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'ALL THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL."
VOLUME VIII NO. 59.
FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION
SCOTLAND NECK, N, C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1919. TELEGRAPH SERVICE
FRICE TWO CENTS
TISH MAVY TAKES KRONSTADT.
SAYS AN UNOFFICIAL REP
Admiralty Does Not Credit Report As Only
Light British Cruisers Were In
That Vicinity
MUTINY IN THE BOLSHEVIK RANKS
Lmuloii, Oct. 17. Kronstadt
lMlUV. standing sentinel at the
,iV ,,' Petrograd, was taken by
;nuIi naval forces, according to
ahni'ficial reports.
The capture appears to seal the
faj,. ()f Petrograd as the north
western Russian army is almost at
the uiiies of Petrograd and the
Sunt', tn"ps are reported to be
ieavimr 1 lie city, mutiny having
hrokeu out among them.
,,,,,. Oct. 17. Confirmation
fJ(. reports that the British
ikich! forces captured the fortress
,.f Kronstadt on the Gulf of Finland-
west of Petrograd, has not
Urn received at the admiralty
htT
The report is not credited, it
heih'i- said that the British have
only light cruisers in this vicinity
which would be incapable of chal-
l.Miiniiir the fortress.
Admiralty officials state no rea-1
son for the British attack.
When on longer able to make
over that gown,-sister, why not
wear it at least a week as it is?
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FROM CARNEBIE'S ESTATE
London, Oct. 17. John Burns'
many friends have been almost as
much surprised as gratified that
Andrew Carnegie should have left
him 1,000 a year, for Burns onee
n-nised to shake hands with Mr.
"h nnn pop inuiii mm
UUU I Ull UUI III UUIIM
iiniegie. .Moreover Burns wasipiane was burned here on Wed
v' iy proud of having done. so and j nesday night, is at Curtis field
t'linl of telling about it. It happen
ed in the precincts of the House
:i Commons in the days before
'"Honest John" had accepted the
!'t's)onsibilities of a ministerial
office and was still an" untamed
S(fialist.
Mr. Carnegie was being shown
irmigh the House of Commons
'y some distinguished English
friends. In the lobby John Burns
was encountered and Carnegie's
attention was directed to him. As
Hums ust-j.1 to tell the story of
T'j('ir meeting Carnegie stepped
UP to him smiling and with out
fetched hand and said,, "An
'"''''w Carnegie offers his hand to
Tolni Ihirns." To which Burns re
!Hc, "John Burns refuses to
hike the hand of Andrew Carne
and turned his back on the
multi-milionaire.
ible defeat by a vote of 55 to 35,
It every newspaper in the conn-, with 14 Republican senators aid
u'y would stop printing a word ing it on its way to oblivion.
i!'oul these interminable strike.;, The bill was over-debated yes
'Uli'I lockouts and ssuabb'e r'-'day for six and a half hours, in
-''""i-.dly, there 'would soon be fact it was talked to death, and
to the whole troublesome with it five other amendments af
n 1'iiblieity is the life of strife, fecting the occupation of Chinese
. territory by Japan which, by
COTTON MARKET. i unanimous consent, were joined
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HIS MOTOR TROUBLE
DURING THE NIGHT
Leaves Omaha at 8 O'clock
This Morning For
The East
SPATZ AT BUFFALO
Des Moines, la., Oct. 17, May
nard arrived here at 10:18 this
morning from Omaha and left for
Rock Island, 111,, at 10:52.
Omaha, Oct. 17. Maynard re
sumed his flight eastward at 8 -.48
this morning, his machine work
ing perfectly when it took the air.
He arrived here from Wahoo
soon after 8 o'clock, where he
made a forced landing yesterday
after his motor accident.
Omaha, Oct. 17. Maynard and
his machinist worked all night in
stalling a new motor in his plane
which was destroyed at Wahoo,
jXeb., yesterday,, that his flight
; might be resumed today.
Buffalo, Oct. 17. Major Spatz,
leader of the flyers en route from
Mineola to San Francisco, arrived
here from Rochester at 9 :15 this
morning.
Captain
Lowrell Smith, whose
this morning but is without a new
plane in which to resume hi?
flight to San Francisco.
A message from Washington
authorized him to continue in a
Curtis Oricle, but the local army
representatives would not assume
the responsibility of accepting an
airplane without receiving offi
cial notice to make the purchase.
