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Show 1928 THE MIDVALE JOURNAL Page Three WHY, OF COURSE! She waited nn the <·nrllrr joyously, then penslrely, th~n e:q;ectantly, then casunlly, then unxiously. and t11;,0 hours pnssed. "~lan." she suid, "Is a perfidious nnimnl, f:tithless 111111 untrue, lncapahle of <'onsummntlng n promise," and so she became a cynic. Two hundred yards uown the street he said the same thing about women -sht> wus on lhe wrong corner.-Tlt- mts. I. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson dedicating the convention hall at Houston, 8. Claude G. Bowers, "ho de!h·ered the keynote speech. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Democrats Pick Smith and Robinson as Leaders and Adopt Dry Plank. tolernnre. ~ayiRg "JeiTerson g!nrl~l in the VIrginia statute proi'ILiing for rell::ious fre<·dom." This started une or the most noisy or the many dPmonstrations that tuarked this convention OF STATE KELWGG SlWHETAHY has called upon the governments of 14 nntions to sign a revlred and ftnnl draft o1 his projected antl·war treaty. The text of the slightly mod· !fled pence pact, together with a cov· Pring note, has been delivered to Great Britain and her dominions, together T WAS all "AI" Smith at the Demo\lith Frnnce, Italy, Germany, Japan cratic national convention. The friends of the New York governor had and the Locarno powers. Each of the Interested governments the situation In hand at all times. was urged to sign on the dotted line Alfred E. Smith of New York and at once and to accept the treaty as Joseph T. Robinson ot Arkansas were chosen the standard hearers of the written without qualification or reser· ration. This govenlmPnt, M1·. Kellogg Democratic party In the coming cum· stated, Is prepared to sign the treaty pafgn. When the ftrst roll call ended Smith ns It now stands without reservations. In accordance with this recotnmenda· Mr. Kellogg brushes aside most or was 8% votes short or the 73.1\6 nee· t!on. essary to nominate. Ohio led the the objections udvanred by France As to Webb. the Instigator of the switches that rolled up the go1·eroor's und other powel'~ and stute,;o frankly duel, the committee decided to leave that his examination of their replies total to 840%. him "to the chastisement of the course Jim Reed, Smith's outstanding rh·al to hls first note, lm•lting them to C(l of the law and or public Ot>luion . . for the nomination, took the platform operate In the negotiation of a treaty and to consult Its own dignity and the for the renunciation of war, has reand summoned all factions of the JlAr· tmhllc luterPst by bestowing upon him ty to unite In support of the nominee. vealed no reasons why they should no further noti<"e." The naming of "AI" Smith wns not adhere to the final draft of the Webb, by the way, was a mao ol treaty at once. He descrihed the merely putting the official stomp on some political lmt>ortance and had an the exp1·essed choice ot a vast rna· rhanges in the treaty a~ slight active and interesting public career. jority or the party. The opposition In mal<lng pnhl!c his note placing He wn~ horn In ( 'luverack, N. Y. , and which marched on nouston 1\'lth the the matter of npprorlng the latest wh~n a young mun he entered the treaty draft squarely up to the Inter· determination to fight the New York army as a second lieutenant anrt : governor to the last ditch soon dlreov· estell powers, State department offl· srn·Pd under Generul Stolt In the cia is made It kno11 n that 12 or the cred they did not have a chance. West for a brief period. ll!l re.1igned The tide toward Joe Robinson for nations have signifiPd. through their to become editor of the New York second place on the ticket started even ambassadors, a readiness to sign the Morning Courier, and when that pa· before the convention was opened. One treaty at once. per merged with the Enquirer he was Franre and Italy are understood to ballot was enough. retained l>y the consolidated journalThose who were looking for a "wet" be the only nations whose