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FEAR NEWS B UY THE NEWS - WEATHER. FAIR. ECAUSE IT IS ' ETTER Subscribe to the Cape Fear News the Paper That Prints the Truth FULL TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS. FULL TELEGRAPHIC REPORT VOL. I, NO. 256. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C WEDNESDAY MORNNG. NOVEMBER 1, 1916. PRICE, $1 PER YEAR GAPE WITH lid EVEN RUSS-GERF.!A!rS ARE 10TLUiTEIiIIG General BrussilolTg Forces are Striving to Break German Wall. IS MEASURE OF SUCCESS Voi lent Russian Attacks on Ger man Positions Were Repulsed - With Heavy Losses. Rus sian Positions Taken. (By International N Wlce) London, Oct. 81. Violent, fighting progress once more along a wide stretch of. the Rusiai-German front. From the wooded Carpathi ans northward to the latitude of Lem berg the hostile forces are contending with honors thus far even. ine outbreak is ueleived to be sT.Wn .. u. j;.. -v, ... bona fide renewal of General Brussi-1 tack on the United States, bi t ex loff'a offensive, directed toward break- I'btined also why General Carranza in? the .German stone wall. In Volhvnia the efforts of Bruii loff's army were crowned with suc cess. Attacking of I.ustak the Rus sians, stormed and won the fore most Teuton trenches. Hastily con solidating their gains, they nr able to hold them against vigorious eoun - ter attacks. Petrograd declares that German attacks likewise were repuls-j ed south f Brewmzy. Several effort to advance in this sector were eherk- Eacvt of Lembrg along the upper , Styr, and southeast of lumber jr, the i -rmani won success aerordiinr to ta- days offici&J statement from terbn Jn tw places they gained Russian positions. Attacks on the German positions were smothered with heavy IT IS TO ADJOURN TODAY In Case of Owens vs IJfe Insu rance Company Plaintiff pets $1,000- When paym-nt of a note is offered and refuwd, the ,.Ier to pay coisti-'the lutes a tender of, payment; - according tu a decision of the Superior Cm, t in session yesterday. In the esse of James Ouens. fol,,r"d vs. the North State Life Insurarc. . Company the Jury found the facts to be that lief .re his death Owens had offered to pay a note for the pre mium on his policy to an agent of the company who refused to accept the i payment Owens died and the rom- pany refused to pay the face amount of hia policy whereupon the suit was brought. A verdict in favor of the plaintiff Million Cotton Mills recently purchaa bi rendered allowing his beneficiary etj ,y Mr. Jones and others. Mr. to receive the $1on) which amount Junes is a splendid mill man and his the -policy was for. -many friends wish him continued Messrs. E. M. Lamb and John F. success in his adopted hime. Dawson, members of the Kinston bar, J WEATHER represented the defendant company, j , This session of the Superior Court ; Weather for North Carolina, will likely adjourn today, as most of Fair Wednesday and Thursday. the cases on docket have been dis- tttfea of. PIECE NEGOTIATIONS ( HALTED FOR THE ELECTION Interview With Cabrera, Almost Precipitates Convention State ments Repudiated. By laternationa! NtM Set-rice.) Atlantic City, Oct '31. The Mexi can Peace Cummiiiaion decided tonight that lU deliberations should be dis continued until after the election. It will meet tomorrow to determine where and when it w ill re-convene- J)pite the formal autement the American and Mexican delegates made public tonignt that Luis Cab rera, the Mexican chairman, repudi ated the interview published over his name Sunday, it is well known that this interview almost broke the ton- ferenee. In it Cabrera accused the United States government of inW.t dcaling in permitting certain Mexi cans' in this country to assit Villa. Secretary Lane, chairman of the American delegation insisted