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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-17
THINGS TO
BESALD AT
FARLEY
WILSON WANTS TO AVOID ANTAG-
ONlSM AT CoFERENCE

Paris, (Monday)-After conference
IS he has had in Paris and the person
81 examination he has made of the sit
nation here, President Wilson has
come to understand fully why the
peace conference cannot get under
way before the first of the year.
The mere physical proposition of
getting the American mission set
tied in offices is tremendous job.
The presidents visit to the Ameri-
can troops at the front and his re-
view of them in Paris tina twas planned
will be out OF the way by the first of
the year. Meanwhile the informal con
ferences which will lmean so much in
laying the ground work will lcontin-
lie to make progress.
The president is seeking to get ac-
quainted with the men with whom he
is to deal, so he may discuss with the
greatest freedom the problems arts
ing from the presidents point of view,
it is indicated.
There are plain things, he said, and
he wants to say them and avoid antag
onisms because Notwithstanding the
wide Emergencies of opinion, he is
confident that an acceptable agree
ment viii lbe reached before the peace
conference adjourns.
While things are shaping up, Will
son is evidently working uot his own
plans and for the most part keeping
his own council.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-17
WILSON VISITS
VERSAILLES
PALACE,
RECEPTION BY AMBASSADOR
SHARP THURSDAY

Paris, (Monday)-Wilson's visit to
Versailles today was announced and
informal. This idea was to inspect
the golf course but the drive missed
the course and the President saw on
ly the palace, returning to Paris in
time for luncheon.
Tomorrow night the president will
ttend a reception to be given by Am
bassador Sharp at the American en-
bassy The King and Queen of Italy
will be received at the Murat resi-
dence between five and seven Thuhs-
day evening. .s 7
Todays reception is the laskof the
|affairs arranged wholly by the French
government Wilson's conference
with Lloyd George is still indefinite
at to time.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-17
U.S.. SEADOCS ARE
HOMEWARD
BOUND
TWELVE TORPEDO BOATS ARE
GIVEN ENGLISH FAREWELL

Queenstown, (Monday) Great
crowds thronged the shores today, bid
ding farewell to feet of twelve Amer
lean torpedo boats which sailed for
home.
Led by the Stephens, the. senior
ship, the boats made a pretty picture
as they left thir anchorage.
The destroyers will go first to the
Azores where they will remain a
few days before going on to the Uni
ted States.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-17
CRISP CLAIMS
RIGHT ELECT
SENATOR
MASS MEETING ENDORSES DOR
RIS AND NAMES DELEGATION
TO AeBEVlLLE

Pursuant to a call issued by Chair
man A. r. Chruchwell of the county
democratic executive committee,
there was a meeting held at the court
huose this afternoon at which dele
CATION was named to represent Crisp
county at the new senatorial district
meeting which will meet at Abbeville
tomorrow, and which meeting at Alb
beville will decide the order in which
the various counties of the district
shall furnish the senator, and perfect
"a district organization.
The following were named as the
delegation:
: K. s. Bussey, Chairman, w. P. Flem
ing, E. F. Stroller, d.. A. R. Crum,
f. L. Kiker, M. NJ Fakes, Charles f.
Brown, J w. Bivins, J. w. Cannon.
]. II. Churchwel, ]. ]. Williams, T. J.
Royal, D. W. Spires, Jesse Clements,
Isaiah Williams, II. II. Smith, Oscar
Mckinney, M. d. Calhoun, M. V. Car
den. J. l.. Hawkins, julius Mobiles, A.
j. Mobiles. and R. n Bray; and as ma
ny of them are urged to attend as pos
sible.
1t was the sense of the meeting held
tins afternoon that Crisp county was
entitled to furnish the first senator
from the 4Sth district. and re3olu-
,ion wag adopted as follows:
Whereas, the efforts of the Citi-
2pns Of this section of Georgia for the
creation of some new senatorial dis
ticts 50 as to even up representation
in the senate. have at last resulted in
success, ard seven new districts have
been created. one of which the 4Sth
composed of Crisp, Wilcox and Dodge
counties:
Whereas, the success of this move
ment was inlarge part due to the able
leadership of Crisp county's represen-
:atiye, Hon. w. H. Doris, in the Cen
cral Assembly:
Whereas. Crisp county has only
had the privilege of furnishing a SEN
ator one time during the 10 years of
the county's history. under the rota-
tion system. due to the large number
of counties in the old district to which
it formerly belonged:
Whereas Dodge has now the sena,
/ torship from the old district having
elected a citizen of that county there
to two years ago:
Whereas, Wilcox county has recent
| Iy furnished the senator for the old
Fourteenth District for the term begin
ming with the next General assembly
u. ]. D. Maynard having been elect
ed thereto; and the Acknowledgement
having decided that ne is entitled ia
receive and hold his commission there
to:
And whereas, justice now requires
| illdI lllG new SCDulOl w DC 'iN't'N Va
the 9TH of January, next, for the new
Forty Eighth District be furnished by
Crisp county,
Therefore, Be it Resolved by the
democrats of Crisp county in Mass
Meeting assembled
THAT our delegation to the meeting
called for the Forty Eighth District
for the purpose of perfecting district
organization and deciding on the or
der in which the counties thereof
shall furnish the senator, be instruct
~ 10 claim the right on behalf OF
Crisp county to furnish the first sena'
tor therefrom,- one to be elected
on January 18th, 1915
/
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-17
BUDDING YOUTH
DEMANDS PART
IN RULE
BERLIN YOUTHS URGE REMOVAL
EBERT AND ScHEIDMANN

