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v KATIIER RKPORT: Fair ton?M and Saturday; exeerotabiy rain or i east or west portions. Somewhat colder tight. Colder Saturday. Fresh south wind. lifting t(j w. wilu on coast. AFTERNOON DAILY VOLUME VI NUMBER 61 FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION srnTT Am OTfl1r UUW SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14 1919 TELEGRAPH SERVICE PRICE TWO CENTS toue TMT-T Tffl fett Library ; . ; : l mm jT w mMmm was MABE mm fPHTAT P fALREADY OWERS HAVE i concurred! CARL BOYD NO STATE ADMITTED UNLESS IT GIVES EFFECTIVE GUAR ANTEES TO OBSERVE INTERNATIONAL OBLIGA- TIONS AS SET BY THE "LEAGUE" ADMISSION ONLY BY TWO THIRD VOTE DIED TODAY By Associated Press Paris, Feb. 14. Colonel Cfcrl Boyd, . principal aide to General Pershing, died of pneumonia at his home in Adamsviile, Georgia, early this morning. fl) WAKE FOR Paris, Feb. 14. The executive q i itwiicil nronosed for the "Tjpaenip! ot Nations", outlined in the. cove ii iiit read by President Wilson to day will consist of representative; the United States, Great Brit ain, France, Italy and Japan, to gether with representatives from i'.uir other states to be named la- The Gouncil shall meet as often lift-.' ssary but at least once a y'.ar ar whatever place designa te!. Any matter within the sphere oi the ''League's" action, affect ing the peace of the world, shall be dealt with. v The President o the Ignited St a tes shall summon the first meet ing of delegates and Executive Council. PORTO RICANS RETURN HOME San Juan, Porto Rico, Feb 14. More than 1,100 Porto1 Rican war workers in the United State have. jiLst returned to the Island well dressed, properous, and in high spirits. Most of them confessed they had real money in their pock ets, some quite comfortable a mounts, and .they seemed to -enjoy their free trip to the United Stat es. M)st of them Appeared to have beeome quite metropolitan in dress, and; bearing. Soke left the steamship pier to go to their homes in automobiles One war-worker PARIS-LONDON IN TOO HOURS London, Feb. 14. The British air ministry announced that a Brit ish service machine made a record flight from Paris to London on Wednesday in oW hour and fifty unites, the quickest rail and boat time being eight and a quar ter hours. gave 'lis im- under the discretion of a secretary general who is pointed by the o ther members. The secretary gen eral shall act in that capacity at all meetings. Representatives of the high, eon ti cutting parties and officials of League'" shall have diplo ma tie privileges, immunity of the building occupied by the " Lea- 'The ' Lea iHie "ras frrVaW'nfrdM; "k1 xsitx Tn a i n fn r m s tinn 'hnQTvua V va n V V it was . too cold and there were no t, A T " , the presentation to a Lawford BRITISH SHIP CUT OFF FLEET Lawford, Eng. Feb 14. The fact that one British warship, af ter the battle of Jutland and laid mines td cut off their retreat has illlt-hejeji diselas.ed, est m nI7 IIT! TMr 11 JiW Washington, Fleb .14. In the j two' lists issued by the War De-1 partment with 367 names, ofj which twelve are from North Car oliua, the name of Robert Stell, son of Henry Stell, of Wake For est, appears as being severely wounded. The names of "those meeting witlr casualties in the State are as follows: ; Sergeant Thomas McLean, of Mount Pleasant died of accident and other causes. Privates Perry I). Marlor, of Canto Robert Stell of Wake For est; Herbert A. Wright, of High Point ; James R. Smiley, of Macon were wounded .slightly :. EBERT MAKES ROTESTATIONS SAYS CONSCRIPTION NOW-BUT PLAN COMPLETE DEMOB. ILIZATION AND DISARMAMENT AT A LATER DATE' VON BERNSTORPf NOT BE 3 DELEGATE o MEN CITED FOR BRAVERY By Associated Press Weimar, Feb 14. Count Yrou Bernstorff. will not go to' the pea- jee eonferenee as a German lekv i gate. Germany plans, for the time bt MILITARY SITE A tar Y An a n ft n rice and beans, Porto Rican style" The men had been working in pjac ,es from New York to New Or leans. Many of them said that the only reason they returned was that they eoHild not stand the, cold weather. sruV" and its officials shall en- adjust, parties will putes which diplomacy cannot ! church of a flag of, the warsliip Abdiel of 1,556 tons and a