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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-05
PROGRESS IN AVIATION

Constant assurance from man.
sources comes that our aerial service
s going to mean something within q
Jery short time Some times one II
justified in thinking it an idle boast
>ut the country is soon to have the
pleasure of seeing this much abused
department. rendering the most Ell
ective service.
For instance, rireproof plane il
the making.
These planes will he constructed Of
lon-inflammable materials. the wings
struts, fuselage. etc. being made of an
aluminium alloy steel, both light and
strong The gasoline tanks will be
specially protected to prevent posi-
Die puncture by inflammable bullets
Flights already have been made with
he first models.
A non-inflammable plane. it is be
ieved. will greatly reduce the losses
If planes in action. II was the burn
ne of his plane. rather than his owl
INJURIES. that caused the death of Luf
berry, Americas premier filler, two
weeks ago. Had Lutbery been flying
/ fireproof plane there is little doubt
{ is declared, but that it could have
'anded safely despite the bullet wound
through his hand.
Americas fighting aero forces in
france probably will equal by late
summer the combined airplane
strength of France and England an6
will. alone. considerably outnumbel
Germany's forces in the air
This estimate is based on the actual
number of combat machines now he
ne turned out and the present
,rease in the rate of production each
week. after making due allowances
or further delays and difficulties that
may he experienced
The airplaue board. little realizing
he many problems of production.
last spring laid out a program that
called for 24O squadrons of American
Tiers in France by fall of 1918. This
meant approximately $4,000 planes,
allowing is planes for squadron and
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-05
STRIKE FROM BEHIND

Influential Greeks are of the opin-
ion that death blow could be dealt
the Central Powers from the east. The
Greeks frontier is considered the logi-
cal spot. according to war critics in
that far country The east offers a
weak link in the Teutonic chain. &C.
Cording to war writer's. An offensive
aimed at Laibach and Vienna might
SKATER Germany's "Mittel Europe
dreams more quickly than any other
thing that can be done 1t must be
remembered that Napoleon struck
Italy and brought the dual monarchy
to its knees.
"The United Safes has at last rec
Dgnized that Austria cannot be peace
fully estranged from Germany, says
Greek Minister George Roussos and
the recognition of the Jugo-Slav as
pirations follows as the logical result
THE Albanians and other Austria
Hungarian subjects,Y he continued.
will never resolt until Germany sui
fers serious defeat" The Teuton mil
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-05
Grandma Talks
About Babies
HasaIarrec ircleof Listeners Who Prof.
Il by Her Wisdom and Experience.

In almost any community there is grand
ma who knows Mothers Friend. moi only
is she reminiscent of her own experience.
but it was through her recommendation that
so many eXpeCtant mothers derived the com
fort and blessing of this famors remedy.
Mothers Friend is an external application
prepared especially fer expectant mothers
after the formula of a noted family physi-
clan. II certainly has wonderful effect
in relieving tension brought about bv ey-
banding muscles, and is most grateful e.
cOuras cement to the woman awaiting moth
erhood.
The action of Mothers Friend makes the
muscles free, plant and responsive. When
baby arrives they expand easily, and pain
and danger at tho crisis is naturally less.
Strain upon the nerves and lsc,rcnts is
leSsened and in place of a period of diScom-
fort and consequent dread, it ia q season of
calm repose and happy anticipation.
Mothers Friend enables the mother TO pre.
serve her health and natural grace and Sh.,
remains pretty mother bv having avoided
the pain and suffering which more ofte-.
than otherwise accompanies such an occasion
when nature is unaidcd.
Write the Bradfeld Regulator Co,
Lamar BLDG. Atlanta. Ga. for their "Nioth-
erhood Book" so valuable to expectapt moth
eTS, and in the meantime do not bv any
chance fail to purchase a bottle of Mothers
FRIEND from the druggist and thus fortify
yourself against pain and discomfort Moth
ers Friend should be applied night and morn.
Ing With the utmost regularity.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-05

