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NO *AimCJP*TIO* WILL
TAKEN BY UNITED STATI
UNTIL 8ENATE ACTS.
Opinion (? Privately Expressed Thai
This Decision Will Hasten Final ^
Roll Call on the Question.
Washington.? Taking notice of re
torts that the United States might
aid in carrying out provisions of the
peat* treaty in advance of the trea
ty's ratification by the senate, the ad
ministration announced Ameri
can diplomatic and military participa
tion is certain of these provision!
must wait until the senate had 'acted.
? At the state department it was de*.
cjared this governing would, not
accept the invitation of the supreme
council at Versailles to take a place
immediately on the international com
missions set up by the treaty, and at
the war department it was made clear
that no American troops would be
used without seaate sanction to po
lice districts where the treaty pro
vides for plebiscites under the mili
tary supervision of the great powers.
The two announcements were made
simultaneously and generally ^were
accepted in the sepate.^- where the
possibility of premature American
participation in the treaty has been
pne of the storm centers of criticism,
as amounting to an administration
declaration of policy on the. subject.
Senators on both sides of the treaty!
controveVsy expressed ' the -opinion
privately that the administration
stand would aid in hastening the 11
actions go on as ^beC^re. This an
n^Bocement came as ra^^prlse to
tfce general body of delegates, espe
cially as subcommittees of many for-1
sign -missions asked .tor American 'fr'
nancial assistance, and set forth that
extension of credits is vitally necessa
T&in order that tbey might success
fully; meet the reconstruction prob
lems of their respective countries, rj
6MO EMPLOYES OF BIG ? \ f, '
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an York?About 5,000 bookkeep
stenographers and -other clerical
ioyes of the . Borden^Condensed
c company went on strike in New
? city agi. suburbs. having reoent
onnedithe Bookkeepers, Stenogra
ra and Accountants' union, 12, M6,
arican Federation of TMor. Ac
Ifagto union offi rials, some of the
A wage increase of -40 per
m ahortey hours a?.apughfc,||
gPATJHCK 8AY8 H*8 ' ^ -
f MEN HAVE UPPER HAND
I'< W-'r? Opli
tttsburgh.? -The steel strike was
iBwed by the national committee
Organising toon and steel work
at an extraordinary session.
& declared that the beginning of
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PROSPECT? OF ADJOURNMENT j
OF THE CONGRESS BY DATE
? - ^"^Ksfo?' "??? I
OF NOV. 10 ARE 8MALL. ?
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HOUSE
Or".
Important Committee Activities Are
Planned in. Both House and .Senate ?
Reopen Strike Investigation.
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from ad
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WasMngLon. ? Pressure
ministration sources for enactment o 1
parmanont railroad legislation may
block tentative. plans of congression
al leaders for adjournment of the ex
^ordinary session about November
10.
L Leaders were of the opinion tliatl
miess .consideration of the German
peace treaty is expedited action by
the senate on the railroad bill prior
jo November 10 would be impossibly
The railroad bill as completed by
is senate interstate commerce com
mission is to be in position for con
sideration immediately after the rati
Scation of the peace treaty.
While the senate treaty fight con
:inues, the house expects to pass thel
>udget bilL
Many important committee activi
ties are planned in both senate and
iciee. The steel strike investigation
>f the senate la&or committee will
>e reopened. . j
/ICE-PRESIDENT MARSHALL
, TO BE KING ALBERTS HOST.
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Washington.? Owing -to .the illness
if President Wilson, King Albert at '
. , . ; , ? *ieth of
having notified' the
ment that ft can no
the care of Austrian prisoners of
in Russia and Siberia, the Austrian I
government is ' asking the American J
Red Cross to look after: these 200""
men.
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Washington.? The army is now
below the 300.000 mark, an off
statement giving the strength &s tw,
477. The net Te&igtton since Novem
ber 11, last, has been tfrper. cent.
American forces abroad total 85,000,
including the 8.000 in Silesia.
