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E FEAR NEWS CAPE FEAR NEWS WEATHER REPORT Fair Thursday and Friday. Not much change in Temperature. Haa Full Telegraphic Leading Advertising THE CAPE FEARNEWS LEADS-OTHERS FOLLOW FAYETTEVILLE, N. C THUR SDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1916. PRICE. $4.00 PER YEAB VOL. I. No. 76. CHILD LABOR BILL GAP LUSITANIA CASE IS HELD UP FOR REVISED NOTE T WHO ACTRESS DESCRIBES T s DEPOSITORS HAD A" CIEERFOEElliil Several Men Spoke at the ItetU ing Yesterday Afternoon. Secretary Lansing Says The Settlement of the Case Will Rest With Germany If Revisal of Recent Declaration of Germany Is Forthcom ing Case May Reach An Early Settlement Revisal Doubtful. , - Washington, Feb. 16. Secretary of State Lansing tonight made an an nouncement which means that the set tlement of the Lusitania controversy may be delayed indefinitely. r Secretary Lansing said: - "Any settlement of the Lusitania cae must depend on how submarine warfare will be conducted in the fu ture." This new portion on the part of the United States is believed to have grown out of Germany's plan to con- j sider armed merchantmen as war- j ships, liable to destruction, actually I "I was stationed at Jacktown, endangers all merchantment includ-, which is. twenty miles from Green ing passenger vessels. ' I ville on the seacoast, with the Rev. The specific demand that the State x and Mrs. Wilbur Williams, and Miss Department will make, is that there ( Freda Roberts. The natives are. can shall be embodied in the revised Lus- , nibals who roast and devour the arms itania reply a postive assurance that and limbs of the enemies they slay passenger ships, armed or unarmed, in .battle. shall not be sunk without warning. J 'the trouble started last August ' The announcement was forthcoming through the British and French resi a few hours after Lansing received dents in Liberia trying to get the na from the German ambassador the re- tives to oust the Germans because it vised German reply and after the Ger- man embassy had indicated that the reply contained every concession which the United States had demand- ' . I Up to the time of Lansing's an- nouncement all official Washington had taken it that the German ambas- ' sudor's statement following his first conference, that the settlement was only a matter of hours. The attitude of the State Depart ment is that the principal in the case is closely related to the whole sub ject of submarine warfare and that settlement of one question is impos sible without settlement of the other. This attitude, it is believed, has b-en reached wihin the past forty eight hours and subsequent with the visit of the British ambassador to thc State Department. Whether Germany will fuither consider a revisal of her re ply is considered doubtful by Germans in the. embassy here. The fact that Germany's memor andum concerning armed merchant men may have; beer, misconstrued to mean somerhioir else th.r,n npperns has absolutely no bearing on the mer its of the Lusitania controversy. The position of Germany, ns indicated to day, will be that the two issues are separate nnd distinct. The State De partment's attitude is that the whole matter of submarine warfare is again under consideration. The reason (riven for thc reopening of the controversy is the recent de claration by the German government of new rules justifying attack by submarines on armed niarehatirmon. BOWLING CONTEST IS ARRANGED III FULL I ic.l i.r-Hr.u'i in. t.t f. lo.: t ..rr 'no i.t t-. I"' I th bo V.eie mtdet I1o i I ..-? . ' !tl i:i o-r !"i i .-mtiot y l.i tr,.m fr-.m it it. to- ttl-lt the O'ht o This tourt n. ark a new h:, t ! '-' ' of the r-.'-'a- i.ichf recon . d :? i.