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The Washington herald., 1918-07-09
TERRIBLE TURK
PLANS BIG MOVE
IN PALESTINE
Germans to Join Army
When Hot Days Have
Ended.

London. July s.--The Terrible
Turk is preparing for q great Of
fensive In Mesopotsmia and 'Paies-
tine to take place In the autumn.
after the summers heat lifts and
permits a resumption of the fight
ing in the desert country.
This Is the news from Gen. Allen
by's forces in Palestine.
The Turks are said to be prepar-
ing on a great scale for a drive
southwark through Northwestern
Persia and Northeastern Asiatic
Turkey to recover Bagdad and Jeru-
salem from the British.
The capture of Bagdad by Gen.
Maude last year rankles in the Turk
ish breast. and the loss of Jerusalem
is no less keenly felt. Not only are
the Turks anxious to recover these
historically famous cities, but the
Germans have let Il be known that
they will not permit" Jerusalem to
remain in British hands.
Germans WIN Aid.
This leads to the belief that the
Turkish army, when 1t starts its Of
fensive, will be heavily re-enforced
by Germn troops. II is now under
the command of a German general
whose headquarters are at Aleppo.
That the drive will be pushed with
greater force than has yet been wit
messed on the Mesopotamian front is
the belief in British military cir
cles. 1t may necessitate q re-en-
forcement Of the armies Of Gen. Al
lenby and Gen. Marshall, in Pies
tine and Mesopotamia, respectively.
The sending of Japanese troops to
Palestine to take part in the defense
of the Holy City has even been dis
cussed. Japan Is said to be willing
to send an army to assist the allies.
An advance on these two fronts is
in line with the pan-German plan
for making Asia Minor and all Of
Africa an immense German colony.
The intense heat has held up the
British campaign In the Near East
for the last month or more, but pre-
vious to that II had resulted in pro-
nounced British and Arabian ad-
vances in pursuit Of the plan to drive
the Turks back toward the Black Sea.
Begin Minor Offensive.
1t was q double campaign, AL
lenby advancing in Palestine north
ward along the Jordan toward Dam
ascus, Marshall driving northward
from Bagdad along the TigrIs,
reaching almost to Mosul.
The plan was to effect a juno
tion of the two armies on the Euph-
rates in the neighborhood of
Aleppo.
This triple advance, with its CAP
ture of the two principal cities in
the path, has alarmed the Turks,
who fear it may be carried north
ward into Armenia and Kurdistan.
They have already begun a pre-
liminary offensive in Northern Per-
sia with the idea OF establishing
bases on the Caspian Sea and Lake
Urmuiah for their great drive of
the autumn. The Brest-Litoysk
peace treaty, which gave to the Sui
tan large part of Trans-Caucasia,
freed his army for this movement.
Occupying several cities OF Per-
sia, including Tabriz. the Turks
have thrown their line far TO the
south between the Caspian Sea and
Lake Urumiah. and there have halt
ed to prepare for the big drive.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-09
COMMISSION TO
DEMAND REPLY
FROM PHONECO.
Utilities Body to Ask Facts
Today on Auto
mates.

Statistics will be sought On the
cost of installing automatic and
semiautomatic telephones In the
District. by the Chesapeake and Po-
. somac Telephone Company at a
hearing conducted by the Public
Utilities Commission. this morning.
The telephone company has an
, nounced that under no conditions
! vim automatics be installed in the
District. In a recent communities
sdon to the commission. the COM
pany had stated that they would in
stal automatics to meet the In
/ creased demand for telephone SER
. vice, but after an investigation by
! the telephone company's experts.
/ they found that the cost to install
automatics would far exceed what
they expected TO spend and noti-
!, ded the commission last Saturday
that they had changed their mind
gis to instslling automatics and had
no intention OF doing so.
Bureau Experts to Testify.
: The Public Utilities Commission
win seek this morning to obtain in
. formation from experts from the
Bureau OF Standards who have made
"a close study. on the cost of in
stalling sutomatics and semiauto-
5matic telephones as compared with
the manual system in use.
The Utilities commission recently
asked the telephone company six
steen questions in regard to the au-
rtomatic system These questions
were returned to the commission a
sfew days ago unanswered. The com
-pany stated that the questions could
fnot be answered since they had no
Sintsntion of installing automatics
. in the District.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-09
SUPER U-BOATS
FAIL,SOENGLISH
NAVY BELIEVES
Britons Wonder When, /
ever, Giants Will Bob
Up Again.