Only one thing only NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.:
Europe is not large enough for Ger
many and England, All the trouble
making is laid to England. France,
the same France that has so beaten
the Germans every time they faced
n French gun. is lightly passed. And
the United States is not even men
toned in the sweep for more Teu
tonic power
May be, thih~> like this put the
civilized people of the world on the
neck of Germany. Certain it is Ger,
man failure to recognize the rights
Of Americans on the seas had some
thing to do with it, Now Germany
failure to recognize that all the civil
lied powers of the world are going to
nave al NblNt III llIt IDdhII6 anu Nl
making of German domination of cen
trail Europe again is likely to show up
in the ultimate as a cause for her own
failure to realize anything further
than dreams and dead men.
But the Germans are right in their
belief that either Germany or England
must be pushed out from among the
ranks of the world powers We know
which is going, because we know that
the civilized world is not again to BE-
at peace till there is going
But listen TO the words of the Yes
5ische Zeitung of Berlin, commenting
On the PanGerman aspirations:
when we have drawn Frances
teeth and have reduced Belgium to q
state of permanent dependence on
Germany. the rule of the central pow
ers will extend from the Baltic to the
Adriatc. and from the North sea to
the Black sea.
Even then, though formal peace
may be concluded with England, it can
not be lasting one. II is much more
probable that England will risk the
mad attempt to continue the war indie
pendently.
"The war against England will be
decided in Egypt. and it will then be
iermany's foremost task to prepare
herself for this contingency. England
can only be conquered either if the
central powers unite the whole of Eu
'ope against her or if they extend their
avn power over Europe in a very high
legree.
The case now stands thus-either
Germany or England must be pushed
)ut Of the ranks of the world powers
There is no room for both Which OF
them is to so to the wall will depend
Utmost wholly on the spirit of sacr
ice of the German people when we
rave settled accounts finally with
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-05

tary machine has them at its mercy.
A concerned drive from Saloniki and
another from Italy towards Laibach,
Bola and Trentino, however, would
threaten Germany's now unchallenged
domination there.
"The Allies now have about 100000
troops in the Balkans" Dr. Roussos
stated. Five hundred thousand of
these are British, French and Italians.
Two hundred thousand are Greeks
Greece is rapidly mobili2ing and can
add almost an equal number, bringing
the allied Balkan army to a million
men.
Germany has only four divisions on
the Saloniki front while the Bulga-
rians, Austrians and Turks make the
total around 100000 TO conduct an
offensive with any reasonable chance
of success the central powers must
have in excess of 100000 troops, Rous
sos declared
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-05


AID additional so per cent for replace
ment of lost or damaged planes 1t al
SO meant about 5000 trained fliers,
thousands of skilled airplane mech
anices, scores of airdromes in France
and the development of great orga
nization stretching from the factories
and training fields of the United Stat
es across 5000 miles Of ocean to the
fighting line in France.
In the light of actual production to
day, of machines completed and in
process of building and of filters
trained and in process of training, we
will not be able to put 24O squadrons
of planes into France this summer.
But at the present rate of prOduc-
ton we will be able to deliver to the
fighting front 100 areo squadrons, or
some 2,16O planes plus another 1000
for replacement. The men who will
fly these planes will have had thor
ough training, training not only in
flying but in bombing. observation.
machine gunnery. photography, etc.
Production of planes in this country
to June ] will approximate 5000, or
these slightly more than $500 are ele-
mentary and training planes, The re-
mainder are combat planes, chiefly of
the De Haviland and Bristol types.
In addition, approximately 1000
planes. but the number includes also
several hundred fast scout and com
bat planes for actual battle work De
liveries of planes manufactured in this
country. however. are now being made
in such quantities that France and
England will not be called upon to
furnish the full number of planes con
tracted approximately 6,0O0-as
from now on we will be able to supply
our own needs
Plane production in the Unite
States is now well above 1000 month
ly and may reach 1000 very soon.
One of the remarkable feats of the
production in the airplane service has
been of aircraft guns and the synchro-
nizing apparatus by which the guns
fire through the whirring propeller
blades. More than 1000 of these guns
and the synchronizing mechanism
have been turned out
Americas fighting planes will be
equipped with four rapid-fire guns
each. two for attack, synchronized to
fire through the propellors, two stu
ated on flexible mounts for defensive
purposes
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-05
DREAMS AND DEAD MEN

