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The Alamance gleaner i ? . .. . .. , _ VOL. LVI. GRAHAM, IS, C., THURSDAY JANUARY 8, 1931. NO. 49. i "i k -V TT -wv ? ? ?- ' iNews Keview of Current Events the World Over Norris and Other Radical Republicans Reject Third Party Suggestions?Wickersham Report Sure to Start Fight in Congress. By EDWARD W. PICKARD Democrats, no doubt, are highly edified by tbe wny in which the row within the Republican party is being kept going, the radicals and reg ulars taking turns in swatting one another. Rut there seems small prospect that the in surgents will be led into accepting the sug gestion of Dr. John Dr. Dewey uewey, nenu or me i.eague ror iiiue pendent Action, thnt they form a third party with Senator George W. Norrls of Nebraska as their leader and po tential candidate for the Presidency. Norrls, Borah and the rest of them are convinced that the formation of another party, under present electoral provisions, wo. d futile, and have so Informed Doctor Dewey. Of course there remained Gilford Plnchot of Pennsylvania as a possible banner bearer of a third party In 1932, but undoubtedly he. like the other radical Republicans, knows on which side his bread Is buttered. Responding to a question, Norrls said If the Democratic party should nominate a real progressive In 1932 many of the western Republican Inde pendents would support him. "It Is an open secret that the power Interests are trying to nominate a Democrat who will be satisfactory to them," he stated. "Known emissaries of the power trust are busy now try ing to line up the Democratic party for Owen D. Young. The trouble Is " that under our present system the people have to vote for one man or the other. Often It Is a case of voting for the lesser of two evils. The peo ple dpn't really select our President! What we need Is a system by which the rank and file cnn get control of a , party any time they have a mind to." WITH the news that the report of the Wlckersham commission would be given to President Hoover on January 6 and undoubtedly transmitted by him to congress Immediately thereafter, It became evident that there was going to be a great deal of fighting over the prohibition ques tion during the re G. W. Wicker, (ham mainuer or me snon session, mere was nothing authoritative concerning the contents of the Wlckersham re port, the members of the commission being evidently determined to keep It secret until I. reached the White House. Rut whatever Its finding, the battle seemed certain to open soon. Wet members of the lower house were said to have determined to force a roll call on some prohibition Items In the Department of Justice appro priation bill which Is to be reported to the house about January 13; and in the senate both wets and drys are get ting their ammunition ready. If the report contains specific recom mendations for legislation changing the prohibition law in a vital way, ob ser-ers in the national capital think this might be the factor that would make necessary the calling of a spe cial session of the new congress in the spring. The administration leaders are determined this shall not happen if they can prevent it. Senator Wat son" of Indiana, majority leader, said: M!t is the consensus of most mem bers of congress, and of the entire American business world, as far as is ascertainable, that an extra session Is to he avoided except in case of an extreme emergency. I do not believe that this emergency will occur if mem bers will forego speeches on extraneous matters and confine debate to the Im mediate problems confronting them.** QUICK relief for the drought suf ferers is a certainty. The sub conuuiitee of the house committee on appropriations approved of an appro priation of $-15,Out),OUt) for this loan, the full amount authorized in the leg islation already enacted, and the full committee was prepnre<J to recom mend this to congress immediately after the session was resumed. It was expected to be put through In both houses as a deficiency measure within a few days. Secretary of Agriculture Hyde ap peared before the subcommittee to support the appropriation, although he reiterated his belief that $25,000,(JUU would be sufficient to care for the drought area. He asserted that he had no intention of approving any loans for human food, although the language of the authorization was con strued during the congressional de bates as being made broad enough to Include such loans in cases of emer gency. Mr. Hyde said the loans would be available for distribution within a week after the money Is appropriated. Representa tive Hamilton Fish, Jr., of New York, in whose district West Point is situated, is urging the early pas sage of his hill appro priating $1,500,000 for the purchase of 15.000 acres additional for the Military academy. Though the academy is considered by many the greatest military school In the world. Hamilton Fish, Jr. nign omcers or army nave as serted that It Is greatly handicapped !