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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
WOMAN AND JAY BIRDS
HAVE FIERCE FIGHT

Atlanta, Ca. August 5.-5everal be-
ligerent and noisy jay-birds yesterday
entered into battle with Mrs John
Coff, of 70 North Third Street, Deca-
tur; and. in fight to finish, badly
scratched her face and neck and en-
tirely destroyed her equanimity and
dignity.
Mrs Golf, attracted by the agoniz-
ed efforts of young jay-bird that had
fallen from its nest, was trying TO re-
store the venturesome featherling
when the grown ups massed their for
ces for a rear attack. One became en-
tangled in the ladies hair and could
MT escape, the fluttering wings and
feet doing considerable damage. The
other settled on Mrs Goff's head, and
left only when she finally reached the
harbor of her own door.
Mrs, Goff says that hereafter all
young jay-birds may perish from the
earth as far as she is concerned.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
700 CASUALTIES
COMING in
TODAY
SEVEN GEoRGIANS AMONG THOSE
REPORTED THIS MORNING

Washington August. 5.-The casu-
alties among the Aemrican troops in
the severe fighting since July Is when
the German offensive was launched
and halted at the Marine are now be-
ing reported daily with lists from Gen.
Pershing, although no estimate Of the
total has been received.
Today's army list shows 407 names,
the largest ever reported in a single
day
Killed in action number 203; died
of wounds 81 died of disease 8; died
of accidents 4; wounded severely AZ;
wounded in degree undetermined /;
missing 8.
The killed included Clarence T. Sui
chiffe, Miami, Fla; Burton James, Live
Oak, Fla; Walter A. Campbell, Hagan,
Ga; Riley G. Cope, cambridge, s. c.
John w. Hudson, Edison Ga; Robert
Malone, Savannah, Ga julie Taylor, La
Grange, Ga, Jesse N Fielding, OH
locknee, Ga; and Bury r. Gideons, Pax
ton, Fla Those who died of wounds
were Corporal Everett T. Ramsey Cor
nelia Ga died Of disease Corporal Alb
lerHumphreys, of Oglethorpe, Ga.
Additional casualties in a list of
nearly three hundred names, bringing
the total for the day to about 700
names were checked at the war de-
partment for publication in the morn
ing papers for tomorrow. No informa-
ton concernin gthe list except that
at the department.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
SPAIN STIRRED BY
AMERICAN EFFORT
SPANISH WRITER MAKES INTER
ESTIN STATEMENTS

Washington, Aug. 5-All Spain is
being stirred by series of articles
dealing with the magnitude Of the
American effort in the war, appearing
in the A. B. c., strongly pro-German
according to cable today
to the committee on public Information
from a representative in Madrid
The articles are by Joe Martinez
RIM, novelist and literary critic.
He was the first Spanish writer to
visit the American front, and only his
pre-eminent literary position influence
ed the paper to publish his articles.
RIM said I'm 1898 we suffered a dis
astrcus disillushionment because of
our ignorance. 1t shall not ocCur
again if can prevent it. The future
of Spain is bound up with the future
of America. This truth must be re-
cognized"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
HOG ISLAND YARD
FLOATS FIRST /
ship /
BIG CEREMONY HELD ATTENDED,
BY PRESIDENT WILSON y

Philadelphia, Aug. with Presi
dent and Mrs. Wilson, officials of the
Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet
Corporation and thousands of ship
yard workers and their families look
ing on, the "Quis Conck," a cargo car
rying vessel of seven thousand five
hundred tons was launched at the HOY
Island ship yard today. The "Quis
Conck," of which Mrs. Wilson was
sponsor, is the first of the large ves
sells to be launched at the Hog Island
yards the largest ship yard in the
world In ~
. 1t will be followed by another with
in few weeks and it is expected that
more than fifty ships will De launched
by the end of the year.
Chairman Hurley was the principle
speaker at the launching. He said
it was no mere incident in the nationss
shipbuilding program that brought
President and Mrs. Wilson to the
scene of the present achievement. Il
was the beginning of an epoch in the
nations history This launching" he
said, marks another mile stone In
Americas progress nthe war against,
the German Government 1t marks the
beginning of quantity production Of
ships in the yards of the United Sta.
ties. We are producing more tonnage
today than submarines are sinking:
From this time forward our great task
will be to replace tonnage that was
1ost in the days when we were far be-
hind in the nerve racking war with
the sharks of the sea" n.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
GEORGIA SOLONS
FACE EXTRA SESSION
ON TOP OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS
MAY COME DEADLOCK OVER
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS
RILL-vETo EXPECTED