The Teutonic aspirations that hav,
Of late an added zest due To- the Rus
sian catastrophe. seem now to have,
settled the question Of German rule IL
all central Europe 1t is an assure
TACT. so far as the writer's in the big
German and Austrin centers are con
cerned. The "Mittel Europe policy is
about to materialize
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-05

We will have critics who will 50!
cur navy was somewhere out of place
when we got our call from the sub
marines II is very much apparent
that the navy was not on the scene
but that does not vet show that the
navy was not performing very i'm
pCrtant duty.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-05
;Watch:Your Blood Supply h,
NJ Don't Let Impurities Ireep In In

medicine, that is purely Vegetable.
MANY druggists have seen wonderful
results accomplished among their
customers by this great old medicine,
and they know that S. S. S: is one Of
the most reliable blood purifiers ever
made. Keep your blood free of i'm
nurities by the use of this honest old
medicine, and if you want medical
advice. you can obtain same without
cost by writing to Medical Director,
Swift Specific Co., % Swift Labora"
tory. Atlanta, Ga.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-05

There is little time or occasion for
the great excitement that has swept
over the country on account of the
visit Of a submarine on our coast.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-05

The accounts of what American
soldiers did in the great battle yes
terday afforded the best reading last
night. The whole country is anXiou
TO see more of the fighting that Amer
leans are to do.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-05
Pure Blood Means Perfect
Health.

The average druggist has handled
hundreds of medicines in his day.
some of which have long since been
forgotten. -,
But there is one that has been SOLD
by the druggists throughout this
country, for more than fifty years.
and that IS s. s. s., the reliable blood
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-05

The peanut men of Virginia are be
ginning to look this way for the es
adjustment of their mills within th'
peanut territory The freight will he
come a matter of more serious con.
sieration after the increase OF twenty
live percent
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-05

If you were the master of a big ship
and a submarine captain were to come
aboard and shake hands with you
and apologize before sinking yom
ship,-would this appease your anger
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-05

We were to enjoy barbecue, Geor
gia style, at the county farm some
where about this time. Is there any
one willing 10 answer and say wha,
has become of il?
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-05

No time now for stopping to fix the
blame Germany must be defeated. Il
not destroyed Then we may tall
more about who started the war,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-05
OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY

The Huns are beginning to feel
the effect Of the aerial bombing work
that the Allies are Offering the enemy.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-05

Members Of the Associated Press.
The Associated Press Is exclusives
entitled to the use FOR republication
Of all news dispatches credited to II
or not otherwise credited in this pa
per and also the local news published
herein.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-05

"A most delightful shower fell here
about last night and the gardeners
are smiling today.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-05
DISPATCH PUB. co.

Communication on all topics pub.
lished when not too long and accompa-
MED by full names and address. Not
responsible for views OF contributors
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-05

Possibility of a German offensive in
the near east in case the western Of
fensive ends in a Staemate, is troubl
ing Balkan statement Germany will
have to bolster up Austrian morale
sooner or later, it is suggested, and
successful offensive against Italy will
aid greatly. The capture of Venice
would mean the establishment of
base opposite PoIa, which would elm
mate the necessity of transporting
troops, munitions and supplies through
mountain defiIes.
A campaign on the Salonild front
would be more difficult. however, and
would find the Allies better prepared
Greek morale is admirable. The for
eign minister, accompanied by the
French and Rumanian representa-
tives in Greece, have just completed
d trip of inspection over three depart
mcnts of the Pilippopones and found
conditions far better than expected"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-05

