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The Alamance gleaner j VOL. LVII. GRAHAM, IS, C., THURSDAY MAY 7, 1931. NO. 14. i . . ^ | News Review of Current Events the World Over Labor's Liberty Legion Out for Modification of Dry Lav/ ?Governor Roosevelt Dismisses Charges Against Mayor Walker. By EDWARD W. PICKARD LABOR'S IJQRKTY Legion, as It !s termed by Matthew Woll. vice president of tlie American Fed eration of Labor, Is in action for the pur pose of bringing about modification of, the Volstead act and jventually the repeal of the Eighteenth amendment. It con Matthew Woll SjSfg nf a nnfionnl committee of the organized trades, and It held a two day convention In Philadelphia that was attended by about 200 delegates from all parts of the country. . Mr. Woll was In the t?hnlr, and he did not mince words in stating the aims of those workers who are opposed to prohibition, and at times his language was almost In flammatory. He declared the groups which "forced" prohibition on the country were the industrialists "who were prompted by the desire to in crease their profits through higher production by making machines of hu man labor," and tlie church groups "who have admitted their failure to rule man by moral suasion, but seek to force their rule by the use of the big stick of the law." Asserting that ho did not believe in "milk and water methods," Mr. Woll continued. "There is too much law and order today. I want to see the shackles of injunction broken, if not by lAwful methods, then through physical resentment. It is only by ag gressiveness that states and com munities will regain their privileges. "Our nation came into being through a violent disregard of law and order. The negro was freed by bloody strife, in complete desregard of law and order. Labor unions came into being and won for American labor Its high standards of living, through strikes, lockouts and other violent methods." A report to the committee, written by Woll and I. M. Osborn, president of the cigar makers' international union, held out the hope that the le galization of light wines and beer might be enacted by the next con gress. It stated that only 17 members of the senate and 43 representatives were prohibition "die hards" and that some of them were "listed among the most valued customers of Washing tons well known bootleggers." NOT worth further consideration. Is In a nutshell the ver dict of Governor Roosevelt of New York state In dismiss In g the charges sgainst Mayor Jimmy Walker of New York city. And thus Tam many Hall wins a point in Its struggle with the citizens of the metropolis who are warring on what Gov. F. D. Roosevelt they believe to be graft and corrup tion. The charges, it will be remembered, were filed by Dr. John Haynes Holmes and Kabbl Stephen S. Wise on behalf of the city afTairs committee, and al leged malfeasance and misfeasance on the pnrt of the mayor, whose removnl was asked. Walker's reply was hot and vituperative, branding Ids accus ers as "Socialists," though In later public statements he asserted the Com munists were to blainr for the fight on him. The governor In dismissing the charges said he did not find in the documents submitted sufficient Justi fication to remove the mayor or to proceed further in the matter. There was no evidence, he added, that showed Walker had fulled to act on Information given to him or that he had failed to keep himself advised as to the activities of the subordinates beneath him. The city affairs committee prompt ly announced that the fight on Mayor Walker and on civic corruption would not he abandoned. CHAIRMAN ARTHUR WOODS of the President's commission for un employment announced his retirement 1 from active work with the organisa tion liecause he Is going to Europe to study employment conditions there. He also said bat s perceptible Im provement In general economic condi tions has been registered In recent weeks. IF PRKSIDENT HOOVER wants to be renominated?and its Is gener ally supposed be does?be will win by acclamation on the first ballot In the 1932 Republican convention, granting that the test of party sentiment made by the Washington Post is accurate. By the same token. Vice President Curtis will be renominated If he so desires. The Post polled the approximately 1,000 delegates to the Republican na tional convention of 1928. About one half of them answered. They were asked to state who, in their opinion, would be the party nominees next year. As to the Presidential nomination the responses were distributed as fol lows : President Hoover?487. Senator Dwight Morrow of New Jer sey?13. Calvin Coolidge?12. Lowden, Dawes. Borah, and Sena tor Watson of Indiana received one vote each. Theodore Roosevelt was second in the list of probabilities for second place on the ticket. l?ING PRAJADIII pok of Sinni. ac companied by Queen Ramha! Kami and her parents, made his official visit to Wash ington during the week. They arrived j in the capital city from New York on I Tuesday, being met at the static by Vice . rresiaeni uurns nnn of S,am other high officials, were duly photographed, and escorted In state to the Larz Anderson man sion on Massachusetts