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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
Big Exporting Corporation

Memphis, April 10.-Cotton plant
ers, bankers and representatives of
the business interests of all cotton
growing states met lfeer today in a
conference with state and federal Of
1icials to consider the formation of a
fifty million dollars exporting corpo-
ration as suggested by Gov. w. p. G.
Harding, of the Federal Reserve
Board.
Definite action is expecter to be
taken after a general discussion of
the plan at the afternoon session.
The question of state owned ware
houses and financial aid to farmesr to
hold cotton will probably be discuss;
ed.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
WILSON'S MESSAGE
HELD UP TWO DAYS

Paris, April 9.-The cable message
giving directions for the steamer
George Washington to be sent to
France was held up in London for two
days for "some unaccountable rea-
SON." it was announced in American
quarters here today
This fact was discovered it. was
stated, when the American mission
made an Investigation of the printing
here of Washington dispatches de-
claring that the George Washington
had not been ordered to France.
A dispatch was received today from
the Navy Department saying that the
steamer would be able to sail in forty
eight hours.
1t was later announced that the de-
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
UPHEAVAL STARTS FIGHT
AGAINST SPARTACANS
SEIZE THE KRUPP PLANT
TWO-ThiFds of W0rkmen Hare
Returned To Their LdbOrS.
Saxon Miners Strike.

Copenhagen, Wednesday, Dis
patches from Kissengen report that
citizens and officials at Wuerzburg,
thirty miles to northwest, have struck
against the Bavarian soviet republic
and that the town now is in the
hands of government troops.
Heavy fighting against the Sparta,
can forces occurred when the govern
mcnt troops $tormed the royal palace
and captured the railway station, but
the fortress of Marienherg, across the
Main river, was handed over without
opposition
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
Seize Krupp Plant

Berlin, "wednesday. Associated
Press. )-Government troops are re-
ported to have entered Essen and oc-
cupied the Krupp plant, which ac
cording to previous reports had been
seized by Essen strikers. The troops
posted artillery machine guns at the
entrance to the plant. Advices state
that two-thirds of the workmen have
returned to their laborS
From SaXony much unrest is report
ed, communists of the Vogtland dis
trict have issued a demand that Sax
ony be made a soviet republic while
metal workers of Zwickau and large
proportion of Saxon miners have
gone on a strike.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
AMERICANS BALK AT PLANS TO GIVE HUNS TREATY FIRST
AMERICANS Baked
ON BOLSHEVIK FIGHT

Archangel, "wednesday. As
ISOLATED Press. "A company of
American troops recently show
ed some hesitation in returning
to the fighting front south Of
Archangel, declaring the war
with Germany was over and
that the United States was not
tat war with the Boisheviki.
The regimental conT.ar IF IN
"a speech said they were right
ing a desperate defensive bat
tile and Appealed 20 them TO
stick it out. The company then
left for the front.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
DEPUTY COLLECTOR
WILL COME HERE
A. A. WILCOX WILL BE HERE TO
ASSIST IN. GIVING INFORMATION.

A. A. Wilcox, deputy internal reve-
nue. collector, will be here April Is
to give any information desired on
income tax returns. His note to Tax
Receiver c. o. Perry is as follows:
Il expect to be in Cordele on April
18th, 10th and 18th to give desired
information as to income tax returns
and will appreciated your usual kind
assistance in putting up notice to
above effect at the curt house, md
telling all you can"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
BRITISH OPEN
TRADE WITH SPAIN
TREATY SIGNED TODAY WILL
STRAIT BUSINESS.

Madrid, April 10.--Premier Ro-
manones had conference yesterday
with British ambassador concerning
the convention between Great Britain
and Spain which will be signed today.
By the treaty England will permit the
importation Of Spanish oranges AMI
will ship to Spain hundred and fifty
thousand tons of coal monthly.
Spain will loan to Great Britain
seventy.fve million pesetas.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
HUNS COULD OFFER
NO LOAD FOR SHIPS
FOOD SHIPS HAD TO RETURN IN
BALLAST.

