Newspapers / The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, … / April 4, 1919, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
"WEATHER REPORT R; iin tonight and Saturday. Generally to moderate shifting winds. 1 1 ESTABLISHED SINCE 1882 AFTERNOON DAILY "ALL THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.- UHB VI DUMBER 103 FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION SCOTLAND NECK, C FRIDAY APRIL 4 19A9 TELEGRAPH SERVICE PRICE TWO CENTS COMMONWE M I RENDER LEKINE SEES 1 "WRITING ON WALL" UMBRIA SUNK -STRUCK MINE tV REVOLUTION AND ALLIED OPPOSITION TO BOLSHE VISM HAS CAUSED RED LEADER TO APPEAL FOR TERMS ANGRY CROWD ATTACKS PA! By Associated Press Brisbane, Australia., April jS MADE DEF1NATE CONCRETE PROPOSAL (By Associated Tress) Paris, April, 4. The Italian transport Umbria. with two thous-jThe Labor Newspaper here which and soldiers, bound for Vaniceto praised the raising of the red flag and Tripoli is said to have struck by Russian demonstrators has amine and sunk, according to ad-.been menaced by angry crowds vices from Bar, Italy quoting the which smashed the windows of the newspaper ot that city. i building. Several on board were killed jand over one hundred injured. FNGIANI) AMI) FRANfF Jul 1 ITfiY nCT" TTlin f?m . f ST S. TTk TPV WILL MAKE "Involution '.ill ;MV A.', bted Tress pt-i! 4. Reports o- that against the Soviet ;u iuis broken out in Pet up ported by official wliifh say that there is a cioiiN strike of railway men in $ IVrnad region. e it "k said, was prompt Mi nsheviki and the So- rvtMiith'iiaries. The Russian i X$ iL'ss message leans : '' There is no transport, and eon ::iieiit!v there is no bread in Pet TCfViul. The Afensheviki and the X'i;il Kt'M'hitioiiaries are calling ci ill" l'iiiiway men. and railway Diiiuuiiciitiedi lias been stopped" MISS CRITTENDEN 142 NAMES IN Tin- tr Til HAS BROKEN ARM This afternoon while driving a Ford car between Coughenour's Mill and Mr. G. K. Moore's place Miss Claty Crittenden lost control and the ear turned over, breaking Miss Crittenden 's arm. The young lady was rushed to Dr. Thigpen's office where the arm was set and the patient tak en home. It is not thought that any other bones are broken nor is there liklihood of complications CASUALTY UST All hotels have been closed un til further notice. PHILIPPINE! LLOYD GEORGE STATES, k6 ENGLAND FURTHER SACRIFICES TO SECURE INDEPEN DENCE FOR FRANCE "BIG POUR" MEET WITHOUT WILSON By Associated Tress "Washington. April 4. Two cas ualty lists were issued todav bv the War Department giving the names of 141 men killed, wounded died of disease and missing, of which only onc was a North Car olinian : Private Frank B Williams, of i Lewiston, died of disease. NEW EVIDENCE setting in. ark April 4. The Peace Con- 1 1 I- "1 enec hi a aeiuiaie ana con- tf proposal trow the Russian reriimeiit tor cessation ot hos- lies, i tea n no: lremier l.-enine s pmture. Jt also lias authorita-l t :nt'(tn;intion that Karl Kaut-: i ' iernui n liadicab is" in" Mos-1 i seeking t. accomplish a for- J alliamv between Germanv j t Jtl Russia MH"i'ee 800.000 MEN IN B0LSHEV ARMY B Asi4-i?4t-4 Pre: -nn'ouiids the Berne, April 4. The armies uu jder the command of the Bolshevik I government in Russia comprise ap Len'me- 5 t lv SOO.000 men but onlv T-Pposal. l-iir it is known it offers :niw, o-n nnn ,, iw,. i ajvay to .muI hostilities between !COmbatants, according to informa- laivsiau and British Govern-itj01l I aits. Ihtw America is affected! itjs impossible to ascertain. There' Shears to he an ormortunitv to huhlir linlsheviki fi'mttncc;.. ' . f, Tr ed p nuiigarv. and with G -riiianv possihjy Rumania and Serbia INEL BETWEEN JfGLAND-FRANCE ! 'V. nui. u i l t5S J ''lidon. April 4. Construction 1a tunnel under the English aniel to connect England and a,fe which, according to gov nnent announcements, will soon "m !s a century-old scheme Filled t Naoleon by the cele French engineer Mathieu. Poleon favored it but nothing Jle of the Plan owning to var l ap(,leonJs downfall. It was f ii)ia t. t - - f u napoleon 111 came to th,. pfli throne that actual prelim- 1 AVork was undertaken, with approval of the French ruler Victori n received here from sources usually considered reliable The 'forces are divided into fif teen armies of 17,000 combatants Twelve of them are deserib as copletely organized. Each armv consist ot two or three di visions of two, three or four reg iments. The number of officers and men in each regiment varies from a few hundred to two