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GASTONIA, N. C.t FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 29, 1922
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General Harrington Leaves
For A Conference With Kemal;
War Times In Constantinople
If Next 24 Hours Passes Without A Shot All Im
mediate Danger Will Have Passed Thous
ands Of Refugees Are Leaving War Corres
pondents Of Every; Nationality Come To Con
stantinople. V. ' ; ' V' ''- -
' CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 29. (By
the AtAsoeiated ' Press.) Brigadier
' General Kir Charles . Haringtoii, com
lunuder in chief of the British forces in
the Dardanelles area, plans to leave this
. .afternoon for a .eouference with Mus
, taplin Kemal Pasha, probably At Mu
dania, on the 'tea of Marmora. ".
The British are confident that if the
next 21 hours passed without the firing
of a shot at Chauak or other points
. along the Dardanelles' all immediate dan
ger of hostilities will have been avoided.
This is the period of time estimated to
be required for General Hariugton's
journey and interview with Mustapha
Kemal. - , .' -- '',,.
i The allied high commissioners" have
' decided to dispatch, a commission eom
possed of British, French and Italian
: officers to Rodosto, Lule-Bourgas and
' Adriuuoplc, In Thrace, in order to exer-,
vcise a pacifying influence, there. O
According to the Exchange Telegraph,
part of the French troops which were
withdrawn from' Chntaldja, and which
have jittco been in Constantinople, will
bo used for the defense of the European
shore of the Bosporus.
With theirbacks to the straits, the
British forces iu Chauak now look out
on three sides upon the forces of Mus
tapha Kemal pusha. By their recent i
iucursious the Turks lwve completed their
occupation of the 'neutral xone, in dc
liance of Great, Britain's ultimatums,
, ttud a climax is swiftly approaching.
, - Ceucral pclio, French high .conunis
sioner, has despatched uu energetic note
to bmryua telling Mustapha Keninl tlut
the British sincerely desire to avoid a
conflict-but tlmt France will not' be 'able
to restrain them If they are attacked."
The British aro confident they' can
hold , their lines against any Kemalist
attack, as their flanks at Chanak are
.protected by a powerful fleet of war-
ships, the long range guns of which can
-sweep the area around the town for it
distance of twenty sillies, wmio uio
Turks at present .are equipped only with
machine guns in this Sector. Among the
British navul units are the supcr-dread-nnghts
Jtcyongo and .Resolution the
most powerful' men-of-war afloat.
The British: liuval authorities are hold
ing up all Greek and Turkish craft in
the Bosporus and the Dardanelles, mak
ing minute searches for materials of
war.
The Greek battleship Averoff, which
was taken from' Constantinople by her
mutinous crew, U proceeding through the
straits unmolested by the Turkish lanft
bat cries. "'-...
' Crowds continue to storm all the con
sulates and passport offices in the capi
tal and some have been forced to close
their doors Or appenl to the police for
protection. There is an uuehdiiig stream
of Greeks and Armenians- outside the
American consulate, the line forming
; each day before dawn. In tho Inst 2-1
hours the Greek consulate has issued
5,00k! vises. ; ,
livery outgoing train and boat is filled
to capacity. Small fishing an dmerehun
dise boats are taking the overflow and
their owners nie reaping large profits."
Tho prospect of war lias brought to
Constantinople newspaper correspond
ents of every nationality. The United
(States leads with thirteen writers. Great
Britain" has eleven, France seven, Italy
four, and the rest nre scacttered among
the smaller countries.
The journalistic assaults upon British
lioadqquurters have been so numerous of
"late that General Ilarington has estab
lished daily half hour councils for . the
newspaper men which are presided over
by Major M. A. Johnston, who gained
fame in the Mesopotamian campaign
and subsequently made a sensational
4-scupe afoot for several hundred miles j
from it Turkish -prison-camp.' " "
"With the aid of a map Major Johnson (
explains-the significance of the various j
movements of the Turkish and British!
tron and sets forth the current naval
situation.
. General headquarters has occasion of
late to complain of the exaggerated and
. inaccurate character of some of the re
ports which have gone out i from Con
stantinople, and officials say if fhis per
sists they may be forced .to establish a
censorship. . i
General Ilarington and hi-staff get
little time for sleep or leisure these stir
ring days. The chief "s ; usual office
hours are from 7 iu the morning until
long after midnight.
