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SELECTION NOT YET MADE
OF COMMISSION TO RUSSIA
Possibilities of Famine There Next
Winter Giving Much Concern
At Washington
TBv Associated Press. |

WASHINGTON. July 1l.-Selection OF
group of men to carry economic aid
to Russia still is under consideration,
but il may be said authoritatively that
final decision has been reached on none
All Of the cabinet members are sug
gesting to President Wilson names of
men prominent in various industries.
who might he fitted for the work in
hand
ter In Russia are giving this govern
mcnt some concern. Reports from au-
thentic sources say that in the political
turmoil. agriculture virtually has been
abandoned and that the people have
eaten what grain the Germans have not
taken. The result is that there has
been no seed ior planting.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-12
AERONAUTS MUST FLY
No Others VIII Bc Given Appointments
In Military Acronnutic
Division.
INV Associated Prcss.1

WASHINGTON. July 1l,-Only officers
who have qualified as a Junior military
pilot will hereafter be given appoint
mcnts in the military aeronautic di-
vision under Il ruling to-day by Major
vision under a ruling to-day OF Major
organized air service. Al present there
arc many officers In the on-nying
branches of the service, which includes
all administrative and stan work, and
plans are afoot for requiring all ON
GERS now on such duty In Washington
to learn to NY. dying field now be-
ing established near the city probably
will be used for this purpose.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-12
NEW YORK PAYS HONOR
TO MAJOR JOHN mitchell
Efchtcen American ANfntcrs. In Battle
Formntfon, Hover Over Funeral
Cortcge Of Former Mayor.
IBy AssocIatcd Press.l

~ -NSSU' !al'O tIeSS
NEW YORK. July 1l.--Major Linn
York. was laid to rest to day IN Wood
lawn Cemetery here in the prccence
OF 1000 mourning citizens after re-
markablc and Impressive funeral.
Thc obsequits were not only char
acterized by the presence of men prom
inenl in world affairs. including for
mer President Roosevelt. Joseph l..
TumuIty. representing President Will
son: envoys from the War and Navy
Departments and official Representa-
lives Cf England. France. Italy, .!aran.
cu'a and Persia but eighteen Amcri-
can aviators, in battle formation. IS
token of respect to their dead COM
rade in arms. lowered ovcr the funera,
ccrtegc as it moved slowly ur Fifth
Avenue to st. l'atricl's Cathedral. and
theme. 40 the cemetery.
Prayers for the dead. three volleys
fred by American infartrymen. the
sounding Of taps" hy a rcgular army
buglcr from Governors Island, and the
simple service at the grave was over.
The funeral process: ION, which had
left City Hall. where the body had
lain in state at . A. NJ, arrived at tho
citizens. 10 whom Tie remarkable ca :
recr of New YorK's youngest Mayor
had been an inspiration. lined th- side
walks MS the solemn mar chers PASSED.
Still other thousands viewed the flu
neral from roofs windows If public
buildings ard other vantage points
Meanwhile, the city's church bells
tolled and chin,es pcalcd sacred music.
Soldiers, sailors. policemen, firemen'
Red Cross nurses. distinguished c':ii :
ians. notabln men representing ;he al
lied and other nations-lO.o0" in all
composed the cortege.
hlajor Mitchcl's horse, shroudad IN
black. with boots reversed in tn" sir
rups and bearing also his reverSeG
sword. followed tho gurcarriagc whicn
bore .hc cash ct draped with the S:ars
and Stripes.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-12
WOULD HAVE PRESIDENT
KEEP MEN IN COLLEGE
Committee of National Educational As
socin tion Appeals TO Mr. wilson
to Encourage Movement.
IPv Associated Press. !


WASHINGTON, JULY ll.-Trcsident
Wilson to-day was asked by com
mittee of the Emergency Council OF
the National Educational Association
to indorsc campaign TO recruit male
students for colleges and prevent the
present tendency of young men to leave
the colleges for military service. The
committee announced that a meeting
of the council will be held here next
Wednesday when plans for the cam
paign will be formulated
In this connection. Secretary Baker
announced tonight that details of the
plan prepared by the War Department
to offer ablebodied college students
over the age OF eighteen years the op-
portunity TO enlist in the nations mill
tary forces and TO obtain training I'm
the college which will prepare them
for the more cNactinG forms of mill
tary service have been completed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-12
BOUGHT GERMAN BONDS
Members Of Busch Family Believed TO
Have Taken AZ Least SioOO,00O
Worth,
NV Associated Press.I

