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WEATHER: Generally fair tonight and Tuesday. Not much change in temperature. General variable winds. HE lni ESTABLISHED SINCE 1852 AFTERNOON DAILY 'ALL THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.' VOLUME VIII NO. 67. FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION SCOTLAND NECK, N, C. MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1919 TELEGRAPH SERVICE PRICE TWO CENTS COMMONWEA INTERNATIONAL TRADES UNION OPENS SOON IN WASH NGTON DEADLY FLOATING MINE U. 5. CONSULAR AGENT OFF AMERICAN COAST MAY BE FREE TODAY Germany And Austria Have Delegates Present At The First Conference Since Organization Capt. Reed Reports It j Drastic U. S. Note Pro- Close Around Barnegat duces Immediate Effect ! RANSOM BEEN PAID MEN MAKE SEARCH VERNMEHT FORMULATES PLAN TO MEET THE GOAL SITUATION j Labor Leaders Say It Would Be Impossible To Withdraw The Strike By November The First MANY FOREIGNERS WILL ATTEND Washington. Oct. 27. Labor .;.(t-rs of many nations were present here today when the In i emotional Federation of, Trades Union opened its first conference since its organization last July in Amsterdam. Delegates from both Germany and Austria are in attendance. Ti.- real business of the eonfer-t-i. " tarts on Wednesday when Sc! ai v Wilson, under the au- ranted the United States "erganizze" of the confer- will call the first meeting to crd ;-r and receive the credentials of the delegates, accepting as (ialiticd members only represen tatives of those nations which are na-iidKTs of the League of Nations a consequence of ratification of he treat v. The United States cannot be officially represented at the con- orn r MflWnfirMT mii n ilu muvLiviLii i situ. a. WAS STARTED IN MOSCOW SAYS LIEUT, m B New York, Oct. 27. With the arrival of the Coast Guard cutter Manhattan from a cruise off the New Jersey coast. Captain Byroi Reed, commander of the New Hanford, Cal.. Oct. 27. Wil liam Jennings,, consular agent at Puebb Mox., will probably be at liberty Today after being kidnap ped and hold prisoner for a week bv bandits, according to word re- ,0 GOV'T PROr .xVl NOT DISCLOSED H e Produced Book Showing Soviet Manifasto I , . 1 1 . .L .. ...1. J. 1 il. . J? . J. 1 . York division of the Coast Guard rt lxm iast m,!L lue Service, made it known that ajthis cit-v- in a brief telegram from . ll. A l . 1 1 . . . J powerful floating mine had been I im slMei OI Tne consular agenr. reported in latitude 39.25 north, The message ded not indicate longitude 74 west, which is about i wliether an-v Pion of the r; twenty miles southeast of, Barne-isom.liad been pai(L gat and near the main steamship LENINE PROPAGANDA ip- OI of ference unless the Senate proves the treaty, regardless the action bv the conference the American Federation of La bor, however, was present at a meeting of the organizing com m it tee. M:;. Gompers liad a prom inent part in framing the labor visions of the treaty, and was nied as the original member of the organizing committee of nference. The question of seating Ger man. Austrian and Finnish dele gates must go lefore the confer ence itself. The supreme council i:as approved their coming to this country, and it is reported that an American army transport may hring them. Thirty-six States have signified llifir intention to participate in the conference, and many of the delegates liave already arrived. Kach country is entitled to four de!eg;t:es two representing the -ver::meiit, one the work people ind o-:o the employing interests. K.n-h delegate may be accompa nied by as many as ten advisor's "f experts. Washington, Oct. 27. The Bol shevist movement which ''threat ens to overrun this country" has been directly traved to an "Inter national Communist Catherine of Russian Bolshevists held at Mos cow, from March 2 to March 6, bv ; Lenme and Tratzky, was the as sertion made by First Lieutenant Donald C. an Buren, of the Army Intelligence Service. He was testifying before the Senate sub-committee investigating tire steel strike as to conditions at Gary, Ind.. and elsewhere, where, Van Buren said, "Red" activities on a broad scale had been un earthed. "The nation-wide strike the "Reds'7 had planned to call was, according to information and evi dence gathered, for the purpose of freeing so-called 'political prison ers' and carrving out 'Red'1 movements and propaganda in this country," Van Buren testi fied. "All Bolshevist and 'Red7 propaganda we have traced to the manifesto issued bv the so-called 