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m ; lIIGiTHE j'lllS; NIGHT linl Scene Will Close m (VC’lock <*n That Weeks Krd Work. K? BOX AT Ebarki s bank and Scaled. — HWtsfaids Now E in Kvery Mo- K Their Time. not at-! V V- V" chock Hi --nod as rs •. ..-ri< ><l. This |HV*<• i Satur ,:il he under - who <lo not |W,,. r .k . . have accepted ajipear "ii the V , S.tMif(la\ night! iiu.'iastic work ■ ai t "t‘ the can ■j,r Tin:es hig iiil uni culminate in ■(...!]„ SiK.itiiay night. No- H. 3J 1»| I»'e!i».-k. ■„f ;IV vai is ii:c.infos a now r.fuigltain. a my K ,\ Duplex Pliae- K Hud-*n Poach, a new ■ fwiian titi'l a Ford (’oui>e, ■ ni' SLUM each and Hoards of sioo each. iis will he paid all Ksjar.t- wii'i have remained ■uUmi! *1 he campaign as ■uLv- :'iii-n;al ameuincement ■paiiing of rhe campaign. Kn> in rhe history of (’abar ■ h;t' there been Mich a dis- Hr; i.)~Ti\ auanls —and/iever Hthere been such aa exciting Brin thorn. 1 ■kite Fairness to All. ■to maintain the strictest i ■to tiu' number of subscrip ted in by each individual ■uiksgiving and Christmas ■during this, the last week fcesr. the race is being ■ a rinse under a sealed Heriptii tis whatever are be- K’-I tin.iuaii the campaign H this week, but instead H themselves will deposit ■ -olleetiotis at the (’abarrus Bank. Ily so doing, no one, ■ ! lio campaign manager, can I Hanv the voting strength of Hitv candidates. which pro-j H i*ossihility of favoritism | ■ fairness to the minutest! I and-sealed the ballot box) |pho*(] in the lobby of the' I Savings Hank where it will |ri the closing hour of the I Saturday. It will then ■ by the eotinting judges and fount will begin at the bank. |f the leading candidates has Imimimls of new as well as pbsciipti.ais. and t'.ie enthu-! I tbo contestants has been Bb by the hearty response the |* le made to their solicita- [ a(l Snal week will give the f Ee of the campaign a big Postant< are now devoting ititt-nf their time to getting r before the closing |tD »ntlui>iastic boosting of P' ! " I'twving an .important I bice. The awarding of [ d the biggest event I Tof ('abarrus county,—lq- on excitement will P day Sauirduy. [death DRIVING 0n : M AMILI4R ROAD f an Pinned Under Car 1 11 11 cut Down an Embank fy X' v - i'—While driving |®amiliar road .at night, Ed I ,''°rth I‘ine Street, met in ab .ut !t :3b p. m. Mon r JAV, ‘!i. in Gaston county. fr 1 "'! b. v iwo young women. U ' V:ls driving cn the road Facrtnn that leads to the ry a 'Dnia highway when the happened. Pm' ° vor ne em bank- F ' r M i’.son was pinned un- L't" ' vhwl - Life I m,' ir J ‘ body was re- L , :Ua was caused by a i , -' !l ' Wilson’s com | 'h only slight lr _k,. ' looming the Be {in'T U: f Christmas sale it s ‘ ", Parks-Belk Go’s. It T a ';'" k fi ‘ *'■« store will be I'rices. You will ipiv f , s : over the store, 'dais here and Cl' r ’"’ ‘ h ' ,M ' $2 tel pounds of pure :-iia M 1 " r cents. On f’.„ Vi" V .- s ' s - vou oan "tart tomorrow it sue U I ’ ,> ° n time an<^ ;! ! other big bar- ~ |r : 5 ,, ' 1 " remarked to an tittup:’, • f'vience has no <e s • '' 'avestigators have 1 ~~ tianj j, ‘ 1 a Kneultural labor •"ni* by women. THE CONCORD TIMES $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. Col. Mitchell Plans To Testify In Full In His Own Defense JARDINE LANDED WITH ROAD PLAN Gives Stamp of Approval to. National -System of Roads ■ Selected by the Joint Board. Washington. Nov. 19.—Secretary .Tardine today announced hiss approval of ihc not i<*nftl system of roads sc lented by the joint board of interstate highways to be known as "United States highways. The road system includes 7f».584 miles of highway, eneli route of whteh has been designated by number, and the secretaryri approval of the joint board’s plan has been forwarded to the American Association of State highway officials meeting in Detroit this week. DURHAM JURY CONVICTS WYATT OF MANSLAUGHTER Verdict R* tinned With Recommenda tionof Mer 282 282 28 39 39 390 tion of Mercy.—Sentence Next Month. Italeigh, Nov. IS.