London, July s.-what has become
OF the Hun supersubmarines
This Is the question English naval
men are asking. So far this veal
the giant U-boats with which the
Germans promised to do great things
this spring have not been seen any
where on the high seas, their one
appearance In American waters ex.
cepted.
No New super-bosts.
here in a semi-official way, together
with many encouraging sidelights OF
the antisubmarine war
During the winter Information from
well-informed sources led to the gen
eral belief in allied circles that giant
Usboats would sweep the ocean lanes
this spring. These new U.boats. the
Submarine cruisers'' Of which O.
much was written. were supposed tc
mount heavy guns and to be SO heav-
lily armored as to be proof against
the ordinary nti-submarine weapons,
March 1 as the date when the frs,
submarine cruisers would appear,
U-boats of the Deutschland class,
1t is true. built originally for com.
merce. and later converted by the
addition OF torpedo tubes and guns,
havo been encountered by allied je-
stroyers at sea ever since last sum-
mer. Yet only one Of these which
has not yet been destroyed is known
to have attempted a torpedo attack.
Apparently a Failure.
Allied observers Of the naval war,
noting that these large submarines
have been a failure, have until re-
Gently refrained from speaking op-
timistically on the subject, for fear
that the predicted supersubmaines
might pop up shortly and prove more
destructive than their immediate pre-
deces
But the fact has now been male
public that at present, three months
after the super-submarines were to
have begun their assault on the
transport lanes. not a single vessel of
this type has appeared.
II 10 believed now either that they
were a myth from the start, or
that the British antisubmarine
weapons, including the vast mine
fields sown between Norway and the
Orkneys, have destroyed the first
types Of this kind WHICH tried to
get te sea, and that no others have
been put into commission.
The number Of submarines put into
commission monthly is at present less
than Il was at the end of 1917, while
the sinkings are increasing. A Ger
man sailor saved from one subma-
rine sunk recently declared that his
commanding officer had been a Bull
garian. and that seven of the crew
were unframed men who had never
been at sea In a U-boat before.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-09
CEN. MLAcHLAE HoNoRD.

Word has just been rscsivs6 n
the British Embassy that Nat. Cen
J. p. McLachlan. military attache
has been made companion OF the
orner OF the Bath. ~ q reward fof
his servicea The Order Of the
Bath IL one Of the most highly esq
teemed decorations in England
The Washington herald., 1918-07-09
Big AIRPLANES
DESIGNED TO
CARRY 8 TONS
Monster Machines fol
Bombing Purposes Now
Planned in u. S.
Monster airplanes Of . hIthertl