When icccntly a London friend trie
graphed him expressing solicitude for
his health, General Harington replied:
"I'm fit as a fiddle. I swam the Bos
porus this morning at daybreak
jn t
twenty-two minutes."
fceverai isrimn armored cars of the i
most modern type rolled through, the
mm-iB 1 1 rruwou, giving me
capital a Tiviu touch of war realism.
The Bosporus also took on a martial as
crt when a giant airship carrier and
ncxeral additional units of the Atlantic
fleet togemer -Willi- inree irimp transports f
aeed info the Golden Horn. .
Thus far, -although penetratin? the;
iii'iitral are;, tie Turks have carried
vl.-ie nd flung their rifles upside
tCui.Uctel oa paje S.)
ONCLE SAM AUCTIONS
OFF LOT OF OLD JUNK
' WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. Un
cle Sam put one over. on .the junk
man yesterday. Collecting a lot
of truck scattered about the House
office building, one of hit represen
tatives hired as auctioneer and a.
boy to go out and ring a bell.
Auction newt travelt swiftly and
In a little while an army or women
had arrived. Some thread bare
ruga over which ttesmen might have
tread; o me old water coolera of the
type long j outlawed ; tome filing
cabinets that might fit in a corner of
the kitchen at a receptacle for pots,
and tome old chain on which no
man could rest his weary bones, were
gobbled up as quickly at if they
had come from Westminster Abbey.
A little man in a brown derby
bought a little faded , screen after
somebody haf whispered it used to
sit before the open fire place at
Thomas Jefferson's home . It look
ed quite at old at all that. A tall
man, 50 years old, wearing a dark
suit, with green pencil stripes,
bought a filing cabinet which long
stood in Champ Clark's office, and
counted it a bargain. A woman,
stunning in a new frock,V which
reached below the tops of her boots,
and a big black hat with a red bird
anchored on the atarboard tide, paid
$19.50 for a rug out of the Speak
er's lobby.
"Look at the feet that .have
traveled oveL it," the exclaimed as
she boosted the price the last two
bita. '. ' ".' ;
And look at the dust they Uft,"
aid a rival at she quit bidding at
$19.25. , - .
HAGGARD - BREAKS UP
DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS
Wife Has Lawyer Cancel Ac
tion After Papers : Are
Drawn Husband Con
verted Last Night Sever-
al larlies Testify Thursdav
ai Ladies lesury inursaay
Night.
' TIIow the influence of Evange
list A. Haggard, evangelist
conducting a series of tent services
in East Oastouia, broke up a di
vorce suit already pending and
reunited an estranged couple is
one of the interesting stories that
, comes from the Haggard , meeting
today.
Stating that the men seemed to
. have all the innings iii tent ser
vices, a splendid looking ' young ,
woman said, Thursday evening:
"We women appreciate . the '.op
portunity of telling how much the
tent, meetings have meant to .us,
not only in the saving of our men
folks but in saving us," Three
other ladies followed her with tes
tiitiouies. that rang true. It was :
stated from the"-platform of the
'Gospel tent on Kast Ozark street
Thursday night, "A wife from
East Oastouia had engaged the
services of . a tiiistouia attorney
last week to institute proceedings
for divorce and was to return to
his office last. Saturday to sign
the papers anJ liave summons is
sued. Her: husband' 'was. converted
last Friday night. She kept her
appointment with the -attorney on
Saturday, her.' husband with her,
had the pairs' cancelled and re
turned to a re-uuited . and happy
homo." : With ..bootleggers giving
up their nefarious business, gamb
lers forsaking - chips and . dice,
drunkards being, made sober ami
'shiners' breaking up stills, the
tent services have been brimful of
human interest stories which, how
ever, is but part of the wonderful
amount of good that has 1mcu ac
complished sinee the Haggard
evangelistic party pitched their .
Gosjh'I tent in Ga stoma
That all the good is not being done
under the canvass is in evidence every
night. From the reports of prayer
meetings held in the mills and homes
by Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Barnes, iier-
sonat workers of the party. Godless
homes are rteing i.iiristianizeri amj re-
united, prodigal oys and wayward
girls, by their own testimonies, are be-
i.mg reclaimed, una nrcn and women
mean, more to their homes, church and
community than ever before. Mr.
