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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
PACKERS WORKED
PRESIDENT
WILSON
TRIED TO HAVE HIM STOP IN
VESTlGATlON THROUGH
BANKERS

WASHINGTON, Jan 26.-The big
packing interests are charged today
by Francis ], Heney, special counsel
IN the federal trade Commissions
Investigation, with having attempted
% bring influence to bear en- the Pres
dent to have the present investigation
stopped
He told the commission later that he
would show joint telegram recently
sent the President by number of De-
troit bankers protesting thai the in
vestigation was disturbing economic
conditions, had been inspired by the
packers.
Statements by Heney that Armour
Company had been found to control
the street railways of Kansas City was
the first indication that the financial
ramifications of the packers touched
many street railway systems.
Evidence of the packers influence in
the tin inductry has also been discov-
cred, Heney told Commissioner Muir
dock, who asked about that phase after
'emarking that the packers were
broadening their activities in the pro-
duction of canned goods.
The Division of the livestock buying
throughout the United States by the
five big packers which would have the
effect of limiting competition between
them S charged by Heney on the basis
Of a memorandum taken from the conf
Dental files OF Edward F. Swift
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
WATSON FAMILY
LOSES ANOTHER son
NIENTEEN YEAR OLD ALLEN
WATSON VICTIM OF
PNEUMONIA

! James Allen Watson, aged 10, anoth-
er member OF the family of Mr.. II.
Wesley Watson, who resides in the
Hstley community, was claimed last
night by pneumonia. This is the
third member Of this family, all prom
Using grown sons, to have become a
victim of this prevalent malady. Two
members Of a brothers. family in the
community have also died recently
of pneumonia.
James Allen Watson was a young
man with many friends and was high
I ly esteemed where ever he was kAown.
! The funeral occurred this afternoon
and the remain swere inferred at anti
och cemetery.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
PNEUIM MONA TAKES MORE
OF PERSiING'S MEN

WASHINGTON, Jan 26.-Among
the deaths from natural causes repor
ted by General Pershing were, Allen
Maxwell, pneumonia Jordan, s. c.;
Pessie Lakes, pneumonia, Hepsibah
Ga; Wesley Small, fracture skull,
Baldock s. c. and Ernest Mosey, pneu
monia, Rion, S. c.; privates
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
two GROCERY CALLS
L. BEGIN FEBRUARY |
CORDELE RETAILERS FIND 1T
NECESSARY TO OBSERVE
STRICT ECONOMY

Beginning February list the retail
grocers of Cordele will start tive
delivery system in the city. Tins
VIII provide a morning delivery TO"
al orders placed the previous after
aocn and will provide for an afternoon
delivery for all orders up to neon n
SAINT cay
i yn are inclined to be fretful for
Get il This move has been consider
I'd necessary. Instead of bengfrct-
ful try to be patriotic. 1t will pay in
Ethe long run.a ~
- rI1totta4 gfeee4rsi -4save struck stumps
on most Of the vital food products be-
cause Of government regulations in
thousand and enc different ways
and they are trying 10 be prepared for
i NEST economical operation of the
stores.
If the delivery doesn't just exact
ly suit, you can help yourself and the
grocers by taking q package home.
Try it and see. Again, once in a while,
go down and see what your cash will
dc for you. There is such a thing as
intelligent buying
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
ALLIES WILL GET RAIL
TRANSFORMATIONS FOR NEEDS

WASHINGTON Jan 26. -Assuran-
ces that an adequate, number OF rail
road cars will be furnished for trans
pcrtation to the sea-ports of the allied
purchases of food stuffs was given
by Director McAdoc today o represen-
tatiyes OF Great Britain and France
and Italy.
re question Of dverting much eX-
port traffic to the Gulf ports was dis
cussed.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
FOOD SAVING IS
STRONGLY
URGED
PRESIDENT WILL ISSUE A PRO-
CLAMATiON CALLING ON
PEOPLE,.

WASHINGTON, Jan 2G--The Presi-
dent today completed proclamation
calling on the American peoplej for
greater food saving in order to release
more food for the army and allies. 1t
will be given out at the White House
tonight for publication in the Sunday
papers.
The proclamation carries present
food administration nineteen-eigli-
teen conservation program and will be
accompanied by the new regulations
limiting the distributor OF. wheat and
flour.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
AN ARTISTIC Hour
FOR YOU IN JAPAN
The Local Lyceum Offers the Oneowas
One of the Best Of Attractions.

