North Carolina Newspapers

ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES ■■■ ml VOLUME XXV New Outbreaks Along Frontiers Os Greece And Bulgaria Today . . A. •Each Country Blames the Other For the Incidents Which Make Peace Par ley More Difficult. GREEKS MAY NOT LEAVE BULGARIA They Charge They- Were Fired on While Evacuat ing Country Under the League of Nations Order OW —New incidents along, the fron tw of Oiwcp and Bulgaria threaten to interfere with the' pacifying efforts «>f the league of nttt : ons. Each side blames the other for the fresh outbreak. Sofia officially states that the’7;reeks opened tire on the Itulgarian frontier posts early this morning, while Athens says Greeks near Rouniania in Greek territory, were attacked. A report from Saloniki, Greece, Claims the Greeks were attacked while withdrawing from Bulgarian territory in conformity with the orders of the league council, and that as a result of this incident it is believed the evac uation must have ceased. Meanwhile representatives of both errantries appearing before the league council in l’aris apparently prior to receipt of news regarding the report ed outbreak, assured the council that its orders would be carried out. Bulgaria Blames Greece. Sofia, Oct. 28.—(A’JV-Irespite the warning of the league of nations coun cil, Greek troops at daybreak ocn tinued to occupy Bulgarian territory and there were no signs that they in tended to withdraw. Bulgarian officials in making this announcement said a number of vil lages were bombarded during the early morning hours. Extracts from articles in the Turk ish press arc published here to eliow that there is sentiment in Turkey favoring intervention to protest Bul garia from Kreek aggression. FORECAST COLD WAVE EAST OF THE ROCKIES Rain and I’rcbably Snow With the Temperature Below Normal for the Next 24 Hours. Washington, Oct. 27 —The weather bureau snip in its report pf conditions that indications are for rains within the next 24 hours in the‘eastern and southeastern states, pt-rbably turning to shew in the lower lake region, the Ohio valley, western Tom lessee, the Appalachian region and in the interior of the north At lantic s*ates. The northwestern area of high pressure and cold weather will overspread practically all sec tions cast of the Rocky Mountains within the next 3G hoars. The change to colder weather will set in Wednes day as far east as the Appalachian; region and "Wednesday night in the | Atlantic states. The temperature will remain considerably below normal east of the Mississippi river through Thursday and Friday. The great area of high pressure and abnormally cold weather froth Alaska has overspread the Rocky mountain region, the plains states and the Missouri and the upper Mississip pi valleys, the lowest temperature be ing aero at Calgary, Alberta. Many stations in. Wyoming and western Nebraska northward report tempera tures of between zero and 10 degres at 8 p. m., or from 25 to 45 degrees below normal. Held For Court on Immorality Charge. Charlotte, Oot. 27.—Charged with immoral conduct with an 18-year old girl, the estranged wife of a Rock Hill, S. C, man, Herman Greene, Jr., 15 years old, was bound, over to the Juvenile Court, Monday morning by Judge E. McA Currie, of .Recorder’s Court. Greene’s family formerly lived In Union County, near Marshville, it was said, by police officers, but his father died and following the re marriage of his mother and removal to Norfolk, Va., the boy drifted back to Charlotte. , The youth became acquainted with Mrs. Helen Boone, of Rock Hill, and they took up a residence man and wife in a Charlotte house, according to information that was given to probation officers. The couple was arrested Sunday. . Mrs. Boone was given an inde terminate sentence of six to twelve months in the Industrial School for Women, of this county, by Judge Currie. Green is large for his age. L Mrs. Boone is small in stnture.and would be taken for a girl of about fifteen years of nger Says Water Shortage Due to Tree Destruction. Gastonia, Oct. 27.