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WEAL'
VOLUME XXXV.
AFTERNOON DAILY.
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1917.
TELEGJS!6 ibra
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NUMBER 59
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CHINA TOP M OT- ,
R1CTIG ELEMENTS
CANADA PASSES
CONSCRIPTION
MANY OLDER STATESMEN PREFER MONARCHIAL
REPUBLICAN GOVERMENT FEARING THE LAT
TER WILL CONTIN TO DISORGANIZE
TO
SOUTH PREPARING FOR SECESSSION
(By Ralph Stumer.) y.
,'l'mted Press Staff Correspondent.
London, July 6. Southern
China provinces have establish
ed a provisional government at
Xanking, according to a Reuter
dispatch received here.
The news indicates a secession
of the southern tier of Chinese
states from the attempted restor
ation of the monarchy.
o
(BY UNITED PEESS)
Ottawa, Ont., July 6 At day
break the Canadian house of com
moris passed the second reading
of the military service "conscrip
tion" bill by a majority of 63.
Laurier 's referendum amendment
was defeated at 3 a. m.
The bill will now be advanc
pd for the third reading, and
then will be taken up by the sen
ate with every possibility of pass
ing without much debate.
1ENATE VOTES J
" 4"fcHT WTV ATTflTmtAHT
m rKUWBinuN
(By Robert J. Bender.)
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, July 6 The whis-
Irov men felt here "the hand
writing on- the wall" and that,
their business was doomed, so
they are trying to "get theirs"
while they can, explains for the
recent big boost in red uquor
prices.
UBMAffl
OFF
HE
SIGHTED
MOM COAST
NAVAL SHIPS REPORTS PERISCOPE AT HAMPTON ROADS
AND A FLEET OF VESSELS ARE HUNT
ING FOR THE INVADER.
NEWS FROM THE
STATE CAPiTOLlGERMANS STILL
ON OFFENSIVE
Tokio, July 6. An endless
dash in China seems to lie aV.ead.
Dispatches revealed that, the
makeshift monarchy is tottering
ou the throne.
President Li Yuan Hung, for
mer president of the republic es
caped through the backdoor of
the palace and has lost every
vestige of power and infhienye.
The southern provinces are pre
paring a secession from any Man
I'hu ruler.
An armed clash is impending
Tien Stin belligerents
and two factions of monarchists
A rank monarchist, Hung Sun,
who attempted the dictatorship
f rin'rm thrnnch the thin dis-
guise of restoring the monarchy,
issued one proclamation after an
the latest act being the
creation of President Li Yuan
Hung a prince.
The northern militarists and
a majority of the older officials
of China would welcome the re
turn of the monarchy.
Many republicans like Dr. Sun
DEPARTMENT SAYS IS FOREIGNER
(By Maxwell Gorman.)
Raleigh, July 6. The "blind
tigers and his boss are the guilty
parties most answerable for the
horrible wreck near Franklinton
in which four railroad engineers
and firemen were killed and
thousands upon thousands of dol-
ars lost in the fire which follow
ed and destroyed the freight of
food and costly locomotives and
railroad cars and equipment.
Mean liquor, probably 4 ' doc
tored" put the boy operator to
eWn "after takiner but one
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drink that night" (according to
Young Jacobs statement in the
Raleigh jail Sunday), to awaken
when one of the trains came into
his station and he confusedly
turned on the wrong signal and
fails to stop it there to await the
train it rushed into a few miles
beyond.
(By United Press)
Paris, July 6. Germany stilt
continues her offensive against
the French line& but no massed
infantry attacks have been re
ported since the repulses of early
in. the week.
Washington, July 6. The fa
mous trial of "Bosses beer and
wine' 'before the United States
senate is now at an end.
After three weeks of wordy
battle the case is expected to go
to' the jury before sundown.
There is no doubt about the
fate "of "spirits." They have
been given the death penalty.
Beer and wine however are ex-
o
MULES UNDERGO
OPERATIONS
(By Hetfry Wood.)
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
With the .French Army
pected to get a "not guilty" ver- Afield, July 6. Uncle Sam
diet.
ren-
The senate will convene at an
DEATH THREATS
EXEMPTION MEN
(BY UNITED PRESS)
San Francisco, July 6. Death
threats are, being sent to mem
bers of the draft exemption
boards.
John J. Dudy, of the district
dered France a great service m
Wino- Vior have his mules at a
earlv hour to hear the final plea .
n ; . A, , - verv good price but France has
of the counsel of the defense. c - e 1
Two o'clock is expected to be returned the service a thousand
the last hour of the trial, which times by solving the secret of a
is exnected to be fiercely con- bravless mule.
(By .UNITED "EESS)
Washington, July 6. An Am
erican naval vessel claims to
have sighted what is believed to
be the periscope of a submarine
in Hampton Roads, and report
ed same to the navy department.
Other naval ships at once took
up the search, and Secretary of
War Daniels, ordered a thorough
investiagtion.
