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VOL. LVII. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY FEBRUARY 19, 1931. r NO. 3.
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- News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Radicals in Senate Keep Up Fight Against Drought Relief
Compromise?Schall Attacks Attorney
General Mitchell. '
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
Radicals in the
senate gave op
hope of defeating
the compromise on
drought relief ap
propriations which
was outlined a week
ago. for Uohlnson of
Arkansas. Democratic
leader. and many
others prominent In
his party Indorsed It
as tlie hest that could
he obtained. iu>th
??tutor Blaln*
D.kl>. J I
nuuiUBuu mill uininn)') n iiu mill i?cr?
?o critical of the administration's pol
icy, changed their stand, defended
President Hoover, expressed their con
fidence In Secretary of Agriculture
Hyde and admitted thnt the work of
the Red Cross in the drought area
had Improved until It was now ad
equate to the situution. Robinson said
he was not trying to save his" face,
but honestly believed that the com
promise agreement would do what was
necessary.
Secretary Hyde was asked to tell
the senate whether in his opinion
money obtained by farmers under the
compromise plan could he used to bay
food. His reply was yes.
La Follette and Blaine of Wiscon
sin. Norris of Nebraska and other In
surgents continued to denounce the
compromise as humiliating, wicked.
Shameful and altogether wrong. Young
Bob denounced the Democrats for co
operating with the i dmlnlstrntlon. and
asserted that "If we accept this sur
render it means that we do nothing
for the 22.000.000 affected by unem
ployment."
While he was speaking a committee
of fifteen that was said to represent
the workers' unemployment Insurance
delegation tried to get into the house
of representatives with a big petition,
demanding that Speaker I-ongworth
recess the house for twenty minutes
so they might appear on the floor and
state their case. The speaker refused
this request and would not receive
the committee in his office, so the peti
tion was left with his secretary and
the Importunate visitors were gently
pushed out of the Capitol by a bunch
of policemen. The unemployed work- !
ers were said to he led by commun
ists. and the Washington police were
out In force to prevent a Red Invasion.
This aroused the wrath of Senator
Blaine, who declared that "the menace i
exists only In the minds of those who
are protecting the very system that
may some day create a real menace of
this sort."
In Minneapolis, Boston. New York,
ftneramento and other cities there were
communist demonstrations in behalf of
relief for the unemployed, in some In
stances inrolvlng conflicts with the
police.
TD. SCHAI-I- the
?blind radical lte
pnbllcan senator from
Minnesota, resents
President Hoover's
request that he cease
recommending Ernest
MtJiel of Minneapolis
for s federal Judge
ship and submit a list
of "lit" candidates. He
puts all the blame for
the situation on At
torney General Mitch
Erneat Mle'itl
?II. declaring that the latter'a "corpor
ation-public utility connectlona" hare
warped hla Judgment. Schall lao't let
ting the affair reat. He aent a letter
ratling to the atteotlob of the I'real
dent "laine of the former corporation
connectlona of hla attorney general."
and nlao told the aenate all about
tbeae.
"An a Itepuhllcan and a aenator,"
ftchall wrote, "let me Importune yon.
Mr. I'realdenU jot to cloae your eyea
to the leaaona of recent political hie
tnry. Tuft wrecked hla adtnlnlatratlon
by truatlng Bellinger; Harding
wrecked hla by truatlng Fall. Daugh
erty and othera of leaaer notoriety like
Theodore Kuab Holland.
"A re you going to tvreck youre by
further truatlng your attorney gener
?I? The gnawer It for you to make;
hut mllliona of loyul Uepuhllrana
throughout the land are hoping and
praying for a negative anawer."
WKI.U the Smedley Butler Incident
la cloaed. The flery marine gen
eral baa expreased In writing hla re
gret for hla animadreralona on Prem
ier Muaaollnl. Secretary of the Nary
Ailuiiia baa formal I ? reprimanded him
for hla Indlacretlon. and the order for
the general'* court-martial trial, haa
been revoked. The public la dlaappoint
e
ed for It had expected iome spicy
rending.
Information obtained at Washington
is that Ambassador de Murtlno of
Italy called on Secretary of State
Stlmson and discussed the Butler case
In such a way that It was easy to Infer
that his government would prefer that
Italo-Amerlcan relations should not be
Imperiled through a presentation of
the circumstances surrounding the al
leged hit-and-run Incident In a possi
bly acrimonious way. It was apparent
that Mussolini would be glad If the
mutter were dropped entirely, so Mr.
Stlmson suggested to Mr. Adams that
a compromise might be effected, with
the result stated above.
