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The Alamance gleaner ] VOL. LVII. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY JUNE 18, 1931. NO. 20. . . . .. . .. ..... News Review of Current Events the World Over / . Germany's Woes Engage Attention of World's Statesmen ?Young Plan and War Debts Involved? Economies for Our Navy. By EDWARD W. PICKARD THAT conference at Chequers par ticipated in by Chan cellor ISruenlng, For eign Minister Curtlus, Prime Minister Mac Donald and Foreign Secretary Henderson has given rise, nat urally, to vast quan tities of comment, criticism nnd specu lation. The gentlemen named agreed to an F. M. Sackctt swer no questions as to tne topics or conversation and the results, giving out a noncommittal communique which said Great Britain and Germany would "endeavor to deal with the present crisis in close collaboration With other governments concerned. Of course reparations was one of the chief topics, and the Germans stressed Germany's alleged Inability to carry on under the Young plan. Moreover? and this Is of direct Interest to the United States?Brueningswas under stood to have asked the aid of the British statesmen In sounding Ger-. many's creditor nations, especially America, on the possibility of defer-* ring reparations payments. The under lying hope of Germany, as expressed by the Berlin .press, is that Uncle Sam will consent a revision or can cellation of reparations, and the old proposition of cancellation of all the war debts owed to America naturally bobbed up again. Bruening and Curtius, returning home on the Europa, were pleased to have as a fellow passenger Frederic M. Sackett, the American ambassador to Berlin, and It was believed they took the opportunity to tell him frank ly what they hoped America would do in the way of helping Germany out of its slough of despond. Also, they are looking forward to conversations with Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and Secretary of State Stiinson, both of whom are to be in Europe this sum mer. It was made plain to correspon dents that the Germans hope to con vince the Americans that, since Ger many cannot now purchase raw ma terials from America, there Is a di rect connection between the economic crisis and reparations. The French government, according to Foreign Minister Briand, will not be led Into any international confer ence for the revision of the repara tions scheme and the Young plan. Briand told the chamber of deputies that "there can be no question of re vising the Young plan, since It has a definite character and contains In Itself possibilities for Germany." Chancellor Bruening's tax decrees, published Just before he went to Eng land, are denounced by nearly all the Influential German newspapers as brutal, unjust and an Imposition on the salaried and impoverished classes. SECRETARY O F the Navy Charles Francis. Adams, Ad-* mlral William V. Pratt, chief of naval operations, and other high officials of the navy were the week end guests of Presi dent Hoover at the Rupidan fishing'camp, and Immediately aft er returning to his of fice Mr. Adams called in all the chiefs of Secretary Adame branches and told them they would have to formulate plans for greater economy in the department Id order to comply with the wishes of the President. Among other promises of the secretary Is the pledge to cut by $15,000,000 the appropriations voted for the year 1032 by congress; and this means the navy will have to get along on about $40,000,000 less than the amount voted by congress for naval activities during the present year. Mr. Hoover ashed the navy to abandon the Island of Guam as a naval base, and this was ugreed to although the saving there will not be large. Reductions In naval personnel at Guam have been going on for some J time. At present the navy maintains 57 officers and 615 enlisted men and marines at this point. MRS. ELLA A. BOQLE of Brook lyn, N. Y., was elected president of the World Woman's Christian Temperance union at its convention In Toronto. She has been vice presi dent and succeeds Miss Anna Adams Gordon of Evanston, 111., who was forced by illness to retire from the presidency after nine years in that office. Mrs. Louis McKinnoy of Clares holme, Alberta, was chosen first vice president. Mrs. Emille Solomon. Cape Town, South Africa, and Miss Maria Sandstrom of Stockholm, were re-elected second and third vice presi dents. Miss Ages Black. England, re tains an honorary secretaryship ami Miss Margaret Munns of Evanston, 111., Was re-elected honorary treasurer. TF1ERE are now 2,020,071 persons out of employment in Great Brit ain, according to official reports, the number having increased by 123,034 within a week. In Germany, though the Jobless at the end of May num bered 4,007,000, conditions seemed to be improving, since about 322,(XK) of the unemployed found work during that month. PREMIER