Haggard, after singing a duet with his
daughter. Miss Kuth Haggard, of Gaff-
iiey, preaclie
line 8tiiiou
a foria'fiil and coiujel
Thursday uight, having
for a -theme, "Whv Are Vou Not A
Christian," using the seventh verse of
the thirty-niuth-Psalm as a text. Twen-
(vOntiaued, on page 8.)
STAGE ALL SET FOR BIG
RALLY DAY SUNDAY BY ;
THE COUNTY SCHOOLS
Various Committees Working
at High Speed to Make Oct.
First Red Letter Day.
ALL SCHOOLS TO REPORT.
Expectation is That 20,000
feople Will Attend Exer
- cises on This Date.
tsuuday, October '1, promises to bo ii
real red letter day iu the history of
Gaston county Sunday schools. On that
day . simultaneous iuter-denominatioual
Rally Bay exercises will be held in every
nook and eorner of the county and it
lis expected that at least 20,000 Gaston
county people will attend these services,
i For tho past four or five weeks coin
jmitctes working under the direction of
I the Gaston County 6unday School Asso
ciation have been very active iu promot
ing this event and their efforts have met
with murked success. Nto only in every
town inj tho county but in practically
leverv rural section Sunday schools u re
goiug (o. observe this day with u special
program. ; , - . ;
W. Hugh Wray, co-operation chair
man, bus ben unremitting in his efforts
to secure the co-operation of every bun
day school in the county and up to date
the great' majority have responded fa
vorably. There are, perhaps a number
of schools which are going to observe
the day that have failed to notify him,
to that effect. This week Mr. Wray sent
to every Sunday school superintendent
in the county a printed post card to be
returned to him giving a report of the
attendance and collection oil that day.
It is very important that every school
in Gastou fill out and return this card
whether the day is observed as Rally
Day or not. . ' '
I. H. Gantt, ehairman. of the adver
tising committee, has covered the county
with posters and placards advertising
tho event and the publicity thus secured
has stimulated interest in the day to a
very great extent. Working in conjunc
tion with Mr. Gantt the publicity com
mittec. of which J. W. Atkins is chair
man, has seen that the event has received j
considerable publicity through the news
papers and oterwise. .'
General .Chairman J. H. Kennedy has
been on tho job all the while nnd has
assisted nil the committees in putting
the occasion over. . . ;
Fred M. Allen is chairman of the sta
tistical committeo which will tabulate
the reports and put the statistics in
shape for publicity.
A model program was prepared and
furnished to a great many of tho schools
by a committee of which Joe S. Wray !
was chairman. ' .
Unless iiresent indications fail Sun-
'av October 1, is going to ue toy far tiic
. , H nHr i,ill(,-hi .iin
county so far as its Sunday schools are
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concerned
RADIO EXHIBIT TO '
BE FEATURE OF FAIR
Amateur Radio Fans Invited
To Send In Sets To Com
pete For Cash Prize Of $25.
One of the features at tho Big Gaston
County Fair will be the exhibit of ama
teur radio fans.
1 There will be three cash prizes offered
to radio fans for the best assembled
radio- receiving sets. These sets will be
on exhibition in the wireless booth.
Special aerials will be built for testing
out the different sets and all. receiving
sets will be tested out by an expert.
The Southern Radio Corporation will
give special programs in the afternoon
and at night. The afternoon programs
will be mostly news items and speeches.
The night programs will consist of mu
sic, news items, siieeches, etc.
The prizes offered will be cash prices.
First prize $2j; second prize t'J5; third
prize 10.
The, radio receiving sets will be
judged on three poiuts, as follows:
Audibility, mecabnical workmanship,
and appearance. ?
Every radio fan is urged to semi his
set to the Big Gaston Fair by' fair of
ficials. . "
BIG QUESTION NOW IS
TO FIND HARRY BRENN
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2S. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Developments in the
ease of Harry Brenn, whose garage
burned down last Tuesday an din the
debris of which was found a charred
torso, at first bejieved to be that of
Brenn. -but later identified us that of
Miss Celeste Schneider, whose body was
...!.. . : f..,.f w,w
cemetery Sunday evening, today settled
dn idnrca,1 mmrvh for Rrc.,.,.