NEW YORK. July 1.-THE Busch
family, of 81. Louis, bought at least
81 100000 worth of the German war
bonds which the government believes
were sold I'm this country for propa-
ganda and for the purchase of the New
York Evening Mail and other newspa-
pers. according TO statement issued
Tonight by Alfred l.. Becker. deputy
State attorney general. Mr.. Becker
added that probably more than $780,
100000 worth of the bonds had been
sold In the United States.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-12
APPEAL TO SHOE DEALERS
Aid Asked TO Assist In Conservation OF
Leather md
I,nbor,
iRy Associated press.l

WASHINGTON. July 1i.-Shoc re-
tailers were asked to-day by the War
Industries Board to assist in the pro-
gram for conservation Of leather and
labor adopted by manufacturers and
wholesale dealers. The retailers arc
asked specifically to make reductions
in the amount and variety OF stock or
dered for the 1919 spring season No
interference will be made with the dis
posal of stocks now on hand or ordered
for the fall season.
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Americans Held Prisoner.

five additional officers of American
army held In prison camps were made
public to-day by the War Department.
Included in the list is Lieutenant
Blanchard b. Battle, Columbus, Ga, at
Camp Karlsruhe.
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BDLSIEVIKI CLAIM VICTORY
OVER CZECIIO-S1Oyik q

LONDON. July li.--Holshevik forces
have taken the offensive against the
Czecho-Slovak army in the volga re-
Elon and the government troops hays
won great success. says a Russian.
official statement received hsre by
wireless to-day from Aiogcow. The
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-12
l.nn,Iur Tnkc, Vacation.

W.ASHINGTON, July ll.--Secretary
Lansing left Tonight for u three weeks
vacation. Ills destination was not an
nounced During his absence Counsel
lor Polk will act as secretary.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-12
LIGHTNING HITS BALLOON
Observation Device Anchored over the
hath Bench Naval station
Goes Tn In Flames.
[Hy Associated P..ess.

NEW YORK. July 1i.--An observation
balloon anchored over the Bath Beach
naval training station WAS. struck by
lightning at o'clock tonight, and
blew up In a burst OF flame. The bal
loon usually carricd two or more OBJ
servers. but report TO the police said
no one was In the basket when II ex-
ploded. Naval officers declined to give
any information.
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IIINTyE:'s APPOINTMENT Is
REGARDED AS s NIL NDEE


In hitting upon Ven nintzo. the nil
ita,ists made one OF their .ypi,al Sian
stick blunGcr4" for all t"a worl"
knows that the almiral--,he Fremca
lsress calls him Il aighly placed ",,uch
.;-is IA dyed -ti,e-woal rdvoca,c Or
/rute force aud would n"t IL se his
( little Dngcr for peace until what re-
nains OF the empires mnnl ooh wcrc
bl,d white And I Is dangerous bust
ness 10 have .lch :; man in TN" For
egn Office during the coming fall anc
winter, when a starving. free@inE iere-
footed poDulacc l. sure TO cry louder
(JIhan ever tor compromise.
For these reasons. section OF the
| mllitarists Is now believed to be cast
ing It's eyes about for "A man who con-
| ceals a heart OF steel" under suave
| and gentle policy; 4 man who knows
! how to flirt with peace and peace Of
fensives. and who yet does not commit
ijthc objectionable sin OF crying out
! into the world that the peace cannot
| be won by purely military decisions"
] alone.
There is such man in the offing. but
| ,he military chiefs are not absolutely
! sure Of him. He is Count Won Bern
| storff now Ambassador to Turkey. The
| revelations of the Counts plots in the
| United States--which he carried on,
! as is now known, while he was posing
as an ardent advocate Of peace-havc
conciliated his former opponents to a
\ certain degree; but they have not quite
forgotten that Bcrnstorff did repeatedly
| try TO win the Emperor's ear for pleas
! of peace. But for that line of conduct
| the former Ambassador to the United
States, IL he covets Kuehmann's place,
would have the now irrefutablc excuse,
| 81 told you SO and l was right"-mean-
| ing that his advice against war with
America has been proved sound
II Won HintZe does not, after ALL
take the Foreign Office. it is highly
| probable lie will go to Moscow where
| he would be the ideal strong arm man.
| to step into the murdered Mirbach's
shoes. Again the farther seeing mill
tarists are against such choice since
\ they see in IL the sharpest provoca ton
of trouble with Russia-and they want
! no trouble with Russia now. with
America making herself more and more
iStrongiy felt in the west
, H<UEHLMANN MAY
| HE SENT TO TURKEY
Those who know Kuehlmann and his
talents do not believe his diplomatic
career Is definitely ended. In the event
| Bernstorff Is called to Berlin, Kuehl-
mann would be the logical man for
the post at Constantinople. 1t was he
who more than any other individual
paved the way for the Turco- G German
Continued On Second Page)
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Removal of DR.. Kuehlmann
Constitutes Great Political
Victory for Militarists.
SOCIALISTS ARE DEFIANT,
AND OPPOSE APPOINTMENT
Claim Selection Is Slap in Face
OF Every Semblance of Peace
by Understanding.
FRENCH CALL HIM THOUGH"
Us Known as Advocate OF Brute
Force, and Would See Nation
Ruined Before Ending War.

