomenal
interest In the nomination of one wet
to replace another," said the league,
"Is probably on the theory that Mr.
Mprrow may become the national wet
leader to restore the liquor traffic. If
so. It Is a vain wet hope, because Mr.
Morrow has no plans to solve the
liquor problem."
In tills connection It Is interesting
to read that Gov. Franklin D. Roose
velt of New York will run for re-elec
tion on a wet platform and that the
Democratic party's, state liquor plank
will be much stronger than a mere
declaration for light wines and beer.
Democrats of New Jersey nominated
8tate Senator Alexander C. Simpson
as Mr. Morrow's opponent and feel
that he has some chance of success.
In Minnesota the senatorial light
among the Republicans was rather
warm, but Thomas D. Schail, the blind
senator, easily defeated Gov. Theodore
Christianson and John F. Seib. Einar
Hoidale was the unopposed Democratic
nominee. ,
Maine Republicans nominated Con
gressman Wallace H. White, Jr., for
senator, giving him about 9,000 more
votes than former Gov. Ralph M.
Brewster received.
Prohibition was not an Important
factor in either of these primaries.
PRESIDENT HOOVER signed the
tariff bill on Tuesday, and the new
duties went Into effect at midnight.
No pictures were made of the Chief
Executive affixing his name to the act,
and no cheers were heard anywhere
over this culmination of many months
of work by congress. The plain truth
is that the tariff measure does not
please anyone in or out of congress,
and it is especially obnoxious to nearly
all foreign nations. Maybe it was the
best compromise that could be fixed
up, and if there Is a rebirth of pros
perity in the United States during the
next two years the Republican party
may not suffer from the act. Of
course the Democrats and the radical
Republicans who opposed the measure
think otherwise.
Senator Borah started out immedi
ately to force the President to make
use of the flexible tariff provision
which Mr. Hoover had Indorsed. He
Introduced a resolution, which was
adopted by the senate, directing the
tariff commission to Investigate dif
ferences in cost of production and
report at the earliest practicable date
on shoes, furniture, cement, and a
number of agricultural implements.
To this list Senator Hiram Bingham
(Conn.) by an amendment added bells,
wire fence, and wire netting.
Protests of foreign nations against
the new tariff continued to pour into
Washington, coming Inst week from
Germans, Czechs, Spaniards and Cu
bans. The French are very Indignant
over the American duties, but Am
bassador Edge Issued a soothing com
munique stating that they would have
no serious effect upon French exports
to the United States.
ANY doubt that the senate foreign
relations committee would report
favorably on the London naval'treaty
was removed when that body, by a
vote of 4 to 14 defeated Senator Hiram
Johnson's motion that the committee
withhold disposition of the treaty until
the President should submit all the
correspondence and other documents
pertaining to the negotiations which
? the committee had4 requested and the
President had refused to furnish.
Johnson, Moses, Shipstead and Itobin
son of Indiafta voted for the motion.
RKAU ADMIRAL RICHARD E.
Byrd came home last week to re
ceive the plandlls of his fellow coun
trymen for hi* achievement* In Ant
arctic exploration. The bark City of
New York brought him to the metrop
olla where the Eleanor Boiling, the
other ship of his expedition, wa* wait
ing at quarantine, and the two vessels
were eicorted up the bay by Innumer
able craft and many airplanes. The
welcome to New York was character
istic of that city?Grover Whalen and
the mayor's committee, a marine
pageant, a iwocesslon up Broadway
with soldiers, sailors and marines, an
address by Mayor Walker at the city
hall and a presentation of medals.
And all of It nearly smothered In
ticker tape. With Admiral Byrd rode
his wife, who had gone out In a tug
to meet him. After the official doings
Chancellor Brown of New York uni
versity conferred an honorary degree
on the ecploser.
Next day Admiral Byrd Journeyed to
Waahtngton to be the center of even
more imposing ceremonies, rrcsiueni
Hoover received the entire party at
the White House, and then the trustees
of the National Geographic society
gave a luncheon. After an official call
on the secretary of the navy there
were ceremonies at Arlington Na
tional cemetery where Byrd placed
wreaths on the grave of Admiral
Peary, Admiral Wilkes and Floyd
Bennett In the evening at the Wash
ington auditorium President Hoover
pinned on Byrd's breast the gold
medal of the National Geographic so
ciety. In all these events the admiral
was accompanied by the members of
bis Antarctic expedition and they were
acclaimed almost as loudly as was
their chief.
