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WEATHER REPORT Fair tiight and Saturday.' Much cooler tonght. Cold wave irrast and central portions. Temperature below freezing. N. W. winds.-
1MQNWEAL
AFTERNOON DAILY
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VOL VI NUMBER 25
FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION SCOTLAND NECK, N. O, FRIDAY JANUARY 3 1919
TELEGRAPH SERVICE
PRICE TWO CENTS
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FIGHTING IN
MUNICH STREETS
WAS MET AT STATION BY KING VICTOR, QUNN HELENA,
GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES
AND BY AN IMMENSE CROWD
(Associated Press
AERONAUTS ARE
FROST BITTEN
By Associated Press
Berlin Jan 3. Munich newspa I London, Jan 3. While flying
pers received here publish reports
of shooting in the streets of th
vity in New Year's evening whenjwich yesterday Observer Blowers,
fflNG WILL DINE WITH WILSON FRIDAY
O-
(By Associated Press.")
Rome, Jan 3. The program ar- jf
ranged for President llson s en
tertainment includes a luncheon
with " Mother Margherita", a re
cepton by the parliament, a state
dinner with King Victdr Emanuel,
folldhved by a visit to the Presi
. MEREDITH
nine persons were wounded.
1000 SOLDIERS
TAKEN ASHORE
SUA
Rev Reuben Meredith was tak
en down' with fever on Tuesday
dent of a deputation from the and lias had considerable tempera
Quirinal.
ture but today is somewhat bette
Tonight the citizenship of Rome j tin. u-rJi he complains of pain in
will be confirred upon Wilson.
Saturday there will be a lunch
eon at the American Embassy in
honor of the President, and this
at the altitude of 20,500 feet in a
i British airplane yesterday at Ips-
(By Associated Press)
New York Jan4. Information
received today states that nearly
one thousand troops including
some wounded have been removed
from the transport Northern Pa
who accompanied Pilot Long, col
lapsed when his oxygen bottle
broke, but afterwards recovered
Both men were frowst bitten dur
ing their flight.
DISSOLVE HUN
COMMAND
REUMINARY CON
ENCE HELD
FER-
JAN. 13
THE FOUR LEADING ALLIES WILL CONVENE FOR THE FIR
ST CONFERENCE ON MONDAY WEEK TO DETER
MINE PLANS FOR PEACE CONFERENCE
BERTH CLOT ON P. OP THE SECRETARIES
cif ie which is aground off Fm 1
(By As2i-fc,Jated Press.;
Basle Jan 3. The German arm
; slice commissioners according to
iBerlin dispatch have informed the
! allied commissioners that on the
bis back. He is very weak but it
is hoped is progressing favorably.
lMur of his children have also
been taken down arid have eo'nsid-
also is the day set for his visit tc joiable fever, but Mrs. Meredith,
the Pope and for his reception of ;s attending them and it is expec"
the protectant bodies at the Amerijed that another day will show im
can church lie. will also tak? , proventent
dinner with the Italian court,
PresMent Wilson expects t let;-
Island ,
This indicated that less than fh
t - - i -,. iwptein front except fev the peace
teen hundred soldiers remain on 1 1
x i 1 x i ,. " .trol -itimo. garrisons there are now twen
the ship and that the.r removal is 1
;ty tuv sions lor wnicn oruers nav
pro gressin g favorably.
rod r-l
:hcen issued for their discharge.
It is added that the dissolution
bf the German High Command is
proceiling.
e for Geneva Sunday and possi- J PJI pP A f
)iv go to Milan 'and arrived in j
v
1
Turin londay for a short v!sP
leavii.g for Paris on Monday nigh'
Koine -Tan King Enuuiua!
has accepted an invitation to" have;
luncheon with President Wilson
and family at the residence of Am ;
ba.vidoi- Page on Fridav;
OR
ijllift
fCTnitfT!
tip
THE W,
Pittsburtr,
Jan o. In prepara
tion for the American after the
war merchant marine, the Gnited
t , , .
, 1 Engineering has been established
at the Carnegie Institute of Teeh-
Bv Associated Fress.'.
Washin-g-ton Jan 3. The des-;
CO
TUDENTS
10ZEN STSF
CHURCHES TO
CLOSE SDN
O
The local ministers, with the ex
ception of Kev. Reuben Mi r-.iii'.
who is sick in bed, met this morn
ing and discussed the local hcall :
situat'on and determined, in the
interest of the community, that u
. i i-
was auvisaoie 10 (nscoiiTisrae im
day Scliool and Church vrvi-.'-!"liis
coming Sunday, affer which
it , could be (letermined whether
the influenza vas abating and it
would be safe t(.: ojen the place-..
i v. orsn ) ine loiiownti: sinida v.
