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.■.AI - »- - - ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXV lawn. CMIIPMGN GAMES s/raw mi The Final Scene Will Close at JO O’Clock on That Night.— Eleven Weeks of Hard Work. BALLOT BOX AT ' CAB ARBUS'! BANK It Is Locked and Sealed.— All Contestants Now Putting in Every Mo ment of Their Time. All candidates, who have net al ready done so, are requested to cheek all business and totes issued as cf the close of the third period. This shrtuM be done before noon of Satur day if possible. " It will- bo'under stood; that contestants who do not make such a Check will have accepted their standings as they appear on the campaign accounts. The climax comes Saturday night! Eleven Weeks of ' work mid hustling on the part of the ean didntes in The Tribune-Times big au tomobile campaign will cuiipinnte in the final scene Saturday night, No vember 21st at 10 o’clock. The list of awards includes a new Bunk Master-Six Brougham, a new Htudebakcr Special-Six Duplex Phae ton; a new Hudson Conch, n new Chevrolet Sedan and a Ford Coupe, three cash awards of S2OO each and three cash awards of SIOO each. . Cash commissions will bo paid all other contestants who have remained active throughout, the campaign as set forth in the formal announcement at the beginning of the campaign. Never before in the history of Cabar- rus county has there been such a dis tribution cf costly awards—and never before lias there been such an exciting battle to win them. Absolute Fairness to AH. In order to maintain the strictest secrecy as to the number of subscrip tions turned in by each individual Before Thanksgiving and Christinas candidate during this, the last week of tiie contest, the race is being brought to a ekme under a sealed ballot box. No subscriptions wlintever are be ing accepted through the campaign department tffitT Wivk, hut ' fflwStl candidates themselves will deiiosit ili/*ir final collections at the (.'abortus Savings Bank. By so doing, no one, not even the campaign manager, can possible know the voting strength of ,tlie respective candidates, which pre cludes any possibility 'of favoritism and insures fairness to the minutest degree. liockcd and sealed the ballot box has been placed in the lobby of- the Cabarrus Savings Bank where it will remain until the closing hour of the campaign Saturday. It will then, be opened by the counting judges and the final count will begin at the bank. Kaeli of the leading candidates has turned in hundreds of new as well as renewal subscriptions, and file enthu siasm of the contestants has been augmented by the hearty response the people have made to their solicita tibns: The final week will give the t'-tal volume of jho campaign a big boost. All contestants arc now devoting every minute of their tune to getting ip all the votes before the closing hour, and the enthusiastic boosting of t'iieir friends is proving an important factor in the race. The awarding of the prizes will be the biggest event in the history of Cabarrus county. In terest bordering op excitement will prevail all day Saturday. Sale at Parks-Belk Co. Beginning Friday morning the Be fore Thanksgiving and Christmas sale will begin oj the Parks-Itelk Co's. The entire stock of this store will be, offered at January prices. You will find big bargains all over the store, not simply a few specials here and there. Wife every purchase of from $2 to-$6 you can get ten pounds of pure granulated sugar for 60 cents. On all purchases above $6 you can get 25 pounds for $1.25. This big sale will start tomorrow (Friday) morning. Be on time and get your sugar and other big bari gains. Signs Along Highways Will Point Way to Winston-Salem. \ Winston-Salem, Nov. 18.—It has been decided to strlhg tbe highways for a distance of 1,700 miles around this city with arrow signs showing the distance to Winston-Salem. In all 2so aligns are to be put up on highways in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. About half of all agricultural labor in Germany is done by women. City Tax Notice Effective December Ist, 1986, penalty on city taxes. Pay now and save additional cost. •' « ■ CHAS. N. FIELD, City Tax Collector. The Concord Daily Tribune Col. Mitchell Plans To Testify In Pull 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. 