Premier Mussolini was quoted as
saying In Rome: "I have already for
gotten the whole matter, except the
kind touch of friendship the American
government showed towards Italy and
me."
WHEN the senate passed the inde
pendent ottlcep appropriation
bill the federal farm board was given
a new lease of life and assured that
It could continue its operations for
another year. The measure curried
the final $100,000,000 of the board's
authorised $500,000,000 revolving loan
fund. The senators, desiring to avoid
blt.rae If the board falls to accomplish
results, rejected an amendment of
fered by Senator Black of Alabama
which would have forbidden the use
of any of the hundred millions for
trading in futures on grain or cotton
exchanges.
Southern senators were particularly
exercised over the use of farm board
funds by cotton co-operatives In trad
ing in futures. By permitting its funds
to be used In this way It was as
serted that the board is encourug tig
speculation.
Embarrassing.
to say the least.
Is the position In
which Leo S. Rover,
district attorney of
the District of Colum
bia, finds himself.
When the senate re
scinded Its approval
of the appointment of
George Otis Smith as
a member of the fed
era I power board and
then rejected the
Leo I. Rover
I uuiuiuuuun, u aisu itunpieu a rvaniu
tlon ordering Mr. Itover to Institute
court proceedings to oust Mr. Smltn
from the bottrd. He hut no choice hut
to ohejr these Instructions. However,
hoth President Hoover and Attorney
General Wllllnm Mitchell hold that
Mr. .Smith's appointment was legal
and that the former approval of It by
the senate must stand, wherefore ap
parently It la up to Mr. Itover to at
tempt to prove that his superiors sre
wrong In their contention. '
BISHOP GANNON of the Methodist
Church South was freed from rite
charges made against hint, the elders
deciding they did nnt have sufficient
merit to warrant putting the hlshop
on trial. But this didn't end the
churchman's troubles, for Senator
Nye's campaign fund committee, with
enlarged powers, called on him to ex
plain his expenditures of antl-Smlth
funds In the campaign of IH28.
Disclosure In the house of the large
expenses Incurred by the Nye com
mittee In Its travels about the coun
try has greatly Irked the North Da
kota senator. This expense account
has been Introduced Into the Congres
sional Record, and Nye Justly fears
It will be a potent wenpon In this
hands of his foes when be comes up
for re-election.
Friends and '?d
mlrera of Albert
C. Ritchie of Mary
land are rery bury
tbeae daya urging blra
aa the Democratic
atandard bearer of
1032. They hare
formed the Ritchie
for-l'realdeot league
and tta general aecre
tary, Lawrence l-ock
wood of Baltimore,
aaya It will hare
Gov. RltehU
branch** Is fnrty-elsbl state* within
three months. Already the** branches
number thirteen. organlZHllnna In
Michigan. Massachusetts. Illinois and
Georgia baring been formed In the
last two weeks. The national president
of tbs Ritchie league I* Kdward A.
Gabler of Philadelphia. and the leader
In New York In Wllllnra A. Powell. At
Is of course well known, Governor
Kltchle Is a wet.
BY A rote of 91 to 56 the lower
house of the Illinois ssseniblj
passed an act wiping out the state
prohibition law and the search and
seizure act that complements It. The
repealers had 1-1 more rotes than were
necessary. The measure g<?e? to the
senate, which Is In recess until Feb
ruary 17, and some of the house mem
bers gave warning that unless prompt
action was taken by the upper house
there might be a filibuster on appropri
ation bills.
The Wisconsin senate adopted three
resolutions Msking congress to relieve
the country from prohibition. One
urges a national prohibition referen
dum, the second asks modification of
the Volstead act to permit the manu
facture of light wines and beer, and
the third culls fo- immediate repeal
or modification of the Eighteenth
amendment. Concurrence of the lower
house In these resolutions was con
sidered certuin.
r\ KPYINO the en
emles of the
monarchy and disre
garding all threat!.
King Alfonso has re
stored part of the
abrogated constitu
tional rights of the
Spaniards and called
parliamentary elec
tions for March 1,
ending the dictator
ship that has been In
exlste.'.ce about seven
King Alfonso
years, i ne royal decree restores dur
ing the election period freedom of
speech, freedom of writing, freedom
of lawful assembly and of pollticil
and religious organization. It says the
government has done everything possi
ble to guarantee honest elections 4nd
that these should have the full sup
port of the nation.
