The Alamance gleaner
VOL. LVII. GRAHAM, IN, C., THURSDAY MAY 14, 1931. NO. 15.
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
International Chamber of Commerce Debates Causes and
Cures of Economic Depression?Financiers
Scored by M. A. Traylor.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
WHAT alls this
old world? What
are the causes of the
ailments? What can
be done about It?
These were the ques
tions asked and In
various ways an
sweredby scores of the
lending men In finance ,
and Industry from
43 nations, assembled
In Washington for the
sessions of the Inter
national Chamber of
8!ras H.
Strawn
v-ommerce. suas n. oirawn 01 1^111
cago, newly elected president of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, formally opened the meeting
and then Georges Theunls. former
Belgian premier and retiring presi
dent of the International body, took
the chair.
The first address was the speech
of President Hoover welcoming the
delegates, and the Chief Executive
seized the occasion to take another
hard wallop <at war and armaments.
He said he believed the certain way
to restore prosperity was to lighten
the burden of national defense which
Is now costing the nations more than
$5,000,000,000 a year and keeping near
ly 5,000,000 men actively under arms.
He urged the business men of the
five continents to mobilize their In
fluence upon their respective govern
ments to Join in the reduction of
armament at the international con
ference to be held next year under
the auspices of the League of Nations.
"Of all proposals for the economic
rehabilitation of the world." said Mr.
Hoover, "I know of none which com
pares In necessity or Importance with
jthe successful result of that confer
ence."
M. Theunls submitted a long and
exhaustive report on world conditions.
In the course of which he said: "I
am personally convinced that the com
mercial policy and the customs tariff
In force In most of the countries of
the world constitute one of the funda
mental causes of our actual economic
troubles. A liberal customs policy
might be expected to lead to better
business conditions."
He thus showed he was in accord
with certain prominent members of
the United States Chamber of Com
merce who at their meejtlng In At
lantic City called for a t.^lff revision
downward.
iff aI.?Im a rr.n.-i/.. :? ? nui
aiciYiu a. iia.uui, pruiuiiicui V/ili
eago banker, electrified his hearers by
a scorching attack on commercial
lenders and government executives of
America. "Ambition, cupidity and
greed have dictated policies, and trou
ble has been the result," he declared.
"Tt is a tragedy when In a world of,
plenty there should be so much pov
erty and when, In i. nation that hoasts
of Its riches, 6,000,000 or more per
sons willing to work should be un
able to And employment. It is n chal
lenge to the world and especially to
American business and political lead
ership."
Mr. Traylor's attack began with
a criticism of manufacturers who took
advantage of technological and man
agement Improvements to swell their
output to a point far In excess of the
possibilities of consumption. And he
was equally severe In his character
ization of the methods of bankers and
of traders on tbe floors of the stock
and grain exchanges. He nrged that
floor trading and small margin ac
counts be forbidden.
Mlt. STRAWN when he addressed
the delegates to the international
meeting Invited them all to Chicago
for the "Jubilee" celebration of May
10 to 20. and he received assurance
that many of them would attend. The
midwest metropolis had made most
elaborate preparations for this affair,
the program Including festivals In the
brightly decorated "loop" district, big
parades, dedication of the replica of
Fort Dearborn, firs* of the Century of
Progress exposition buildings, and. to
wind up with, the elaborate war game
of the air force of the army.
PULITZER prize awards for liter
ary excellence In 1930 have been
announced, and there are few If any
aurprines In the list. The main awards
are: Rest novel, Mrs. Margaret Ayer
Barnes, for "Years of Grace"; best
book dealing with tbe history of the
United States. Prof. Bernsdotte El
Schmltt of University of Chicago, for
"The Coming of the War"; best play.