BENNETT of Canada told the house of commons that the imperial economic conference which was to have been held In Ot tawa next August had been postponed until next year. He said Australia had asked (his because of the uncer tain position politically in that coun try, and that New Zealand had stated that parliament probably would be in session in August and It was doubt ful whether a ministerial representa tive could be present. ? F THE gangsters * of Chicago are fi nally routed, much of the credit must he given to George E. Q. Johnson, United States attorney for that district. Already he has secured con victions against many of the "public ene mies," and nis latest major achievement is the indictment of number one on that George E. Q. Johnson unsavory list, A1 Capone himself. "Scarface" is accused, as were most of the others, of defrauding the gov ernment by evading the payment of income taxes, and the federal prose cutors believe they have a sure case against him, so sure that I hey will not agree to leniency In case Capone pleads guilty, which Is considered like ly., The boss gangster surrendered promptly after the indictment was re turned and was released on bonds. It is charged that he owes the govern ment $215,080, and it was expected he would tender payment of the nmount in the hope of mitigating his sentence. Mr. Johnson's assistants, it was nr mitted, were having some difficulty in finding Capone's alleged hoarded wealth, for most of the properties which he is supposed to own are In the names of other persons. A Miami lawyer who represented Capone on several occasions has sued 111m for $50,000 for services and hegan legal proceedings to seize his Miami Beach mansion on an attachment. TENNESSEE'S lower house has re fused to impeach Gov. Henry H. Horton, rejecting all the eight articles ofTered by a committee, the charges In which grew out of the bank failures of lost fall which tied up about $7, 000.000 of Vote money. The Horton faction won by a vote of 53 to 45. PROSFECT8 for renewed peace between the Italian government and the Vatican were bright. Two notes and a memorandum from Cardinal Pacelll, papal secretary of state, wege finally answered In a note which, though It prof fered no formal apol ogy for Fascist at tnrka nn rhnrrlipR fin, Pop* Plus XI rl rhnrrhrnpn. was regarded a* conciliatory. The Italian government expressed regrets at the Incidents, which. It suld, were caused hj Fascist reaction to news that Catholic Action was plotting against the Fascist regime, nnd prom ised to punish the guilty If they could he found and to try to prevent repeti tions. The note then made two pro tests on behalf of the government. It repented the charges of political nntl Fascist activity of Catholic Action, and It objected to the Vatican's ef forts to enlist the sympathy of the whole world In Its cause?this refer ring to the almost dally speeches made by Pope Plus. Mussolini still Insists on the dls solutloA of Catholic Action, and the pope has recognized this stnsd by starting the organization of new Catholic clubs throughout the coun try. INCREASE of crime in the United States, the reasons therefore and possible means of betterment are treated In a 300 page report by the Wickerslmm commission to ['resident Hoover and by him given to* the pub lic. The appalling growth of criminal ity, according to the commission. Is largely the result of Ineffectiveness of criminal Justice which Is attributable to procedure unsuited to modern con ditions, to Incapacity of prosecutors, to the subjection of prosecutors to po litical organizations attillwted with criminals, and to the lack of scien tific treatment of criminal tendencies of Individuals in for\native stages. The commission declared it was In substantial accord with the following major findings o! several state sur veys : "Juvenile delinquency Is the heart of the problem of crh.ie prevention. '?Careful working methods and ad ministrative practices in nodes, ac ceptances oi pleu of lesser offense, and other forms of dismissals and dis positions without trial, whereby the responsibility for these dispositions will be lelinltely located, careful rec ords will be required, und the dis position will be based on thorough inquiry and on definite principles. "Abolition of requirement of grand Jury indictment In every felony ease. "Right of the accused to waive trial by Jury. "Increase of Judges' control over the conduct of the trial. "Development toward centralized state supervision of tlie administra tion of criminal Justice in all its part." Five recommendations are submit ted "applicable generally to substan tially all the state, pointing out the lines to be followed in attempts to better local systems of prosecution.