AMSTERDAM. july 1l.-Ficld Mar
ahal ron iiindenbu-r is reported 10
have expressed savage Satisfaction"
AZ tho Replacement, OF Dr. itiohard Won
kuehlmcnn BY Admiral won IiutZe a.
Foreign Minister
incidentally. this is The first time
~ many week tha, uindcnhnry.U
name has been mentioned ~ dispatche,
from Berlin. il appears to dispose
OF the muitfar!o-s rumorJ Of the field
mentcd. or even dad
Whiting to General Roehl Of the
ta'herland League. Hindcnburg says:
Things are going well. but the die
ilnSuished chamber stratcgis.s In Ber-
lin should give us time to breathe.
which Indispensable today. when nat
cannot group the whole army upon 4.
single battle field. and when two world
powers have ar,illertcs that arc able
to enter into action simultaneously
along the whole front IL these con-
dition*. patience is Imperative
Hindcnburg's reported Joy over Won
liintze's appointment is furthcr con-
firmation that Won kueh,manr's en-
forced resignation constitutes he
greatest political victory Of the mill
tarists since the tnll OF 3ethmann Hcu.
weg.
The admirals appointment has no,
yet been officially confirmed. howcve =.
There is strong likelihood OF an elov-
enth.hour reconsideration. in view OF
the defiant attitude OF the Socialists.
The lattcr are supported IN their up-
position to this out-and- out swash
bucklnr by the remnants o! the oIIce
all-powerful majority bloc III The
Reichstag. Already tler" are signs
that the shrewdcr elements OF the mil -.
itary clique dominating affairs ~ chc
empire realize the error - callin; :.
tho Wilhclmstrasse mar whose very
nar,c is = slap In tho face or even y.
sembinnce of Il striving toward peace
by understanding and is bound 20
ALLEVIATE Influences which have hceu OF
great help to tho militarists - ore
serving home front" unity during III"
many internal crises. These wiser
ones In the high councils Of Junkcr-
dom begin TO realize it would have
been far b-ttrr--and j. not vc' ton
Nate--to select u man who Will" sure
20 be a tool in their hands. = wnl,
camou'aSed a one Who Viii ":io thc
best he can for peace.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-13
DRINK IN ENGLAND

Drunkenness and death from al,
'oholism in England show a decline
angling from 60 to so percent since
The war regulations against drinking
we're Instituted by the government
three years ago, according to Lord
bAbernon, chairman of the LIQUOR
control Board.
Abolition of the custom of treat.
ng" and drinking on an empty stom,
lch and virtual extinction of the sa,
loon loafer, were the main factors
eonstributing to the growing tendency
% national temperance.
The lines on which we have pro.
eeded,' he continued are to a large
extent novel and they have sue
coed beyond expectation Nor is there
my evidence of growth of the drug
habit, which is usually one of the con
..aquence Of too drastic interference
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-13
WORLDS GREATEST SIGHT