'Internationational Communist' held bv Lenine and Trotzkv at Maseow, March 2-6 of this year." Van Buren produced a little book with red covers in which he said the Lenine-Trotzky manifesto was printed in English. The mani lanes. I The Manhattan has been search ing for the dangerous de?elict for three days without finding any U'aee of it. Several floating ob jects were blow imp by the cutter, but all turned out to be kegs. Captain Reed said that addi tional cutters would be dispatched to the search. The mine was re ported about three days ago. Washington, Oct. 27. Consular Agent Jenkins, at Pueblo, kidnap ped on October 19, was released after the payment of the ransom, the State Department was advised today by the American Emhassy at Mexico Citv. CHILEAN U SAILS FOR PERUVIAN WATERS TO PROTECT INTERESTS Cruiser Esmeralda Sail ed Northward Sunday MORE UNITS PREPARE AIR SERVICE PROBE STARTED IS IRK The Chilean soiled north- GERMAN OFFICIALS TAKE OATH OF OFFICE Berlin, Oct. 27. The members of Executive Committee of the German National People's Party of Officials, those who hold state positions, have voted to sign an oath to the constitution which is obligatory for all state employes onlv on condition that thev are exempt from swearing loyalty and that they should be allowed to strive for another form of govern ment other than the present. The officials term the oath eon- tsadictorv and declare that the j constitution itself guarantees a-!,lin aiTr nr r-m iimnn :"rlom "f political views;VICDMTE DE EZA HEADS The Vorwaerts sarcastically j says that trhey will not take the oath to the republic but do not i want to lose their bread-winning positions. New York, Oct. 27. A further ! investigation into the irregulari j ties in the Army Air Service, re- ported on at President Wilson's request by Charles E. Hughes, i was begun here today by a special , congressional sub-committee, i The committee members said the chief matters on which testi mony will be taken were the ex ! oneration bv Secretarv Baker of Colonel E. A. Deeds, whom Hughes recommended to be court martialed and the construction of 'a four million dollar railroad in ! the State of Washington to haul ! spruce for aircraft production. Santiago, Oct. 27. cruisers Esmeralda ward yesterday and other units of the Chilean fleet are preparing for sea duty. , This step follows the ueports of probable revolution in Peru and the information that the Pe ruvian government is making military preparations in 'the southern part of, that country for the alleged purpose of diverting popular attention from the revolt which is said to be impending. Washington, Oct. 27. Meas ures to meet the situation which would result from the threatened strike of the coal miners were con sidered today by administration officials. Xo reply from the officers of the Finted Mine Workers of America to the demand of Presi dent Wilson that the strike be called off is expected until after the miners' executive committee meets in Cleveland on Wednes day, but meantime theofticialstook notice of the statements of union leaders that "it would be physic idly in-possible io withdraw the strike order by November 1st.." The administration program for dealing with the strike will not e disclosed until the strike devel UNITED STATES BUYS 1 IB LEFROM BRITAIN FRENCH STABLE BOYS STRIKE FOR BETTER PAY SPAINS 0 Ml CARUSO IN RAINCOAT SINGS JJILL RING Mexico City. Oct. 27. The un usual spectacle was presented to- "They could not be more nervy.'-' the paper adds, "What eon- fs -n;,.n i nnA r..-c ! sideration did the monarchical called upon the "working class to ay of 1 "),(()() persons sitting lin er their, umbrellas in Mexico s famous bull ring listening Cit overthrow the capitalistic clique in everv countrv." "The old unions have proven a failure, their leaders have proven incapable of helping the working classes," was another assertion Van Buren read from the "Red Book." "Civil war is forced on us, the bourgeoisie must be disarmed," was another. "Seizur.e of political power means the destruction system give the officials who had twingers of conscience against giving the oath to the manarch?" it asks. ' Paris, Oct. 2. According to statistics recently published by 'the Argus De la Presse, the circu 1 lation of the leading papers is as i follows: Petit Parisien, 2,500,000; j Petit Journal, 1.900,000; Matin, ! 1,800.000; Journal, 1,400,000: Ilu imanite (Socialist), 300,000; Le JPopulaire (Socialist with !shevik- tendencies. 