Diuiuu I UMI 113 Kiaib a n uuiiv i-tvi'- i
who has ben missing since Monday eve
ning.
The police have notified life insurance
companies in-wiiicn Brenn mm policies i
tntnllino. lfi fl(ift not to make anv settle-
ment with Mrs. Brenn, who is held in
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connection with the case.
Mrs. Brenn, who was married to Brcnu
(HE WEATHER
Generally fair tonight and Saturday.
moderate temperature, -
Child Tragedy
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Janta is facing a murder charge'
following ' the death of hie plav'i
mate, Ella Mae Locklear. 12. said
JyP?1Lce t0 have killed by s
bullet from the, lad'a rifle. p;
Bachelors' Club Is ,
Totally Decimated
WAUKEGAN, Ills., Sept. 28.
Thirty-two yeara ago 23 Waukegan
business- men , forswore marriage,
formed a bachelor club and bought
a club-house on Thi.-tf lake.
Today the old circle had dwindled
to one, Clarence J. Baaett a jew
elerand he sold the club.
"It't too lonesome," he aald.
"Wien any of the 'old fellows come
back they always bring a lot of wives
and things."
When the break in the ranks start
ed, William, W. Pearce offered a sil
ver loving cup for the first pair of
twins. : Ten yeara later he . won it
himself.
The old bachelor club it to
turned over to vacation colonists.
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LEWIS CONCERT PARTY
TO GIVE CONCERT OCT. 5
American Legion Stages Con
cert For Benefit Of Post
Treasury Want Money
For Armistice Day.
Announcement is made today' bv Gas
ton Post, No. 23, American Legion of
the coining to Gastonia of the Lewis Con
cert party next Thursday evening, Octo
ber 5, at the Central school auditorium.
Tho cpueert will be given under the aus
pices of the American Legion, which 5s
raising mdney for the ArmiUiee Day
celebration.
Sam' Lewis, a distinguished Welsh
tenor, has been in concerts and Orato
rio work for eleven years, and lias made
four transcontinental tours with his own
company, of high class mubical artists,
under the direction of the Affiliated Bu
reaus, in the United States, Canada,
New Zealand and Australia. Mr. Lewis
is one' of the most popular ballad singers
in America, and is scarcely less a favor
ite in oratorio and operatic arias. His
voice possesses a never-to-be-forgotten
richness that goes home to the heart of
every hearer". He has studied with
Charles Edward Clarke, of Chicago, and
David Bispham, of New York. He has
appeared on the same courses with Louis
Kriedler, of the Chicago Opera, and
Frances Ingram, of the Metropolitan.-
With Mr. Lewis appears Marie Colli-
VMam lnf
lell Adams, reader.
ton. pianist, Linn tx-huler, violiuist, and
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. Uuiton is a gri dua ti c f -Musie
''opartinent of Sopth Dakota State tol-
lege, nnd has taken post graduate work
with Jeanne Boyd, of Chicago. She
"a "J"; u,.n,,r1 am
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l'"!"1 of rMnk Mach, a graduate of
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Bush Conservatory of Chicago, and !
artist-pupil of Richard Czerwonky.
Adams, reader, is a graduate of Lyceum
Arts Conservatory, of Chicago. She was
formerly with Elias Day Players, and
has been vry successful iu the portral of j
comedy roles. j
A rare musical treat is in store when !
the Lewis Coacert Party appears here, '
SITUATION DESCRIBED AS "BAD
AS CAN BE SHORT OF ACTUAL WAR;" '
GENERAL WARFARE IS IMMINENT
ROTARY TO ENTERTAIN
TEACHERS AND NURSES
Community Workers Of Coun
ty Also Included - Hear
About Carolinas' Exposition
From Those Who Attended.
Announcement of the fact that the
club will entertain the nurses and com
munity workers of the county at an early
meeting iu October, and the teachers of
tho 'city m-hools at a meeting early in
Noveiulwr constituted the most impor
tant items of - interest at the regular
liotnry luncheon Thursday. There was
no set program and the meeting was
turned over to a ironeral discussion of
several topics and a 'hearing of reports
from the Carolinns Lxpositiou. An in
vitation from the Clover A. R.,1. church
to hold a meeting with them was de
clined with regret inasmuch as the club
has discontinued for this year the cus
tom of holding meetings out of town. .
