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GAPE FEAR NEWS B UY THE NEWS ECAITSEIT1S ' WEATHER. RAIX TTEK Subscribe to the Cape Fear News the Paper That Prints the Truth FULL TELSGKAPHJC REPUBT8. FILL TELEGEAPEIC KEPOJtT. VOL. 1. NO. 376. FAYETTEVUXE, N. C THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 19. 1916. PRICE, $1 TER YEAE ROOSEVELT FLAYS mm FOR 0-53 EXPLOITS HEAR U.S. r United State Navy Saved Lives of Passengers Adrift in Open Boats. DISKiXAKD OF PLEDGES Is C harged to Wilson, By Roose velt Ih His Speech at Louis ville. Cenowrs iKpiomary em ployed by Wilson. By International 'e fcim) Louisville, Ky, October 18. Theo dore Roosevelt attacked the ticking of five ships by the German subma rine l"53 off Nar.turktU here tonight, declaring the live of crew and paa enger would have bwn endangered by setting them adrift in open boat far from land had not the I'nileJ Vavjr stood by ready for helfi. It is our first duty at the Dreseflt moment, the ei-President declared, to see that urn incidents do not occur ijratn. The U-boat, hvr continued. have established a "psctric" block- aoe 01 cur coasr. oermany s ruaran-i t for the aafetv of nonombatantsJ he ad-led, was being carried out, but by America's destroyers, not Teuton mteuriM. Mr. Roosevelt Bayed President Wi'- Committee ha. ts.ued the an - M fr ;rd broken proaiaM. H,DmnrmrM lhat the ,,d! , said the.'cfeief executive's disresrard of i p'atf.rro pie-ir bad become" a sub- jecyfor jest even amor the pre-u- j dent's frierds. He ridiculed Mr. VTtlsoe'a statement in his Omaha speeth that he was "isi'linr to fitrbt." but was "waitir.e for somethir.g- worth f.ghtintr for," ani aked what further inventive to "put all the corpuscles of his bloo into shouting shape.'" as the President expressed it, could lie asked than th? Lusitania sinking- Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard, said lr. Roose velt, has -staUrd" President Wilson is jrreatly to be praised be-ause he (V,il s'D to.;k no action when some nine teen fine unoffending, har 1-workinK and totally unarmed miners, and entri necrs. were taken from a railroad train, tortured and murdered by an armed Mexican force. With only one nation, Mr. Roos velt continued, was President Wilson perfectly to fiifht and 'that was Hayti. The President, he ssi I, bis tausrht the worid that no nata n which is small enom h to I h-lu'e.t ki in tuit us with impunity, anl tie n'd.--l: "re y -u p"""'' fcorl. v. u j Americans f Kentucky, you b"-c: fa!h(-r wore -"ce n-t tn prcud t" Kht. Mr. Wilsen, has -kert w of war' ftroth! Why, on cur ;. ern coi.-t war now rniii at us from .-le the three mile Imv.t. ho-1 ' just on our S."ithern b-r-.ter war h ss t-ei n wagl on us within our on territory again and again by land of at-miv. invaders -lur-ng tb lat three years." , "The threat thus revealed in the at- j titude of thee Carrnna agents is sinister omen OI ine IJiuie ouot- ; that lurks in Mr. Wilxm's diplomacy. gome day this diplomacy will 1 paid; for by this country in the bloob-hed. j u(Tering and disaster of war." I WEATHER Weather for North CaroUna. Rain Thursday. Friday probably fair. Cooler in west portions. Fre.-h to strong easterdly wln.ls Th'irpy. EVERY VOTER URGED T0HEAHAD0HESS6Y SEH.Sir.!L!0HST0OAY Leader of the I'nited States Sea ate to Speak at Laf ayette Theatre. INVITATION TO LADIES To Be Present, Aa Seats for Them Will Be Reserved Band Will Furnish Music on Street and at Theatre. Hon. F. V. .Simmon, leader of the raited State Senate, m-ilL aa has been oiemsBi, oiscuss poiiuesu issue, ax , th. LaFayette Opera House today at H:S 'clock. C:tiens of this and all other coun- tie are invited by the Cumberland j County Executive Committee, to be present and hear one of -the nation' greatest statesmen analyze the ac-j complishment of the Wilson admicia- tration and defend the constructive legislation enacted by a Democratic .ongress. I i Senator Simmons will doubtless have some encouraging; information t u. .,. s . n s..u - j citizens of this community to itreet- v; - . x ,j . I. - .:. s..