Monster airpianes OF hitherto
unheard-of power and carrying ca
pacity are being designed by Uncle
Sans aviation experts as the next
step in our aviation program.
These new planes. to be used for
night bombing purposes. win be Of 80.
LOO and l.eOo-horsepower, and will be
able 10 carry UP to three tons OF high
explosives. They will be driven re-
spectively by two, three and four Lb-
erty motors each.
Work on the design Of these planes
may properly be begun now. as actual
production Of the Lberty-motored day
bomber is now coming along in better
shape. One factory alone, in the last
week in June, averaged more thar
twenty completed De Haviland bomb.
ers each day, the weeks shipments
from this plant numbering 10 planes
All went direct to France, ana each
was completely equipped with Liberty
motor, synchroniEed and flexible ma
chine guns, bomb-carrying apparatus
etc.
Output Enormous.
This factory, which is months
ago was not yet conceived. today is
turning out more planes than any
other airplane factory in the world.
But Its output is to be practically
doubled by another still greater
plant that is Just now getting into
nFnAnFffnn rr-k.f1a
plants Will each turn from to Is
planes daily into our accumulating
airplane reserves.
Already within a year we hay.
produced 5000 airpIanes in tb,A
country. This number can be
doubled. within the next year.
In addition to the larger planes
for night bombing work, we also
are preparing to turn out a great
number OF smaller combat planes.
These will be equipped with an
eight-cylinder Liberty motor, in
stead OF the twelve-cylinder Liberty
by which our present two-seater
planes are driven. The Liberty
twelve Is now being produced in
quantities sufficient to meet all i'm
mediate needs. and production oil
1hc AAOStNs tikhI Is u DG DtEdn at
once.
Recent speed and altitude tests
emphasize the fact that in the Lib
erty motor the United States has
the peer OF all airplane engines. The
big day bombers were hurtling
through the air at 1SS miles per
hour. It is in climbing. however.
that the most remarkable showing
was made-and IL is on ability to
climb quickly that the air fighter
often has to depend for his safety.
Climbs Quickly.
A big De Haviland plane driven
by a Liberty twelve, and carrying
two men. making a total weight OF
more than two tons, climbed TO a
hefgh. of l1eOo feet in just Z Ia min
utes,
A climbing speed OF 1000 feet per
minute is normally considered good.
That means ascending about twice
the speed OF a normal express ele-
vator, in addition to the forward
speed OF the machine. But the LIb-
erty twelve pulled the plane up 1853
feet per minute, or one-third faster
climbing than the usual battle plane.
Every day that prchteering exists
The Washington herald., 1918-07-09
GOUCERS' VICTIMS
WILL SOON DEMAND
HELP OF CONGRESS
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and halr and charge you i've cents
more"
but I ordered from the mehu and
had the right to assume that what
came to me was the filing OF the or
der / gave the waitress"
TIE manager then pointed to line
in parenthesis. which offered half
and half at the cent additional
cost. The customer of course paid
the 16 cent advance in his daily cost
Of living. and went away. What
could he dos
The dining room at the Union Sta
tion Is now conducted by the United
States. the Washington Terminal
Company. operating the station and
the restaurant. having been taken
ever by the Rail Administration.
Yesterday Washington citizen
went there with his wife for dinner.
The menu had Lamb Chop, IS
Cents" and the citizen wrote his
order on the blank laid before him
by the waiter, along with other things
for a modest meal. After the words
lambs chops. he wrote the numeral
p with a circle around it Corn on
1sC WI was AsACu at - CCIlS. I1t
wrote an orcer for corn on cob, with
the numeral ] encircled after it.
The bill came in for so cents for
the corn, and $40 for the chops. Pro-
test was registered. you wrote jt
chops not chop and that meant
ysou wanted two double orders oe
chops, We Understood. which comes
to a.4o for Il Ut orders of chops"
The head waT'er was speaking.
SO Cents fer Germ
The two arose. speechless and 20
centless, and walked from the room.
What could they say? Or think? Or
do? 1t was their Uncle Samuel who
was running that restaurant, and
they decided that he needed the
money. At any rate, he had the
money, and also so cents for the
corn on cob. The representative of
the railway administration had
doubled the IS cent corn to so cents.
The dinner should have cost S1.95
without the tip. The check was for
$2.s0-an increase OF nearly so per
cent in the cost of living that yes
terday evening.
While tomatoes are selling for
twenty cents pound in the markets
of Washington and vicinity. accord
ing to the Mount Rainier Times. the
same vegetable can be purchased for
S1.25 a crate in the markets of Bal
timore.
All OF this is TO be laid before
Congress and relief is to be asked
in the shape of adequate laws to
enable administrations to cope with
the situation.
The matter will be taken before
Congress as soon as replies have
been received from the Food Ad-
ministration, the Federal Trade
Commission and the Bureau of
Markets relative to their solution of
the problem.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-01
An Appeal for The Red Cross

The local chapter the Red Cross patriotic women who
nave consecaed their % labor and means the support
Army and Navy whose carving comfort and
sccor to the wounded the sick and the the battle line
well in the homes of the patriots loved ones behind
appealing to YOU for funds carry their of love and
charity Unlike the demand you Liberty Loan drive this
appeal calls only for small such anyone can easily
rom their daily expenditures Quarters half dollars dollars look
big when they measured the good they Fifty cents ps
the labor put behind FREE by these good women makes man
dressing gown which will bring comfort sick bow ct NAV he
quarter and their labor makes dressing for the wounded
Now especially bows at the front ,s
appeal should not fall deaf but should produce immediate
results The women of and all the beleerent
countries wherever suffering humanity abiding place This
call IS needed and here in this Godavored country the cali will not
be in vain. 80 -
eh yol nave read this phone call Mrs A. or Mrs
T. Lee and they will receive whatever NAV be WILLING r ,b
contribute to this worthy YOU were unable to bv
Liberty Bonds can make smaller but equally acceptable offer
on the altar OF patriotism and YOU who bought bonds can
any spare little of your savings Tor the sake Of
boys who are fighting battles
The LORD LoVETH A CHEERFUL GIvER"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-01
STORMY SCENES OCCUR
IN PRUSs|AN DIET
(By International News Service

