North Carolina Newspapers

ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXV ONLY FEW MtS IN ' mntohnn Dim bic cupu 1 • Days Being Marked Off With Startling Regular* ity as End of the Cam aign Clears. , ADVISORY BOARD HAS BEEN NAjVIED Number of Very Promi nent Men to Aid With Checking Ballots and Deciding Winners. With tho announcement today of the Advisory Hoard, the stage is be ing set for the rapidly approaching end of the fatuous Tribune-Times five automobile and cash campaign. Pays are being marked off the calendar with startling regularity ami it. rnthor difficult to grasp that tip- close of this battle of votes through the past weeks will soon be but a matter of the past. However, that is just as much the tnuh as it is true that the fight is new exceedingly close for all prizes. These last few days are tf> figure prominently in the derision of who will win the wonderful big automo biles and the easli prizes. Results be tween now and the end of the third period, midnight of Saturday, Novem ber 14, just three days away, can be the deciding factor. Competition be tween candidates is keen und the in terest of their supporters.seems to be great. These tilings ■combined go to ward making the finish of the rou tes# the most, spirited thing of It. kind ever witnessed here. MAX’S ORIGIN PI T ON THREE CONTINENTS Roy Andrew*** Definite Claim For Asia Sharply Disputed By An thropologists. Helot, WD.. Nov. 11.—Roy Chap man Andrews, Beloit-born explorer, who has just returned from investi gations for the American Museum of Natural History in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, bringing back another baseket of dinosaur eggs, Is quoted upon arrivtil in America us declaring that -by his di-eoveries "Asia has at last been proved the cradle of all life on the eartjli." * J ' Dr. Ales Ardlioka. chief of the division of anthropology of the Smithsonun Institution at Washing ton, D. C„ who linn just returned from scientific resenreh. in Souther: Asia. Insist that the Andrew theory is “absurb.” He believes man originated in Southwestern Europe. Hut Dr. George 1,. Collie, Beloit College anthropologist and -teacher of Andrews when he was in college here, who has just returned from digging in southern Europe nhd in Africa, believes both other scientists are wrong. He holds man originated in Africa, where the Frnnco-Bcloit exploring expedition, headed by Alon zo Pond of tho Beloit Logan Museum, now is searching for evi dences of prehistoric origins. Mr. Andrews is quoted in a San Frauciseo interview' ns having found “traces of the earliest dcfiinitcly known human beings who lived 20,- 000 years ago.” Dr. Collie insists there have.been human beings on the planet for 100,- 000, possibly 150.000 years. Proofs that man has inhabited the earth that long are contained in the Logan Museum here, Dr. Collie say- They consist of a number of stone articles of the Chellean period, cone-shaped and flaked on tho edges. Christmas Holiday For Postal Em ployees. Washington, Nov. 11.—Postmaster General New has decreed there will bo no inniL deliveries on Christmas Day. He wauts tho carriers und clerks ti> enjoy a Yuletidc holiday at home. The procedure, tho department an nounced. will be experimental, and its success or fai’ure will guide future action. Two years ago the de partment stopped work in city Poat Offices at noon Christmas and dis continued rural delivery. Last year the closing time was 11 o'clock, per mitting one street delivery. These experiments were success ful and Postmaster General New now holies the employees can share it) a full holiday. Rayon Products Plant May Be BuUt in Nlnrth Carolina. New York. Nov- 10.