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ALL THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL"
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Volume XL No. 80.
AMERICANS GASSED
IN WORLD WAR
WERE 70552
31 Per Cent Admitted to
pitals Were Gassed
Hos-
1,221 DIED, 2,853 DISABLED
More than :il per cent of all
American soldiers admitted to
hospitals overseas during tlie
world war were gassed, accord
ing t ) a statement made public
yesterday by tjie chemical War-
fa re
service. 'Excluding marines
and sailors, the total of" Amer
ican" soldiers gassed was 70,552,
of whom 1,221 died and ,85:j. or
.0-4 per cent, .were discharger!
as having suffered some disabil
ity' from gassing.
Hvery effort to .prepare this
country with an efficient gas de
fense in the event of another war
is being made by chemical ex
perts, acording to officials of the
service.. Fifteen thousand chem
ists have been enrolled ready to
enter service at a moment's u -lie.
and are eonstantiv en.ua' ed
in research in order to perfect
all kinds of gases for use in t lie
event ot hostilities. j
At the same time, officials ad-
(led, chemists are working out
v v"?iV J1,rhul v v,lu,i
"l' ' 1 "1L
TEREST OF SCIENCE
' p
(professional
Mai
i or woman
. -l . . -.. ,
spiritualist medium excepted)
wanted to sleep all night alone in
graveyard. $25 per night to
white man; $;5 per night to col
ored mon ; $35 per night to white
woman; $50 per night to colored
woman. ,An easy night's rest
with Soo: pay for someone who
lias nerve and is not afraid . of
spirits. Applicant will.be taken
to cemeterv in auto, provided
witl, warm cmforteble bed, bnt
nuwi Sl,Ohi, t, being chained and
loeked to bed, which is to be
nlace.l r'M,. ,.,.,f '
Representative of the Oil- City
Plizard will unlock the person at
dawn and tvke his or her exper
ience witli spirits (luring the
night and publish the story in the
newspaper! The person must
spend the nitrht absolutely alone
without even iV dog for companv,
j
but may provide himself with a
irun or Ttistol tn rlT'itr aa,. a-n
human disturbers. This "is a
hono fide offer, made -In the in
terest of science.
U KILLED IN CUBAN
PRES. ELECTION
. j
tJuba, Nov.' 19. According to
reports received in Havana 14
men were killed in the recent
presidential elections. !lilie kill-
mgs resided from clashes athe
polls both in the capital and the
lirovinces, extreme bitterness be-
ing developed in the race between
Gomez and Zapas. The Ameri-!
can minister was quoted as say-
ing that if Gomez wrere elected
New York bankers would not
MADE IN1HE ir
lend Cuba $50,000,000 which -is
desired, but that official errmhaC-'lss
cally denied the statement; . !
Four O'Clock Edition
NOVEMBER 25 IS !
LOAN DAY III PARIS
All Money Spent on That Day
Put in New Six Per. Cent Loan
BY CHAM. COMMERCE
Pet ris, Nov. 19. November
25
has been decided upon by the
presidents of oil the Chambers
of Commerce of 'Paris, as "Loan
Day." On that day, the Cham
bers of Commerce have resolved
all tiie receipts taken by business
houses' in Paris shall be invested
in the new six percent loan.
"Apart from payments for
goods sold previously, you shall
vrmg to the state in exchonge
Vr ( an certificates, all the mon
ey spent by the republic that day
v. -iethei' for nourishment or for
amusement, for clothing or for
lodgings or for purchase of any
object on. sale in the stores of the
capital," the resolultion reads.
NE TELE-v .
PRONE NOT 1RK1
The raids on the monkey v rum
RAPED
stills in Bertie of late have caus-;mW raise. With tim(Is b and
-d the boys who are engaged V prices high, I can't pav rv own!
aians tiie oil ot joy to adopts.
policy oi waiciiiui waning, anu
consequently a shortage
of
41-.A.1
ardent for immediate use.
'sitlh
nave been moved back toC
tliicker
and taller
er, ana
,k,v, een closed down on bun-
, 11,, ones near the Elm.
i , PV T '
.Mshop tork were moved several
. ,. irpi
" x .-. Aittrv "ie so xor oacn
- , ' . . . , .
4 i . n.
i i i , , , i
; i " Vxu i f
Another cause of the shortage
. x .1 4.- xi jU
at this time is theditticultv m
i . ,'
securing a supply of monkey rum
itia in tinnini1 ennn
,.,..1.... ,i 1
.11 'Ki.i.iv aiiu me ivxauiti
which prevents; fermentation!