avenue. Next day the royal couple made ihelr for mal call at the White House. .Tnst within the front door President and airs. Hoover met them and led them to the Blue Room where, after brief conversation, the king requested the honor of presenting his suite. Mr. Hoover giving consent, the royal re tinue entered and was Introduced by the Siamese minister. The king and queen soon after hustled back to their temporary home and the return call by Mr. and Mrs. Hoover quickly followed. Queen Rambal Barn I has been hav ing a great time shopping In New York, purchasing quantities of femin ine gear, especially hosiery and foot wear. She has the reputation of be ing the prettiest woman of all the Far East's royalty. OFFICIAL groups within the Prot estant Episcopal church and the Presbyterian church In the United States have recommended vital alter ations In the church codes that will surely cause Ipng and loud discussion. After six years of study, an Epis copalian commission advocates a re vised cannon creating ecclesiastical courts to pass on problem* of mar riage. It would permit ministers to remarry communicants and divorced persons whose fitness had been ap proved, eliminate all mention of ground for divorce and remarriage, and defining nine causes fcr annul ment. A commission of the Presbyterian church, deploring the increasing di vorce rate, given Its approval to birth control practiced only "In fidelity to the highest spiritual Ideals of the Christian home," and suggests the es tablishment of courses of Instruction in marriage. The Presbyterian report will be sub mitted to the general assembly of the church In Pittsburgh May 28. The Episcopalian revision will be presented to t!\e general convention in Den ver September 16. Eminent educa- i tors from all parts of the country \ gathered In Urbnna, f III.. Friday, to take | part In the formal in auguration of Dr. \ I Harry Woodburn \ Chase as president of 'i the University of Illl- J nois. State officials, alumni and students k went to make up a great throng, and the program lasted a 11 Or. H. W. ChaM through the day und evening. In the morning the procession formed at the library and marched to the men'a gym naslum, escorted by the university's famous military band. President George Barr of the board of irustep* presided over the inaugural cere monies. Governor Einmersos extended greeting! on hehali of the stnte; Baro uel Wesley Stratton, chairman of the corporation of Massachusetts Insti tute of Technology, spoke for the uni versity world, and I'resident Uara melkamp of Illinois college fof the schools in the jtate of Illinois. There were further festivities In the nfteruoon. and In the evening Presi dent and Mrs. Chase held a reception. Doctor Chase, who was formerly presi dent of the University of North Caro lina. has been act.ng president since last duly, when he succeeded Dr. Dav id Klitley. There was a note of sor row in Friday's celebration, for Dr. K* A. Alderman, president of the Uni versity of Virginia, who was to have taken part In tht, program, passed away on the train on Ids way to Ur hanu; and only a few days before word had come of the death of Mrs. Klnley in Shanghai, China. GRKAT R R i T iiin's landed gentry never did like Philip Snowden iiiueh. i and their feeling against him was in tens! tied last week when he delivered his budget speech in par liament. The chancel j !or ci the exchequer. I weak from illness and a severe opera tion, stood bravely before the British Philip Snowden inwmnKcrs and announced nun ue in tended to put through a plan for the taxation of land values. The present land system, he said. Is unjust and a burden to trade and industry, and di rect taxation of land values would prove a remedy. He proposed to sot up machinery for national valuation, which probably would take two years. When the valuation is completed the tax would be one penny per pound on the capital value. As for the present budget. 10 r. Snowden announced.only two changes, both temporary devices. The tax on gasoline Is raised four cents a gal lon to twelve cents, and there are certain alterations in the payments of income taxes. Mr. Snowden will get $1)7.200.000 by withdrawal from the exchange stabilization fund that has been on deposit In New York. SOVIKT RUSSIA scored twice dur ing the week. By order of Under Secretary of State Mills a cargo of Russian lumber, brought to Provi dence, R. I., was admitted to the Unit ed States over the protests of domes tic producers. Mr. Mills stating that there was no evidence that It had been produced by convict labor. Of greater importance was the signing of a new ! credit agreement between Russia and I Italy which asrures large purchases I by the Soviets from Italians and the extension of credits by the latter. EGYPT'S worst railway disaster oc curred when the Cairo-Alexandria I express caught fl~e while rurning .at j high speed; at least 41 persons lost their lives. An earthquake in Transcaucasia killed nearly 400 of the inhabitants. . Ten men perished when an oil well near Gladewater, Texas, exploded and became ignited. SILVER ling sunk so fl low In price, the | ratio In relation to r gold being