>y Insufficient ground, meager water supply and lack of facilities for train ing the cadets. Gen. John J. Pershing has Indorsed the move to acquire 15,000 acres of land adjacent to the academy. Ue said: "If West Point Is to continue to ful fill Its mission of preparing Its gradu ates for emergencies, greater facili ties for the special training required must be provided." He urged that the government Im mediately acquire the land as recom mended by UaJ. Gen. William R. Smith, superintendent of the academy. AT THE Instlgntlon of President Hoover, the executives of the > chief eastern railroads got together and arranged for consolidation Into fonr major systems, the focal points of which arr the Pennsylvania, the New York Central, the Baltimore and Ohio and the Van Swerlngen lines. Mr. Hoover announced that he gave his endorsement to the plan as a means of aiding business recovery and Improving railroad service. If certain minor details are agreed upon nnd the scheme Is approved hy the Interstate Commerce commission, the merger may go through. However, opposition in congress developed at once, among the objectori being Senators Couzens and Wheelerj both members of the senate committee on Interstate commerce. It Is understood the executives agreed to allot the Rending and Jersey Central lines to the Baltimore and Ohio, the Delaware, l-ackawannn and Western to the New York Central, and the I.ehlgh Valley to the Chesapeake and Ohlo-Nlckle Plate system, while the Pennsylvania will get trackage rights over both the I.ehlgh Valley and the Nickle Plate lines Into BufTalo and a cash consideration. JUDGE DAVID JENKINS of Youngs town, Ohio, put an end to proposed plans for the million dollar merger of the Bethlehem Steel corporation and the Youngstown Sheet and Tuhe com pany when he granted to minority stockholders a permanent Injunction restraining the combination. Ills de cision wns the climax of a bitter legnl struggle that hac been going on for six months and was a victory for Cyrus Sv Eaton, Cleveland financier, who headed the minority stockholders of the Sheet and Tube company and car ried the battle to court with charges of fraud. IN ORDER to round out the federal building program In Washington, accord ing to Senator Henry W. Keyea of New Hampshire, tfle prop erty adjacent to the Capitol grounds now occupied by the Meth odist building Is neces sary and may be pur chased under condem nation by the govern Senator Keyea ment. Keyes li chairman of the seDate public buildings and grounds committee, so he speaks by the card. The Methodist building, sometimes called the Methodist "ratlcan," Is lo cated Just cast of the Capitol, across the street from the new Supreme court building. now under construction. Senator Keyes said the fround oc cupied by the Methodist building could he used partly for open park space and partly for some government build Ing. Although no bill la pending In congress providing for Its acquire ment, Senator Keyes Intimated that such legislation was In prospect. The Methodist board of temperance, prohibition and public morals, which occupies the structure, recently wua refused permission to build un annex to it by the District of Columbia zon ing authorities. This ruilug, however, did not molest the present building, which would be demolished If the property was condemned and pur chased. Scientists from 1 all parts of tlit United States and Canada spent the week in Cleveland. Ohio, attending the sessions of the Amer ican Association for the Advancement of Science and Affiliated Societies. They num bered more than five thousand and they .1 ,1 llofnnoil (n Dr. Millikan reuu unu iiaiciicij iw i papers relating the lutest researches into the secrets of the universe. The re tiring presidential address was deliv ered by Dr. Robert A. Millikan, Nobel prize winner In physics, bin topic be- I ing Atomic Disintegration und Atomic j Synthesis." He took issue with Sir James Jeans and others as to the "heat death" of the universe, the de bated second law of dynamics, and from his deep study of the nature of | cosmic rays ventured the suggestion that there is as much reason to think the universe is constantly being re- | built as that ft Is running down and doomed to extinction in some millions of years. Doctor Millikan was present <1 by the new president, Thomas U. Morgan of the California Institute of Tech nology. ONE of the features of New Year's day was the inauguration of i Franklin Roosevelt as governor of | New York for his second term. At i 11:15 the governor started from the executive mansion In Albany for the state eapilol, accompanied bv Ids mili tary staff; MaJ. Cen. William N. Has kell. commanding officer of the New York National Guard; Rear Admiral William B. Franklin, commander of the naval militia, together with Troop B of the One Hundred and First cav alry. The ceremony took place at noon. Secretary of State Flynn admin istering the oath to Governor Roose velt. NEW YEAR'S day In the