—“1f there had been more forest preservation in the mountains of Western Carolina," de clared Judgh Thad Bryson here to day, there would not have been this woeful shortage of hydro electric power. When the trees are cut from the mountain sides and, the surface is left like a concrete street or side walk and the water runs off into the rivers and streams and is conse quently lost, as far as reserve supply I is concerned, there is none left in I the yrtnind to furnish a supply in ( time'tif need like last summer.” Twenty-two cities in Ohio have boxing commissions. The Concord Daily Tribune _ North Carolina's Leading Small City Daily — . B GRAHAM FINDS STATE’S 9 FARMERS IN BAD WAV Says Something Must Be Done in | View of the Serious Drought Con ditions. I Raleigh, Oct. 28.—"1n vnwf'of.the seriou-, drought conditions that have L prevailed this past summer in many. of our counties, something * must be » 1 done for the farmers affected.” said ". Commissioner of" Agriculture Wil -[liani A. Graham in an official state i men issued for publication today. • ”1 have given this matter very r serious consideration,” Jie said, “It ha.s caused me no little concern. I -1 hnve been over the state and have l j Cecil for myself some of the <1 ire es . frets of the' abnormal Masons through which wc have just passed.” » Commissioner Graham stared that. s in hi i opinion, those affected from , the drought who found thnt soine ( thing must be done to tide them over j should take advantage of the federal intermediate credit laws, through tlm banks established to carry out its provisions. This law, lie pointed [ out, is ofiieiully termed the federal . farm loan .act ami was approved by , Congress with amendments on March , 4, 1!t25. The bank Ln this federal re serve district is located at Columbia, S. (\ “While in many areas more cotton | and tobacco were produced than an ticipated,” Commissioner Graham 1 observed, ’’still there is a very gieat shortage of grain, liny and other : crops, which are vitally essential to the farmers producing them as they must be used to carry these farmers > through the winter season.-when pro ■ duetion is almost entirely at a . standstill. These crop-, of which ■ there is so great a shortage in some of our counties, not only serve for feed purposes, but constitute a sort i of collateral on which they can bor . row money for the coming year's ■ activities. Hence, the shortage is, in many Instances, nothing short of . disastrous. “And so, it would seem to me, the , time has come to turn attention to other means of credits. It is in this connection that I cite the intermedi ate credits system established by the federal government to take oare of j just such situations ns that which I now confronts many of our farmers, j , This situation was brought about not , by an laxity of methods but through ' a condition that could neither bo; foreseen nor coped with when it ar rived. “In order.to lap this source of credit," Commi-.ioner Graham said, "it is necessary for a farm communi ty to hnve some local agency through which to establish the credit of those comprising it. If the local banks are not in a position to hnndle the situa tion for the fanners, the state has a aw under which groups og farmer, may organibe co-operative 'credit ma chinery, or institutions, knpwn as savings and loan nsociatious, which are organized l by the state depart j inent of agriculture, along the fol- I lowing lines and conditions. I "T. To enable farmer to pool their ■ financial resource, through tlie pur | chase of stock nml deposits, thereby creating a credit which they them- 1 selves can control and whicly can be handled to meet their needs. “2. To bring the members, of a community into a circle of clcae co operation with each other and for a study of mutual fundamental needs. "3- To encourage a spirit of thrift. “4. to cuablc farmers, through , borrowing at reasonable interest j rates, to oliangc from a time pur chase to a cash purchase basis. t “5. To stem the tide of credit in times of real need. “6. To establish an institution | through which the medium afforded j by the federal government can be j reached without drawbacks. This medium as referred to in this case, ) is the intermediate credits syßtein. j “This outline, though brief and ' concose, affords