—The jury trying Jesse Wyatt, former captain of. de tectives of Raleigh, tonight at 11:20 returned a verdict of manslaughter with recommendation for mercy. Judge Midyette, who wgs sitting up for the verdict, announced that he would continue t'he case under the same bond which now holds Wyatt and pass judgment in December. He has a latitude of four months mini mum to twenty years maximum. The jury, which was chosen from a special veuire from Durham county, had the case under deliberation for two hours and fifteen minutes. Wyatt was arraigned on a charge of murder for killing Stephen S. Holt, prominent attorney of Smithfield. Juno Ist, last. Ilolt was killed by a bul let whirfi (the defense contended struck him after glancing from the hard surface cf the highway near this city when "Wyatt tried to stop the car on the supicion that it contained whis key. Wyatt, on the stand in liis own behalf, testified that t’ae driver of the car failed to heed him when be signalled with hit* hand. He said lie fired the shot downward in order to-smnmons aid from another officer.' He denied that he shot at r!ie tiro of the car. Chief Winder Bryan, of the Raleigh police farce, who accompanied Wyatt on the night that Holt was killed, testified for the defendant. corrol»o --rating his testimony. A number of witnesses for the State, however, contended that t*iie shot came direct from the officer’s pistol. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Barely Steady at Decline of 5 to 13 Points, With Active Months Soon Lower. New York, Nov. 19.—04*)—The cot ton market opened barely steady todav at a decline of 5 to 13 points, active months soon showing nrt: looses of 10 to 14 points under liquidation and Southern hedging. There also may have been some local selling on the relatively steady showing of Liver pool, but offerings were not heavy, f.nd after the decline to 19.79 for January the market steadied *ou trade buying and covering. January rallied to 19.90 before the end of the first hour, but the improvement was not fully maintained, the market being and rather irregular. Liverpool cables reported that .rade calling had absorbed some hedging and continental selling, with a fair spot demand. Cotton fiftures opened fairly steady. Dec. 2055: Jan. 19.78; March 19.87; May 19.58; July 19.24. Communist Deputy Roughly Handled. Rome, Nov. 19. —04*)—The sitting of the chamber of deputies was sus pended for ten minutes today after a scuffle in which the communist deputy Maffi was roughly handled and eject ed by the fascists. At the Parks-Belk Co’s, big sale to open Friday morning with every pur chase of from $2 to $6 you can get ten pounds of pure granulated usgar for 50 cents. On all purchases above $6 you can get 25 pounds for $1.25. Owners End Strike by Moving Silk Mill to North Carolina New Yorkj, Nov. 18. —As a result of the failure of negotiations to end a three weeks strike among its oper atives, owners of the Hillcrest Mills have announced the removal °f theii plant to High Point, N. C., according to a story appearing in the York World this morning. The W orld s story follows: ; “In spite of the pleas of a dimin utive priest who preached to them as to naughty children, the 250 striking weavers of the Hillcrest Silk M'lls iu West New York, N. J., last night re jected the company’s compromise of fer to end the three weeks’ strike which has left many of them penniless. “As a result of their failure to ac cept the company’s offer, officials of the mills announced negotiations Have been closed and they will meve their looms to High Point, N. C. Already 120 looms hare been removed and last Defense Counsel in Court Martial States That Col. Mitchell Will Be on the Stand Two Days. OTHER DEFENSE ABOUT FINISHED Lieut. Wade Leigh, one of the World Fliers, Tells Court Martial of Various Experiences. Washington, Nov. 19. —<&)—The defense notified the Mitchell court martial today that it expected io com plete presentation of its e\ idence to morrow. except for tiu* testimony Col. Win. Mitchell will give in his own be half. Representative Frank R. Reid, chief defense counsel, indicated ♦ hit the Colonel would require about two days for his testimony. Lieut. Wade Leigh, one of tho army world fliers, told the court of various experiences during his 3,000 dying hours in every type of plan" known to any aviation personnel. Regarding the faoening amphibian machine, lie said .it was in tim exper imental stage, and not in opinion \suited for Arctic service. Turning to the world flight, he said he believed the circumstances which attended the hop from Scapa Flow to Iceland constituted “an undue haz ard of' human life.” DR. RANKIN MONDAY NIGHT Great Mass Meeting Exoeeted to B? Held Here.