-.. I .... j . I U,..,,. &.,,. s.ats will be nro-l viJej f,,r .jj Mlt.s in tier,dance and i the committee will look out f'jr their jcomfurt. Let a larpe crowd of la id ies. ancestors of former leaders in the American Conpress, greet this i distinaruished UniUrd States Senator, j Music will be furnished by a ?ojd band and a pet-t-irc-.her on friendly relations of the voters of this section is promised. Senator Simmons arrived last right on the 11:50 train from Selma, and was met at the station by a delegation of citizens cot together by Postmaster I'nderwood. He wa escotrrted to the Lai svelte Hotel where a suite had been reserved for him. Judcre Gasps at His First "Worm Digger' fBy International News Srlce. New York. Octolier 1? Macistrate M:iW was struck spee-hles for a( minute when he a!;ei Frank Miles, ' charirod by his wife ilh diorderly jcor-i)ict. what h:s o,?ciit:'ti-'n was. j "1 am a worm diifirer," said Mil-s ' dli'ol'o-dly. St-e:njr the judsT's incre-ltility, Mr. M ies explained, "Ye, he diirs worms for 1. .14 and sometime make 3 ' day magistrate ordered Miles to go j, ,,, ,j1(;f,nir worms and see that j.,, wi)-e KMi treatment and a j.t,pr hare of the worm salo pr,- ct, f,-:nr1 Inrllinn Iln 120 Famous Authors (By International Neva Ser.lr t lp'ianajoIia, Ind., October 18. Indiana's statehood centennial cele- .uix.itsfi ""i""" - 1 Williams to gather in a volume, ex jtralU'from the works of Indiana su-( , thori to substantiate the state's ; claim as the -mother of authors. " She has included writings of 120 authors. r j I REPORT THAT VILLA HAS PEIiETRATED A DISTANCE TO KORTH Causes Deliberations of Mexican Peace Commission to Be I'pset. , SITUATION NOW SO GRAVE Stated the American Commis sioners, That More Than Promises is Demanded. Car ranza Campaign Has Started. (By Utermatsaaal Neva Service.) Atlantic City, N. '3.. October 18. . .,, , v Report that ilia ha reached the ... . R . ' .;J.U I, .l j-iTi ... !y upset the deliberations of the Mexi can Peace Commission today. I ine American aeiejrate empnasized j the point that if Villa had penetrated this far North Carr&nxa must begin his promised drive immediately or it Invent be necessary for General . Pershing to strike again and strike hard. Senor Cabrera, head of the Mexican j delejration replied that Carranza'si new campaign- arainst Villa had WU" nd of a etaah,rn- a ... la Villi,!,, w.a yMr1mi mimdnfl. TU- The Americana replied that the,hunr:ity- iprWnt 'tuat'on ha,d ome T,v,j t that .1 demanded mora than promises. , IPPIR Ittlf"?f" ASSAIL H W ON uio urn . J fj LlU'jL' ni A 1 1 : Hanly Insists "Invisible Govern- men! Was Controlled By Liquor Interests. Southbend. Ind., October 18. De claration by Charles E. Hughes in Om-iha that ther., was no invisible government in Atliany while he was p-vemor of New York, caused J. Frunk Hanly, Prohibition candidate for president today, to assail Hughes' Attitude on the liquor question during that period. Hanly insisted the liq uor interests then comprised rww- erf u isible goverr.it.ent in New York fl!1. i th;it Hughes refuseti o at-ta.-fc them. I HKf i!