(By International News Service.)
Copenhagen, May STORMY scenes
occurred in the Prussian diet Tuesday
when member of the Center party
proposed that the question of elect
orial reform be postponed until af-
ter the war, says dispatches from the
frontier today. Soldiers participated
in the debate. The Liberal members
strongly rejected the proposal and
predicted serious consequence.
Hoffman, an Independent Socialist,
declared that if the proposed DELAY
was accepted he would ask the SOL
dlers not to fight any longer. Ex-
IRENE excitement followed amid cries
OF Traitor" and the proposal was re-
Jected. Chancellor Hertling advocat-
ed general suffrage.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-01
CARS
GIVEN THE LEAD

The Chamber of Commerce is in re-
ceipt of a communication from the
Georgia State Automobile Associa-
ton announcing that because of the
fact that Fitzgerald is the first town
to enter cars in the State Automo-
bile "round-the- and fur
nished complete information as to the
make of cars, number of people in the
cars and all other Information re-
CURED to be furnished in the entry
blanks for the tour, that Fitzgerald
has been allotted first place in the
tour, and its cars will be Immediately
behind the scout cars of the tour.
At present there are about forty en-
tries in the state tour but those who
have entered have failed to fill out
their entry blanks i'll complete form,
and the prompt action of the Fitz-
gerald Chamber of Commerce in COM
pletely filling out the entry blanks
for the two cars already assured for
Fitzgerald in the tour. has given them
first position in the line up of the
cars.
The above incident is but another
evidence of what community Sc
cures as result of an active and ag-
gressive Chamber of Comemrce or
ganization. When it was decided
positively that Fitzgerald was to have
cars in the tour Secretary Clarke did
not allow any grass to grow under his
feet and immediately asked for en-
tfy blanks and as fast as cars are
being entered he is furnishing the
State Automobile Association with
complete data on the subject as re-
CURED by the association.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-01
REGISTRANTS
EMBARK FOR CAMP

The A. B. & A. depot fairly bristIed
with activity Tuesday morning when
nc colored registrants with their
friends began to assemble to take.
their leave for Camp Gordon.
several hundred men and women
came to bid them farewell and the
boys conducted themselves very
creditably on the occasion.
Two coaches filled with colered Sc
iectmen from Coffee, Thomas and,
Colquitt counties were attached to-
the train and amidst cheers from the
departing troopers and equally enthu-
siastic responses by their friends the
train pulled out for Atlanta and the:
new life in the army.
Some witty negro lad written in
chalk on one OF the coaches: Berlin
Special Well Get the Kaiser"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-01
Germans Fail
To Advance
(By International News Service.)

London, April 30.-Altnough the
mighty assaults of the past twenty
four hours on the Flanders battle.
front have been marked by extra
ordinary violence, the Germans have.
failed to advance anywhere.
Their losses have been called very
heavy by Haig dispatches. The Ger
mans used two hundred thousand men
III the attacks around Ypres Monday
without gaining an inch. The reck-
lessness with which the German
high command has thrown troops in
to certain slaughter is appalling.
They have been moved down in
masses. The mighty cannonading
again surpasses anything like it in the
history of the world
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-01
RETIRES FROM BANKING

Mr. A. H. Thurmond who has
served as Cashier of the First Nat
ional Bank for a number of years.
announces that he will soon resign his
position in order that he may devote
his entire time to his automobile
business in which he became interest
ed several months ago
There is no more popular bank Of
fetal in this section than Mr. Thur
mond, and as he emParks in business
for his own account a host of friends
throughout this section wish for him
all the success and prosperity that he
so greatly deserves.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-01
HALF MILLION
MEN WILL Be
DRAF TED soon
(By International News Service

(By international News Service.)
Washington, April 30-The largest
quotas yet summoned to the colors
since the initial call organizing the
National Army will be made by the
United States War Department al
most Immediately.
1t is likely that the first call will
come tomorrow if plans now in pros
pect are carried out as is considered
1t is absolutely necessary that the
call for May will total three hundred
thousand and in June nearly two
hundred thousand more.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-01
MISS ALICE RUSSELL
WINS GRAND PRIZE