thousand. "RAINBOW'lEN COMING HOME By Associated Press Washington. April 4. The as signment of the complete rainbow division to an early convoy home is;lltlfmniTeby the War Department. (By Associated Tress) Washington, April 4. Members of the special mission of the Phil ippine Legislature, seeking imme diate independence for the islands were told todav bv Secretarv Ba- ker that he spoke the president's mind when he said that he believ- ;ed the time had come to errant the complete desires of the Philip pino people. Baker further stated that he be lieved the mission would be able ( to carry home word that the A meriean people loved liberty too dearlv to denv it to them. QUEEN VICTORIA HAS OPERATION (By Associated Tress) .Madrid, April 4. The condition ; of tucen Victoria, who underwent j a slight operation on Wednesday. is satisfactory, according to an of. f'n-ia 1 announcement. GERMAN STRIKE HAS COLLAPSED (By Associated Tress) Berlin, April 4. The Wurten burg government announced that the strike in that section of Ger many had suddenly collapsed, ac cording to a Stuttgart telegram. AMERICAN iS L0ND0NMYSTERY Bv Associated Tress -o (Associ-ated Press;, Paris. April 4. In -i statement ; to le Petit Parisian Premier Elavil George denies there is any dis.eu ! sion between France and England regarding the guarantees for i France against Germany. Mineola, L. L, April 4. Eviden j He declared that the understand ce which the authorities believe j jnfr between the two ffovi-nuuents GET FREEDOM IN W1LKINS CASE will strengthen their case against ; was complete and England is rea- Dr. Walter K. Wilkins Mas obtain y to make fresh sacrifices, if nec essary, to secure the peace and in- ed at the ilkms home by Dis trict Attorney Weeks. Lieuten- j dependence of France, ant James Mongano, one of thej first to arrive after the attack up on Mrs. Wilkins, told of seeing the death hammer near Mrs. Wil kins in the yard, but he was suri there were no hatpins or a wo man hat nearby. He said .Mrs Wii kin's hair was dishevelled. When the- Washington. April 4. Presi dent Wilson is confiend to bed in Paris with a severe cold. Read Ad miral Grayson the President's phy sician, cabled Secretarv- Tumulty todav The president caught operation was performed an f-yesterday and is unable hour later no hatpins were in the hail. Officials believe the couple quarrelled and Mrs. Wilkins ran screaming into the yard, where she was struck down -with the hammer. a cold to be a- bout although his condition is not regarded as serious. MINERS WANT GOV. OWNERSHIPS Indianapolis, Ind., April 4. A merican miners will stand "shoul der to shoulder" with the miners of Great Britain on the question of wages and working conditions, according to Frank Farrington, president of the Illinois district of the United Aline Workers of A merica. Mr. Farrington made the state ment in explaining the objects of the three principal recommenda tions recently embodied in the re port of the general policy commit- Caille the Franco-Prussian t r,f TT,n'tf,l Miim AVnrVprs. , IVC VX UU. V. .A.i ..IV. , a tile Scheme aonin 1otI - n f. .. : wl -..,vs.B " p.".. wiuun can xor iiil'icisiu impw, "Mly ..,f4. 4i.. ...... . VVdr a conven- shorter hours and nationalization Us sijmed bAi i?.....' r.-,, . d p 1 - A. lauvK or mines, me lecommenuaLious, (h'tions Mtrm xne wtueli were made ny r ranK . nay "ls uKler which the tunnel es, international president, serve ,u itc r-Aiit..,,, i... i iti iiucieo. un the En iwtw.., fl,n TTntfl Staffs o-ov-! a minion uoiiar lit,..! i ., . . a k I 9 IHV V1, v-' " - IT 1 MRS J. D. THRASH RECEIVES BANNER By Associated Press ft - T 1 T-T- A 1 A l .;.iiivnie. ivy, .April i num ber of addresses and the transac tion of general business is the pro gram for today of the Daughters of the Confederacy Convention now in session here. A number banners and lov ing cups were awarded last night for the best essays upon subjects of importance to confederate his tory. North Carolina for the second consecutive time when Airs. L. H. Raines banner was received by the State President, Mrs. Jacksie D. Thrash, of Tarboro. MILLION DOLLARS FOR HIGHWAYS London, April 4. Is London's "mystery man" Edmund Seeley, of Chicago, a mechanic attached to the Marine Flying Corp at Dun kirk? Here is a worm s eye view ot the mystery which has London agog today, because it is still unsolved: In the American hospital at Park Lane, is a husky lad. about twenty three blue-eyed of corn colored hair and pink-cheeked the type the maiden war workers call "sweet" who