that finit ..tV... hick nlT.r'.al made similiar charges against Presi dent Wilson and the Washine-toi ad ministration. Although Cabrera was finally forc ed to admit that he had talked with the man who wrote the interview he was excused of his insistence, that he did not intend to be mioted Ser.or C4thTm ,M mt tW t.fc ,f tm? interview. - DEDICATION SERVICES CEDAR FALLS CHURCH Rev. H. C. Moore to Defiwr the Dedication. Sermtm, on No. vember 12. ieaication services oi tne lefiar." ctiui cMnwr. r, v r--i twar4,. T,m ran otipiii. enure win o nem .?uii-I day, Wwember 12, and the fofbiwitiK provram has len announced: ln:30. The Striipele and Triumph. Kev W M Pare 1 1 Dedication Sermon. Pes 11 . C. Moore, P. I). 12m. Dinner, lrifl. Address. Hon John A. Oates. I Assurance that a Rrcat mrmlKrr of people win aiteno a irir.-iv'i-:i," siirr t.. shr! i in the announcement that leaders f j the Baptist denomination, B" )? 11 C. j Moore, 'Kev. W. M. Paire and J.'htr A.J Oates, will be present and deliver dedication sermon and n.i.resses. B-atde the intellectual feast which will tfurnisii4 by these pentlemen. all. adds to the social feature. jj. JoflCS .Moves to lUUIian. Ca. Mr. nd Mrs, D H. Jones, who now i-P at Miliam, Ca , returned to their home today, Mr. Jones wan formerly uperindent of Victor Cotton Mills of (this city but is now Treasurer of the Gentle to moderate north and noth- east on the coast. BOARD MARINA LOST SAYS IMPORTS Not Less Than Thirty-six Amer icans on Board Says Consul Frost. VESSEL HAD NO WARNING And Sank Within Ten Minutes After Being .Torpedoed Ac cording to Statements of Sur vivors. Br International News Service.) London, Oct. 81. Six American hostlers were lost and fifty one were saved when the British steamer Mori na was sunk r.ff the Irish coast by a submarine- This according to the press association is the latest infor mation received by the t'nited States Consul From of Queenstownf The dis patch govs on to give the surnames of the victims, saying that two were nam ed Thomas, two Brown, one Robert son and one M iddleton. Two of the Americans Ternp3 werei . ,. . , in jured according to the same autho - rity their names are given as Sillern! and TJavia. . i Corresponding names occur ?n ah official list of ' American lunemen shrnped on the Marina issued bv the 1 , r, . I mted States shipping Company of. Newport News, Y, these names were Taniel P. Thomas and Jhn P. Tho mas of Wilmington Del.; J. C. R Krvwn of Washington D C; G. B. P.rown vf rppervirie. Va.; H B Mid dk"ton, of Fredrifk.burc, Va; Andrew jr. Robrr?on of EaHimore; Edpar Mil- ler, of Haltimori-; and Jack Davis.. Konake, Va. Frank Howard Smith, a veterinary furvivor ha.! landed at Crookhaven. , , i ' .- r,-w n Ireland, accord in sr to a dispatch rece- ived from the report today hy Altaeri - '' .. v . v.. ... j Queenstown the followinj-eixirt to nbe American embassy at London. I "Fifty-two mnre survivors of the ' Alarina landed at Catletown pier. Or.- t ...... ly thirteen now missinjr; nclieve l dead. Not less than thirty-six Ameri cans oV board, of whom sixteen were saved at Crookhaven. There wjT probably be some American fatalities "Survivors state tr.e vessel was u pedrvd without wsrnmsr iil heavy sea sank within ten minutes " The Annual Meetinsr Chamber of Commerce The annual meeting of the Ch:im hT of Commerce shall he held m: th3 tirt T!iurs lay in November -f each year. Owinjr to the pres o:' work fullowir.tr the close of the Cap Fpar Fair and the extra work incident to our effort to secure the location of the Government Armor Plate Plan: it is impossible to have the annual state- tment prepared in time for this meet jnp. The annual Meeting ta, .there fore, postponed until Thursday nipht November 9th at 8 o'clock. Every ci tizen if Fayetteville is put