FREDERIC M. ?ACKETT, American
ambassador to Berlin, created some
thing of a sensation in bis own coun
try by an address before the world
power conference in which he at
tacked American power companies foi
their high charges to the consumer.
He said "I know of no other manu
facturing industry where the sale price
of the product to the great mass of
consumers is fifteen times the actual
cost of production." Samuel Insull of
Chicago, the utilities magnate, was in
Berlin and having seen an advance
copy of Mr. Sackett's speech, made
objection to parts of it. This the am
bassador disregarded entirely.
The incident was meat for Seuator
Norris of Nebraska, the ever alert
critic of utility corporations, and he
made a speech in the senate scoring
Mr. Insull severely.
OUTSTANDING among the deaths
of the week is that of Dr. Elmer
Ambrose Sperry of New York, Inventor
of the gyroscope and world-famed
scientist. Although responsible for
the development and perfection of
many Inventions. Doctor Sperry was
best known for his gyroscopic compass
and the application of the gyroscope
for the stablization of steamships and
airplanes. This device was perfected
after many years of experiment.
CHINA'S Internecine war 1* running
true lo form. According to the
dispatches from the Orient, the Na
tionalists are winning one day and the
northern alliance of rebels the next.
Anyhow, they are doing a lot of fight
ing and the casualties are heavy. The
rebels have seized the customs house
at Tientsin and have appointed as cus
toms commissioner Lennox Simp
son. an English writer better known
by his pen name of "Putnam Weale."
The government at Nanking was try
ing to divert imports from Tientsin to
ports under Its control.
WITH Juliu Manlu again the pre
mier, the government ef Ru
mania under King Carol seems to be
solidly establislied. Maniu now say*
he and the regency knew In advance
that Carol was to return and gave con
sent, and indeed he claims that the
coup wag engineered by him. The
young king Is planning his coronation
in October and hag sent invitations tc
all the crowned heads aod president*
of Rumania's World war allies to at
tend the event.
WILLIAM S. BUOCK and EdwarJ
F. Schlee. two of America's best
known aviators, established a new
cross-continent non-stop record last
week by Hying from Jacksonville
Fla., to Kan Diego. Calif., In 13 boors
35 minutes and 30 seconds. They
started the return trip almost Imme
diately and landed at Jaeksonvilli
with an elapsed time for the round
trip of 31 hours and 54 minutes. Thin
latter record waa clouded by the fact
that on the eastward flight they hail
to stop at Tallulah, La., for.fuel.
lift WMttn Nawipanor Union %
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1 r MOMENT " ||
| HAD COME |:
(121 bv D. 1. Walsh l
MARK MASON felt thnt his
"hlg moment" had arrived
the very Instant lie met Sal
lie West. Such a little doll
of a girl she was with Iter great ques
tioning eyes and her fluffy hair thnt
needed mo artiflclal wave to make It
cnrl on a wet day!
The consensus concerning Sallie
was, to his sorrow, that sho was a
useless, helpless little thing that would
be of little help In any man's life ex
cept for ornamental purposes.
Because he knew that Sallie would
be at the Mannerlng house-warming
and because he felt that It would be
only wisdom to avoid being with her
too much, Mark Mason took his small
nephew with him In his low-swung
sport roadster. He was accepted with
shouts of Joy from the others In the
party when he turned up the naturnl
roadway to the lodge, as they called It.
"What are you going to do with the
ooy?" they all called merrily.
Mark West packed the six-year-old
out of the seat serenely. "Give him
a good time in the woods," he replied
calmly. "We'll bring you folks a
string ef flsh for your supper tomor
row night, eh, Bobsle?"
"Betcha," Bobble answered gravely.
It wasn't much of a lodge yet. A
small square of ground hod been
cleared, with a log cabin at one side
and a garage much larger than the
cabin at the other end. Only the cen
tral living rooms and a half dozen
sleeping rooms had been finished thus
far, but the Mannerlngs were so In
love with their woods home that they
bad decided to have the house-wnrm
lng now and then another one later
on when the house was completed.
"Isn't this Just like the forest where
Goldilocks found the home of the
three bears!" Sallie asked Bob.
Mark clenched his teeth. This was
more than he had bargained for. He
had never seen Sallie before with
children and the fact that Boh fol
lowed her about doggishly made it dif
ficult for Mark to keep away from
her. And, after all, that was the rea
son that he had brought Bob along?
so that he wouldn't see to much ol
Sallie.
