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PRWNT Rfi&KFS Britain may nat goodwin 1rnmi7cp r7 nx
1 IjiUall J,. Fn, J . I jil.i JllM J, j' Stoang'ement Between . England Plan To Meet Russian .Govern J IWJa If ' 11 IK 1 1 I1K 1 j III IiVm
And Spain To This End Now ! ments At Princess Islands A j 3U4 H JL A liU ILJii vr I f a
in rroceas Failure
! 5
CANNOT BE PASTY TO DIVISION OF GERMAN COLONIES
AMONG POWERS AND SI A PARTY TO THE
' LEAGUE OF NATIONS."
In Process
SPAIN TO GETBIG ROCK
T3LK SHIPPED OF DIPLOMATIC NICETIES
i
P4r .Tan 31 A i .-.-.-- 4-..-.4-!
" - J V H,JJlt UiltA (y
some arrangement between Great
NORTH RUSSIA DECLINES
AGREEMENT OF ALLIED COUNCIL REACHED WHEREBY
New York, Jan. 31. Nat C.i
Goodwin, an American actor with!
TERRITORIES MAY FORM THEIR GOVERNMENTS
UNDER PROTECTORATE
,'Bv Ah3Kn.?iod Press
Paris. Jan 31. The crisis in j
tli." peace negoeiations over the
1 :fisition of German's colonies
sf-nu to have passed, momentari-j
!y at least. J
It is too early to say that Pres j
AVil - Tinn- -r. roiro il orl in
i"till n noun i a. AvtA iu jl. j
f
iX Al
1PLANES
RE DESTROYED POLICE CHARGE
(lie The Associate"! Press)
New York, Jan. 31. Two han
ks outietv, but in American quar-ers, each containing six airpian
trr. there is confidence that a com- e M'ere destroyed by fire which
n,,.r,Hc. r,b. will 1,P u-nrl with is sweeping the naval aviation sta
tl'tails which will be acceptable
t. America's view-point.
Britain and Spain was in prospect 'an international reputation, who'
through which Gibraltar would j has starred in comedy for more :
be turned over to the Spanish jur-! than twenty years, died here t
! ... ,1 : . it r ' 1 , i .
teuicuun appears in xne raris eai-'uay arxer a snort illness
tion of the Dailv Mail todav.
aBia-jiesopoTAMia examples
SCOTCH MOB
BIG EXPLOS
WHITAK
AT NYARK N
.Y
ERS MAN
IS WOUNDED
Ttie A3sor-iutf"i . reus)
(By The .hsOci: ted P -?)
Nyack, New York, Jan. 31.
j Paris, Jan. 31. An agreement
has been reached by tlie Allied
ouneil on the colonial question.
says Havas agency, in a statement
" issued today.
Washington, Jan. 31. Twelve, It provides that in territories
hundred and forty one names ap-j sufficiently civilized to give ex
pear in the four casualty lists is , pression to their wishes; as to the
sued by the War Department to- form of government will be per
nio
e very plain statemeitinade by
President Wilson at Wednesday'
last session. What he said -did not
appear in the official communi-;
tion at Rockaway Point today.
u
iv'i)"il efatinnc nr firrlttlnrr !-.- Of Striker.
ther hangars.
Glasgow. Jan. 31. Several ner! Three nersons are renorted miss-
sons were injured here todav ing and twenty others taken to a day' of wllich twentv ei"ht com i miUod ta "V such governments
. , I V i , 4. I - 11 . I -4--- . - . l a I n
vr m.. z- .Jwhen the nolie ohnrrtul u M.nntnl ..ftp, nn inr wrol, iJ1Au i lu ro-iinu sacnices. , unuer ine auspices ot the league
v l uik Kjiiy xiitriuii xiuiu 1 ..,.-. " i - " t u , t a -tT-t i St.
U rJo.f f v,Q Aoi .! -cvoueri ones, 01 wmcaKei-s, -s;oi nations.
. 1 1 t i i m iTii'.n rnir i v--. . -
. . T . . ...'flames which threatened eight o- Mounted police were called outlets Corporation here today
oeis tociay n win nave aexore
and a number of arrests were al-
! so made.
New York, Jan. 31 An hour
after the first started the coramaii-
1 .1 x t , 1, t:x. : . ,i
Mu nor has it HOW been discl0S-ucl aL xvuuvay rumi report.u
ed wifii anv official authority .tha1r a11 the planes had been re-
hn it mar be stat It
vei v clear in its re-afftrmation ofin hem- the flames reached
the principles for which the presi-)nem
dent has previously contended.
NATIVES
HOARD
CII If CD MAMEV
In phrases stripped of diplo
ruati' niceties it is understood that
Wilon tuld the members of the!
