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VOLUME VIII NO. G5.
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SCOTLAND NECK, N, C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1919. TELEGRAPH SERVICE
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btupidiiy Responsible tor Ai
Victory And American Participation
In Fight
ea
RUSSIAN WOMAN LURED
KITCHENER TO OEM!
tr
merman bpintualist
Olga Terakanoff,
The Woman
GEORGE'S CABINET FACES
DISRUPTIGNOIALIENBILL
Rejection
Yesterday
Causes Party Leaders
To Confer
AT CONTINUES SOLE FACTOR
K-t. 24. Germany' on
r. ilia live began to place
isil.iiity for the war and
ntivss had Count von
T 1 .
li-iv a select corn
he stated the atti
ierman chiefs, dur-
wjir. as t'M; stupid to take
of the occasions pre-
iv President Wilson, who
v desired and tried to
;;e prior to January,
I'i part Count Bernstorfi
nrr:
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SOON II WASHINGTON.
SAYS PRES. BOMPER
BOLSHEV EVIL SPIRIT
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lift
be
Accepted By Three Of The Four
Great
MAY NOT . RESIGN
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of the outbreak
war to the renewal of ruth
- uat warfare President
; :: was imbued with the de-
and intenton to make peace,
'. Kaiser's government re-:-''
Ay failed to grasp the right
::s"i;i or properly to co-operate
ward materializing Mr. "Wil
' - desire. It wavered in its
:;iude, disregarded my fre
e iit advices from Washington
iiiul to heed my cables and made
:Ya-n!t. or wholly nullified, the
!!-;i tc peace efforts by some
iward move at the phyeholo
al moment.'
i'Miint von Bernstorff's testi
fy was supported by stacks of,
- dispatches, which were piled
- on the committee table. These
veiled him to the German peo-
i tar-seennr diplomat and
indefatigable worker for
'. especially for preventing
between Germany and the
M States.
Agrees To The Request
Of Illinois Federation
TO DISCUSS DISPUTES
Washington, Oct. 24. A con
ference of the officials of hiterna
tional Unions affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor
will be held in Washington soon
to consider industrial disputes
now in progress and impending, is
the text of a telegram from Sam
uel Gompers today to the Illinois
Federation of Labor, which yes-
'terday asked Gompers to call a
special convention of the Ameri
can Federation to meet here.
Paris, Oct. 24. Lord Kitchener
was lured to his doom bv the in
fluence of a Russian medium in
the pay of German agents.
This is the assertion made bv
Frau Krettner, a German spiri
tualist, who inferred the woman
was the notorious Ogla Teraka
noff. Krettner said the British dis
covered the Germans knew the
schedule of the Hampshire, which
was to carry Kitchener to Rus
sia, changed their plans and sent
two vessels m the hope to mislead
the Germans. The Russian wom
an however had dominion over
Kitchener's mind and influenced
him to adhere to his original plan
of travelling by the Hampshire,
London, Oct. 24. Members of
Lloyd George's cabinet today are
considering the " situation which
has arisen as the result of an ad
verse vote in the House of Com
mons vesterdav when the govern-
Powers Which Signed
The Treaty
ADOPTED BY FOREIGN COMMITTEE
m
nt "s amendments to
the
alien
FRENCH MORATORIUMS
CEASE TODAY BV LAW
s
41 MS-BIT VESSELS
IDW TOG AT MOORINGS
Paris, Oct. 24. An official pub
lication this morning of a law de
claring a state of war at en end
fixes todav as the date from
which will run time limits on
moratoriums, excepting those
which was torpedoed
chener perished.
and Kit-
10 H0PEF0R SEN. MARTiN
1TH0UGH BETTER TODAY
Charlottesville, Va., Oct. 24.
Senator Martin, Democratic Sen
ate leader, whose condition was
reported as critical here yesterday
following a sinking spell, rested
.fairly well last night, according to
his physician, and is in no imme
diate danger this morning.
While the senator is very ill his
condition today is much more sat
isfactory, although little hope is
held out for his recovery.
bill were rejected.
Because only about half the
members of the house were pre
sent at the time the vote was tak
en it is believed the government
will not resign.