rPpresenta· the CouriPr and Enquirer-and mnde tive~ hn1·e rtlspla.ved reluctance toward plunk In the party pla.tfol'm were dis· It the leading Whig organ In 1~61 It complete acceptance of the Kellogg appointed. After a bitter controversy was taken over by the World. • Webll proposal. for days In the committee, a plank served a term ns chief engineer or the The ronftdence felt by Mr. Kellogg was agree<! upon which declares for state of New York and was given the enforcement of the Eighteenth amend· In the ultimate surcess of his peace rnuk of major general. He refused ment. The plank sharply criticizes activities Is Pxpressed In the conclud the appointment of minister to Turing lines of his Invitation. the Republican administration for key, but accepted the omee of mini!" ":lly g01·ernment Is confident," he as what Is described as a failure to en· t!'r to Brazil. While In Franre In 186~ force the dry laws and also for pine· st>rts. "that the other nations ot the General \Vebh negotiated 8 secret log "political hirelings" In enforce· world will. as soon as the treaty comes treaty with the emperor for the re ment positions, thus making or pro· In force, glallly adhere' thereto. anrl lliOval of F'rench troops from MPxico. that this simple procedure will bring h!bitlon a political football. which led to the downfall of Maxi The platform p!pdges the party to mankind's age-long asnirations for mllian. establish a farm relief policy modeled unh·ersal peace nearer to practlral \\'ebb was hlm•elf a dueli<t, anti upon the federal reserve sy~tem. Two fulfillmPnt than erer before In the hlsfought Thomas F. Marohall of Ken· tot"y of the world." outstanding- parngl'aphs read: tucliy In 1812. The meeting took 1 place In Delaware nod re~ulted In the . "Creation or a rerlernl farm hoard OllEHT W. SUJ\\' .\TIT, chairman wuunding or We!Jb. Under a New to assist the farmer nnd stork raiser of the Standar·d Oil Company of York law making It a felony to giw In the marketing of their pr01!ucts ns the federal reserve board haR done for lndhwa, umler lnrtictment for perjur} or receive a challen~e. he wus con· the banker and business man. in com.e<'tion with his testimony be· l'lrted and ~en· enrNl to two years of "Credit aid hr loans to ro-opern· fore the sennte committee lnvestigat· imprisonnH nt, out tlnvernor Seward imnw!lintel,l' pardoned him. lie died t!ves on nt least ns favorable n basis tug the 'l'~>npot Dome scan<lnl. will be in 1884 at the age of elghty·lwo. Webh as the !!Overnment aid to the merchant trier! in Washington Ot'tOber 8. Stew' art pleaded not guilty nud rtemanded was th!' author nt nn entertaining vol· marine." The Democratic plank does not Immediate trial, hut the district at· ume in wllich he 1 hiuly described life mention McXnry-Hangen nor the torney declared thut the go1·ernmPnt und ud1 euture~ in the Hocky moun was not ready to pl'Oceed. tuins. He nl~o wr01e a book on "Sin•·· equalization fee. Howe1·er, It does mention the prln· The Indictment chn1·ges thnt Stew~ry anrl Its Tcnd~ndes," and one on efple of the equalizotion fee. Tt pledges art lied when he tolu the ~~nate Tea· "!\a tiona I ('urrcm·y ·• tlle fostering and developmPnt or pot Dome scandal committee he diu cc-<Jpernt!ve marketing associations not participate in the proftts of the through appropriate go1·ernment ald. Continental Trading company, Ltd. Then It pledg~s the party "to an Subsequently Stewart, recalled by Dr. !'nul H. lleyl or the bureau of earnest endeavor to solve this problem the committee, ndmt•ted he had han· standards in Washington Is aguln busy of the distribution of the cost of deal· died $759,000 of the profits of the Con· on one of the musl dillicult problem£ lng with crop surpluses over the mar· tinental company and had held them In physics-to determine still more ac keted units or the crop whose pro· Intact for either the Standard com· curutelv the constunt of gravitatloll, ducers are henefited by such ns~ls· pany or the Sinclair Crude Oil Purwhich, ·In turn. will enable scle!!tists tance." • chn~lng