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! V v. v FEAR NEWS WEATHER RETORT jr, today and warmer; Thursday prahably fir. CAPE FEAR NEWS Has Full Telegraphic Leading Advertising Mes&asn VOL. 1. NO. 42. FAYETTEVILLE. N. C.WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1916. PRICE, Si.OO PER YEAS CAFE SITUATI0I1 GRAVE SAYS LANSING ADMINISTRATION WILL GET ALL FACTS BEFORE TAKING ACTION- Administration Must Know If the Persia Was Sunk By a Submarine, If So, Why? Washington, Jan. 4. The Wilson administration wilt await a!! fact in regard to the sinking of the liner Persia before taking action, it was announced at the State Department today. The administration reached this conclusion after President Wilson had htld a lengthy d:.u.-si..o with Secre tary Lansing. It was pointed oi,t that the admin istration must have the following be fore it can take action: First. Was the Persia realty tor pedoed? Second. The identity of the sub marine that fcai.k the Persia. Third. The circumstances of the attack. The admn;ifrtur, is awaiting the report of Ambassador Penfield, in Vienna, who has l.eh instructed to get all available iiiformation on the subject and to transmit it to the State Departniert. He ha been asked to determine what the Austrian govern ment knows about it. An.iavi;t fru sjrvivors are also desired. A statement issued today by n...-rtm.TH It reads: "The President and Secretary of State are doing all in their power to get the facts in the case of the sink ing of the Persia, and that it will act as soon as it has all the farts." That the situation was grave is vouched 1"T by Secretary Fanning who aaid: "The situation is grave with possi bilities, and not because of former protests which have been made." The direct intimation in Teutonic circlet was that if it was an auatrian' submarine that sank the Persia, it was justified because the ship was armed. It was pointed out that in all previous notes that government has mentioned "unarmed merchantment." HAS FIRST COIN HE EVER OWNED !r. A. M. Moore, while looking among some curios yesterday, chanced quite accidently to stumble upon the first piece of the roin of the realm that he ever possessed. It is in the form of a twenty-five-cent piece, and was given to him by his grandfather, '.who' punched a hole in it and hung it around his neck for him to chew while he was cuting teeth. SCHOOL WILL OPEN HERE THIS MORNING Donaldson school will open this morning. Yesterday and Monday the students were returning here to be on hand for the opening after the holidays, and up until last night ere still arriving. "KEEP WATCH," SAYS MIL FORD Arrives in Detroit And Greeted With Reusing Welcome Ily Friends. Dertoit, Jan. 4. Keep watch over the peace movement. I am not dis couraged," was the message that Henry Ford brought to the people of Detroit today upon Til sreturn from his peace voyage to Europe. Many of his friends met him at the station with flowers, and gave him a rousing welcome home. Ford jumped to the platform and then stepped in a waiting limousine and drove to his home in Dearborn. 156,000 BULGARS-GERMANS ARE ON THE BORDER Saloniki, Jan. 4. It is reported that the Bulgar-German forces on the Greek border aggregate 156,000. Of these 120,000 are Bulgarians. MR. AND MRS. JOYNER HAVE A REUNION Over Hundred Cueata Were Present and All, Had a Very Nice Tiasa. Special to The Kews.) , Stedman, Jaa. 4. On the 87th of December, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Jones gave a reunion at their home for their tan children, which were all present. There was one hundred and twenty-five invited guests to enjoy the day with them, and the bountiful din ner which was freely spread to all. Among the host of friends were sev eral good musicians, which added greatly to the enjoyment of the day. Among those from a distance were: J. G. Lay ton and family, W. J. Jones, Sr., and family, Mrs. W. D. Holland anad daughter, Mrs. Mary Butts, of Dunn, N. C: Mr. and Mrs. Neil Hodges, of Rocky Mount; Mr. Bradly Hodges, of Benson; Mr. Jimmie Fish er and daughter, Fannie, of Cedar Creek; Miss Janie Hall and Bern ice McClaurin, of Fayetteille. . PROHIBIT SALE OF WHISKEY IN PARKS Washington, Jan. 4. Representa tive Randall, of California, today in troduced a bill into the House to pro hibit the sale of intoxicating liquors in public and national parka. ATLANTA TO TRY OUT RECALL SYSTEM Atlanta, a, Jan. 4. A unique con test came to close here tonight and the city will vote tomorrow for the first time under, the new recall sys tem when it will be determined if James G. Wood