A ministerial council, under
Premier Lloyd George, discussed
the political situation this morn
ing and later the entire cabinet
assembled.
BQL5HEV MAY EVACUATE
si i nnnpiRM rnnaiTn
h i nunn h i m"1- ...
A
NDMOVETOMlSTA
Plan Is To Move Soviet
Cabinet To
TRE COAL CONFERENCE .
FAILS TO NEGOCIATE
Every one denies any respon
sibility for the high cost of living.
Of; course. No one is guilty. Prices
Washington, Oct. 24. A final
appeal was made direct by the
President today to prevent the
strike of the soft coal miners on
November 1st.
After the miners and operators,
meeting jointing with Secretary
Wilson, turned down the two
propositions to negotiate t new
wage agreement the two groups
heede dthe plea of Secretary Wil
son and agreed to return at 4
o'clock this afternoon to receive
a message that the secretary
hoped he would receive from the
President.
Washington,
Oct. 24. Opera-!
London, Oct. 24. Bolshevists
are considering the evacuation ot;
Soviet Russia, according to re
ports reaching General Denekine.
I wireless received today says
the reported plan is for the re
moval of the cabinet to Tashend
after the abandonment of Moscow
and the withdrawal of all troops
on all fronts to Turkestan.
SIR THOMAS LIPTON
FIRE ON FRINGE RUPERT
SNIP PUTS BACK TO PORT
Vancouver, Oct. 24. Fire repor-
ited in the hold of the Grand
Trunk steamer Prince Rupert is
I now under control, according to
i it
a wiriess tms morning.
The steamer left here last night
but when fire was discovered it
which may be further prolonged j 3 ust naturally jumped of their
bv decree.
s -;i?le, Oct. 24. A gray fleet
f )ri v-eight war-built, uncom
' '!''!. wooden cargo vessels tugs
;iy ai its moorings in Lake Union
tie' heart of Seattle. The
;::ais. some of them barely more
li Uills, are owned by the
in ted States Shipping Board
u.d are worth $12,000,000, it has
""ii tiip.ated. Most of them are
''''. ily to receive their engines.
"s!!:jn that didn t get
;;!M(M. they have been called as
war which rushed them onto
:' '" Mays and into the water, end-
heioiv thcv reached the seas to
Hi
FEARLESS NUNGESSER
TAKE UP JOURNALISM
Paris, Oct. 24. Lieutenant
Nungesser, second to Fonck only
among the French air fighters in
the number of German machines
downed during the war, is shortly
to make his debut in newspaper
work. He has been officially cred-
a ited with bringing down 31 Ger
man airplanes.
own accord.
! L
ii' share in forming a part
' Pershing's Bridge" to carry
ri'-an men and supplies across
Atlantic to France.
1EIIE BEEN CAPTURED
ACCORDING TO WIRELESS
GERMANS RAVE LOST
DIG DYE INDUSTRY
Berlin, Oct. 24. German trade
experts are pessimistic over the
prospects of selling German dyes
in foreign markets. Part of this
is due to the peace terms and
part to realization of the fact
that the Entente Allies learned
how to produce dyes while mak
ing explosives for the war.
It is asserted that the industry
has been further harmed by the
confiscation, by France, of facto
ries for dyes and chemicals, by the
seizure by America, of German
tors and miners today rejected the l1llt back aml is due here today,
proposals by Secretary Wilson)
that they negotiate a new wage
agreement calculated to avert the
strike of soft coal miners called
for November 1st.
SIR TUDMAS LIPTON
SAILS F0RU.S. SATURDAY
After obtaining his commission,
Nungesser began executing many
loop-the-loops, upside down
stunts, sliding on the wings, andjpatentg and their distribution to
all the aerobatics known and un- Americans . s0 that Germany
known to flying men. would be guilty of breach of pa-
Landing at last, his superior , tent if attempted to sell dyes in
officer said to him sternly : "Green : the United States again. In addi-
acrobatics are all right mjtion to which England and Amer
plaee but we shall have to ,;ca are expected to erect .customs
you perform them before the barriers making German compe
tition impossible.