-reoce. S. tt r,t:'. fie team v.'ill be In -the twenty second. incnt in enoch in the to.y of this State a- it is the first totirnament to be held on a big scale anywhere In the St.ite of Nerth Car olina. It is expected tht the Palace Bowline alley will be well filled the nisbt of the match -with bofh South Carolina and Fayetteville people. ' , ONE KOSE A YF VKTn PAY WATER PF.UM1T ; Garrison, N. Y., Feb. 10. Louis Fitzirerald has agreeil to deliver one' red ruse on June 24 each year to Mrs. ( Elizabeth T. Pick as consideration for her permitting him Jlo tin a weter . pipe line from a dam on-Mrs. Pick's estate. A GIRL MISSIONARY TELLS OF CANNIBALS j ' New lork, eb. 16.-A tale of can- nmaiism in Aim was brought to th cty by M.ss Mane Sackow, of Newton Kan., when she returned home after spending three years a. a missionary in Liberia. The United States scout cruiser Chester rescued her and three other American mis- sionanes. Miss Sackow said was believed they had a supply base for submar.nes somewhere along the roast. In October the British war-, ships cut off the food supply from j Lj,M,ria to Pressure to bear on the natives, and that started nots all over the country. "Early in December the situation in Jacktown became very acute and the , cannibals burned up the house of, I the native Christians and devoured the inmates in their customary man- ... ,, , 1 ner. It is n wtli-known fact in the Jacktoivn woctu.n that the natives pre-! fr the flevh of white persons to that of nejjTne. hut rm white ttcrn htil 7 . . ' . . ' been injured n the uprising up to the Time wnm i lei;, xne counxry on itc vmher 23. "The men ht ai! the trait tt civ !lt:'.;U!on that hai )t't-n taujrht theni y the missionaries jtnd reverted to their former will v.;y. At nljht we ooutJ "ee tht- hr.u-es hurninjr frm ?he roff i n 1 1 : e- Me"h;dist Misin :intl hear the yells nf the Ciinnia!s s they ciar.vd around the hurrsirnr "One nitz-ht the Kev, Wilhur Wil fianTs w.'nt out un-.i addrehfied a crtwil .f natives, bepvirtir fhotn to stop fitrhtimr and burn inn the homes of their fellow-ri'Unt rTien and return to their huts in the outskirts of Jaek t(wn. While he was peakinjr one of the natives threw a piece of coal at Mr. Williams, which laid him out flat. He wa rescued 1 v a part of ,hij an- i - ii,-.... v i oieriue, wiiii t (iin"ii ii t t ii4isjl"ii i up7! a litter. Things became so ser Ions that we had to lepve Jacktown and go to t 'iroenvillc. with the idea ..f j-ettt'1'.r dl, the i to o s.'i v -nn ot.r a 1 oat t.i carry us to M 'n- : capital of Liberia, with the1 ir.ts fr. rn tl-.o niitrn. ;-.r"0- :d tho'-e vi ,. f.osnl it i o!T r, - ihleV tc ar.y sm.ol ca I s I. . th. nt. 1 b. n sort b rr. e :i t "he av loir the I i o 1) f' of the r,--h t ,-':- rentiers t- riot.-.! st'it--s (n- rec.t j..y wr saw th.e -tor ste;.,m :nt i the amber Shortly af led 2t" native -sob -d for Jacktown to . M. sol and to t'.tr scoot crtii-er "b, the bay end dror terward she Ian diets, who start. ett ville will : pt an t.r,d to the rioting of the rui bowling bsi nibals, an I the next lay we went on iMjard and left for Monrovia." ( H AKLFS I". T VI i Si 'CS .v-.50 . 1 - Cincinnati, Feb. t r.tirt has been tile 1 P. Taft as the re.-".. hirlcs c.ie of . rtV irh. tha Chicago Cbibs t man. The plaint irT Charles Sihmnl-tie; torney for the cLib ctton of te l as at-. tio has been ! Taft's intimate friend for many years, t Sscmalstig claims that' the $55,500 is due him through the sale of the clubs, asserting that he was the own- er of 100 of the 900 shares of utock which Taft sold at an average price of $555 per share. Mrs. Leonard Defoe Boarded ! Street Car and Killed Woman. WAS TRYING TO ELOPE Victim, With Jugular Vein Shot Into, Fell to the Floor of the Car and Died In Three Min utes Mrs. Defoe and Hus band Were Both Arrested and Held. Huntington, W. Va., Feb. 16. Be- lieving that her husband, Leonard Defoe, a brother employed in a west end ,tahrir.n,,t .. ,.