If r the obj.ee t seen was a peri-
scope ot a submarine it was de
finitely stated that it was not
American.
board, has sent his resignation to
'Jacobs here "for- safe" keeping favnr "lolnh because'"" uf the
n . II T71 1 I
tested.
HOLLWEGG IN
DIETTOMOROW
(because of excitement at Frank
linton) is given a good name by
railroad associates and others,
a record for six years (since he
was 14 years old, for he is not yet
21) has been good with the
Seaboard road people. Of course
he should not have taken that
I "one drink" and it may have
threats he has received.
Other members of the different
boards have received' like threats
but have so far refused to take
them seriously.
: (By UNITED PRESS)
Berlin, July 6. Imperial
Chancellor Von Bethmann-Holl-
:n 1-.-. aijIi cf q cf
wegg win auuiess me the nightly
;w Sntnrrlav or Monday it & , R ,
V tj 1 rv-
nue&hed, and the country is
waiting to see what reply he will
make to the speech of the British
premier delivered last week in
Scotland.
"THE GIRL WHO BARED."
-i t
Yat Sen prefer the monarchy oc-jb more but the criminals who
cause ot the dubious success oi
the republic at this time.
The greatest opposition to the
monarchy exists in the southern
section which however, in a mili
tary sense, is inferior to the
north.
Japan has expressed herself as
being firmly neutral at present
though she is closely watching
every move of the many con
flicting elements in China.
sold it to him, the whiskey sell-
SENORS DUEL
IN BACK YARD
1112
"boss" even more so than
the "blind tiger" runner he em
ploys, are the culprits the law
ought to get for this latest job
of the liquor sellers the man who
has caused more crimes and
trouble.
Naitional Guard Week.
Adjutant General Royster and
Assistant Adjutant General Peter
son are hoping for and expecting
a hearty response this week to the
call for voluntary enlistments in
the National Guard. The "4th
July week" was set apart for the
express purpose of recruiting
North Carolina's quota up to full
strength. Some 4,000 more men
are to be added and it is the best
SK MONTHS
MARINE LOSSES
(By United Press) x
Washington, July 6. Report
of the shipping board of the in
surance bureau gives the infor
mation that for the first six
months of 1917 the total losses
have been nine times that of the
precedmg two years.
' The" local talent musical comedy
When the American pack mule
arrived in France to "do his bit"
he of course brought his bray
with him.
The mule was welcome but the
bray well any unusual sound on
a battle field is undesirable. It
might tip off the Boche to a sur
prise attack.
In an effort to put an end to
"love song" of the
pack mule the French military
officers decided to separate the
sexess, and all gentlemen mules
were retained for service in one
sector while all of the lady mules
were taken off for service in
more distant region.
This nrodueed verv marked
results. Nevertheless there stil
AIRCRAFT BILL
IN COMMITTEE
(By UNITED PRESS")
Washington, July (i. The ad
ministration aircraft bill, author
izing the establishment of a gi
gantic aerial corp, was introduc
ed in the house . by Chairman
Dent, of the military committee.
Hearings will commence Mon
day and th committee expects to
report to the house next week.
A separate bill asking for ap
propriation of $639,241,452 for
the purchase and maintenance of
aeroplanes is expected to be in
troduced shortly.
Stop Foreign
Newspapers
(BY UNITED PRESS)
Dueling Popular in Argentina, opportunity any of the registered
J1V 6. Items like the following men will nave to connect uiwu
which appeared in the Buenos selves with home regiments ' and
Aires Herald recently, are seen not be assigned indiscriminately
the Argentine to companies m regiments oi
m
t I'oitn in
press: -other states when they are draft-
"In the 'quinta' (dooryard) of ed later on.
Dr. Delcasse, a prominent law- uurrent uommeui.
ver, situated in . Belgrano (a There, was not much exeitc
Buenos suburb), a duel with sa- merit in Raleigh among the con
bres was fought yesterday be- tingent not yet entirely weaned
tween Senores Manuel Rocca and from the liquor battle whci the
Ezequiel B. Casbas before several express company delivered its
witnesses. Senor Rocca was last shipments of booze Saturday
wounded slightly in the first as- night, but a great many signed
sault, when the duel was called up and got their last quart.
Hereafter the blind tigers and the
il chili me diiiaguiuoio wvvi"-- - ,
xi. f v.,vn mnnnstiinfirs must furnish the
I t I lllll'.l Ifrll 1111(111 1.I1H llt-lll UL UUli -"v wi.j
RESTRICT ALL
GERMAN FIRMS
r "'"
(BY UNITED PEESS-i
Washington, July 6. German
insurance companies and other
German industries in the Unite'd
States are.bein held responsible
for a large part of the news leak-oo-r
i the statement of Secre-
; "-b - j '
! tary of Commerce Redfield, and
further states "that as long as
1 thev. are allowed to operate we
should keep a very close watch
over mem.
produced at Madry's Opera House remained certain mules who eith
last night by Weldon talent was er fr0m force of habit or. from
splendidly produced and would have conviction that both their love
done credit to professionals, and it is an( their voice were strong thaL ;
a satisfaction to those of us who wish their lady loves would hear them
Scotland Neck to appear at her best' ino matter how far away they
before visitors, that there was so might be, persisted in making
good a house, and this is all the more th0 Welking ring with a gigantic
'surprising since there is a tent show hray just at the place and time
f iiricps that are ouite at- wlipn it won hi 'ive the "Boches
tractive. the right cue for sending in a hail
The girls, the dresses, the voices and 0f shells, grenades and rifle fire,
the dancing came in for an equal The habits and temperament
amount or appreciaxion at inc nn oT tne muic ni- umi .iii.ijv,..