Fears are expressed
London, Oct. 24. Sir
Lipton, challenger or the Amer
ican Cup, will sail for New York
tomorrow. jan appeal to the local police for
He plans to remain in theirdl'ess was futile. By supplying
United States for two weeks to ior to the natives and advanc
inspect his yacht Shamrock the inS eredit to them the Germans,
Fourth, with which he hopes to is said, have" won the support
win the cup.
Washington, (h-t. 24. Reser
vations, protecting American
i '0'1 -5 sovereignty under the
-v.e Treaty are now on the pro
gram of the majority members of
;the Senate Foreign Relations
, Committee.
These reservations, however,
must be accepted by at least three
of the oilier four great powers
which signed the treaty before
America s ratification of the
treaty become effective.
The preamble, which is the
MOSCOW MAY FALL .m'art ' tll(i reservation
i program, and about which there
was some dissent ion among the'
majority, is as follows:
"The committee also reports
the following reservations and un
derstandings to be made a part
and condition of the resolution of
ratification, which ratification is
not to take effect or bind the
United States until the said fol
lowing reservations and under
standings have been accepted as a
part and condition of said instru
ment of ratification by at least
three of the four principal allied
and associated powers, towit :
Great Britain, France, Italy and
Japan. '
The reservations are as follows:
1. Tie United States to be the
sole judge of fulfillment of obli
gations. 2. The U. S. assumed no part,
to preserve territorial integrity.
3. No mandate to be accepted
except by Congress.
4. U. S. reserves right to de
cide questions of domestic juris
diction. 5. Monroe Doctrine not to be
submitted to arbitration or in
quiry. G. U. S. reserves right to full
liberty of action regarding Shan
tung. 7. That Reparation Commis
sion will interfere with trade be
tween U. S. and Germany only
with approval of U. S.
8. U. S. not to be obligated to
contribute to expenses of the
League of Nations unless and un
til funds have been appropriated
and assaulted by a German, andii v pnffrpss
"J o "
9. U. S. reserves right to in-
GIVE NATIVES LIQUOR
AID CONTROL NATION
Sydney, Australia, Oct. 24.
Anti-British demonstrations and
actions by Germans in the little
pacific kingdom of Tonga have
aroused a feeling that all the Ger
mans in the group should be de-
Thomas! ported. Recently the British rep
resentative at Vavau was insulted
of most of the native chiefs.
crease armament without consent
of League Council.
10. U. S. reserves right of cov
enant breaking states to continue
i trade with the United States.
C
EROIAN MINISTER WILL
SIGN AUSTRIAN TREATY
11
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BETTER TO" WORK"
WAITING FOR
GMAN
one,
that
-Nikolai Le
premier of
iioliilu. Oct. 24.
1 he Bolshevik
has been captured by Jhe
ishevist forces.' according
reless nicked un bv a Jan-
:-hip in the harbor here,
message gave no further
ails beyond reporting the ev
" of Lenine.
ssia
:i-R
a v,
Arriving ieign countries will be able to push Serbian government to
Germans."
Half an hour later he was off
to the German lines.
over the trenches he repeated Germany out of the market with Serbian Peace Treaty,
li i c Tnv-pAi'mfillO I'll full vievr of mass nroductioii. " i Petit Parisian.
the officer in charge.
Paris, Oct. 24. Foreign Minis-' Berlin, Oct. 24. Lieutenant
ter Trumbich Herbia, who arrived General Albrecht, formerly conr
iii Paris vesterdav. brought with ! mander of the border defense
for- him an authorization trom the troops m tne nortneast, aavisea
the the officers of his command on the
the oceason of their demobilization,
to go to work in the mines or on
sign
says
LENOIR'S EXECUTION
CONVICTED OF TBEASON
Paris, Oct. 24. Pierre Lenoir,
convicted on the charge of having
held intelligence with the enemy,
was executed at the Sante prison
at 7 o'clock this morning.
"There you are," Nungesser
said to the Colonel, "It is done."
Serbia, like Rumania, failed to. the farms.-
.Lvervthmg
on ac-
in Germany," he
"is waiting for the cel-
COTTON MARKET.
The most fortunate man in all sign the Austrian treaty
ii i nft,i n'aln,! mi thf n.irt of declared, "is waiting for the eel- December
tne worm is ne who nas aciucvi-u iuum y-t w.j - .
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