The Alamance gleaner 1 VOL. LVn. 5 GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY JULY 2, 1931. NO. 22. i News Review of Current Events the World Over Hoover's Plan for War Debt Moratorium Not Wholly Liked by France?Aviators Fly Across Atlantic Ocean. r By EDWARD W. PICKARD PRESIDENT HOO * ver's plan for a one year moratorium on reparations and war debts probably will go through unless France blocks It. Hailed with cheers by most of tin world, the proposition was re ceived rather coldly and suspiciously by the French. Ambassa dor Walter PL Edge got busy with the Walter E. Edge ivTvruiiKui leaders in runs and worked hard to gain (heir acceptance of the plan, but the best he could ob tain from the cabinet was a note carry ing modified approval. This, forwarded through blm to Washington, lauded Mr. Hoover's Initiation but Insisted that Germany must continue payment of the "unconditional" annuities as provided under the Young plan, though Trance would waive the conditional payments for a year Inasmuch as America will waive war debt pay ments for the same period. The un conditional annuities France la will ing to turn back to Germany through the Bank of International Settlements if the money Is needed. Great Britain and Germany had al ready given the plan tbetr full ap proval, and Mussolini sent word that Italy accepted It unequivocally. Bel glum, which Is as jealous of her repar ations as France, was expected to fol low the French lead. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon arrived In Paris and Immediately be gan conversations at the Qual d'Orsay In the hope of reconciling tbe plans of Mr. Hoover and of the French cabinet. * The President early was assured of tbe support of the leaders of both ~ parties and all factions In congress, and during the week he canvassed the entire membership of both houses In order to learn just what position they would take In the matter. The result was not made public but It was pre sumed be had assurances of far more than enough votes to put over what ever legislation will be necessary. There la no pretence that Mr. Hoo ver's plan Is wholly altruistic. It Is designed to help bring to an end the existing depression by reviving trade and business and if It succeeds In this, the United States would be ex-v pected to reap Its fair share of tbe benefits. That the mere putting for ward of-the proposition was at least temporarily beneficial was shown by tbe new buoyancy in the stock ex chances. PROVIDED the pro posed reparations and war 3ebt mora 1 tortum really torn* the business tide to ward prosperity. It would be a profitable Investment for the United States. 8uch Is the bplnlon of Ol den L. Hills, under secretary of the treas ? ury. He asserted In Washington that the loss . of abont $250, Ogdwi L. Mill*' 000,000 which thU country will not collect next year If the plan foe* through would be more than made up In a ahort time If It brought about a return of better times. "From Indications thus far," VIr. Mills said, "It appears that the world at large looks upon the American pro posal as a hopeful business factor. Stocks have risen In the big ex changes. With better tibstness the tax receipts of the treasury will Increase." Mr. Mills declined to predict wheth er It will be necessary to recommend a tax Increase to the next congress to supply revenues for operating the government during the next fiscal year. He pointed out, however, that a postponement of war debts pay ments would cut the treasury receipts during the next year by more than $250,000,000. This year's deficit, on the basis of Income tax returns, probably wHI not greatly exceed $850400,000. Up to the close of- June 19. total expenditures chargeable against ordi nary receipts were $4,110,005400. as compared with an estimated expendi ture for the fiscal year of $4435400, 000. FIR8T of this year's crop Of Amer ican transatlantic flyers to bop off from Harbor Grace. Newfoundland ware WUey Post and Harold daily In the'Mafia motored cabin plane Winnie Mm. IMr dasthmttea waa^BssHm iiri'P'Tili" -1'tlTMt^i"IITlffriif "ii Si V^toe. #?? -i-. flight to the German capital without stop, they did succeed la getting safe ly across the ocean. They landed at the Sealand airdrome uenr Chester, England, after circling over the city of Bangor, Wales, Post wns the pilot of the plane throughout the flight and Gatty acted as navigator. They were heard from only once on the way across, the liner Drottnlngholm pick ing up their radio call. Post and Gatty set out to make the circuit of the globe In teu days. They remained at Chester only long enough to refuel and eat lunch, and then flew to Ber lin and thence onward townrd Mos cow. Only a few hours after Post and Gatty hopped off. Otto Hltlig and Hol ger Holriis started front Harbor Grace In a big, heavily loaded Bellancn plnne with the hope of making a nonstop flight to Copenhagen, Denmark. But they lost their way and landed at Krefeld, Germany. Ruth Nichols, flying from New York on the first leg of her projected trip across the Atlantic, landed at St. John, N. B.. and ran her plane Into a