-.!...- wk Mrs. Rosa McMasters. daughter of f, prominent merchant of thi. cit . Mrs. Lula Defoe late tonight boarded . gtnet upon which coup,e was leaving the city and after taking a seat behind them drew a revolver and fired at the "other woman." Turning the revolver upon her hus band she was about to fire again in an effort to end his life, when he seiz ed the weapon and wresting it from her threw it out of the car. The bullet entered Miss McMalis ter's left shoulder and passing up ward severed the juglar vein. With blood streaming from the wound, the victim fell from her seat, dying three minutes later. The car w-na d t...l and , panic foIloweJ wag , MramWe among them t t out d many darted th. windowt. The woman who u u m remaim?d ca!m throu hout thc t , ! d had DQ commeM tJ make on , j,,,, , HeJ." on!y charjfe wag thjs. ,.gh , epjn)- OTy husband" M " ' ' , ' , r. . .. . , ,' i v. uiKjcrr ttirfht. me nusoanu was . , T V. al arrested. At police headquarters a charge of murder was entered against her while the husband was held on a charge of disorderly con- duct on & tjhys Qjro warrant sworn out several Defoe and Mrs. McMalister hi-d taken the car for the p irpo going to Catlessburg, Kentucky, ricd a suit case strengthemr.tr who! e of tar- the wife's, belief that thev were trvins.' to elope. The lmdy of Mrs. McMalisters was removed to her Father'- -. me. Her mother is prostrated Lv t'.e af fair. I he deceased ass twenu ol 1 vears . NINE CHILDREN DIF; FIFTEEN ARE INJURED i Mexia. Tex . Feb. 1. -Nir persons I were burned to death and tifteen in )"t'fi wnen a tire" hen? j jured when a fire' here t.micht des- iroyei me opnra nffue wm the ptilv lie schools were holdinr bit. ?eco.; 1 .ves fir-i r-s dc'str,,...,.,! hy ',l,e Parr c- '. in h c wf'i' -t"t (-. M an art ehi- were ! M-te.J 1 irn- Cd tO I, tie pan! oet t AV, J th;. 1- Ollv ! r l. t, i in o ,0,1 v'ere. .1 -trcvcl. Five Days Arc Snnt In a Futile Setm-h chic5.no. r. i been spent m s In Fi.- iia s havs art h t.r .lean Croae rod to ha'e p- i-one.1 I the crook, alk j the sown s, r cd a 1 ,jered Ar-h nihor i t"niver--ity l 1 which enlmctrtl , . Mun wt i-r. at the . ' j - r-ht ' he li. e- of three ' ume to an unsuo- j hunilreil citti-.t-ns c cessful sti. a. end tonight. The plotter liberty an' no1 r'nit of hU that thev h.tve no asuran whereabouts. James Peiiatti an 1 Antonnio Ton- uie Were taken into custmly twlay. They are friends of th? man wanteil for the crime. The police believe that th ough their arrest the apprehension cf Crones may he successful within a few days. Both of the men rrest- ed today are suspected anarchist. Miss Greil Horn, Austrian Says Her Sufferings Were Very Intense. WAS SENT TO KOLOGRIEW Men Women and Children Were Dragged From Eastern Prus sia atid Placed in the Rus sian Prisons Had to Support Self Finally Gets Away to Home. Vienna, Feb. 15The well known Austrian actreis Miss Greil Horn haa just described her sufferings as a I prisoner t war b. P t a, I tn months of hardship she was liberated and sent to Rumania. From I Bukarest she returned home by the way or Budapest. She said: "We were playing at the Comedy Theatre in Riga when the war be tween Austria and Serbia broke out. We took passage on a steamer which was about to sail for Sweden. Ten minutes before the boat left police of- ! ficials boarded her and we were or- dered to return to our hotel. What be. came of the members of our company I do not know, because they all dis appeared within a .few days. "I was permitted to stay at Riga for a month, but the police kept me under constant surveliance as a sup posed spy. When I received a post card from my brother, an Austro Hungarian officer. I was arrested and ordered to Kologriew in the province of KofTroma. I had to pay for the rail road ticket. My journey took eight days and 1 was continually insulted and threatened by Russian travellers and soldiers. Only my knowledge of the Russian language saved me from serious harm. 