"- it i Cl 1 1 "NT x - AT" if lico 1.1 iv r 17 I
t "M-fr u- V, ,1
" .7. '
'"T f T'? v
Sunday dnnks.-
,,Mmok "'Van
HAD HIS STORE RE
MODELLED & BEPWED
Mr. S. L. Strickland, one
oui
leading merchants, has had
the inside of his store remodelled
and vpnaintpd- anrl it certainlv
is a beauty having had up-to-
date closed in wrindowrs put in.
Ah well Sam is a hustler an y
way you find him, and another
thin o- he is always on the job.
CONSTANTINE SAYS
! PEOPLE MUST HECIDE
Iueeriie, Switzerland, Nov. 19.
Former King Constantine made
his first pronouncement respec-
'ting his attitude in the light
of
the Greek elections to tin-Associa-
ted Press today.
I cannot go to Athens at the
head of anv one nolitieol party,
and, therefore, insist upon & pleb-
isc.it e for my reurn or the re-
turn of .one of in- sons," he de-
clared. "It is for the Greek peo-
pie to decide. If the people want
me I shall return to-Athens, un-
of 'course, prevented bv un-
just force.
Scotland Neck, N. C,
MILLION DOL
DAM
AGE BY LANDSLIDE
AT PITTSBURG. PA.
Pittsburg, Nov. 19. Over a
million 'dollars damage is expec
ted to result from a- slide down
a hillside on the Biglow Boule
vard threatening, the Pennsyl
vania railroad station one build
ing was buried. Nine steam
shovels are busy moving earth
which started sliding after; engi
neers had attempted to straight
en the street.
LATEST TELEGRAPH
NEWS DESPATWSMIZELOS GREAT
Doom, Holland, Nov. 19. For-'
jner Empress Augusta Victoria j
of Germany is suffering; with
heart trouble and is regarded in I
grave condition. The family
!ha
been summoned.
i'lW'l him OiMinti-..n Uri. iP- ft "
' bt d and boai
j
u aim having Jei-iir
liiii!jf.ng (se because
, she'
-c
tOOk
m-very tlung else awav. I will nnt
! H, responsible
-'
,ildefor any de?ts he
debts, so I am notoin- to wor
; rv about hers. You
ar(
wllt- ,tftF5'
. . ' . .
: :; 5-"n TJ bZ- T
-"-l.uija., xviarvm j. i'enjruir. 1 . J
. ; . . sLdl-
: Mexico Citv Wid-W
, """" v" 1 wiie,iritoriailv alld
iortha Anne, ha vine- b'T't mtr ! .. . ...
CoahuHa.' which Wimfl v,,s fa'te.wv,l t,. a ,-
binder Government- p-vitec- ,Uh at th, peace eonfeveLTos,
l ,m uu.ge strike returned to
the ' 6wnW 'iftor- ,8n,
ei tter the assurance
ot no riisordpir - '
. aisorie. .
'
Washington, Nov. 19,-- Ovr
. i
t j. i . I
..... inumii ii hi .-v.-. ii in llfl V
i. t .. .
' .v ivn i
r g depoi tation Uie lar -
bor department saiid. Deportation
i ; ;
has b'en delnprT
1 K(n ft3Pd th? refusal
0f the ScandinaviaiA comtries to
- . ?
receive tnem
Vi '
T r -
' ok, ixov. .19.-The Unit-
p ei .corporation has annonn-
cn--datfon to con-
tinue on the pre8ent base 0y sel.
!" rric "until it becomes ne-
.cessarp' ahd proper to make chan
U"e.. ' : "
Geneva, Nov. 19. The imme
diate admission of Germany and
other former enemy states to the
. league of nations was urged be-
,forc the lealie assembly by Geor-
ne ium Jarne.s a untisii dele-
gate. He declared the British
laboring People demanded it be-
cause a corporation formed nf
. 4 . . . . ..
7 &lul'cs neeuea.to res-
- fin rim -it- 4- n i -.T-lJ .
cue ine world trom rum.
; ii i-i .
ew iorK, iov. iv. A million
dollar increase in salaries of the erty bonds and jewelry were rc- ninff8 a century. II is remark
Protestant Episcopol ministers covesed from an automobile in an1e run of hick started in Au-
Avas paid last year according to
estimate.
:..'.
New York, Nov. 19. Good
crops were in the devasted re-
gions of France. 'They are able
to feed themselves for the first
;time since 1914 according to .&a&
ie advices
"Washington. Nov. 19. Herbert
Hoover was elected President of
the Federated engineer societies.
Board
Nov. 19.