It was also decided to have no more
meetings in the evening except on spe
cial occasions. . ATI tho meetings here
after will "be held at noon.
Stillman Is Denied Decree For
Absolute Divorce From His Wife
Guy Stillman, Son Of Mrs.
, Stillman Is Declared
' Legitimate.
;HER DEFENSE UPHELD.
! Stillman Himself Is Charged
With Misconduct With
Mrs. Leeds.
'ARMEL, X. Y., Sept. 21). (By tho
Associated Press.) James A.' Stillmiiii,
! former president of the National City
iBank of New, York, was denied 'u decree
in his suit .for (ibsotutd divorce against
his wife, Ahne U. Stillman, uud Baby
Guy Stillman was decleared legitimate
iu the findings of Daniel J. Gleasou, ref-
leree in the case, which wcro filed hero
i today. '
I The referee's decision .was a' complete
victory for Mrs. Stillman. Not only was
her defense upheld but the referee also
confirmed her charges that Mr. Stillman
had uiiseonduccted himself with Flor
ence H. Leeds, former Broadway show
girl, and that Mrs. Leeds had borne two
children.
In regard to Mrs. St ill man's charges
that her banker husband had also mis
conducted .himself with two other
women, identified only as "Helen" and
"Clara," Referee Gleason decided that
the evidence was not sufficient to prove
the allegations of adultery.
Two of the banker 's attorneys, Colonel
William Rand and Outerbridgo Horsey,
waiting to hear the decision in Mr. Glea
son 's office at Poughkeepsie, declined to
say whether they intended to apieal I
from the referee's findings.
The referee wrote that the testimony
adduced by Mr. Stillman ,in sujiport of
his charges that Mrs. Stillman miscon
ducted herself, with Fred .Beauvais, part
Indian guide, alleged by the banker to
be the father of little Guy StiUmau,
"uncontradicted and unexplained was
sufficient to justify him in liclieving Mrs.
Stillman guilty of the charges made
against her. "
"A careful examination, however, of
all the testimony," said his report, "has
shaken my faith and belief in the testi
mony of the witnesses called in the
plaintiff's behalf."
A large part of the report wus devoted
to discussinit Mr. Stillman 's effort to
show he could not have lieen the father
of Guy Stillman and to the testimony of
his witnesses that they saw Mrs. Still
man and Beauvais misconducting them
selves in the months iirccedinir Uie in
fant's birth, in 1918, at various places,
including the Stillman summer camp on
the banks of St. Maurice River in Que
bec, and on the banker's country estate
in the Poeantieo Hills.
"As the infant defendant Guy. Still
man was eoncededly born in lawful wed
lock the burden of establishing' his ille
gitimacy is upon the plaintiff and the
pluintiff must establish such illegitimacy
by clear and irrefragable proof and be
yimd reasonable douht," the report said.
"The presumption of the fact of le
gitimacy is one of the strongest known
to law and of course it caniioi oe over
tlirnm-n exront bv evidence which is
stronger. The burden of proof is upon
the party asserting illegitimacy and tneienck Beauvais, a iiaii-orced inuiaii
rule in a case like the present one has guide, commencing at Lake Wyagamack,
been declared to be that it must !e
shown beyond all reasonable doubt that
the husband eonld not hate been the
father of the child."
Mr. Stillman. tho report continued,
"apparently realizing the burden im
posed on by law," had sought by a num
ber of witnesses to prove that his rela
tions with Mrs. titilhiun between vChrist-
British Policy Is To Keep Turks From Crossing The Darda
nelles Into Thrace If Fighting Occurs Whole Of The
Balkans Will Be Drawn Into Conflict British Government
Is Steadily Increasing Its Preparations For, War.
Blacksnake Found
In Child's Pillow
LITTLE MILL CREEK, W. Va.,
SEPT. 28. "Mamma, there'a some
thing alive in our pillow and it wig
gles," insisted a young daughter of
Mrs. Kinsey Danel, when the ap
peared for breakfast this morning.