the farmer a clear glimpße of scow to proceed, and I hope that those who have suffered from the drought will avail them selves of the opportunity that pre sents itself.” Formation of an eastern football conference along the lines of the “Big Ten” in the Middle West is suggested, with Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Penn sylvania and Cornell as the members. I gPCWOOOCMOOOOOOOoaooonnnginnnwantvyMyxKymyootWpopoc NOW j! _ Between Youth and Old Age lie the years of produc- ] j tion. By saying now while you can, means years of 1 > comfort and independence later in life. ! This Building and Loan Association can help you,.; | | as it has helped thousands of others, to make your fu- t ! > ture sure. ! [ | NOVEMBER SERIES WILL OPEN THE 7th I Citizens Building & Loan Association j |jj We Sell Prepaid Stock. (Office in Citizens Bank) j Scorns Pardon "I have done nothing to be par doned for." said Miss Charlotte Ann, Whitney when a plea to the Cal! fornla governor in her behalf wai suggested following a U. S. Suprem, i Court decision upholding her 14-yea j prison sentence under Califoi ! nla’s criminal syndicalism law. new picture of -Mlos Whitney i. j shown above. OFFICER KILLS RICHMOND MAN Auto In Which Richard Tate Was Killed Fired On By Officers When the Driver Failed to Stop. lUehmond, Oct. 2.8. —(/P)—Richard A. Tate. 20 years old, was shot and killed here early today by Policeman J. ('. Goldsby, member of the police “Parity" squad. The officer was i charged with murder, and later releas j cd on SSOO bond, furnished by a fel- Ilow officer. Tate and two companions were driving along Mann street when the I "purity" squad officers Hailed their automobile, but they refused to stoft and a chase of several blocks followed. Shots were fired by the officers, two of the bullets puncturing the rear tires, and a third struck Tate in the head. COLD WEATHER STILL HEADED TOWARD SOUTH Freezing Temperatures Predicted by Thursday Morning Far Part of the Scufh. Washington, Oct. 28.—OP)—The weatiter bureau report today states that the ribrthwestem area of high pressure and abnormally cold wea.fi er will continue to spread eastward and southward over the eastern and southern states, and the temperature will fail below freezing by Thursday morning as far south as the central portions of Mississippi and Alabama, and not them Georgia and ns far east as the Midle Atlantic coast. Goldsboro Man Found De:;<! Behind Church. i Goldsboro, Oct. 27.—-George New som, aged about 45, a life-long resi | dent of Goldsboro and vicinity. I was found dead about 11 o'clock I Sunday night in the rear of the j Presbyterian church at Georgetown. | Mr. New, tome, who rasides near | Georgetown, had gone to the church about 7 o’clock, and later aiding in I ringing the church bell for the eve- I ning services, walked off, and was not seen again until members of bi family, becoming alarming at his absence from home, and instiuted a search. Thomas Newsome, the dead man’s brother, found him in the rear of the church. Death was probably a resu't of heart failure and Mr. Newsome had apparently been dead for several hours. Stewart Culin has an old Korean book in which the musical notes are I indicated in' color. CONCORD, N.C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1925 School Furnace Hides Murder _ jin’— i iu.fr ; ; M * j| _ > i US •’imam He \ § is BSv : Bvv/ H < . w. . I k - / ■L4 --j| i ■ |HBh • \ / —1 ' ' < 'lll— believed those of a human being were found In this furnace in a rural school near Corning. O. The discovery vras made by Mrs. Allison Unacott, janitress. inset above. The lower photo Is of Miss Beatrice Wright, teacher, who worked with Ohio authorities to solve the suspecteu . murder,. RAEFORD OFFICER IS WOUNDED BY NEGRO W. R. Atkinson in Serious Condition As Results of Gunshot Wounds. Fayetteville, N. (.’.. Oct. 28.—(/P) W. R. Atkinson, night policeman nt Raeford, is in a hospital here suffer ing from gunshot wounds said to have been inflicted by John Black. Rae ford negro. Hospitals authorities say his condition is critiesl. Atkinson was called about midnight to arrest three negroes, aoeoniiug .*>.