Susan Glaspell, for "Alison's House";
best American biography. Henry
lames, for "Charles W. Eliot"; beat
volume of verse. Robert Front, for
"Collected Poems"; best piece of re
portoriul work, A. B. Macdonald of
the Kansas City Star; best example of
foreign correspondence, H. K. Knicker
bocker of the Philadelphia Ledger;
best editorial, C. S. Ryckman of the
Fremont (Neb.) Tribune; best car
toon, Kdinund Duffy of the Baltimore
Sun. A gold medal was awarded the
Constitution of Atlanta, Ua.. for meri
torious public service in exposing
municipal graft. Several young men
were given traveling scholarships In
Journalism.
n HE VAILING de- I
* pression has not I
affected the I!oy I
Scouts of America. S
The national council f
celebrated at n two I
day meeting In Mem- s
phis the close of the f
twenty-flrstyearof the !
organ.satlon and an
nounced It had been |;i
the best and most *
eventful of all. Presi
dent Walter W. Head
of Chicago presided at
Lord
Hampton
mi me oeasions ana on me last any
Mortimer Schiff, New York banker,
was elected president for 1931.
At a banquet concluding the first
day's session Dan Beard, veteran In
dian fighter and chief commissioner
of Boy Scouts, presented the silver
buffalo, highest honor in the gift of
the organization, to an English peer
and six Americans. Those honored
were Lord Hampton, chief commis
sioner of British Boy Scouts; Griffith
Ogden Ellis, editor of The American
Boy magazine; I^ewis Gnwtry, New
York banker; George W. Olmstead,
Pennsylvania public utilities execu
tive; Victor F. Bidder. New York
newspaper publisher; Robert P. Snlf
fen. Yonkers. N. Y., merchandising ex
pert. and Mell R. Wilkinson. Atlanta
(Ga.) merchant and manufacturer. Ci
tations praised them for distinguished
service to scouting.
Lord Hampton, long prominent in
English Boy Scout work, served with
distinction In the World war. He was
awarded the Silver Cross for life sav
ing in 1919 and the following year re
ceived the award of the Silver Wolf,
the British Scout decoration for dis
| tinguished service to boys.
HIS conviction on
the charge of ac
cepting a bribe having
beefl upheld by the
District of Columbia
court of uppeals. Al
bert B. Fall says he
has decided not to
carry the case to the
Supreme court of the
United States. Tire
former secretary of
the interior, it seems,
must serve the one
A. B. Fall
year term In prison to whlcli he was
sentenced, and pay a fine of $100,000.
unless President Hoover intervenes
with a pnrdon?which Is the hope of
his friends.
Fall, Interviewed at his ranch In
New Mexico, said his attitude toward
a Presidential pardon was rather pas
sive. "I am an old man," he said. "I
am not guilty of the crime of which
1 was accused. I had fought until
I am worn out and considerations for
my family impel me to carry the fight
no further."
He said he had no money with
which to pay the fine nnd explained
he had lost ownership of the ranch
on which he lives when a mortgage
was foreclosed several years ago.
Mothers and
children and
their welfare were the
toplca of eapeclal con
sideration during the
week throoghont the
nation. To promote
better maternity care
for the women of the
United States was the
object of a big meet
ing In the Park Lane
hotel. New York city,
the arrangements fbr
which were In the
Mr*. K?rmlt
Roo*?velt
charge of lira. Hermit Roosevelt.
Prominent physicians and health of
ficers as well as many well known
women were among the attendants,
the latter Including Mrs. Herbert
Hoover, Mrs. John Sloane. Mrs. Au
gust Belmont, Mrs. EL Marshall Field.
Mrs. Jeremiah Mllband, Mrs. Samuel
Scbiffer, Sirs. Robert L. Gerry. Mrs.
John It Drexel, Miss Mabel Choate,
and Miss Frances Perkins, New York ,
state Industrial commissioner.
George fisher baker of New
York, reputed to be the richest
American hanker and the third richest
man in the country, who died of pneu
monia at the age of ninety-one. was
hurled Tuesday In Tuxedo Park, N. Y?
where he resided. Many persons promi
nent In finance and In life generally
were present nt the funeral.