rock near the airfield. She was painfully injured and the plane was so badly damaged that it was necessary to postpone her flight indefinitely. James ("Jimmy") Dooiittle, one of America's most daring and most ex pert flyers, bad another narrow es cape from death when his new speed plane started falling apart while he was traveling 250 tniles an hour only 100 feet up, near St. Louis, Mo. He came down safely In a parachute and the plane was demolished. ^ E\V r O It K ? s ^ ' latest death mys tery?that of Starr Faithful, beautiful but erratic, whose body was found on the sands of Long Beach?is still un solved and may re main so. The author ities bad hoped the Information brought back by Dr. O. Jame son Carr, ship's sur rvnnn r\f tfin Punna^ Dr. Q. Jams ton Carr line, would reveal how the young wom an came to her death. She had ad mittedly been Infatuated with him and on hla return from England he gave the grand Jury two notes from her In which she told of planning to commit suicide. But Starr's stepfather, Stan ley E. Faithful, took one look at them and declared they were forgeries. Handwriting experts were to be called on to settle this question. Both letters were addressed to Doe tor Carr In care* of the medical de partment of the Cunard line at Liver pool One, postmarked June 2, and written on stationery of a New Fork hotel, flatly declared Starr was going to end-her "worthless, disorderly bore of an existence?before I rnln any one else's life as well." The second, written two days later from Mlneola, was In flippant vein and reiterated her Intention to commit suicide. SIR HUBERT WILKIN'S and his weary crew managed to get lb* submarine Nautllns Into the heritor of Cork, Ireland, after Its stormy voyage across the Atlantic. The commander said that after the batteries were re charged he would proceed to England for other repairs, and that be hoped to reach the North pole, by the sub-Ice route. In two months The mlshspw~*6 Barcelona, center of the stormy iwovlnce, the other day to sound out the Intentions of Col. Francisco Mads and his Catalan fol Don Jaimo da Bourbon lowing who demand rather more than autonomy (or Catalonia. It has been considered likely that I.erroux will be the first premier nnder the new con stitution which will be dratted by the constituent cortes. Restoration of the Spanish mon archy. with himself on the throne. Is the ambition of Don Jaime de flour bon, the Carllst pretender, who Is now sixty years ,old but rigorous and full of schemes. It Is reported that Oen. Martinez Anldo, his chief military aid. has gathered an army In northern Spain and expects to overthrow the republican regltne. But pretenders sel dom have any luck In such ventures, and the government at Madrid probab ly Isn't worried by this threat FLAMES starting on a wharf at St. John, N. B? swept the waterfront and practically ruined the entire west ern section of the port. The property damage was believed to exceed $10, 000,000, and several lives were lost. The conflagration raged for hours, de straying docks, grain elevators and several steamships. The greatest losa was suffered by the harbor commis sion. federal property valued at $3, 500.000 being burned. FOR the first time In the history of Ohio a woman Is to be electro cuted. At Jefferson. Mrs. Julia Maude Lowther of Ashtabula, twenty-three years old. was sentenced to die la the electric chair at the state peni tentiary on October 2 for the murder of Mrs. Clara Smith, her employer and the wife of the man she loved. Smith, twice convicted of complicity In the killing, also Is under a death sentence. FOB the first time In Its history tlo tary International has elected a European as president. At the annual convention of the organization In Vienna the delegates selected Sydney Woodroffe Pscall of London. England, to succeed President Alinon B. Roth of California. Rufus Fisher CPs pin of Chicago was re-elected for his eight eenth term as treasurer. CHILE, through Us minister of for eign affairs, has Invited the for eign ministers of sll the Pan-Amer ican nations to attend a conference on the existing financial crisis to seek methods by which their gov etfo menu may ce-eperate to prevent a complete commercial and economic break-Iowa. The United States Id Included la the tavttatloe and prsenamMy will be rep rensnted by an sSdel observer. The date and piece are est sat. *imwm?Sasaoaoaniiliai Buried Wealth Is Again Sought Arkansas Takes to Trails in Search of "Lost Louisi ana Treasure." Fuyettevllle, Ark.?The quest for the "Lost Louisiana Treasure" has be gun again. The backhllls of Franklyu county. Ark., are being methodi cally scorched for a "tracer" which ?uay lead to that famous cache which has challenged venturesome spirits In the Southwest for more thas a century. Hlllmen In faded blue over alls are again taking up the old ro mantic quest with pick and shovel. And as this search for old treasure Is renewed, new legends of burled wealth are In the process of being born. Traditionally skeptical, thou sands of the backwoods people bnve had their distrust bolstered by the recent failure of 147 