company. The bonds were de· to meusure the wei:;ht or the earth Other high spots ot the platform livered to the Sinclair company, acand deduct Its tnmpositlon. were: cording to Stewart For rerernl tenturles there havt! Denunciation or RepubliC'~n corrnp· been experiments In this direction t!on. F:HBhlRT HOO\'E R, the Repub· But only lust year Doctor Hey!, uftel . Further reduction In tmration by llcnn candidate for President, wlll prolonged and most delicate experi· limiting debt retiremE-nt to sinking resign as secretary of commerce with· mPntntlon. suceeedf>d fn giving to the fund requirements. world a precise con~tant of grnvlta Imposition or tariff duties "hkh In a few days, to de1·ote all his time to tion. Nnw he Is hent on even greater will permit e!Tectlve competition, In· the national campaign. It Is expected accurat·y. The new ohscn·utions will snrance against monopolv and Ht the that he 1\ ill visit President f'oolid;:e he carried on in n small luborntory 3!'i same time produce a fair reYenne for at thP summer While House at Brule \\'is., to turn in his re>ignntion. H~ feet undt! rground. so thut tempera- the Rupport of the goYernmPnt. will then proceed to his .home In Call· ture chunges may be ayoided, as well Criticism or foreign policies or the forniu to prepar~ his speech of nc- • us the horizontal attracting forces of Repuhliran administration. ceptanre which Is tu he delivered the moving objects fltl the earth's ~urface. Curbing of the Issuance or lnjuncfi1·,t wPel< In Au::ust. lt will tqke several mont'Js or the tlons In lnhor disputes as sought by nr. Tluhert Work. secretary ot the most careful work with a tor~i"o bal· , or~anlzed labor. Interior, who has heen ·named rhair· unt·e. mussh e steel cylinders und tiny Com!pmnatlon Of excPssive campni~'ll 'JUnn of tt.e Hepuhlll'lln natloMI com glass halls to compute and complete expenditures. mittee. Is Hltio expeciPd to resign soon the fresh seri(!i of observations. Development of the Am~rlrnn nJPr· to gil·e his entire nttention to directing chant marine. th~ campull!n. Strict enforcement or antl·trust polite and capuble and will prohubl~ ('halrmnn Work announced that laws. amount to something In the world PrPsillPnt Coolirtge will not he asked The keynote speech of Cluuue G. Compared with the Indulgent purPnt. to muke nny speerhes for the ticket the oppressor In the home Is a bless Bowers · was an appeal for hanuony anrt that It !~ - not expectell that he and a united Democracy. The fiery lng.-K W. Howe. will tnke any active part in the camorator from New York stirred the conpaign. vention to wild bursts of enthusiasm H1 nr.1• J. Allen, former governor Qr Amber as he assailed the Republicnn pa1'ty Knnsas and pnhli~her ot the Wichita Amber, a fossilized vegetatJie resh> on Its record of eight years' adminis· Beacon. hns ht•m nnmP<I as campaign hard, t>rittle, translucent and yellow tratlon of the country's affairs. publicity di l'P('t or. brown In color, Is eas!ly elerr rfftp~ h) The permanent chairman, Senntut friction. This Is regnrrh·rl nR the nrs1 Joseph T. Hobin~on, ret off S<'me lire electl'ical t>henomenon te ha1·e heen works when he declared that there 11!('.\!10 ~ ~"n~; killln~s go merrily ohsen·ed nnd was remnrkprl hJ 1111 11·ould be no "wet" plan!; in the plut Oil 'I liP In! '"t \ it•iJI II iR "Big 1'hn" enrlv GrePkS 1 form. lit "J~<lr a plPn for rf'li:.dous ~flll'j')l\ ''" r "''"'" 1' '(\rf'(OI'IltHtive, I By ALFRED SORENSON Drawing by Ray Walters. :1-----, NE of the most sensa tiona! meetings on the "field of honor" to th() United States was the fatal duet betwe()o Jon· athan Cilley and Wittiuru J. Graves. The prtnci· pals, the seconds, and the tour witnesse>- were ; 1~ ~~~ all prominent members .