Berlin, monday By the Associat-
ed Press )-Several hundred boys and
girls paraded to the Reichstag build
ng where the soldiers and workmens
congress is being held and demand
ed among other, things votes for per-
sons eighteen years of age, the abo-
lition of corporal punishment. in
schools and participation by the chill
dren in the administration of the gov
eminent of the schools.
youthful orators demanded the re-
moval of Ebert and Ccheidmann from
office.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-17
BUSINESS ADVISERS
PLAN IS APPROVED
WILSON AGREES WITH REDFlELD
ON AFTER-WAR MEASURES

Washington, Dec. 17.-President
Wilson has approved the recent re-
commentator of Secretary RedfieId
that business advisers be attached to
the American legations and embas-
sizes as one of the governments moves
toward aiding American manufacture
ers and merchants in their after-war
campaign for foreign trade.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-17
CENTRAL CONGRESS
OPENS in BERLIN
SPARTICUS GROUP AND INDIE
PENDENT SOCIALIST OUT
NUMBERED

Berlin. Monday. By the Associat
ed Press)-The central congress sof
delegates from the soldiers and work
mems council in many parts of Ger
many was opened today There were
three women among the $50 delegates
During the organization it was ap-
parent that the Independent social
lists and the Sparticus Group were
outnumbered.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-17
Lansing Assigns Duties

Paris, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Lans-
ing VISA in conference this morning
with the members of the American
delegation to the peace conference
in an effort tc organize the working
forces. The secretary met each indi-
ual separately and began the assign
ment of the duties to the various
members of the American group.
Lansing said it was clearly impos-
sible to do anything more than this
preliminary work before the holidays.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-17
KNOW NO METHOD
TO Get HOLD
WILLIAM
EBERT SAYS THING TO DO Is FIX
WAR RESPONSIBILITY

London. Dec 17-Ebert, the So
cialist premier of Germany, declared
in an interview yesterday that he did
nof know of any legal method by
which the former Emperors surren-
der could be forced.
But it is not the question which
closely concerns u.s." he said. 1--WE
separated ourselves from him and
now desire only that the guilt for the
outbreak of the war should be finally
fixed, inorder that he may be exposed
once for ALL"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-17
NATIONS MUST
PUNISH WAR
MAKERS
FORMER COLONIAL SECRETARY
SAYS NOT DUTY OF JURIsTs

London, Dec, 1.-THE responsible
ty for furnishing the former Emperor
and other high German officials for
the crimes committed during the war
must rest with the governments, not
with the jurists, according to the Mar
quis of Crewe, former secretary of
state for the colonies, in a letter to the
Westminster Gazette.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-17
EBERT FINDS NO WAY TO FORCE SURRENDER OF WILLIAM
ALLIES lombard
TURK ARMED
BANDS
SITUATION IN SMYRNA REPORT
ED CRITICAL

Athens, Dec. 1.-THE situation in
Smyrna is exceedingly critical accord
ing to newspaper dispatches from
Milyne. q
Young Turk officials have posted
armed bands in various places about
the town, and these have been bonn
barded by the Allied feet.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-17
FRENCH ARMY IN
CITY WEISBADEN
TROOPS REVIEWER AT FOOT OF
STATUE OF WILLIAM