10.—Secretary Jardinr teday announced fiis npprovnl of tlie national system of roads .se lected by the joint board of interstate highways to be known i\s foiled States highways. Tfrc rood system includes 75,884 miles-of highway, eacli route of which has been designated by number, ami the secretaryV approval cf the joint board's plan has been forwarded to the American Association of State highway officials meeting in Detroit thi* week. DI RHAM JfRV CONVICTS WYATT OF MANSLAUGHTER Verdict R< turned 'With Recommenda tionof Mer 282 282 28 3* S 9 SBO tkm of Mercy.—Sentence Next Month. -Raleigh, Nov. 18.—The jnry trying .Tesso Wyatt, former captain of de tectives of Italcigh, tonight nt 11:20 returned a verdict of mnnslnughtci with reeomWiidittinii Cor mercy. Judge Mldyette, who was silting up for the verdict, announced that ho would continue the case under the same bond which 1 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 venire from Durham county, had the case tinder deliberation for twd hours and fifteen minutes. Wyatt, was arraigned on a charge of murder for killing Stephen 8. Holt, prominent attorney of Smithfield. June Ist, last. Holt was killed by a bul let. which the defense contended struck him after glancing from the hard surface of the highway, near this city when Wyatt tried to stop the enr on .the supicion that it contained whis key. Wyatt, on the s*and in his own behalf, testified that the driver of tbe car failed to heed him when h$ signalled with hi« hand. He said he fired the shot downward in order .Wfifilfrv off*?* He acniM that lie shot at the tire of the car. Chief Winder Bryan, of the Raleigh police force, who accompanied Wyatt on the n'ight that Holt was killed, testified for the defendant, corrobo rating his testimony. A number of witnesses for the State, however, contended that the shot came direct from the officer's pistol. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Barely Steady at Decline of 5 to IS Points, With Active Months Soon Lower. New York, Nov. 18.— UP) —The eor ton market iqiennhbarely steady todav at a decline of 5 to 13 points, active months soon showing net losses of 10 to 14 points under Pquidation and Southern hedging. There also may have been sonic local selling on the relatively stfady showing of Liver pool, but offeriligs wore no*, heavy, and after the decline to 10.70 for January the market steadied on trade buying and covering. January nltied to 19.90 before the end of the first hour, but the improvement was not fully maintained, the market • being quiet and rather irregular. Liverpool cables reported that trade calling had absorbed some hedging and continental selling, with a fair spot demand. Cotton futures opened fairly steady. Dec. 2055; Jan. 19.78; March 19.87; May 19.58; July 19.24. Stock Reducing Sale at Concord Fur niture Company. Tbe Concord Furniture Co. has de cided to reduce stocks to a minimum at once. All goods have been marked down in plain figures, showing both the original price and tbe reduced price at which they will be sold. In a page ad. today they show you only a few of tbe many articles on which they have reduced the prices from 15 to 30. per cent. You will find at this store a big stock of high-grade merchandise. Better go early and get the best bargains. Owners End Strike by Moving Silk Mill to North Carolina New York, Nov. 18. —As a result of the failure of negotiations to end a three wjseks strike among its oper atives, ownets of- tbe HiUcrest Mills have anmmnced the removal of their plant to High Point, N. €., according to a story appearing in the New York 'World this morning. The World's story follows; “In spite of the pleas of a dimin utive priest who preached 4o them as to naughty children, the 250 striking* weavers of the HiUcrest Silk Mills in West New York, N. J., last night re jected the company’s compromise of fer to end the three weeks’ strife 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 move their looms’ to High Point, N. C. Already 120 looms have been removed and last V % Defense Counsel in Court 1 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 Varuyis Experiences. Washington, Nov. .10. — iff) —The defen-e notified the Mitchell court martial today tliat it