(By Associated Pies.i
Paris dan Theic iv every
likeliliood, according to lt morn
ing newsjiapers thta the peace t-on
ference. i' l'athcc a pie!innnar
conference, between the 4 great
allies wdl open .January Pi
The secretaries of 1 nV confer
ence will be I'hd'ipne Bcrtheiot.
of tiie French foreign office, and
Paul Dutasta. French ambassador
in Switzerland, it is aid.
Paris dan d. After tiie preliin
inary c.nit'erence Im-Iwccm tin' four
gteat allied powers, whirii will
coim ne on da.nua - IM. savs 1 1 1 1
lournai, thei e w-'i o a
conference at which oilier
'eoi;
iiilie,
t "I "1 . T 1 1
iiouie, .jan o. ! resident live-n ;
ari'ivcd in Rome at 1()YJ. tin -niorning
and was receive1, at ; h- !
station )- King Victor Enianua!
and Queen Helena, member of tluMmMlt of ,un'al ,U('U' wll lu,ve soolJ
government annd representat ives I "'-vuo as engineers of steamers op
of the local authorities. 1 siting reciprocatiiig steam engin-
Senlai, dapan, dan 3. A yiarty
f nine Japanese students an i
tiuction of all the capital ships -teachers who went mountain climb
of the German navy surenidered ing 'oil a near-by range lost their
to the allies was recommended towavjiii a snow-storm and were fro
the house naval affairs cd.nmittee zeiTtO.'death. Searchers found the
hy- Rear A7TmiraL Rodman "who ; lK?ldlmddled -together in a ra
commanded the American leet in; vine, the arms entwined in a vain
the North Sea during the war. effort to keep (!f the cold
NORFLEET
iTH
WRITES PAPER
st ates
will
O e cull
. .
ted
oil Miles-
tion.s concerning tinon.
COLD WAVE
It was with the greatest pleasure
that The Commonwealth receive;!
a card of Christmas greetings
;iST
By A
Wash ingt on
uologv here under the direction
d naval off.cers. Several detach- ATLANTIC CROSSED IN MID-WINTER BY HARDY
ADVENTURERS IK ODD SHAPED 18 FOOT CRAFT
ward iclijv to the
eatdward over the
iiiountaii
The t v. i ec;i ; u re i -.
Inmiense crowds welcenud the
President with great en! hred-ism.
es, have begun the course
;A
Hi
y
1 go tys u m
00 mui
'Li LP .1 U j 1 1 1 i L i
V ashington dan . l"'o decision
ha-- ;'ec!: reaidled bv ihe War i)e-
pai'inent on ;hc (picsiiou of uni
versal mihiary seivi -e. S-'---rotary
Iaicer told tie- iiouse milirarv c.u:'
mittee today, and lie indicate;!
that no (h fuiate project for a per
manent military e-dablishmeni.
wouh! be preentf 1 to (M.higr-ess
until the peace con i'ereuee t omdu
!ed its v ,
Sv-.-i;:ry Baker sad that seven
hundied thousand, men had beer:
discharged from the army since
the signing of the armistice had
been declared and that another
nilii'm would be- discharged with
. ni the next few weeks
i
frMn -r-aptain - Xorfle K, Smith l''ni !Ju wave
of the first light infantry, Amer
ican Expeditionary Fov-e which
was 'written from the hospital at
Paris.
tt . , 4 j1Mt K exepe ctec
be back in Scotland Neck (e;ri a
ter tiie first of the year
This card was mailed
2 P. M. on December f
d;i;,
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p: e; la t ! :t o
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1 st . and b-dow et o m 1 h
f coa
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1'ar.s at
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COTTON MARKET
Onen High Low Close
.Isuuiary 2l.).(m 20.00 2S.SS 2S.SS
Marrl! 27.75 27.7w 2 7. GO 27.Ge
-Ns'pi. 2.C.G 2t).(i") 2(.4i 26.49
Tuly 2G.G0 2G.GO 2G.G0 2G.(5(
()-tolcr 2;.ir'
Loc.il 27-b2 cents
Uy Assoc iatcl lrcss
Lio;do!i, dan '. For the allies
to take 2,000 airplanes from (Ger
many in accordance w.th the- ter.n;.
ol the armistice, means militarily
crippling ( buam-i '.y in tiie air be
yond hope, of early recovery, and.
while immensely adding to the
aerial strength of the Allies, says
an a via 'on expert This is empha
sized, lie says, by the war, Ccr
many lost in aerial condat with
the British alone something- hk'
2,700 machines. To this total mus;
be ad.ded tiie destruction wrought
by the French and American air
services
The 'xpert asserts that for sev
i
era! months before the armist'ce.j
Germany's capacity for pro'duc.uig j
airplanes was unequal to the task;
of replacing her immense los-es. !
v Asfo-iato! I'rt'S'i
lioVl !!