* Indications this week pointed to one of the greatest mass meetings ev er held in the city, when Dr. W. S. Rankin, head of the hospital section of the Duke Foundation, addresses the citizens of Concord and the county next Monday night at the court house at 7 oVloek. The meeting is to be in the interest of the new hospital for Cabarrus County, a movement started some weeks ago by the Chamber of Com merce in conjunction with the Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs. Dr. Rankin’s address igT to be on the geupral subject of a hospital for the community and, in specific, on how the county may procure money from the Duke Foundation to assist in building and maintaining the hos pital. The public has boon invited to be present at Dr. Rankin’s speech as it is important tlint Mie people be in formed on the subject of the new hos pital. All the civic clubs of the city are backing the movement and the doc tors of the city and county have ! signed a petition asking that the coun ty take the matter into considera tion at an early date. Dr. Rankin speaks at the request of a committee which was appointed recently to lead the project. At the Rotary dub weekly lunch eon Wednesday, it was suggested that the members write to persons in the county calling their attention to the fact that Dr. Rankin is to be here Monday and asking them to be present. It was thought that by this means, some who might not otherwise know of the mass meeting, might be thus notified. Unification Beaten at Two Confer ences. Waxahatchie, Texas, Nov. 18.— Unification of the Southern Metho dist Church with the Methodist Epis copal Church was rejected here to day by the Central Texas Conference of the former church, the vote being 182 against and 102 for. Griffin, Ga.. Nov. 18. —The North Georgia conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, meeting here today voted 210 against and 116 for unification with the Methodist Epis copal Church. VV. N. Reynolds Improving. Winston-Salem, Nov. 18.—The con dition of William N. Reynolds, chair man of the board of directors of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company andn one of the wealthiest men in this city, who has been at John Hop kins Hospital, Baltimore, for the past two weeks, is reported as being very satisfactory. He underwent, an op eration several days ago. night forty-six more were being taken from the West Neew York plant. “Tltf Rev. Leonard Borgetti, the mediator, with United States Labor Commissioner John A. Moffatt, had presented the following plan, .accept ed in advance by the mill operators: piece work base rates of 9 cents a yard for work on two looms, and S cents a yard for work on three looms, with a six months’ contract guaran teeing $35 a week. The strike was caused by a recent wage cut from 10 cents to 8 cent’s on two looms. “Yesterday’s meeting had been call ed for all strikers because the mill managers refused to treat With the strike committee. The committee is headed bv Albert Welsbord. Phi Beta Kappa graduate of New York Univer sity and Harvard, and George Pearl man. CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10,1925 Spehds lbmb the Ohio River. It will cost s2oo,ooo,. including a 75-foot monument that is to be erected on the brow of the hill behind the tomb. Photo shows the ex« cavation in the rock. It will be closed by Isipppcr <Joor guaranteed to last 8000 yeajrs,' '•« CHINA GAINS 010 POINT AT MEET Chinese Demand For En actment of Treaty Giv ing Unrestricted Tariff Rights Adopted. Peking, Nov. 19. —(>4*) —The pow ers represented at the Chinese cus toms conference today unanimously! ami unconditionally acceded to the Chinese demand for the enactment of a treatry giving China unrestricted tariff rights beginning January. 1929. Cluna agrees to abolish the Likin or special tax imposed upon goods— inland transit on the same date. STONE SUMMONS FARM CONVENTION Annual Meeting of Agricultural Union To Be Held Here. Greensboro. Nov. 17.