Atlanta, Aug. 5.-Several indications
point TO the probability of an extra
legislative session of the General AS
sembly unless the law makers make a
tremendous effort to complete all bus
mess the coming week
1t is believed the governor will We
to the general appropriations bill as
it now stands, the total of appropria-
tions amounting to nearly nine million
dollars, the chief item of which is the
million dollar increase for the common
schools of the state.
The opinion is current that the SEN
ate will refuse to concur in that ap-
preparation, and deadlock seems ap-
parent.
During the week just beginning,
much legislation of importance will
come before the Assembly, and a ire
mendous effort will be made to COM
plete the business of the legislature
in the regular session.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
SLIGHT GAIN IN
TAX RETURNS
FOR 1918
TAX COLLECTOR C. o. PERRY
SENDS IN DIGEST WHICH IN
plCATEs LIVE STOCK IN
DUSTRY GROWING

The tax returns from Crisp county
this year in The office of Tax Receiver
c. o. Perry will show net gain of
$1S4 400. The total returns reach
S5,21O,267.
The largest gain for any single pro
perty interest is that of live stock.
This shows a gain of 100000, almost
two thirds of the entire amuont of the
increase. 1t is a splendid indev to the
increased. stoc kinterest in Crisp
In spite of the calls to war, Crisp
also shows an increase of 100 persons
on the poll.taz sheet This means
thai many more voters for the county.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
This NEGRO TWICE
UNDER ENGINE
HENRY EDGE, COLORED STRUCK
BY SWITCH ENGINE

Henry Edge, a deaf and dumb ne
gro, who several years ago lost one
arm under a switch engine out near
the plant of the Read Phosphate Com
pany, today sustained injuries again
in the same manner when he was
struck ON the tracks in the rear OF
the Heard Grocery Company's ware
houses.
He was knocked off and apparently
sustained internal injuries, but was
not run over. He was suffering when
removed but the extent Of his injuries
will not be known for sometime. He
was removed to his home by the Lime
Cola Company employees.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
P. M. WATSON VOLUNTEERS
FOR SERVICE I'M NAVY

P. M. Watson, brother of S. M Wat
son of this city, now business man
in Dublin, has entered the United Sta
tes Navy as volunteer and will go
to begin service Monday His friends
here today forwarded the following
telegram to him:
1--WE have heard the news of your
noble action in joining the navy TO
fight for our country. Please accept
our hearty congratulations. We wish
you the best of luck in bagging the
Kaiser and keeping the Stars and
Stripes hoisted to stand for liberty,
freedom and justice for all people"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
British Raids

London, Aug, 5-Raiding operations
were carried out last night by the Brit
ish northwest of Arras in which pri-
soners were taken, it is officially an
nounced. On the northern front, op.
posite La Basse German guns were &C
tive also north of Bethune and be-
tween Hazebrook and Ypres.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
AMERICAN TANKER
SUNK BY U-BOAT
CAPTAIN AND ELEVEN MEN OF
THE CREW MISSING

Washington, Aug. 5.-The American
tanker, o. B. Jennings, seventy-eight
hundred tons, was sunk by a subma-
rine yesterday hundred miles off the
Virginia coast
Thirty survivors were brought to
Norfolk by naval vessel. The navy
department was informed that the cap
tain and a boat containing men are
missing.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
ACESFOR WAR
TO REGISTER new
1870 IS
GEN. CRoWDER NAMES DAN FOR
LISTING AGES 18 TO IS

Washington, Aug. 5.-Gen. Crowder,
in a statement submitted to the Sen
ate by senator chamberlain suggested
September the 9Th as the day of ma
tional registration within the proposed
new ages.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
CARS COLLIDE WHEN
ASBURN NEGRO CAME

An Ashburn negro preacher named
Watson drove his car into another
driven by J. B. Carroll of Dooly county
this morning near the municipal flag
and Mrs. w A. Musselwhite who was
in the latter car suffered considerably
from the excitement occasioned by
the shake-up. The cars were only
slightly damaged.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
ARE
COVERED WITH
GLORY
TAKING OF FISHES REMARKABLY
BITTER CONFLICT.

