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The Alamance Gleaner VOL. LVI. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY JULY 31, 1930. NO. 26. 1?Mrs. Herbert Hoover visiting the school on the Rapldan which was built by her and the President for the chil dren near their summer camp. .'?Beautiful building of the British embassy now completed on Massachusetts avenue, Washington. 3?Part of the $14,000,000 steel express high way which is being built on the west side of New York city. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Southern Italy Devastated by Quake?Thousands Killed or Injured. By EDWARD W. PICKARD COUTHERN Italy was- rocked and ^ torn, by the worst earthquake in fhat region since the terrible disaster (hat destroyed Messina in 190S. Defi nite figures on the loss of life may not be known for many days. At this writing it is known that 2,013 persons were killed and twice as many in jured. Communications in the stricken area broke down and airplanes were being used for relief aud exploration *ork. The provinces of Puglie, Campania and Basillcata sustained the worst of the temblor, but it was felt as far north as Abruzzi and Molise. The quake, which started at 1:15 in the morning, centered around the old vol cano Mount Vultura. and the city of Melfl. just north of that cone, was destroyed, as were also the near-by towos of I-aeedouiu, Aquilonia, Bisac- ' cia and Ariano. Many other cities and villages were partly razed, and famous palaces and churches were ruined. Even Rome and Naples were badly shaken, and several persons were killed in the latter city. Premier Mussolini promptly took command of the situation and rescue and relief measures were put into effect quickly throughout the devas tated region, the Red Cross and the army with hosts of physicians and nurses, being hurried to the scene. Pope Pius ordered that aid be sent to places In urgent need and a relief fund held in readiness by the Vatican. Though southern .Italy was thronged with tourists, it was believed there were no casualties among the Ameri cans there. Two days after the earthquake a tornado swept over the Venice district, killing a dozen persons and causing heavy damage over a stretch of 25 miles. GERMANY nlso had Us disaster, vastly less In magnitude but shocking enough. During the cele bration In Coblenz of the evacuation of the Rhlneland, In which President von Ulndenbnrg was the central fig ure, n pontoon bridge across the Moselle collapsed and about 80 men. women and children were precipitated Into the river. Many of them were killed by the falling timbers and muny others drowned. The bodies of 158 were recovered and It was feared more might be found by divers. The celebrations, which had been going on gaily for several days, were brought to an end by tbe calamity. OVER In England there was an air plane disaster made notable by the prominence of the victims. A Junkers air liner en route from France to Croydon blew up near Gravesend and Its six occupants were killed. They were the marquis of Dulferln and Ava; Viscountess Edaam, a noted beauty and close friend of the prince of Wales: Sir Edward Ward; Mrs. Henrlk I.oofller. well known society woman; Lieut. Col. George L. P. Hen derson, the pilot, who was rated as one of England's best flyers, and Charles Shearing, second pilot. THAT London naval treaty Is now In effect so far as American action goes. The senate by a vote of 58 to 9. ratified the part, and next day Presi dent Hoover signed It with the gold pen used hy the American delegates to tbe conference to sign the treaty In London. The document was then sent to London, where parliament was engaged In giving the pact Its ap proval. In a formal statement President Hoover said: "It Is a matter of sat isfaction that tills great accomplish ment In international relations has at all steps been given united support of both our political parties. "With the ratification by the other governments the treaty will translate an emotion deep In the hearts of mil lions of men and women into'a prac tical fact of government and Inter national relations. It will renew again the faith of the world In the moral forces of good will and patient negotiation as against the blind forces of suspicion and competitive arma ment. It will secure the full defense of the United States. It will mark a further long step toward lifting the burdens of militarism from the backs of mankind and to speed the march forward of world peace. It will lay the foundations upon which further constructive reduction In world arms may be accomplished In the future. We should by tills act of willingness to Join with others In limiting arma ment have dismissed from the mind of the world any notion that the United States entertains ideas of aggression, imperial power, or exploitation of for eign nations." Immediately after the ratification by the senate, the President asked for the names of those who voted In op position. These were Bingham of Connecticut, Hale of Maine, Johnson of California, Moses of New Hamp shire, Oddle of Nevada. I'lne of Oklahoma and Itobinson of Indiana, all ltepubllcans; and McKellar of Tennessee and Walsh of Massachu setts, Democrats. FIVE senators from wheat states? Capper, Allen. McMaster. Howell and Pine?called on Chnlrmnn I.egge of the federal farm board In