does not re member anything prior to 1 :40 o' clock last Friday morning, when the night porter at the Curzon Ho tel in Bolton street, Mayfair heard a taxicab stop for a few seconds . and then speed off. Subsequently he found the lad wearing unlaced shoes and regular American un. He NEW ATTACKS AT ARCHANGEL (By Associated Tress) Archangel, April 4 At allied headquarters it was reported yes terday afternoon that the situa tion was unchanged on all fronts. The enemy has made no new attacks since being severely repul sed on Tuesday, but the artillery on both sides continues active on the Odoxerskaia sector. Paris, April, 4. Although Pies ident Wilson is confined to his room today with a cold the Coun cil of Four met in the Paris White House as usual. It is understood that all neces sary matters will be referred to the sick room or eon frees will con suit the president personally if oc casion arises. Paris. April 4. ColoneL E. M. House took President Wilson's place at the Council of Four meet ing today. Paris. April 4. Danish aspir ations were received favorably at the Peace Confereuc"-. le Matin says. indications are that Denmark will recover part of Schleswig- Ilolstein, of which she was depos ed. The conference, lhe newspapers London, April 4 The Bolshevik delivered an attack on the Areh- paration during the last 48 hours.! adds, has decided to return to but were beaten off with a fair' Denmark immediately the natives amount of losses, record in- to news received here The allied losses were slight. The attack occurred at Bolshoia Ozera. of Schleswig-Holstein who served in the German army and w ere cap tured bv the allies. MOTHERS CLUB MEETING TODAY (By Associated Tress) .Mrs. Coleburn, state organizer STEEL BOUGHT BY COMPETITION (By Associated Tress) Washington. April 4. Steel for the navy continues to be brought ion competitive bidding regardless : of the prices igreed upon by the was of the National .Mother's club who . Industries Board. This was the result reached af ter the legal officers of the de- sr oneratinnt! , n .. 4.1... t:; ! urnvprnpnts t,o neln nroviae em-! socks, a srarrer, a - v. . v mil ui . cm tun lur jiiii'ju i - 1. -VJ'"ve:r at and s l,or'd for ... ,i (IS f 7 W in 'tli Htategy devel- nationalization W 1 Br!?isl1 Parliamt a-' six-hour dav, K Ia 111 ' . n ... ' ' . . Pped again it and increased wages be brought . ; about. d erAvear n oth in g else semi-conscious. i has been here sometime arousing Mysterious Mumbling- : interest in the work, will organize When able to take the lad mum- a local Mother's Club this after- j partiuent had ruled that the de- bled. "I won't sign it -by God, I noon at five o'clock in 'the school pa rtment was required by law to won't sign it !" house. ; secure this material by public ad- Later, on Friday the caretaker The work is quite comprehen-1 vertising for contracts said Act- Atlantic County will spent nearly ! 0f Landsdowne House, Berkeley ive and includes the school, tea- ing Secretary-Roosevelt, today. on highway im- Square, nearby, found, a pair of chers. civic and church phases 'oi ; pair of naval the childs life. Atlantic City. N. J., April 4. COTTON MARKET . . -I . T . Jl-J.-.-.r-- -Mr t i i I . . 4- ' ' , a v 10 - ' 11 J t- m Al-J.A-f. i -i. - . . , . tr I l 1 vi . I I I i CI III I I -t- i l lllltkkWflkl I I 1 i 1 I 1 I I I I a depth of ernment that the attitude of Great ployment ior ..returning suiuifn.irouM-i l"c 11 17 i-"r- - - a seven foot tunnel Britain miners is reflected in A- The Board of Freeholders has ap-1 bearing the name ot Seeley. monwealth to give a somewnat ex- j OOO'meriea Mr Farrington said. Iproved a plan to pave with con-; There was no wound m tne ooy s haustive explanation ot tne pur-, on He added that onlv 'through crte the celebrated White Horse j head and no indication ot drugs pose 0f the club shortly. ' '.- - i nil l -- - 4- - I - . Pike, the mam road to this resort, j or lupior. ine oo was him m.v , Tl, rnd will cost about $60,000 ! en to Sti George's Hospital and til yesterday, 3. - , (Closing) Iay . Julv . of "mines, could ;. a five-da v week. when he professed . October ,. ' .ah"v,; will n.v'tu,,,,. to tl.P American Naval Hos no knowledge of his name, whence , uecemoer a nine diiu iiuu. -" . - .. . , . , , , i I t ur-i vmtiVM, talk un- he came or wiuit nai nappeneu. ; ..,tit -um,, New 2:?. 37 20.90 20.fr nine tenths 'of it. i)ital. He was -unable to
The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 4, 1919, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75