—R. W. H. Stone, president of the Farmers Edu cational and Co-operative Union, Mon day sent a call for (the annual conven tion of the organization, to be held at Raleigh December 3 and 4, and Thursday he goes to Crescent, Rowan county, to confer with Mrs. Mary Lyerly, of that plaec, concerning the program. Bishop Penick to Preach. Gastonia, Nov. 19.—C4*)—The lit. Rev. E. A. "Penick, bishop of the North Cai’olina diocese of the Episco pal Church, of Charlotte, will deliver the Sunday morning sermon at St. Marks Church here, November 22nd. He- will also address the Episcopal men’s Bible class that morning. The service is expected to be one of the largest attended and most in spiring in St. Marks history, tin* Rev. J. W. C. Johnson, pastor, says. Capital of Chihli Captured. Peking. Nov. 19. — i/P) —Paoting-Fii, provincial capital of Chihli, 100 miles southwest of Peking, ’has been cap tured by an army under Gen. Teng Pao-San, of l the group opposed to Mq rslrnl Chang Tso-Lin. The city fell after considerable fighting with the retiring forces of the Manchurian leader. Protects Record of Commander Lans downe. Washington, Nov. 19. — {A 3 )—Any insinuation that Commander Zachary Lnnsdowne deliberateley jeopardized the Shenandoah and her crew not on ly reaches the “height of absurdity but slanders the dead,” according to Com mander Rosendalil, senior surviving officer of the airship. Air Mail Service For Florida. Washington, Nov. 19. — UP) —Air mail service between Florida’s three principal cities. Jacksonville, Tampa and' Miami, by April Ist next, with extension to Atlanta not later than June Ist has been decided upon by Postmaster General New. Heads U. D. C. For Next Year. Hot Springs, Ark.. Nov. 19. — UP) —Mrs. St. John Lawton, of Charles ton, S. C., was elected president gen eral of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the 32nd annual con vention here today. - President Off For New York. Washington. Nov. 19. —( A *)—Pres- ident Coolidge left Washington early today for New York, where tonight lie will address the New (York State Chamber of Commerce. Child labor in St. Louis has de creased 33 per cent, in the last four years, according to an official report just issued. Two Sections Twelve Pages Today QUEEN ALEXANDRIA IS CRITICALLY ILL „ t —■ Dowager Queen of Eng land Suffered Heart At tack Following Illness of Past Several Weeks. London Nov. 19.—04*)—Dowager Queen Alexandra, mother of King George, is critically ill from a heart attack, it is officially announced. The Queen, whose eighty-first birth -day falls on December Ist, buffered the attack this morning. The statement issued* fr<uti her home "ht Sandringham Castle tluk afternoon reads: "Her Majesty, Queen Alex andria, who for some time past has been failing in health, suffered a se vere heart attack this morning.” Charlotte Girl Says Home Life Is Preferable to Career 1.000 Times. Charlotte. Nov. 18. —As between love and a career for women, (there is only one sensible view for a woman to take, according to Miss Elizabeth Conrad, prominent young Charlotte business woman, who says the sensible woman will always seek love and let the career go. “I would rather 10,000 times cook hot biscuits for some poor man over a wood range every day than to beat a typewriter in a dingy .office each day, making believe 1 am having a good time and achieving' a career,” said Miss Conrad. “I (think any woman ill advised to choose a career instead of home build ing. I also believe that the major ity of women in business today, whether married or single, were forced into business by present ’ economic conditions rather than from choice.” Miss Conrad is president of the Charlotte Altrusa Club and leader in the Charlotte Business and Profes sional Women's Club. * Thanksgiving Sale at Eflrd’s. The big Thanksgiving Sale at Efird's will begin Friday morning, No vember 20, and will continue every day until Thanksgiving Day. During this sale, there will be some b : g sac rifices of ready-to-wear. Commencing Saturday morning and until they last they will sell 300 dozen ladies $1.50 full fashioned hose at 98 cents a