Because Mr. Baker died In a period
I of price depression, the United States
I and the state of New York will re*
I celve In inheritance taxes far less of
his amassed wealth than would have
[ been the case had he passed away
two years ago. ills estate Is esti
mated at something like $500,000,000.
rpRENCH opposition to the proposed
* Austro-German customs accord
seems to be effective nt least to the
extent of keeping the little entente
out of line. The foreign ministers of
that entente have stated that all ques
tions concerning the uccord must find
the countries of the little entente firm
'y united In their attitude, and what
that attitude will be Is Indicated by
the fact that the Rumanian govern
ment has Informed Berlin that It does
not wish to negotiate with Germany
at this time. M. Briand is being warm
ly supported by Czechoslovakia.
PRESIDENT CARMONA of Portugal
* Is comparatively happy now. for
the rather serious revolt In Madeira
island has been suppressed by the
government forces under command of
Magalheas Correia, minister of marine.
The federal troops bombarded the
rebels at Funchal by land, sea and
air until they jave up the fight, the
leaders taking refuge In the British le
gation. The casualties were not ex
cessive, but the normal life of Madeira
had been greatly disturbed for weeks
and the government In Lisbon wn
really worried for a time.
# MiiNa nns virtual
^ ly abrogated the
extraterritoriality
treaties, with for
eign powers, the ab
rogation to tal:e effect
January 1 next. Chi
nese Jurisdiction over
legal cases involving
foreigners resident In
China Is to be estab
lished. but special
courts for such case*
will be created In rer
tain areas, including
Chiang
Kai-shek
Shanghai, Tientsin. Mukden nn<l Can
ton. The mandate to this effect was
promulgated by President Chiang Kai
shek's government after negotiations
with Sir Miles Lampson. British mln
Ister, for abolition of extraterritorial
Ity had broken down. Foreign consuls
In China feared that communists
would find In the action excuse for nt
tacks on foreigners In the interior, and
the number of protecting warships at
various ports was increased.
President Chiang Kai-shek is hav
ing his troubles with rebels in Canton
and with some members of his own
Nationalist party. The former are led
by Chen Chi-tang, and both they and
the conservative Nationalists declare
that Chiang must resign the presi
dency. asserting that he is trying to
make himself a dictator. The prov
inces of Kwnngtung and Kwangsi do.
clared their Independence.
JAPAN'S foremost
aviator, young
Seljl Yosliilmra, start
ed his solo flight from
Tokyo to Washington.
D. C.. under the aus
pices of the Tokyo
newspaper Hochl
Shimbun. Mis route
for the long and peril
ous Journey was laid
out to the northern Is
lands of Japan, thence
along the Kuriles to
Yoshihara
j retropaviovsic. KammniKn. wun iwo
Intermediate landings; from there
across ftie Bering sen and along the
Aleutian Islands and the Alaskan
shore, with stops, to Seward, and then
down to Vancouver and Seattle. At the
latter city he will change his sea pon
toons for landing gear and proceed to
San Francisco, after which he hopes
to fly to the National Capital to deliver
to President Hoover a message of
good will from Japan. Yoshlhnrn'a
plane Is a light all-metnl Junkers with
open cockpit and no radio.
The huge German seaplane DO X,
which started for South America
months ago and was laid up t?y a tire.
Is on Its way again and at last ac
counts had reached Bolama, Portu
guese Guinea.
MORE than once Mustapha Kemnt
Pasha has refused to let the
Turks make him President for life,
but they are doing It In effect any
way. The other day they elected him
for his third term of four yenrs. that
action being taken by the national as
sembly In extraordinary session at
Angora, and the vote was unanimous.
Ismet Pasha and the cabinet resigned
pro forma and the premier and other
ministers were promptly Yenppolnted.
(A lflL WMUra N?wsp*p?r L'aioa.)
"Mounties" Tell
Tales of the North
? <e>
Thrilling Adventure* in the
Arctic Related by the
Canadian Police.
Ottawa.?Arctic crime and Arctic he
roism, battles for life and native in
sistence upon death, tales of the polar
bear, the wolf, walrus and seal?all
are sketched in most matter-of-fact
and unsatisfactory fashion, leaving to
the imagination most of the amazing
details, in the annual report to the Ca
nadian government of Commissioner
Cortlandt Starnes, head of the storlea
and fabled ltoyal Canadian Mounted
1'ollce, says George Smith In the Chi
cago Tribune.