■ his account, who were said to lie 'funk in the street. When he reach'd ’item, two were cranking a car. and lie third b’ack ran off with some thing under his coat. He ordered the negro to halt, anti when he failed, fired at the ground. The man then turne.v, Atkinson says, and fired four hots, two of them taking effect in the ffiecr’s body. One of the bullets entered At kinson’s right lung, the other making a slight flesh wound in the shoulder. Atkinson, who is about 55 years old, said he presumed the package un der the negro’s coat was liquor. The officer’s wife is living at Kings Moun ain at present. TAX APPEALS BOARD MAY HAVE TO QUIT Is Not Given Enough Money to Func tion at Present Strength, Gavern ment Is Ttld. Washington, Oct. 28.— (/P) —Appro, priations recommended by the Budget Bureau for the board of tax appeals next year will force suspension of the board, its chairman today told the House ways and means committee. Budget Director Lord hos cut the estimated appropriation for 1727 by SIOO,OOO, Chairman Korner declared, | tdd’ug that a out of $64,000 in the deficiency appropriation asked for this year will force suspension early iu the spring. , Representative Baeharacli, republi can of New Jersey, pointed out that Secretary Mellon had urged contin uance of the board at its present strength. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. HAS EXTRA’ DIVIDEND Dividend of One Dollar a Share on Common and Class B. Stock Is Paid. Now York, Oct. 28.— OP) —Direct uro of flic American Tobacco Co. today declared an extra-dividend of SI.OO a share on the common and Class B common stock, and increased the quar terly dividend to $2 a share, placing both stocks on an annual dividend basis of $8 a share. Prevailing an nual basis since 1024 has been $7 a share. The dividends are payable De cember 1, to holders of record Nov. 10. Dr. Stinnes Coming to America. Berlin, . Oct. 28.— OP) —Tired of family quarrels and squabbles, villi bankers aud receivers over the rem nants of the family fortune. Dr. Ed mund Stinnes, eldest son of the late Hugo Shinnes, Industrial magnate, has secretly embarked for the United States. His unexpected departure, I friends say, represents a determina-J t’on by young Stinnes to seek a new j business environment. Congregational Churches Want Evo lution Taught. Washington. Oet. 28.— (A*)— The na tional council of Congregational I churches went on record here t'slay | as believing there can bet no conbiot between science and religion, and de ploring “any attempt of the state or federal government'to interfere with the teachings of widely accepted scien tific theories.” THE COTTON MARKET Ojkhp;l Finn at Advance of » to 16 Points Under Covering and Buying. New York, Oct. 28.—(A 3 )—The cot ton market opened firm today at an advance of 9 to 16 points under re newed covering and trade baying stim ulated by reports of freezing weather in the southwest. The opinion pre vailed that the cold wave would not move eastward, virtually putting an end to the development, of the crop, -but the market encountered a good deni of realizing and Southern hedg ing on the advance. These offerings ) caused reactions and after selling up to 1d.117 at the opening January re acted to 19.57 before the end of the first hour, or within 9 points of yes terday's closing quotations. Cotton futures opened firm: Decem ber 20.32: January *19.05; March 19.88; May 19.99: July 19.65. G. 0. P. CONFERENCE HEARS ROOT LETTER Former Cabinet Member Says Strong Republican Party Would Benefit South. Birmingham. Ala.. Oct. 2S.— UP) — With the machinery of tile organiza tion running smoothly, the Southern States Republican League opened the seccnd days' session of the first an nua! convention of the body here to day. following the institution of a drive yesterday to break the power of the Democratic party in the South. It is t’je intention to build a Re publican party strong enough to be counted a« a pilitieai force in this section cf the country. In a letter, read nr the banquet. Eiihti Root endorsed the estabJsh ment and pufpose of the league, de claring that the Soutii would benefit from the danger of losing an election un.ess a fight was made to save it. Flag to Be Given to Davidson - * Col lege. Charlotte, Oct. 27.