When evening came Bob suddenly
recalled the fact that he had a mother
"I want my mother!" he kept moaning
aver and over again.
"I thought you wanted to come wltl
Uncle Mark and flab and swim and b?
a big boy!" reproved his uncle crossly
They were playing bridge before tin
great fireplace and Boh had lx?ei
sitting on the floor playing contentedl;
until he wanted to be tucked Into be<
for the night. For a moment Marl
was sorry that he had brought th
child. His sister hadn't wanted Bol
to come. In fact, she had questionei
him closely about his reason for thi
sudden affection toward Bob.
"Now, I'll take good care of bin
and bring him back Monday morning.
Mark had told him. "It'll give th
child a dandy week end where ther
are real woods for miles and miles It
every direction." #
"Mind you, don't let anything bar
pen to hira," she had said the las
moment before they had left.
"Here, Mark, take my hand, and 1*1
put him to bed," Sallle said suddenly.
Mark took her cards and dropp*
Into her chair, trying not to notice th
broad smiles on the faces of the othe
three at the table. In the room off th
gallery, where she had taken Bobbie
Mark could hear her singing a littl
song about three little kittens wh
had lost their mittens and Bobbie'
contented murmurs came now an
again. Then a scream startled *her
all galvsnically.
! "Oh!" screamed Snllle. It's a .'01
est fire! Look I Look
There was an Instant of silence jp
i then a mad rush toward the door.
"Get the cars out of the garage,
said Mannering, "and we'll make I
all right!"
i But the opposite end of the cleai
I Ing was already In flames that Icape
thirty and forty feet Into the al
Sparks showered down. Itoarlng a
most like that of surf filled the aJ
and acrid smoke filled their nostril
' and mouths so that speech was almoi
Impossible.
No one waited for any one els
, Primeval days had returned and eat
I one flung himself or himself Into tli
i darkness, with self-preservation as tl
only thought of the moment.
8allle alone remained behind, h<
| great eyes seeming to question woi
, derlngly what should be done. Ev?
' m
Id (hut moment of tense fear Murk
couhl not help knt aduihe her us she
stood with her arm thrown across the
child's shoulders protectively.
"Run, Sullle, run!" Mark urged her.
"I'll carry Bob!"
"But where will you curry him?"
she usked quietly. "In ull of this for
est there Is 110 place of shelter from
forest fire. Everything will hum?"
"Alice didn't want me to bring Bob,"
said Mark, "and now?now?"
"Down near the garage are the car
penters' ladders," she Interrupted.
"You stay right here. Boh, and don't
you move! Do you understand? We'll
come hack to get you, hut?don't stir
from this?spot! Understand?"
She took Mnrk's hand and pulled him
along. He reached for Bob's hand, hut
she tugged htra along.
"We'll get the ladders and put them
down the well." she said. "There will
be a place the fire can't touch. It
will leap over and Bob will he safe.
If the others?"
Tiny as she was, Mark found that
she hail strength enough to help pull
the long Indilers. As soon as he had
them together and was getting them
Into the well she hurried for the child.
"Uncle Mark first to see that you
don't full In," she unld. "then Hobsle
hoy and then Sallie. Ooh-hoo!" she
called to the others, bnt the only an
swer came In the form of shrill cries
In the far distance.
With tight lips Mark climbed down
the black well, holding up .his arms
for the hoy. Above him on the lad
der lie could vaguely see Sallie when
the Humes swept the cleurlug. Sparks
fell In on them occasionally and sput
tered In the water below.
"All right, Sallie?" asked Mark.
"All right," she answered, with an
npparent effort to steady her voice.,
"I wish you'd be my Aunt Sallie."
said Boh suddenly. "Will you?"
Sallie was silent.
"I wish you would, too, Sallie," said
Mark gravely. "I?I neTer expected
to ask you to marry me when we were
down a well, but?will you, Sallie?"
He knew now that bis biggest moment
hud come.
And although Sallle's voice was very
small, the answer was In the affirma
tive.
Tlx Failure
Mayor Thompson, welcoming the
Australian boys' band to Chicago,
eh id in the course of his address:
?'America is so rich In opportunities
that the man who falls today is likely
to resemble Judson Slosson.
"Judson Slosson ran the general
store in Croydon Four Corners. He
was dozing on the sidewalk in front
of the store one balmy afternoon, his
i chair tilted back against the wall,
when a boy wakeued him.
" 'Kin ye let me have half a pound
! of dried beef, Mr. Slosson?' the boy
said.