The child's statement wat con
firmed by two other children who re
minded their mother that they had
made similar declaration! since the
big, home made pillow wat placed on
their bed, Monday night.
"That't bosh," replied Mrs. Da
riel, "I stuffed that pillow with nice,
clean chicken feathers and I tewed
it myself."
"Well feel it," insisted a daugh
ter. ' ' Maybe you're right," the said.
When the pillow was opened out
aide of the house, a fair sized black
snake wiggled away. .
mas of 1917 and -March of 1918, (Guy
was born in November, 191S) precluded
the possibility that ho could huve been
the father.' . -, .
"It is claimed by the plaintiff," teh
report eoutiiiued, "that during the pe
riod from Christmas of 1917 to March
of 1918 the plaintiff' wus never at the
home of J lie adult ' defendant at Pleus
antville and that thero wus no meeting
at any othr place which would have nat
urally permitted tho usual intercourse
between a husband and wife.
"To meet this proof, evidence has
U-en offered on behalf of the adult de
fendant that on, January 6 uud January
27 of 1918 the plaintiff and defendant
were together at his residence, ' 'Mon
duunc, " Pleasant ville, N. Y., nnd be
tween the 12th and 2(ith of February
fhe adult defendant with her family
stayed at the St. Regis Hotel in New
York City und one one or two occasions
the plaintiff was1 observed taking the
elevator .which led to her apartments,
and the plaintiff answered a telephone
call to the adult defendant's apartments:
It further appears without contradiction
that during nil this period the relations
between the plaintiff and defendant
were most harmonious and pleasant, no
proof being offered or claimed that at
that time the plaintiff and defendant
were not carrying on usual marital rela
tions, and in October previous, it is
established that the pluintiff, and de-!
fendaut occupied a room together at
Lake Dawson, Quebec, at which time tho
plaintiff expressed tho greatest pleasure
at occupying n room -with his wife. : In
fact it slso clearly appears that after
the birth of the infant Guy, the plaintiff
and adult defendant were often together,
at which times the 'plaintiff played tho
Victrola for the benefit of the defendant
and the said infant and their relations
were apparently most happy nu dpleas
ant. 'On the question of access, teh testi
mony of the witness Clawson (H. Phelps
Clawson, sou of a wealthy Buffalo, N.
Y.,-' manufacturer and a friend of the
Stillman children), strengthened by let
ters written by him setting forth the
fact of the perseuco of the plaintiff at
Mondanne, are most convincing.
"The evidence on the part of the
plaintiff as to non-access is not satis
factory, is not satisfying, and does not
convince me.
, "The plaintiff has failed to overcome
the presumption of legitimacy and I
therefore find tho defendant Guy Still
man to be the legitimate child of the
plaintiff and the defendant."
"While the plaintiff's own misconduct
. mi()il u vhlWf tUc a,lult
...
defendant asks for no affirmativo relief
but sets up the misconduct of the plain
tiff as a defense only, the plaintiff: asks
for an adjudication that the adult de
fendant is guilty of the charges against
her ami for a finding ' to that effect
herein.
"The testimony adduced by the plain
tiff in support of these charges, .uncon
tradicted and unexplained are sufficient
to justify him in believing her guilty of
the charges made against her. A careful
examination, however, of all of the tes
timony has sjiakcu my faith and belief
in the testimony of the. wituesses called
in the plaintiff's behalf.
"It is claimed that there is evidence
'claiming t oestablish misconduct be-1
'tween tho adult defendant and one Fred- i
Queboe, in Decemlier of .1916 and eon
tinning down until the early part of
the year 190, and witnesses are called
whose testimony the plaintiff claims
establishes the following misconducts:
"About November 25. 1917, and dur.
ing the week preceding the said date the
(Centime! en pn;3 .).