worth and five police commissioners can be recalled from their offices. All three .newspaper are fighting the recall and the anti-recall folks are confident of winning out three to one. BRIDE-TO-BE OE She Believes He May Hare Es caped Drowning Met In Raleigh. Wert Lilierty, Iowa, Jan. 4. Miss Wilms Whitachre, who was to have married Robert Ney McNeely, of North Carolina, newly appointed con- !sul -.to Aden, Arabia, and who is re- ported lost, stated today that she was , j still hopeful that the reports were ! untrue and that McNeely was still ', alive. They were to have been married in June, but McNeely consular appoint ment came sooner than he expected, so the marriage was postponed until next winter, when he would have become established at his post. Mr. McNeely met Miss Whitachre in Raleigh, N. C, at a dinner party. She is a graduate of the North Western University, and has been a 'singer in concert. WABASH RIVER IS OUT OF ITS BANKS Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 4 The Wa bash river continues to rise here. The J water stands six feet deep in the i armory hall. Many farmers are pre- I paring to move out from the threat ened district. The government is a heavy loser in damage to public build ings. FRENCH MAKE NO REPORT OF IMPORTANCE Paris, Jan. 4 The war office state- :m'j;t says: "Nothing or. importance was TvporteU from tho front last nivht. A French for.." yesterday de j .itryod an armed house near An Idchy." GREEKS Uri.I FIGHT IN CASE OF WAR Local Green woui-i ba gird cf the chance to fight, if their country goes jto war, but they had' rather uy in America, they say, to do the fighting. HEAVY HUG . Ill EAST GAUCIA RUSSIANS HEAVY LOSERS IN ATTEMPT TO FORCE AUSTRIAN LINES Battalions of 1,000 Men Come Out of Fight With Less Than One Hundred 4o Tell Tale. Vienna, via Berlin, Jan. 4. The Austrian war office announces that East' Galicia is the scene of terrific fighting between the Russian and Austrian forces. The Russians have made unsuccessful attempt! to break through the Austro-German lines. The statement says: "In a district covering ten kilome ters the bodies of twenty-three hun dred slain Russians were observed." Of several Russian battalions of more than a thousand men that went int othe battle, less than a hundred came out. The number of prisoners taken northeast of Bucax total ap proximately eight hundred. MAKING A FIGHT AGAINST HOG CHOLERA Witeon, Jan. 4. County Farm De monstrator O. O. Dukes is busy just now fighting hog cholera and states that he has vaccinated over 700 head during the paist few weeks in addi' tion to making examinations of a number of orchard and pruning a number of trees. Mr. Dukes has also given considerable attention to the formation of both corn clubs and pig clubs and reports 22 boys and girl enrolled in pig clubs and 32 boys in corn clubs. THEY THOUGHT LAW A TRIFLE New York, Jan. 4. The 11 former directors of th New. York, New Ha ven Ss Hartford Railroad, on trial un der the Sherman law, were pictured by government counsel in summed up yesterday ss men who have regarded the law as a trifle" when it stood in the way of their alleged design to monopolize New England transpor tation traffic. Attorneys Swacker. Stevenson and Osborne took turns in their denuncia i tion of the New Haven's methods, as they viewed them, in suppressing and llUIII 111 IVO lUlllJJU.IllK 5. The defense will occuply Wednesday :in summing up and R. L. Batts will close for the government on I hurs- day. LENTY G'RIPPE REPORTEO HERE Physicians report that there is an unusually large amount of 'grippe in the city now. It is said that there are but few people who have not had colds this winter. A word of caution is being handed out to those that have it, and that is, to sneeze in theil handkerchiefs and thus help to keep it from spreading, as the doctors say it is catching. IF NO PAPER, RAISE A HOWL Subscribers in the city who fail to get their copy of the News on time are requested to call the office and raise a howl. It is the purpose of the News to serve every home in Fay ettevjlle as well as the out-of-town folks. THE RECORD The subscription list of THE NEWS is rapidly climbing. Yesterday it went skyhooting up to thirty ad ditional SUBSCRIPTIONS IN ONE DAY, a RECORD SELDOM REACHED BY A NEWSPAPER THAT HAS NOT A CONTEST RUNNING- THE NEWS is already the leading advertising medium of the Capa Fear section. -CIRCULATION BOOKS OPEN TO ALI-" POLITICS BECOMING WIDE-AWAKE HERE Mr. Nisaecks Said to Stand Fair Chance to Win in the Race. Politics are beginning to become the 1 subject