—Rayon has brought prosperity to the southern mills which heretofore have pro duced only the cheaper cotton mater ial, Walter W. Burge, president of the Industrial Rayon corporation, said today on his return from North Carolina where he went to seek a site for a new factory. ' “What I saw of the southern epln uiers'leads me to the belief,” he said, “that ginghams and calico have gone never to return as drew materia’.” Mr. Burge said the two existing plants of his corporation were work ing day auid night. University Glee Chiba Clive Recital at Negro Institute. Hampton, Va.. Nov. 10- —The Uni versity of North Onrolinn Glee club gave a recital at Ogden hall, of the Hampton Normal (negro) imtitate tonight over the protest of the local chapter of the Anglo-Saxon club which objected to the invitation ex tended to white people to attend the meeting provided they took neats among the negro members of the au dience. The club filed its protest with Governor McLean, of North Carolina! , The Concord Daily Tribune • North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily lISTICE DU IS i OBSERVED IN MANY I SECTIONSOFSTATE f i Exercises Featured by Ad * dresses of Many Promi nent Men Held in Sever i al Cities. MAX GARDNER » IN GREENSBORO ■ Pleads For Progress That e Will Bring Benefit to I Persons In All Walks of Life. f Raleigh, Nov. 11.—G4>)—The state's • business today t* suspended while of ! fieials and employes of North Carolina * observe the. seventh anniversary of I the signing of the armistice ending the i world war. All State departments are elosed I and officials and employees are taking i a holiday. Under the original ruling of the ‘ state salary and wage commission, em- I ployees would have worked today, ar mistice day not having been ineluded ‘ in the list of six itolidayN allowed the i employees under tire first report of the commisiou. Under a ruling of • the Attorney General, however, the I commisiou withdrew from its pos ; tion with reference to holidays, and declar ed state employees would be given a holiday today. 0. Max Gardner Speaks in Greensboro Greensboro, Nov. 11 .—(A 3 )—“We must all move, but we must move to gether, as no progress which does not lift all ever permanently lifts any," declared O.'Max Gardner, of Shelby, former Lieutenant Governor of North Curolina, in addressing a large audi ence at'Armistice Day exert ises, con cluded in the National Theatre under the auspices of Henry K. Burtner Post No. 53/ .American Legion. Mr. Gardner was introduced by John Hall Manning, of Raleigh. Mr. Gardner declared that "the boasted scepter and crown of a free people is the untrammeled ballot, and “I am convinced that the time has come in our state when we should stund abreast of our sister common wealths and offer to the 1 electorate of North Carolina a •secret ballot in con formity with the Australian law." Continuing Mr. Gardner said “My feeling is that we should maintain an election law so fa r and free ind just that It tHU secure beyond the shad ow of a doubt, unchallenged expres sion of popular will. I will therefore, urge the American Legion to throw the weight of its powerful influence to the enactment by our General As sembly of the Australian ballot." “If it were right to cuter a world war for the safety of America and the preservation of civilization, I ask in good fa thjwhy it is not now right for us to enter into some contract of WQrld eovennnt in order to gnrner the fruits of your victory and forever out law national and international mur der,” Mr. Gardner asserted, adding “I was for Wilson with the league of nations; I am likewise with Coolidge. for the world-court.” "There must be no reduction in the potential horsepower of our e,ngine. bat the machinery of progress must have definite control as well as great power. We are running North Carolina with one foot on the accelerator and the other in close proximity to the brakes.’) _ Mr Gardner paid tribute to the memory of the Legionaires comrades who “went West," saying “men who not for fame or reward, rank or flower, but hi simple obedience to duty as they understood it, suffered all, sacrificed all, dared all, aud died." AMERICAN SUGAR RESUMES DIVIDENDS Annual Rate of **.oo on Common Stock Declared by Directors. New York, Nov. 11.—( /P )—Tine American Sugar Refining Co. today resumed dividends' at the annual rate of $5.00 on its common stock when the directors declared a quarterly pay ment of $1.25 a share. The last prev ious dividend of $1.75 was paid in July of 1921. Saxophone Hi Opera; Conductor Is Aghast. Chicago, Nov. 11.