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VOLUME VI 1 NUMBER 5 . FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION
ESTABLISHED SINCE 1882
AFTERNOON DAILY
"ALL THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL."
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, FRIDAY APRIL ll, 1919.
TELEGRAPH SERVICE
RANTZAU DECLARE
14 POINTS ESSENTIA
ANY DEVIATION FROM WILSON'S PEACE PLAN WILL BE
RESENTED BY GERMANY, SAYS THE FOREIGN
MINISTER
NAT ASSEMBLY WONT (jO TO BERLIN
(Tiy Associated Press)
Berlin, April 11. Foreign Min
ister Rantzau, speaking before the
Rational Assembly at Weimar yes
terday said, "Germany would not
girjn a peace treaty which deviated
in any essential from Wilson's
fourteen points."
Rorlin, April 11. Weimar ad-
Vices siaie umi me guvauuicai
lias abandoned temporarily its in
tention of transferring the furth
er sessions of the National As-
Veinblv to Berlin owing to the un-
jhuitable condition of the Reich-
fcta nuiiuing wtneri ior momns
las been used as barracks for the
evolutionary troops.
HIT WOMEN
TO CAMBRIDGE
PROGRESS MADE
AT PEACE TABLE
Washington, April 11. More
progress was made in the Peace
Conference during the last forty
eight hours than during the entire
previous two weeks, according to
advices received at the White
House from Paris.
Without details the advices in
dicate some of the chief difficul
ties delaying the progress "of ne
gociations have been overcome
and the president had secured the
acceptance of certain important
points for which he contended.
Paris April 11. The Peace Con
ference has reached, an agreement
on all Questions eoncernin'a- npjipft
Harden left on tho - . ..... . ?
p v'il- , ' to mv Dusnnations, mdemn-
voci.Miil .lor. AOnolk TO. , ;. -, , . . .
itrva uuii xrouv. aiiur the Rhine
and Poland, according to an inter
view in Le Petit Journal- with
Lloyd George's secretary.
Certain details remained to be
settled but these would be straigh
tened out in a few days.
, if V. V i J
diversity urging the admission
f women to full university mem
whip. Women, it is suggested,
iiouUl le. subject to the same con
ditions and discipline as men stu
pids and should wear the cap and
'p)vu. Seven masters of colleges
hul twesty-two professors signed
I'e petition.
oinen athletes are aspiring to
ake prt in the University's
ports.
JIANY VERSIONS
f CZARS DEATH
Omsk, Sibcria April 11 Serious
t01"t XV1" be made to determine
P1 exact (IctMilt o
10" the Russian Imperial fam-
Lv whn-h occurred in a house at
tatmiil.unr. Various accounts
tli'- affair are still current at
ik wlo-re at present reside two
't'tl's. one K
-j. . s.-ii, int.- uiiicr was
!V!,-li win. wei-e attached to the
mily d" ('ZHl. Nicholas and who
''!t-' with the unhappy monarehs
!it'l they Mn.e removed from To
'Uk t" the house at Ekateriii
whore they were subsequent
itmi'ilered. pfbeial parsonages who visited
N lns(. iUl( wi10 lm(1 gome ,op
linuni?y f -loaning details ae
i'MI,,. sf.ry that the former Em-Xi,-I"l;i
his wife and their
""ere thrown into a pit
'"id there half-suffoeated
,:n'l"l 1,11,1 Anally killed under
f ''ilos. including bombs
J lM'n" tlit the bodies were
:i'1i" -msferred to the forest
" special
CHALONER AND
SUBJECTIVE MIND
By Associated Press
New York. April 11. John Arm
strong Chaloner's claim to possess
ion of an "X-Faeulty," which
played so prominent a part in the
proceedings here twentytwo years
ago, resulting in a judgement of
insanity against the Virginia mill
ionaire, is held to be not' a proof
of his insanity but "one of the
most remarkable and conclusive"
cases on record proving the new
psychological conception of the
"subjective mind," according to
a statement bv Armstead C. Gor
don, psychologist of Staunton,
Va., filed in federal court here today.
made uf tin
invest iga-
that
PORTUGUESE
ARE GALLANT
Lisbon, April 11. The Portu
guese have not failed, to live up
their reputation for gallantry dur
ing their three years sojourn in
France. The authorities have re
ceived notice of 687 marriages of
French girls to Portuguese offi
cers and soldiers, and many hun
dreds more are expected to follow.