Supreme Council that he wo uld!
not be a party to the division of
Tienuany "s colonial possessions
am-mg the powers which now hold
them and then become a party to
PRINT PAPER
CASE RE-OPENED
(By The Associated Press)
London, Jan. 30. The hoarding
j habits of the natives in West Afri
j ea is causing much difficulty a
j mong interests trading in that
t eountrv. As soon as
may obtain internation
recorded as having been wounded : al independence of livino- unde
oil nTl -fit' -tTlli1 n. TA r 1'! r"J Ti.'-WVtw (' i 4 1 . r. i 4 . . . A- ,i? . . il
All-. the victims were employees. ' """" .ul, jotcutoiaie oi one or omer
1 T ! , i t li.i ...
uouisourg, is reportea as naving.or tne great powers. Arabia and
died of disease. Mesopotamia are considered ex
amples of this class.
TORQUAY NOW
j The full list of Trie state men is
hereunder given :
M A DDI KPV TIT! CorP Coy S. Bell, of Troy ;
IdAlmlRbL Lll I ,Gcor W- Midkiff, of Mount A
NAVAL PROGRAM
AGREED UPON
Washington. Jan. 31. Trtiani-
Torquay, Eng., Jan. 30. This "Pier a,ld Horsehorer Kvereu K.j
seacoast town, so well known to Hendersonville together with IVi
Aerienr, visitors nnrl xMoh w.vates James E. Gregory, of Mount
hitherto been knr.wn n 4 Ouppti ' Airy and Luke Ridgill, of Sum-. nous approval of the ndiuinktrn-
of Western Watering places" will mcrt 0,1 wore n11 wounded severely j tions new Unve year naval pro
have to be tempoTarilv renamed! 1 rivute rk Uav,s' o1 lj0lus-
"Honevmo'on- town". It is here ' UUI j-r tuea OI urease
gram, with the number of ea)ital
.sliips reduced from sixteen to ten
(By The-Associated Press)
silver is let loose it disappears
'IViper money has been introduced
a supply ohthat t;e authorities have deeided! ivates George li. Teague, of j because of the difficulty
anion j?
... v." .. i . . ..... i i i i. i a. j. i i i f
New-Zealand troops shall assem-1 " ",!slv,M ' 1,101,1 t,,Kl -vpens io agree over rne vauie oi
ible with their British brides .be- vett ot 'a.v?ttevilk. were both , battle cruisers, was voted today
Washington, Jan. 31. At the in one pound, ten shiUing and two
fore returning overseas. The dai-.
i wounded severely
of New Zealanders
ine league or nations, wnicn, l4uc ux mc aiwiucy geunai uijv "'-"-'-' -" -lv irrivilv
in effect, would guarantee their' the Federal Trade Commission jiut keen for these and much pre-.nd theil. vives is expeete
title. has agreed to re-open the new silver. Now the experiment is ! reacli a thousand
There are inferences that Pres j print-paper price agreement, rea
ident Wilson even referred to a ched last spring, and has set Feb
in the house naval committee.
! Private Will Joines, of Wilk-
peace of loot."
HALF MILLION
ruary 11 as the date for a pre
liminary hearing.
d to esb0TO WaS wcnlllded t0 a tle??ro,, It evidently is the opinion of
undetermined but was previously ,; h(1 y,;jiare th(4 .jallies Monroe had
better come liaek and look after
ids doctrine, which appears to he
in some danger of collapse.
ARMY DECIDED
Washington. Jan. 31. An ar-
y of half a million men was un-1
iinirnously decided uion by the
ii"Ue military committee as a;
RUSSIA STEERS
OFF CONFERENCE
be.ng tried oi issuing one shilling , m, . , rr . .'reported as missing in action.
a ne gins Oi- iurqua are 1101
not es which will be legal tender -. invagion altooether Private A,ldrew L- Bradle
and if the native takes to them, ; f ayopabl thoun manv have no j Smithfield has returned to duty
the prohiem wll be largelv solved. ' , ' , . , Ipreviouslv reported as missing m
fe .reason to complain as thev have i ! 1 1
lii the meantime the West At-' , , " ,r , T v .
already selected husbands irom
ie.;i: C iiirene'v TJoard is buying as',, ,'- a. .
'7 c the thirteen thousand New Zea-
r..;;ch silver as possible and ship- , , , , , , 1 .
1 1 sland troops who have passed thru
pmg it y every steamer to west
Africa.
of
J
conference at Princes Islands.
The government of northern
(Bv The Assot.M:.t-d Press)
Paris, Jan. 31. The Peace Con j Russia formally refuses to meet
a ms for determining appropria-1 ference so far has had two answ-jthe Bolsheviki contingent, while
!"ns for army pay for the year
the place durino the war
COTTON MARKET
action.
Serjeants Clvde Heldreth
Charlotte : David L. Jones. if
Aiexie and Private John A. Linn
of China Grove were all wounded
to a deure undetermined.