Except for summarlzatlons by the
commissioner, the narratives are whol
ly mode up of brief excerpts from the
reports of mounted police officers, con
stables, corporals and sergeants, who,
with dog and sled, motor boat and na
tive nyak, on river and lake and Ice
and snow, cover their thousand-mile
beats, and mostly alone, sometimes
with a helper, police the great white
wastes of Arctic North America.
An Extraordinary Case.
Sergt E. G. Baker, who, accompa
nied by an Eskimo, made bis winter
patrol from Cambridge bay to Bernard
harbor and return between February
0 and May 1, 1029, reports what his
commissioner chief tersely presents as
an "extraordinary case." Sergeant Ba
ker describes It thus:
"I saw an Interesting though some
what deplorable case at Bathurst A
man named No Feet, so-called because
he has no feet, has a wife who Is total
ly deaf and dumb.
"The story goes that No Feet got
lost In a storm some years ago and
froze his feet. Before he was rescued
he nearly died of starvation, so, find
ing that his feet were useless to walk
on, he decided to make the next best
use of them, so cut them off and used
them for food.
"No Feet is very active and walks
around on his knees. He can even
run on bis knees ulongside a dog sled
as long as he keeps one hand on the
sled. He Is a man In the prime of
life, quite healthy and robust. He cer
tainly is happy, and appears to enjoy
his enviable distinction.
"Both he and his wife are employed
around the Hudson's Bay company's
post and I understand that the com
pany have ordered a pair of artificial
feet for him."
To get the proper reaction from the
very next mentioned Arctic oddity one
should have read the scores of pre
ceding pages dealing with far northern
prlmltlveness.
"We passed two seal camps between
Bathurst and Wllmot islands, and
found the natives all well. At one of
these camps a prosperous young na
tive with two wives, came out to meet
us attired In a tweed overcoat of the
latest London style, with cloth cap to
match. It certainly appeared a little
Incongruous to see an Eskimo looking
like a tailor's model, while I was
dressed from head to foot In deer
skins."
Corp. H. Q. Nichols spent the win
ter of 1029-30 at Baker lake, a newly
policed area and, because It was new
territory within white knowledge, gives
rather extensive report on the native
Inhabitants. Despite his very favor
able report as to the apparent superi
ority and comparative cleanliness of
these Baker Island natives, the cor
poral has to report:
"I am of the opinion thot natives,
more especially the Inlanders, spend a
considerable time during the rough
weather gambling. Apparently It Is
more or less common event for a man
to gamble his wife or daughters, apart
from foxes, rifles, etc. One case on
the settlement came to my notice dur
ing the winter.
Loses at Draw Poksr.
"Native Soodyyailuk, a former
Utkuhikhallngmlut (tribe name) now
employed by the Dominion explorers,
had lost, by card playing, to native
Ishootmata of the Klalnelmlut (anoth
er tribe) his tent, rifle, ammunition,
one dog, deerskins, snowknlfe, In fact
all his worldly possessions; upon mak
ing Inquiries, Ishootmata produced a
pack of cards, and I discovered that
the game played was draw poker. I
had these articles returned to the
former owner, and Informed all na
tives that gambling was wrong and
would therefore cease. It was at this
Inquiry I heard of the more serious
gambling Inland."
"I am unaware whether polygamy
or polyandry exists among any of the
various tribes. Neither occurs amongst
the Klalnelmlut. though I am almost
sure polygamy Is practiced amongst
the Inlanders. The exchanging of wives
is a more or less common occurrence,
the women apparently have no voice In
the matter whatever, but merely obey
the husband."
