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VOLUME Vll NUMBER 90 FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, .TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1919.
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EMBARGO ON
ARMENIAN FOOD
PARIS, July 22 The Ameri
can Relief Administration has
received a message from Major
Joseph Green, in charge of the
Armenian relief saying that the
Georgian government has placed
an embargo on supplies passing
through Georgia for Armenia.
FLAMETHROWERS
RIGHT LOCUSTS
PARIS, July 22. Flamethrow
ers -aire being employed with
.great success in fighting ia lo
cust plague in the south of
France, says a despatch from A-
vignon.
WASHINGTON, July 22. A-
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nother nignt oi race nuuug iuuuu
the national capnui luviajr uuxmi-
the largest casualty list it has
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had since soiuiws, stmui, juj.-
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met ou i"e r r
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the big list oi aayiigm. nuiu-upa
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and .attacks on wmie women mai
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have alarmed me cny.
It is known that two are dead
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and eight mortally wounded,
with a 'considerable number ser-
ifKisly wounded.
The number of slightly wound
ed or injured is unknown, though
poliee stations and hospitals are
packed with those needing treat
ment.
Tfee most disorderly times the
national ejapdtol has steen fdnee
ikt civil war is the condition that
Washington is now facing-
MAHY KILLED
IN AERO CRASH
CHICAGO, Ills., July 22. Offi
cial inquiries staged today by
the states attorney to fix the res
ponsibility for the explosion of
and 'collapse o fthe dirigible that
crashed through the roof of the
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank
yesterday, killing eleven persons
and injuria IWenty six others.
Amdng tSioee detained are Jack
Boettner,- ffi&, who escaped by
jumping with a parachute.
Of the ddad wa were employ
e'es of the bak ad two passn
gers in th ;aiii.
PRINCE SCORES
WITH MINERS
LONDON, July 22 (By cor
respondence of The Associated
Press) Children strewed with
flowers the path of the Prinee
of "Wales and bombarded his au
tomobile with roses when he vis
ited recently the coal mining re
gions of South Wales and went
down into a mine- The Prince
scored with the coal miners of
Rhondda Valley by telling them
that it was not his fault that it
ffas his first visit and that his
absence was due to the war.
On his way to the mine he sur
prised one woman by 'asking to
see her house and garden. He
stopped his car when another
V'lfaan held up her baby to give
a rose.
SUBJECT WOOD
TO X-RAY TEST
LONDON, July 22. Airplane
manufacturers are now calling
science to their aid in making
their machines safe. All wood
used in construction in some of
the most important plant's is be
ing first subjected to X-Ray tests
In one instance the radiograph
of a fine silver spruce plank
showed cjertaim $ght and dark
spiots. When the plank was split
open it was found to be honey
combed by beetle borings.
KING LUDWIG
RETAINS CASTLE
BERNE, July 22. It was to
day learned from reliable sour
ces that the new Bavarian govern
mentis negociating with former
King Ludwig, who for severa
months has been residing in the
Salis castle, Zizers, capital of
CAiR
IS AraJSlf
MA'S APOLOGY
AWA
D.
INSULT TO THE AMERICAN FLAG AN DROBBERY OF AM
ERICAN SAILOR IN TERRITORY PROTECTED BY
CARRANZA THE CHARGE
PRES. MRYTSKE STRONG MEASURES SOON
WILSON MEETS
SENATOR Efcst
W aINGTON, July 22. No-
y short of an apology from
WASHINGTON, July 22 Pres
ident Wilson was sufficiently re
covered tdday from his 'indispo
sition to resume conferences with
the canton of Grison, for a legal 'republican senators at the White
settlement of his landed proper
ty in Bavaria.
It is said that the former king
would possibly be permitted to
remain at one of his Bavarian
castles as a place of retreat.
FRENCH STRIKE
JOT-EFFECTIVE
PARIS, July 22 The proposed
demonstrative strike, called for
yesterday but postponed by the
Labor Federation, was not fully
effective anywhere in France, ac
cording to reports from principal
cities.