Judson got up. He stretched him
self and yawned. Then lie slouched
f into the store grumbling:
"'Consarn the luck! Nobody but
i me sells dried beef in this old burg,
e I suppose.'**
5 Like Breaking a Bill
i Franklin I\ Adams Rays thai the
f l>est child story that he ever heard
1 in this one. He was dining with a
* few meml>erR of the Cornell university
e faculty at the home of Dr. Louis
t> Agasslz Feurtes. During the meat
1 course the shrill voice of the 7-year
s old Feurtes daughter was heard from
the upper regions. "Masimn."
i Mrs. Feurtes elected to Ignore the
" appeal,
e "Mamma!"
e "Yes?" called Mrs. Feurtes from the
i table, while conversation suspended.
"There's nothing but clean towels in
>_ the bathroom. Should I start one?"?
t Montreal Star.
' Much Rejected Manuscript
The proportion of manuscripts sub
'' mitted to magazine* that is actually
e bought depends upon conditions. The
r editor of one national weekly states
e that his magazine purchases approxl
-* mately .<*>4 per cent of the manu
15 scriftts submitted to It froin one year's
0 end to year's end. He adds thot from
" 80 to DO per cent of Action submls
d slons come from people of no profes
n slonal experience or training what
ever.
^ Blood Traaifaiioi
In New York city, where there li
h an association for thla purpose, women
II are not accepted aa donor* of blood
for blood transfusions. Some of the
r_ reasona Riven are that their vein* are
^ too email, they have not the average
strength of men, and are not a* read
|| Ily accessible. In Kngland women are
ir accepted.
it "Go to Bod, Mary"
Little Mary was nothing If not po
e. lite. She had heard that the minister
h was leaving their church for > new
ie pastorate. Her mother had the min
is later to dinner shortly before he left
and Mary, carefully waiting for a
sr pause In the conversation, remarked:
a- "I hear we are going to have the
a pleasure of losing you."
HovToSee
Venice
Scene on the Grand Canal. Venice.
(Prepared by the National Geographic
Society. Washington. D. C.)
WITH the opening of the sum- a
mer travel season the paths *
of travelers In Kurope lead 1
again to Venice, vr.iich, with ?
Its nnique streets of water, seems to
exercise a lure more potent than cities *
wholly of the land. .
T e traveler should not expect too
much of Venice. It Is hardly fair. No
great city can exist on narrow canals
and he entirely a thing of beauty. One 9
necessarily has had dreams of Venice
and goes there with marked precon- (|
ceptions. This follows reasonably ^
enough, for so much has been written c
about this city of the sea, and of '
course the rosy, romantic aspect has j
been presented. If one doe* not set n
his mark Inordinately high Venire will
charm hiin. Novelty will "pinch hit"
whenever beauty strikes out.
By all means the visitor should ar
range to arrive In Venice by rjlght.
Cnder soft moonlight or under the '
rays of the dlin and Infrequent "street c
lamps." Venice puts her very best foot
forward and strives to make the most '
extravagant dreams come true. The
deep shudowa under Its bridges and
the palace arches, the mysterious nar
row black canal entrances, the pic
turesque leaning po3ts, the gentle lap
ping of the wuves against the walls
and steps, the swish of the paddles,
the half brusque, half songllke calls
of the gondoliers as they approach
blind corners, perhaps the musical
song of a gondolier In the distance?
all combine to give one an entrancing
entrance Into the City of Canals, lie
leans back on his cushions during the
long boat ride to the hotel?for of
course traveler and luggage mnst go
hy boat?quite contented with life.
This Is Venice, and It is quite as it
should be.
What the Day Rtvsals.
A night arrival is a ru e hut n suc
cessful one. It Is as though one should
contrive to meet a once beautiful lady,
no longer young, at an evening garden
party. Her wrinkles become soft lines.
When they face you In the pitiless
light of the morrow they will have a
certain suggestion of fumlliarity and
memory will make them less harsh.
The first day In Venice discloses
Indubitable signs of ugliness as well
as 6f beauty. Picturesque gondolas
pass on the Grand canal. So do the
unplcturesque Venetian 'street cars"
?squat steamboats, little, but all too
large beside the gondolas?their
sawed-off stacks belching dirty black
smoke. They raise choppy waves, as
do the swifter little motorboats. The
gondoliers glare at tbetn and the Iran
eler joins them In spirit in the choice
Itallnn curses that they must be utter
I Ing under their breath.