—The saxophone to the world today the keynote of jazz—invaded the Chicago Ciyic Opera Orchestra in the first rehearsal of Frank Harlang's American opera. “A Light From fit. Agnes.” The conductor was horrified, until liar ling showed him tvrd' saxophones were necessary to portray “a certain type of emotional and unthinking Ameri can.” Tlie libretto of the opera was writ ten by Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske, actress, and its presentation will mark the first use of the glittering saxo phone in grand opera. State Forbids 100,000 to Wed. lowa has compiled a list of over 100,000 persons who, under the state’s new eugenics law, arc forbidden to marry. All person* more than 14 years old who have been or who are now inmiates of state linstitutions for the insane or feeble-minded are disqualified for matriuiony. The names of the persons so "b'aeklisted” have been 'furnished all the county clerks so that marriage licenses may be refused to any applicant whose name is on the list. Ed. Walter^Walter has resigned his position in Gastonia. i 1918 MEMORIES 1925 * " 11 -"■■■» ■ * I '' ■■ ■■ I ..... ~.. i •-? ; : "I [ r & j \fj . , __J -l W , 1— THE COTTON MARKET Renewed Buying Featured Opening Trading. Active Months Being 22 to 20 Feints Higher. , Neiv York. Nov. 11.—Renewed buy ing featured the opening trading in the cotton market today, unchanged by relatively-steady Liverpool cables and unfavorable features in the week y report of the weather bureau. , After opening firm at an advance of 5 to 24 points, active months Sold 22 to 29 points ne>t higher. The bulk I of the demand was attributed to cov- I ering, but some trade or speculative , and investment buying also was re ! ported. The market appeared to be , 'nfluenced by a feepng that there was ! much low grade cotton in this crop, he tenderable grades would not be in sufficient supply to cause much pres , -ure on price- below the 20 cent level. 1 January sold up to 10.81 or 114 ' points above the low level of bureau day. Cotton- futures opened firm. Dec . 20 00; Jan. 10.00; March 19.75 ; May ; 19.00; July 10.00. ; COUE CURES HIMSELF Famous Formula. “It Passes” Ends Severe Nose Blew). London, Nov. 11.—Prof. Emile Coue, French auto-suggestion expon -1 ent, was feeling better and better in ’ every way today after suffering a se vere nose bleed Saturday which ’com ’ pelled him to cancel a lecture at Salis ; bury. "It is gone, it. is gone,” he re marked smilingly to inquirers this morning. AVlien the attaek came, friends I called in two physicians, but. their services were spurned by Prof. Coue, i who treated his ease'by repeating UiH famous formula: "It passes, it passes.” He had recovered suffi ’ oiently to address an audience in ‘ London. i • ' Thirty Thousand Spectators on Hand for the Races. 1 Charlotte, Nov, 11— OP)—Half an hour before post time of the 250-mile Armistice Day automobile race, some I 80.000 spectators, were in the stands and the crowd was pouring into the ' bowl steadily. A few minutes be fore starting time at 2 o’clock the ! sun was obscured by a bank of clouds, but the siui was trying to break • through. ' All Paris Stands Silent For One Minute in Comemoration of Day. ’ Paris, Nov. 11.—( A 9—All Paris stood silent for one minute at eleven o’clock this morning in comemoration of the armistice, and in remembrance • of those who fell in the World War. ; Even the unruly lobbies of the Cham ber of Deputies wore noiseless, as well as the stores and the stock exchange. National W. T. C. U. • Detroit, Mich., Nov. 11.—Temper < ance workers from all parts of the ) United States and from Canada have II assembled in Detroit for the fifty-first annual convention of the National IV. <V. T. U. Session- of the convention 1 will continue through the greater part s of the coming week. ’ Turkish Reservists Ordered to Be In Readiness. ' Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 11.—OP)—Turk ish reservists on the Bagdad Railway in northern Syria have received orders i from Angora to hold themselves In j readiness for a call to tho colors. CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, NOV EMBER 11,1925 ♦ * ****#•*•*****♦ * * I * SOUTH WILL PREVENT -Jr ! * METHODIST UNIFICATION 4- * , —* - Dr Buffalo. X. f-\. Nov. 11.—OP)— 4-i i 4i Opposition of Hie South will pro- -It ; I I 45 vent a reunion of the Methodist -It : -it Episcopal Churches, north and ?'t ■ & south, it was announced today 4- by Bishop William, McDowell. -It 4- of Washington, after a forenoon 4: 4t session of the board of bishops -it tit of that church which is in. ses- ‘ft j 4t sion here. ! 