But. say the Madrid correspondents,
many politicians do not believe In the
sincerity of the government and many
more will not participate in the elec
tions because of their wrath against
the king. Socialists representing the
vast majority of labor; Republicans,
who command the support of fully Ob
per cent of the students; monarchist
enemies of Alfonso XIII, who, under
the guidance of Sanchez Guerre, are
demanding a constituent assembly
stand fast In their refusal to go to the
polls.
The opening of the electornl period
finds the country in a state of extreme
nervousness. Alarming posters of revo
lutionary and counter revolutionary
plota appear everywhere.
IF THE naval ap
' proprlatlons hill re
ported favorably to
the house become*
law. the naval estab
llshment will he con
siderably reduced. The
measure carries $344.
000,001), which Is more
than I3C.000.000 below
the expenditures al
lowed for the current
year. It provides for
fewer ships In com
Rep Britten
mission, reduces the enlisted personnel
of both the navy and the marine cortm.
diminishes funds for new wurshlps and
decreases the size of the Naval ncad
emy classes at Annapolis. Officer
strength is maintained at the same
level.
There is now before congress a war
ship authorization hill carrying $74.
000,000. which provides for the con
struction of one cruiser, four suhma
rlnes and one aircraft carrier. Chair
man Fred A. Britten of Illinois, of the
naval affairs committee announced ef
forts would he made to have the house
enact this measure, and-tt also will he
pushed in Ihe senate later. It Is far
ored by Ires!dent Hoover.
WITHOUT a negative vote the sen
ate passed the Kendall hill, al
ready passed by the house, providing
for a 44-hour week In the (Hiatal serv
Ice. The measure was harked by the
National Federation of I'ost Office
Clerks and opposed by Postmaster
General Brown.
WIIIJC Paul Bogdnnov. head of
the Amtorg Trading corporation,
was denying to Chicago business men
that Russia waa dumping wheat on
central European markets, dispatches
came from Vienna telling how Bus
aim's commercial representative there
operating from his seat on the Vienna ;
stock exchange, ras offering Sovlei
wheat at prices as much as 2f? per :
cent under those quoted l?y cnrnpetl !
tors. It was understood In the Austrian !
capital that the Soviet government 1
was planning to ship wheal from Itus
slan Black sea ports up the hariuhe
river to compete with grain from |(u
mania, Jugo-Sluvla and Hungary In
the marketa of central Kuroj*. Jugo
Slavla already has taken stej?? to com
bat tills move, a decree being protnul
gated doubling the doty on Imported
wheat, floor and corn.
(S Its I. w?tm Wswsspw Colon, i
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Oaxaca, Rocking
Chair of Mexico
.. .
Earth Tremors Common at
Scene of Disastrous
Earthquake.
Washington.?Chief sufferer In the
recent Mexlcun earthquake was the
city of Oaxaca. capital of the state
by the same name, 220 mll? south
east of the city of Mexico. Lives were
lost and scores of buildings were lev
eled.
"Oaxaca, whose name Is unpro
nounceable to Americans until It is
phonetically worded 'wah-hah-kah,' Is
In the rocking chair of Mexico," says
A bulletin from the National Geo
graphic society. "Earth tremors are
of such common occurrence there that
the houses are low. massive, with a
more distinct Spanish-Moorish cast
thnn those of any other Mexican city.
Certain of its dwellings are fortress
like In character, designed to resist
both earthquakes and mobs.
One of Mexico's Beauty Spots.
"Despite Its unsavory aspects, at
ways quickest to get Into print, Oaxaca
Is one of the most attractive and in
teresting cities of Mexico. Only 37
years after Columhus sighted the New
world a Spanish convent was estah
lished there, and its fine cathedral was
founded in 1.153.
"One feels that the Conqulstadores
have not fully relinquished their hold
upon Onxaca. With Its electric lights,
telephones and other modern conveni
ences It Is not, of course, what It was
when the Spaniards ruled. But one
has only to step around the corner?
get out of hearing of railroads and
street cars, and out of sight of the
electric light?to leave the Twentieth
century.
"Oaxaca has many plazas, palm
shaded. each with Its fountain, and
several green, tangled, flower-filled
parks. Visitors to the residential dis
tricts glimpse delightful patio gardens
through half-opened posterns. The
church bells are soft and melodious,
for Oaxaca was once the most godly
see In New Spain, and the faithful
were called to prayer by bells of gold
and silver. The streets are largely
paved with cobbles of Colonial times,
and there are legends everywhere. A
daughter of Montezuma?a groat-great
grandmother. of course?still lives. It
Is whispered. In Oaxaca.
"No state In Mexico was richer In
precious metals when the Spaniards
came. It is rich even yet. for Its
mines hnve scarcely been tapped.