Leon Daudet, son of Alphonse Daud-
ct and editor of the Action Franchise
recently visited some scenes of Ameri
can activity behind the lines and his
enthusiasm in unbounded.
What cordial frankness they show"
he writes of the American soldiers,
ITO the inhabitants they offer their
bread. preserves and cigarettes with
charming gesture which seems to
say "Are we not brothers," They are
full of politeness to every woman no
matter what her age, and of kindness
% every child
in station, in the middle of the
light, saw some poor little Riddles,
the family of refugees, sleeping on the
'oor. Two American Officers passed
they stopped looked shook their
eads. then without word, threw
over the youngsters their overeoats
"hich they were earring on their. arms
They themselves sat down near by
nd waited for two hours. in the cold
air of the dawn.
"A Frech aviator, instructor at
wing school for Americans said to
ne. "They are remarkable pupils
heir docility and modesty are wonder
nj. They learn rapidly and retain
5erything and their gratitude to their
'achers in extreme. They burn to
venge the devastation of France.
After speaking of the American
Red Cross hospital trains with the
reatest admiration, Daudet conclud
Y,
ITO the French, to the English
ill full of valor but exhausted nv
our years of terrible war, the ,Ameri.
ms are bringing their fresh-blood
he older fighters. seeing this glor.
us aid arrive, understanding its
alor and vigor. have felt their forces
evive. Hope and the certainty of
'ctory' have bounded in a single leap
, the marvellous level of the begin.
ing and by victory. mean the de.
mite crushing of accurest Germany
do not know that the world has
yer known sight so grand or one
rat even resembles it."
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-13
OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY
A MEASURE OF LOYALTY

The Valdosta district contains
twelve counties Crisp is in this dis.
trict and so far as is generally known,
is the first to complete its quota on the
Fourth Liberty Loan II Is certain
that Crisp has reached the amount
assessed, land that was more than
a quarter million dollars. 1t is also
certain that the work was all but com
pleted within a few hours last Tues
day.
We are still at work and there are
voluntary. subscriptions coming in
These are the best of them all. Every
citizen who has helped conduct the
cainpaign every person who owns
9 bond VIII be proud of the measure
o. our loyalty 1t was spendid.
We appreciate it because it was ar
evidence of our interest in the war
and we are going to contend that ii
means a very strong degree of patrio.
ism for the people of this county. We
are ahead of central south Georgia.
The VIZ is not over Hardly any of
our citizens believe anything else
other than that we must yet drive
forward with great sacrice and the
winning of the war must depend much
upon the manner in which we throw
our support into the tramp. tramp. of
the men.
We have given many noble sons to
the conflict from Crisp and those who
have gone are going to stand their
duties like men. Not one of them will
prove laggard Our money bonds is
ouf DECKING lof these young men We
only need to know that there are no
slackers here at home. With every
young man on the front and every
man of US here at home backing him
with bonds, there could he no dis
ecuraging note sounded from the
trenches they will occupy These are
DAYS when world history is in the
making and the young man remain
ing behind ought TO feel that the boy
next door is doing his fighting.
Or bond efforts are not at an end
We are still to buy more bonds.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-13

abuot converting drawingrooms into
stables for their horses and front
gardens into cemeteries for their dead.
"Terrible atrocities were commit
ed by the Bulgarians, and the suf-
ferings Of the prisoners they took
we're unspeakable. OF 10000 Ruman-
ians taken prisoners only 5000 re-
turned, and they were in an appalling
condition They were skeletons. scar
cely able to walk At the station they
100 weak 10 eat or drink. When we
offered them food they simply sank
down on to bench and burst into
tears.
at was a most tragic home-com-
ing for the Ramanian soldiers, follow
ing upon the crushing peace terms.
II has left on my mind an unforgett-
able impression of what a German
peace is like Those soldiers came
back in rags in silence the insolent
Tearing of the German soldiery in
their streets. The officers were told
they would either have to salute the
German offircers or take off their uni.
forms. They preferred to take off
their uniforms.
There are still plenty Of German
soldiers there looking fat and well
and at no pains to conceal their salts
faction at the conclusion of peace
which has put crushing economic
Surden on to Rumania bonud the
country and its trade hand and foot
70 the Germans. The one hope of the
eople is an Allied victory.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-13
MISS RANKIN SEEKING
' SENATE NOMINATION

Helena, Mon. Oct 11.-Supporters
of Miss Jeanette Rankin, represen-
tative in Congress from Montana, al
ready have begun an active campaign
in her behalf as a nomineer for the
United States Senates Senate. Miss
Rankin recently accepted the nomi-
nation of the National Party for Unit
ed States Senator from Montana
after her defeat for the Republican
nomination in the August primaries
by DR.. o. NJ. Lanstrum, of Helena.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-13
THEIR ONE HOPE