The Inability of the mountles to deal
with the native tendency towards sui
cide when old age and dependence up
on younger tribesmen hunters creeps
on Is apparent throughout several re
ports of suicides or slaylngs ordered
by the victims themselves. Inspector
A. N. Haines, In his report on the west
ern Arctic, deals with one pathetic
case as follows:
MA Cambridge Bay Eskimo named
Mukhagaluk, who was crippled with
paralysis of the spine and hips, com
mitted suicide by hanging near Elllce I
river, northwest territories. Sergt. E. i
C. Baker, being a coroner, held an In- i
quiry at Cambridge Bay on May 14 J
last. The deceased man's wife, Kuiar- ?
yuk, testified that she had, after her '
husband had made several attempts ]
to kill himself, yielded to his Insis
tence and attached a length of backing
twine to a stick lying across the roof 1
of the snow house; Mukhagaluk then 1
making the noose with which to hang
himself. 1
A Peculiar Attitude.
"Other natives who were present In '
the snow house when the hanging oc
curred, gave statements corroborating
the wife's story, 1
"The evidence shows that everything
short of physical restraint wad done
to prevent this poor cripple killing
himself. I imagine It was difficult for
those connected with the cijse not to
feel commiseration for Mukhagaluk's
wife in her unfortunute position.
"In reporting the matter, Sergeant
Baker remarks upon the peculiar men
tal attitude of these people and their
adherence to native custom, and adds
that he did not feel justified in charg
ing the womun with the offense and
was satisfied that the greatest amount
of.good would be accomplished by not
doing $o."
A man named Ehakhilak disap
peared in the Bathurst Inlet district
In the summer of 11)27, and it was
suspected that he had been murdered
by Okchina, who has been convicted
of killing Oksuk. Inspector Eun&s
says:
"No Information was gleaned con
necting Okchina with the disappear
ance and those responsible for the in
vestigation are of the opinion that
Ehakhllnk, who was old and hod been
sick for some time, had died natural
ly or had become despondent over his
condition and committed suicide, which
appears to be a fairly common prac
tice amongst Eskimos when they reach
old age and Infirmity."
The Witch Doctor.
The case of the death of Itklllk, to
gether with three children, In u far
away region near the magnetic pole?
so remote that Investigation had been
"tedious and difficult"?was Investi
gated, and Itkllik was found to be a
witch doctor subject to fits or spirit
ual seances. Says tlie rei>ort:
"Natives In the district believe that
the evil spirits killed Itkilik and the
oldest and youngest children andihat
Itkilik killed the middle child by a
blow on the head with a snow bentet.'
There are other similar cases?the
case, for Instance, of the death of Ka*
Mala, seventy-year-old Eskimo, who
besought his sons to kill him. Ser
geant Baker says, "They (the sons)
came to me and mentioned this. I, of
course, forbade It, and took measures
HAS RIGHT TO GRIN
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f 1 _
This great big smile couldn't help
breaking on Klinor Smith's face after
[he nineteen-year-old flyer descended
From her record-breaking climb at
Roosevelt field, L. I, One altimeter
showed she had attained 32,500 feet.
The present official record for women
Is 28,713, established by Ituth Nichols.
*
to see that they did not carry out his
wishes."
But a week later, Mounga, one ot
the sons, reported that the father had
tiled one night. Kablala's old wife
liauled out the body to the rock pile
and buried it In native fashion. Na
tives believed that the sons had mar
tiered the father by strangling, "which
is native custom," but Sergeant Baker
in his report says he is unable to say
that the old man was actually mur
dered, as no marks of violence were
appurent on the body.
Cop's Jujutsu Works
in Tussle With Goat
Seattle, Wash.?The art of jujutsu
is not only useful in handling stubborn
criminals but it has proved equally po
tent in subduing wild goats of Slam.
\V. Jamndhi, of the Koyal Bangkok
police, obtained a copy of S. J. Jor
gensen's book on Jujutsu and taught
it to his patrolmen. Jorgenson, a Se
attle patrolman, recently received a
letter from the official, describing the
fate of the book and ordering six ad
ditional copies. The letter read:
"Kindly Sir: Honored Bangkok po
lice have found your gentle book of
jujutsu much valuable for teaching
tricks, but book has gone, due to un
fortunate accident for which goat is
responsible, him eating same.
"For this we shall inclose sum and
beg of you to send us six more copies.