KILLED IN THE SENATE
Washington, Oct. 17. The
much prized and long debated
amendment on the Shantung pe-
i n insula, of the majority leader,
Senator Lodge went down in igno-
i together.
Senator Lodge, not content with
so decisive a defeat, announced
that he would move to strike out
MAYNARD DVERCOM
SHANTUNG AMENDMENT
33.55! entirely the sections awarding the
33.25 'Shantung rights t0 Japan. '
MODIFY ST
;e clause
IN CUMMINS Fi. R. BILL
Important Revisions Or
dered Made In
Bill
CRIME FEATURE CUT
Washington, Oc't. 17 Impor
tant revisions have been ordered
made in the Cummins Railroad
Bill, for the return of the roads
to private ownership, by the In
terstate Commerce Committee of
the Senate.
The committee voted in favor
of "an effort to prevent strikes
on railroads," but the present
clause, which makes railroad
strikes a crime, will be tempered
somewhat. A subcommittee on
the revision was appointed, con
flicting of Senators Cummins,
Townsend, Poindexter, Freling-
huysen, Pomerene and Robinson.
Revision will also be made in
the clauses providing for compen
sation for the railroads. To deter
mine what compensation shall be
deducted from the $1,500,000,000
that the railroads will owe the
government must be decided by
Congress, and Senators Cummins
and Kellogg were appointed a
sub-committee to draft a tentative
plan.
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DIED AT AMERICDS
Americus, Ga., Oct. 17, Dr,
Lansing Burrows. 72 years of age
and for more than 30 years secre
try of the Southern Baptist Con
vention and one of the leading
ministers of that denomination in
the country, died here today of
pneumonia.
Interment will be at Nashville,
Tenn., on Sundav.
DAPTIST CONVENTION
HELD IN RALEIGH, N0U11.
Raleigh Oct. 17. The Annual
Convention of North Carolina
Baptists will be held in Raleigh
beginning November 11. The
change of place was the direct re
sult of a widespread opinion that
abecause of the Baptist 75 Million
Dollar Campaign the Convention
should be held in a central point.
The Convention will be held on
the "pay plan" all messengers
paying their own expenses. Ar
ragements are being made to care
for several thousand visitors.
HUNGARY GETS FIRST
RED CROSS SUPPLIES
Paris,, Oct. 17. Hungary is the
first of the late Central Powers to
receive an official commission of
the American Red Cross for civil
ian work. To meet the urgent need
for medical and surgical supplies
in the hospitals of Budapest, a
.train of 30 cars in "charge of a
, unit of twelve American officers
'has been sent from Paris. The sup-
plies carried are valued at $350, -
000.
. LANSING BURROW
MAY REMOVE WRINKLES
T
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Dr. Bourget Demonstrates
Method Before
Academy
GRAFTS NEW SKIN
Paris, Oct. 17. Following the
announcement by Dr. Sergins
Voronoff that he has discovered
the secret of rejuvenating old
men, it was announced here that
Dr. Bourget has found a way to
remove wrinkles from the human
face. A demonstration of the
method was made at the Academy
of Medicine.
Dr. Bourget fills up the hollow
of the wrinkles on the forehead
and cheeks with skin grafted from
behind the ear where the elision
does not show.
GREYSON CALLS YOUNG
E
Washington, Oct. 17. The
President continued to show im
provement today, White House
officials said. He appeared much
cheered by the defeat of the
Shantung amendment to the
Peace Treaty.
Washington, Oct. 17. While
President Wilson is feeling well
today his physicians say that the
prostatic condition from which he i
has been suffering for several days
wras checking the general improve
ment of the past two weeks.
Dr. Greyson announced that he
had called in Dr. Hugh Young,
of Johns Hopkins hospital, a spe
cialist on prostatic troubles and
he was expected at the White
House some time today.' Dr.
Young will make a thorough ex
amination of the swelling of the
prostate gland to determine
whether an operation is necessary
says Grayson.
NDUSTRIAL DELEGATES
NOWGETTINGTOGETHER
Washington, Oct. 17. Repre
sentatives at the capital in the
National Industrial Conference
continued their efforts today to
frame a demoostration on collect
ive bargaining to be offered as a
substitute for the resolution pre
sented yesterday by the commit
tee of fifteen.
