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VOLUME Vll NUMBER 93
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"ALL THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL."
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SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, FRIDAY, JULyIW
TELEGEAPH SERVICE
DISCUSSING ECONOMIC PLANS SPEAKERS IN THE NA
TIONAL ASSEMBLY SEE FUTURE IN FREE
TRADE
CURB MONOPLIES AND STEADY EXCHANGE
liASLE, July 25. A dispatch
from Weimar that the German
National Assembly discussed an
interpretation o an economic
of the speakers de
manded the adoption of free
trade with a view of curbing
mdnopolies and improving the
German exchange.
Aid Against
Fraud Com'y
WASHINGTON, July 25.
Members of the Commercial Tra
vellers of American have pledg
et! their aid to the savings divis
ion of the Treasury Department
in a campaign against the promo
tion of fraudulent stock com
panies Salesmen will endeavor to
warn communities against" ex
changing Liberty Bonds or of
Thrift Stamps for stock in get-ricli-quick
schemes.
WON'T REVEAl
FRENCH TREATY
WASHINGTON, July 25 .
President "Wilson does not now
plan to present the defend
treaty with France to the Sen
ate until after he returns from
his tour of the countrv.
This statement was made at
the White House.
When the president presents
the treaty he will accompany it
with an explanatory addess to
the Senate.
RIVER FALLING
VERTTSLOWLY
Advice from Mr. Allen, river
guager, of Weldon, shows that
the river has been falling since
the day befote yesterday, but
very slowly,- the drop since yes
terday being but two and a half
feet.
PRICE TWO CENTS
RAIN STOPS
FORCEST
FIRES
FRENCH TROOPS
GO TO ESCH
FRANKFORT July 25-French
troops have been sent to EspIi
Luxemburg, on demand of the
Communal Council to protect the
foundries.' , ,
T,lis action was taken because
ot the departure of American
troops from Luxemburg
SPOKANE, July 25. The for
est fire situation in western Mon
tana, and northern Idaho, whinh
has been regarded by forest offi
cials as critical for the past ten
days, appeared, much improved
today following heavy rains.
SERB-RUMANIA
GETS INDEMNITY
BRITISH TROOPS
GUARD MINERS
LEEDS, July 25. Upon his
arrival here, Sir Eric Geddes an
nounced that troops have reached
the Yorkshire mining "districts
and will; guard the mines there as
long as the strike lasts.
Ihe conference of the " triple
alliance ''miners, railwaymen
and transport workers decided
by a vote of 217 to 11 in favor
of a country-wide ballot on the
question of "direct action," mean
mg a general strike.
VILLA'S MEN
RAID PARRAL
PARIS, l July'. 25. Rumania
and Serbia have been awarded
he greater part df more than a
billion francs indemnity demand
ed under the, Bulgarian peace
terms wiiic hare nearly finished,
according to Exelsior. The re
mainder of the amount will be
given to Greece, this paper' sayS.
EL. PASO., Texas, July 25.
illa forces are reported to have
raided Parral, Chihuahua, annihi
Ji(ti"g the garrison, killing sever
al civilians and looting the town.
Another force of VilUtas is re
Ported to have looted Rosario
and Durango, .and then retreated
to the mountains.
The story of a projected trip
a-Tpan by Villa and - General
' 0r the Purpose of enlist
aiiesc aid in the move
;u':lt overthrow Carranza is
Jcreuited here. It is believed
Jver that Angeles may ask
recognition by the United
-fates.
BRITAIN ORDERS
50 LOCOMOTIVES
PASTOR GETS
WAR CROSS
'ALTIMORE, Jnly o5.The
Johnston has been
he war cross for con.
C ;;s -er- (lispayed at
, ' V ant.-pacifh during the
1M. ... . mty was
aerlv troversy- He was for
b!e'v ?aStr of the fshion.
declaring., I wiu not
stfte chu like a grocery
OFFICERS GUILTY
OF CRUELTY
WASHINGTON, . July 25. Be
sides Lieutenant Frank Smith
known in the army as "Hard
boiled" Smith, two other officers
ana one enlisted man were con
victed, by court-martial of cruel
ty to American army prisoners
at Prison Farm No. 2 in France.