Goat is much sick and book is of no
use. Honored Bangkok police have
much delight and good humor in put
ting JuJuNui through paces, but gon*
does not find Joy in its pages since
partaking."
Health Survey Shows
Student's Job Safest
Detroit.?Being a student Is the saf
est of all occupations, according to the
annual report of Dr. John Sundwali,
director of hygiene of public health at
the University of Michigan.
Recorded student deaths during 1030
were only .55 per 1,000, as compared
with four or five per 1,000 in groups
of the same age outside the university
Doctor SundwaH'B report showed.
Half the deaths resulted from vio
lence or injuries, the report said. Doc
tor HunUwnll admitting that he on*
no way of curbing the "characteristic
recklessness" of college students.
Jobless Man Wins Big Fortune
The ClaytoL C. Woods family of Buffalo. N. f.. which won $861,541 as
the result of Gregalach coming In second In the Irish Hospital sweepstakes,
leaving a local bank where they made arrangements to put the money into
a trust fund. Clayton C. Woods bad been out of work for some months.
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MRS. SHEEP
MBa-a-a-a," said the sheep, ?'doing
lothing is extremely nice. We love to
lo nothing at all. It is extremely
dee. Ba-a-a-a."
The goat who belonged to the farm
x and who was wandering near where
he sheep were said he often felt
he same way.
Bat the sheep looked as if there
vere nothing in the world so wonder
ul as laziness and quietness.
"Now Billy Goat," said Mrs. Black
face Sheep, "I do believe yon could
>e made to exercise on this warm day
f something interested yon and yon
ranted to jump about to find out
chat It was.
"But as for us?nothing would in
erest us except being lazy. Of course
shouldn't want to be frightened. I
im a timid sheep."
"That is so," said Billy Goat. "You
ire very timid. But you are no lazier
oday than I am."
Just then some children came along
md one was wearing a red sweater.
Oh, Billy Goat became vary much
excited, until he realized there was
nothing to be excited about?but he
ynjoyed the excitement for a little
while.
"I knew you didn't feel as lazy as I
3ld." said Mrs. Sheep. "Ba-a-a. I knew
that."
The children were sorry they had
made Billy excited for the day was un
usually warm for the time of year.
"We didn't mean to take you away
from the peaceful sheep pasture," they
laid.
"We'll have to give you a special
treat for this, old Billy."
So they brought him some goodies
to eat, and they gave some nice fresh
grass to the sheep.
But Mrs. Sheep was very proud that
*he had said the right thing to Billy
Goat In the first place.
"Ba-a-a," she said, "how lazy 1 do
feel.
"There Is nothing like a good rest
In a nice green pasture To be sure
; ?
"I Am a Timid Sheep."*
I haven't been doing much of anything
lately?but then a rest is all the nicer
when one feels rested to begin with
and when one Just feels deliciously
lazy.
"Oh. ba-a-a, I am glad I am not
one of those grown-up people and
children I see rushing about all the
time.
"There always seems to be so much
for them to do. They never sit quietly
in a meadow for hours and hours and
hours. ^
"They are always doing so much
and they are always being so very
busy.
"Ba, ba. bn-a-a-a. 1 am glad I am
not a person. I am very thankful to
be a sheep."
Just then some one came along and
said:
"Oh, how nice and contented those
sheep look In the pasture. Dear me,
and I am so very tired.
"I wish I could Just sit there for
hours and hours without moving."
And Mrs. Sheep looked at the per
son out of her sympathetic eyes and
said:
"Ba, ba-a-a a-a, It Is a pity you
must rush and hurry and get so tired.
"Ah, I am glad I am Mrs. Sheep
and not a person."
RIDDLES
Which la the easier to spell. Raster
or Spring? Raster, because it is spelt
with more "e's" (ease).
? ? ?
Why Is It dangerous to walk In the
meadows In springtime? Because the
trees are shooting, the bullrush is out
(ball rushes out) and the Sowers hare
pistils.
? ? ?
When Is a new Raster hat not a hat?
When It becomes a young girl.
? ? ?
Why is a seed like s torn coat? Be
cause they both want sewing (sow
ing).
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