White House was the occasion for the annual reception that is traditional. President and Mrs. Hoover went to the Blue room at 11 o'clock In the morning and there greeted the members of the cabinet. Justices of the Supreme court, army und navy officials and members of congress and of the diplomatic ! corp3. At one o'clock the doors were thrown open and the general public was admitted. For hours the callers passed through the room, each one shaking hands with Mr. and Mrs. Hoover. EUROPE'S latest j dictatorship has ; been established In the little principality ot Monaco by Its ruler, Prince Uouls II. and his people do not take It with good ; grace. Twice within i a week there were I political and popular I demonstrations ' against the prince, partly because he had I Princ? Louis | been spending most of his time living a guy life In Purls, and partly be cause of the decrease In the revenues ' from the Casino In Monte Carlo?the only revenues of the state. The first disorders were timed for the arrival of I/OUls from France, and he prompt ly called out his army of about one hundred men and suppressed them. But when he followed up this action by dissolving both legislative bodies, assuming a dictatorship nhrogatlng the rights of franchise and elective representation grunted the citizens twenty years ago the Indignant people again broke loose with mass meetings and parades of protest. Again Louis mobilized his army, but it was generally believed that he was relying not on his own military strength but on assurance of support j from the French foreign office. Since 1011 France has maintained a kind of suzerainty over Monaco, and the prince was probably acting on French advice. There are plenty of French troops in the neighborhood If lie should need their aid. DEATH of Representative David J. O'Connell of Brooklyn reduced the number of Democrats elected to the next bouse to 214. He had served j In congress continuously since 1919 with the exception of one term. Japan lost one of Its ablest diplo mats In the death of Mnrquls Kinichl Komura. vice minister of eversoas affairs. He leaves no heir to his title ffe 1931. Western Newspaper Union. I DafiLdijs | ILvemncr Fairytale Jfy- MARY-CRAHAM- BONNER LAURA'S CONVERSATION Laura lived In a city apartment louse. It was quite a grand building. Down In the | j|r_j main hallway, on a stana, mere was an elephant. Not a real elephant, of course, for a real elephant could hardly And room on a hallway stand, to say the very least. No, the elephant was a make-be lieve elephant. He was small, but he had a trunk and big ears and he was supposed to look Just like an elephant, which he did, except In size. He was made out of a sort of In the Same Place. stone ana ne was exactly the same :olor as a real, live elephant. Now, often when Laura would come In from dancing class, or from piny, or from school, she would wonder what It would be like to be a stone elephant, and she used to feel very sorry for the elephant, always standing In the same place In the hall. "I know," she would say, "that the elephant Isn't a real, live one, but just the same, It does seem funny to be al ways In the same place, day after day." Not long after one of these times when Laura said this as she was go ing to bed at night, she said to her mother: "Aren't you glad you're not a stone elephant?" She was almost asleep then?she had had a very busy day? and she was thinking In her half asleep, half-awake thoughts of the ele phant In the downstairs hall. Of course, her mother said she was very glad she wasn't a stone elephant, and she could see, too, that Laura was very, very sleepy. Not many moments passed and her light was put out and she was fast asleep In her bed. A few moments went by and then a few more, and soon I-aura heard a tiny squeak. "What Is that?" she asked. The squeaky sound came nearer and nearer, and nearer, and In a second, on the end of the bed, what should Laura see but the elephant! "I know," the elephant began, with out even waiting for I-aura to make a curtsy as she might have done If he had only given her time, "thnt you have often wondered about me." "X have," said Laura. "It Is true." "But," continued the elephant, "you #/v. T - ? iuuoiu i( ivi a a 111 very happy. "The reason I am happy Is be cause I haven't the brains or the feel ings to be unhap py because I am always In one plnce. "If I were a real elephant I would want to go out In the snnshlne, I would want to eat, I would want to play baseball. "I'erhaps I would even march In pa rades. But I'm not a real elephant? I'm only a make believe one. I haven't any feel i V f KT//a? I Stone Elephant Smile. log at all?no, not a scrap of feeling. "And I haven't any brains. I couldn't even smile at you If you were awake. "It's the old Dream King who Is helping me to smile now." And Laura noticed that the elephant was smiling, such a funny, droll, stone-i elephant smile. "No, Laura," the elephant continued, "you need never feel sorry for me