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WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Saturday. Not much change in temperature- To moderate southwest winds. Miff1 ESTABLISHED SINCE 1882 AFTERNOON DAILY 'ALL THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL." VOLUME VIII NO. 13. 1 i mmmmmm FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION SCOTLAND NECK, N. 0, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1919. TELEGRAPH SERVICE PRICE TWO CENT3 POLAND AND ffl NEAR 0 PEN WARFARE FIFTEEN GERMANS KILLED IN CLASHES WITH POLES WHO ARE IN GERMAN TERRITORY. ENGLAND WILL NOW ECONOMIZE Determine to Abandon All Trans-Atlantic Flights. BAUER SAYS SITUATION IS IN HAND BUILDING THREE AIRSHIPS is 927 CONVICTED IN PARIS FOR PROFITEERING Paris, Aug- 4 London, Aug. 22. War be tureen Germany and Poland 4weribed as an immediate pos sibility by reliable news reports from Upper Silesia, where the situation already is bordering on open warfare. - A revolution has broken out at Kattaowitz, near the Polish-German frontier, and desperate rioting is raging at Police Demand Display of Gov- R'oeik- ernment Price Lists. Fifteen thousand workers, mostly miners, are striking in Upper Silesia, and the labro un- ARREST ALL SPECULATORS rest threatens 4 completely to paralyze the output of the mines A a. moment when coal is surely oras snow nine twenty-seven Later dispatches state martial profiteering nas oeen proclaimed The allthorities increase their throughout Upper Silesia- Fif- iliexice in arresting speculators leen Germans have been killed to prevent $ recurrence of retent m clashes with Polish troops outbreaks mat naa crossea me ironuer The u demand that tail. into German territory, according ers display price lists fixed Dy to serim- Uie government These troops, however, Chan cellor Bauer announced, were not regulars, and the Polish gov ernment could not, therefore, be held responsible. Herr Bauer as serted in a statement to the Wei mar Assembly that the German government has the situation well in hand. DENEKINE AIDS GEOOICHAK Omsk, the Objective of All-Russian Government Must Be Held WOULD CRUSH DENEKINE London, Aug. 22. Owing to the economy campaign, the trans-atlantic flight of the R-34 probably will be Great Britain's last spectacular airship venture for years. Following the Pre mier's "road to ruin warning" in the House of Commons on Monday, it is understood that the Cabinet took up the question of airship experiments, deciding this would be a good place to start to economize. Three more giant dirigibles are under construction the 22. Criminal rec- hundred and convietiotis for Washington, Aug. 22. Ad miral Kolchak, according to lat est advices here, proposes ' to make a big fight for the posses sion of Omsk at the nearest river to that city instead of at the To bolsk River. He is depending for assistance on General Denekine 's forces. Admiral Kolchak 'claims to have managed his resistance to the Bolsheviks so as to place his advance posts to the south in touch with Denekine at Raalsk. Trotsky has returned to Bolshevist headquarters .after ob- R-36, R-38 and R-39 but it is - serving the advance of Dene- NEK T7TT THv A TVYTrVTTITH TTTTTTITM NJMW HI N AME. VIATORS, FIND THE TW U. S. FLYERS WHO DISAPPEARED WEDNESDAY NEAR JACUMB, MEXICO. FIVE BANDITS REPORTED KILLED believed that no more airships will be built for a period of at least four years. SECTY. DANIELS GETS OVATION HOUSE CONSIDERS AMENDMENTS TO FOOD CONTROL Palmer Urges Control of Apparel and Other Commodities. San Diego, Aug. 22. Lieuten ants Waterhouse and Connolly, the lost aviators, wiio disappeared on Wednesday from near Ja- cumbs, Mex., have been found. kine's army, and advised the So viets that Denekine must be crushed before winter sets in. This information comes to the State Department through Swe den from Russian sources, in ad dition to information that the Bolsheviks are employing Ger man officers, who are being paid- high salaries. DRIVE AGAINST PROFITEERS Sandiago, Aug. 22. American aviators continued their ecorts today to find Lieutenants Fred erick Waterhouse and C- S- Con nelly, flyers who disappeared Wednesday near Jacumba, Mex. Mexican troops aided in the search. Honolulu, Aug. 22. Secretary Daniels, with officers and men of the dreadnaught, New York, DUKE JOSEPH COMMANDS ARMY 291.684 Men Total Losses Vienna, Aug. 22. The forma tion of the new Hungarian cabi net and designation of Archduke Joseph as commander of the army is reported in government circles. Twenty Arrests For Plotting Want Outlet To The Pacific Santiago, Aug. 22. There is a heated political controversy in Bolivia to grant demands, for an outlet to the Pacific Ocean. - Copenhagen, Aug. 22. Polish troops have administered a were treated with great hospital . v . . -'-r-T r"" " Aarrd soeiet forees -are being pur- 11 JX. LllV.il Ci 1 -- X T C4, X ILVX sued everywhere, the Polish gen eral staff at "Warsaw announces. Fortress Roveno in Volhynia was captured by the Poles after hard fighting. The Poles are ap parently advancing east of Brest Litovsk. ijenerai Jjenemne is success fully continuing an offensive in southern Russia, according to London reports. Washington, Aug. 22 The House 'considered the amend ments to the Food Control Act, requested by the attorney gen eral, providing a penalty of $5, 000 and two years imprisonment for profiteering- Attorney General Palmer also urged that firms y dealing in wearing apparel, food containers and other commodities be brought under the jurisdiction of the Food Control Act: Reports from various seetins f the country showed that fed eral and state authorities were continuing the drive on profiteer- Washington, Aug- 