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VOL, 7. No. 12
FA VETTE V 1 LI E, N. C. WEDNESDAY, RLRCH 1 .191b'.
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German Lines I'orm Complete
Semi-circle Around Bel
" eavgered City. . '' ..
FIVE MILES FROM THE CITY
120,000 Men Estimated to lie
Dead and 20,000 Lying on the
Battle6eld large duns at
, Verdun Iking Taken to the
Rear, Berlin Correspondents
Are Reporthijf.
(By Intl Ntws fkivfce.)
Lor.doo, Fvb. 29 The Crr
jnana tudy reported the rap
, lure -f .five towns southeast of
. Ywdmu. C5w. Adoubourt,
S?v lilawjc-MnhBrffe. n4 Champ
. ton, are the to ns.
The advance fw oter s front
twelve mil Iwst and i a jtin
, of front one to four il
throe days.
It bring tti rrfrwin tine
within fle mil of Verdun it
"lf. I
FIVE tOWHS
mm
This ci-mpV'? the line around the
U'.emciu-ed.city almost into a perfect
tmfcircle.
lloldieg their gains on the slope
. of the hilU-in the face of the fire
t fntn the French .bulterie, the Cer
Vjumi May hwd their mettle by
.dri t'jbciglbt ,t the east of
""'.Orn". Highway. -
The fiv otitftr fort whkh pmU
."Verdun o the t ,r now within
range of the German Ug puns.
According t the Frvm-h statement
tonight the violent en!aught-r he
f re Fort Dum have broken
RrporU .f the fittr.g laid night
!roujft mw j' enrmrter HwJ to
hand f.gh'. re! in the repuls fif
the Orinan fflT-rts to break the
Frei-rh in.
In Champavn the advance agaimst
Sj'ppcs I as w'."Vi(t'i1 tf'-
tiittrh ttrdr Rr.n h d f rwlt.es
J-retvH tt.t'r s 'f h !-. jf
frt If 'h ti' ih . ffcr in the
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Mreet Force is Trrnmnnsr and
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l"iti tbn it will work nv i njiiiii-lion
with ih r il y jjuverumeiit. and re
)uet that i.wm r of pr-pcrty in the
residential !tHti)n of the city, wher
thcitfare no trees plant some. Where
there are trees, the owners will be
ursr.-d to ee that they are trimmed
and attended to.
THE Tl'RKS W.EJJE I f frnfi fi U f fl I'll I m
. v Mw.jifjiii,l 15 KILLED
CorrcsponcSt-nl Say 16'Rodit-s of!
Armenians II unit L'pon
. - tUe Rridge.
way W Stuciho'lm from C-?tuuti-FMjj-lt
ylve a very jMsssirnislic. f'.s
scription of the sitvatjon in Turkey.
Th fi'J!tin whether he did not
think ' that the heir presumptive,,
Prince Yussuf ).2dlin, was murder
ed by the .tool of Enver Pasha, jnade
him smile. Everyboiiy in Constanti
nople, he eaj.d(..Kr!ew that and hd ex-f
ptjtte.1 it to happen far several months
no one perhaps more than the mur
dered prime himself. The latter ha1
p!acd bis last will and politic taa-lament-
in 'the hatidg f nin f riwids,
laving in various parts of the coun
ty. ' '
""The Turkish population,' he .said,
In.. . wwifideiice whatever in the
Cmaii biUrt,m of victory and .never I m Mexico. The official dispatches
had. not even h-n thty wre true. tateil thst tlvs killing occurred Sun
They have aU-y felt that the par-! day.
. !!. .,.:. hW Iipatche(i from the interior of
world war was nothinir TOore than a
piribk, and a the war i bein? pro
lonre4 .their fwr of the wutcome are
growing fas-t. j
nHe' .Bwnimw .visit of ' British j Washington.. Feb. 29. Federal In
. - v. l.-i.. ren. enactors Reed and . DeckHss. who
tinopte created a vertiahle panje.
These Fnfrlisihmen,1 the Turks aid,
moat be in liajrue with Fhtrtan T:m
e!f, ainc they miRreed in gettinj?
throi-'Kh, no matter how many rows
uf miw are p!.ad outside the en
trance to. the port, and thn they al
ways kfww where the hip are woor-
d whii-h they want to destroy. Not
ifl-e have thry made the tnistafct! of
attarkiri? a neutral nhip."'
"What fi very r!epre.is!nz is the
conatant fru-lton J.twe-.n the Tork-J
h p.'S"j',-'' and tht frmn
; .r. vv,, 1 in. rorv I !eft
thtr was
not Mr-le TirV-h fd
Iit lr!l in the c'y a:ui ne-r di
en
vpt ir-ir pa without
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in n,miw
battles be
a'li! derm ir
Jireet.5 of oid
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B.rl f-r e -rvr?v -f
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! tji.rl i'(l.i)(Ml,IIO''t white jw
in cumVi it. After the Hoer War ti:
were Sr.rt.lHW cmigranta from
Hritich Isles, of whom 123,000 w
ll!
cnt
ur-
to the Fnited States. Such an
renro t the en.l of this war will
prevented, it is hoped.
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BAHDITS
Stale Di-partiaent Was Yesiter-
day Ac! used of the Death
ofGrtnerIJarr.es.
HE WAS KILLED SUNDAY
Labor ' rprif-in'gs Are Reported
From the Interior of Mexico
Federal Inspectors Who
Put 0- K. on the Eastland
Reinstated With Full Pay
For Time of Suspension.