expected ro rom- I plctc presentation of its ei hlence to morrow. excel.t for the testimony Col. Wm. Mitchell will give in his own be half. Representative Frank R. Reid, chief defense counsel, indicated * tint the Colonel would require about two daysr for his testimony. . laeiit. Wade Leigh, one of the army world fliers, told the court of various experiences during his 3. fit SI Hying in every type of plain* known to any aviation personnel. Regarding the Loaning amphibian machine, ho said it was in the exper imental stage, and not in his opinion suited for Arctic service. Turning to the world Wight, he said he believed the circumstances which at!elided the hop from Seapa Flow to Iceland constituted “an undue haz ard of human life.’’ DR. RANKIN MONDAY NIGHT Great Mass Meeting Exnected to Be Held Here. Indications this week pointed to one of the greatest mass meetings ev er held in tlie cityi when Dr. AY. 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 o’clock. The meeting is to* be in tlie interest of the new hospital- for Cabarrus County, n movement started some weeks ago by the Chamber of Com merce in conjunction with the Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs. I Dr. Rankin’s address is to. ho on file general subject of a hospital for w-swcm**. on how the county may procure money from the Duke Foundation to assist in building and maintaining the hos pital. The public lias been invited to be present at Dr. Rankin's speech as it is important that the people bo in formed ou tlie 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 n petition asking that the coun ty take the matter into considera tion at au early date. Dr. Rankin speaks at the request of a committee which was appointed recently to load the project. At the Rotary Chib weekly lunch eon Wednesday, it was suggested that the members write to persons in the county calling tlioir attention to the fact that Dr. Rankin is . to be here Monday and asking them to bo present, it was thought that by this moans, some who might not otherwise know of tin* mass meeting, might be thus notified. Unification Beaten at Two Confer ences. Wnxahntchie. Texas, * Nov. 18. — Unification of the Southern Metho dist Churicti with the Methodist Epis copal Churcli was rejected here to day by the Central Texas Conference cf tlie former church, the vote being 182 against and IG2 for. Griffin. Ga., Nov. IS.—The North Georgia conference of tbe Methodist Episcopal Church, South, meeting here today voted 210 against and 110 for unification with the Methodist Epis copal Church. W. N. Reynolds Improving. Winston-Salem, Nov. 18.—The con dition of William N. Reynolds, chair man of -the board of directors not 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 AVest Neew York plant. “The Rev. Leonard Borgetti. the mediator, with United States Labor Commissioner^John A. Moffatt, had presented the following plan, accept ed in advance by the mil operators; I‘iece work base rates of 9 cents a yard for work on two looiiib, and 8 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 cents 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 by Albert AA’eJsbord, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of New York Univer sity and Harvard, and George Pearl man. *t North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1925 Spehds $200,000 on Rock Tcfmb Capt. John E. Lyons of Middieport. 0., a well-to-do river man, Is having a huge tomb cut for himself out of solid rock in a 100-foot bluff overlooking the to be erected on the brow of th« bill behind the tomb. Photo shows the ex cavation in the rock, it will be doaed by a copper door guaranteed to hist SOOO jeare. r " ~ w CHIIM H BIG WT IT MEET Chinese Demand For En actment of Treaty Giv ing Unrestricted Tariff Rights Adopted. Peking, Nov. 19. —(A>)—The pow ers represented at tin* 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. China agrees to abolish the lit in or W&i*> fax. igflfcfcsrt upon goods ifc inlnnil transit on the. same date. STONE SUMMONS FARM CONVENTION Annual Meeting of Agricultural Union To Be Held Here. Greensboro, Nov. 17.—1 t. AA*. 11. Stone, president of the Farmers Edu cational and Co-operative Union, Mon day sent a call for ithe 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 Airs. Alary Lyerly, of that place, concerning tlie program. Bi>hop Penick to Prearli. Gastonia, Nov. 19.