Paris Dec 17-Gen LIE Comte with
q French army entered Weisbaden
yesterday morning.
The troops were reviewed from the
steps of the city hall opposite the
statue of former Emperor William
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-17
FRENCH WOMEN DEMAND
FULL POLITICAL RIGHTS

Paris, Dec. IT, Several groups of
French women, suffrage advocates,
have joined in a manifesto demand
ing that the political rights of women
be recognized by the government be-
IRE the next election.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-17
REPORT REACHES BERLIN NEWS
PAPERS
Amsterdam, Dec. IA reVo-
luton has broken out in Bulgaria,
according to information to the
Berlin LokaI Anzeiger.
RADIO HEARINGS
RESUMED IN HOUSE
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP BILL
is UNDER DISCUSSION

Washington. Dec. 17.-Hearings on
the administration bill for the perma-
nent government ownership of the ra-
lilo lines was resumed roday by the
House merchant marine committee.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-17
MUST RECRUIT
100000 MEN
FOR NAVY
TO TAKE PLACE OF MEN DEMoB-
LIKED

Washington, Dec. 1.-Two hundred
thousand men must be recruited for
the navy to take the place Of the
men demobiliZed.
Capt Laning, chief of the bureau of
navigation, made the estimate when
asking for an appropriation of twelve
millions.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-17
MORE men COMING Z
HOME FROM FRANCE
PERSH'NG HAS DESIGNATED a.
500 MEN AND OFFICERS 4

Washington, Dec. 17-Gen. Perish
ing has notified the war department
that he had designated for early con-
voy home a number of additional units
including $500 officers and men. =
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-17
MADE
PRESIDENT
PORTUGAL
SUCCEEDS MAN ASSASSINATED
LATE SATURDAY

Lisbon Dec. 17.-Admiral Cantony
Castro has been elected president of
Portugal in succession to Or. Sidonio
Paes, who was assassinated late Satur-
day night.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-17
ENGLISH lombard
BOLSHEVIK POSTS
ENEMY REPULSED ACCORDING
TO REPORT

Stockholm, fMonday)-An English
squadron has bombarded the Bolshe-
visit positions along the southern
coast of the Gulf of Finland accord
ing to the official statement from the
Esthonian army headquarters.
The Bolshevist forces have been re-
pulsed, according to the report.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-17
THIRTEEN LOSE !.
LIVES IN COACH
FIRE CAUGHT TOURIST CAR ON
C. p.

Winnipeg, Dec. l7.-Thirteen pas
sengers in tourist coach on the Ca
madam Pacific train are reported to
have lost their lives when a coach
caught fire last night.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-17
NO AMERICAN SQUADRON
HAS YET REACHED POLA

London, (Monday)-Th Italian en-
bassy here states that the report from
LaibaCh that an American squadron
has arrived at Pola is unfounded, T..
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-17

EooD MIDDLING, CLosED------27c
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-15
POSES AS JEW TO
GET A HOLIDAY

ANNAPOLIS. Md, Sept. ia
member OF the class OF pay officers
OF the naval reserve who would have
completed his course at the Naval
Academy yesterday and have been
assigned to active duty is not a mem
Ter Of the service any longer, be-
-ause a simple incident developed
that his standards were not those
which are obligatory upon commits
stoned members of the service.
Middies here are given privileges
OF visiting their homes on the New
Year holidays, and this privilege re-
Gently was extended to the twenty
two Hebrew members OF the class OF
200.
This particular reserve officer.
whose name is withheld. represented
himself to be OF the Jewish race and
occurred the special leave. When
taxed WITH his ofrense he seemed to
think that he had put something
over" on the authorities. II did not
take long to produce the necessary
order separating him from the naval
service, and his name will be sent
to his local draft board. and before
long he is likely 20 be walking post
with rifle on his shoulder instead
OF treading the decks OF one OF the
war vessels as a member OF the COM
force.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-15
100000 TONSOF
COAL MAY Be SAVED

Owners Of steam plants and their
employees can save in the next year
rs. 900, 900 tons OF coal and solve the
coal shortage problem. This was the
statement today of the United States
Bureau of Mines.
In the average steam plant, for every
hundred tons of coal burned, only
ffty-seven tons are actually used in
making steam. The Bureau of Mines
declares that it is entirely feasible to
increase the average efficiency Of
these plants from 81 to 81 per cent.
saving fifteen tons OF coal out Of every
100 tons used.
As 100000, 900 tons OF coal annually
are necessary TO supply all the steam
plants in this country, the same work
could be done with $4,000, 900 tons,
with n saving OF 5000 900 tons.
THE methods to be used are easy
to understand" said Van II. Manning,
director OF the bureau. 1.-THE saving
can come through the good will and
steady, honest effort OF the fireman
and the engineer, and the encourage
ment and appreciation of the owner or
manager of the plant"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-15
SEATTLE DIRECTORS
TODOFARM WORK