pair. During this sale you will find many wonderful values in the Bargain Base ment. In both The Tribune and Times today you will find enumerated many of the hundreds of bargains which await you in this sale. See pages ten and eleven. Christmas Opening at Cline’s Phar macy. Everybody is cordially invited to the Christmas Opening at Cline's Pharmacy Friday and Satuaday. You will find here a splendid show ing of Christmas merchandise, prac tical and useful gifts for the entire family. In a full page ad. today you will find many of these gifts enumerated. During two opening days the store is going to sell 2,000 market bags for 25 cents each. In each of these bags you will find at least 23 samples of various high-class goods, which you will find enumerated .in the page ad. today. Look it up. Occupy Places on Newspaper Insti tute. Chapel Hill, Nov. 17.—01e Buck, cf Nebraska, and Paul Patterson, of Baltimore, will occupy two of the places on t*lie program of the News paper Institute to be held in Chapel Hill January 13th to 15th, udder the auspices of the North Carolina Press Association and the University of North Carolina. They will represent the two ex tremes of newspaper work, the coun try weekly, where one man is pretty nearly everything, and the metropoli tan daily, where one man is merely a cog in a great machine. DR. MERCER GHOSEN TO HEM BAPTISTS FOR ANOTHER YEAR Wilson Pastor Re-elected President of the State Baptist Convention of North Carolina. THE DRYLAW IS APPROVED In Resolution Which Con demned Politicians Who Seek to Overthrow “This Wholesome Law” . Charlotte, Nov. 19. —04*) —Dr. I. M. Mereer. of Wilson. X. was re elected President of the State Baptist Convention of North Carolina at this morning’s session. Following the electron of I)r. Mer cer, the convention then named the following as trustees of Meredith Col lege, Raleigh: Dr. T. J. T. Rattle of Greensboro; Dr. .T .Rufus Hunter, of Raleigh; T. A. Avery, Rocky Mount; Rev. W. A. Ayers, of Forest City; A. S. Cox, of Winterville; Dr. Livingstone John ston, Raleigh; Mrs. F. J. Everett, of Greenville, and Dr. E. McK. Goodwin, of Morganton. - Dry Law Approved. Charlotte, Nov. 19. — (.A 3 ) —Resolu- tions endorsing the prohibition statute and condemning “political leaders” who seek to overthrow “this whole some law” were adopted by rhe State Baptist Convention here today. While no “political leaders” were named, many .delegates declared the resolutions were aimed at Governor A1 Smith of New York and several United States Senators. The vote was unanimous. PRESIDENT POTEAT SCORES HIS ACCUSERS “Time to Stop This Attack.” He De clared to Alumni.”—Will Not Quit His Job. Charlotte, Nov. 18.—“ I decline to be whipped out of a position on an issue that involves the position and responsibility of my alma mater—the institution has stood,for truth no mat ter what little window it has shone through.” ■ These declarations were made by Dr. William Louis Potent, president of Wake Forest College, in the course of a short, but pointed speech before 250 members of the Wake Forest State Alumni Association, in annual I meeting here tonight. Dr. Potent, who because of his as-1 sertion that the Bible and evolution I can be reconciled, has become > the storm center in the Baptist denomi nation in this state, scored his crit ics. He declared that “injurious mis representations have gone from lip to lip” and it was “time to stop this at tack.” Scores His Critics. In the course of his address he again and again scored those who at tacked him. declaring that “I think there is a fly in the ointment.” “Who wants your job?” an ardent alumnus shouted. Dr. Poteat smiled and declared that when the discussion came up he had thought of letting them have it, but, “they have made it impo-ss : ble now.” I>r. Poteat was accorded* ovation after ovation as lie walked into the chamber of commerce hall where the banquet was held. After his address Rev. Bruce Ben ton. of Rockingham, read a resolu tion asserting the nssoeiation's faith in Dr. Poteat, the faculty and the college. It was adopted with a ris iug vote. This resolution declared “that in widespread discussion <3f Wake For est, some suspicions have been arous ed