** These recommendations are: "1. Elimination, so fur as may be possible in our system of government, of political considerations in the selec tion and appointment of federal dis trict attorneys and prosecuting officers and of appointments based upon political activity or service. "2. Iietter p/ovision for the selec tion and tenure of prosecutors in the states and especially for the organ ization, personnel, tenure, and com pensation of the staff of the prose cutor's ofllee. "3. Such an organization of the legal profession in each state as shall insure competency, character, and discipline among those who are en gaged in the criminal courts. "4. A systematized control of prose cutions in eacli state under a director of public prosecutions or some equlva- I lent official, with secure. tenure and concentrated and defined responsi bility. "5. Provision for legal interrogation of neeused persons under suitable safeguards.** ZITA, former em press of Austria, was u visitor In Home nnrl aroused a great deal of Interest and speculation concern ing her purposes. She was granted an audi ence with I'ope Pius and talked with Idm in private for nearly an hour, after which she hod a long con versation ivltb Car dinal l'aceill, papal Btnfp It \vn? rermrtpfl Archduke Otto snrrotnrr nt i that Zita sought the aid of the Holy See In the restoration of her son, Archduke Otto, to the throne of Aus tria. Another rumor In Rome was that Zlta was there In the hope of arrang ing a marriage between Otto and Princess Marin, youngest daughter of the king and queen of Italy. In semi official hut well Informed circles It was said no consideration would be given to such a proposal at the pres ent time; but If the young archduke ever is permitted to mount the Aus trian throne?which Is unlikely?the house of Savoy might agree to the marriage. GEN. CHIANG KAI-SHEK, head of the Chinese Nationalist gov ernment, believes the Communist bandit menace Is the grave*.* problem facing the Chinese people; so he has taken the field personally against the robber hands that are terrorizing Kiangsl and Hunan provinces and has appealed to Ids fellow officers of the Nationalist army to give him all their help in the suppression of commun ism. In a public statement General Chiang charged the Canton Insur gents with making tools of the mili tary forces regarding the recent Can tonese charges against himself that he was trying to become the military dictator. To refute those charges he promised that If he were successful in eradicating communism he would divest himself of all military power and retire to Jils farm in Cheklnng province. If he failed; he said, he would die on the battlefield. <4GL 1UL W??un N?vto*Mr usi??i Here's First Television Wedding Frank Du Vail and Grace Jones being made man and wife by Dr. A. Edwin Kelgwin (center), In New York In the first television ceremony ever witnessed. The television "eye" broadcast the sight of the bride and groom while the radio broadcast the synchronized "I do's' World's Oldest City Is Rocked! >*- ? Nackhichevan, Founded by Noah, Scene of Violent Earthquakes. Washington.?Nakhichevan, Trnns Caucasian city recently shaken by earthquakes does not sound familiar, but may be It should I Nearby Is Mount ? Ararat, where Noah is reputed to have grounded the Ark. Tradition has It that the prophet founded Nakhichevan ?the name meaning "he descended here"?as soon astthe waters receded. Citizens of Nakhichevan therefore claim that theirs is "the oldest city ln the world." I "In the present-day world Nakhlch | evan Ts the somewhat drab, dusty lit tle sun-baked capital of a tiny self; governing Soviet republic, of thp same [ name, strung along the Persian bor der near the common 'corner* of So viet Itussiu, Persia and Turkey," says I a bulletin from the National Geo graphic society. A Part of Azerbaijan. **The republic of Nakhichevan Is geographically the southernmost of Soviet republics west of the Caspian sea. Governmentally it is at the bot tom of a kind of 'house that Ivan built.' Almost surrounded by the So viet republic of Armenia, It Is, never theless, a part of the Azerbaijan S. S. It., which in turn is a unit of the Trans-Caucusian Socialist Federation of Republics, which as a united entity forms part of the Union of Soviet So cialist Republics. Nakhichevan never theless bears the proud title of 'auton omous.' "Although the main occupations of the lOo.OOO Tatars and Armenian peas ants of the republic are farming and cattle breeding, Nakhichevan is best known throughout the Soviet world as a producer of natural salt T\ve'.