-sie lint ly with Mr ir:-'r.i-' i t iitement that whi'e he was -vi rn r 'f ;'w Yr-rk there wa? n :ni-:i' if ift ernmei.t. paM Mr. Han ly t'-Jay n se", era! (?ic-ei h- Mi I "There was no hnr h;rinr hi ! ministratt'm -whVeU,. invisiMp jtcr-ern- ro-nt uas rfoW'tiumphal at Albany,; nor has there been an hour since hen it has not been. Mr, Hughes knew it and was constantly importuned by Ijp (.t citizens of his tM;mmonH eiiltb j ,at;le with it, and he refused to ,m..lest it, or even touch it It dorrn- nates Mr. Hughes now scaling his lips mkint: hts tongue mute, dominate ihim until nthing can peruale or in '. duce him to give public utterance, however, slight, against it, though he hns journeyed for day through stat. ! ( where the people are at death grips where tne people are at Ueatn grips with it. j ..The only defense Mr. Hughes can make to this charge U to answer that president Wilson also is mute and -1. (Continued on Page Four.) DENY CHARGES THAT :01JEUTRAUTT Action of lT. S. Navy Was in Ac cordance With International Law. NO PUBLIC COGNIZANCE Of Viscount Grey's Utterances Unless the Charges are Made Mure Specific. Washington is Not Alarmed. 03y tnteraatioaal News Sarriee.) Wu-BtnjrtoB, October 18. Franklin . n , -.i - , , . aevelt, acting Secretary of the v, !n ,,. ,K , ,. . . ... . i-i. ' .. ..... . iuw uui aiemenr lor the In ternanoniJ Xewa Service today and attached hi signature to ita Actinjr Secretary: "It tan be stated definitely that the destroyers of iht United States Navy w-hkh went to 'the vicinity of the Nan tucket' Shoals lightship on Sunday Octcc-er 8, in the response to 'S. O. sf, call :: i not in any way violate their duty tf neutrality in repard to the al-jvess:.? sunk or the pasnpers and thereof. The action of the Xavr was in absolute accordance with inteTBtional law and 'the dictates of Vr 1 "t the char- r. made m the British House of L ' Js F tan urey. Lord Beresford jar.! others, is based upon the official I r: 'irtsfof all the admirals and corn- n- . r.ders of torpedo boat destroyers jwro took part in rescueing passeng-'and ."' and crews from the rhipt sunk ; the German submarine U-S3. ': j 'Hie State Department is unlikely J ,t - take public cognizance of lscount i j(;-ey's utterances unless the chargei le are more specific. The foreign secretary's statement. Sv-ever, that he would await an- r. Inceroent of America's view before -i- - idin, "whether it is necessary for r. '- to make any official representa ns" did not frighten anyone in V shimrton. Damagrc By Earthquake In Alabama and Georgia (By Intenuitional ewii rrr'ce.) Atlanta, fk-tober IS. An earth quake, the shfK-k fif hirh felt here at four oYhwl. this, after noon wroticht ropi.leriihle rlam atre throughout fsetiruia and Ala bama. At Hir linhsm a num ber of chimneys i.rre r--U tI and office buihlin-'s throuho'it (he city were rakf j by tht tremom. MurdCl'CT of CVHiflS I Still at Liberty Vew Reri , CVt-'her M A c r n r t rep.rts from Maysviiie t.'mtrht -'htda- Collon who shot and killed "rm Coilnn is still at large and "Te are little h-pes for capt'iring the murderer. Wood hounds from Washington. N. . were carrieti to the scene of the were rarrieti to ine scene oi ine tragedy early to,lay. and -aucceeded in poking up an.l following the trail for' three miles, but failed to track the murderer further. He is still at large, j Remains of the victim was buried !t Maysville this afternoon. I SEVEN KKQAN DEAD RESULT HURRICANE Oil THEJOlf COAST Pensacota. Florida. Worst Hit By the Hurricane Which Swept Gulf Coast. PROPERTY DAMAGE GREAT Damage to New Orleans is Be tween Five Hundred Thousand and a Million Dollars. Dam age to Mobile $50,000. (By IaUraatlonal New Servica.) Memphis, October 18. A telerram received today by a local railroad of fice fm, Mobile. Aia., stated that sev en person were killed when a house was wrecked at the first onsloupht of the hurricane on the trulf coast today. The telegram apparently was filed just before the wires went down. The telejrrara stated also that anluitrdemi fied sthooree Was wrecked in the bay there. The wind w that time had at tained a velocity of 58 miles an hour. New Orleans, La.. October 18 Pensacola, Fla. suffered the brunt of today's- hurricane which swept in from the pulf of Mexico