PARIS, August 5.-The Americans
covered themselves with glory in the
hand-to-hand fighting in the streets
of Tismes yesterday whe they sur
prised that German base. The fight
ing is said to have been the bitterest
of the whole war, the Prussian Guards
asking no quarter and being bayonet-
ted or dubbed to death as they stood
by their machine guns.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
LOW AERIAL DEATH
RECORDS IN U. S.

WASHINGTON, August Sin fig
ures on army aviation training facil-
tiles in this country published today
for the period of Sept. first last,
July twentieth, show total of hun
dred and fifty-five deaths. Officials
believe this new record, equalling if
not lettering the lowest marks of the
allied air service, and being far lower
than the German and Austrian fatality
records.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
FEW HUNS SOUTH
OF RIVER
VESLE
ALLIES HOLD RIVER FROM Fis-
MES TO RHEIMS

Paris, Aug. 5.-Allied pursuit of the
Germans continues. The latest re-
ports are that only a few of the enc
my remain south of The Vesle at Ba,
zoches and Jonchery, west and east
of Fismes respectively. The Allies
hold the entire southern bank of the
Vesle between ismes and Rheims.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
MARINE CORPS RECRUITING
REACHES HIGH IN JULY

Washington, August marine
corps recruiting reached its highest
point during July 1852 enlisting in ad-
dition to the 432 enrolled in the ma
rine corps reserve.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
ALLIED PURSUIT OF THE ENEMY NT|NUES HOT
FOUR-FIFTHS WOUNDED |
WILL GO BACK TO FIGHT
BEGIN CONSIDERATION
OF 1919 WHEAT PRICES

Washington, Aug. 5-The joint. ag-
ricultural advisory committee of the
Agricultural Department and the Food
Administration began series of con-
ferences today to consider questions
related to the 1919 wheat crop.
The government price for that year
will be among the matters discussed.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
new DRAFT AGE
MEASURE UP
TODAY
CONGRESS WILL HAVE NOTHING
BUT RECESS TO DELAY ACTION

Washington, Aug. 5-The first step
in the enlarged war program of the
War Department will be taken today
with the introduction of bill in both
houses extending the draft age limits
from Is to As years. Only present re-
cess of congress will operate to de-
lay the legislation.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
Germans are Resisting

Paris August 5.-French detach-
ments which crossed the Vesle are
meeting with resistance from the Ger
mans, it is officially announced 1t is
declared there is nothing of importan-
ce to report from the battle front.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
One In TW EN- TY.
NOT TODIE OF
WOUNDS
MORE THAN FOUR FIFTHS WILL
REURN TO LINES

Washington, Aug 5.-The American
wounded in the marne fighting, FRO
badly less than one in twenty die from
wounds. More than four fifths will q
returned to service and only four
teen percent discharged for disability
according to the estimae of the chief
of staff today.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
SUB CHASER SUNK
IN COLLISION

Washington, Aug. 5-The sinking
of the submarine chasre number 1877
in a collision with another vessel last
night near Hog Island, off the Virgin
ia coast was reported today by the
Navy Department
All the crew was rescued.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
Weather Favors Germans.

PARIS.-There was lull along the
Scissors Rheims front last night and
this morning The Germans were fav-
ored by the weather which turned the
Vesle River banks into swamps and
morasses.
They are making sitter stand.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
COTTON JUMPED
SEVEN DOLLARS BALE
CONTINUED DROUGHT REPORTED
IN TEXAS THE CAUSE

New York, Aug. 5.-Cotton took a
fresh squirt upward today afte ran ex
cited opening attributed to the contin-
ued drought in Texas.
The jump represented nearly seven
dollars a bale over the Saturday close.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
TORPEDO BLOWS UP SHIP
KILLING $50 PATIENTS
FISHING SCHOONER AMONG
VESSELS SUNK BY SUB

Canadian Atlantic Port, August s.
The fishing schooner Nelson A has
been added to the vessels sunk by a
submarine off the Atlantic coast
The crew was landed today They
reported that their schoonewas de-
stroyed Saturday.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
VESSEL LOST ON
RETURN FROM
FRANCE
HAD ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED PER-
SONS ABOARD

London, Aug. ga hundred and fifty
patients were reported to have been
killed by an explosion of a torpedo
which sank a ship this morning. The
Ship was returning from France with
about 400 aboard. Two American Of
ficers and five privates were aboard.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
Seventeen Missirq

New York, Aug. 5.-Latest reports
indicate seventeen men, including Cap
tain are unaccounted for as result of
summarizing of the tanker, Jennings.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
RESUME COMMANDMENT.