22' The War Department has just issued the total casualties of the wTar to date giving 291,684 men, divided as to 34,539 killed; 13,969 died El Paso, Tex., Aug. 22, More of wounds ; 23,606 died of dis- than twenty Spaniards were ar ease; 5,2880 died from accident; rested recently in Pachuca 214,286 wounded in action and Mexico, on charges of plotting four missing in action. against Carranza government, In the latest published 'casual- according to Mexico City papers ty list of, forty-four names ap- received here. pears two North Carolinians, as follows : Private James Allen, of Green- t9ftH 000 000 ville, wounded slightly, and Pri- tPVV VV.VVV vate William Z. Taylor, of Eli- EAI) ITTH ITIFQ jali, missing in action. fUi U 1 1LI I ILU . Washington, Aug. 22. More than two hundred million dollars has been advanced to railroads, public utilities and cattle grow ers by the War Finance Corpora tion, it is denounced. Honor Shown Lieut. Marcus San Francisco, Aug. 22. The heroism of the late Lieutenant Arnold Marcus, of the United States Navy, in navigating to safetv the explosion-torn subma- PERSHING SAILS E SEPT. 1ST. m0" HOM Washington, Aug. 22. Gen eral , Pershing, Commandier-in-Chief of the A.E. F., will sail for home on the transport Mount rine A-7 at Manila in July, 1917, Vernon on September 1, the War while he, himself, was sucering Department has announced. from fatal burns, was commemo-, . rated here today in the launching Washington, Aug- 22. Presi of the United States destroyer dent Wilson may go to New Marcus- The craft's sponsor was York to greet General Pershing Mrs- Arnold Marcus, of San upon his arrival from France Washington, Aug. 21. The House Agricultural Committee reported favorably the amend ments to the Food Control Act imposing a fine of $5,000 and im prisonment for two years for profiteering. The terms of the act is ex tended to include wearing ap parel, containers of food, feed, fertilizer, fuel, oil and natural gas. Marfa, Tex., Au 22. Ameri can troops pursuing the bandits planned for another week's cam paign in the Mexican mountains in search of Renteria's band. Storms made progress difficult. Five bandits are reported kill- ed to date. Mexican troops are co-operat ing. ALLIES BACKED JAPAN'S CLAIM NELSON PAGE RESIGNS OFFICE UKRJUOANS TAKEODESSA London, Aug. 22. The Ukran Jans have captured Odessa, ac cording to an announcement by the Ukraine Mission. Francisco, widow of the young officer. BIG SHIPMENT FROM HUN FIR PEOPLE IGH 3 re it.f If i n j. $500,000 EGGS 4 S3 Washington, Aug- 22. Thorn, as Dunn, of St- Louis, meat deal er, told the Senate Agricultural oommittee that there is no profit eering in the retail meat and grocery business and that prices are the result of the people wanting to pay more for food-s-tuffs 1U Mexieo City, Aug- 18. According- to German merchants here, as quoted in El Universal, a 'million marks worth oi drugs onrl TiarnrflTP Will bp Sent to SAT fl Tf PTIRT f Mexico City by German firms as ULi IV 1 UiLslVr soon as shipping facilities are Nashville, Aug. 22. The fed- available. The orders for these eral district attorney has filed goods were placed as soon as the libels against five hundred thou- blockade against Germany was sand dollars' worth of eggs lifted. which were seized and will ue sold by the government to the pUbliC' October - 30.98 Columbus, O., Aug. 21. The- 'December , 31.19 odore tXiennon, one of forty January 31.21 dealers arrested on the charge of March -. 31.37 holding meats in cold storage, May - 31.50 was fined $500. 4 Local Market NOMINAL next month, it is indicated from the White House today- QUELL REVOLT IN HONDURAS San Salvador, Aug. 22. Offi cial dispatches state that the Honduran revolutionists Avere defeated at Gracias and the rev olution virtually suppressed. Washington, Aug. 22. Thom as Nelson Page has resigned as ambassador to Italy. Washington, Aug- 22. Profes son E- T. Williams, former mem ber of the American Peace Com mission to Paris, who resigned, told the Senate Foreign Commit tee that Japan was given the Shantung rights after England and France had backed Japan's claims on account of the secret treaty. WOULD REGULATE THE PACKERS FLETCHER IS OUT OF DANGER COTTON MARKET 700.000 Men Remain Abroad Washington, Aug. 22. Sena tor Fletcher, of Florida, is re ported on the way back to re covery after a serious injury by j a trolley car here. He exoner ated the crew from negligence. Washington, Aug. 21. Louis Harvey, of Jacksonville, spoke in favoF of the Kenyon bill reg ulating the packing industry be fore the Sena'te Committee, in behalf of the Southern Whole sale Grocers Association. He urged the message of the measure saj'ing that the packers1 unfair methods are a menace te competition. iBACCO PRICE GOES HIGHER HUNS REPORT COAL SCARCE Essen, Aug. 22. The German Washington, Aug. 22. About Commission investigating condi s00,000 American troops will re-'tions in the coal districts' report main in Germany after Septem-jed that the nation was facing an ber 30th, according to an an- j economic -catastrophe on account nouncement by the War De-of the allies' demand for forty partment today. . 1 million tons of coal. Kinston, Aug. 21. Local to bacconists watching the South Carolina markets or indications of what may be expected during the coming sales season in this belt are interested in the lifting of the embargo at Conway, S. C. A report from that place says heavy breaks and better prices for common and medium grades are expected with the resump tion of . business Monday. Leafi averageH around 20 cents to the first of August, with about half of the Conway crop marketed to that date-
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