Steamship Parismina,
-Harding is enroute to
Panama and enjoping the KaTmy
Fri., November 19, 1920 Telegraph Service
3 AND A HALF MILLION
MAIL ROBRERY SOLVED
Ten Arrests, One Confession and First of a Series of District Meet
Reovery of a Large Amount ings to Discuss the Paper
of Money , I Situation
PART IN HEN HOUSE
Council Bluffs, Iowa., Nov. 19.
The mystery surroundinsr the
three million and five hundred
thousand dollar mail robberp here
is dared by ten arrests, oiip con-
ie.-v-.iuji axiu me recoverv or a
i .
large amount of the monev in t!
.chicken house!
EST STATESI
iODERN GREECE
i
i
i
.Verrizelos is thp vpHt .-...
,.. ... jjivuiv.,!! .-LCtt'C-- I
i unui
or modern Greece.
He
otli
has j
ter-
and I
i, vasuy enlarged ureece
i ir i i -m
economicaliv.
j restored ner
prestige. greatlv j
-i ,. .
-.'vivi uic iii.Ncisirous war
; yopftiimr "r'uplm- n:.. i i i i
,j leauei snip
! i . .
uui-ut-' vireece a potent lactor m
! the Balkan wars, tbrough which
he recovered Saloniki and a
large p:irt of Macedonia. In the
world war lie thwarted CJoiistn-
on 'u . i n-
n "- j''i oi uii ainance
ficVniiuiy. Ooillg .so far a.
ii
to set up a rival provisional gov-
i?rum.e-ni . ... lie . firmlv cemented
oi: the claims of Greece
. .
; Theese signal services have
i
, been forgotten bv the Greek
voters, who have given vent to
i ':,i i ...
i.uuiwuuai ui i 'm oi reseiir
'in,.-.,...
. 1 1 . r i
of long standinff
1 Venizelos was ,the champion of
the ollied e-' w,
1 1 1 e allied cause. . When he is-
-.
snmed control after Constantine's
L 4, ... .1 ,
ik'li'lucuu 10 suouiuer
responsibility for all the faults
-
o me ainea policy oi coercion.
If the Germans had come in and
ruled Greece under Constantino.
loubtless there would have been
similnv vnrnltiuiii omitmiiiit
ll. . 11" 1 1 r.
at the first favorable opportunity.
- IL '' '' i .
BANK RDBBER KILL
ED, BIG BONDS TAKEN
IJoanoke, Nov. 19. Tn a battle
with the police a: man know known
a both Ja n n -ai
Philadeilphia and Charles Myers :
rtf ai :
. x . . . . . .i...iv.i i. .!.
vl ll14ltl ruicu dim y uuctiu
... -
--
1'orter- and Charles Carter were
. . . , ,il, 3 iil. 1.1
i-ttiuieu ciiargeu wuu oiowing
open aTtd -oi-g fTTe bank at
Glasgow. A bag filled with lib-
which the men were riding
j .
jrulf breezes under a clear sky.
He read wireless press dispatches
and "took it easy".
Seottle, Nov. 19. Hundreds of
Alaskan Indians rvre facing star-
vat ion because of th nonv al-
----- - t - . y -'w
mon fishing according to reports,
Washington, Novj 19 JText
vr
ar be "Harding year" in mens
clothing styles, designers have an
nounced. Conservative, suits lean-
ing to blue and dark gravs wnll
be the vogue. ,
OF I
EDITORS MEET AT
WELDON SATURDAY
MEET IN CENTRAL HOTEL
Nov. 19.
-The first of the series
!of district meetings of state
as arranged was
1 resident J
F
u 1 1 1
the
Carolina
grt -association
Weldon next
w ill be hel-
j .Saturday jr.crnoon at 5 o'clock
with both an afternoon and night
i. : t ; j j. . j
.ession.
invitations to attend
lie meeting
have
been sent to
e.iglen editors of northeastern
Carolina, and according to tem
porary Chairman Cooper of the
'ield Progress nrae,tie;dl v
4
one i those invited lias
ignified his intention of beim
!l 'resent.
1 lie Saturdav session wiP I
held at the Terminal hotel in Wei- I
don. The meeting will be called
to order by Ir. Cooper at 5
o'clock, after which there will
e tlie "election of a permanent
chairman and discussion of pre
sent newspaper problems.-. The
editors .will be served dinner at
tlie hotel, after which there will
V- a night session wofh a contin
uation of shop talk, the principal
"dree in the discussion being giv
en to the print paper shortage.
Officials of the state. 'press as
sociation" wliicirhas bee'ri wfr1?1ng
to remedy the print paper situa-
ion and which formulated plans
for the district meetings in an
effort to solve te problem for the
small papers, give assurance
that there is a supply of paper
available at a lower pr;r- rhan
is now being paid. It is to per
feet plans for utilizing this sup
ply and to secure it for the pa
pers whohave been hard hi$ "by .
the shortage that
the Weldon
meeting has been called.