Washing ton and again urged that the board adopt Capper's plan and buy a lot more wheat In the effort to boost the price. Once more Air. I.egge refused, declaring the scheme would he at best only a temporary erpcdient and In the long run would make the wheat problem worse. lie declared the board, which has C0.000.000 bushels on Its hands, would not purchase any more at this time and would sell none until the price advanced. "What we want." said Mr. Legge, "Is something permanent. Stabiliza tion will work admirably on sea sonal surpluses, but It cannot be used on an accumulative surplus. We have had an accumulative surplus In wheat for four years. Stabilization will not cure it. I don't say stabilization Is a failure, hut It won't work at the present time. To follow Senator Cali per's plan would only encourage the farmers In Kansas to raise more wheat and make a bad situation worse." In Kansas the wheat problem Is having powerful effect In the guberna torial primary campaign. Governor Reed, who attacks the farm board plan for reduction of wheat acreage, is up for renomlnatlon by the Repub licans and Is opposed by Frank Haucke of Council Grove, a farmer, who upholds Legge's plan. DETROIT, which has won an un enviable repntatlon as a vice center In recent years, has begun to clean houses Charles Bowles, who was serving his second term as mayor, was ousted from office last week In a special recall election, the mnjority against him being 30,9.j0. When Bowles took office last year he ap pointed aa public works commissioner one Joseph Gillespie who had been forced out as police commissioner In 1916. when vice condfllona in Detroit were especially bad. Cnder Bowles, the newspapers declared, gambling houses and speakeasies began running wide open and Police Commissioner Harold Emmons was said to be afraid to close them. Finally, while Mayor Bowles was attending the Kentucky derby, Emmons did raid some places, and the mayor thereupon ousted him. Under the law a new election to fill the mayor's place must be held within 30 days of the filing of the certified returns of the recall election. Under the law Bowles Is automatically a candidate for re-election and any other candidates may go on the ballot by presenting nominating petitions signed by 14,000 voters. Only a few hours after the Detroit voters had put Bowles out o[ office, Gerald Buckley, a radio announcer who had been delivering addresses describing vice conditions In Detroit and criticising the mayor's adminis tration. was shot to death In the lob by of a hotel by three men who es caped. This was the eleventh gang murder In the city in nineteen days. Governor Green ordered the state po lice to Investigate the crime Inde pendently and said he would call out state troops. If necessary, to stop the assassinations. There were points of similarity between the murder of Buckley and that of Jake Unglo. the Chicago reporter. It was asserted Buckley had been the Intimate friend of underworld characters, and the Detroit police said they had In their possession an affidavit purporting to show that he had been extorting money from bootleggers. /~?LAUDIUS HUSTON, after confer ' ring with 1'retiiilent Hoover, an nounced that he would resign as chair man of the Itepubllcan national com mittee on August 7. This greatly re lieved the leaders of the party, who had Insisted on Mr. Huston's retire ment because of revelations made be fore the senate lobby committee. P\EMOCIIATS of Iowa in state con '-'ventlon adopted a plank In their platform calling for "a reasonable definition" of what constitutes Intox icating liquor and advocating a na tion-wide referenttym on prohibition. The reason for this stand, the resolu tion says. Is the "nation-wide scandal" brought about by dry law enforcement methods. In this way the Democrats accepted the challenge of the Itepub llcan state convention, which voted down a resolution urging modification of the prohibition law. OIOTING by the Egyptian Wafd ^ Ists was renewed last week In Cairo and Port Said, and there were a number of deaths In the battles with the police and troops. Up to date the British had not Intervened. GLENN II. CUKTISS. a distin guished pioneer In aviation, died suddenly in a Buffalo hospital at the age of fifty-two years. He was oper ated on recently for appendicitis and was thought to be well on the road to recovery. Mr. Curtlss was one of the foremost aviation experimenters and was ranked next to the Wright broth ers. He retired from active business shortly after the World war, retain ing directorships In several companies that bear his name. Another well-known American who passed away was James Eads How, "millionaire hobo." who during his life had spent a large fortune In trying to help the hoboes, denying himself even sufficient food and clothing and othet necessities of life. He died In a hos pital at Staunton. Va. Harry S. Black, chairman of the United States Ilealty and Improve ment corporation and known as the moving spirit In the modern growth of New Tork city and the construction of many of Its greatest buildings, committed suicide by shooting at bis country home at Lloyd Harbor. Long Island. He bad been In poor health for a long time. list. Wsstsrs Sawnutr Uaisa.) - ??"