100 000 Washington, Oct. 27. An early closing of Ihe contract for the purchase by the navy department of the British dirigible R-3N, the largest ship in the world, is ex pected, according to a statement made today by ofticials. The airship was buill along the lines of, the R-M4, which made the trans-Atlantic Might. JOHNSON AMENDMENT Bol Madrid, Oct. 27. rVicomte de Zza, who will represent Spain at the Labor Congress at Washing ton, is President of the Spanish Institute of Social Reforms. He will be accompanied by Professor Pasado, Deputy Alfonso Sala, a wealthv Catalan manufacturer and Large Caballero, a former so cialist deputy. s OFFICIALS IN EUROPE SOUTHERN CONGRES t markable painting by a the eanitalistic armv and i indoos ;md nriests and o'overn- j nv A E Tate, of Hitrh Point. N. ment officials and bourgeoisie c., on a tour of investigation into j tidier, has been presented by tools." the economic situation of Europe, Book" were being b- Enrico Caruso, wearing a heavy rubber cape as protection against the r;Mii. sing the l.ole of "Don .lose' in "Carmen." It was picturesque setting for this lera in a bull ring, which until a 'W years ago attracted the' woiuis nesi maiadors and pica ' '.' il'es. i'lie performance started under 'ark skies and duriiur the third iri ;) heavy l.ain began falling. At j opera proceed and inasmuch as by 'he oiul of the act the iiiaiiao-o tLJe timn lu vmIii 1i;i1 elisor! the nient announeed that because ol Brussels, Oct. 27. A delegation of; from the Southern Commercial its; Congress has arrived here headed RUSSIA CRUCFEB l"IS NEW TYPICAL PICTURE 27 Kharkov, Southern Russia, Oct. "Russia Crucified," a re- Russian L ONG H REMEN HAV E PITCHED BATTLE I N. Y. New York, Oct. 27. Scores of injured resulted from the pitched battle between 2,000 striking longshoremen and several hun dred men on their way to work in Brooklyn this morning. About one hundred revolver shots were firvd.. while sticks, stones, bricks and clubs were used by combatants. The police reserves restored or der and made a number of. ar rests. DEFEATED 41 TO 38 Washington, Oct. 27. The Johnson amendment to the Peace Treaty, proposing in effect for the voeing power of the Tint ed States in the League of Na tions to be increased to equal to that of Great Britain and her do minions, was rejected today by the senate bv a vole of 40 to 38. Copies of the Bolshevist "Red j particularly with regard to ex- sent "whole- 'tension of southern trade abroad. sale" by express to the working; The pasty has been in England classes in every part of the United land Holland and will go to France States, Van Buren said. . j after visiting Flanders, the devas- . . i fated regions and Louvain. shook. Thev demanded that the rani the performance would be! fourth act was started and com pleted although occasional flashes Jan Ha ry 35.16 uspe.nded. Fifteen thousand per- of lightning and low-lying clouds j March 34.49 ns rose in their seats and shout- ; forecast the storm that broke i Mav ' 33.93 i . i u m opposition until the arena' shortly after' the finale. General Denikine, Commander-in- ! Chief of the Army of South Rus sia, to the American Red Cross. Artists who have seen the paint ing pronounce it a work of singu lar power and imagination. It rep resents a female figure in peasant i dress, nailed to a cross, while a circle of scarlet devils dance t j around her. Through a cloud December - 35.67 1 which half obscures its features, leers the face of Trotzkv. General MEXICO TO PURCHASE READY FOR AGREEMENT, SAYS MINERS UNION Indianapolis. Oct. 27. While preparations for. the strike of the miners are being continued, it is said at the international head quarters of the Miners Union here today that the miners are ready to negotiate a new wage agree ment between now and November ; 1st that will avert the strike. ARMY MOTOR TRUCKS COTTON MARKET. Denikine "Was expressed the wish that the picture may be repro- Ijulv 33.45 dueed as a poster in America. Mexico Citv, Oct. 27. General J. Augustin Cahtro. formerly sub- secretarv of war in charge of that t department, will be sent to United States soon, according to El Universal, to purehas'e SEN. MARTIN TAKES INTEREST III PAPERS Charlottesville. Va., Oct. 27. Senator Martin, who is very ill here, passvd a restless night, it motor , was announced today, but able to to take nourishment at trjicks for the Mexican army to! take nounsnme-nt at nieaKidst be used in campaigns against the and read the morning papers with rebels. great interest.
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