While acknowledging the right
of collective bargaining the dec
laration, in a tentative form, pro
vides that individual establish
ments shall be the basis of rela
tionship and employers shall not
be required to deal with others
than their employes.
ADMINISTRATOR PUTS
SUGAR ON RATION BASIS
New- York, Oct. 17. Arthur
Williams, federal food adminis-
trator for New York, was today
! perfecting plans to place the city
ion a sugar rationing basis, similar
I to that in force during the war.
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HE HUMAN FAC
TO IK
EXAMINATION
EME COUNCIL PREPARES
FINALTREATY RATIFICATION
Will Name Commission To Decide What Bodies
Shall Handle Matters Not Assigned
In Treaty
DELEGATES ASSEMBLE IN PARIS
RUSSET
HfKl f
-ary
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STDLtN FROM FLAT OF
PRINCE YOUSSQUPDFF
Diamonds Formerly Own
ed By The Czarina
Of Russia
WERE WORTH $75,000
London, Oct. 17. The police
are working today to solve a
mystery involving the disappear
ance of part of the crown jewels,
formerly owned by the Czarina of
Russia, from the fiaf of Prince Fe
lix Youssoupoff, slayer of the
Russian monk Rasputin.
The jewels all diamonds dis
appeared after a gay party in the
prince's apartment, which lasted
all night. They were valued at
more tlm $75,000.
According to the story told the
police the stones were brought
from Russia only last week, being
smuggled past the Bolshevik
guards by some unexplained ruse,
They were tinned over to Prince
Youssoupoff.
On Monday night the prince
dined out and met several per
sons whom he took to his after a
theatre party. An hilarious night
was spent and after the guests
had gone the jewels could not be
, found
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EXPRESSES ITS REGRET
Omsk, Oct. 17. The all-Rus-sian
government has expressed its
regret and indignation over the
flogging of the American soldier,
j Corporal Benjamin Sperling, by
General Kalminkoff's Cossacke, j
word of which was received here
recently.
The government deplored the
act as that of irresponsible offi
cers. S
ISEDF
London, Oct. 17. The bishop of
Chelmsford has barred money
raised from "whist drives and
dances" from a fund of $1,250,000
which the people of ' Essex are
trying to collect for church exten
sion. Writing to his people con
cerning these amussements the
bishop declared : ' ' Both
may be
legitimate forms of recreation but
they are not methods of the
church for raising money. I have
never heard of either being open
'ed or closed with prayer."
AN GOVERNMENT
HO BAR
MNE
A
ROM DUCES
Paris, Oct. 17. Immediately
dfter the formal ratification of the
Peace Treaty with . Germany the
Supreme Council of the Peace
Conference will probably name a
co-ordination commission which
will decide which bodies shall
have jurisdiction over matters not
definitely assigned by the treatv.
1,5110 II S. SOLDIERS
SAIL HOME FROM RDSSIA
Vladivostok, Oet. 17. Tin
transport (J real Northern sailed
from here last week with 1,500
United State's soldiers returning
home.
ALLIES DESTROYED
London, Oct. 17. The net bag
of German submarines destroyed
by the American, French and
British navies during the war was
200 out of a total of 370 complet-
! ed by the enemy up to the armis-
itice, according to the War Cabi-
net Blue Book. Each of the three
navies developed entirely differ
ent systems of submarine detec
tion apparatus, and their results
were constantly exchanged.
TAKES SIXTY-TWO YEARS
TO DELIVER A LETTER
Paris, Oct. 17. They are clear
ing the letter dumps in France,
with the result that what is' be
lieved to be a record for slow de
livery has come to light. A letter
from Meyssai to Clermont Fer
rand, a distance of less than 108
miles has taken 62 years in deliv
ery. The letters elicited assistance
for the son of parents in humble
circumstances, a boy who gave
j -reat promise at school. The
boy" is now 76 years of age.
"Judge not that Ve be
not
judged," said the tramp to He
court. It worked.
Strange, isn't it, that foreign
ers always tell us that our lan
guage is very hard to learn. We
haven't found it a bit difficult.
EMPI
BUYS SEVERAL VILLAS
Amerongern, Oct. 16. The far
mer German Emperor is under
stood to have purchased several
.villas for the use of his servants
at Doom, where his new home
is
; located. The villagers say that he
j intends to take a large personnel
i to Dehorn, necessitating the ac-
Jquir'ement of about twenty houses.
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