speed of 40 knots. The inscription accompanying the flag testifies that the Abdiel "slipped through the redoubled guards of patrols on the night of !the battle of Jutland, May 31 Wilson died' of disease Privates William Locklear, of Maxton and Henry Miller, of Ra leigh were wounded slightly. Privates Ralph Holt, of Rock Creek and Hoyle Means, of Con cord have returned to duty . ing at least, that the people's ar fhe Commander in chief, in the Inv siiaii i,,. ,WI tUli iltlt- Privates Henderson Clayton, of jliame ot tho President, has award-ieral conscription. Timberlake and George Exum, ofed the distinguished service medal j a fow daVs (Jermanv will an- x.icut. oioKes, oi nemsyui-1)OUlu.e intentio'n to carry out ana rrivate hlnvely, d Spray, L.r complete demobilizatio.. and dis the following acts of heroism: i armament and a commission i First Lieut. John Y. Stokes, Jr., now discussing the details ,f Air Service 20th Aero Squadron. ;,u.w governmental program. For extraordinary heroism in ac-i These points were made public. Hon near Etain, France, Septem-jby Friedrich Ebert, the new Ger ber 16, 1918. After their own for) man president, in an infoVmat mation had been broken up, Lieut. 'talk today with foreign newspap Stokes and his pilot voluntarily ;er men. continued on their bombing mis-j vsion with planes from anotlier Miuadinr-Although their jlane-j was thrown out of control by anti aircraft fire, they proceeded to their objective and dropped theii bdmbs. Their motor then died completely, and they were attack ed by a 5i enemy combat plane, ?ut ! (By Associated iress) San Juan, Porto Rico, Feb 14. Governor Yager, has received in formation that the Bureau of In- SUlar Attair h rprmmvnirw'Ll f. ' . . . . . - . i, n. i ar V;, ' 'jtiie' tougJit ott the attckmg ma- Sergeant K. A. Bovd, a British the General Staff cf the army that jehine and reached the allied lin- airman, whd was capture was set the Camp Las Casas property bees. iu.ir lllnilo i, i J u.. ( --7 t i -.... i : i unveil try i i year s im- GERMANS HATE HUN TITLE London, Feb. 14. Because here forred to the Germans as "Huns' joy extra territorial benefits. - The admission signed already to of state no: war without submitting to arbitra Hon, or inquiry, by the Executive macy cannot purchased as a permanent m.h-,6orest. Mlle addres8 ,Toh, v not resort -to. . .A. ..: tary post and that a brigade of : stokes. f:,tl.e.- WW M.rV M the coVenant ; Council and until three months to h, ith the consent of not lessjafter the arbitrators have made tlnui two-thirds of all of men of .this decision. th-states represented in the, body j The Executive Ccuncil shall "f; the delegates and be limited to forthwith formulate plans for hilly sell governing countries, jthe establishment of a permanent No state shall be admitted un-j court of international justice for it gives effective quarantees the maintainance of peace and to to observe international obligation 'require the reduction armaments iin.l unless it conforms to the con-'to the lowest point consistent with ditions prescribed by the Leaguer national safety and for the. en iu regard to its military and. nav- forcement of international obli Jil forces and armament . 'gations by common action The high contraction parties un'; The Executive. Council shall tlx dei-rake to respect and preserve ;the extent o armaments and thes-? Tne territorial integrity and polic shall not be exceeded without the ,(-l in dependence of all states. The members of the "League" permission of the Council. It is also agreed that private manufacture of munitions and Im '"hi ease of any such ag-j plenieiits of war, " lends itself t.. Session, any threat or danger of j grave objections; ' The Council U'''1 i'M'-il't'ss.ion. the Executive j is ilier-eted uiv 'advif. in. tlie ouiK-il shall devise some, means j abatement of this evil amj the " the obligations of the '"embers shall be fulfilled. Pn-k Feb. 14. The draft of 'Society of Nations'' Avill be ma,it I'uhlie at three thirty oVlovk' d'ternoo,, (French time) 'Vllei, prisonment. He has now return r'orto Kican troops be maintained ioViiifl v c i w-.i Y . SV111CN A- 1 - With a lieutenant. Boyd whs im Pvt. Harvey II. Shivfely, 2nd j trolling off.t he Belgian coast in a Battalion, Intelligence Section, -i seaplane. Thev wer sliot down COTTON MARKET Open High Low Close 120th Infantry, A. S. No' 1320864. For repeated acts of extraordi- by enemy destroyers and while Boyd was in the water he wrote :es- ot mines Close to tne iprmni ...... i.i.i.:,,.