What German Peace is Like" is
the heading on an article written for
the Weekly Dispatch BY Annie Parr.
who has Just arrived in London from
Bucharest.
"Fwas in Bucharest, when the Ger
mans entered the Rumanian capital"
she writes. They had evidently de-
cided that it would not be wise to
shock the world with another Bel
eium, and they were careful to keep
their troops under control but thep
We're the masters l remember a male
friend Of mine who was returning
home from dinner in evening clothes
being stopped in the streets in the
middle Of the winter and compelled
to sweep away the snow for hours in
the bitter cold.
beautiful home was wreck
ta Germans had no scuples
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-13

change between Paris, London and
American headquarters at the front.
An extension to transatlantic
cable is only a question Of time,
and with this realized there is the
possibility at least of direct immediate
communication between Washington
and American military headquarters
at the front.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-13
IN WIRELESS RANGE

The American Army will soon be
sharing with the French in the opera.
ton of the highest and most power.
tul wireless sending station in the
world This in now nearing compile
ton on the French coast-the point
cannot be stated and its giant towers
can be seen rising $40 feet, or 300
feet higher than the Eiffel tower.
Soon it will be in direct touch with
America with far more power than
ever before, supplementing the cable
for transatlantic service and per
haps with its new power rivalling the
cable for quick communication.
All along the front small wireless
stations have set up to intercept
enemy radio exchanges and locate
enemy stations. Messages are picked
up from all the capitals of Europe
and especially from the large German
cities This practice of intercepting
messages seems to be universally
accepted as a war necessity, and the
crop daily gathered includes those
from friend as we'll foe The enemy has
many small radio stations along the
front, which are in constant COM
munication with Berlin and Hanover,
the two central enemy stations
The American Army controls a
quadruple cable line across the Eng
lish channel, which connects the
French telegraph and telephone sys-
TEN directly with the English lines.
Thus American officials are brought
together for direct immediate ex-
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-13

36-in Blk Taffeta, $3.50 value, heavy .$1.79
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-13
With facilities for obtaining liquor.

with facilities for obtaining liquor. 4
This happy absence OF undesir-
able features ] attribute to the fact
that, while facilities have been great
ly curtailed-the liquor shops being
open IL hours daily compared with
-18 or 10 before the war-our arrange
ment of two periods, one at midday
and the other inthe evening, has
been found sufficient by those who
desire reasonable refreshment and
nothing more, and those are OF course
the vast majority OF drinkers. We are
not out to interfere with them. 1t
is the loafer and soaker, who would
drink If he could from dawn to dust
who interferes with national efficien-
cy and whom we are out to stop.
think we have succeeded in that"
Drinking on an empty stomach he
remarked was one cause of intoxi-
cation which the hours fixed for the
sale Of liquor tend to check. Those
hours are from noon to 80 and from
$50 to $3.50 in the evening. Most
drinks consequently are taken with
meals.
On charts illustrating the temper
ance advance in England and Wales,
Lord D'Abernon traced the decline of
ILLS incident to alcoholism. "The de-
lirium tremens and alcohol mortality
figures he said, ARE of special i'm
portance as showing that there can
not have been any diversion Of exces-
sive drinking from the public house
to the home
He thought that the abolition of
treating had also contributed large
y to the gain in temperance. This
measure" he said, Had as its objec-
tive the elimination of the custom
whereby groups of workers after re-
receiving their weeks wages. spent a
considerable part of it in standing
their corners until each member of
the party had in turn paid for drinks
al round-to the determent both of
their working efficiency and of the
happiness of their wives and fami-
lies The wonderful sobriety of the
army and navy is due in no small de-
gree to the restrictions on treating
Altogether, we have much reason
for satisfaction. Under conditions
which on previous occasions had led
to a great increase of intemperance-
the great demand for labor. plentitude
of money, perpetual excitement and
strain-we in this country are able
to~reeor- an unprecedented decrease
OF intemperance There has been a
great saving of national efficiency, a
great saving of life, and improvement
in the public health.
No similar progress has. so far as
am aware, been accomplished il
any country at any period The Brit
sh public have shown their compre.
hension of the vital importance of
maximum national efficiency by &C.
'epting severe discipline in the best
possible spirit. Now that the immense
national benefit is proved, they will
certainly never go back to prevail
conditions"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-13
HERE'S THE WAY

One way to conserve labor is to
pay cash as you go and give the bill
collector chance to do something
to help win the war.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-13

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