Sill
The young Portuguese warriors
-b-'is ot the - former It would seem, exercised an irre
' lam.iinl. was found iV.stible fascination upon the Fren-
Jeh maidens bv reason of the roman
. ....1o1as sfaooca;tie melancholy songs of Portugal
'"'UUHi-U !,y ;, sailor
"ll:sl(.n.,.( f,
PRIOE TWO CENT8
DARDANEUIS 1EMACE
BY FldDATMG fflME
P PAVED SlfiEETS WIE
BE DISCUSSED TUESDA
LIFEBOAT DRILLS ON PASSENGER VESSELS HELD AS
REGULARLY AS IN THE DAYS OF THE SUBMAR
INE PERIL
YEARS BEFORE WATERS WILL BE CLEARED
Constantinople, April 11 Float
ing mines in the Dardenelles and
Sea of Marmora still constitute
great danger to navigation. Sev
eral ships have been lost since, the
armistice through mine explosions
Teh armistice required Turkey to
indicate all mines, but it has not
been possible in all cases to give
their exact position. Mine-sweep
ers have been at work for some
time, but naval authorities say it
will be many months before; ves
sels can proceed thru the straits
the greatest danger exists. Not
only are there numerous floating
mines there, but extensive unmark
ed mine fields laid indiscriminate
ly by the Germans, Russians and
IJolsheviki. They are a constant
mjena ee to .shipping. The steamer
bearing the American Red Cross
Mission to Rumania narrowly miss
ed a floating mine while proceed
ing t0 Constanza. Often these
mines are, carried down by the
swift current in the Bosphorous
Straits to the Sea ' of Marmora.
7
GILBERT C. WHITE, CIVIL ENGINEER, WILL BE PRESENT
WITH PLANS AND FIGURES SHOWING INDIVID.
' UAL FRONTAGES
MEETP AIE THEATRE TUESDAY AT POUR
-o
with saiety. No navigation is where they are an even-present
permitted at night. On passen- danger to .the hundreds of naval
ger vessels lifeboat drills are) held j and merchant vessels,
regularly, just as in days when( Naval authorities say it will be
submarines menaced the seas. : several years before the waters
Even in the ' broad stretches 1 of Europe; are entirely free from
of the Aegean Sea the greatest pre floating mines. Many of the Ger
cautions are taken against float- man mines destroyed by Allied
ing mines. In certain areas pas- trawlers were found to have been
sengers are required to wear life moored by rope. When the rope
preservers, and narrow lanes of rotted the 'mines broke from their
travel have been marked out for anchorages and drifted in many
pilots to follow. J cases to tlJe main line of steamer
lut it is in the Black sea that travelf
SEC. DANIEL
- HOME IN MAY
By Associated Press
Washington, April 11. Secre
tary Daniels and his three chief
technical advisers who are confer
ring with allied admiralty offi
cials overseas, as to the future
type of capital ships, aviation and
other important matters, probably
will start home May 12 on a the
transport ' ' Leviathan '
ADVANCE WAGES
$65,000,000
(By Associated Press)
Washington, April 11. Wage
advances aggregating sixty five
million dollars was ordered today
by Director General Hines for the
jfour hundred thousand locomotive
engineers, firemen, trainmen and
conductors, for both passenger
and freight service, to be retroac
tive since January first, 1919.
WILL RELEASE
ALL PR!
29TH DIVISION
By Associated Press
Berlin, April 11. The Munich
revolutionary council has ordered
the immediate release of all war
prisoners in Russia.
. The order frees thousands of
Russian prisoners including Rus
sian communists.
ING SOON
D WEEK"
STRIKE FAILS
(By Associated Press)
J Washington, April 11. A cab
'legram from General" Pershing to
the War Department today an
nounced that all organizations of
the 29th division which includes
Maryland and Virginia troops are
assigned for earlv eonvov.
CO "MUTINY"
CAUSES ANXIETY
RFr,d0VEMENT
GliNS STRENGTH
(By Associated Press)
Rome, April 11. A group of
men styled Spartacans and car
rying a red flag attempted a de
monstration here yesterday but
the people attacked the crowd and
dispersed it.
Several Spartacans were hurt
and others arrested.
Copenhagen, April 11. A coun
cil of Peoples Mandatories which
had been in central Munich has
been dispersed by the communist
government there, according to a
Nuremburg newspaper.
Copenhagen, April 11 The re
volutionary movement in Bavaria
has spread to Baden and agita
tors are working in Karlsruhe,
Mannheim and other large towns,
according to a Karlsruhe dispatch
to Berlin.