I 4-, o,1,ii0,w10 ani hut for here or fnvtbpr and more profound
! 4-u n.moVpd a hit i lT- tim Pr-piifli miuI t h is , measu re.
; mere some men . v
stiff, for which they well could be ex- time with more happy results. It I me V"
cused, In view of the many fluffy ruf- was found that a very slight j tional Lmty, which is fostering
operation performed on the nos-'me move, ut x r
trils of a mule would render him . tion to enforce such a ruling
as silent as a wrecked phono- and, if necessary, governmental
zraph, and since then the Ame-. control of all foreign language.
rican mules in the Vosges have papers.
CBy UNITED I'RKSS
Washington, July 6. Foreign
ers unacquainted with the Eng
lish language will be deprived
paper reading as a wartime di
version if the recommendation
that foreign language newspap
ers be compelled to print in Eng
lish all editorial expressions and
news bearing on this govern
ment's foreign policies is adopt
ed bv the government as a war
de-
fioo ahrmmlincr the entire cast
served great commendation.
Ed Hearne, of Company K, which"
? bv the wav sounds quite romantic in
1 i
itself, carried off the honors with a
very delightful and well acted woman met all; requirements that could
possibly be exactely trom tnem.
mum. . . -
The operation of another Fed
eral law, .iust effective, will be
watched Avith much interest and J applause
concern, especially by the cotton
mill neoDle. is the Keating anti-
. X A '
d his vis a vis. the
maid carried her part as a veteran.
Too much could hardly be said of
the well rounded production, and all
the cast deserve particular praise, in
cluded in this were Misses Burk
iheimer, Carrie Rowe, Eunice Clark,
Bessie Owen, Lueile Owen and Kate
TUo-Vimnn. also Mrs. L. W. Murphy,
) and the chorus. Of the men, other
''than Mr. Hearne were Messrs. Wm.
i'Shaw. John Sledge, Stantord lravis,
I , TTfll "I 11
VRen Rodwell and vvimam vapcuc. ,
The quartette of Company K, gave
MUST TRACE
SPY MENACE
several selections which received due
COTTON MARKET
or.
For hitting a man with your,
fist, if blood is drawn, the mini
mum Argentina penalty is six
months' imprisonment without
the option of a fine, but the po
lice never pay any attention to
duelists. Argentine duels, too,
sometimes result fatally.
" b supy? Uncle child labor law. The conation
t r? i,;i,1t.oi Aver 12 vpars oi
Sam's officers are now chargea , : or mdx? ;n
with greater official responsibili-
tv and wilL be correspondingly
more active, since the Reed Fed-
(By courtesy of the Western Union,
Tarboro)
age- wno nave ueeu vvuiamg
the 300 textile mills of North
Carolina is bound to have an ef-
K'llVC.- HllICC Lilt; -
1U ' .... low ut onee and more
- i i i . Kntniita ii i . . i rr.r nil aca- v-
tors of the U. S. and state laws j large nmus r
ought to.be reduced to the mini-, war from this section.
Open. ,
July 24.90
Oct. 24.481
' Dec. 24.66
Jan. 24.73
Mar. 24.85
Mav 24.95
High.
26.45
25.93
26.15
26.25
. 26.32
26.31
Low.
24.90
24.45
24.60
24.68
24.83
24.95
(By Carl' D. Groat.)
rT7;tl Press Sryff Correspondent;
Washington, July 6. Short
shrift will be the portion ot any
German spies that may be round
ed up in the present hunt for the
betrayers of the American transports.
The temper of everybody is
that there should be no dallying
with the men who endangered
a : livao Vkr fmninff fur trie'
0.40 AUlCliUau 'J o -c-
25.93 American military information to a cable dispatch to a Chinese
23.13 hut. that thev should be made journal at San Prancisco.
26.25
26.32
26.31
Close.
The league charges that moss
foreign language newspapers dis
seminate news, giving secret
aid and comfort to the Qiiemy"
anrl -At the same time "only luke
warm support to the administra
tion."
Ad
inra s won t
Lower Flags
tBY UNITED PEESS) W
San Francisco, July o. Hong
Kai Yu and San Tuin Sing, ad
mirals of the Chinese navy have
refused to lower the flags of the
republic of China on their ves
sels, and have further declared
against the monarchy, according
Local market, 24 cents.
! summary examples in the interest
of future good conduct on the
part of others.
General Kuo Chang has been
named as . president prcMempore
at Nanking.