PARIS, August 5.-The long range
bombardment Of the Paris region was
resumed this morning.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-05
MARINE CASUALTIES
ARE LIGHT FOR DAY

WASHINGTON, August 5.-The Ma
rine Corps casualties show ten. Kill
led in action, nine; died of wounds,
one
Evening star., 1918-04-04
PROPOSALS..

OFFICE OF THE COMNIssi0NERs, D. O..
Washington. d. c., March .. 1918. Dea1si
proposals will be received At this once. noo3
Zoe, District Building. until 200 p.u.. ApeiI 4;
1918. for excarating and backnliing for II. 1&
20 and 24-inch water maina. speci6cationa an4
form Of proposal may be obtained ct Roon an
District Building. LOUIS BR0wNLOW. JOHN
q. d. KNIGHT. W. GWYNS GARDINER. Con.
missoners. u. c. mhoo-et
OFFiCE OF THE coMMIsslONE Eiis, DisTRi0r
Of Columbia. March 2s lels.-sealed preposals
will be received at the once Of the Secretary eS
Building, until 2 o'clock. p. NJ, April Il.
1918. for Installing sieam heating -sysfens n
tween 18th and 18th Streets, NV. ana N n
gne House No 8. located on II gtreet, betueea
Blank forms Of proposai. plans and specinen.
tions may BE- obtained from the chief Cleff.
Engineer Department. Beom ~, District Dn1ll-
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from bidders to insure The return 81 the rSsuS
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Evening star., 1918-04-04

6 TO s ROOMS; hollow tile: /:
center hall; good sized living and
dining room; sleeping porch and
garage; lot not less than so #:
front and I25 #. deep; southern
exposure preferred; squares
east or west from Conn. ave.
Chevy Chase, D. c.. I4th or 10th
sts. extended; immediate posses.
sion; describe in detail, with low
est cash price. Address Box
1907, Star Office.
Evening star., 1918-04-04

BY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYE. WHOSE fAN-
fly consists Of four, two children, aged 3 and
8. furnished house. apartment or light house,
keeping rooms; location imma . rial. but muse
be In suburbs country convenient to 1ineo
or trains; give full details. Address Box 305-R.
Star ofdce -
Evening star., 1918-04-04

UNFURNIsHDD. sIN OR SEVEN ROOM
house with all modern improvements; state To-
cation. rent and when available. Address Rox
9a-T. Star ONCE. -
WANTED-FURNIsHED HOUSE OF OR .
rooms; must have Ami; any good location. Ap-
ply 400 Homer bldg. Phone Franklin 6Is4
HOUSE ABOUT SIX ROOMS; YEARLY LEASE:
Evening star., 1918-04-04
luTo1roBrIEs FoR SALE. ETC.
ANNOUNCING THE GREAT SUCCESS
AND THE PUBLIC's DEMAND

ouedollar tube sale has heh
such great giving standarmake tires ana
ntr, the lowest dollar price, with such great
rrsponsc compelled continue while longer
Evening star., 1918-04-04

ONE ACRE-TAK0MA PARK, n. O.. sR. AND
b.: no modern improvements other than gas.
Price. $5.500. $1,000 cash. balance on b. q.
terms. Possession In 40 days.
McLACHLEE BANKING CORPORATION.
10Th and G. lRsai xatatap Dspt.l Main ASs.
Evening star., 1918-04-04
OFFICES AND STUDIOS.

UNDERWOOD rYfEwRIrERs for rsst; very
latest model; immediate deiiyeU. Phone Col,
The sun., 1918-07-14

teresting to see how vulnerable the monsters were
after their debut, to shell fire, and how possible
were casualties from small arms bullets CHANGING
to enter port holes.
Plainly our visions of the tank always advancing
triumphantly, frightening Heinie out of his dumb
wits and making everything easy for the infantry
attack, and so was the notion of H. G. Wells, who
foreshadowed the tank in his fiction, that if fused
with Imagination it might have done decisive
things ere now
The Sporting Chance.
And it is exceedingly interesting to learn from
a man of Capt. Haigh's interchangeable mettle
that one factor which attracted the volunteers to
the corps was "that we were tired Of going over
the top as infantrymen. The first time man goes
into attack, he rule enjoys it. But
to do the same thing second and third and fourth
time, when the novelty has passed, is to bring
man face to face with death in its fullest and most
realistic uncertainty. There is nothing
heroic exalting in going over the top" Attack
ing in the tank seemed in prospect tSmean not i'm
munity but "a more sporting chance with death.
Capt. Haigh concludes with remarkable chap
ter which is his confession of the soldiers expert
ence of faith in needed God Neither the expe-
rience nor the confession is novel But here it is
the soldier himself, and no sensitive philosopher,
who bears testimony.
HIGH ADVENTURE By JAMES NORMAN HALL. HOugh-
ton Mhin Company. $50
LIFE IN A TANK. BY RICHARD HMGH Houghton
Miffin Company. sl.25.
The sun., 1918-07-14