'r'l. 4: 4 . , i i i:..;.i
: jLiic eiinie siciLe nas ueen ciiviu-
,( ! into twelve districts, in each
of -which 'a' meeting has been call-
ed, but especial significance is
l attached to the session of the
;('dltors' of this district Saturday
-'s it is the first session to con-
vene under the new plan and 'will
fiirnish an idea as to the success
oftheproject.
CUBAN SUGAR PLANT-
EB WINS S9.0MI.in
.
A Cuban sncfir ril;ntpi TTjimii.
rz- i j -...... i .
I. li -iir. .t- ,i
1, 1 l . Tl t". ..T i
' .viesa, won aurmg the sum-
m-l Uilridnv liMOr.-ll-Clt ol.lm- i-n
...mn nti?, m
EroPp an amount totaling near-
'.V ,uuu,UUU 1 lie greatest win-
-Ihe r real est.
Uvt r,t Deauville, France, where
his gains were $700,000. At Aix
Ies Bains and Biarritz he won
$2,000,000 and $6,000,000 respec-
jtively. He says that his brain is
(clearest and that he thinks fast-
est when big stakes
are uy
iro
stopjjed at the height of hf.s fr-
tune, savin? that if ha Pnntinnnrl
: -i v . m - , v t,'jx.iiv
to play he knew, his luck would
! .
!turn.
SNOW AND SLEET
COVER ALLECrHENIES
Cumberland, Md., Nov. 19.
Tin
: Alleghany Mountain, section
. Price Five Cents.
FRANCE TO RAISE A
Volunteers Who Fought
The French Army
in
TO COST $100,000
Paris, Nov. 19. General " TSlan
giu is organizing the task 'of ob
taining subscriptions for a mag
nificent monument to the Amer
ican volunteers who fought with
tlie French army, to be. set up
shortly in' the Place des Eats- '
-Unis. The monument is to be
by the well-known French sculp
tor, Poucher, and will cost $100,-'
000. No foreign subscription
will be acepted: all donations,
must come fron French sources.
Once a year ja military cere
;:ony will be ;' held before the
statue and after a. funeral march
has been played, the Officer in
command will read out o f;v gob;
den book the naiivs of the dead
; volunteers. To each name the
jresponse will be given: "Dead
n the tiehl ,of honor". The
"'Last Post" will 1 e sounded and
ilie French soldiers will march
oast th( stalue and present arms.
PROHIBITION TAKES
IN JAMAICA GINGER
Washington, Nov. 179. Jama
ica ginger came under the prohi
bition ban Wednesday night.
fb'dei-s issued by Commissioner
Willjanrs, of the Internal Heve-
nno Bureaui't'focti.ve. in 90 doys
class tincture of ginger, whether
sold as Jamaica ginger, extract
of ginger, 01 by whatever other
name, known, as an alcoholic pre
paration fit for use for bevefaffe
ourposes, ami subject to prohibi
1 ion. regulal ions.
P
0
. G. YOUNG BEAT
EN BY PRISONERS
'i Springfield, III., Nov. 19. S.
f:lon .. ..,i. :i.:a: p.
j.uuh a ptuniDintm enior-
cement officer " was beafen " by
prisoners in tlie county jail when
Young was locked up charged
u'iJl murder. lie was beaten and
doused with hot water. Young
v'as released on w rit of Habeas
0,"PS-
DDEEN OLGA IS RE
GENT DF GREECE
"'"' at'"".
. says Admiral Coundouriotis ha-s
resigned the regency , in favor of
. '"-r n-fijiiy v . in ja v r yj .
n ht .i ri ... i
iue vucni ii)im'r ijga, who 1S-
sued a "message announcing the
n nr.-
iissumption or tiie oitice on ac-
count of the absence of mv well
beloved son Constantine.
COTTON MARKET
December 1TT60
January 1G.02
March "' 15 92
Mav 15 90
Tni.r 15 70
Local Market 14.
Cotton Seed- 37 V per bushel.
hlankpfprl bv nnv iwl sTeer.
- . . v ' " ' - " ' - '
At Frostburg "the snow and sleet
.... .....
is about five inches deep with the
fall unabated. At Thomas, W Va.
on the Western Maryland Rail
way, it stands 12 below zero,
with two inches of sleet. On the
Big Savage Mountain the sleet
is six Inch eg deep. '
MAGNIFICENT MONU
MENT TO AMERICANS