which have beclouded the confi dence of not a few of its friends with in the state.” Loyal to Christian Faith. It affirmed the '‘unqualified loyalty to the fundamentals of the Christian faith and allegiance” of the associa tion, “to the active work of the de nomination.” It declared unjust “the representa tion that the teaching of the faculty and president” is “dangerous to the Christian faith.” With reference to the teaching of science and evolution the resolution adopted declared that “we desire to record our observations that all facts of life and nature are interpreted in Wake Forest class rooms labora tories from the Christian point of view, which service is the chief justi- Dr. Mayo Sees Prohibition Leading To Government Control of Liquor New Orleans, Nov. 17.—That Pro hibition is leading to practical govern ment regulation of intoxicating liquors was the declaration of Dr. William J. Mayo, Rochester surgeon, in an interview here today. Prohibition as it now exists in the United States is only a process of ed ucating the American people to the need of temperance, and an experi ment leading to the institution of an established means of Government eop trol over intoxicating liquors, he said. “Something will be done soon prop erly to regulate this great national problem. The time will come soon when a real method of sensible con trol and regulation which will be fair and just will be adopted. J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher On Farm Now U" Here’s Luis Angel Flrpo. one" Re ferred to as the “Wild Dull of the, Pampas. '* when he was preparing lor his championship bout with Jack Dempsey. He’s now aver hull" and is shown as he looks-work tn£ on a farm in Buenos Aires. He ’ hopes to stage a come-back In the .ring next year. STURT INQUIRY TO ~ FIND FIRE'S CAUSE Federal Bureau Seeks the Cause for Fire Which Damaged Vessel of ihe Clyde Line. Letyes. Del., Nov. 19.— UP) —The Federal Bureau of Steamboat- Inspec tion today began an investigation on the burning of the Clyde lauer Leu ape, From the headquarters of the Bureau in Washington, orders were sent to the Philadelphia and the New York inspectors to examine members of the crew and survivors. The Philadelphia inspectors were or dered to examine the still smoldering hull of the Lenape lying on the Hats five miles north of here. The Lenape was beached and scuttled there after her more than 360 passengers and crew were taken off the burning ship yesterday with the loss of one life. The New* York inspectors will ques tion members of the crew and surviv ors who returned to that city last night. With Our Advertisers. The Y'orke & Wadsworth Co. has received another car of galvanized roofing at the old price $4.75. See ad. The Wear-Ever aluminum roaster at Ritchie Hardware Co., prices $5.95 to $5.95. Every home should have one. Phone 117. Fisher’s is headquarters in Concord for Durham durable hosiery. See ad. on page ten. Thoroughbred overcoats for young men, only $14.75 at J. C. Penney (Vs. Read the new ad. today of the Ca barrus Savings Bank. There is al ways good advice there. Signs Along Highways Will Point Way to Winston-Salem. Winston-Salem, Nov. 18.—It has been decided to string the highways for a distance of 1,700 miles around this city with arrow signs showing the distance to Winston-Salem. In all 250 signs arc to be put up on highways in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. President’s Father Improved. Plymouth, Vt.. Nov. 19. — .UP) —En- couraging symptoms were reported to dnv f**"m the bedside of Col. John Coolidge, • 80-year-old father of Presi dent who has been suffering from a recurrent attack of “heart block.” fication of a Christian college.” It was asserted “that we have found that the influence of every class room in biology as well as in Greek and Bibible is positively Christian and in variably on the side of our Christian and Baptist faith.” “The American people are begin ning to take the matter seriously. That is precisely the purpose of Prohibition as we have it today. It was working toward an end. a good end. and therefore I cannot feel that it is a failure. “Os course national Prohibition has brought about a condition which is not as satisfactory as that of local Prohibition regulated by the individ ual States themselves. Local option was a good rule, but under the pres ent system the sufferers are numbered for the most part among the froth and the dregs of humanity; principally the froth who can afford to pay severe prices.” MORE SOLDIERS IRE : ' ..TRIED TO STRIA | TO SUPPORT FRENCH One Thousand Infantry Troops With Tank and Armored Cars Are Land ed at Sidon. FOREIGNERS ARE TO BE GUARDED French Destroyer Is Also On Hand to Aid in Any Movement France May Decide Upon. Sidon. Syria. Nov. 19.