Ii you miss the Ongowas Tuesday
evening, you will doubtless go without
the best there is on the local lyceum
for the winter This promises rare
entertainment 1t is musical, but err.
bodies a Japanese playlet portrayiug
ancient Japanese life
Here is the program in its principal
features;
|. The Language al Japan as it is
Scoken
8 2 In Feudai Times:
The Samuel, His honor AM
3 His Two Swords.
Ancient Dance-"The Sword
3. 'sllinteism, a'Fhe WoEsHip 81 An
daestryI @'''-1 '-''' '.'''--'---'''s'-
A Shintoe Dance with Kagrna
Bells
4 Buddhism and Shrinesl
A Temple Dance.
g. Art and Nature.
Folk Dances "Butterfies.5
Cherry Blossoms. -
Folk Songs
Legends Fire6ies." "Mon-
key and Jellyfish"
G. The Japanese Woman and Her
"a Baby,
Her Busy Day
Fashions
A Rainy Night.
T. A Playlet- Mirror
A Comedy Of Ancient japanese
Life.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
GERMANY Sees
HERSELF AS
CONQUERER
LONDON PAPERS SAY SHE is PRE-
PARED TO CONSIDER NO
PEACE.

LONDON. Jan. 2G. The views enter
tanned by a majority of the morning
papers respecting the speeches of Hert
ling and Czernin is that Germany re-
CARDS herself as conqueror, is determin
ed upon aggression and is prepared to
listen to no peace terms except her
own. therefore the war must go on.
1t is admitted that Czernin's tone. is
more conciliatory, but this is attribu
ted largely to the pressure of interna-
tional conditions in Ausrtia-Hungary.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
ODD FELLOWS MEET
IN FITZGERALD
FOURTH DIVISION WILL HEAR
GRAND MASTER TUESDAY
MORNING

odd Fellows of the Fourth Divis-
icn will meet in Fitzgerald Tuesday
next, January 80, and at that time
Grand Master ]. E. Bodenheimer has
expressed his intention to be pres
ent and deliver an address touching
on the principles of the order.
odd Fellows from this community,
Arab, and ever Crisp county will at
tend and the meeting will be made an
important one.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
CONGRESS OF COSSACKS
HAS BEEN ORGANIZED

PETROGRAD, Jan. 26.-An official
statement issued today by the Boishe-
wiki government says that on Wednes-
day the congress Of Cossacks from
the front was inaugurated at the mill
tary station.
Kerensky passed unanimously the
resolution declaring war on Kaledines
RELOCATING all authority to congress.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
IN
TORPEDO
STATION
IS MEN THOUGHT TO
HAVE LOST LIVES.

NEWPORT, r. L., Jan. 26.
4 o. An explosion in a
torpedo station here late TO-
day, sixteen men all civil
ians were said to have been
at work in the magazine.
It is feared all were killed
or seriously injured. -. -.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
BIOL SHEVIKI HEAR OF
GREAT TURMOIL in AUSTRIA

LONDON, Jan ga Petrograd dis
patch, dated Friday, says the Bolshe
8iki newspapers today report great
demonstrations throughout AUSTRIA
Hungary by workmen's and soldiers
organizations formed in Vienna,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
BREAD RIOTS ARE
STARTED BY WOMEN
CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES
SUSPENDED IN BARCELONA.

MADRID, Jan 26-Rumors of disor-
der in Barcelona are confirmed by re-
ports reaching here which state that
groups women started the riots by de-
handing cheaper food prices. The
government has suspended the consti-
tutional guarantees in the privince of
Barcelona.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
RUMORS OF REVOLUTION IN GERMANY
R u M ANA HITS
HARD Bio WAT
BOLSHEVIKI
FIGHTING IN is PROGRESS WHILE
TOWN is SURROUNDED.