'U'ltt. 1 .:.-.i r- i ; , , 'ogr.ew , ! was almost without means, but the authorities informed me that 1 would I have to support mvself. After much trouble I succeeded in persuading a i farmer to rent mc a small room of j his hut. During sixteen long months I supported myself by eookinir ing and sewirr for mv fei'o-.v . wa.-h- rrivnT!. rn. We all had to so h.'njrry rrost of the time, as nrcvUU 'tro s':ar'.'t' ar.d very dear. Thre months, after my Kolotrriew we were ro'owi -ri' al ,-.t to write letters to imr loved tnes a ) .me, but wo had to the T;;;ssi:jii ! i-c koc. en the letters .written in French or t Fnirlish Mere .'estroye.1 1 y the (.f- ! ticials. The mail which arrived fur us jue never saw. Although my mother j sent dozens of letters to me I only 'receive! three postal cards. 'Almost daily more prisoners ar j rived. lany of them were men. vo Jmen and rhi'dren who. had been drag- ; l-"e.1 rrom r.astern ITussia hy tne t;us- : sitms. J he condition of the-e utifcrt'i nates was pitiful. Thev possessed ! nothing' bur the elothirg ..i tlo i backs and we had I iltvite .tidy ch'ir' r:t: i.'.r... ''If we left o.ir h ti- lith them. eraMy attache 1 S. ' nd :!' ' 1. ... o.o-. o -c r.-ni ianuer f R .ssir.o Aft "he f V r m ,-:tiv to.'M'i' s were i (Ii.nire.ls of I did rot 'ivnnt t- v. ho the ITO t . w.r tied . vhetc rN y nteh-.w the-e-the i 'ca th-i ! immense fcre-'t rolb.-r ban 's S cr h-id gotten they ; v kill- I would escape pnnhr.ment if th ed as maoy tlormans an 1 i-triar.s re tlr. as possible befcre th ,.f the btnds had it hidirg plate in ..ir K .loi-ricw and mttle near repeated' attacks on th parts f the town inhuMtatel by the prisoners. We barricaded our house and our men armed th ..re selves a he-t they could. Th? police were powerless aisinst the murderers and made no serious effort to capture them, but a Continued On Page Two.) to TO MAKE AMENDMENTS Senator Newland Advises the Mill Owners to Cease the Fight on Bill and to Offer Some Amendments If They Believe It Is Unjust to Them as It Is Now. Washington, Feb. 16. Southern cotton mill operators, who have been before the Senate Inter State Com merce Commission were informed to day by Chairman Newland that the Child Labor Bill will pass. A num ber of southern senators and leading manufacturers in various States have been active in opposition to the bill. Senator Newland said: "My advice to you, gentlemen, is that you inform the committee what amendments you think are needed to relieve you of what you believe to be justice. This- measure has received such overwhelming evidence of appro val both in Congress and country and is sure to be enacted into law. Your efforts to defeat it will be useless." The bill already has passed the House where it was supported by a vote of four to one. It wl be fought on the floor of the Senate by a group of southern senators. The sentiment of the Senate manifested when it re fused to send the bill to the commit tee on education and labor. KINSTON STARTS VICE CRUSADE IN EARNEST Kinston, Feb. lf A new campaign against the vice district and the "whiskey evil" here are now under way. The police sprung it without any publicity until half a dozen per sons were arrested, three of them prominent youths, and the oth. men of the segregated section. Lil lian ;ri:y. a homely i'i tliis psrt of the ed 'a. rer r:e of h'nrir r, t' in . ner to th"-e under io.iici.me od v. ;:h ". ;L't' ir'l v ;.! Whiskev. Two . f tee crr..-ted for -..nMs. Shi others. The thcr :s i'I'V. ' to h r. i ie -1.,-a.rc v bis-ari;t"-t s I ' police m. on e of a n:im e 1 olf, n-lers. The -ereirated di-trict otic-ha'.f in litta. that th" district j n-nte-t a i -on ! V ev. From he 1 believe v. PI r ' i!t , j. I- of ..bor- .,.