of conversation locally now, and are, in fact, spreading over this district, authentic information de clares. While the political fight may not be as large as some predict, it will nevertheless be of great interest to this county in - particular. Since the announcement was made that Mr. Q. K. Nimocks would be a candidate to run against Mr. Godwin, still more interest has been injected tinto the affair, and, in view of the fact that Mr. Nimocks is expected to carry Cumberland and Bladen counties, his supporters say that he stands a fair chanee of making good in the Con gressional race. Mr. Nimocks has stated that the people are taking kindly to his can didacy and that he is pleased with the outlook. Mr. Nimocks, It is believed, has many friends in this immediate section, and that he is making still more day by day. 10,000 TURKS TO HELP OUT AUSTRIA Rome Dispatches Declare That Aus trians Have Reached the End of Their Rope. Paris, Jan. 4. Rome dispatches re ceived here today declare that 10,000 turks have been sent to reinforce the Austrian on the Italian front. It is intimated in the dispatches that Austria has reached the end of her rope. KAISER LOSES THE POWER OF SPEECH Paria, Jan. 4. The 'Matin, a news - paper, says that the condition of the Kaiser is serious. It is claimed that he has lost Oie power of speech. OF THE LAND WHITE HOUSE Mrs. Wilson Has Taken Up Her Duties as Mistress of the White House. Washington, Jan. 4. Mrs. Wood row Wilson, first laday of the land, took up her duties as mistress of the White House today. 1 In less than an hour after her ar rival here with the President from Hot Springs, where their honeymoon ; DOGS FIND WORK was cut short, she was directing the! Q BXTI E LINE household affairs in the White House. ! Mrs. Wilson and the President had j paris jan. 4.Four special trains breakfast in a room upstairs this of ()o,s have Just st.nt t) differ. morning, and the President went to Ut parts of" the French battlefront. the State Department immediately to ,0ne train of twenty-five cars had pmnge .ou, in. wora -... .... ., i 1 t. i.:l I : over u.e u.Mtr..un-. ,,... iu. v . K'"B I"""'; and the loss of the life of Robert McNeely, newly appointed consul to Aden, Arabia. ' This mnmihff Mra ViilQtn iiinprin. " ... , " r v., r. .uuou . fects in the rooms assigned to her; , ,. ... r ., -t and the President on the far side of u-ii- II the White House. The rooms were decorated in blue wiru ituu, moiiv uwcta. - Hil. . V. .Mia- it wuii niuiv muv um menu miu at the head of the table in the State " ' Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. McAdoo, Mrs. Anna Howard Shaw, Miss Helen Woodrow Bones. Mrs. Wilson wrote out the mnu and it contained several of the President's lavorue oisnes. i ne memoers oi tne . cabinet and their wives have sent j their cards to the White House. I BREAK WITH PRESIDENT HAS COME AT LAST The Preparedness Prosrram Roundly Denounce ed in the House "People Will Not Stand For the Great Taxation" Several Members Loud in Criticism. WAMAKER IS III SOUMRII PIIIES RUMOR BROUGHT HERE STATES MILLIONAIRE IS WINTERING THERE Manamaker Has Brought Two Fine Saddle Horses With Him He Is Very Fond of Hunting. Visitors to town from Southern Pines yesterday said that John Wana maker, the noted merchant of New York, was in Southern Pines to spend sometime at the Highland Inn. The report is regarded as true, in asmuch as it is known that Southern iPines is 0 ''dely known wintering 'place, and is annually visited by hun- "red of the millionaires, seeking a .quiet retreat from the cold and bluster f the north. Mr. Wanamaker is said to be ac companied by several friends, and that he has broughtftwo foe saddle horses with him. Residents of the section situated immediately around Southern Pines state that he goes for an hour's ride each morning, and then repeats the same trip in the afternoon. It is also said that he is very fond of hunting, and. that be spends a good deal of his time tramping across the fields.in search of small game. Mr. Wanamaker is nationally known as the man who has made the biggest success in the merchantile, business, and it is said that he attributes his success to newspaper advertising. It is said that Mr. Wanamaker will pay Fayetteville and Wilmington a visit while in this State. He will re turn to New York ntout he first of February, it is said. ; i twenty-hve dogs in each car-fox ter- jrlera, rat terriers, police dog and other breeds to be divided between different sectors of the front and most of the memployed in chasimr rata out of the trnches. Attracted by the remains of the soldiers' rations. u-v ""J re.HHi.i o. me soi.ners rations, rats invaded the advanced works, sneners ana trencnes, even on the rirst line. nH m,.!Hnii. ..i, ' -"" aui.i an extent that tho anl.liurc inn.ut. extent mat me soimers are incapable of exterminating .them. Dogs are now to be tried. i hrM CTWm .mine f .1...