The most successful and interest
ing Circulation Contest ever con-
Quoted in this section of the state was
that of The Leader Enterprise, which
closed at l o'clock P. NJ. today, in
which Miss Alice Russell won the
grand prize of $500 in gold.
Miss Ruth Stephens was the
winner of the Piano in District No.
and Mrs. H.. c. Troup won
the Piano in District No. 2.
The contestants each expressed ap-
probation of the fair treatment and
courtesies shown them by both Man
ager Z. Raymond Goodrich and The
Leader-Enterprise. They manifested
great appreciation of their prizes and
telt wonderfully we'll paid for their
efforts.
The Leader Enterprise goes into
hundreds of homes where it has never
been taken as result of the contest,
and today it is a strong, represent
alive, well-circulated newspaper, much
like the newspaper the business en-
terprise and energies of this COM
munity SO badly needs for its rapid
expansion and growth.
1t can we'll be said that The
Leader Enterprise since adding sew
eral hundred new subscribers during
the contest that it is in a position to
give the advertisers of this section
more than their moneys worth, for
The Leader-Enterprise covers every
nook and corner of the Fitzgerald
trade territory.
The Leader-Enterprise is very
grateful to the ladies who participant
cd IN the contest and, whose efforts
influence made .2ssible the most
CaHssful contest CSev conducted in
kia--3action of the state.
a u c. Raymond Goodrich, presi-
.SzsW of the Goodrich Contest Com
Yany. of Jacksonville, Fla, conduct
ed the contest in an able manner, al
ways displaying his ability as a pro-
moter. His clean-cut business meth
DDS and his friendly personality, won
for him many friends and admirers
in Fitzgerald.
Miss Winnie Sue Lloyd, who SO ably
assisted Mr., Goodrich, is admired bv
everyone with whom she came in
contact, and is without doubt VAL
liable asset to The Goodrich Con-
test Company.
This certifiesj that we, the under
signed, as Judges in the Leader-En-
terprise Circulation Contest which
closed at o'clock, P M, May 1st,
1918, have carefully counted the votes
and ind the winners to be as fol-,
lows:
Grand Prize, $4,000 in gold, Miss
Alice Russell, 30,66o,600 votes.
District No. 1.
First Prize, $4,000 Piano-Miss
Ruth Stephens, S7,072O00 votes.
Second prize, $4,000 watc1-Miss
Gladys Pollard, 4,4S7 900 votes.
District No. 2
First Prize, $35o.00 piano-Mrs.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-01
KA|SER'S MENTAL
CONDITION BAD

(By International News Service.)
London, May 1.-The German I'm
perial encourage is alarmed at the
kaiser's mental condition, says dis
patch from Berne today.
The dispatch stated that the Kaiser
is victim of the Authorization that
his advisers are vainly trying to keep
him away from the battlefield. The
Kaiser constantly says his divine
mission is to save the world and hui
manity."
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-01
CLARKE TO ADVERTISE.
FITZGERALD AND BEN HILL
w.. zskz1. a..

Secretary e. Y. Clarke will +esve
Fitzgerald Wednesday night to attend
the convention of the Farmers Union
which takes place in Atlanta Thurs
day of this week.
From Atlanta Mr.. Clarke will go
to Dalton and Gainesville to meet
with two conventions of North
Georgians.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-01
FRENCH TROOPS
RECAPTURE LOCHRE

(By international News Service)
London, noon, April 30.-The viii
lage of Locre has been recaptured
from Germans by the French. Other
ground which the Germans gained
recently on the Flanders front has
been recaptured by the Allies.
Allied troops also made a success
1ul thrust on the Picardy front The
British line has again been extended
IN the sector of Villers Bretenneux.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-01
POPE TO PUT OUT
VIEW PEACE FEELER
(By international News Service.)

IBy international News Service.)
London, May Pope Benedict
intends to put out another peace feel
er to all bel1igerents containing an
offer of mediation, with the possible
cooperation of neutrals, says wire
less from The Hague. The report
stated that the contemplated offer
was received sympathetically in Ber-
lin. The move is expected the latter
part of May.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-01
Pope Peace Story Is
Regarded AS Plain
German Propaganda

(By International News Service.)
Washington, May 1.-The story OF
the Pope's proposed peace offer is
regarded here as plain German prop
uganda. 1t is very evident that the
proposal has no possible chance now.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-05-01
BONE DRY

(By International News Service.)
Detroit, May Michigan is bone
dry today Detroit is the largest city
in the world where the liquor traffic
is banned.