Published Daily Except Saturday
Semi-Weekly, Sunday and Wednes
day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-17

medical school at Washburn was
closed. Doctor Laidig was prominent
in athletics and in debate while in col
lege here. He is survived by Mrs
Laidig and two small children.
Sport North andi Genevieve Russell
are in town and will proceed imme-
diately with rehearsals on the Lion
and the Mouse" which has been Sc
lected as the opening bill at the Ma
jestic. The entire company has been
assembled and as soon as the flu ban
is lifted by the city health officials the
Majestic will come back to its own.
The Norths have a splendid company
this season and the @St of royalty
bills are to be produced.
The attention of ]. H. Mercer, secre-
tary of the livestock sanitary commits
sion, has been called to the fact that
Food Administrator Hoover has not
included Kansas in the list of corn
producing states for the purpose of
fixing prices on hogs. However, Min
nesota and South Dakota are included
in the list despite the fact that Kan
sas has about double the acreage of
the two states and that Kansas raises
almost as many hogs as the two states
combined. 1t is proposed to fix the
price of hogs at thirteen times the
price of corn in the corn producing
states a year ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-17
GREEKS IN PROTEST
They Want World To Know Bulgar
Atrocities In Macedonia. fs.

Athens, Oct. 1.-THE devastation
and ravages committed by the Btifgar-
ians in eastern Macedonia have caused
the directors of the newspapers GOT
Athens to protest to the world and to
invite representatives OF the press to
visit the ruined area and see condi-s
tons for themselves. The declaration
of the newspaper directors says: ~
Full of horror and indigna zion at
the deva station and ravage which the
Greek troops and Representatives OF
the Greek press are finding at every
step turnout all the reoccupied sec
tions of eastern Macedonia where the
BulgarianS committed the most
atrocious crimes, we protest to the civil
lized world and ask the press of the
world to send representatives to Ser
res Drama and Kavala to observe and
see for themselves the brutalities and
the crimes which have deprived US of
a large number of the Greek popula-
ton which has succumbed as martyrs
of suffering. sI.aS . =
IF this war has liberty and virtue
for its supreme ideals the punishment
alone of the guilty does not: suffice.
for us; the deliverance of all human
beings who in Thrace and Asia Minor
have suffered under this shameful
yoke, and who risked being abandon
ed to the claws of such savage ami
mails, is absolutely essential"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-17
ICONS" GOT HIS $4OO
Columbus Daniels Says He Tried To
Convince Them Bank Was O. X

How two colored men separated him
from $500 this morning was related by
Columbus c. Daniels, colored, 1927
Clay street. to George Frost, detective,
who responded to a call sent in to po-
lice headquarters from the Santa F'e
depot about noon today.
Daniels said he met two colored men
at Sixth and Kansas avenue, who told
him they had $1,000 to deposit in the
bank, but as they were strangers from
Oklahoma, would like to have him
show them how the deposits should be
made. Daniels says he informed them
that he did bushes swith the Mer-
chants National, where he took them.
They wanted proof of the banks in
tegrity, SO Daniels drew out $500 of
his money to prove that the bank was
all right.
He then walked down to the Santa
Fe depot with them, he says, and
after talking with them for some time,
he found his bank roll had disap-
peared. The shorter of the two
strangers had disappeared and the tall
one said he would go look for an
officer. but Daniels thinks he failed
to find one, as he never came back.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-17
MAZE OF RUMORS
Officials Read in These Important
Events in Germany.

o Washington, Oct. 17.-Thru a maze
OF rumors. unofficial reports and some
official data today. diplomats and gov
eminent authorities read of the impor-
tant events transporting in Germany.
without direct word on the subject,
Washington was eXpectant that a new
move toward peace would mark the
immediate future. All advices agree
that the internal situation in the CEN
trail powers is increasingly serious and
that the iberal-conservative elements
contemplate some action to prevent
Bolshevist movement within the en-
pire.
Information, if not regarded as
official. reached the state department
that the Understandable federal
council of Germany-has approved a
constitutional amendment restricting
the kaiser's power to declare war and
make treaties-indicating a radical
change in the German political sys-
tenn.
But officials said they would form
no judgment until the information
was more substantial and until the
reichstag was shown to have approved
the the reported action of the
bundesrath.
President Wilson was reported as
extremely anxious that undue impor-
lance be not attached to the avalanche
of rune RS now coming O. of Germany
until official advices are available.
There is strong conviction here that
eventually the German people will
force their government to comply with
President Wilson's decision on the ac-
ton necessary before peace can come
but they believe these measures
scarcely have been taken yet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-17
UNITY NOW HOLDS
Allies Are CentraIizing All War
Work Activities.
Work to the End of Getting
Most Out of Bureaus.