The strike movement is said
not to have been fully organized
even among employees of cor
porations which expected their
men to stop work.
CANDIDATE
PRDlARY
S-SQKE.OE
OUTCOl
OARDNE&, MORRISON AND PAGEfcmNG UP IN THE
RACE FOR GUBNATORIAL HONORS-APPARENTLY
DEVOID OF BITTERNESS
Arriving at Cwymmer pit, the
Cilice donned the cap and over
alls of a miner, and gratefully
accepted from the foreman a sil
v'er safety lamp, the gift of the
Management Miners and their
families crowded around him,
and Peered while the Prince
waited for the cage to rise from
the depths of the shaft.
At the bottom of the shaft some
jne had written on a bank tim
r with white chalk, 'Welcome
w ur soldier Prince." The
'Jinee was manifestly pleased
W asking for chalk wrote be
l "Thank you" and then
Jle signed it -Edward P."
MEXICAN LAW
LIMITS LABOR
DOUGLAS, Arizona-, July 22.
The employment of foreign la
bor in Sonora, Mexicd, is limited
to twenty per cent of the employ
ed force, under the law passed
at a recent session of the state
congress in Sonora- This is re
vealed in the publication of the
law by El Piempo Caranea, news
paper copies of which reached
here today.
STATE PAIR OPENS 3RD WEEK IN OCTOBER
SHIN A INSISTS
ON CHANTUNG
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WASHINGTON, July 21 C.
C. Wu, one of the delegates of
China at the Peace Cdnference,
now in America, declared in an
interview that China will insist
upon her-. claimk to Shantung.
"With respect to Shantung,"
Mr. Wu said, "our advice to the
Government and the people of
China will be to maintain theii
attitude of protest against the de
cision of the Peace Conference
which refused to srivie back Shan
tung to China. Not only did thel
decision go against us but when
the delegates wanted to sign un
der reservations they refused to
permit even that.
By Maxwell Gorman
RALEIGH, July 22. It devel
ops here that, "either through
design or in an excess of zeal for
another candidate, some newspa
per writers are muddying the
political waters of North Caro
lina with respect to the candida
cies of the three most excellent
democrats and able men noHv in
the race."
The above statement made to
this writer today refers to the
attitude of Senator Simmons and
what certain v writers are pleased
to term the "party machine,"
prompted by a recent statement
by Senator Simmons carried in
Washington letters to North Car
olina newspapers
It is explained that the alleg
ed "interference" by the Sena
tor, consisting of the announce
ment that he still favored Mr
Morrison fior nomination in the
primary was made necessary be
cause of widespread reports to
the contrary; that Senator Sim
mons, because of his long per
sonal and political friendship
for Mr. Morrison, did not think
such an erroneous impression
should gain currency among N.
C. democrats without a state
ment of his true feelings and po
sition. -
Lieut. Gov. Max Gardner was
in Raleigh a few days ago. He
neither showed nor expressed any
' ' bitterness ' ' concerning Senator
Simmons ' action. He declared
his canvass was proceeding satis
factorily and that he expected to
win in the primary. .
Mr. Morrison, who was here
last week, expressed confidence
in the outcome. Mr. Page has
not been here recently, but his
friends say he will make a great
race.
Preparations for State Fair
The burning o the grand stand
at the State Fair grounds here
recently will not interfere with
the accomodations for the com
fort of those attending, the Fair
in October. In fact, it is plan
ned to increase the seating ca
pacity xf the beachers and some
buildings! (so as to provide for
more than formerly. The old
grand stand is to be replaced by
a larger building, a concrete or
fire proof structure, and while it
will not be practicable to com
plete the construction of such a
building within three months,
temporary proVision, to an am
ple extent, will be made before
the third week in October, when
the great State Fair begins. As
this will be the first fair in two
years, the people, the many thou
sands of people, who look for
ward so eagerly to this State re
union, are hungry, for the next
event.