on notice that he is expected to be present at this meeting and is also expected to"( l " bring with him-one new member for Messrs. H. T. Drake , and Charlie the Fayetteville Chamber of Com- w at son who went to Raleigh yester merce. day morning to attend to business Watch the papera for further an- affairs pertaining to the erection of nouncemeixt. ' Bessie Marsh, Secretary- BERIISTORFF SAYS GERMAN SUBMARINE PQUCY UNCHANGED No Intimation on the Part of German Government to Change Policy. INTEND TO KEEP PLEDGES To the United States and There Must be an Explanation of the Attack Upon the Marina Stat- Bernstorff. V ashington, Oct. 31. Secretary of Slots- Lansing announced tonight he ha? asked the American is chargeof of the German government as to the cirr imstances of the sinking of the Mir a and Rowanmore. The state department deehnes to mare public the report received today from Consul Frost at Queenstown. AH inf -nation on the subjt-ct is being transmitted immediately to President Wi -n at Shadow Lawn. TTere was bo Indication of tiarm at :he state department over either exit The fact that i American lsr were lost in the cae of the Row- .anrv .re, and that the nomber of miss- l ' inv n the instance of the Marina had b -n greatly Teduced, tended to lessen CT-isiderably the tension felt last jwht. Officials felt more reassured after 'r iming of a statement authorised bv tint von Bemu-fL the German am- t assador o said: Ther8.4a not the slijrhtet mten- . d on the part of the German eov- anaent of it chancinjr it. submarine policy and there has feen absolutely v chansre in thai policy. Germany :' tndst to keep its T!edfre t the Uni- j States and there must be sime t plana t if n of the attiu k on the Marina. "rVobahly the ahrp did not srop when af!ed. and was trying to inm awy I is 11.. 4fht that the Ruwanmore was at- tfmptine to escape when fitvd up m :,-.d e statement of the persons on .aird that the submarine continut-l fire after the vessel stopped are v utipht to be due to the excrumtut of ' -ie sailors. A dispatch to the state department om London tewiay stated --bsr i'ritish steamer Hycba. with ne I American on borad. had Is-en mtrie Inhere were nn cas.K.lties. U. I). C Postpone The Annual Meetinsr On account Il-nald McM.,1 .,:mual meeiiJ:; t-f th- fun. 4-f the V. ;d of M : postponed until imm l.ateiy after ? funeral. Mrs. F. K" MaK ihan. Pre prune speamm; Hon. I A. Strinjvf:t:H will iM,ires rhe voters, of the Fourth Precinct at Byran Brown's store on Rowan st. at 7:30 on Thursday night. Every body invited to atend. 2t. the new Strand Theatre, returned hnie last night. NORTH CAROLINIANS THOUGHT SAFE Names of Carolinians Does not Appear on List of the Missing. . . In the list of American eaia dtits in the Marina case no on from North Carolina is mentioned. The last re port of the press associatk-n ?ives names of six Americans who are still missinp and who are thought to 1 lost.but the names of the ones from North Carolina is not (riven. From the latest report by the American Consul Frost 40, the 8tat4 department mentioning those lost and futher statinit that a number of sur vivors had beei landed, amone tb.m are snme Americans, i,t can be almost safely stated there were no ciSaul- ties among the North C board the Britis-h ship. - Georjre F. Sfdberry, of hi" ci"y;;part in-a bi Dvmicratic ;,-!! .ilu n J. C. Daird, Charlotte; anl F. E.fwhch will end with the meetinc in Ia-ris, of Wake Forest were among Madison Square in the evem-jr the passentres of the destroyed vessel. I "Mr. Wilsun and Secretary 1 (;ir,uh jare most optomif-tK" -er lh" rh -.n.