—Of? —French ; reinforcements comprising 1.000 in* ; fantry men with a tank and armored i ears, have reached this imri, Ade • stroyer also has arrived, i The destroyer commander visitetl ! tiu* Presbyterian mission schools and | the Near East Relief orphanage, the staffs of,which he requested to remain, promising them adequate warning of any danger from the rebels. The French governor confi rred I with the religious loaders of all de nominations and askvd that they urge ; their follows not to incite their poo* ) pie to panic or excesses. The Druse forces behind Sidon are commanded by Vaid Atrasn. a brother of the Sultan A trash. Refugees fnuiu the interior continue to pour into Jhe ; town. Col. Robert (j\ Foy. American mili tary attache at Constantinople, is «r --peeted to arrive in Beirut tomorrow. 1 . CAPTAIN FOLEY IS HEARD AT INQUIRY He Gives His Version of the Charges Made by Mrs. Lansdowne. Washington. Nov. 19.—The Shen andoah court of inquiry today con cluded its investigation of the charges of Mrs. Margaret, Lan/sdowne, and will announce its opinion regarding them tomorrow. i It heard from Captain Paul Foley, accused by the widow of the Shenan doah’s captain of trying to sway her •testimony, a complete disavowal of any intention except that of being helpful to her. Then |it listened to a statement by Lieutenant Commander C. Sosen dahl. .senior surviving officer of the ~ wrecked dirigible, denouncing ns “a slander of the dead” any insiuation that Commander Lnnsdowne took the Shenandoah on the western flight when he believed her in jeopardy from the weather. Under cross examination by Judge Advocate Leonard, (’apt. Foley said he visited Mrs. Lansdowne “to help her” and “to save her from embar rassment.” “Why did you care what she testi fied to before this court?” “I did not care what she testified to before this court. My concern was for the widow of a man I had taught at the Naval Academy. I was most anxious to have her appear in a dig nified position before the court.” “Why did you say Mrs. Lansdowne would prove a difficult witness? Did you expect to have trouble with her testimony ?” "No, but it would not be a pleas ant duty for me to cross examine the widow of a gallant naval officer wha had died in the line of duty.” •- Capt. Foley said had he known Mrs. Lansdowne “as I do now, I would not have tried to help her.” “You had h childlike confidence in her?” asked the judge advocate. SAYS “AL” WOULD GIVE “CAL” REAL BATTLE Massaclmsct ts Man Discusses Result Smitii Should Be Named. Asheville, Nov. IS.—ls Governor Al Smith, of New York, is nominated by •the Democrats for president, and President Coolidge is nominated by the Republicans it will be a battle royal for the votes of New England, in the opinion of Charles L, BurriH, executive council of Massachusetts, who arrived in this today en •route to Florida where he goes to spend his vacation. Mr. Burrrill was a Republican can didate for mayor of Boston in the re cent election. The executive councillor is an inti mate friend of President Coolidge whom he speaks of often and affecr tionatel.v as “Cal.” , Mr. Burrill said that Governor Al Smith is extremely popular in Massa chusetts and throughout New Eng land. and would receive a very hand some vote were he nominated by riie Democrats. He »«aid that no doubt many Republicans of that section would support Smith. He would probably carry New England against any Rrepublican other than President Coolidge, the visitor inferred. SAT'S BEAR SAYS: •4 Showers and slightly warmer to night, Friday partly cloudy and cold er in west, showers in east portion. Moderate southwest winds. NO. 39