be cause I am always In one place. "And now?do you know what day tomorrow Is? Ah, yes, I was told this by the Dream King, too. "Yes, the make-believe elephant wonts to make a real wish?and that wish Is that yon may have a VEIIY HAPPY NEW* YEAR!" Baby Buffalo The tiny wild calf recently bom In the London zoo Is said to be one of the smallest calves In the world, for It belongs to a race of dwarf buffalo, or wild cattle, known as Anoa. These dwarf cattle are very rare, and are found only In the Island of Celebes. Ihe parents stand scarcely three feet In height, being about the size of sheep; and they are very slenderly "Last Survivors' By ELMO SCOTT WATSON fIJKSS dispatches from Chicago recently carried a story about a famous Civil war regiment of which tli ere are now only three survivors out of an original total of 1,184. The story reads as follows: "Three ore all that's left to form a company 7 ?that's what they called them in the old days even In the cav alry?but you can't have much of a reunion of the Eight Illinois cavalry with only three to answer roll call even In Memorial hall at Randolph street and Michigan avenue. Since Comrade George I'erry. ninety years old, died last summer ut his home In Sycamore, there Isn't going to be any sixty-fifth annual reunion. Finis Is written to the gallant regiment that on October 18 back In 18<51 rode up Pennsylvania avenue In Washington past the White House, where the troops halted to give three rousing cheers for Abraham Lincoln. The regiment that the President watching them dubbed In his own quaint phrase ology, 'Farnsworth's Big Abolition Regiment.' "They were eleven hundred and eighty-four strong that day, mounted but without carbines or sabers. John F. Fnrnswortli, who recruited them, largely from Chicago and F.vanston, at Camp Kane. St. Charles, III., was elected first colonel of the regiment. "Those who remain of the regiment that was mustered out of service nt Ronton Barracks, St. I^>uls, in June nf IRrtT, onil rpturnotl to f'hlencrn for final payment and discharge lire J. R. Duff of Dundee, Henry Lichfield of Milwaukee and C. \V. Blatherwick of Chicago. Comra<le Duff was captain of the vanished post." Such a story could he written about almost every regiment which marched away to war 70 years ago, for of more than three millions who wore the Blue or the Gray In 1801 to 18GT?, only a handful remain. I.ast summer In Still water, Minn., there took place a dra matic scene which symbol I red strik ingly the passing of "the rear guard of the Civil war." It was the last meeting of the nowfamous "Igist Man's Hub"?a meeting attended by only one man. He was Charles Lock wood, eighty-seven years old. now a resident of Chamberlain, S. D., but once s member of n group of young men who responded to President Lin coln's first call for volunteers. It was on Sunday morning, April 21. 1801, thnt n company of gay young men marrhed from Stillwater after a night of dancing at the Snwyer house. They went to Fort Snelling, where they were formed Into Company B, First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. Then cnmc Bull Run, battle of Fair Oaks, Antletnin and Fredericksburg. They built the Grapevine bridge, sal vation of Keyes corps at Seven Pines In '02. After Pickett's charge at Get tysburg only a few of the gallant Com pany B remained fit for duty. In 1885 several of the veterans de cided to form nn organization of their comrades. They met on September 17, 1885. The ranks of the company had declined from 80 to 34. Louis Ilospes, father of AJ Hospes, known as the "baby" of the company, gave the organization a bottle of Burgun dy wine, and It was decided to form a "Last Man's Club," and the last man was to open the wine and drink a final toast to his departed comrades. M1 think the boys got the idea of | the Last Man's club from rending some story of French soldiers." says Lock wood. "They used to have those CteARCS'S UOCKWOCO wine suppers every year.'* It was de cided to hold the annual reunhns on July 21, the anniversary, of the Hat tie of Bull Hun. Bach year on that day the veterans would assemble at the Sawyer house after a group of them had gone to the tirst National bank and taken from its vault the old bottle of wine which was kept In a case along with a poein written by the late II. K. ilayden In 1887. The poem was entitled "The I.asi Survivor to His bead Comrades/' "The cainp fire smolders?ashes fall. The clouds are black against the sky; No taps of drums, no bugle call; My comrades, all guodby." By 1929 there were only three of the IH left?l.oekwood, John S. GofT of St. Haul and Heter Hail of Atwa ter, Minn. Within the next year both GoflT and Hall had died, so when July 21, HMD, came around It fell to the lot of Lockwood to hold the last meeting of the "I-nst Man's Club." So he stood alone among the 33 empty chairs, black-draped, set about a table in the Lowell inn. which stands on the site of the old Sawyer house? raised his glass in salute "to