Course, as Hall indicates without faint
ST particular reference.
A similar valuable clearing of illu-
sions from an arm still newer and
equally glamourous to readers of high
ly colored special correspondence is
done with Life in q Tank, by Capt.
Richard Haigh, who commanded
tanks at Arras and Ypres, and
brought the tank Britannia to this
country. Haigh's is the first book
on tanks; indeed, he is first to
write anything about them in ac-
ton "from inside though inside"
in his case, is not to be taken literally.
"You ride in the tanks" Sun re-
porter ventured.
"No. 1 walk behind them," said
the Captain. "Plan their routes, keep
'em in touch, keep track of 'em, yon
know"
Completely exposed to the Ger
man fret"
ooh, it's not so bad. You've shell
holes to take cover in"
His first personal appearances in
his pages are fewer than Casar's.
eve" did thus and so; what 81" did
goes unspecifed, unless one Capt. Tai
bot, who walked behind" with death
screeching around him, is the modest
author himself.
He uses a pen engagingly and well,
matches Hall with candOr, leavens his
story by carrying through it Oar
win" (who hailed from South Africa
and looked like baboon), "The Old
Bird" and other tank corps charac-
ters, and-which is the important
thing-faithfully gives the facts
about tank corps training and
tank fighting. 1t is particularly in
The sun., 1918-07-14
Flying and Creeping to Battle
James Norman Halls High Adventure and Capt Richard
Haigh's "Lhe in Tank" Get You There Equally Well

DOTH the best and the worst of
IL the war books are among those
written from inside; personal nara
tives of combatants We have one or
two rough diamonds, from men with
so much to tell that in spite Of their
limited faculty of telling it their copy
is worth while. We have a whole junk
shop of rhinestones from men who
had no faculty at all, but supplied the
data and signed the output, fluent
and commonplace typewriters doing
the rest.
We have also very few books by
men who could not only fight but
write.
A curious fact is that of these last
the ones likeliest to be valued ten
years after peace, not as sources y
but for themselves, are not the ones
most valuable now. What we want
now is not so much conscious art as
authentic reporting Of what it is like
to be in France in action, and not
what the emotional Imagination but
what a fairly normal, representative
constitution finds it to be like.
Nothing finer has come off the bat
tlefelds in words than My rs, the
diary of Paul Lintier, and yet poor
Linticr WAS n vibrant boy of genius.
and felt the glories and horrors of the
first retreat to the Marine with an in
tcnsity quite exceptional even among
the French. His reactions were not
criterion; it is the criterion for which
we afar are naturally eager.
The war book to fill our bill to-day
would be Kitchener Mob in terms of
Pershing's army, but James Norman
Hall is, or was at last news, badly
,y,,,nJo,1 pricopor of tho Germans
The sun., 1918-07-14
lust a Darn Good Story.

1t is not the first publication by combat AVIATOR
but for the layman it easily the best Great aces
technicians have analysed the game and rccounted
their fights and victories crack golfers write
hand books embellshed with "reminiscences of their
matches Hall had not time to become great ace
before falling afoul of Richthofen's travelling cir
GUS; he seems to have shown more than respect
able promise of future skill from his journal you
would not suppose lie had had fight at all from
which he had not emerged second best, barely es-
Gaping the penalty of ineptitude by grace of his
"godfather, Chance"
As a matter of fact he downed more than one
Hun and he was himself shot down twice, the
ond time into captivity only because he would go
for that Rchthofen outfit singlehanded.
Writing he INDUCES but lightly in pure shop"
and if you want diagrammcd for you the iaeties of
the yrille, pancaking, going off the wing, and
other feats scarcely dreamed of by the airnlen who
entertained crowds four years ago you must look
elsewhere. SO must you for the Kiplingian pie
turcsquencss of aerial drama. With that Boyd
Cable will serve you.
But if YOU want very just, human notion of the