(By Intersatiunal Kews Senice)
Wfashingt Jti, Feb. 23. The Senate
Depurtmeitt, was advised tonight of
the murder of an American tilisen,
Giovw C. BjrnM, by ViUatta han-
1 tweaty-mile .north of Jra-anw
Mexico reported that extensive la
bor uprising ar eminent in Mexi-
'eo City.
placed the O. K. on the Eastland to-
diiy were given a clean bill of the
htaltb by Secretary Redfield. They
were restored to their former ranks
.with full pay for the time they have
been -under,, suspension.
' -.CONTEST WINNERS.:
The following were winners in the
Observer eontest which endtvl Mon
day night but the votes werecount-
ihl last n:2it.
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sol-'Ford Touring car; Mif-s.Mary Ixu
l'var.i. f? Krx. tne Koai1?Hr: 3irp. . r
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l"-tadwy, diamoM) ring; Mrs D. M.
I- airly, of Manchester, second dia- .
i.i rirg: Mrs. b. J. McL.aunn, ray-f
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Committee f-vr Dcposikirs
ATTITUDE OF CONGRESS ON
HIS FOREIGN POLICY NOW
FRENCH L1HER LA
PRQViriCEJS SOUK
Struck By Torpedo In the Medi
terranean and !oes
Down.
WAS THE LARGEST LINER
Had Been Converted Into a Crui
serLoss of Life May Run
: High In the Thousand Mark
i Survivors Landed at Malta
and on the Island of Milo, it
Is Stated.
(By International News Service.)
Paris, Feb. 29. The reat Frca-;h
Liner La Province, which was srn-vert-.d
into a cruiser, was sunk by
a submarine & the Mediterranean on
5?itnr?nw; Of those on board S70
ware rescued. No details as t the
loss .of life have been receiveo. ine
toss is estimated from five hundred
to a thousand.
The vessel, which was the .largest
rd fastest French l.r.er engaged in
traffic before ft became a cruiser was
capable of makinjr 2 1-2 knots an
hour and had a displacement of 13,
000 tons. Of the survivors 256 were
taken to MaJfca and the balance num-
Tering 574 were landed in' the island
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HERE'S A 'C HAP THAT HAD
some tow;h UXK
(Ry Irrtenmtional News Service.
Ixndon, Ffcb. 2?. "Ifard Luck"
. ' .. t
irom ioi:o'.K
Canada last year, he slippwi while
1 -going; up the fanit way aTid broke his
arm. The member "had Knitted when
h reii'.-A. the French pr;rt ami go
irsr ashore, he fell from the dock in
to the water. vraV fi-hud oat barely i
xi time to save h life-
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Letter to Fou Startles Qfficial Washington and
Democratic Leaders Throw Up Their Hands
In Dismay at the President's Change In Atti
tudeMay Be One of Two Reasons Pou
Confers With President Today May Be Sly
Move.
"JEAN CRONES" HAS
LEFT THIS PLACE
He Turns Up In Wihwngton
This Time Believed a
Big Joke.
"Jean Crones? the Chicago soup
poisoner, who might have been in
Fayetteville a few days ago, has de
parted from this section. He is sup
posed to have turned up in Wilming
ton sometime Monday night, for Jie
chief of police there, according to
the 'Wilmington Star of yesterday, re
cived a letter Monday with practi
cally the same wording as the ones
which Chief Kelly
received here.
Crones expressed a desire to give the
Wilmington force just what a lot of
folks are trying to keep away from
namely, a substance about seven times
seventy-seven hotter than fire.
It is now generally believed both
here and in Wilmington that some
practical joker is having the time of
hia life with the police forces in this
State. It is hardly conceivable, it is
said, tat Crones could get around
Jike heMias een doing, if it is really
"he that has been sending out all these
letters.
Still another suggestion is that
some fneid of the Soup poi.sor.er is
beinvr sent over the country to send
out these letters in order to turn the
officers from the track of Crones.
STUDENTS REBUKE THE
mmp AfnTVr: .flFFICIAI5
(By International Netvs Service.) .
Tokio, Feb. 25. An incident which
I iV! r,rm l-j nnralWwt itl anV ieiClS-
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rurnnwj.y and Ml th.;m to ininj their
own." basinet, then, when they "dli
face their young censors, they made .
? "rry fofis cf -tht-mselves," , f
(By International News Service.)
Weshington,' Feb. 29. Presidt-nt
Wilson unexpectedly demanded tf
Congress today a vote of conHdenc
on his stand against Germany's ut
marine policy. Oflicial Washinguw
was startled when the White
made public a htter from the Pisi
dent to Edward W. Pou, of .tl
Carolina, asking for aa "early o"
on proposals to warn American UO
belligerent marchantmen.
I)miocratic leaders of the ilouV
who have fought for a we k t
vent a vote on the warning resolu
tion, threw up their hands in d;Hinay-
' They had no warning of -'hiu-.g
in the President's uttitud and serf
not "consulted.
The President in his et.r to Mr,
Pou said in part:
"Inasmuch as I learn that Mr lleo
ry, the chairman of the Rules Cor'
mittee is absent in Texas, 1 t -. tis.
liberty of calling your attention to
matter of grave cancern to thi
try which can, I believ, be har.H:
under the rules of the House only bf
that committee.
"The report that there are divide
counsels in Congress in regard to tl
foreign policy is be'mg made indus.fr-
otis use of in foreign capitals. I
I lic-ve that that report i. false, but e -.
long as it is anyvvhee credittsi it :
c;tn not fail to no tr.e greatest earcr.
and -evnose the countrv to a serko
rift. I therefore feci justified in
!hv'tla your committee will pencnt
me to urge an early vote on the reeo-
lut.on with the regard to travel 09
armed merchantmen . which has r
Gently been so mt'is-h talked alt
altout 'tu
1 order that there may t imrr.'vuiti
opportunity for 1
'actioii and tiwt
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