—(A I )—Tlie l!t. Rev. E. A. Penick, bishop* of the North Carolina diocese of the Episco pal Church, of Charlotte, will deliver the Sunday morning sermon at St. Alarks Church here, November 22nd. lie will also address the Episcopal men’s Bible class thmt morning. Tlie service is expected to be one of the largest attended and most in spiring in St. Alarks history, the Rev. J. W. C. Johnson, pastor, says. Capital of Chihli Captured. Peking, Nov. 19.— (/P) —Paoting-Fti. provincial capital of Chihli, 100 miles southwest of Peking, frap been cap tured by an army under Gen Teng Pao-San; of the group opposed to Alnrslinl Chang Tso-Lin. The city fell after considerable fighting with the retiring forces of the Alanehurinn leader. Protects Record of Commander Ijms downe. Washington, Nov. 19.— UP) —Any insinuation that Commander Zachary Lansdowne ileliberatoley .jeopardized theShennndoah and her crew not on ly reaches the “height of absurdity but slanders the dead." according to Com mander Rosendabl, senior Surviving officer of tbe airship. Air Mail Service For Florida. Washington. Nov. 19.—(A I )—Air mail service between Florida’s three principal cities, Jacksonville, Tampa and' Aliami, by April Ist next with extension to Atlanta not later than June Ist tiias been decided upon by Postmaster General New. S' Heads U. D. C. For Nejtt Year. Hot Springs, Ark., Nov. 19.—</P) —Airs. 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. UP)—Pres ident Coelidge left. AA’asbington early today for New York, where tonight he 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 nil official report just issued. Two Sections Twelve Pages Today QDILEIDI IS CRITICALLY 1L Dowager Queen of Eng land Suffered Heart At tack Following Illness of Past Several Weeks. London Nov.* 19.— UP) —Dowager Queen Alexandra, mother of King George, is critically ill from a heart attack, it is officially announced. The Queen, whose cight.v-first birth day fails on December Ist. suffered tlie attack this morning. T’.ie statement issued from lier home ’Bt Spudriugbam Castle tbns.yfterqoan rends: “Her Alajesty, Queen Alex nluliin, who for some time past has been failing in health, suffered a se vere heart attack tliis 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 Alias Elizabetli Conrad, prominent young Charlotte business woman, who says tiie 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 I am having u good time and achieving a career.” said Aliss Conrad. “I think any woman ill advised to choose a career instead of frame build ing. 1 also believe that tlie major ity of women in business whether married or sipglc, were forced into business by present economic conditions rather than from choice.” Aliss Conrad is president of the Charlotte Altrusa Club and leader in the Charlotte Business and Profes sional AYomen's Club. Thanksgiving Sale at Efird'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 In* some big sac rifices of ready-to-wear. Commencing Saturday morning and until they last they will sell 3(H) dozen Indies $1.60 full fashioned hose at 98 cents a pail*. During this sale you will find many wonderful values in the Bargain Base ment. In both The Tribune nnd Times today you will find enumerated many of the hundreds of bargains which await you in this sale. See page 4 ten mid eleven. President’s Fatlier Improved. Plymouth. A*t.. Nov. 19.—UP)—En couraging symptoms were reported to dnv from the bedside of Col. John Coolidge, 80-year-old father of l’resi flent coolidge, who has been suffering from n recurrent attack of “’heart block." HS^^rner^s iCQMOORD Today Only "Hells High Road” A Cecil B. DcMille Production A Real Good Comedy—Also Kinograms EXTRA ADDED ATTRAC TION “THE HOPI INDIANS” in Person ADMISSION 16c, 25c, 35c Friday "FKAKBOUND" Saturday Pete Morrison in ‘•STAMPEDE THUNDER" DR, MERCER CHOSEN TO HEAD BAPTISTS FOR ANOTHER YEAR Wilson Pastor Re-elected President of the State Baptist Convention of North Carolina. THE DRY LAW IS APPROVED In Resolution Which Con demned Politicians Who Seek to Overthrow “This I Wholesome Law.” Charlotte. Nov. 19.