• ot congress. At the time of this encounter. February 24, 1838, there was no tele· papl!lic communication, and the news ot the day was spread slowly by the coaches, the few railroads and ..aearnmJats. But "hen the people the country leurned of tragic occurrence there arose a wa1·e of excitement and In 9 Jonathan Cilley, 1ictim of Graves represented the state of Muine the national house of representa· and was a very populur and PJionot·abl e man. He had made a in which he scathingly crltl· a ,.Purge of corruption which beerlbrought against some bach· congressmen In a letter, publi>·herl New York Courier and Enquir· over the Pl:,:nnture of "A Spy In 1 " This lettpr wus ~ndorsed • in the columns by James Watson the edhor of the paper, who otrenre nt Cillpy's emphatic de ouuuuuu•u of tbe author of the unony· letter aR well as or the gen!'ral of bis speech, and sPnt him a dem.mding an explanation nnJ apology. Craves, a member of from Kentucky, acted as note bearer. Cilley refused receive the hostile communication making any personal reflec· on the character of Webb." Some followed between and Cilley, rerultlng In a illa•lletlge by Graves, who, as the rep. ..,.,nt••t""' of Webb, thought he was In accordance with the unwrlt· "code ot honor," although there been no animosity or trouble of kind between them at any time. The challenge was accepted and the was fought near Washington with the two men being stationed teet apart Henry A. Wise, memof congresa from VIrginia, acted for Gravel!, and George W. member ot congress from Tensecollded Cilley. The four con· ftll!<lllllen who were .witnesses were and Menefee of Kentucky, )U]Jcon of Ohio, and Bynum of North At the given word Cilley fired first, almost Instantly Gravee respond· Both missed. A consultation be· principals and seconds wos now with a view of ending the affair, they railed to agree. Cilley Is reported to have snfd at conference that he "entertained highest respect and most kind for Graveso." The d uell>'t!! resumed tbelr platoes Universih'• Defined American Universities and C..IIPge~ that lo the United States a anl 1 Is an Institution of higher ng. rompris!og a college or col of arts, literature and sclenrellst·orl•l'llll the first part of the Amer university to come Into exist professional colleges or of law, medicine. theology. t>tc. "~t~erlnlly a graduate a~hool of tlrProluro and sl'lence. lo ad and aguin exchanged shots. A:;uln tbey shot wide. Graves then demand ed another round, and onte more they fired. 'l'his time Cilley was shot through the body, and falling to the grounil died In n few minutes. ('ongn·ss wns ~imply astounded up on leal'lling that one of its most es teemed members had been shot to death without jutititiaole provocatinu. An immediate imestigatlon or the nf· fulr was ordered and a committee of seven members or the house was up pointed for thnt purpose. This C<'lll mlltee preseoled a volum:nous report stating, among other things. that "the challenge was given becuuse ~lr. Cil ley declined to accept the note from Colonel Wehb, borne by Gra1·es, on grounds whi ch would exonerate Mr. Graves from all responsibllfty grow· lng out of the alTair. This, Mr. t'lllpy could net do without an udmlsslon that In his remarKs in the bouse rein tive to Colonel Webb he had slun<!Pred that gmtleman, and he therefore ac cepted the challenge hecause the net was Indispensable to a void disgrace to himself, to his family. and to hi~ cons tituents." The committee came to the con· elusion that the words spoken by Mr. Cilley In the course of a debate In the hon~e of representatires, his refu,ul to as~!gn any other reason fnr it than that he did not choose to he 11!·awn Into any diffltult In rPgard to the sub· Jert. were the causes that led to th' tragedy. The committee maintuiaed that G1·aves hud committed a breach or the I h:ghesl l'tHl~titutillnal prhileges of the house nud of the most Stlcred rights of the p~ople In the j)erson of the1r r!'presentnl!ve. hy demunding In a hos tile manner an explanntion of wor.!s spoken in debate nnd hy tieing the bearer of sucb a demand or demand ing a reason for refusing to receive it. The committee held that the send· lng of a challenge by one member to another member and kllling him tn a duel was a still more aggravated breach of the privilege& of the house, and was the highest oft'ense that