Berlin, "wednesday. Associated
Press. 1.-The first Entente food ships
had TO leave on their return trips in
could not be collected enuogh freight
to load them, it is announced in semi
official quarters, neither was it posi-
BILE to recoal them completely.
The announcement concludes by
propounding the question as to how
long the Entente will be willing to
deliver food under such conditions.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
Storm cellars saved many lives.
SNOW AND SLEET in
WIDE WESTERN SECTION

Denver, April 10.-The railroad and
telegraph companies are recovering
this morning from a snow and sleet
storm which has swept this section
the past forty-eight hours. The snow
fal lin New Mexico varied from six
to ten inches. Considerable damage
was done to fruit and vegetables and
other property.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
MANY SAVED IN THE STORM
CELLARS
HUNDREDS ARE INJURED
Bales OF Cotton And Iron
Safe Taken By The High
Winds.

Dallas, April 1O.-One hundred
known dead have been listed as vic
tins of the tornado which yesterday
struck northern Texts, southern Ok
lahoma and parts of Kansas. The
injured, some of them seriously. are
expected to number several hundred.
Four bales of cotton on farm at
Mcmillan were picked up and carried
a quarter of mile and set down ir-
tact, their pile formation being
scarcely disturbed.
In the BELLA community store was
demolished and a SAFE weighing
nearly a ton, was left upright in the
road sixty yards from where the store
stood.
Storm cellars saved many lives.
The property damage will be small
er than was first expected, since the
path of the storm avoided all the
principal cities. The hour at which
the storm struck probably caused the
high death rate. Nearly all the
houses destroyed contained sleeping
people In most cases the first they
heard of the storm was when the
walls crashed down on the beds.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
TEACHERS MEETING

Officers and teachers Of the Metho-
dist Sunday school will meet tOmor-
row, (Friday), evening at O'clock,
Cordele time, in. the church. A chap
ter from Life in the Making" VIII
be discussed. after which plane for
the Church Wide Membership Cam
paign scheduled for May III be tax
en- up. All officers and teachers are
requested to be present. -
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
UNCLE JOE LITTLEJOHN
is CRITICALLY ILL NOW

Word from Mrs w. A. Morris to
her husband, Deputy w. A. Morris at
the clerks office here, from Clerk
J. A. Littlejohn of the superior court,
who is in GAINESVILLE, indicates that
her father is very ILL., His word to
friends in Cordele was to the effect
that he is very sick man. Much
local concern is being manifested and
deep regret is everywhere expressed
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
TERMS OF PEACE
GO TO HUNS, Then
TO CONFERENCE
ii
AMERICANS OPPOSED TO PLAN
is REPORT
BRITISH STATEN ENT
Report In Circulation in Paris
Brought American OppOsi-
! tiOn-Rhine Valley UP.
BRITISH STATEMENT

Paris, April ASSOCIATED Press.)
The publication in Paris today of a
statement attributed to British sources
to the effect that the terms of the
peace treaty would not be presented
to the plenary session of the con-
ference until after it had been COM
municated to the Germans, caused
comment among the delegates of the
nations not represented on the Coun
Gil of Four.
The publication brought out from
the American mission the statement
that it was opposed to such a plan.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
REV. W. W. WEBSTER OF
HAWKINSVILLE TO PREACH

The last of the series of special
Thursday night lenten services will
be held tonight at the Episcopal
church at o'clock. The sermon to-
night will be delivered by the Rev.
w. w. Webster of st. Luke's church,
HawkinsVille. The public is cor
daily invited to attend the service.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
FLORIDA WOMEN
ASK FOR BALLOT
FIGHT BEING STARTED TO Sc
CURE PASSAGE OF LAW.

Jacksonville, April 10.-Mrs. Frank
Stranahan, former president of the
Equal Suffrage League has arrived at
Tallahassee to aid Florida suffragists
in their fight for the enfranchisement
of Florida women. The women are
confident that they will secure the
passage of the woman's right bill at
the present session of the legislature.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
ATTORNEY M. M. EAKES
WILL BE MEMORIAL ORATOR

The ladies of the Abbeville chap
ter, U. D C., have invited Attorney
M. NJ Fakes of Cordele to be Me-
mortal Day orator April 26th at Alb
beville. He has accepted and is plan
ming to give his hearers a real treat
The ladies of Abbeville are making
plans for an extensive celebration and
Mr.. Fakes will make the address of
the occasion all that could be hoped
for.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
CZECHS and HUNS
in HARD FIGHT
BALE RAGING NEAR HUNGARIAN
BORDER.