at the rate of over 100 miles an hour and although th town is cut off from communications with the outside world by wire tonight the wireless brought the news that , State Department late today had not one person had been killed in the city received from the American minister proper and two had been reported j at Athens the plea for America' killed on the outskirts. The damage ; protection of Greece from encroacb- j will run between five hundred thous- and a million dollars. Mobile, Ala. suffered the second heaviest, one bcinir fcilie.!, four boats wrecked," property damage of ioO.mio dine and .street car traffic and wire service aJtriost detTiiir.ilizti. 1 Keoort., I rrnn I lorida. Washington, October 2. The fol lowing bulletin was issq-i ly the Weather Bureau tonitrht: Late-reports from Penstaoola, Flori da, tnilicate thaf the hurricane p:ieti that place aiu tt-n o'ci't.'k Wednes day morntntf, with a maximum wind velocity of 114 miles an hour fr'in the .'Utheat and a !we-t- bt-i'-moter of TS inches. Considers! 'le d.Hmjisre . was .j";it:- u shipping: and fhe ci;y. 'The iiiti.. tnent t.'vtT ,f the wtvither h irehu wa- r: . K.-i bvt n t untn at or .pie 1. bulVtin i! : t h gh- e-t v I Th foil -W ! I v the V j "The tropicnl -; f'd' cor-.-t V i- e. 0 "v) a. m . the v:r ! a vei-. ::y oi" I 1 I i th- but v-r ,m ,r..h,s. i j ' I'.:rii; the !:. ; in land into 'Nli.si I with greatly do.-r -ral I v. - over th ;ire---ure ?yr iaT1j u, per m...,pp .an Prussia Campaigning: Against Foreign Words (R 5nternatinat Newa Service.) j Indianapolis !:.:., HcHin, (Vtsd.r 18. Orders have Ge-rge Ade and Me; now been issueii to governors of Hmier nuth'srs. wiU t Vrusian pr vtnoes to take up the cum paign against wonls of f.ireign or; paign against wonts of f.ireign on- gjn. Supplied with a list of common ' foreign expressions and good German equivalents, the governors are to change tm language of the people a tactfully as possible, until, nought but thoroughly German wrds remain. IS UNDER CONTROL OF ALI0 TROOPS Whereabouts of King Cons tan -tine Not Known. No Seri ous Clashes Reported. ASK PROTECTION OF U- Against Encroachments of the' Entente Allies. American Minister Sending; Petition Ur Washington. Says Ktgiort. (By Interaatiaaal News Service 7 - i Athens, October IS. Athms thi afternoon is virtually under control of the allied troops. Martial law is practically in tffc-ct. There have len no seri. u elu-he' hsbetween the French and Italian ma rines and the Populists but the situa tion is critical. , ' The exact whereabout of King' Constantine are not known, A delegation of six influential Greeks called at the American 1?5 tion and presented a petition askir'ji. the protection of the l'nitc-d Statt against the encroachments of the erf' tente powers. The American minister consented to send the petition to Washington. New Orleans Hit. Washington, October 18,;The ments of the entente allies reporteJ i f rom Athens to have been sent. I E I II II lM U T S Threatens Financial Disaster to a Number of I'nited States Tnbacto Interests. e (By Inti-rnatior.al vsi Service ! j New tain's ' -Viipm r.-. o . ;i Yrk. Ocr.i! is tlrent Eri- ai-tin in h cnTs fc--m rh tl K'.ir-M.. :tr. r hey ! i:- t r T-' ; T- ... :- ':. up t-ibaccc to-l States til -n 'he chanr1. v. .rh the r-e-- e oni ' i-i were Jll i f. nw : t I'm :h.:t- :.t Mr Ihishlo .-f -c hei--up. Ade and Nk-Kokon In Fleotric Debate rnoher 1 S. -Ui N ich-dson-.e niin-te in the' is been given field vf politu-s. Each permission by a local e. eef tc c-nipany to make a -Nt-eevh" K r h-. choice for the presidency on a movwir electric signboard. Ade will tell why i harlet Evans Hughes should Ih. the new p.-r-int aid .V,re ii;h Ni.-holson vile ur - e Preside t V. ; c j's re-eieciton. r I
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