Arkansas banks. Thousands of back country deposit ors have been left penniless As one obvious result a new regime of mon ey-burying is beginning, and It will probably continue for years to come. 80 an entirely new crop of country side treasure lore Is due to come into being. The Spanish Legend. Illll-country treasure tales usually fall Into one of three definite cate gories: stories of Spanish treasure and piracies; stories of backhlll high waymen and desperadoes, and tales of misers or thrifty countrymen who did not "confidence," banks. Spanish gold Is a theme much In men's minds today, and the newly organized attempt to recover the treasures of the lost Louisiana mine Illustrates the potency of this type of /treasure legend. The legend of the lost Louisiana Is prevalent In many parts of the South and South west; and, while Its details vary con siderably with persons and places and with the patience of the listener, the gist of the yarn Is prelty much the same. It all started back when the Span lards pillaged Old Mexico. The story says that a fleet of Spanish galleons, all heavily laden with gold and silver acquired from the fabulously rich mines of Mexico, was set upon by a squadron of privateers. The Spanish vessels, hard pressed, turned and an chored In a hidden arm of the Mis sissippi some miles above New Or leans. Indian Miners Enslaved. There tlie conqulstadores heard ru mors of more gold?of Indiana who worked mlnjs somewhere among the hills far to the north. So the Span lards abandoned their ships, loaded the treasure upon rafts and plied up river In quest of more. Treasure hunters by profession and fascinated by word of additional treasure, the Spaniards were resolved to find the Indian mines. This they did, accord ing to the story, somewhere among tbe hills which lie beyond the contin ence of the Arkansas river and iilg Mulberry. Indians were digging gold from quartz ledges which overlooked the mountain river. So the newcom ers captured the mines, enslaved the ?Indians and forced them to labor In their own mines. Bot the venture proved unprova ble. Scant gold was forthcoming from the new holdings. Supplies ran low and neighboring Indians were hostile. News of the Louisiana pur chase came and of a United States protectorate; American troope were being stationed at radons of the rlrer ports. 80, according to the story, the Spaniards decided to retire for a time. They hurled tbelr treasure In a mine shaft and sealed It well. Then they murdered the enslaved Indians, marked the treasure site, unmoored their rafts and set out downstream again, hoping to reach Mexico, and also to return later and reclaim the wealth of the lost Louisiana. Rut they never came back. The stories go that their band was beset by attacking Indians and that the survivors suf fered a still more terrible death from swamp fevers. Explorer Find* Field of Ice in British Columbia Montreal.?Discovery of an Immense and accessible Ice Held of about 350 square miles In the Bridge river dis trict of British Colombia Is reported by MaJ. F. V. LongstalT, of Victoria, B C., who, with two Swiss guides, explored the region. He believes It will become an Important scenic at traction. In his opinion It surpasses the famed Columbia Ice fleld. It provides the source of several large rivers, among them the Squara ish. Bridge, Whitewater, Lllloet, To bamand and Southgate. On or near the Ice field the explorers noticed n dozen mountain peaks about 10,000 feet blgh. Tbe distance from the nearest point of the motor road In the Bridge river valley to the gravel fiat of the main glacier Is 45 miles by the river trail, the explorer said. Win* $50,000 Verdict for Injury to His Toe Washington.?Becauze he can no longer plroutte seven times Alberto Kellman Kerrey ros. known to Ills pub lic as De Limn, baa been awarded $50,000 damages In ? suit against the Fox Theaters corporation. A Jury Journeyed to the Fox studio here nml watched a fllm of Kerrey ros dancing In a Greenwich Village cafe ten months after his Injury In an elevator at a Fox theater. The dancer admitted authenticity of the fllm, but said he could no longer dance as well as before the second toe on his left foot became crippled, and the Jury believed him. fSMSMMSMSSSMMMMMS I Woman, 80, Drives Auto 110,000 Miles I ! ! Pacific Beach, Calif.?Mrs. K. ! I | | B. Upton of this town la eighty ; | < ? years old and has driven three , > ] [ automobiles more than 110,000 ] J i < miles. ? > j ' She was eighty In 'April and ] j < > was adding up the mileage of < > j I three automobiles she has ] [ (' owned. It totaled 100.032 miles. ' > !! She said: !! ' | "Let's see, It's about 25 miles j | ,, to Tlu Jnana. If you'll buy me , , ] I a glass, of beer I'll drive down. \ (> That'll make Just about 110,- 1 > j: ooo." ;; At the garage when she re- < ? ] | turned the speedometer showed J ' ' > an added SI miles. Total 110,- < > :; oos. ;; unii'' ADOPTED BY OSBORN Miss Stella Lee Brunt Osbora, thlrty-seven-yenr old newly adopted daughter of Chase Salmon Omboru, lecturer, writer and former goreruor of Michigan. Miss Brunt, who worked