-cs Seek tO Establish of rtemrattc success on SV,E V.r New Rural Mail Routes ;: f T tWaener; of v , i ork. u-iophuntd tiiay that Mr. Chester. Cheif ITvc-ctr for the j Yurk Cit' 'l,uId :V W?!sont least Government Civil Service, is now look mg over the rural mutes in this coun y and selecting routes fur new car riers. Mr. Lester, asserts however, that roats in sc'ir se'ctiffps where rual routes are suupht will have to "be improved before those sections are recummendeij for new i"a! carrier ifiai defivery'. CUMBERLAD COUNTY BAR AC A-PHILATHEAS' Lebanon Junior Philatheas l ose Banner to the Senior Class of That School- The Salem Methodist chuivh this county was tilled to ovei-rb.w.i. Sunday. October 2'.), with enthusiasue Ilaraea and Philatheas from Me;hf dist, Ilaptist end Presi-teman chureh es from every part of "he country t - attend the Fourth Semi-Annual Cun- ty Convention. Mrs. K. .M. rowii:rr. the pre-i.i p-ei!ei. ! The iitvoi'jHol exe:v:e. v tr n at 11 'V. !"!-k. r-ere eor -thf superinN-rdert f h-? S.-i j tii'ritir were rv:-rn:-' f half tf bt- community an-i -v -, cf" the Salem ar.tl 1 .e'h:trv-n : Schools hy Mr. A. A. McI.jm Mr. W. A. Board respectively. we!iMmi'5 were t;f the- i:ni ' makes one f-el that a wholf-sout I t ht r 1 y fee i i r g pre va i ! . Mr. V . '. Buliard responded to the wtlr..nies ( An address on a .-subject that " nroblt m tu most clasesi was n My covered by Kev. J. M. Hester: thi being- "A definate way to do U-tt!.a"te j thing:." He emphasized the impor tance of organization. "Rehjreon do es not consist in believine thinr in doing thinirs he said. but Two very interesting stories were tolit .V Mr. T. M. Hunter. ' The next thinir on the program was a bountiful picnic dinner, which win thor.)ui;hly enjoyed. It was indeed a pleasure to have Frst Presbyterian church beinjr one Mr. A. R. Williams of Greensboro! of "'s oldest officers. He was a mem General Secretary of the State Cnion, her of Cumberland lodgre No. 5. (Continued on Tage Two.) SECTIONS CLASSED DOUBTFUL FALL III LINE WilH WILSON . New Jersey and Indiana are Re ported to be Faroring Presi dent Wilson. WILSON IS OPTOMSTC Over the Democratic Chancer for Success-Says New York City Will Give Wilson 100, 000 over Hughes. By InUr national Newa Serrb-e.l Asbury Park. Oct. 31. President Wilson left Shadow I.au-n at 1H:,"5 I o'clock this evening for PuiT a!,.. He bans' on ! will return tu N'ow York citv Thurs day morning at nine oVlu. k to take , voios over nugncg. ,ie a.o - said sports, frmthe upper section -f - Ith 8Rtt were hlh!" satisfactory. XeW JrY " r"jW cUm.eri !fi-r the Democratic column --along with Wisconsin. Imimria an Ohio, which luirip ber ela.ed as doubtful' 'by tK? flecti'ju experts. j Roer Sullivan, telt iriJuphed from Chicago a:aift vduy that Illinois ( would, cvrtamly pive it electoral vote to Wilson but it is a.in.itted he;rc that the result i- douliiul. Very little at tention i? beinir jriven to reports from the western ar.d pairic . coast states. -v-.-.-. ! Xotlsinjt ha .stirred tfcc Wilson camp so miji h av the ehal'ires by Son- Lodsre. of Mass.. that the Lusi-- 1 jtania nite was amended Jo inform 'Germany that it . had been issued for home- consumption only, of : The Presiiient is now boin urped fv members of t.m- party .raniation t.) make a -flyimr trip tu Pns'..jn and refute in a nui.lie s.tieeis ail that has Wen said bv .the RWS.i 'The rcat:er , ,.er advise VP. Kill AM) VcMILI.AN D.'KI) IKMI'llinV MDIiMXo ttuentc-i Ronaf.f on Uuy '-1- his ax.d ?e'e-ai -o.t' r-". et't eat -, w iien K'i:er ;n-tm:t '(" i part in irjsii.t's. A H. McMillan,. urviM WOUid :is ;:g- active 'roi'VL Mr. T. iun; which ;iic fi m of four c.v J:- inr. ic.i Mi?s Sarah N. C who died or.. Kotuild Mc-; the only member of which he beK'nt'td. t Mr. McMiilan nut Barbrey, if ClimSff. October J, H'14. A Millan, Jr. died i-cny miier :o, l'.uo. Mr. McMillan nava member of the (Continued on Pajje Three.)
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