-., I r . ' " inir nhntlt fiv him.l.- dogs. j,rffe proportion wolf hounds, but in- ciuaing specimiens of nearly all .breeds, were a e-ift from rnrf. .,. ! . V. L'..., U Ti i i v.. .I.,.?, xuey are 10 oe em- They are to be em- I p.oyea mostly ,n tne mountainous re- gions, .n the commissary and sani- i i .... iar- services, wnue some ol tnem will be trained as sentinels and trench Jogs. ' t .. iit.vni " l.H llit ! in nrvnv w . a - y- THROUGH HERE SUNDAY Spent Saturdny in Norfolk and Saw the Production of "Sari," Latest Show. Henry W. Savage, of New York, producer of plays, and widely known t'usairical man, passed through Fay etuvii'e Sunday on 89 en route to Florid: mhro he will sper.J a( vaca-, t.on ot tv.-o v.-oek. S'.r. Savge was in Norfolk last Saturday anj saw the production of "Sari," the latest show he has put on the roajl. Washington, Jan. 4. The figiss: against the President's preparedoBSss program began here today when thsfe first gun was fired by RepresenUities Sherwood, of Ohio, who inti i li.iiat: resolutions attacking the adminiatis tion's proposed increase in tlit ansrj and navy. He bitterly criticised President. Wilson and said that the prep'iredi program was mere ''hysten.. " Hsa stated that it was being fostered hjr armor manufacturers and militar Representative Sherwood is a Doaa- ocrat and a Civil War veteran. Tomorrow the House will bear Was; Secretary Garrison's scheme on raising the standard of the arm;' and navy- Representative Cam;V''.!. of sas, and Representative Shalienber-. ger. of Nebraska, also irt-.vrce.! i lutions condemning the Presidential policy. Representative t.h'.llenb would seek "enduring p.-:.oe.' have a world of nat. : . governess. much like the United States and wits a constitution modeled unsr that ofT the United States. The flood of bills asking for appru. priations for armor plate ar-d other- war paraphernalia, involving bust-- dreds of millions of dollars, were u troduced today. Representative Sherwood led thmt break with the administration on tim preparedness issue. He said: "ft ia- with deep regret that I am unable ta. agree with the President on the paredness program. The Presides i due great credit for his efforts ti wards keeping peace. I believe ha is. mistaken in the popular judgment astT the preparedness proposition- 1 lieve that the people will rebel at tfask great amount of taxation whieh tfctsx program will call for. With the i ury lank and lean, they can not expected to support it. This ia ths first time such an appropriation ever been asked for in time of The representative concluded bjr roundly denouncing the program- COl'NTY POOR LIST BEING REVISEUl Those Able to Make Their Own Vhr-1 ing Will Have to Go. - t at It. Those people in thir ?ounty who.1 have been drawing an amaiunt. from the county for upkeep, provided the I are able to work, will not receive any-j thing else, it was intimated yeste day. The county's physician has be-1 . gun to revise the list of those who. , have been drawing from the county, ' and a number of names were dronneA! it is said. 1 Owir.sr to the fact that there some who infringed on the liberality! of the county, there may be ' some-1 of the county, there may made to suffer who ought to receive something from the county, it ia . . : : - uiaimeu, out mere no uimr virn . . ., . , . , get around this piece of business eac-J cept by making a thorough exanrinaJ ' ti.,.. f n ; .t. ... TJ reve.e.nB money; ' AGED WOM AN STRANDED IN TOWN OF KINSTOIC i Vin .? A in Kinston. Jan. 4. An wman. giving Weldon as her horwi strari!ed in New ,iern, ha. XaJ in charge by the Salvation Army Kit cue Workers at another place and is J told to go to New Bern to meeffjj onicer who worno instAll nc9 aM J I , 7 I alms seelver. The .American K04n .Workers are not operating in thb tion now. COMMISSIONERS OF COl'NTY IN REPOl The hoard of county commissio in session Monday, transacted ver little business of importance. TI superintendent of the convict fsn-r shows that there are forty-two pri oners on hand. During the month tw- ;made their escape. About two trror Send yards of road were built d' r the month. ' Fifteen bonds, known a "j bonds," were burned. .
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