??a HIS WIFE ; ; WAS ALWAYS ; j A GREAT I I BOOSTER j *r? , I ' (S br D. J. Walsh.) THERE were eight finely written pages In the letter which It hail taken an extra stamp to send. Alice Draper read every word, slowly, with I he pained look deepen ing on her face. I' Twenty-one years before Margatet Wells and Alice had been married un der the same floral arcb. A double wedding, and the prettiest one of the year, too, so everybody had snld. Mar garet, of course, was the loveliest bride and Richard Burling the handsomest brldgegroom. From the start every thing was In their favor. Richard soon worked up to a high-salaried Job on the road. Orson Draper, working for the same firm, wns held back In the office. Alice folded the pages and put them back Into the envelope. She had a sense of helplessness at e lime when she would have given aid. There was nothing she could do. Margaret lived far away. If she went to her?she shook her head. She could write, of course, but anything she could say would sound so futile. She must think a lot before she wrote at all. Meanwhile, her own tasks and du ties pressed more heavily than ever. And she wns worried about her hus band. Orson hadn't been sleeping good of late or eating as much as he should. Sometimes of an evening she found hlra staring over the edge of his newspaper. This letter of Margaret's seemed somehow to be horribly revealing. Richard at first had slept and eaten poorly and stared. Then had come the first awful outburst, after which things had never been the same be tween husband and wife. In fact, as Margaret said In her letter, they had shnply gone on from that point to worse and worse. All day as she worked Alice thought about the letter and her own prob lems, which seemed now to bear a strange likeness to Margaret's, as they had been at first. She was getting the boy ready for his first year In col lege. David would come from his camping trip In a few days and would leave almost Immediately for the uni versity. She had to have everything In readiness for him to pack. All this took time and careful consideration. Then as chairman of an Important committee she must devise some plan whereby her club could add to its finances before the year closed. She wanted her plan to he fresh enough to attract attention. She wns reading everything that she could lay her hands on In the hope of finding some workable idea. Then, also, she had wrenched her shoalder In a way that the doctor seemed grave about. She hadn't told any one about that. And. lastly, there was Orson. She was more troubled about him than about all the rest. That night she had an unusually ap petizing supper?roast pork, potatoes mashed to a fluff, homemade rolls, a shortcake for dessert. She had fin ished a new frock and she put It on. She looked nice; although twinges of pain left her a bit white about the lips. Just before time for Orson to drive up the street she turned on the lights. It was raining and storming and she wanted the cheer of his home to go out to him. Yet, as she waited for him, she had an appalling sense of wasted effort. Suppose that Just as Richard Burling had grown tired of Margaret. Orson had grown tired of her! She loved him. But what If In their middle age, with a boy ready for college, her hus band had censed to love her! When he opened the door she met him with the old, quick, cheery greet ings. He answered In kind, "How've you been, AHceT' "Fine. Dinner's Just ready to serve." Tbey sat down at opposite sides of the pretty table. "Roast pork, eh?" Orson said. "That looks good." He helped her and then himself and began to eat as If the food tasted to bis liking. Neither talked daring the meal. This was not unus ual, for Alice renllzed that Orson had been talking nil day. After matching bis wits with other men's her small affairs couldn't Interest him to any great extent. While she washed the dishes he looked at his new-sprier. Presently she came Into the room and. sitting down, took up her sewlPi- After a few mo ments she lifted her eyes and saw that her husband was regarding her Intent ly. At that moment her shoulder gave a fierce twinge. She came near cry lng out, not ?o much with physical pain as with heart'* agony. Her hand* trembled oa ahe tried to resume her atltchtng on Dnvld'a pnjamaa. Oraon flung aalde his paper and set tled back In his chair. "I got a letter from Dick the other day," he remarked. "He's ready to quit Murgnret. He doesn't seem to think she's lived up to her contract. I'm sorry for Dick." "I heard from Margaret. She has her side, I think." Alice spoke guard edly. "He Is tired of her, that's all." "Yes, he's tired of her?darn tired," Orson said warmly. He reached Into his pocket. "There's the letter, [lend It." He tossed the envelope Into her lap. Alice rend the letter. It was brief, but terribly vital. She wns shocked hy what Itlehard bad torn out of his heart to show the one friend he felt he could speak to. She sighed as she finished reading. "Do you want to read Margaret's letter. Orson';" "No! I have no sympathy with Margaret. A woman who takes nil and gives nothing! You see what l>lck says there. He's going to throw up Ills Job and go. That ends him." lie sat silent for a moment. "The Arm has asked me to take over his terri tory." "That means yon will leave home and travel! You have always wanted to do that!" Alice tried to stnile with stiff, bluish lips. Orson, not looking at her, laughed. "That was before I got a settled habit In life. I'd rather take less sal ary and stay at home. If It's all the same to you." lie looked ut her keenly. 