Washington. Oct 17.-Unity now
holds sway in American-aIlied war
work.
Capitalization of effort, which start
ed with unification of command under
General Foch, has now been extended
to every branch of the war services.
Virtual inter-allied pools have been
established for supplies, ships, air
planes. transportation and dockage.
The latest important programs to
come under co-ordinated control are
the vast airplane production and oper-
alton schemes and the tremendous
transportation question.
The watchword of the directors of
the United States-allied efforts now is
''all must pull together to end the war
back of them is the new determined
cry of the soldiers-"Heaven, hell or
Hoboken by Christmas"
Unity and coordination have be-
come concrete under the latest consul
tations of American and allied Off
Gals. Each nation is going ahead
with airplane work on lines for which
it is best equipped.
This will probably mean that con-
siderable United States effort here
after will be directed to liberty motor
construction while assembling will
then be done abroad 10 a greater ex-
tent than heretofore. Assistant Secre-
tary of War Ryan, air director. said:
I'VE are like a group of neighbors
all with farms. Bill Jones goes up to
market today. Maybe he hasn't a
full supply of all the kinds of the
produce the market wants. So he
stops along the way and gets some of
Tom Smiths produce and then some
of John Jones'S and so on.
''In this way he delivers a full load
at the market. That's what we're go
ing to do. One nation will be Bill
Jones, another John Jones and so on.
The point is we are all good friends.
pulling together and delivering the
goods"
A joint war in the air on an I'M
precedented scale is foreseen as a re-
suit of airplane unification.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-17
HOLLAND SEES LIGHT
Negotiations for Rcticning Agreement
To Be Resumed ut Once.

Negotiations for RCttGning Agreement
To Be Resumed ut Once.
Washington, Oct. 17.-Nego citations
for rationing agreement with Hol-
land are to be resumed in London i'm
mediately. Americas representative in
the conference is expected to be L. P.
Sheldon, London representative of the
war trade board. The negotiations
were brought to a standstill last jan
uary, owing to Hollands failure t" ac-
cept an agreement Professionally decid-
cd on. because of German opposition
and interference. 1t is expected
new agreement will be reached, sim
liar somewhat to the commercial
agreements with other neutral coun-
tries whereby they obtain needed sup
plies.
Holland now has decided, it became
known today, to release from her
ports approximately SOC tons of idle
shipping to carry the balance of grain
due her in accordance with the terms
of President Wilson's offer of last
March which provided 100000 tons of
bread cereals, half to come from the
United States and half from South
America. Owing to difficulties with
the German government Holland hesi-
tated to send for the South American
supplies on account of the submarine
menace
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-17
GRIEF STRICKEN
KILLS SELF AND
TWO CHILDREN

Chicago, Oct. 17.-Mrs. George +.
Douce, IS, and her children, Irving, 6.
and Raymond, 4. were found in an
unconscious condition in a gas filled
room in their home. They died in
spite of emergency treatment with
pulmotorS.
Mrs. Douce left a note saying she
had killed herself and the children
because of~grief over her husbands
DEATH
Douce, street car conductor. died
Monday of Influenza.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-17
INDIANA is OVER.

St. Louis. Mo-, Oct 17.-with In
diana over its quota, the eighth fed
eral reserve district today began in
tensive campaigning to raise the s29.-
100000 needed to reach the fourth
liberty loan allotment of $3.50, 700, 900.
Tennessee and southern Illinois, with
rs per cent or less of their quota sub
scribed, showed on today's returns to
be the farthest behind. Kentucky was
expected to reach it's goal today.