—A United State* flag of regulation size and highly ornamented; will he presented to Davidson College next Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at the college on behalf of the people of Charlotte through the Chanyber of Comnityce. according to an announcement here Monday. The flag is in reality the gift of A. L. Baxter Davidson, of Charlotte, and C. O. Kmwter business man ager of tile Chamber of Commerce. Learning recently that although there is a flourishing Officers Train ing Corps among the 000 members of! the student body, the college lacks! a flag. Mr. Keuster decided to pro-1 vide one. He called upon Colonel I Davidson to join with bint in pro-1 slitting the flag to the college. Dr. A. A. McGeachy, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, will j make the presentation of the exer ciser!. Mrs. Nannie Braswell Dead. Charlotte. Oct. 27.—Mrs. Nannie j J. Braswell, 300 North Brevard! Street, died at b»r home at 3 a. m-) Monday from a *Jroke 0 f "apoplexy. She was the widow of J. 51. Bras-j | well, who died about a year ago. Mr-. Braswell was born April 4,! 1862 in Mecklenburg county. Site ! removed to Charlotte from Union county about one yeat ago. Atlanta Man Burned to Death. Atlanta, Oct. 28.— 04*) —Warren ! Moore. 40. shipping clerk, was bayn ed to death, and T. C. Smith, 85, bis assistant, was seriously injured in a fire which early today virtually de stroyed the Coca-Cola Bottling plant j here. J. W. -Ivaylor, his wife and 8- year-oid son barely escaped with their lives. , I JUST THREE MORE i WORKING DAKS OF THE SECOND PERIOD As the Night of October 31st Approaches Enthu siasm Has Grown by Leaps and Bounds. COMPETITION ■ IS VERY KEEN I During the Third Period of Two Weeks All Sub scriptions Will Count Less Number of Votes. Just three working days remain of the “Second Period" vote offer of The Tribune-Times campaign. In that short space of time some fortunate contestants may have secured the winning votes with which to capture j the four leading valuable /capital prizes. As the night of Octolter 51, the end of this period, approaches, en thusiasm has grown by leaps and bounds. Keen competition is evidenc ed on every hand as contestants awake to the full realization that it is NOW or NEVER. The winning votes MUST lx- secured this all-important period. During the "Third Period," which is just two short weeks, duration, sub scriptions count a lesser number of votes. There will then remain but one short week of the election, during which: time all subscriptions must, be cast in a scaled ballot box with-the smallest vote offer of the entire elec tion prevailing. There remains but one solution—victory will come only to those who avail themselves of the pres ent possibilities. The next three days without question spell success or failure for you. After Saturday night you will find that it will take con siderable more effort to), go the same d’stance in the vote count. Final Week. During the final week all subscrip tions will be cast in a scaled ballot box. which remains locked and sealed until the campaign has been declared closed. The judges of the election will then break the seals, unlock the box and the final count will begin. In this way NO ONE can possibly know the voting strength of the various can didates. Secure Lead Now. Compare the final week vote schotl-. 1 ule with the present votes. Stop and | consider just what anyone would have to do to secure the winning votes the final week if YOU avail yourself of the present vote possibilities. REMEM BER there will be NO extra votes for extensions the final week ns there is in this period. Figure this out for yourself and se cure your winning votes NOW while there is yet time. With Our Advertisers. Parks-Belk & Co., of Kannapolis, is having a big stock reducing sale of groceries, and you will find some of the biggest bargains ever offered to the people of Kannapolis. Book up tin- big four-column ad. in this paper today and see.the low prices, Twenty distinctive styles in wom en’s shoes at Ruth-Kesler Shoe Storp. Sizes AAA to D. Bolivia and suede cloth women's coats at J. C. Penny Co.'s