my com rades!" took a sip of what had once been sparkling Burgundy wine but which had by this time turned to vinegar, and repeated the words of "The Last Survivor to His I>ead Com rades." Then with his promise ful filled he turned away?and the "1-ast Man's Club" had reached its destiny of dissolution. When the Grand Army of the Re public went to Portland, Maine, for I its nnnunl grand encampment in 1929, two veterans attracted much atten tion by the Insignia which they wore on their hats. The ornament was the tail of a deer, for these two men. Wil liam A. McKay of L'tlai, pa? and llsr ley Drips of Derby. Pa., both of the Samuel P. Town post of the G. A. R. In Philadelphia, are among the few survivors of the famous "Bucktall" regiments of Pennsylvania. There were two regiments of "Bucktalls" In Civil war days?the First Pennsyl vania Rifles and later the One Hun dred Fiftieth Pennsylvania Rifles. So far as fs known the last survivor of the original "Bucktnl!" regiment, the First Pennsylvania Rifles, died In 1927. An Issue of the Potter County Journal at Coudersport, Pn? during that year contained this news story: The recent death of Charles W. Dickenson, aged eighty-eight, marked the passing of the Inst member of the original Bucktnil regiment, famous for Its record during the Civil war. The regiment, organized In 1861, through the Influence of Gen. Thomas L. Kane, founder of the city of Kane, was made up large ly of hardy mountaineers of this r section of the country. On April 18, 1801. representatives from Mc Keao, B!k and Cameron counties I * S 4. mm* y /w"*7 W/soj. WycFZAxiss 'rrsnCDMAir met at the Smethporf courthouse in answer to summons sent out by General Knne. Tliree cons panies. the lli Kean Coontj Rifles, the Kik roam; Rifles and the Cameron County Wild rats., were organized and formed the nmlf of what later became the Backfall recti men t. It ?a.? at Smethport that the t? slznia by which the retcimerit cn me to be known was adofrfed. The day the rermirs assctttMH at Snaethport. April 2k 1S61. James l-andregan. member of the SfrKean County Rifles. while pass ing a meat mrrkef where a deer's carcass was on dbptsj. exit o<T the animal's tail, stuck it in his hat and proreevlert to bendVHM* ters Thomas !?. Kane, who later became a general, .-ixscrved the back's tail and seizin; upon the idea, announced that the force he was recruiting should be knows as the Cricktails. Uithia ? abort time the deer's carcns3 was <fi vwsted of Its hide which was cut loin strips to resemble beck tails and attached to their cn;**. After marching over the nvoarv tsins I he MeKran and Klk county troops Joined thnae of Ctruervsi county at Emporium and contin ued their march to Driftwood cn the Sinoemahoedn^. a branch of the Su-^uehanna river. Rafts had teen constructed of iuml*er for their Journey down the Sus?ji:eh;i: na to Ijoct flax en. And on April 27. 1*51. the forces nunt bering 315 men embarked and at Lock llaven hoarded'a train for llsrrisbvrg where they were mas tered Into sen ice. Last year aiso saw the passing of an even more famous -last survivor* of the -Lost Cause.* For when MaJ. Charies M. Stedmsu died on Scpten* ber 'Si, !U30y the Congress of the United States lost Its sole survivor of the Civil war serving our national legislature. Up until rev-en! years there were a number of Civil war vet erans, both those who wore the Blue and those who wore the Gray. In both houses of congress. Bet the last decade saw the number cut down steadily until 192T> when there were only three left. In that year Gen. Isaac Sherwood of Ohio retired to private life at the age of nffiety and his departure marked the passing of the last Union veteran from the house of representatives. In 199 Senator Francis Warren of Wyoming died and the last Union veteran was gone from the senate. And last year the death of Major Stedmnn of North Carolina removed not only the last Confederate veteran but also the last Civil war veteran on either side from both houses. Major S red man was bom January 20. 1S4V. in I'ittsboro, N. C., and en tered the University of North Caro lina at the age of sixteen. He was graduated from the university In tS61 and received his diploma, but before the commencement exercises could be held he had responded to a call for volunteers and enlisted as a private in the Fayettevllle Light Infantry company which was a part of the . First North Carolina (or Bethel) regiment. Upon the disbanding of this regiment he Joined a company from Chatham county, rose to the rank of lieutenant, then captain and finally major. He served In the army of Gen. Ilobert E. l^ee throughout the war and was present at the historic surrender at Appamattox. Major Stedmnn was wounded three times during the war but survived Ids wounds to become a lawyer end to be elected from the Greensboro district of North Carolina to the Sixty-second congress 20 years ago. <<? by Western Nsvrspapsr Un oa.)
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