1 4t -u 1 ♦ *;**********&♦•, COL. FRED A. OLDS IS THE FIRST FOR HALL OF FAME Chosen by Raleigh Post of American Legion For This Honor. Raleigh. Nov. 11.—44 s )—Col. Fred A. Olds today was unanimously chos en by the committee of the, Raleigh Post of the American Legion an the first man to be placed in the Ameri can Legion hall of fame for Raleigh. The choice for the hall of fame is for that citizen who has rendered most distinguished unselfish --ervin) to the city of Raleigh for that year. The local post of the Legion will in the future name each year some man or woman wfio lias rendered distin guished unselfish service to the city, and the choice of Col. Olds today was the first name chosen for the hon.ir. Short, Mild Winter Forecast By Geese. Lynn, Mass., Nov. 11.—A short aud mild winter is predicted by Ed ward Hogan, custodian of the High Rock Reservation here, after study ing migrating flocks of wild geese. Hundreds of geese spent last night on the shores of Lynn Har bor and late this afternoon they winged their way southward. Ragan, who witnessed the gathering of the geese, said that during the fifty years he has resided iu Lynn the fowls«bave not tarried iso late in the fall as this year.. Hence his predic tion. JOOGOOOOOOOOOGOOGdOOdtXXICMSO^KXXIQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOr' ||| Thrift Week Jan. 17th to 23rd 1926 | ‘‘Do you know that the assets of our building and loan ]!| x associations doubled during the past five years and I am ]]: sure that if we continue to bring this subject of thrift to !|! !]! the attention of our own people there will be no limit to ]!| ;![ tile growth of these institutions and we will eventually 'j! ||| make our State a State of home owners.” ||| Now is the Opportune Time —Be Thrifty. Citizens Building & Loan Association ijj |' Office in Citizens Bank Building j! \ • I SPECULATORS REGAIN ! CONTROL OF STOCK PRICES Recovery Was Aided by Easier Mon ‘j cy Kates and Rc-immtiuu of Divl ! deads. New York, Nov. 11.—UP)—Specu lators for the advance regained con trol of the pr : ce movement in today's stock market, bidding up prices 8 to 15 points, in a gpmai-kable outburst of buying following yesterday's sensa tional decline. The recovery was aid jed by easier money rates and a re i sumption of dividends on the com -1 mon stock of the American Sugar Re fining Company. ! New York, Nov. 11.—(SP5 —Wall Street breathed a temporary sigh of relief this morning yvhen the stock market opened irregularly high after yestes-day's dramatic collapse in prices. Powerful financial forces working for higher prices apparently"had distribut ed extensive supporting brders for tin pivotal industrial stocks, which more than counteracted the forced liquida tion resulting from inability or un willingness to meet margin calls, bear selling and profit taking by frightened investors and speculators. CRISIS FOR FRENCH CABINET IS TEMPORARILY AVERTED Finance Committee Adjourns Until Next Week to Give Premier Time to Draw up Compromise Plan. Paris. Nov. 11.—(d 3 ) —A ministerial crisis for Hie Painleve cabinet was averted, or at least postponed probab ly till next week when finance com mittee of the chain her of deputies ad journed today to give the Premier an opportunity to draw up a compromise plan which is expected to rally the ■support of the Socialists. Says Gould Had Mismanage!] Estate of His Father. New York, Nov. 11, — (/P) —James A. O'Gorman, referee in the Gould accounting case, today handed down an opinion holding that tile late Geo. J. Gould had mismanaged the $82,- 000,000 estate of his father, Jay Gould, railroad builder and financier. i NOLLEPROSS TAKEN i IN CASE OF SEVEN OF ASHEVILLE MOB; I ' . ' | Which Stormed the Jail on the Night of September 19th in an Effort to Get a Negro. I ONE/MEMBER PLEADS GUILTY! Motions to Non-Suit Other Cases Being Argued by Counsel.