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FATE OF LENtNE-TRO
Regime is suite if
Washington? "The
but " it is
fSved
bliS." ,
here thns summarises the j ? Hi
Russia.
Only the "iiftrtia' *of the anti-bol
shevik groups halv permitted the
present Moscow, government to re
main alive tyyond September 16, one
official who has made a special study
of the situation said, :
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PHYSICIAN^ ENCOURAGED
Wash ingtcru.? Having obtained
?ostratte condf
? recovery last
was the vlcti
trouble. His condit
Doctor Qrayson annoi
issued
e wldte house
l had a si;
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Wallace.? At the instance of
Wallace hoard of trade Senator
mons h"?.* had up with the ral
administration the spatter of ?
adequate supply of freight care
- Washington (Special.) ? On rfecom
ommendation of Senator Simmon,
and 9 there the comptroller of the cur
rency has appointed Cbarlea V. Browz
of 'iAialttrion, ? natioaal bank vxaxu
iner assigned to duty in Uc third fed
eral reserve district.
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Winston-Salem.? It is estimated thai
"the production of' wheat in Foreytl
county this year totalled 200, 000. hush
els. Only 38 of the 63 thresheri
have made reports up to this tim<
and these show a small' average pei
acre, the amountbeing nine and one
fourth bushels.
Fayetteville. ? Sale of the Fayette
Till# Observer, an afternoon newspa
per ^The Press Company, -a ne^
publishing organization, was announc
ed by MaJ. B. J. Hale knd Sons. Th<
purchaser, it was stated, will con
2?
morning edition if circumstances jus
[t AsheviUe? Suit for. $100,000 as dam
ages for the death of B.HJUten, al
leged to have been killed in an acci
dent last 61 ay, was instituted in su
perior court here by Ellis C. Jones
administrator of the estate of the do
ceage-J against the Aiid^w Manufao
turing Company of Andrews; C.
embezzlement of more man f
county, ' stats and school fund
etf 1 In Henderson, from the
part of the state; and gate -1
?March^tm 1
:4 -iftHsnRth
lissome, Inspiring lnflu?
4lflh Schools, Industrial
es and Collet* As Well
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les and Town*? To Pro.
Ideals of Citizenship.
N. ?.-A campaign ft?
ting waged throughout
ginning October 20
>ber 30, to provide
?hich to very greatljr ex
the activities of the
ht?JB
sdR&M
ganization .' baa *
the past-.fewweeks
director of the
re, and offices orthe aa
thai the pub
ie of the
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Sr.? sc-sfsn. ? : ? - -> "? -??-ja
pressing a call.
haww '? v. \
^Of the Yi M. 6. A.
avfuaai-s-^.f
of pocial, educa
__ and reUgio^a ao
i towns and rural com
1 & * llrJ
of Its work in ind
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B'$ ^^fnternaUoiM
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<tjhe T. M.JE A. College at
enp.^ where expert *ork
:*l?j
>p . Community Ueadera. i
no -feature dt 'the 'iiurw
I libra attention
Wk^ln %malf|
POTPPHTIM
P file enlarged 'fl work has
ipecially insisted upon and em
by iiervlce men who have
to their. :i?Wes - j.'te ^theii'
rural - communities after
an dppartunity te see the ef
tess and wholesomenees of "Y"
he ? army camps and to
or live counties are al
t&t whole-time Secre
to take up this work which win
ffr fit '-K- v^i - -L\
I nee of Buys Work.
lan. 300,000 bdy?
orth Carolina between thi^ ages
and 20 yeiito. the ftiture of the
*4 will be . determined by those
00 boys. Thinking men in the
1 'who are strongly supporting the
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" "Y" activities in industrial
nitles,. high school?, colleges
towptf and mraVcommunitles,
in the cities, aire tile
it no agency and no factor
Instrumental in promot
of citizenship as the
among' the boys is
_ everywhere? in. cl
communities and rural
veil as in high school
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ily/ Southern.
t -movemerit of the Y.
loilthern; .The
_ Southern Y. M C.
t a conference *
it has been
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NORTH MI8T0KICAI,
' ?ret tf y???9^ ? - ? l>i~Srt?7fcc?i4irJ v.- .