LONDON, Sept 29. (By The
Associated Press.) Grave feart
for a recurrence ot general warfare in
Europe as a result of the Near 'East
crisis are becupyiug the minis of Bi it.
ish official circles, It is stated in au
ftioritative quarters. - ,'
The protracted aud freauent eabi-
i net meetings which Ifave been going
Ion for tho hist few daye all have beta
I for the purpose of taking every pos
sible step for the prevention of such s
conflagration. . . ;
It is explained these fears are based
on the relations known to exist bet wee u
the Angora government and Soviet Kus
tin, and the potentialities of tucli . re
lations. ' . '
The whole British policy, it is stated, ,
is to keep the 'Turks from crossing the
Dardanelles into eastern Thrncj,
cause it is , maintained that in this
event fighting would certainly ,- oecur
and tho whole of the Balkans would
be drawn into the struggle. It it de
clared emphatically that such a cross
ing will not be countenanced.
The issue of war or peace still hung
by a thread this morning, and .thert
was no relief from the tension, exist
ing yesterday, Viola t iou of. the - neu
tral zone by the Turks continues.
Turkish soldiers are approaching to
within a few feet of the British out
posts nnd reconnoitering the whole of
the defensive positions. General Har
iugtou's orders have not been changed.
The cabinet went into session again this
morning and probably will continue ia
conference throughout the day, with
only necessary intermissions. , .
The situation is as bad as it can be
short-of actual war, iu the opinion of
the editorial writers of the niornui
newspapers. The maiu danger is still
regarded as centering in the t'hansik
zone on the southern" shore of the
Dardanelles, into which Turkish na
tionalist troops continue to move free
ly in jlefiance of the British decree.
"Cavalry detachment! in bands of
100 or 200 continue to filter in," say
the Morning ost 't Constantinople cor
respondent. "They ride under a white
flag or1 with rifles reversed ' whenever
they are near our troops. They show
no nggression, but make the British
situation militarily most difficult, aud
their movement ' naturally furnishes an
excellent method of reconnoitering." ;
fSiicu reports.'' as tlie foregoing keep'
alive the dread lest somo local elash.
start fighting on u big scale before'
Miistapha Kemal ' Pasha's reidv to th
Allied peace proposals is received and
negotiations for an . armistice can'- be
gin, i . . . ;
News is still awaited at to the posU
tion of the British advanced posts at
Kephez, w hlcli was reported on Wed- '
nesday as being threatened by a Turk
ish Hdvamc from Kren Keui. This is
one of the incidents that seems to hold
possibility of dangerous trouble. i
There were rumors overnight that the '
Allies . would posibly evacuute Coustan
tinople, thus nllowiug theV Kemalists'
through to Thrace, While the Allied
headquarters would be established in
Gnllipoli, where they could cooperate
with the British forces iu Chauak ia
keeping the straits open. Fear is also
expressed lest the Kemalist sympathi
f.ers in Constantinople start an upris
ing within fhe capital. .
Apparently authentic reports from
C'oiiHtnutimudc indicate that S.iltmi
Mohammed VI has abdicated la favor.
of the heir apparent, rince Abdul Med-,
jid Effendi, his cousin. It is assum
ed that this was under pressure from
Mustapha Kemal, 'who recently appoint
ed a '"governor" for Constantinople,
snd who is quoted as deliveilug dhf
"ribes against sultan. , , -
Some of the morning papers report
flint the British government is steadily,
increasing its preparations for war.'
The Daily Express . says several thous
and military motor trucks have been
ordered and that two of the govern
ment's largest ammunition and arms,
factories, which have beeii almost iii'e
since the war, have been put. upon full
time. ' . i
The movement of warships aud troops
to the Levant continues,., the latest be
ing the departure from Aldersbot of
two mouutaiu batteries.
The1 British policy that the Turks
got be allowed to cross the straits be
fore the question is adjusted by a '
peace conference is said to be based
on the Allied note sent from Paru to
Slustapha Kemal inviting LLui to such
a conference.
The opinion is expressed thai Kemuf
is trying to prov-uke the British to fir
on Turks so that he ean turn to tha
Mohammedan world and claim he ha
bceu attacked - by the Christian.
bhould such a thing oecur it would
naturally raise a grave issue fcr
Groat Britain iu ludiiu Egypt eud
Mesopotamia.
S. L. JENKINS GETS
TWO YEARS ON E0AD
(ByThe Associated Vti -t.
GREENSBORO. N. C. t i '.
lowing the submiasioa i(
guilty, S. L. ,Jouk:iM. .
merchant, w.i sthis af'
by Judge W. F. I! -court
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