Hardly a day passes that some family
of Indians does not drift In from the
bush with raw gold to sell. The In*
dlnns never tell where they find the
metal. Their experience In genera
tions past has at least taught them to
hold their tongues.
"Treasures are often found In the
walls of old houses In Oaxaca. The
priests and friars, fnlthful to their
trust, concealed gold and silver ves
sels during Insurrections In the past.
One by one these custodians died and
the knowledge of the hiding places
died with them. From time to time
an old house Is torn down, or crashes
In an earthquake, and In the crum
bling brick walls the forgotten gold
Is found. Perhaps, when the ruins
left by the recent earthquake are
sifted, more hidden gold will be
brought to light.
Area Equal to Indiana.
"Oaxnca la the capital and commer
cial center of a Mexican state about
equal In area to the state of Indiana.
The city is connected by railway with
Mexico City, and by numerous roads
and trails with hundreds of villages
and hamlets in Its own state. A mile
above sea level, the city of Oaxnca Is.
nevertheless, almost entirely surround
ed by hills and mountains.
The city of Oaxnca has only about
40.00(1 inhabitants, but the state It gov
erns Is estimated to contain almost
a million people, most of them Indians
of the Mlxtec and Zupotec tribes, liv
ing In towns whose names, many of
them, are not to he found on any map.
The Mlxtec and Zapotlc Indians
are among the most distinctive In
North America. Their eyes have a
distinct oriental slant, lending to the
belief that their forbenrs were In some
way linked with the Mongols of Asia.
These Indians make beautiful wool
sernpos. or scarfs, on primitive looms.
They are skilled basket weavers, and
makers of delicate filigree work In 24
karat gold M
Monument on Grave in
Honor of Mine Burro
Fnlrp'ay. Cola?"I'rune*," a burro
that hauled ore In Colorado mines for
CJ years, has a monument built over
his grate on Main street here.
The aged burro, whose patient foot
steps plodded through the history of
Colorado, was shot recently when he
lost all of his teeth, snd became too
feehle to eat
He was hurled with ceremony, ami
popular subscription erected ? monu
ment over the grave.
Modern methods have all but elimi
nated the hurro from the mines of the
states where once they were empioyeJ
by the thousands.
Coed Killed Trying to
Avoid Another Accident
Ontario. Calif.?Betty Hill, seven
teen. I'omona college coed, was killed
Instantly In a traffic crash here. An
empty purse had been placed In the
street by some boys and the motorist
driving in front of Miss Hill's auto
stopped suddenly to pick It up. In
order to avoid crashing into him Miss
Hill swerved her car directly Into the
path of another auto coming from the
opposite ilrertlon. Her light road
ster rolled over several tlmca.
I
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| Father Drops Dead
at Daughter's Grave g
Hull, England. ? Despite his ]e
wife's ndmonltlon, Edwin Cuts- ?
forth, a laborer. Insisted on J
braving the bitter cold to visit
his daughter's grave.
"I'm going If I drop dead." he 1
said.
A few paces outside bis home j
he collapsed and died en route j I
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! Woman, 86, Heads
Five Generations ??
Holland, Mich.?Mrs. Helen ??
1! Paris, eighty-six, a native of jj
this port of the state for the I
!! past 50 years. Is the head of I
|| five generations.
The quintet includes Anson A.
Paris, sixty-three, Holland's old- "? s
? ? est rural mall carrier In respect
I) to age; Mrs. Flora Schlotter, ||
? ? forty-two, grand-daughter of
II Mrs. Paris; Russell Vllet, eight jj t
?? months' old, and Mrs. Cnther- ??
Ine Vllet, twenty, the mother of
" the haby.
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England Busy Speeding
Up Its Fighting Planes
London.?Greater speed Is the order
being passed along the lines of the
royal air force these days.
An order to Increase the speed of
day bombers, fighters, and. probably,
army co-operation craft, lias been ap
proved by the air ministry. Daring
the next 15 months the work of speed
Ing up the IL A. F. will take place.
Early types will probably be re
placed by the latest models and a
number of new fighters and recon
naissance aircraft will be added.
All contracts have not been conclud
ed. but It is known that more than 2U0
Hawker planes will be built. The type '
Is a day bomber already in the flying
equipment of one squadron. I
The plane is powered wit h the Roll*- '
Royce "F" type liquid cooled engine i
of 500 horse power. It Is a fully
equipped two seater and attains a
speed of no less than 180 miles an I
hour at a height of 10.HUU feet. j I
The "Fury" and the "Norn" are the
fighters selected by the air ministry i
for re-equipment. The "Fury." chosen <
for the intercepter fighter squadrons,
carrying a full load, is able to fly at i
considerably more than 200 miles an
hour and climbs to a normal opera- |
tionnl height of 20.000 feet in about
ten minutes. The sea version of this (
craft, some five miles an hour less
speedy bat modified for deck landing j
and possible catapult launching. Is (
styled the "Norn."