COMMI&S
FON CANVASSING fi
FOR MATERIAL* PM
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ftWPIH
Ami'
V V .t va >~n* ; i*- _ ?-? EfBJS '" ; > "\S * ^ ' ? ?.V * ? 1
General Assembly Appropriated Mon
ey for Collection and Preservation
of These invaluable Records.
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.Raleigh.
: '.The North Carolina Historical Con*
mission Is canvassing the entire state
for fetters, diaries, pictures, newspa
per clippings ? in fact, all materials oi
any nature that throw light on North
Carolina In the World War. -R. B.
House, Collector of W-ar Records for
the Historical Commission, is con
ducting this canvass by going, to the
sources of such official records as
Red Cross Chapter Histories, Local
Board reports, etc., by organizing
Volunteer comjnitteeB_ to assist him in
the various counties, and by going
himself from commanit7 to commun
ity; all over the state.
These materials canvassed for,
JEfluable as they are, will perish very
'rapidly unless they are stored where
fire, rats and other destroying agen
cies cannot get at them. .Practically
the only safe depository for such
things is the fireproof Hall of History
in Raleigh,
Realizing the necessity: of preserv
ing these valuable records, the last
general assembly appropriated money
for the work, and" directed the histori
cal commission not only to collect all
data possible about North Carolina in
the World War, but to prepare a com
plete history of the state's life in that
ereat event ?
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NOT If UCjH HOP? ENTERTAINED
OF A SETTLEMENT UNLECS
STRIKE IS CALLED OFF.
Operators Must Change Stone-Wall At
titude and Indicate Willingness -
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to Frame Another Agreement
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Washington.? Failing . after an all
lay conference to avert a strike of
nearly half a million bituminous coal
miners, called for the very eve ot
winter, Secretary of Labor Wilson in
vited miners and operators to send
their full scale committee to Wash
ington when another effort to* bring
about peace will be made.
Both sides 'accepted the invitation
This did not offer any great iiope,
however, for representatives of the op
era tors stood firm 'in their determipa
tion not to negotiate any demand foi
a six-hour day, and not to deal with
tie o&ons unless the strike, set toi
November 1; was called off.
John' L. Lewis, acting president pi
the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica, whose word probably would
awing the unions one way or tjte
other, showed that he was laboring
'under a terrible; strain when be left
Speaking 10 aftroup of reporters, he
paid he had told Secretary Wilson that
the 32 feemberd of his , wage scale
committee would be here io meet aft
equal number froth the other aide, -but
that It would be useless to reconvene
the Joint inter-state wage conference
"unless the operators changed theii
stone-wall attitude," and indicated a
willingness to frame another agree
ment
urge>Advertisers to
JUJ.IL J ?llA A# ff.V
ciinea to grant tMFs demands or the
trades were adopted a meeting d!
the board of directors of the audit bti-,
rean of circulation. The organization,
is composed of advertisers, advertis
ing agents and pqblishars of newspa
pers and periodicals in the United
States and Canada.
Two hundred and fifty employing
printers met and reaffirmed, their de
cision to hold Ottt agajifet the stria
LESS THAN 15,060 U. 8.
SOLDIERS' NOW IN FRANCE.
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Paris. ? The actual number of Amer
lean troops now in France is less than
15,000 apd is rapidly diminishing,
General, W. D. Connor, commanding
the American troops in Wanoe, said.
Within a month, he atajad^ ,.7irtually
all of the soldiers "will be gone, as thfe
task of repatriating the German pris
oners is nbw completed!
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AVIATOR IS KILLED WHEN
PLANE FALLS Af STv PAUL.
Paul.? Lieut. Canrtron Wright,
in charge of the landing field here for
the transcontinental air racen, was
inatanfiy killed when an airplane in
which he Was riding as apasgenger
went into a. tail spin and dropped 200
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