for $24.75. Get ready for the Hallowe'en party. Spo Hoover’s new ad. today. See ad. of the Boyd \V. Cox Studio, over Con-ell's Jewelry Store. Phone S7D. Free demonstration <lf the Dr. Scholl foot appliances at Ivey’s Shoe Co.’s on Friday, October 30. See ad. in today's paper. The next series of stock in the Cit izens Building and Loan Association will open November 7th. Get ready and take some shares. The Sanitary Grocery Co. has add ed another telephone to take care of in creasing phone orders. The two phones are 076 and 080. The Board of the British Empire ex hibition to Wembley has decided for Sunday closing. OOOOOCXJOOOOOOOOOtXXJOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGOOOOOOOOOOCIOOO REMOVAL OF GARBAGE jjl! The following schedule for the removal of garbage will go into Si |i|i effect on and after November 1, 1925: 1 I'!' * WARD NO. 1 !j! |]l| Weekly Thursday afternoon. Both sides of West Buffalo and all |i 1 1 Ji other streets except West Depot and North Union; West Depot, both ij ijlj sides, will be served each Wednesday afternoon. North Union, both *i 1 1 1 sides, will be served each Tuesday afternoon. *I \ WARD NO. 2 !]! Weekly Tuesday afternoon. Both sides of North Union street V |iji and all other streets. ( i| WARD NO. S i j! 3i Weekly Tuesday afternoon. All streets except South Union'-which X iiji will be served Wednesday afternoon. i |]!| WARD NO. 4 jiji Weekly Wednesday afternoons. Both sides of West Depot and ! ! V South Union streets and all other streets. i X WARD NO. 5. Weekly Friday afternoon. All streets except West Buffald both X sitles of which will be served Thursday afternoon. !]! F?RE LIMITS jV Daily each morning. Both sides of all streets. i |X If the garbage is not removed please notify Quint E. Smith, phone X l ' number 866, the next morning between the hours cf 9 and 11 o'clock. I 1 : 111 C. H. BARRIER, Mayor. ! i j i October 26, 1925. Costly Title Library ' in “Queen of the taxicab drivers.'* the} call Mrs. Mae Jones, above, in Peoria 111., but on a state utilities com inn sion complaint she was fined sloo' and given a year in jail for insistin. on running a taxicab line of her owl PAINLEVE ASKED TO FORM CABINET, Paris Not Certain That the Premier Will Do As He j Is Asked. —Former Cab-* inet Resigned Tuesday. Paris, Oct. 28.-— UP) —President! Domergue today summoned Premier | Painleve to ask him to form a new j cabinet in succession to the one which I resigned yesterday. Considerable doubt is expressed whether M. Painleve will accept. He is understood to have told friends that lie would recommend that the Presi dent choose former Premier Ilerriott in his. place. M. Painleve told President Domer gue lie would consult with his friends and tlie party leaders before definitely accepting the uuk. of loming a new j cabinet. DEPUTY ARRIVES IN NICK OF TIME Finds .Jailer Grappling With Des perate Ycggman .Armed With Pistol. Greensboro. Get. 27.—Arrival of a deputy sheriff with a prisoner for tlie Guilford county jan tonight was ; reinforcement for the jailer, who j was grappling with an alleged no i torious yegginan, tlie latter having a gun, and a jail delivery of a dozen j men was prevented. When Jailer Dallas went to the j men's corridor in the county jail I here tonight to take some apples a prisoner had bought, he found him |sc f looking into a pistol in the lands .if Jerry Fallow, alleged yegg man. irtdicted here in federal court on a charge of robbing the postotfice at Pilot Mountain. Daias attempted to close the door, which has an automatic lock, but tie- desperate prisoner jammed it ! with his foot -and attempted to open | it and let out all other prisoner--. At j this time, 11. p. Causey, deputy sheriff, arrived, and Farloxv trained [ the gun on him. Dallas then grabbed | Farlow's arm and took the pistol. In the jail, among the other pris oners. were two other alleged safe- J crackers and three youths who re-j cent y robbed the bank of Summer field. Death Follows Stroke. Salisbury, October 27.