LONDON, Jan 26.-Kishinve is re-
ported surrounded by Roumanian
troops, according to Petrograd dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph
Hot fighting is said to be in progress
between the Bolsheviki mad the Ru
manians.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
NORTH DAKOTA RATIFIES
PROHIBITION AMENDMENT

Bismarck, N. D., Jan 26.-The SEN
ate with only two dissenting votes
last night concurred in the house res
olution ratifying the federal prohibit
ton amendment.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
PAPER MILLS MUST CLvSE
ON HEATLESS MONDAYS

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is Reversing
an earlier ruling The Fucf Alstninist IA
ton today he'd that news print PAPER
mills came within the class OF inpls
tries that must be closed for he 9ext
nine Mondays.
The Federal Trade CQiSssiQn re
ported that enough paper Is on head
to supply the papers for the next
twenty eight days.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
GOOD WEEK PROMISED
ss HERE BY WEATHER MAN

WASHINGTON, Jan 26,-Rain Sun
day followed by generally fair weather
there after is the forecast for the
B4South Atlantic states for the week be-
ginning tomorrow. 1t will be much
colder Monday and temperatures will
rise after Tuesday.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
AUSTRIA READY
FOR SEPA RATE
PEACE /.
WOULD NEGOTIATE WITH RUSSIA
EXCEPT ON SELF DISPOSED
PRINCIPLES.

LONDON, Jan. 26-Austria has de-
clared a readiness to conclude a sepa'
rate peace from Germany and accept
the Russian democratic program with
the exception of self determipation of
nations, says dispatch from Petro-
grad to the Exchange Telegraph.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
PNEUMONIA CLAIMS INFANT
MR.. AND MRS. L. c. WRIGHT

Pneumonia claimed the infant daugh
ter Ct Mr.. and Mrs L. G. Wright i'll
the Shiloh community last night and
the funeral and interment occurred to-
day. The little one was hardly six
days old, but physicians attributed her
death to pneumonia.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
RUSSIAWILL CONTINUE
RREST=yITOVSK MEETING

COPENHAGEN. Jan. 26.-The ma
tionaT Russian Congress of workmens
and soldiers deputies has authorities
Trotsky to continue the Brest-Litovsk
negotiations Petrograd dispatch re-
ports.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
NAVAL AIR GRAFT
LANDS DIRECT HIT
GERMAN AIRDOME ATTACKED IN
FRIDAYS CAMPAIGN.

LONDON, Jan. 26.-Rhe admiralty
announced that NAVAL aifEraft bombed
the German airdome at Valssenaere
Friday, making direcs hits.
Aerial activity on large scale
Thursday is reported in the official
statement. 4
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
GERMAN SOCIALISTS WARN
IMPERIAL MILITARY LEADERS

AMSTERDAM, Jan 26.-Phillipp
Soheidemann, president Of social dem
ocrats of Germany, in answering Won
Hertling, warned the military leaders
of the Imperial government that is
they didn't bring peace between Ger
many and Russia they would be hurl-
ed from power
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
FIRE RACES in CANADIAN
MANUFACTURING TOWN

TORONTO, Jan ga serious fire
is in progress in Peterboro, an ex
tensive manufacturing town, "a miles
northeast of here.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
PERSHENG WAS ORDERED TO
BUY BRITISH UNIFORMS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.- More secret
testimony before the senate military
committee made public today disclo-
ses that in December General Pershine
was authorized to buy two hundred
thousand British uniforms for Ameri
cans and two hundred thousand ban'
kents from Spain.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27
--TS~ -sllAa>ss5--
GERMAN RAID ON FRENCH
is REPORTED A FAIL URE

PARIS, Jan ga German raid
made on French positions west of st.
Gobian between the Disc and Ailette
rivers failed last night, the war office
announces.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-27

Observation-Disclosures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-13
TRAVELETTE
Saint ives.

Saint ives.
Built close by the side of its tiny
bay the little fishing town of Saint
Ives huddles over the water. blending
into the rough gray Cornish land
scape. The tiny cottages jumbled
along the narrow crooked streets are
built of rough stone hewn from ma
tive rocks The quaint old streets
themselves are paved with huge irreg-
ular slabs of the same stone.
In the tiny. screscent shaped harbor
the fishing boats rest at anchor dur
ing the day. their tall bare masts.
stripped of canvas, reaching upward
to the sky. Huge white gulls, Saint
Ives own BIRDS hover and flutter
among the boats and over the water.
the murmur of their hundreds OF
wings like the voice of the sleepy old
town.
BY the side of their cottage doors
or down by the piers the gruff, brown
fishermen sit and smoke. mending
their nets and telling tales of the old
days when the pirates of Saint Ives
, were the terror of the seas; Oil yarns
that their grandfathers told them and
their grandchildren will tell again.
They themselves are bits of the
scenery and quaint Cornish atmos
phere, gruff and weather-beaten but
kindly and generous. At night their
tiny boats put out to sea like
flock of birds. and the fisherman
working day begins.
The little town smells of the salt
sea and of the fish drying in each
spotless kitchen. Above each door
hang wet oilskins and huge sea
boots-the fisherman uniform. The
air, often heavy with mists ard fog.
is nevertheless sweet and clean
Above the old town, built on or
derby terraces, the new Saint Ives
perches in arrogant disdain of its
humble sister at its feet. But the lit
tie town itself, supremacy uncon-
scious of disdain or interest, works on
and gossips as it has done for ;en-
turtles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-13