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 15.-Con-
scientious directors in the United
States army at Camp Lewis are 10
be compelled to do war work on
farms in western Washington.
County Agriculturist Floyd W. RAIDER
has announced.
RAIDER and an agent of the United
States Employment Bureau are GO
ing over King county to find places
for approximately seventeen men.
The men will be retained in uniform,
and will be classed and punished as
deserters if they leave their posts.
The cities and the shipyards have
drained the farming communities OF
labor Of the kind necessary for dairy
ing and raising produce" said the
county agriculturist, land the farm
ers and dairymen have been forced
to appeal TO the United States Gov
eminent. The answer is that a Ger
tain number-how many don't
know-of conscientious DIRECTORS
will be parceled out among the west
ern Washington counties and COM
PEELED to do farm work.
The dairymen are finding IL al
most impossible to get mixers. and
the soldiers will be mostly used on
farms Of that class"
RAIDER said the men would only
draw their army pay, but that the
employers would be obligated TO
pay into the Red Cross the difference
between that and the going wage
for whatever labor is performed.
For the time soldier labor will
only be furnished counties west of
the Cascade mountains, RAIDER said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-15
ARMY IN NEED Of
MANYNEW OFFICERS

Major generals and brigadier gen.
erals qualified for the command OF
divisions and brigades at the canton
ments and camps in this country arc
getting SO scarce the War Depart
ment will probably have to create a
new list Of them. and send their
names to the Senate.
When It comes to drawing major
generals and briEadiers back from
duty in France, the department finds
it's like pulling teeth. The plan OF
General March was to bring over from
France for command o. the new di-
visions and brigades a long list of
generals who had seen service in
Europe. Selection OF the officers was
left to General Pershing.
But now that the Americans are
hamme-ing the GerEaan5, General
Pershing hates to spare his best gem
eral officers and. what is more, Of
nccrs kick hard against returning
from overseas They want to stay
where theirs lighting Instead Of COM
ing back to drill TROOPS
Out OF seventeen brigadiers ex-
pected by the War Department in re-
cent weeks, only FIVE have been sent
over from France, and out OF a con
list of major generals, none
at all have been sent.
Some divisions in this country are
now in command OF colonies. and the
prospects are good for a list OF new
promotions at an carly date.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-15
SENATE MAY PROBE
ELECTION FUNDS

A resolution calling for an investi-
cation by the Senate Privileges and
Elections Committee of the campaign
expenditures of three Republican can
didates for the United States Senate
will be offered in the Senate early
this week, it is learned on good au-
thority. The three candidates whose
expenditures will undergo scrutiny. IL
the resolution is passed, are Truman
H. Newberry, OF Michigan; Medill Nc
Cormick. of Illinois, and David Ell
kins, of West Virginia. all of whom
were successful in the primaries.
Senator Pomerene of Ohio, chair
man of the Privileges and Elections
Committed. who is expected to orfer
the resolution, would not discuss it
today.
II have nothing to say about II to-
day." was his only comment.
No charges of violation of the cor
rupt practices act have been made
against any of the Republican candi-
dates. The investigation resolution
grows out of rumors in circulation in
their districts.
The three men all have filed state
ments giving their itemized eXpendi-
lures with the Senate, and these state
ments show that none had personal
expenditures above the $4,000 limit
set by Federal law. Newberry's cam
paign managers are said to have ad-
mitted. however, that $16S.OOO was eX-
pended in his behalf in the primaries.
They claim he had no knowledge of
the expenditure of more than a very
small portion Of this sum.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-15
SENATE EXPECTED
TO EXEMPT BONDS

Informal discussion of the new Nc
Adoo bond bill, exempting from taxa
ton Liberty bonds held in amounts
up to $4,000. revealed little deter
mined opposition to the enactment of
the measure in the Senate Finance
Committee yesterday afternoon.
There will be stubborn OPPOSITION
on the floor of the Senate, however,
by Senators Johnson of California
and Borah OF Idaho. There is little
possibility that they will succeed in
radically amending the measure or
preventing its enactment.
The Finance Committee will give
formal consideration to the bill Mon
day, and Senator Simmons. the chair
man, predicted today that il would
be reported to the Senate and proba-
bly, passed on Tuesday. Secretary
McAdoo's statement that the passage
of the bill is essential to the success
of the fourth Liberty loan is looked
upon as insuring its approval by a
large majority. The bill already has
been passed by the House.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-15
CONFER TO THWART
COTTON PRICE PLAN