! Captain Joseph N. Jacobs, of
March 22.98 22.93 22.72 22.72 Wilmington and Privates Poyal
May 21.78 2l.Su 21.61 21.8m Jei'fr.-ys of Yoimgsville : Tra M
July 20.92 20.92 20.91 20.91 Warner, of Yuma ami Alfred P.
''-'inning with next Jul v.
ers to its invitation to the var-jthe Omsk government expresses j October . 19.(32 1 9.62 19.44 19.44 Dyson were all wounded, slightly.
ions Russian governments for a Utrouyr reserve. ' Local Market 20 cents Private Clarence L. Howell, of
Castonia was A.ninded severely.
Mechanic Crover C. Unekner,
of Siler City and Privates Ray
mond McSwain, of Pcdklon; Joel
Al. Messer, of (Jaslonic. : Alfred
J. Terrell, of Mebane : Xe.edham
Peddingfield, of Wake Forest: C.
A. Dackis, of Durham: Willie Fow
ler, of Tlarnesville ; Robert Jones
of Whitakers and Fred Lipe, of
Concord n ere all wounded slight-Iv.
Madiry
Nk Meil Hun Firaimc
A letter received by Mr. J. II.
-nr. 11. J. Aiadry by Air. J. II.
Ma dry from his brother, Private
,Joyal C .Madry, dated December
irom Oberwinter, (iermany, in
as follows:
' further away from home
iir:l 1 'iiought ! wo'ibl ever get.
A'" in a small town in 0e'-
lii;Ul-v the river Kliiue, and
reached our destination.
5 "'" day after tomorrow is
' mas day and i Avish 1 was
l "'n" ith y,M1. I now T would
; oo(l dinner. 1 n.iess 11!
"'! ''v beans and spuds, that's
!':': ' !uive been getting. T sure
-'i'-o many Hiiugs in the ar
' : ' vo)dln 't eat at horae.
A fellow can eat most anything
when he gets hungry.
' " I have been on three fronts
since I've been over and I've
seen a bit o'f this war. Some time
when on the front they could not
get food to us. One, time I got
so hungrv I ate vellow corn that I
found on the ground in a German
camp we captured, and I also ate
some given raw tomatoes. I .al
ways (.lid hate tomatoes.
Tin German people, have treat
ed us verv nice since we have been
here, and do all they can to make
us comfortable.
"f havirt seen Guthrie since I
crossed, but T guess he will . get
back home before T will. T don't
think his outfit was on the front.
! I've heard from him two or three
; times, but not since the war is
over. I hope he goV through al
right. .
I J. G. Madry Writes To The Com
monwealth t
j The following letter comes to
us from Guthrie , Madry, who is
j stationed at Chatillon sur Seine,
; France, dated January 5.
, Editor :
Just a few words to express to
you my appreciation for the Com
jnou wealth which- b..s been a
most pleasant visitor to me sine
being "'over here." It is indeed
a source of pleasure; to me to yead
news' from baek hon.i.;and 1
especially interesting to note th"
Xorth Carolina casualty list you
publish.
! There are a good many "Tar
j Heels" in my company and they
! too are alwavs eager to see il'
there are any of their friends na
med in the list.
"J am getting on verv nicely
I ami have enjoyed good health sin
ee be ing. over .here. I am now lo
cated in a nice town in the inter
ior of France where life Avould
be quite ple-asant were it not for
'the fact that every day has been
rainv one since, we came here
I
la.
1 .
F
1
x.' : - f . . i ...... . . . . i . -,
I . o e in i er aiei !u nui nn-
ag ne tlmt mud is plentiful.
; tf.i-Vf; i.eeo S:;-tli;':t
,1
i n -
a number of our boys since the
signing of the armistice and thcy
all seemed to be getting along
fine. '
"As t oour activities we the blst
division, were on the Imneville
front for about a month, but this
was one of the qnieter sectors,
and our stav there Mas only in
tered to constitute our last tage
of training.
"After being- relieved there we
went up on the Verdun front
where our infantry went 'over the
top' iif a very creditable manner
on November b' and did splendid
work drivinor back the Huns un
til the order came to cease firing
tie e! -vrh. ' As to our cas
ualties I do not know just how
many there were.
""The question, that is uppermost
in our minds now is when arc we
going home, and you may bet that
the subject is very extensively
discussed by us each night as we
are gathered together in our bar
racks but I hope we will soon be
sailing to the good old V. S. A.
"Am sorry to h;n i'nit th
"Flu"' is in our town' again and
I most earnestly hope that it will
soon be driven out and the town
will suffer no losses.
"With best wishes to my many
friends, yours. "
. Gl JTHR1K A1ADRV
Co r. l. S T. A. K. For-