3i 'ssivsip;
The he
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middle
The
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-f the
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est 1 ( m p( e: j ! i e r glste.
tour lied : : W (:; in t 1,
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ami -vn;i'e;e' .as
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dant -tat
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hbig! on dan ..
of the 1 mted
w m-' paid a de-erved T
( 'f!. ! an'iHe Seviej. wh
ret urned f "-om I'k-ae'-e
commanded a reg'unent
can a :' t i 1 ! cry . "1 must
:t oi iV he said to ih
mem hers of our Si gi ml i
ke:t ope.o e',11 lines of
lion o nder the mosf .me
ddne gun, lug guns and
The brave enlisted, nm:
corps were freoucntlv caib-d bv , j,s
their perilous duty into tue no- :i;;n:
canny precints of 'no-mans laud . .nout
Colom l Sevier also praised i sr ' L .-m;,
sulendid worl: of th( en';-T 'd men r(dve
ne .Vigua:
y-s army
but " bv
o has jus
w lie re h 1
:e AlU-r,
Take iii'e
e i o ; j-epi !
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aid. -la
ro; ; it"e,
' f eu'-raOv, the gunners of The ar ;,- s !
Atlantic in mid-wintei- in a boat Is tillery and the drivers of muni (-:athm
hardv adventurers ttiu n: a me- mm wagons, utnci- army oi : i -, : ner.-.
St. John's ice rs expressed the bePef that th ,
rn i .1,1 - -l,;..l. '.. . t. . iko.-I ' ,.:...m inAi:t nnvt the lii(l'l(';!ll. 1 i ! ! ' '
n i " r; v..,..r llmw f honco to Boston, i ne miu crutt, "'" -""i" , .!..x.v.J.,
ure or ner air arm unnug m- n .m louo.hu. i-,.,
,Mt is.;ii s am iias a covering wn:en arniierv 10 tv m n iiMimy,
' manv v, ill not le fully appre veriu
This he a4-S rikinUns-1
W'.o.b! vou like to cross the
feet long.' That's what a party of
l.oai of the Brude type. Leaving Norway, they went b
nal a
war.
striti'd Jitoit' wUhac.dy like an egg, is equipped w
T jjjP f Ill y shie'ids its passengers from exj
.i i i i .
i, p) -es.-n
-. of M ,. ,:;
in ( 'o;i'gr- -
:p. 1 lie A mer;
. . i ; i : - a! l ma i 1 u -l
v , j in tie- ' i n i ; i i e.
ar. Tiie m'asur
p;.y e c r enlisted
,(' the M'I'vi'':' i h re
-m;ai. Tie,-..- w i
i ' ar-
"'1th- extra p-iy. lb
be bii slight a pi re
.. g- Mel w o r !-l " o v
a authentic and (b
d' flie vorb war r
expos-nee m stormy weatner
Washington 1) C, Jan eh TheUdde "o enter the
esidential problem of 1920 Is 1 known that one
Pi
Deing
contest. It is
f Mr. Clark's
I
vigT.'onslv lku1 lipce ! trrsi est autbiiiims is to SUCCCetl
during the lull in the peace pr to the Presidency. There are oth
eeedings abroait. Politicians and ; er Democrats who favor nominal
Congressmen are canvassing thr'Ung Presideut Wilson for a thir.:
Democrats who express the belief i terra. Twi names loom up prom
that Hon. Champ Clark will have j inently among the llepublicans
a strorwr . P Ole, i?lg should h de-1 General Pershing and Governor
i e-iiieil ; :
;!;Cail d
1 1 1
, seas Will
AV dtcr F Ftb-e of New Jersev ; ion as to the political faith has Xcw Vork, is an ardent ad o-at
I Who will take his seat as Senator i arisen because of his long service: of Governor Edge, lie says tue
. . ! . . i .i... v. . 1, l- . " . . . I ;i i'c ot ftvonniiri li n S i 1 1 : -
: March 4 next, It is said that sev ;m im- army ami .lie i--. .ai - ' ' . ,
ieral j.rominent Republicans have 'has participated bar little hx pol- strated his popularity by being ,s,,oiv. . a-..
:set out to sound General Pushing ! itieab affairs. Senro, Lodge of i twice elected by great major iies -,av.. toe
as to his wishes in the matter, pro- ; Masachu setts is nbo mentioned ; against the expressed lisappros tore Po h rum
Ivided it is proven beyond the per-! in connection viih tiie Hepublicar, ; a! of President Wilson, in the Uu .i,,ev
ladventure U a doubt that he is ' nomination. C-d, Barry Pulkley ; ter 's adopted state It is the ;, nomumted
iJ0,Pv a Hepublican. The quest- "a imphew of Governor Whitman of : p.et.t.on that by the fall oi theUion ,
H ' most of the Am
s )n acrox the
- returnedi to these
it their votrs will
'ing effect. Tiiere
- deidaiv tit at should
ing, their idol, be
either party his rl. e