The agitators are said to be at
tempting to start a revolution and
proclaim a Soviet republic in Ba
den. They also would unite Ba
den with the Bavarian Soviet government.
Ever since Mr. Rankin and his
assistants wre 'her a measuring up
Main street and getting grades
there has been a continuous fire
of questions thrown at us as to
when the matter of paved streets,
was to be discussed, and in every
instance it has been necessary to
say 1 'as soon as Mr. White has
the data ready."
Yesterday afternoon a telegram
was received from Mr. White that
he would be ready and here Tiies
day with all the information nec
essary and by courtesy of Mr. R.
J. Madry the Dixie theatre will be
used for a mass meeting to discuss
fully and frankly the question
most momentuous to our town.
At the meeting every property
owner on Main street can ask the
question and find out to a frac
tion of a cent what his part Avill
be in the scheme to pave Main
Street, so that nothing may be
left to chance, or doubt.
Let every man and woman inter
ested in a better town be present
at the meeting and have no hesi
tation in making themselves heard
jfor this is to be for the benefit,
and betterment of all and is in
tended to improve conditions.
Berlin, April 11. The resigna
tion of the whole of the Socializa
tion Commission which was rumor
ed recently has been formally announced.
DEFENDS SOUTH 'S PLAN
FOR HOLDING COTTON
REPORT RISING
NEAR SEOUL
(By Associated Press)
Seoul, April 11. Nine persons
are reported killed and many o
ther injured in the disorders that
took j)l ace- in the Ping Yank pro
vince, according to a government
advices.
called "f ados'
with which they .
sweathearts to !
m one plac-serenaded their
;,1d tiiat, kissing the! the accompaniment 'of guitars. I
s garment. I-; These airs, it is said, gained widej
,nT. is not accept: popularity in the Armentieres sec-!
(Associated Press'
Rome, April 1.1. A general
strike of twenty four hours, call
ed by the socialists for today in
memory of victims of 'Red week'
in Berlin and in honor o the bir
thday of Lenine, the Russian Bol
sheviki premier, was not a com
plete success.
Several stores refused to close
and the national railroads work
ed normallv.
The trarrison was
i se
'iiiv histories
luiture.
tor, where the Portuguese expt
dirionary forces were located.
reinforced bv
troops from the provinces pre
vented and disorders.
By Associated Press
Washington, April 11. No ad
ditional reports have been receiv-
ed at the war department early
J today on the situation at Arch
! angel "where a company of Ameri
i can troops were involved in a
threatened mutiny by refusing to
obey orders to entrain for the
fighting lines . until appealed to
; by the regimental commander.
, Additional reports that would
i disclose the extent to which the
unrest had spread thruout the
entire command are awaited with
'considerable anxiety. '
RED AGENTS TO
CENTRAL AH.
San Salvador, Aprl 11. The Ni
caraguan government has receiv
ed information that BolshevikI a
j gents are arriving in that eountry
jfor the purpose of secretly reach
ing the capitals and principal cit
ies of Central America.
Many Killed
In Outbreak
By Associated Press
Columbia, April 11. J. Skotto
we Wannamaker," chairman of the
South Carolina Cotton Associa
tion, today received a copv of the
I telegram sent by Gov. Henry J.
Allen of Kansas, to Attorney Gen
eral A Mitchell Palmer charsrinjr
.that the cotton acreage reduction
movement is in violation of the fed
eral law. -
Chairman Wannaimiker, upon
receiving copy of the tele-ram, is
sued this statement:
"I frankly admit the conten
tion that the organization of Soil
thern cotton farmers means high
price cotton. As a result of this
movement, the South, instead of
facing calamity this fall, as it
' would most certainly if a large
jcrop were planted this year, will
iface. prosperity and will receive
for its small cotton crop the high
est price paid for cotton since
the War between the States. The
j entire cotton belt is absolutely de.
jtermined to raise supplies at home
jand live at home.
I 4 4 The whole South confidently
awaits the decision of the honor
ied attorney general, knowing that
he will not take away from it the
rights that are guaranteed to its
I people as free people, under our
Iconstituitou."
Copenhagen, April 11. In the!
new Spartacan outbreak at Dus-!
seldorf on Thurshav twentv five
COTTON MARKET
(Closing)
New
people were killed and twenty five May 2o 9fi
injured when government troops July 24.22
used machine guns on the Sparta October 22.31
can demonstrators, a Berlin news- DecemlL-r 21.33
paper says. Local Market NOMINAL
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