—John A. Swieegood, aged seventy four, tar mer of Franklin township, died at ills home early this morning fol lowing a stroke of paralysis some months ago. The widow, five sous ar.J five daughters survive. ■■ I I, .JIM Th£ TRIBUNE ' j PRINTS M' TODAY’S NEWS TODAIf NO. 2571 THREE IIBERSII MITCHELLS COURT I IfIUSTBEREPLACfI Major Gen. SummeraßM President of Court, One! of Officers Who Will Bel Replaced. I generaiTbowley li ANOTHER ONH Officers Charged With Be*fl ing Prejudiced Againstl the Defendant, ColondH Mitchell. I I Washington, (lit. 28. —I I'l I Win. Mitrlie',l begun his defense at liwyH mint martial here today by drawinnH f.-.mi tin- bench time members of e.-urt. including its president, MjlH Gen. ('has. Summerall. H Gen. Siimmei-all withdrew on own motion after lie had been ed with prejudice against the ant. and Brig. Gen. A. J. Rowley was'9 disqualified by ids colleagues on court after a defendant challenge bad been lodged against liirn on simllit H grounds. H “Challenges were baaed on utttjpH attees of the two generals against .kS separate air department favored Mitchell. and in support of which used language which led to his martial on a charge of violating 1 discipline. H A sharp verbal clash between Summerall and Renresentative Frank. 9 11. Reid, of Illinois, counsel for Mitchell, preceded SummeraHtk ! quest that tile- court excuse him frojftfH J further attendance. ■ j In support, of iiis challenge slr, 9 Reid read statements made by Summerall before the President's aip|9 board, and coupled with them from tile report of Colonel after lie inspected tlie air defense »[ ■ | tlie Hawaiian department at time commanded by General ■ Gen. Summerall's retirement Major General Robert L. HotMHjjjS commanding officer of the Fifth Corpfi|9 Area at Columbus, Ohio, in the presilfM dent’s chair. H A peremptory challenge then was 9 made by Mr. Reid against;slajor oral Frew W. Bladen, suporintendentl9 iof the military academy at West 9 * P'-’nl, V'T. TTH's form of liermitted of no argument, and Gett.flH Bladen was excused. ■ Only one peremptory challenge is » permitted under the practice of martial, hut any number may be dial- 9 lenged for cause, as were Gen. Sura-:I9 merall and Hawley. Il is not re- 9 quired t lint tlie defendant slate the <9 reasons for a peremptory challenge,v Vacancies caused by challenges areSß not fi led in army courts, the ing members retaining full authority 9 'to act. With the eh allonges dis- fl posed i f. the court was sworn with its 9 original membership of thirteen re-9 j dueed to ten. ■ WESTERN UNION TO I SEEK HIGHER RATE 9 Wants Increase cf About 20 Per Cent. 9 in Intrastate Kates. I Raleigh, Oct. 28.—(/P)— ! The West- 9 ern Union Telegraph Co. will be giv- 9 en a hearing on its application to in- 9 I crease its intrastate rates to make 9 'them conform with interstate-rates op 9 - December 2nd. it was announced at 9 the office of the N. C. 1 'orppratiotl 9 Commission today. fl The increase asked would mean an 9 average increase on intrastate rajep 9 of 20 per cent., representatives of"(iHB company told the Corporation Com-9 i mission. Representatives of the coni«.<9 pany appeared before the Coimnissioa9 | today to ask that a date for its hear- 9 ing be set. I Syrian Situation Serious. I Paris, Oet. 28.—The Syrian situa- 9 tion has assumed such a serious aspect;® that President Domergue and M. Pain-19 leve in their conference of an hour * this afternoon devoted fully half of .9 ! the time from consideration of the® | ministerial crisis to discussion of the 1 recent events in Demnseus and its I vicinity. Ties is the information inj- fl parted by the semi-official Havas Ag- fl eney. I It is reported that General Sarrafl, a the French high eommisioner, has ask- ® II ed that 15,000 more French troops be I ij sent to Syria to reinforce the garrison. M ! l*. S. Court Adjourned. Judge Webb m i j Being 111. I Salisbury, Oet. 27.—Federal Court I j which convened here this i for a weeks' term for criminal cases 1 l J adjourned, after hearing acvegnfl | minor eases, on account ot the 111*9 i tress of Judge E Yates Webb, who I 1 has gone to his home in Shelby. S I SAT'S BEAR SAYSj I ; Partly cloudy and colder tonificS I freezing temperature in west And this.! ! north central portions tonight; Thai*® ; day fair and colder, fresh posaibigtfl I strong northwest and west winds, XI j