—Court Over-; | rules Six Motions. Asheville. Nov. 11. — (A I )—Upon mo ll ion of the solicitor, nolle pross was Centered t _<lh\ in the cases of seven jof the tmrty-seven on trial in Su | pot ior Court for alleged participation in a mob attack on the llunemnbe i (‘minty jail the night of September 19th. A plea of guilty was tsnb milted this morning by Pan! Pogrom, aged 1(1. to the charge of participat ing in a riotous assembly. The boy was remanded to jail to await sen tence. Those against whom cases were dropped are: Herschcl King. (Jeorge .Merrill, dim Redman, Eugene Cole. Swan Griffin. John Jarvis and H. <l. Rayburn. The state admitted that no evidence sufficient to convict these men had been adduced. Motions to non-suit in other cases I were being argued by attorneys as the court recessed for noon. In a half dozen cases the court lias overruled motions for .non-suit. OVERMAN ASKS JARIRNE TO DEIjAY road decision N. C. Senators Take Interest in Pro posed Federal Road by Salisbury. Salisbury Post, 10th. Senator Lee S. Overman has sent the following telegram to Senator F. M. Simmons at Washington : "Delegations from Mount Airy, Winston-Salem, Lexington. Salisbury and Concord do beg you to wire Jnr dine, secretary of agriculture, to withhold his signature to highway map until hearing can be had before the state highway commission, which will j be as soon as Page returns, in about two weeks. Will be glad if you can . do so. They arc not fighting .lie . routes already approved, but want this as an additional rente: - (Signed) “LEE S. OVERMAN." . I At a meeting held at the Robert E. , j Lee Hotel in Winston-Salem last Erl (| day night in the interest of hawing the - j federal government designate the i route from Wytheville, Va„ to Hilis . 1 ville in the same state and on the . Mt. Airy, Winston-Salem, Lexington, . Salisbury and Concord on to Char . lotte, as a federal road and so mark it on government maps, and which meeting was attended by a delegation ■ from this city, a resloution was adopted to the effect that Senator Ov . enuan be asked to request Secretary Jardine of the agricultural departi ; merit, and who is also at the head of the federal roads bureau, to withhold final action on this federal load across North Carolina until the cities along the proposed route c mid present their case to the North Carolina high way commission, which would be ask ed to endorse this route and request the federal government to designate it on maps along with the route already tentat vely agreed on. that being the one nv way of Independence. Va , Sparta, Elkin, Statesville and Moore*- ville on to Charlotte. In reply to Senator Overman’s mes sage Senator Siimpons lias wired the latter that he would of course mesont the message to Secretary Jardine and made an appointment for a conference with the secretary for today. A Washington special says that Senator Simmons had understood that it was not necessary to hold up the ap , proval of tlxyintcr-state routes already tentatively adopted, but that consider ation could be given to applications for new routs without interference with prompt action in the approval of route 51, which is the Sparta, States | ville to Charlotte route. Those who are taking interest in this road proposition and who are working for the designating of the Mt. Airy, Winston-Salem, Lexington. Salisbury, Concord route, arc optimis tic and believe the federal govern- j ment will endorse the rout n and place 1 it on maps along with the other one, j | Sees No Advantage in 40-Play Sys- j tem in Football Games. i Philadelphia, Nov. 10.—Head Coach | Lou Young, of the University of i Pennsylvania football team, la op- I posed to the 40 pluys per period for ! gridiron contests an tried out la«t I Saturday by Hrowu and Boston uni- I varsity. "I think that instead of speeding I up the game," said Young, "It. will I lose much time. 1 grant you it puts a halt to stalling which a team is I apt to do when there is a few min- I utes remaining to play but that does not help any. To complete the 40 I plays would bring the game into | darkness long before it is over. It is ! bail enough now. A team can take a>< I much time as -it wants to complete a | play. 1 cannot see any advantage in | the plan." j Count.': Casa grande Hons Off For Gi ! braltar. | Barcelona,, Spain, Nov. 11.