More gondolas pass?and the trash
boats of the municipality. In the wa
ters that seemed so fair last night
floats every conceivable sort of rub
bishy Yonder is the beautiful facade
of a fine old palace, and beside It a
building from which the stucco has
fallen in great patches disclosing ugly
bricks beneath. Perhaps the stones are
falling away, too, at the waterllne.
letting the waves reach In for an In
evitably greater destruction. Green
slime covers the steps and the tilted
wooden posts are rotting. Time Is
not the only desecruter of Venetian
walls. The hand of the advertiser has
been busy. too. And some of the walls
that Dandolo loved and that scores of
poets have sung about now Inform the
occupants of gondolas and "street
cars" of products that can be pur
chased to their supposed advantage.
But thanks to a night arrival these
things do not worry the visitor over
much. He tarns rather to the domes
of ^anta Maria delta Salute with a
tangle of masts against the sky; to
the arch of the history-encrusted old
Poote Rlalto; to the Incomparable
spires and domes of the Cathedral of
Sen Marco.
One hnds that there is a surprising
mount of dry land life in Venice. A
erltable maze of alleys and calll (lit
e streets) and fondamenti (canal
de-walks) exist. The best ooe can
ope to do in a short stay is to gain
superficial acquaintance with the
lain way lietween San Marco and the
lialto.
Piazza San Marco.
The ways, whether narrow alleys or
omewhat wider calies, have no side
alks, of course. The entire space;
ueh as it is. is for pedestrians. At
nervals the narrow ways open op
ito "cnmpi'* as the little squares are
ailed. The name. "Piazza,** has been
eserred for the greet square of San
Iarco facing the cathedral?the ulti
mate In dry spaciousness In Venice.
If one has only a picture knowledge
f Venice, as all the world lias not
een there has, the Piazza San Marco
rill prove a surprise. The Uttle open
pace that holds the famous statue
if the Lion of San Marco is not the
eal piazza but only the anteroom, the
ilnzetta. Well behind the lion col
imn, around the Campanile Ilea a
iqunre greater than many a cPv with
tn unlimited supply of terra firms
?an boast. No wheeled or four-footed
raffle uses this great square. It Is
{fiven over entirely to humaos and
dgeons. Thousands of the latter make
the Piazza San Marco their borne, and
there is seldom a time during the day
when one can cross the square without
carefully picking his way to avoid
stepping on them.
When night falls again and cloaks
the inevitable tawdry spots of an
old city built on piles, one forgets his
criticisms of the day. Out on the la
goon at the mouth of the Irrnd canal,
in n boat lighted by gaily colored lan
terns. a company of musicians and
singers begins e serenade. The gon
dolas of tourists join the rhroog of
slender black forms bobbing grace
fully up and down, each with a silent,
statuesque figure standing at Its stern.
Soft music and the gentle swish of
wavelets fill the air. The lights of the
Lidos gleam in the distance while near
er at hand black masts and spires
stand out against the sky. the soaring
shaft of the Campanile topping them
..M
Th? Thres Lido*.
Venice'* playground I* tbe Lidos, the
clinin of low sand Islands across tbe
lagoon, which hare ever guarded the
city from the Adriatic Without these
Isles and tbe tide they control. Venice,
or at least the Venice that la so well
known, would never hare been bora.
On the Lidos were the original set
tlements that led to the establishment
of tlie city of Venice on the Islands
of the lagoons. When Attlla and his
'Inn hordes swept down on Europe In
4.12 A. D. many of the Inhabitants of
the regions farther Inland took ref
uge on the Lidos. From 742 to 8U0 tbe
seat of government of the region was
a: Matamocco, a few miles sooth of
the present Lido bathing resort on
(he seme Island. Tbe encroochments
of the waves during the spring and
autumn storms, and the vulnerability
to attacks from enemy navies, led. In
to a general exodus to the Islands
on which tbe present dty Is bntlL
The Lldoe today consist of three prin
cipal long sandy Islands, divided by
narrow water channels, and scarcely
far enough above the water to be dis
tinguished from clouds when sees
from a distance The Lltorale, or
beach, of Matamocco Is the largest
and moat Important, as it contains
both the famoua bathing resort and
tbe small Tillage of Malamocco. Thr
Lltorale of Pellestrina is a strung-out
village of fishermen and gardeners.
Along It are portions of the great sea
wall. for, although the Adriatic pro
tected Its daughter from the guns of
the hesvy-drsnght vessels of the Mid
dle ages. It exacted constant bomac*
I Ib atone walls sad breakwaters.