now about |' CO tc 1. that many k persons think some- M thing should be done L about It. Four sena- B tors are out to discov- ? ei* what this some- I thing may be. They g are the members of the senate foreign re- fi ? latlons subcommittee on commercial relations with China. Tha chairman, Key Pittmnn of Nev ada, has Just started for China, uv.d will be Joined there by Arthur Van denberg of Michigan, who is on a trip to the Philippines. Claude Swan son of Virginia and Henrik Shipstend of Minnesota will soon sail for Eu rope. Pittman and Vandenherg will in vestigate the possibility of a loan of some of the trea jury's surplus silver bullion to the Nat.onallst government of China for coinage. Swanson and Shipstead will consult with political and economic leaders of Europe con cerning a possible international con ference on a plan to suspend the prac tice of demonetizing silver coins and disposing of them as bullion. Both these Ideas were presented to the President in two resolutions by the senate, bat Mr. Hoover made oo re sponse. Extradition of ex-King Alfonso may be asked by the Spanish re public when he settles down some where; be Is accused of grafting. (Jen. Datnaso Berenguer. dictator of Spain until two weeka ago. Is In prison await ing trial for the part he played In the Morocco military disaster of 1H21 and for the execjtion of two officers after the revolt ..t Jam last Decern ber. ? <m. 1ML Waatara Nawaeapar Uolaal American Mothers* Si?r~ "yTrF< . Left?Photograph of Mr3. J. Ernest Schiller of Philadelphia which won the $250 international grand prize for the "Loveliest Mother in tho United States and Canada" in a $20,000 contest conducted by the Photographers' Association of America. (Photograph, courtesy of the Photographers' Association of America.) Center?"The Spirit of Motherhood." This composite Madonna results from the features of 271 paintings which range in date from 1293 to 1823. It was made by Joseph Gray kitchell after 31 years of study. Right?Photograph of Mrs. Blanche Rusby of Detroit, which won the $500 international grand prize in the contest mentioned above. (Photograph, courtesy of the Photographers' Association of America.) By ELMO SCOTT WATSON mAY 10 is the day this year when America honors its mothers. In accordance with a resolution passed fby congress in 1914, desig nating the second Sunday in May as Mother's day and asking the President to issue a proclamation calling upon government ?ificials to display the nag upon public buildings, President Woodrow Wil son issued such a procla j mation, asking his fe'.low citizens similarly to dis play flags at their homes as "a puonc expression of our love and reverence | tor the mothers of our country." Since that time the day has been generally observed throughout the United States and there has grown up the custom of sending to our mothers letters, telegrams, flowers, candy and other gifts on that day as well as hon oring them by wearing a white carna tion if one's mother Is dead and a col ored carnation if she is still living. All of which expresses a pretty senti ment and the origin und regular ob servance of Mother's day in the United States are facts in which Americans take considerable pride. Hut to offset this pride in the pretty sentiment is an ugly fact of which many Americans are not aware. And that fact Is that the mortality rate from maternity causes in the United States Is the highest in the civilized world, and that 10,000 of 10,(XX) American mothers who die each year from childbirth causes need not die If they are given adequate maternity care! / Do you doubt that statement about the mortality rate among Americnn mothers? If so, look at these official flg ures, compiled by the children's bureau of the United States Department of Labor for 1027 (the latest year for which figures for most of these coun tries were available) in regard to the maternity d"ath rates, per 1,000 live babies, for the following countries: Uruguay 2.2 i Italy 2.0 Japan 2.8 The Netherlands 2.0 Finland 3.0 Hungary 3.0 Denmark 3.1 Czechoslovakia ...... 3.0 Switzerland 3.7 Spain 3.0 England and Wales 4.1 Esthonia 4.1 Irish Free State 1.... 4.5 Northern Ireland 4.8 New Zealand 4.0 Lithuania 5.0 Canada 5.0 Chile 5.8 Australia 5.0 Salvador 0.3 Scotland 0.4 United States 6.5 In the light of these statistics and the custom of wearing white carna tions in honor of mothers who have died, some one has atked this very ap propriato question, "Does It not seem that 10,000 white carnations, one for each mother who needlessly died In the last year as a result of mother hood, represent too great a toil In pain and sorrow to be paid for by senti ment alone?" However, ar answer to that question may be found In a movement which is already under way. For this year the observance of Mbthers* day marks the beginning of a nation-wide educational campaign to reduce the mortality rate among American mothers so that 10. 