Bronze Monument
Honors French Boy
Pari*.?The Pasteur Institute his
dedicated a bronze monument to M.
Joseph Melster. Melsfer. as a b?j
43 years ago, was the first person to
allow SI Pasteur to Inoculate him
with the rabies serum.
The statue commemorating the
event shows the farm boy. Melster.
grappling with a mad dog. Melster Is
now living in Purist
Scottish Woman Dancer
Has Wealth of Medals
London.?I.ena FWdg, the champion j
woman dancer of Scotland, has mors
medals than she can use She has
so many medals that she can't wear
them all. At public ap|>eaninre* she
has several page boys displaying more
then 1.0UU she has received hut which
she cannot wear because of lack of
room. They've all been given her" Id
recognition of her dancing.
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Rob* Quarantined Home
Brunswick. Maine.?The familiar red
sign warning that the house was under
quarantine for scarlet fever failed to
dctor a burglar. He entered the home
I of Arthur Smith and stole $100.
" i
This Plane Carries Air Mail in Its Wings
Officials tl Washington Inspecting the latest type ot plane* designed tor the air mail service. The; are all
metal and macb of tha mall la carried In the hollow wings.
FAIRIES' MOSS GROVE
Ton ma; be surprised to bear that
irownles like roller skating, for yoo
would think that
jT3t they would fall
down every mo
ment?they are so
round and fat
Well, that la per
fectly true. They
fall down almost
as often aa they
take a single roller
skating stroke, and
often they no
sooner stand up
than they fall down
again.
But they think
that Is lots of fan.
and as It always
made the fairies
laugh at the party
and gave them sack
a good time watch
Lots of Fun.
[ng them. they didn't mind In the very
least little bit.
Weil, at this party, the brownies
had arrived first at the rallies' Moss
Grove, and had made it look much like
a very, big occasion by having tables
spread a round the edge of the grows
filled with little dishes of brownies"
broth, brownies' bread and brawniest
biscuits. ail ready for luncheon.
In the very center of the grove was
a big throne. Around the throne were
countless Htle bright yellow bushes
ill In their spring garb of lovely Moo
ices.
The big throne bore over the top af
It In large letters:
"For the Fairy Queen." and the
little fairies always rested under the
yellow bushes.
Somehow the fairies thought the
brownies wanted them te real almost
before they, had tried to skate?which
was very true, fos the brownies were
very proud of their decorations.
"Weil." the brownies said, "we will
now begin the celebration. We wffl
show you fancy skating such as yarn
have never seen In nil your life."
And the fairies believed It. for they
knew that the fancy skating of the
brownies would be suite different
from any other so-called fancy skating.
To their surprise, however, the
brownies had practiced what to <1
rich time they fell down.
They would el.her turn a somersantt
or do a handspring or slide along the
soft moss In a very funny way. with
their arms and legs flying shore. K
seemed 1
How the fairies did laugh, for they
never knew what the brownies won
going to do next.
They were certainly the funniest
little roller skaters, and the tolrtan
lDOOjDI roej snouiu
Just be called
"rollers" because
they rolled more
than they stated:
At the very end
of the afternoon,
thonch. when once
more the brownies
were dolnc some of
their tricks, the
leader of the en
tertainment said:
"Now for oor
ballet dance."
And all the little
brownies did a bal
let dance which
they named the
Tumble?the best
name they could
have riven It. for
Th? Tumbl*.
inejr tumnieu so very, itrj muca um?
than they dauced.
But It was a very jolly party and
there were so much laughter; I won
der If you heard some echoes of their
laughter the other afternoon?
Perhaps you did.
PUZZLES
What files and yet baa no wlnga?
Time.
? ? ?
What plant turns a girl Into a wom
an? Thyme (Time).
? ? ?
Why Is A a fortunate letter? Be
cause It Is always In health.
? ? ?
How may book-keeping be taught ta
three words? Never lend them.
? ? ?
How )s a poultry dealer compelled
to earn his living? By fowl meani
? ? ?
Why should a fisherman be wealthy?
Because his business Is all not profit
? ? ?
When do we find the wind moat bit
ing? When we are in the teeth of
the gale.
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