'There nre no two ways of thinking about that," Alice said, suddenly glow ing with joy. She went over to his chair, sat down on the arm, and put her cheek against his. He encircled her with his arm and held her close. "You've made me too comfortable, Alice," Orson said. "When I've come home .nights, tired as a dog, you've had food, love, understanding to give ine. Every morning you've sent me forth with renewed spirit. You never complained when money was tight or I was too worried over something to remember your birthday with the cus tomary box of candy." "That only happened twice," Alice reminded liiin gently. "You've been a great booster. And, I'll admit It, I'm the kind of fellow who needs boosting?occasionally. 1 don't know what I'd been without you, old girl. That's what poor Dick lacked ?bis wife's sympathy. For 20 years she's kept his nose on the grindstone; she needn't &e surprised at what's hap pened. I've envied Dick. There's been times when I hankered aft??r bis job. Now I can have It.?" Alice waited. Her heart beat fast. "But aside from the fact I like my own job too well, I can't take Dick's. That's what's been nagging at me, ever since I beard from Dick. I knew you'd like a little more money, that's natural. We'll have to skimp to put the boy through college. But he's got a big mind; he'll amount to a lot more than Ids father ever will?you're sure you feel about this Job business Just the way I do?" "Sure." said Alice. "Tlien you write to Margaret. And I'll write to Dick. Maybe we can do something for them yet?" "There's the door-bell!" exclaimed Alice. It was a mesesnger with a night telegram. A1 he tore It open. "From Margaret!" alie aniil. "'Dick's going to ?ta.v. My fault. Letter to fol low." " She rent! the words alouil. hold ing the paper with one hand while she wiped tears off her cheek with the other. "Now then." said Orson, gaily, "when you write to Margaret he right on yout Job every word you aay. Iloost Dick for ull he's worth. You can do It." "Sure, I can do It," replied Alice as she hurried across the room toward Iter little writing desk. Dutch Republic The first stadtholder of Holland was William of Nassau, styled the Great, who was killed by an assassin, an alleged hireling of Philip II of Spain, July 10, 1534. The princes of Orange, stadtholders during the Dutch republic, founded the royal house now represented by Wllhelmlna of Holland and princess of Orange-Nassau. WIIHam the Great recovered the principality of Orange In 1559, and led the revolt which under pacification of Ghent led to the unlor of the north and south provinces. The house of Orange was over thrown by the French In 1785, but re stored In 1813, and two years later the prince assumed the title of king of the Netherlands. Tbii Looks Fishy The world's population Is estimated now at more than 2.000,000,000, with 850,000,000 In Asia. 550,000,000 In Eu rope, 230,000,000 In North and South America (part of them In the United States), 150,000,000 In Africa, and 7,000,000 In Australia. And yet occa sionally a man will say: "There's only one girl In the world for me!" Typical "Row House" of Rural Iceland. (Prepared br the National Ueocraphtc Society. Wash InRton. D. C.1 ICELAND'S celebration this sum mer of the thousandth anniversary of the organization of Iter popular assembly, ihe Althing, finds a country that has advanced like the rest of the world in'its chief city, hut has retained tlie simple life In Its rur al districts. So simple is rural life that in many parts of the island the villages and farms nre not connected by roads; only trails exist, and all travel la done on pony buck. The Island's one sizable city Is Ileykjavik, the capital. Of Ihe 101. 000 people in Iceland, about 2.">,000 live in Iteykjavlk. Politics was responsible for the first settlement in Iceland, aDd fish brought about its development Ingolf and njorlelf, two disgruntled chiefs of Norway who refused to acknowledge Ilaruld rinufnger, the first Norwegian king, settled on the southern shore of the island in 671 A. D. When the value of the fishing grounds found by these pioneers became known, n nam ber of Scandinavian settlements came into existence. To the visitor approaching by water, iteykjavlk's commercial aspect con ceals all evidence of the fact that this city has been the capital of Ice land since 1800 and its sent of learn ing. Scores of fishing craft and com mercial vessels, battered by the sea and in need of paint, dot the anchor age. The quays are lined with ware houses, and here and there along the shore nre cod-drying grounds, white with slabs of fish. Anchored vessels may he seen filling their holds with alternate layers of fresh tish and salt, thus preserving the fish for a quick trip to northern European porta. Scenes in KeyKjavue. After one lands, however, and enters the city, commerce Is no longer domi nant. Broad streets are lined with rather gaudily painted wooden and corrugated Iron houses. Along the streets American automobiles dart. The Asturvollura, the city square. Is the center of Interest In Reykjavik. Facing It is the great stone house in which the thousand-year-old Althing meets every two years. On another side Is the cathedral, built of stone, 1 but with a tower of wood. It was built In 1817. In the center of the square is a statue of Thorraldsen, fa mous sculptor of Iceland. This statue wns a gift from the city of Copen hagen In 1874. In another part of the city are the buildings of the Iceland university, which was only recently established? 