-. ntilation of 'he is reduced about and will end t is probable alM.dihi'd etitire'ly .before the the rear. ' , i BULLETIN. f".-t.. d be h- : M o !h id- Wis , Feb. 1 ! -Fif- ,: ' v.n? injured, n.o'.y or cr iiini r.t , f tnsi.nirer C an! N. W. lute to- S.iUmiki. Feb. lii. -Thirteen French aerop'anes K-tnbarded the Tt'.ilgar city i of tit!mitza caasinc numerous ,.,. i Tbe ocial bombs atinouiuement said that wee dropped upon the 1"S city. YPKLS SCENE OF FICHTS. London. Felt. 10. The war office re port said tonicht that Uimbanlments have occurred along the Y'pres an I the Sions railway. Mill Operator's Efforts Squash the Bill Prove Futile. RECEIVER MADE A TALK Probability of Bank's Reargu- izing Rests Entirely . Wftfr the Attitude of the VeopLe Mr. Sudder a Regular "Bank Doctor," It Is Declared Over the Country. It is conservatively estimated ' that at least fifteen hundred a ' positors in the bank, represent. 1 ing over $250,000 were present 1 at the meeting held in the Ar 1 mory Hall yesterday afternooa ' at two o'clock. The meeting bad ! been called by Messrs. W. V. Clayton and C. Wr. Sandrock, committee for the depositors, but long before the meeting hour it was found that Smith and Sand' rock's office would not hoid th huge crowd, so it repaired to the Armory Hall. The meeting of the depositors of the Fourth National Bank yesterday afternoon was regarded as the mnaf successful meeting from every ttaud poir.t. The depositors accomplish! what they desired, namely the ap pointment of a committee to ouk some investigations regarding tbe ai lure of the institution. At the meeting Mr. C. W. Sand' rock presided and after statins tbstt the purpose of the meeting was 1 appoint a committee to make investi gation, introduced Mr. C. T. McDo aid, the largest individual stockboid er in the bank. At the outset of Mr. McDonald' taik he stated that he believed that the officials of the Fourth National Bank were honest men, but that lb affairs of the institution had not bees propel 'y managed. He declared that in his opinion the failure was du & thc inefficient management of Dr. Jt, W. Lilly, the president of the bank He to! I the depositors that they neatf not erteri::in any fears of their de posits as he had lesson to beiiev that the 'deposits v ,i.!d be paid back dollar for dollar. Mr: John l'nderwr.vt made several at'emots to get a word ir.f th meet- mir. I. .it r.t I'.'.iii . sucoe-Mve attempt he was -h....te 1 do', n Mr. O. M. Ptrintriieii floor and after statin oroocr ft r 'It: deoosLio i- the crowd, then took ths that it was ; to know why their fun is hrt.l been taUen away from them over night, introduced the fol low inn res. .'.in ions, w hich were uiuum ino usly adopted: Th it ;. ,-omnoit." oit "! fc--m t 'i;s n; id tile president . vo ivr. as-istant casht . , ,c. ,.r ,,f . ' .f three be ap Minr to wait upj r-president, cash t. the examiner, h V.itional Panki all s;o i persona, or i di.tt of tht !,:!..' ,i-k I hat wt i -r ;;;f. : million: ., ,. !d-v -sss v- i i-.h N'.ttiru- -t'tij-s hei. . . ; i- ici" an : tor wet. : -.. , 1 o.vneil by v a id thre. i , " the bant. 1 h- !-.-'. -h.-r with th oam .' of each the bank iJosed civ of the di- rectors f rnnt'crrtd. a oihei wise d'si estsi of a-siirmvl, sold ol any of theu txk withoi the last twelve months and if so. which of said diroctors how much and to whom, and on wha, dates. 15- H. tv much money each direc- 1 . ... i. ... i .... i..,,;t in th.. h.-ink is'ne aiai ,hi ce months prior to thc closing of I the bank and how much to the credo t of each diiector on tha day the bank c.tspend,e.J business. (ol How much money was on de posit in said bank six and thre months prior to its closing and on the (Cor.t r-e? Or Page Three.)