— OP) — [ Count Oasagrande, delayed on the > continuance of his South American [ flight yesterday by a further damage | to bis machine, got away at 11:15 | o'clock thia morning, headirg for Gi * braltar, SEVERE WINTER IS PREDICTED FOR U S. ! BY METEOROLOGIST; | l <tute Utor* Abnormal Conaiti Pointed to by Many Fac tors Including Record | j Breaking Colds. INEXT SPRING WILL BE LATE j Predictions Are Based on Study of Ocean Surface i Temperatures Indicated! by the Sun’s Heat. Washington. Nov. 11.—OP)—A se vere winter for the Cnited States with heavy snowfall and long contin uing odd waves broken by warm pe riods of brief duration is predicted by Herbert J. Browne, widely known ocean meteorologist. An abnormal condition, lie holds. I is pointed to by many factors, includ ing the record breaking cold in many sections of t’.ie country this fall, be ginning with the first snows in the northwest on September 18th, four days before the official close of sum mer. The winter.-he believes.• will be followed by a late spring. Primarily the predictions are based upon a study of ocean surface tem peratures. as determined by the amount r.f the sun's heat reaching the earth. This solar radiation for more titan three years das been below nor- 1 mal. The present winter situation, j he says, indicates that the world is facing a condition which will inter fere seriously %ith crops, the cold i fall and winter in prospect being but ! forerunners of the next two years. A serious situation developing in the southern hemisphere in the crop year of 1 Dili! to 1927. and the northern ’hemispheric in 1927 is predicted. TODAY’S EVENTS „ Wednesday, November 11, 1925 Armistice Day—the anniversary of the end of hostilities in the World War. In many places the day is observed with one minute of silent prayer ns a tribute to the memory of heroes of the World War. Reverence will be paid to the Un known Soldier by President Coolidge. who will visit Arlington Nntional- Cemetery to lay a wreath on the tomb. The annual Red Cross roll-call cam paign for funds will begin throughout the United States today and will be continued until Thanksgiving. King Victor Emmanuel 111,, of Italy, who has become litlle more than a figurehead through Premier Mussolini’s usurpation of power, cele brates his fifty-sixth birthday today, i Law observance and enforcement is I to be the chief topic of consideration at the 51st annual convention of Vie; national W. U. T. U., which is to be-j gin its sessions today in Detroit. Problems of special importance to j the future of the structural steel in dustry are to be discussed by the American Institute of Steel Construc tion at a tliree-day meeting to be opened today at White Sulphur Springs, W. Ya. Carolina to Play W. and L. Next Season; Drop Mercer. Chapel Hill. Nov. 10—The Uni versity of North Carolina will meet Washington and Lee university in football here next year on October 24, replacing the Mercer game on this year's schedule it was announc ed tonight by Charles T. Woolen, graduate manager of athletics. The game is expected to prove one of the biggest contests on Carolina’s schedule aivd’to meet with the hearty approval of alumni of both institu tions. Washington and Lee and Carolina are now two of the four teams remaining with a perfect southern conference record. Will Handle 15.900 oil Thanksgiving Day. Clmpel Hill, Nov. 10.—The Uni versity of North Carolina’s athletic authorities’ arc making provisions to handle a crowd of 15,000 spectators on Emerson field at the Carolina- Virgimia game here Thanksgiving. Additional stands are being erected j on the sides and on both ends of the tfield, which will be enclosed all around. ; All highways leading to Chapel j Ilil 1 are open and in good order. | Hotel, case and cafeteria services are greatly improved over what they were when the Ca’rolinu-Yirginia game was played here two years ago. and Chapel HIM is much better equipped to handle big crowds. Dur ham. only 12 miles away, has a new hotel just opened and between the two towns spectators who come early or stay overnight should be able to find hotel accommodations. With Our Advertisers. Stuffed country style sausage at the Sanitary Grocery Co. Phone (180 and 076. Let Bob's Dry Cleaning Co. clean your rugs in the new scientific way. Snm A. Eudy is now agent in Con cord for the Chrysler automobile. His headquarters is at the White Motor Co. , During canned food week the J. & H. Cash Store will have specials ev ery day. Greater riding comfort is found in the new Chevrolet. See White Auto Co. for a demonstration. Hoover's has the new fall hats for men who are well dressed. Sec new ad. today. ‘ fl \ THE TRIBUNE* i I PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY * NO. 269 1 DEFENSE ORDERED I TO GO AHEAD WITH MITCHELL TRIAL *rj . proceed With Plan of Bringing Into Evidence Virtually All Phases of the Air Controversy. 