thought you said he was curing you
hep"
mo, he didn't. He cured me of il
plum cured me. And that's Just
the trouble. 1 didn't have any rheu-
matism left, so 1 couldn't tell when IL
was going to rain. So 1 went out
without my umbrella, and got soaking
wet, and got the rheumatism like I've
got it now
An absent minded bishop could not
find his ticket after he had taken a
seat in the train.
Never mind" said the ticket COLI
lector. TT will do just as well at the
next station"
But at the next station the bishop
still could not find the ticket.
Never mind" said the collector
again; Its all right whether you find
it or not"
7 mo it isn't" said the bishop turn
ing all his pockets out in his anxiety,
for 1 want to find out where I'm GO
ing"
While his mother was away on a
visit Johnny didn't say his prayers.
Upon mothers return there was a
reckoning.
why didn't you say your prayers
John"
well, you see, it was this way. ma:
I forgot TO say them the first night
an nothin' happened NJ then I
didn't say 'em the next night an
nothin' happened, n so / decided I
wouldn't ever say EN- again IL nothin'
never happened"
And then something happened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-13

Employees of the United states
Steel Corporation are to receive a 10
per cent increase in wages, effective
April 3. this representing the sixth
increase they have received since the
outbreak of the European war In
December 1917. the average earnings
per employe per day of all the en-
ployes. exclusive OF the administrative
and selling force. was $3.50. and in
Guiding the administrative and selling
staff $4.65. A Is per cent increase.
therefore. means an average per diem
10 the employees of about $3.50. Wages
in the United states Steel Corporation
have been increased about IS per cent
above rates prevailing at the close of
1915. II is not unlikely that war
wages must come down along with
other war prices. following a peace
treaty but the demand for manufac-
tured proc cts is certain to be so
great turnout the world that violent
slump in the labor market is improb-
able
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-13

the hour. shortly after which he put
her into a taxi and sent her home.
Goodbye, Jeane," he said. her
hand in his and regret in his heart.
Goodbye Kirk" she smiled misti-
ly. you splendid -
But the taxi had started with jerk
and the rest Of her speech was lost to
Kirkland. who stood there and watch
ed the car lose itself in the traffic.
At two o'clock he boarded the boat
with a heavy heart. What lonesome
journey it was going to be-and it
might have been so different! The
steward carried his bags to his state
room, unlocked the door and entered:
Your wifes room next, sir, with the
bath between" he said, pointing to
the door on the right. "She arrived
about ten minutes ago. Told me to
tell you, sir And he put the key in
the door and went out noncha1antly.
For a moment Kirkland was thun-
derstruck, and then he strobe thru the
bathroom and knocked on the further
.. door which was almost snatched open,
and there she stood. laughing. blush
ing, little fearful as she flung her
self into his arms.
"Oh, Kirk. dear!" she breathed-
: "After what 1 saw in your eyes when
you said goodbye 1 just couldn't let
you go-alone."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-13
THE CALL OF THE FARM.

The opening of the season for start
ing the crops is here and reports are
coming from all over the country of
danger of a decided shortage of labor
for farms. The production of a sur
plus of food in this country to be sup
piled to the allies in Europe this year
is almost as essential to the winning
of the war for freedom and Justice as
the building OF ships to get men and
supplies over to the battle ground. For
men not brought up to farming it is
not a specially attractive occupation
and it is not ordinarily highly paid,
but now there seems to be a coming
demand for this kind of labor in ex-
cess of the visible supply.
Apart from those taken from indus
try to serve in the army and navy
many men have been attracted to mu-
milton works, shipyards and camps,
and shops and factories. where gov
eminent requirements and profits
have made wages high. have also
drawn workmen away from the fields.
There may be as much ground for ex-
empting men from draft who will
WI II Oh AeAA AlAo do NAlOSc III
shipyards. The agricultural depart
ment is making efforts to supply farm
labor to meet the demand, and it may
even be necessary for the government
to contribute toward their wages to
obtain enough for that purpose.
Conscripting farm labor has been
suggested, but obtained in that way it
would not be worth much. There is a
possibility of greatly increasing the eff
fectiveness of labor in almost any &C.
cupation- In hardly any is the limit
of production reached that might be if
an inducement for squirting up were
applied.
Farmers have every inducement this
year for raising all they can in nearly
every line of production. Tor there is
no danger of the demand falling off or
prices not being high enough for prof
it. Wages may have to be high to OBJ
tain the labor. but there needs to be a
widely organized and we'll directed
means of getting it properly distrib-
uted. 1t can hardly be that there is
not enough capacity free for the work.
but effective means must be employed
to get 1t applied
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-13