*e miles from the capital are the ric/i Lenin salt mines, producing a grade of rock salt noteU for its purity. The salt Is brought to the city of Nakhich evan by motor truck, and shipped by railroad north Into other Russian j states, and south Into Persia. "Nakhichevan Is one of the newer ] political divisions of the Soviet Union. I Along with the rest of Trans Caucasia It seceded from Russia and became j part of three entirely Independent re publics In 1917. Constant strife and armed conflict fo lowed until April, 1920, when conquering Soviet forces proclaimed Azerbaijan a part of the Soviet Union. The other parts of Trans-Caucasia soon followed. Nak hichevan was almost destroyed during fighting between the Armenians and the Tatars In 191L and 1920. Twin Peaks of Mount Ararat. "Today Nakhichevan Is a city of about 12,000, built along the rocky slopes of the River Aras. Stone houses with wide roofs climb from the river to the foot of brush-covered hills In the background. Along the sky line rise the noble twin peaks of Mount Ararat, the taller 17,000 feet high. "Noah's grave near Nakhichevan's city limits. Is shown to visitors, and It stands In high veneration both with the Armenians and Tatars, ? neither of whom seem to be aware that a similarly honored burial pluce also exists In the Iloly Land, where It Is regarded as a holy spot by Moslems. "The ground which trembled to earthqunkt shocks in Nakhichevan has known the beat of hosts of marching men through the ages. The mighty armies of Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes. Al exander the Great, and Hannibal fol lowed the bnnk.j of the River Aras on their campaigns of conquest and sub jection. This highroad Into Persia has been the scene of untold slaugh ter and misery, and more than forty great battles have been fought in the vicinity of Nakhichevan by forces seeking to control It." Leg Broken Thrice Within Six Months Hutchinson, Kan.?George Hall, eighteen, has broken the same leg three times within six months. Last fall his motorcycle was jifruck by an auto. Then the leg was broken In a fall on some steps. Recently he was riding the motor cycle again, when a woman driver crashed Into him. For a third time the leg was fractured. ! PeU Are Welcomed to Church Services <' ! ?> London.?As the attendance < ? i J J of pet animals at recent fashion- J | j < > able church weddings had ' ? > \ J aroused great controversy, the 1 ^ ? ? Rev. Basel Bourchier of Saint 4 * 1? Anne's. Soho, a high church 1 *, 4' priest, together with a neighbor- 4' < > lng Itorpan Catholic priest, open- < ? 41 ly declared that dogs would be \ [ ? ? welcomed to services as long as \ [ the animals behaved themselves. The Reverend Bourchier would * \ > rather have dogs at his services < ? ? than snoring parishioners. The J [ > Roman Catholic priest is proud * > J of the fact that his St. Bernard 1 ! > dog attends church every day 4 ' \ and lies at the foot of the altar I ! J throughout the service. 4 j 16th Century Furniture Styles Are Coming Back Chicago.?The newest furniture for American homes this fall will be four centuries old! At least, that's the Impression of furniture men from nil parts of the country who attended the National Furniture market and style show at the American Furniture mart here. They mean, not that all the old beds and chests will be resurrected, but j that Sixteenth century furniture styles are coming Into popularity. English designs, based on the Ja cobean. Gothic and Elizabethan furni ture of the Sixteenth and early Sev enteenth centuries, was very much more noticeable In the mnnufnctnrers' displays this summer than formerly. It was said. Although Early American Is probably still the volume leader of all period furniture, the Old English styles are gaining ground. The English furniture was chiefly made of oak and this wood 1s used for the reproductions. The original pieces were also massive In size, and although the Twentieth century rep licas retain the sturdy appearance of their predecessors, they are much smaller, scaled down to meet the re quirements of modern homes, which do not contain baronial banquet halls nor castle courtrooms. Misplaced Semicolon Fails to Alter Penalty San Francisco, Calif.?Circuit Judge William II. Sawtelle was called upon to determine whether a sentence was of more effect than a semi-colon. Hugh McLeod. British alien, was sen tenced In 11)24 to serve a prison term for the theft of Jewels. In UCIO the government secured an order for de portation of McLeod on the ground that he had been sentenced and Im prisoned. McLeod appealed this or der. basing Ills claim on the position of a semi colon In a section of the law relating to deportation. Judge Sawtelle ruled that the scml-colon's position did not alter McLeod's case and upheld the order. Tuberculosis in Cattle Cut by Federal Efforts Washington.?A marked decline in tuberculosis among cattle and swine slaughtered In federal Inspected plants has been reported by the Agriculture department since systematic efforts to eradicate the disease were begun. There has been a great deal of talk, the report from the depnrtmen' said, about the manner In which cattle re act to the tuberculin tests, hut rec ords show that only .2 per cent of the cattle which react to the test do not have tuberculosis. The other 09.8 per cent which react to the test