This information was contained
in a renort tn Wot. n. .
ment from General Pershin- ( COPENHAGEN , July . 25. 50
which was read to a special I tlves orders frftm America
House war investigating commit-1 constitllte the first tangible di-
tee by General March, .chief of reCt result of Britain's industrial
staf j relapse. The placing 0 the or
der by Danish railway interests
was announced.
Great quantities of coal for
Denmark also have been contract
ed for with American firms.
Tons of American coal alreadv
have been delivered in Danish
ports. Denmark was formerly
an almost exclusively British mar
Ket tor coal
America also is supplying im-
mence quantities of railway mat
erial cars and locomotives td Sch
IDfTFORlffli
SHANTUNG
PRESIDENT RESENTS THE REPORT THAT HE FORMULAT
ED AN DORIGINATED SHANTUNG PROVISIONS
IN THE TREATY OF PEACE
SENATORS DENY HASTED SOTO THEM
STRIKE MINES
50 LIVES LOST
HELSINGSFORS, July 25.-2
British mine sweepers collided
with mines dff the Esthonian
coast and one was sunk, accord
ing to word reaching here.
It is estimated that fifty lives
were lost-
SCRUBWOMEN
STORM BUILDING
NEW YORK, July 25. More
tnan one hundred sr TnV
Pl8X in the Mutual Life In
surance building, after gding on
!iriKe stormed the building arm
ed with sticks and, stones.
The demonstration was caused
by the appearance of six women
strike breakers called in bv offi-
ciais ot the building. Hair
pulled in considerable quantities
and as the disturbance began tn
develope into a riot the seserves
trom the Old Slip station wrere
called. The police now have the
situation m hand. The scrubwo
men struck folr shorter hours-
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NOINfcHiION
FOR SENATORS
WASHINGTON, July 25.
There seems-to be some doubt at
the White House today whether
all republican senators would be
invited but no further appoint
ments had been made today and
so rar as cofuld be learned Sena
tor Warren and one or two oth
er senators are all that the pres
ident planned to see in the imme
diate future.
The president was in his studv
early today and among the mat
ters bexore him Was the prepara
tions ot information and docu
ments relating to the neacp tip
gociatiohs requested by the sen
ate.
-r , . ' ,
president Wilson was todav
considering a week end cruise on
yacht Mayflower. Th wra
as iueai ior a vovao-p tn
Hampton Roads.
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TO BE DEPORTFD
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"GUILTIEST OF
ALL CRIMINALS"
GENEVA, July 25. Professor
Nippold, a prominent authority
on international law, holds that
the former German TTYinprinl
Chancellor, Dr. von Bethmann
Hollweg, is the guiltiest of all of
the war criminals- "mojre than
the Kaiser and t&e German gen-
erals.,' He warns hf Swia onvJ
ernment not tof allow Hollweg &
the other Germans responsible for
the war to enter the country.
Switzerland now harbors six
Germans wanted by the allies.
Among them are ex-Crown Prince
Rupprecht, of Bavaria, Grand Ad
xmrai von Tirpitz, Count von
Berchtold and Herr Bernstein-
Many Austrian, Bulgarian and
Turkish ex-Ministers also are in
Switzerland,, most of them under
false names to avoid deteetidn.
NOTED INNS
BEEN CLOSED
ACCEPT MAIL
FOR U. S. DIRECT
BERLIN, July 25. Direct mail
tor the United States was accept
ed for the first time Wednesday
It was confined to unsealed,
ordinary letters.
LAREDO, Texas, Julv 25
For defiance of police authority,
refusal t0 obey Mexican authori
ties and "scandalous con d not "
Jack Jonnson, former heavywei
ght champion, is to be denorted
from Mexico, according tn a
Mexico City dispatch to El Por
venhv a Mexican newspaper at
.Monterey. Johnson, the article
says, will return to Spain.