The trouble in Ukraine. following
the Russian collapse, recall the lines
of Byron. who wrote of the wild ride
of Mazeppa- Hetman of the Ukraine,
tied on the back of a wild horse be-
cause he had been making love to a
Polish nobleman's wife. Old time the
alter goers in Topeka will recall the
time when the beautiful Leo Hudson
and her handsome black horse ap-
peared in the play of ''Mazeppa" in
the old tabernacle. Perhaps these
persons never heard what became of
the pair. Not long after Miss Hud-
sons appearance here, her horse sus-
tained a broken leg while being un-
loaded from car and it was necessary
TO. kill the animal. Such was the wo-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-13
FINDING A WAY.

Americans have at last found way
to circumvent our senseless immigra-
ton laws which prevent this country
from bringing in much needed labor
for American farms.
A large American corporation, the
Manchurian Developing company, has
purchased tracts of land measuring
thousands of acres in northern Man
churia with the purpose of raising
crops for the American market. 1t is
expected that beans will be the prin-
cipal crop. This company has found
that in Manchuria, a land of cheap
labor. the combined system of Chinese
hand labor and method with modern
machinery seems to be the arrange
ment which will give the best results
at the least cost. When this project is
fully developed America will be sup
piled with beans grown on American
owned land with the aid of American
machinery.
The Importance which the bean has
assumed in international trade in re-
cent years is one of the romances of
commerce. While it is true that in the
Far East its worth has always been
fairly well appreciated, merchants of
Europe and America have only within
the last decade realized it's value. To-
day ships make voyages halfway
around the world with no other cargo
than beans, this condition being
brought about by the fact that there
seems to be no end of the uses to
which bean products may be put.
The growing of the bean stalk itself
is said to have a marked effect in
bringing feftility to the land.
Transportation of beans and bean
products each spring from New
chwang southwards has provided
profitable freight for several British
steamship companies. Up until the
outbreak of the war Germany had
been the largest consumer of these
beans among western count les.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-13

At time when the nations man
power is strained to the utmost in
training camp and factory, it is the
height of folly to permit our prison
population to remain idle or ineffi-
GENTLY employed. It is shame, SAYS
Leslie's, that prisoners. on the plea
that their labor interfered with the
free labor market. have so long been
left in idleness,A A bill to mobilize the
nations prisoners for the production
of war supplies has been favorably re-
ported to congress and has the ap-
prevail of the secretaries of war, navy
and labor and of President Wilson.
The annual population of state and
federal penal institutions is helf a
million. all of which should be made
to furnish the government with sup
rlies needed for the war. This would
be good for the country in supplying
its war necessities, good for the pr5s-
oners. who would receive remunera-
ton for their work, and good for the
people in reducing the tax rate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-13

There appears to be a feverish eff
fort in progress in the peace line on
the part of Germany's ally, Austria.
with the evident desire of accomplish
ing something before Hindenburg IS
compelled to give up his attempted
smash on the western front. Berlin's
work is too coarse. 1t does not de-
ceive anybody. The line of the allies
is bent and warped but if they con-
tinue to hold it the war is won. If
the Huns fail this time to break thru
they cannot come back.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-13
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of Men In
Americas Fighting Service

Secretary Daniels has commended
Dennis H. Hurley. water tender.
United States navy, for bravery and
zeal on the morning of January Is.
1918, when an explosion took place
on board the u. S. s. Nebraska. The
fireroom filled with steam following
the explosion. but Hurley, who was in
charge of the fireroom, Immediately
got his men out of the compartment
room to rescue one of his men, A. s.
Chichester. fireman, third class. who
had become confused and was badly
scalded before he was gotten out
Hurley enlisted I'm the navy, May "a,
1908. at Boston, Mass. and gave as his
next of kin. Margaret Hurley, 20 How
ell street, Dorchester, Mass.