36 PERSONS ARE SUMMONED Want to Prove the Truth j of What Colonel Wil liam Mitchell Had to Say j About National Defense. Washington. Nov. 11.— OP) —After “ another long wrangle between conn- ' sol. the court martial trying Colouel - William Mitchell today authorised the defense to proceed with its plan of j bringing into evidence virtually all phases of the air controversy. ,‘ o* The flow of defense testimony was ’ interrupted only long enough to per- 3 tnit the court to ’hear both sides, and to retire for a brief consultation be* ; hind closed doors. Then new sub poenas were issued for 36 persons re- - siding outside of Washington, all sum molted by Colonel Mitchell in an effort <S to prove the accusations against con duct of the air service which led to f his trial. The court acted after its law mem- bor, Colonel Blanton Winship, asked the defense counsel his reason for . | calling so many witnesses from dis- q | taut places. "We want these witnesses to prove ; j the truth of what Colonel Mitchell i lias said about the national defense,” j i replied Representative Frank 11. Reid, i Mitchell's attorney. GREECE WOULD WELCOME COMPULSORY ARBITRATION Alt tig the Line of the Pact for West- 1 cm Europe. Negotiated at lxa-arno. 1 Geneva. Nov. 11.—(A*)—Greece has A officially informed the league of na- ; tions that she would welcome a Bal- jj kan security and compulsory arbitra tion along the line of the pact for j western Europe, negotiated at Locar- • ; no. Word reached Athens recently «that t lie league secretariat was preparing the draft of such a pact. Sir Eric s Drummond, the league secretary-gen- ■ ■er«l_ mforuo'd Greece that-the report-,, was erroneous but meanwhile pro ceeding on the assumption that it was true, the Greek foreign minister tele graphed the league stating the bene- $ fieial efforts of such a pact were ob- J rious. GREAT BRITAIN SOLEMNLY \f OBSERVES ARMISTICE DAY r Principal Services in Memory of the j Men Who Fell in Great War. London. Nov. 11.—(/P>—Great Brit- | ; ain observed Armistice Day today g | with great solemnity and on a more - 3 i extensive scale than at any previous ; ! time since the re-ation of hostilities j | seven years ago. The principal services in memory’ of 9 those who fell in the groat war were held at the Cenotaph where Kiag George and his three sons at one min ute before 11 o'clock laid wreaths I in the presence of Queen Mary, the J | Queen'of Spain and other royalties and prominent personages. laindis Wants Earier Series. > 1 Chicago. Nov. 11.—Earlier closing | of the 192(1 major league campaign k will be urged by Commissioner Landis 1 who, has called a joint meeting of e the major leagues in New York for December 11. Commissioner Landis favors closing the season earlier and starting the I world's series possibly a week sooner ’o avoid conflicting with the football season. The club owners, if limy agree, may do so without cutting down ; their usual schedules of 154. :.£■ Greensboro Raises $98,050 For Stadium. Greensboro. Nov. 10.—Canvassers . for the Greensboro World War Me- ! morinl Stadium had raised by to- j night at the end of second day of - $98,950 of the SIOO,OOO j sought and it is anticipated Chat the j remainder arid more will be secured j Wednesday when the drive closes. The stadium will be built in honor of the men and one woman from Greensboro and Guilford County who j gave their lives in the war. Police Discover Be mb Factory in Cal cutta. Calcutta. Nov. 11.—(/P)—While the Earl of Reading, viceroy of India, t was visiting the city for the Armistice . Day celebration, the police discovered a bomb factory. Bombs were confis cated in n raid and 11 natives were arrested. SAT'S BEAR SAYS: Fair tonight, Thursday partin’’’*! • cloudy, slig’htly warmer in extreme 1 • west portion. Gentle east and south- j east winds.