$350,000 HEIR
GETS $250 MONTH
PHILADELPHIA, July 25
Inns in existence since (colonial
days are armong those closed by
the wartime prohibition law.
, U yj WUO.
One of the most noted is tTio Iroralfi Holial
' o i i."" u lie uc dllUVV-
General Wayne Inn, on the Mont- 'ed $250 a month from the estate
"6uuitv pic uutsiue oi irniia- wnicn is granted
NEW YORK, July 25. Altho
he is the heir to a $350,000 es
tate, with an assured income of
$15,000 a year, eighteen-year-old
Comeron O'Day MacPherson has
made the modest request to Sur-
RAGSDAIE DROPS
DEADATDOCTORS
WASHINGTON, July 25 Ren
resentative J- Willard Hassdale
w 7
of South Carolina, dropped dead
ot heart disease in the dffice of
Dr. R. A. Hooe, this city. Mr
Ragsdale was a Democrat, and,
was serving his fourth term in
Congress.
He was a member of the For
eign Affairs Committee.
WASHINGTON, Jny
President Wilson's first show
of resentment since his return
from France came when a state
ment was issued from the White
House denying that the Presi
dent, "originated or formulated"
the provisions in connection with
the award of Shantung to. Japan.
The statement is as follows :
"The President authorizes the
announcement that the statement
carried in several of the papers
that he originated or formulated
the provisions with regard to
Shantung in the treaty of peace
with Germany is altogether false.
He exerted all the influence he
was at liberty to exercise in the
circumstances t obtain a modifi
cation of them, and believes that
the ultimate action o Japan
with regard to Shantung, will put
the whole matter in its true
light."
None of ths Senators who saw
the President declared that
had admitted "originating or for
ululating' the provisions in thp
Shantung award. They did. say,
however, that he told them he ac
cepted full responsibility in deal-
mg with the Japanese because
the representatives of Great Brit
ain and France, through the se
cret treaties between their na
tions and Japan, felt loathe to
take an active part in the coh-
fideration of the Japanese de
mands.
The Republicans Senators who
called on the President Tuesday
w
were Calder, Cummins and Edge.
The President's visitors yester
day were Senators McLean, New
berry, Page and Sterling. He
did not talk about the Shantung
award with any o them-
he
delphia, which was opened in the
years 1704 as the Wayside Inn
by Quaker settles. "Mad" An
thony Wayne used the inn as his
neadquarters during the revohi
tionary war and it has been a poll
ing place for more than 200 or
more years.
Turk's Head Inn at West Ches
ter has closed its doors. In the
revolutionary times it was visit
ed by General Washington, Laf
ayette, "Mad" Anthony Wayne.
Colonel Taylor and many other
MacPherson is the son elf Mrs.
Grace O'Day MacPherson, a dau
ghter of the late Daniel O'Day,
one ot the Standard Oil milllion-
aires, and his father is Edwin Al
lan MacPherson of Buffalo.
..Young MacPherson 's mother
committed suicide at the Hotel
Majestic on April 23, her estate
going to her son.
In September, 1918, he enlist
ed in the Royal Air Service as a
cadet and was statidned in To-
Jronto until January, when he
A 1
officers o Washington's army. was mustered out.
MARIE WORKERS
STRIKE ENDED
NEW YORK, July 25. Tie an
nouncement of a settlement of the
Marine Workers strike wQO
pected to be made today.
Vice-Chairman Stevens, of the
Shipping Board, who came here
holiday hag had a conference
with representatives of both he
seamen and operators and intima
ted that practically ' the only
thing- necessary to complete the
compromise is the signatures.
Agricultural
Bill Signed
WASHINGTON, July 25
President Wilson today signed
the agricultural appropriation
bill from which Congress had e
liminated the rider repealing
the daylight savings act after the
president had vetoed the original
bill.
French Hold
Election, Oc
tober 12.
PARIS, July; 25 The elections
for a new French parlaiment will
probably be held; on October 12.
PARIS, July 25. fHavas)-
-
During the cominar recess of nar-
w X
uament, said the premier, he and
Marshal Fb-ch would draft a cur
tailment of the military service.