000 shall not die In vain each year. This campaign has been started by Mrs. John Sloane, president of the Maternity Center association In New York city, and It lias the Indorsement of high government officials. At a recent White House conference ' President Hoover said, "When moth ers understand the standards of care, tiicy will demand protection." Sur geon-General II. S. Cuinmlng of the United States public health service In Indorsing the campaign as a new form of Mother's day observance has de clared, "The high maternal death rate Is a disgrace to our profession und I am convinced that efforts such us these will go far toward Improving conditions." Similarly Grace* Abbott, chief of the children's bureau, stated. "There are no more tragic deaths than of mothers In childbirth, and 1 feel sure that, If It were understood by the people of the United States that to a very large extent these deaths are preventable, they would be prevented." Typhoid fever, smallpox und diph theria have yielded to scientific con trol In tlie last quarter century, and tuberculosis has been reduced to half its toll, as almost everyone knows. Hut the death rate from causes con nected with maternity has not been lowered at all during the period for which records are available. Italy, Denmark and five other na tions have maternal death rates less than half that of the United States, which, as has been seen, Is twenty-sec ond on the roster of the nations of the world. In many of these countries the results have been commonly achieved by legislation requiring obe dience, but In the United States Im provement cannot be expected by such drastic action unless there Is popular opinion back of It. "We have refused to address our selves effectively to this problem for at least twenty-five years." snvs I)r. Ralph W. Lohenstlne, a noted obste trician of New York city. "If we are to improve conditions we must face them, not rntlhnullze. The humlliat- I Ing conclusion is that this national dls- | grace can be removed when, as a peo- j pie, we set out to remove It." "The idea of going to a physician at | once," states Dr. Frank W. Lynch, a leading obstetrician of San Francisco, "may seem ridiculous to the ordinary woman. She would not think so If she realized the value of taking things in time. In nearly every hospital In the land. It will he found that most trage dies occur In women who were not un der medical supervision during the pe riod of the child's development." "Perhaps the root of the difficulty," states Carolyn Conunt Van Blarrom, In her hook. "Obstetrical Nursing," i "lies in the fact that childbirth, as | well as the attendant suffering an,1 | death, are so familiar that they are ' regarded as being normal Incidents In the ordinary course of affairs. One j of the most dramatic of all human events, the birth of a new being. Is ac cepted casually, almost without con-, corn, because It Is so frequent?so commonplace. "Moreover, we are all accustomed to hearing stressed the fact that child hearing is not a disease, hut is a nor mnl physiological function. Not so generally, however, do we hear emph asis put upon the equally important fact that there Is extreme danger of Infection while these physiological functions ore in progress, sod that they must subject the entire organism to such a strain that there results a dangerously narrow margin between health and disease." Here Is the evidence that adequate maternity care saves mothers' lives. Louis I. Dublin. Ph. |i.. statistician of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company, and un export Internationally known, examined the records of P.T.'il mothers cared for by the Maternity Center association over a period of six years in a certain section of New York city. Ho compared the results with what happened to mothers In the same section of tho city not receiving such cure. Tills showed that those in the ilrst group have about three times-as good n chance to survive as the others. "The result," says tils report. "Is in dicative of the saving of lives tluii might be accomplished were every mother to receive the benefit of arte quale maternity care. As more than 10,000 women In the United Slates ev ery year die fretn onuses related to maternity, this means thst more than 10,000 deaths are preventable. In ad dition. .'10.000 of the 100,000 huhles who now die In the lirst month of life, would be saved. Infants, as well us mothers, are protected hy adequate maternity euro. "There Is nothing peculiar to the j civilization of Hie United States to ac count for tlie fart that our maternal death rate Is more than twice that of such countries as Denmark and the Netherlands, where records are kept as carefully as they are here. Tills country's low position on the rosier of nations of the world Is because there Is a striking absence here of trained care for the great mass of women in moderate circumstances who have children. ? "We have allowed things to go on with Indifference to the waste of lives of mothers and babies, assuming that all was well, when decidedly It was | not. The situation must be remedied." j (A ISI1. XVMtsrn Xswspapar lTntoa.1 J ?"%n I j OUR MOTHERS \ 4 With littl# cheeks ifiinil the pen* t J Yoti watched the sheet* of summer rain. 4 0 "And will It ever stop." you said. J t (She stroked your frightened baby head), t 4 "The stars?bow many miles away? ,4 4 Do even children die some day? 4 . Is heaven far above the blue?" ' 0 (She answered every on# (or you.) f 4 And when you left the fireside's light t 1 To go away up to bed at night. 