ber way through night school whew she was twenty-one and then worked her way to a SI. A. degree at the Cnl rerslty of Slichlgan. had been literary secretary to Mr. Osborn many yeara. Theft Charged to Higk Chinese Army Officer Telutsln.?As an aftermath of the northern rebellion against the Chlneae government last year, one of Gen. Veo llsi-shan's subordinates, Ko Txe-yl, baa been brought to trial here charged with embezzling large sums of money from the maritime customs. Ku Tze-yl was deputy commissioner of customs under an Englishman, Mr. B. Lenox Simpson, who seized the Tientsin customs In behalf of Mar shall Sen, and was later shot and killed In his home In Tientsin. The charges allege that Mr. Kn withdrew large sums from the cus toms to give to General Ten. after the northern rebellion had collapsed. Volcanoes Scatter Ashes 150 Miles Over Alaska Dutch llarbor, Alaska.?Newly ar rived fur sealsmen on the Prlhllof Is lands, puzzled at the white ashes sil vering their golden brown coats, sniffed sulphur-Oiled nlr. Volcanoes In the vicinity of Cldngnlk arc In violent eruption. Ashes have fallen a distance of 150 miles In every direction. Mushroom-like clouds of dense smoke hang over Katmal, and several other craters in the Alaska peninsula. Summer tourists to west ern Alaska will witness the marvelous scenes, say steamship officials, who ex pect the eruptions to continue for sev eral months. Incubator Hatches Egg; It's an American Eagle Rurbauk, Calif.?An egg, speckled and about the size of a goose egg. wni found by workmen employed on con struction of n road In Little Tujunga canyon near here. Amid much specula tion i*8 to the kind of egg it was. the men took their find to the Best 0*Care liatcbery. After a month of Incubation a fluffy white eaglet, national symbol of Aniericun liberty, picked Its way from the rhell. Petrified Tree Found Nuper, Neh.?Jess and John Boett eber, farmers living near here, have unearthed a giant pet rilled tree. The trunk measure! 3 feet 4 Inches through and the petrified trunk standi over eight feet high. Berlin Dedicates Memorial to Zeppelin Crews III! II ..??E.IUM mil. Ill?w I I VU'IU Sccoa la BcrUa at tha dadkatloa of a atemorial to tba ?wnhen of Zcppolta crtwa who lost their Bros dariat the war. The statao dhows aa crisis* laadiac with a pai> breexes. - ill J "Do you *M U| mc to carry your Hi lnrltatloni?" aaked the breeze*. "Oh. would you be mo klndr aaked the fern*. . "Indeed, we would be quite kind enough to do that, and any other thine yon want an to do." "Then." aaid the fern* "we would like to aak the lit tle etren of etfland If they would earn to (ire a dinner party. -Tell theaa we bare an the deen Th# Fvm W?r? Diiiglitid. orations and a lorriy new table dslk." -WeU tell them right away." aaM the Breezes. The Breeze* Mew this way and that. The tree* mored around and the low er* wared. Then the Breezes fare this nawp to the elres of Elflaad: "Win yon (Ire a dinner party? The spring ferns will gire yon the decora tions and n new table cloth. "They are rery anions to here a party giren In their woodland (Ma* The elres were delighted when they reeeired the tart tattoos and they sent back the following answer by the breezes: / "We wfll he there In one hoar. Be ery one of as win cone and we win ask ear friends, the Gnomes and the Brownies and the Fairies to come. -We will also ask old Mr. Giant and Witty Wlteh." The ferns were delighted when the Breezes brought them bock the mea ts** And la one hoar Ele Df and all the other elres arrired. They exclaimed with delight when they saw the lorely new spring ferns. "How wonderful yon are." they mid. -and yonr green fern dresses seem even loreUer than erer this year." "Ah." said the ferns, "the snow wan kinder than erer this year to as?that Is the reason. "We slept so sotmdly and we hod each sweet dreams that we woke op feeling as fine and fresh. "Oar roots helped m along, and we came op feeling as If we wonld be Dfiur icrna inn erer before. "Do 700 think we arer -That'a Juat what yon ere," Mid the eiree, "and the mom la wonderful. "There la ao much of It" "Yea," mid the ferna, "we tboofht that the long wretch of moea over yonder would do for your dlnlnf room tablecloth. Will it dor "Indeed It will," ?eld the elvea And at once they aet to work. Sat to Work. > They had a splendid tine?the elraa and the littla spring ferns of the woods. RIDDLES How many sticks (o to the building of a crow's nestt None; they are all carried. see When does a man Impose upon him self? When he tases his memory, see What la that which cannot nra - though It has three fret always? A yard. ? ? ? What la the difference between a skilled marksman and the man that tends the targets? One hits the mark, and the other marks the hit. ? ? ? If you can bar eight eggs for twen ty-six cents, how many ran you hoy for a cent and a quarter? Eight. ? ? ? Why-are people of short memories necessarily core tool? Because they're always far-getting something. ? ? ? ? Why la a fallow without whiskers or mustache like an Impudent man? Because he la bare taacd. a a s What shornd ha Miked lato? The : ^