—(A s )—Dr. I. Al. Mercer, of Wilson. N. ('.. was re elected President of the State Baptist I Convention of North Carolina at this morning's session. Following the elect ! on of Dr. Alcr jeer, the convention then named the following as trustees of .Meredith Col lege. Raleigh: l)r. T. J. T. Battle of Greenshorn; i Dr. .1 .Rufus Hunter, of Raleigh: T. A. Avery, Rocky Mount: Rev. W. A. Ayers, of Forest City: A. S. Cox, of Winteiville; Dr. Livingstone John ston, Raleigh: Mrs. F. J. Everett, of Greenville, and I)r, E. AIcK. Goodwin, of Alorgnnton. Dry Law Approved. Charlotte, Nov. 19.-— UP) —Resolu- tions endorsing the prohibition statute | nnd condemning “political leaders” i who seek to overthrow “this whole some law” were adopted by tbe State Baptist Convention here today. AVhiie no "political leaders" were named, many delegates declared tlie resolutions were aimed at Governor Al 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. IS.—“I decline to bo whipped out of a position on an issue flint involves the posit ion and responsibility of my alma mater—tlie institution lias stood for truth no mat ter what little window it lias shone through." These declarations were~*ni'ade Tsy Dr. William Louis Fotcat, 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 meeting here tonight. Dr. Poteat, who because of his as sertion that the Bible anil evolution can be reVmciled. lias become the storm center in the Baptist denomi nation in this state, scored bis 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 lie again and again scored those who at tacked him. declaring that “I think tlierrf is a fly in tlie ointment.” “Who wants yoqr'job?" an ardent alumnus shouted. Dr. l’oteat smiled and declared that when the discussion came up lie had thought of letting them have it, but, “they have made it impossible now.” Dr. Poteat was accorded ovation nfter 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 association's faith in Dr. Poteat, the faculty and the college. It was adopted with a ris ing vote. This resolution declared "tliat in widespread discussion of AVake For est, some suspicions have been arous ed which have beclouded the confi dence of not a fiffv of its friends with in tlie state." „ Loyal to Christian Faith. It affirmed the "unqualified loyalty to tlie fundamentals of the Christian faith and allegiance" of the associa tion. "to tlie 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 tliat all fact of life and nature arc interpreted in Wake Forest class rooms and labora tories from tin* 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. AVilliani 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 Anicricap people to tbe need of temperance, and au experi ment leading to tlie institution of au established means of Government con trol over intoxicating liquors, he said. "Something will be done soon prop erly to regulate tffls great national problem. The time w : ll come soon when n real mejhod of sensible eon trol nnd regulation which will ho fair nnd just will be adopted. On Farm Now x —*—]ia|Wk flfW A-. . Here's Luis Angel Firpo. once re ferred to us the "Wild Dull of the Pampas," when he was preparing for his championship bout with Jack Dempsey. He’s now a very "tame hull" and Is shown as he looks work ing on a farm In Buenos Aires. He hopes to stage a come back In the .ring next year SMUiIfTO FIND FIRE'S CAUSE Federal Bureau Seeks the Cause for Fire Which Damaged Vessel of the Clyde Line. Jj*Swes. Del., Nov. 10.—(/TO—The Federal Bureau of Sil'nmboat Inspec tion today began an investigation on tile burning of the Civile Liner I .di als'. From the headquarters of the 'Kritrairiii'-irhstitwifron, onters -pne sent to the Philadelphia mid 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 I.enape lying on the flats five miles north of here. The Lcnape was beached and scuttled there after her more than .‘l6O 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. fee new ad. of Bob's Dry Cleaning Co., Master Cleaner. Phone 787. The Yorke & Wadsworth Co. has received another car of galvanized rooting at the old price $4.75. See ad. The Nun-Bush ankle-fashioned ox fords at the Itiehmond-Flowe Co. l*it the ankle snugly. The Wear-Ever aluminum roaster at Ritchie Hardware Co., prices $3.05 to $3.05. Every, home should have one. Phone 117. The official poet of the Pearl Drug Co. has some hot stuff for you in a new ad. today. The J. & H. Cash Store has the good things for your Thanksgiving dinner. In a new ad. today you will find some specials for Saturday. Communist Deputy Roughly Handled. Rome. Nov. 10.