have proved to be tainted with tuberculosis. Memory of Great Physicist Honored in England The hundredth anniversary of tfce birth of David Edward Hughes, famous physicist, was appropriately observed the other day In England. Hughes Is shown above with the first type-printing telegraph, w hich he Invented In 18M. He was also the Inventor of the microphone. ? E Tenderfoot Showed J Them Something j | By JACK WOODFORD ]i ******* MKxmmti5 C!?i by McClure Nevrapaoer Syndicate.) (WNU Service.) IT WAS In New York that Marvin first met Eulalla. lie had never seen a girl like her before. He couldn't Imagine, at first, what it was about her that was so strangely different. She was not palely beautiful, as most of the girls he knew were?like hot house flowers. She was ruddily, healthily beautiful, Iler lithe, slim fig ure had a brisk swing to ft as she walked. Her hair seemed to have been dyvd by the sheer gold of sun light itself. Her teeth were perfectly matched pearls. She was so pretty she made him gasp. And then meet ing her, dancing with her.' taking her to a show or two, he began to under stand. She was a girl from the "wide open spaces," such as he had never seen before. That strength and power in her lovely, bright eyes came, doubtless, from looking along wide vistas; that glow in her cheeks was from early morning rides over her father's ranch. Marvin fell madly, desperately in love; so much so, in fact, that he followed Eulalla back to Arizona, to be near her. Kulalia's father welcomed him, bat Just a bit derisively, until he learned that Marvin could ride. Then he pro vided him with a horse, and they all got ready to start out together. Eulalia's father's foreman was to ride with them over the range. The foreman was a husky, roughly hand some man that Marvin could see was In love with Eulalia; Eulalia. Marvin noticed, viewed the foreman with at least admiration, perhaps for his rugged manliness. Marvin had to ad mit that he didn't cut much of a figure in the ranch picture. Trouble started as soon as Marvin mounted his horse. He had never felt such horse muscles under him before; the horses he had ridden through Cen tral park were, he realized now. al most toy mounts as compared with this one. The horse reared. Marvin fell hack ward sprawled In the dust. The fore man and Eulalia and her father were most solicitous; hut he could see the glint of contemptuous amusement In their eyes when they glanced at Eulalia; the glances seemed to say: "Is this supposed to lie a man !*? And so It went, day after day. In New York, Marvin remembered, he had made some progress In Eulalia's affections; but here . . . her Interest in him seemed to be wavering. He was heartbroken: for she was the one girl for him, he knew. Not that she actually was contemptuous of him because he couldn't ride horses, and couldn't get along In the ranch coun try . . . but somehow because he did not show up bravely. In juxtaposition with her father and the foreman. At last, desperate, he spoke to New York over the long distance telephone. A day and a half pr.ssed. and a buzzing was heard over the ranch. "That's funny." Eulalia's father said, "must he a mail plane off its route." "Not at all." Marvin corrected; "Just my plane I had sent down. Thought you'd all like a trip In the air?that is." he added pointedly, since the foreman was present, "unless you're afraid. . . The foreman turned visibly pale; Eulalia's father looked start led: but he frowned. Eula 1 in was ecstatic. She said : "A ride In a plane! Marvelous. And of course Don and Dad aren't afraid: they've both often admitted to me that there Isn't anything in the world they're afraid of." After that, there was no question about the ride being a foursome. It was mean, Marvin had to admit, to turn tall spins and do barrel rolls; but, after all, they had deliberately provided him with an almost unride | able horse. At the end of the ride Don and Dad were wrecks! "Never again!" Don swore, trying to make his legs behave so he could walk away from the plane as fast as possible. "I'm too old to learn new tricks like that," Eulalia's father declared without reservations; "though I envy you youngsters growing up in this gen eration." It was as they walked after supper, with the chromatic tints of the sun set's afterglow painting the raw land In pagan colors, that Marvin said: "Ilone.v, I'm wild about ranch life." "And I'm crazy about city life." she admitted "though I sometimes thought maybe city men were puny as com pared with western plains men. Hut as compared to running a plane, bust ing a broncho Is child's play." "How about our Incorporating." he suggested, "and spending our time fifty-fifty, ranch and city?" "A swell Idea." she echoed. The man in the moon saw their em brace and approved, even If. In the distance, a Jackal did howl disap provingly
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