Amazed and disappointed at Presi-
dent Wilson's decision to stand pat on
appointment OF a board to stabilize
cotton. Senators and Representatives
from cotton States held a conference
late yesterday to decide what can be
done.
A further drop in the cotton mar
ket, and the official statement that
the new board will FIX cotton prices
II it is deemed necessary, caused a
Hurry among Southern Congressman.
The conference was secret, and its
results were withheld. 1t was learn
ed, however. that some OF the legis-
lators expressed the view that neither
the war Industries board nor the
President has power to fix cotton
prices, or the prices OF any other
commodity. for that matter. There
was some talk of seeking Congress
sional action to prevent cotton price
fixing.
Hope Of enough support to pass
such legislation, however. is admitted
ly vain.
There is much sentiment In Con-
gress in favor OF taxing cotton
heavily. either through price fixing
or through the war tax bill.
Many OF those at the conference
said the only hope the cotton States
now have is to see that the stabiliz-
ing board is made up of men who
understand the situation. and appre-
ciate what would follow price fixing.
Another conference Is to be had
with Il. NJ. Baruch, chairman OF the
war industries board. through whom
the plan to create the board was first
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-15
STILL BIC DEMAND
FOR ARMY NURSES

Emphatic denial that the American
army has all the nurses it needs was
made today by Brig. Gen. Charles
Richard. acting surgeon general.
while General Gorgas is in France.
Although the American Red Cross,
the nurse reserve OF the army, re-
ports a total enrolment of more
than % 900 nurses, this does not rep
resent the number of women avail
able for active service. A total of
$4,000 nurses must be obtained be-
fore the first of the year. General
Richard declared. More than 10000
are now on the rolls of the army
nurse corps, leaving 5000 still to be
obtained. Moreover, il is estimated
that before July 1, 1919. $4,000 nurses
will be required. So during the next
twelve months. $4,000 women Of
America must step forward and vol
unteer for nursing service.
The evil the Army Medical Depart
ment fears is that nurses. believing
that no longer there is urgent need
for them, will cease enrolling, and
that young women will stop making
applications for admittance to the
Army School of Nursing. In fact, it
has been said that there has been
a drop in the number of inquiries and
enrollments in the past few days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-15
SAY KAISER WHIMPFRS

PARIS, Sept. 15.-Commenting on
the speech of Emperor william to
the workmen at the Krupp works at
Essen, the newspapers say the EN-
peror endeavored to brace up the
shaken spirits of the German people
and fight the defeatist elements.
The Petit Parisien says: The
Emperor gave up his grandilouuent
tone to adopt a whimpering tone"
Figaro says: There was not a
word in the speech which was not an
inhuman sneer or a lie for slaves
and this in an atmosphere OF bitter
ness and encouragement"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-15
'GASLESS' SUNDAY
SAVINGS TO GROW

With the "gasless" order again in
! effect in all States east of the Mis-.
sissippi today, the United States Fuel
+ Administration expects that even
greater savings of the precious mo-
! tive fluid will be registered by a
! 100 per cent observance of the or
der.
II a statement just issued here, the
Fuel Administration gave an example
OF how far-reaching the Easless Sun
day has been. In Illinois, a count
on automobile traffic was taken from
. to 4 o'clock on Saturday, August
81; Sunday, September /, and Sunday,
September s. The results showed
that 10000 cars passed a given point
on the first day Saturday and on
the second Sunday that the gasless
order was in effect, only $50 cars
passed that point.
ut is yet too early to state ex.
actly the amount or gasolene con-
served" said the statement, but
taking a total number of cars reg
istered in the States affected by the
order, and assuming a savings of
three gallons per car, this would
translate into a total Of $4,000 bar
rels. II is safe to say that the
amount OF Basolene saved mas adoed
very materially to the reserves
available for overseas shipment for
use in the tanks, trucks, and air
planes at the front"
Fuel Administrator Garfield said
today that a study of costs and prices
OF gasolene is being made by experts
for his guidance to determine wheth-
er he will fix prices on the commo-
dity.
1t is limited that the gasless Sun
day order may be extended to en-
brace certain States west of the Mis-