Secretary Pogue and assistant
Dens on and President Home are
warranted in the assertion that
the biggest attendance in the
history of North Carolina fairs
will come to Raleigh this year
They re therefore bending e
very energy to make. this event
th most stupendous and mentor
rious ever pulled . off here-
The U. S. government will have
a fine exhibit, including war tro
phies, and the greatest exhibit
ever made at a fair by the agri
cultural department will be made
by the State of N. C. here this
year at the State Fair.
Wednesday" will be "Johnston
County Day"-the home county
of Mr Home.
House without objection from his
personal physician.
The president went into confer
enc at ten o'clock this morning
with Senator Edge and hoped to
fill other engagements which he
was foTced to defer yesterday be
cause of an acute attack of intes
tinal trouble.
No, my hungry friwids, we will
never oe aoie to coax prices
back to normal again. We are
laboring at the wrong end of the
critter.
tner with evidence showing that
the band o desperadoes that in
sulted the American flag and held
up and ro'bbed a number of Amer
ican sailors has been summarily
punished, will be acceptable to
the United States-
This was said to be the atti
tude of the State Department, as
officials awaited further informa
tion of the affront, which P Mr-
red July 6, near Tampi Mex
ico.
This territory is where CforQ
za ia supposed to be m coinpljjfre
control and because of this Al
leged eontrdl neither AmeriQia
soldiers nor sailors are pei
ted to carry side arms. The
fenseless condition of the Ameri
can blue jackets made them easy
prey for the bandits.
Because it is admitted in offi
cial quarters thai the, incident
represents the most grave feature
o Mexican American relations
in the past year, the State De
partment is hoping that the mat
ter has already been adjusted by
the American Naval officers now
in Mexican watea.
If the officers have demanded
an apology, and one has been giv
en by the Carranza authorities at
Tampico, the matter would large
ly be disposed of. One addition
al provision, however, would be
necessary. It would be the cap
ture and punishment of the ban
dits who committed the insult and
robbery.
The next step of the Depart
ment wilij therefore depend on
the report of Commander Finney,
who is in charge of the U. S. S.
Topeka and is the ranking officer
in Tampico waters. It was he
who sent in the first report tell
ing of the insult and robbery . that
was perpetrated on the crew of a
small motor sailing launch of the
U. S. S. Cheyenne, an American
monitor.
Ifi no redress has been obtain
ed from Mexican authorities, the
demand for an apology will be
made, it was -said, and if Carran-
1S
'IS BRITISH
LABOR JMHY?
LONDON. Julv 22. B .cent in
creases in wages of British work
men have been the subject of
very serious debate by econo
mists, employers and others as
one of the bed-rock problems of
reconstruction, in the sense that
the nation may stand or flail by
it.
Some day the question which
confronts British industry is whe
ther the pendulum of wages may
not swing so high that puodue
tion for competition with riva
nations will become unprofitable
and then impossible.
"Higher wages for all" is the
demand of the organized and un
organized workers. With it
the croy for "shorter hours, bet
ter conditions of living, freedom
to meet the employer on a plane
of business equality a two bus
iness men meeting together."
"More concentrated work, and
more intelligent work and we
will try to met you," is the res
ponse from maiy employers.
The question has been serious za refuses to gjive this which
ly raised here whether England
in the past has owed her pre
eminence in the worlds industrial
markets to underpaid British la
bor. That view was expressed
by Frank Vanderlip, New York
Banker, when he returned to A
mjerica a f)ew weeks ago after
spending several months abroad.
There are shrewd business men
who contend that British labor
has not been cheap, but consider
ed solely as an item in the cost
o!f production has been relative
ly costly when compared with
the labor of the United States.
Now that the Big Four have
"made the world sae for demo
cracy," let's have a few Big
Somebodys make the United Stat
es safe for the people who? want
to eat '
he will, if he runs true to form
as far as the lives and feelings of
Americans are concerned his ac
tion will excentuate the serious
ness of the matter and the entire
situation wil be, if possible, more
acute.
FIRE WIPES
OUT MARION
LOUISVILLE, July 22. The
business section of Marion, Ken
tucky, was wiped out by fSre
which started early this morning.
The damage is estimated at one
hundred thousand dollars.
Mr. Max Eiddick left on the morn
ing train for Norfolk.