—OP)—The sitting of the chamber of deputies was sus pended for ten minutes today after a scuffle in which the communist deputy Mnfli was roughly handled and eject ed by the fascists. t At the Parks-llelk Co’s, big sale to open Friday morning with every pur chase of from $2 to $G you ean get ten pounds of pure granulated usgar for 5(1 cents. On all purchases above sf> you can get 25 pounds for $1.25. final ion 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 ltibible 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 nut 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.” - -e——— THE TRiBUNEIM PRINTS IV TODAY’S NEWS TODA^eJ NO. 2751 IRE SOLDIERS ARE I CARRIED TO SYRIA \ 1 fO SUPPORT FREM _ / ; * 'IS One Thousand Infantry! I Troops With Tank and I Armored Cars Are Land- J • ed at Sidon. FOREIGNERS ARE M TO BE GUARDED | French Destroyer Is Also.! On Hand to Aid in Any J Movement France May 1 Decide Upon. 'Sidon, Syria. Nov. 10.——French reinforcements comprising 1.000 in fantry men with a tank and armorers cars, have reached this port. A de stroyer also has arrived. The destroyer commander visitefl, the Presbyterian mission schools and" the Near East Relief orphanage, the staffs of which lie requested to tvmninj.. promising them adequate warning of any danger''from the rebels. The French governor conferred with the religious leaders of ail det nominations and asked that they urge* their fellows not to incite their peo ple to panic or excesses. • Jjfj The Druse forces behind Siflon are commanded by Void At rasa, a brother of the Sultan Atrash. Refugees front the interior continue to |>onr into the town. f’ol. Robert <*. Foy. American niili tary attache at Constantinople, is < peeted to arrive in Beirut tomorrow.- CAPTAIN FOLEY IS HEARD AT INQUIRY He Gives His Version of the Changes Made by Mrs. Unsdowm. Washington. Nov. 19.—The Shen andoah court of inquiry today cob-" eluded its investigation of the charges of Mrs. Margaret Istnsdowne. and will announce its opinion regarding them tomorrow. It heard from Captain Paul Foley 1 . 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 O. E. Shsen cUthl, senior surviving officer of the wrecked dirigible, denouncing as a slander of the dead" any insiuation that Commander Lansdowne took the Shenandoah on the western flight when he believed her in jeopardy from the weather. Coder cross examination by Judge Advocate Leonard. Capt. 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. 1 was most anxious to have her appear in a flig nlfied position before the court.'' g "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 wln> had died in the line of duty.” Capt. Foley said had he known-Mn*.' 1 Lansdowne “as I do now, I would uot have tried to help her.” * -M “You had a childlike confidence, in her?" asked the jiudge advocate. . SAYS “AL” WOULD GIVE, ■ ) “CAL” REAL BATTLE Massachusetts Man Discusses Result Nml h Should Be Named. Asbevill . Nov. 18. —If Governor Al Smith, of\ lew Y*ork, is nominated by 'the I)em\ rats for president, and . President I oolidge is nominated hy the Repttbf ans it will be a bottle ■ royal for til • votes of New England, in the opiniv.n of Charles L. BnrriH, f. executive council of Massachusetts, who arrived in this city today en route to Florida where lie goes tu '» spend his vacation. Mr. Burrrill was a Republican can-," dictate for mayor of Boston in the re cent election. The executive councillor is an inti- ■ mate friend of President (’oolidge'! whom he speaks of often and affec tionately as “Cal." Mr. Bun-ill said that Governor At Smith is extremely popular in Musstt ehusetts and throughout New lOng- j land, and wqttld receive a very hand some vote were he nominated by Che Democrats. He said that no doubt many Republicans of that section would support Smith. He would probably /carry New England against any Brepublican other than President Coolidgg, the visitor inferred. SAT’S BEAR SAYSt "' I- and , wiirm,r td/^ night, Friday partly cloudy and eoldtfe er in west, showers in east portfo&l Moderate southwest winds. 'Jfp?