could be committed against either tlranch nf congress, against the freednm ot speech in debate, and against the spirit and substance of that consti· tutlonal provision that for any speech In either houf.'e the members shall not be questioned In any other plnce. "The present case Is without any circum stance of extenuation," said the com mlttee In Its report, which prnlse•l Cilley as a man of high character. whose death could not he exeused by nny clrcumstanee, whatever, "not even by that custom, the relic of unenllght· ened barbarous ages, which II'IIP for merly supposed to be · a proof of n de· gree of physical courage, but Is In fact a signal monument of the want of the higher attribute of moral cour· age." Gra1·es was denouneed In unmeasured terms by the committee whn rec· ommended that he be expelled from the house of representut!ves, nnd that Wise and Jone&, the seconds In the duel, be censured Action was taken dltlon to s(·hools and colleges de voted to lnstrurtlon Hntl rest'ar('h lhP unlvenity lnclmles 1livisfnns of lull oratories, llhrurle8 and museums and sometlnn•s 8 university press nn• research Institutes. Not every lnsrltu t!on which calls Itself a univprslt;. measures up to this ~Pftnltfon. Benevolent Oppre.sion When you Mnd a father who Insists on ruling his family strictly and sensf bly, he may be call()(] an oppressor But. at least. his ch!ldrPn are ohFIIent, NO,ICAI.II AFFORD 'TO l=i:ED A~V MORE PETS R Working to Compute Mass of the Earth I H C 1 " 1 2. Dcmo<•l·atic convention In sesswn. labor le:uler and mull rohher. Mur· [lhy wt1s s:>ot J!owu ou the la\lll of ltis home late ut uight hy gan~~LPrs in a flHSsing uutomohlle. Pollee ~uy the killing was the re!'llit or nn lnternnl fight for contml of the Master Clean· ers und Oyers' assodatlnn. hill to stu· Pm•:MmH hill?.e the franc at a.n:l cems and l'll!XCAHI~'S wipe out hlllion~ or wealth in l•'ren('h bonds of war and prewar Issues wus passed hy the chamber of deputies hy a vote of 4;,0 to :!2. Many of the bonds, 1~h lch will be r~duced SO per ccm In \'alue, were sold in Ameril-a. The renate Iuter voted In fa~<>r or the st a hil!?.atlon hill by 2:lti tu :{, and the law 1.;; now In effect. 'l'hus the l•'rench parliament buried the ''enerable old franc-the fratJC that hefor·e the war held up its heud among the other CU>Tl•ncles of the world ut 20 cent~. It was 125 years of uge, hav· lng h~en born In the days of the lirtit consul, Iuter to become 1\ut>oleon l, the emperor of the French. For more than 11 century It fiourisloed us one of the powerful rninugPs of the worl1l. That was bl'fnre the day when the nouveau riches, the dollar and pound sterling, became the aristocrats ur the ftuaneial world. ltQ downfall dates In reality to l!l14 and the ll!lr, when the French, al· though wanton with the blood that poured from the open wound in the country's side, never felt Inclined to tax the111selves, as other warring coun· tries did. They paid for the wnr with loans. Afterward they hid behind the Illusion that "Germany will pay." T ilE sensational mailbag robbery, ln1 oiling un estimated loss of $300,· 000, which was dl~covered on the nrril•ul in London or the mail landed at Southumpton from the steamer Le,·iathan, is still shrouded In my,'tery. The mailllllb"S arrived In London with seals Intact anrt the robbery was not dlscovereu until the po~t oflke offici a Is prepared to sort the letters. 'l'he mail was under supen·lsion or the United Slates sen postal staff thr1n•~hout the vo~age and wa~ landed at Southamtltnn under stt·ict armed supen ision. It I>; bPiieYed certain the bags were not tampered with after they left the ship. \Yhen the hugs were opened at London it ll'fi~ found that the re~istere1l letters hart hern split oppn nn1l all negotiable papers tnlien. How to Hit 80 Auto Prospett-But I dun't want to huy a car that runs 70 or 80 miles an hour. Snlesman-Oon't let that worry you. This t·ur dne..m't reully go that fast. But people like to hrag about going fnst nnrl to please then. we ftx the spPedometers so they show twice ns much as the car Is going.