- u tiieir retreating ships into the hai boJr. This . dangerous night 's work, "add the inscription" was completely carried out and the! havoc among the German ships March was so great that their crews inn- May tinied and refused to aro out asrain. July " The ' white ensign presenter! October 19.85 19.85 19. m l9.telUilu'r J' ear Hellicourt ithe message were unable to flv to the church was flown bv the December 19.60 19.60 19.32 19 52 Pvt" s,ively, with an Australian 1 Local Market NOMINAL j "tni' captured ot the enemy two1 officers. On Oct- t 1 , . . k i , . ...i: . ii" . i i , . . . . 22.60 22.60 22.45 22,45, 14,1 "in,:sm 111 at-llo near iein-,11ns message: "Shot d(Avn at 6:43 21.72 21.72 21.53 2L5;:"jol,rt Frailye September 29, 1918 j p. m. Being picked up by Huns 21.23 21.23 21.09 2l.0i!au1 1,0i,r Becquigny, France, Oc- The pigeon to which he entrusted Abdiel in the Jutland battle." BEATEN HUN ARMY ON THEIR MARCHING WAY HOME ; tober 9, near JBecquigny, lie ac- s''" same beT '-sid;-nt 'Wilson will pre-1 contracting parties agree t a full interchange of information as t military and naval programs. Should any party break or dis regard the provisions of arbitara tion it will be considered an act. of war against all the other mem- i - i - nee. 'u'"'i;'! slatement ''OMim'ls;.;, t NiU "h ,;s " ;:,---!Manf 'iore a meet ug of thelbers who will take. economical and; il (Ml which aceorcimg to an ; t'inaneial measures against it. issued by the j These measures refer to both mem "Leatnie of Nations" '"mission. ie "Society of j bers of tlu finnouneed the himl tb the draft by the "' ,M"traetino. ,);li.tie.s reserve -ilT to take HIIV f 4?., - . I IVJI III ,,1 1 t " h,e ieaet of nations in cas. JP' n. .1... . i .. The members agree to support one another financially and eeon j oinicaily, in any measure taken Photo land also nfford a passage through struggling through "I 11 ..... i. in S if - ' "x i : v'l & 0 ' & " . ' l Jr , ' HUNTS POPULAR '' threat of war. In dis-jcarrv out the covenants. territory of any force necessary toil he photo shows the ragged condition of shows a. fragment of the worn and beaten German Army a border FtvuelK village on their way fiome, - the men and the careless - ; way they carry thei" guns. and fell into the hands of the Germans. The two airmen wer taken to Bruges where they Mere sent for by Admiral von Sell road- jcompanied another soldier in peu(er. jetratiug the enemy's outpost line'; 'lie was frightfully angry over j and captured two machine gun-j my message, Boyd relates, 4and ners, putting the gun out of com- j began to swear in broken English. miss'du. Home address,-"Mrs. Ma.' j The only thing we understood Jtlm Shively, mother, Spray. N. C. Ideally was that on the message ' the following day one of us was 117f fx n in to ,H' s,lot. I had told him that 1 iWILD jJ j1-"1 written the message. iuer i was courimartialeu and the court held that bv calling the. Germans "Huns I had insulted i ,By Associated Tress .the o-'fficers and men of the Ger- i Remangen, Germany, Feb. 14. nmn destroyers, and I was sentch iAVild boLar hunting has become a ced to twelve months imprison- poj)ular sport among olricers o;' ; ment. the American army of Occupation ! ''For the first six months I wa? in the hills along the Rhine in the j absolutely starved. 1 gave away region of Remagen. Several hunrj uiy watch for a slice of bread." ing parties have been held and I '- several boars were bagged by each party. A number oY hunting re serves are owned by wealthy Ger mans in the vicinity of Remaure)i j and it was within these reserva j tion that the hunts have been tak- j i en place by permission of the ow-! Wellington. N. Z. Feb l:. Th3 ners. The ordinary army riM? j I)owager-ucii Takibo' of the Tou was used by the Americans in the! go Isles, has died of influenza at wild boar drives. Tongatabu. QUEEN TAKIBO DIED OF FLO (Jiy The Associated 1'ies) Wellington. N. Z. 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