4 4 Where shadows lurked along the wall ' 0 (Those were her footsteps 'n the hail). * 4 t 4 You saw the sallow moonlight flow 4 4 On field* of dying thin,. below. ' J But far away somewhere you knew ' 0 A silent prayer went up for you. f 1 The years live as a moment stays. 4 4 Tomorrows tint your yesterdays; 4 4 The May wind telle where lilacs are. ' \ A sleigh bell tinkles to a star; *f 0 Now we are young?our voices call, f 4 Now?faded portraits on the wall. 4 4 4 J More sweet thee* hour* with her will grow J 0 As they pass to the long ago. , 4 And should you speak some day to men. * 4 "Had I my life to live again?" 4 4 May you live now that you can say. 4 ' "I would not change a single day!" J 4 ?Thomas Harnsby FerriL 4 .a OPOOOOOOOOOOOQ^^ 8 CThe Kitchen i ' I.. t- Cabinet . 1 <?. 1931. Weitarn Newspaper Union > Search thy own heart: what paineth thee In othera, In thyaalt may ba.?J. <J. Whlttlar. I don't think much of a man who la not wlaer today ? that he waa yesterday.?Abraham Lincoln. SOME TE3TED GOOD THINGS There is an old saying that "an ap ple a day keeps the doctor away," and an onion a day keeps ev erybody away. A good time to Indulge In the odoriferous bulb Is at a time when you will not annoy others. Onions are such wholesome vegeta bles that they should be served at least twice a week In some form during the entire wdnter. An onion sirup cannot be ex celled for a cough, and a poultice of Chopped raw onion, mixed with rye Hour with a bit of vinegar to moisten, makes a remedy for any lung trouble. This is not pleasant, but It la very ef fective. Baked Stuffed Onions.?This makes a most satisfying main dish. Peel and cook I he onions In boiling salted water for ten minutes. Take out the cen ters, drain well. Parboil a small green l>epper and remove the seeds, peel 12 large mushroom caps, cook In three tahlespoonfuls of butter with the onion scooped from the renters, finely chopped. Add one-half cupful of bread crumbs, salt, pepper and a tablespoon ful of butter; mix well. Fill six me dium-sized onions and top each with a mushroom cap. Put Into a baking dish with a little water, cover and bake In a moderate oven about one hour. Itemove the cover the last 15 minutes and Srown. They are de licious without mushrooms, or with a bit of sausage. Lemon Pudding.?Mix one cupful of flour, two -gg yolks well beaten, one lemon. Juice and rind, one teaspoon ful of melted bntter. and one rupfnl of milk. When well blended fold In the well-beaten whites of the eggs and bake In a shallow baking dish set Into hot water. Bake three minutes. Serve -ot or cold. Walnut and 8almon Salad.?Sepa ute into flukes one-fourth of a cupful of canned salmon. Take one-half cup ful of walnut meats coarsely chopped. Shred three-fourth* of a cupful of cab bage. let stand In cold water to crisp. Drain, mix with the salmon and nuts, add one cupful of cooked salad dress ing and serve on lettuce and you have something good. Iftlanda New Americas Wake Island was acquired by the United States In 1898. as a result of the Spanish-American war. and waa ceded to this country by Spain under the treaty of Pari*, which ended the war. Midway Islunds are now a part of the Hawaiian group, and under the Jurisdiction of the Hawaiian govern ment. They were discovered by C*pL U. C. Brooks in the ship Gambler on i -luly 5, 1850, and officially taken pos session of In the name of the United States on August 28. 1807, by Captain Reynolds of the U. 8. S. I-ackawanna. Baker Island was taken possession of In the name of the United States In 1880 by an American named Michael Baker, who flrst discovered it In 1832. Howland island was discovered by 'ieorge E. Xetcher In 1812. and offl ; cinlly possessed In the name of the I United States In 1857. , Alaska's Old Capital Sitka, Alaska, was the old Russian capital of Russian Alaska, and re mained the capital of the new terrl j tory of Alaska when the Americana took possession on October 18, 1887. There was very little government in Alaska for some time after Its acqul i sltlnn. and It was not until the act of i August 24, 1912, that the territory waa organized and the capital officially es ; tahllshed at Juneau. Woasaa'a Words How'1 your vocabulary? Prof. Hen ry M. Robinson of the American Mag azine has figured out that the aver age girl with a grade school education uses between 1.200 and 2.000 words. With a high-school education she pos sesses 3.000 to 4.000. After a college education she commands anywhere , from 5.000 to 12.000. Shakespeare, in | hi" plays, employed 24,000 different I words. ? Walar for Goldfish A temperature between 50 and 80 degrees Is best for goldfish. Avoid j any sudden change In temperature. If ? water Is above 85 degrees In summer watch the fish and If they seem dis tressed reduce the number of flab In each aquarium and he sure the water Is aerated. Do not put ice In the wa ter. Cooled water may lie fed in grad ually If temperature la dangerously high. 4 ''J
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