-Puth· finder. LEARNING BY NOTE l•'riend-''ls your duughter lE-arnIn;! to sin~: !Jy note?" Oud-"Yesa flnHlollur note every lesson." What a Break! A wealthy citlr.en 11 IJO 11ad tasted mo,,t of life's pleusures was feeling low. Nothing spetitic seemed to be the mHtter, hut low he was. So he culle.U l1is physiciltll . "Doctor," he complained, "I'm sick of t'VI'r~ thing." "Great.''-Americnn Legion llonthly. Moods .\ teacher l>as instructing the c!n•s on the •·moods or l't> rh~." and at the conclusion of the lesson aR!,ed the following- questions "Let the cow go into the shed. What mood'!" A chihl replied: "'l'he cow mooed." PRESENTED AT COURT tl>at the Aluminum f'om· C1!.\flG!.:\G p:tny of America. offi<·e,·s It~ und others enteJ·ed into a consp!J·ucy to treute an aluminum monopoly In this country to the detrimPnt of others en· gaged In the Industry, the Bn>och Me· rhine Tool company of Springfield. Mas~.. has ftlert suit In the I•'Pdernl court at nnston against the company. 'l'ile plaintllf company names An· drew W. ~lellon, .Tames B. Duke and others as having participated In the nlleged conspiracy, but does not make them defen{)nnts. The bill alleges that, although Mellon resigned as a director ot the Aluminum Company of America In 1920, he continued to part!clpote In the policies A.nd management or Its at· fairs nnd has been a "dm.nlnat!ng rae· tor therein.'' B fi:C.\ USE he !~suPf! orde!'ll to his suhordlnntps tn tire on all cars not stopp:ng for llq unr ill<;H•••tlon. n ~rrnnd Jury at BufTalo :-;, Y. Ita~ helrt Boatswain Frnnl< n...·!; OOl!llllllllllPr of the con•! gnnrd stnlion nt l'nrt Nia~;· ara. :oi. Y.. partially r~~I>Ou~ihiP fur the ~l•ootlng of .Taroh D. llllll•un of Nlnl(ara !•'ails. llansnn wa~ <hnt enrly on the morning of May 6 n hi!p h<' wn~ rlrivinl( hark to the Falls from n \'islt to Lewi ~ton. ,Jennings nnrl Ore\\· con ~t gun rdsmen, were pa tl'flll i ng thP road on !he lonkout for liiJltllr smug glers. ThP,v ~1aim the;v ordr•rc1! llan son to stop nnrl he refu~e1!. J 011:"1:"/Y ~'AHHF:LL won the open by d~featln~ Rohhy .Tones In the play-off of a tie hy one stroke nt Olympia fields, C'hlcago Jones and Farrell were tied for ftr~t place 11-t 2!!4. The plny-o!T was one of the most thrilling and dramatic 36· hole matches ever played anywhere. Birdies on the lnst two holes hy both players Is an Indication ot how stubbornly the battle was waged. Farrell, Qunl,er HJdge proresslonal, ntter seven years of ~t1·iving and disappointment won the honor whlt.h, to a profes· ~inn a!, Is worth from S50,000 to $100,· ~olr ()()(), • "lie says be's been presented at court." ''I'll say he has-twice for embezzlewent and forgery once." T eleuiaion "I can't take u good picture of your bnhy whpn it Is kicking so!" snld the photographer. As the negro woman gathered up her wailin~: offspring she murmured: "De next time Ah comes to hn 1·e yo' 11lcture took Ah'll leave )O' to home!" The Jokes ''Did you write ulf the jokes In your show?'' ''Yes." "Well, If I may compliment Y?"· ~·ou must be much ol1ler than you look.'' An Aberration llts Sister (wruthfully)-How on earth did ) ou tome to propose to her? Dazed Youth- Well, we were sitting Dn the stairs, ond smne one carne and kicked me on the buck of the head. cl>amplon~hlp All Ouer Country Pulicenwn (at scene of nnmler)-You can't come In here. Heporter-But J'·;e been sent to do the murder. l'ountry Policeman- Well, you're too late; the murder's been done. Complication in Relu.sal ~!J'R. Jones-Doesn't your husband's stuttPring bother you? ~Irs. Smith-On the contrary, It help' me. He'd much rather help witb the hou~ework than soy "1\o." . Exp~nsiue c;ombination Bri~:gs-llit! the doctor build you up, Uti he ~aid lie would? Gri;{~::;- Yt)~. nnd judging from his hill he_d,arg ..a me both ns a ptysl· clan 11111! n first dass cons'tructor.r:o,ton Trnn~cript. Sole Tenr1-t Dick-Tle.tr, I caJJ'I get you out of my mind! Mildred--It ought to be easy; there'd he no dnngt•r of g<'tting me mixed up with something else. |