1011. In the same section arc the mu seum and librnry, the latter housing 80,000 books and manuscripts. In the museum Is a collection of Icelandic antiquities, geological specimens, and objects of Industrial art. A unique feature of the capital city is Its public laundry of natnrally heat . ed water from hot springs that were [ once geysers. Because of the lack of roads In many parts of the Island all the travel Is done on pony back. But out from Reykjavik, Akureyri. and even smaller towns, roads are reaching farther and farther; and Icelanders vision the day ?many of them not without sadness? when the pony will lose bis all Impor tant place In the Icelandic transpor tation system, and when automobiles will bowl along over a network of highways that penetrates even the seared volcanic wastes of the Interior. Farming and Ashing are the chief Industries. Forty-seven thousand Shet land ponies are raised, chiefly for ex port, and the sheep number about 900, 000. During the abort summer season many vegetables can be raised, but the potatoes grow only to the size of walnuts. Its Ancient 8agas. Iceland Is the land- of the Sagas, the oldest literature of Europe, of which Sir Rider Haggard save- Too ample, too prolix, too crowded wit; detail, they cannot vie In art with the epics of Greece; but In their pictured of life, simple and heroic, they fall be neath no literature in the world, save the Iliad and the Odyssey alone." The language in use today is the same as the ancient language of aU Scandinavian countries, the Icelanders alone having preserved it, chiefly due to the remoteness of their island. Since December 1, 1018, Iceland has been recognized as an independent state, united with Denmark only through the identity of the sovereign. The island is about 310 miles long from east to west and 100 miles wide from north to south, with an area of 40,000 square miles. Historic House Rebuilt. For Iceland's millennial celebration an early Icelander's bouse that was burned 810 years ago was reconstruct ed. The Dew house duplicates, as nearly as possible, the historic home of one of Iceland's greatest lawyers? NJal. lie was learned in the volumi nous and technical law of Viking Ice land before William the Conqoeror brought the English Jury system to England on the end of a Norman spear. Iceland has rebuilt NJal's home be cause the fame of his legal skill, to gether with the story of his death amid melodramatic scenes, has been preserved in one of the most cher ished of Iceland's sagas. "The Story of Burnt NJal." The saga came into being eleven years after Lief Eric sou's Journey from Greenland to Amer ican shores, which was in the year 1(?00 A. D. The appearance of many Viking houses resembled a street of modern row houses In eastern United Stales and seaboard cities. The triangular Viking gable ends ranging in a line suggested a series of cottages shoul der to shoulder, but each Viking gable roof usually sheltered a single room. The whole sprawling1" Viking bouse of many gables was connected by a nar row ball that Jinked the rooms in tbe game way that covered passages link up tbe many buildings of a New Eng land farmhouse. Tnrf often roofed the Viking's honse, and in spring he lived beneath a carpet of wild flowers. Interior of the Residence. [.ending men of the Island, such as NJal, usually had one high-roofed, large hall In their houses. This hall hud three divisions lengthwise; a nave and .two low side aisles-separated by low stone walls. The high roof of the nave was supported by two lines of wooden pillars brought over stormy seas from Norway in the small Viking ships. This hall was a sleeping, eat ing and living room for the chief and his retainers. Some of these halls, which served as eating, living and sleeping rooms, were very large. One In Iceland was 200 feet long and 60 feet wide. Down tbe center of the hall was one long fireplace. The smoke from the lire found Its way out through boles cut high up In the roof. Benches for the family, servants and retainers ran along each side of the long fireplace. In the low-toofed aisles parallel to the long axis of tbe ball were bnnks for sleeping. These bunks usually had swinging doors which locked on tbe Inside so that the sleeper could lock himself In his comoartment. Such a bouse was burned down over NJal's head. NJal bad been too successful In tbe Iceland courts. He knew Icelandic law so well be could repeat it all from memory. So he, his sons, und his friends and servants were attacked by a rival gang. With spears and battle axes they beat oft the attackers who finally set fire to a haystack which In turn fired the bouse. Women and children were permitted to go out safely, except Bergtbora. NJal's wife, who chose to stay with lier husband. NJal himself was to old to flgbt so he and Bergthora lay down together, covered themselves with an ox bide and awaited their t?-~. - - J
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