London, April 10.-Violent fighting
has taken place between the Hungari-
ans and Cvechs at Ungvar, near the
Moravian-Hungarian border, says a
Central News dispatch from Amster-
dam today A undred and fifty Hun
garans were killed. The Czechs also
had considerable losses.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
sarre Valley Supervision

Paris, April 10.-Provision that the
League of Nations shall lexerciBe gen
eral supervision of the Sarre valley
for period of fifteen years was con.
tanned in the settlement of the Sara
problem effected Wednesday by, the
Council of Four.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
SOUTHERN TRAFFIC LEAGUE
IN SESSION IN AUGUSTA

Augusta, April 10.-The annual
meeting of the Southern Traffic
League opened here today with
mass of business connected with the
furtherance of shipping interests to
be considered
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
HAGERSTOWN SUFFERS
BIG INCENDTARY BLAZE

Hagerstown. Md, April 10.--Fire
today destroyed three story brick
building occupied by two concerns
with a loss estimated at a hundred
and seventy thousand dollars. The
blaze is believed to have been of in
cendiary origin.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
IFS TOTALLY BLIND;
LESS 1000 AMPUTATIONS


Washington, April 1O,-There
were but hundred and twenty
five cases of total blindness and
less than four thousand ampu-
tations in the American forces
engaged in the war, it is stated
by the Bureau of War Risk In
surance in an announcement to-
day.
i More than five hundred arti-
fetal limbs have been furnish
ed to disabled men to date.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
Rhine VALLEY I'm

Paris, April 1O.-The special COM
mittee on the western European boun-
diaries was called before the Council
of Four today. This gave rise to the
belief that the council is considering
the problem of the Rhine valley.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
FIRE DESTROYS BIG
NEW ORLEANS WAREHOUSE

New Orleans, April 10.-Fire of UNI
determined origin partially destroy
ed the main store and warehouse of
the Solari Company today
The loss is estimated at a hundred
thousand dollars
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
Grave In Europe

Paris, April 10.-The supreme eco
nomic council today adopted a reso-
luton calling attention Of the asso-
ciated governments to the extreme
gravity and urgency of the present
economic situation in Europe. an Off.
ciaI announcement says.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
QUEBEC IS VOTING
ON WINE AND BEER

Montreal, April 10.-The province +,
of Quebec is voting today on a FeferAIl-
dunn whether wine and beer licenses
shall be issued or the province go.
dry. The balloting is expected to be
heavy -..A~~- ..@5
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
LANSING FEARS
ANTI-MEASURE
DOES NOT WANT CALIFORNIA TO
START TROUBLE.

Sacramento, April 10,-The intro
duction of anti-Japanese legislation
in the California legislature will be
extremely unfortunate at this time"
declares Robert Lansing, Secretary of
State in a cable message to the SEN
ate received today.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
WORD TO THE WHITE HOUSE Is
ENCOURAGING
"HAMMERING AHEAD
AdUices Reaching Washington
Indicate Better condition Er-
ist Than Are Reported.

Washington. April 1O.-Prssideat
Wilson is "hammering ahead" and has
made good progress" in the nego-
tiations in Paris. according to ad-
vices received today at the White
House.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
SOVIET REPUBLIC is
PROCLAIMED IN SALZBURG

London, April 10.-A proclamation
Of a soviet republic in Salzburg, Ger
man Austria, is reported in an Amster-
dam dispatch to the Central News
Salzburg is near the Bayarian Dor
der.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
Russia Sets Up Relations

Berlin, Wednesday. Associated
! Press. diplomatic relations have
| been established between the Russian
and Bavarian governments, according
to the Zwolfurblatt
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10

One pint of water converted into
steam means that the latter would
require as much space as LOO pins
of water.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10
BOSTON RECEIVES 400
TROOPS OF TWENTY-SIXT

Boston, April 10.-The transport
Mongolia arrived today with forty
seven hundred troops of the Twenty
Sixth Division all from New England.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10

Saving wood, hauling logs and
working on the railroads are some
of the jobs many women are now
filling in Russia.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-04-10

lay of the message was due to an en-
ror in the American naval communi
cations office in London.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-11

We had just settled down to game
of chess Duke is fond OF chess and
thinks very man should learn to play
1t. SO. as to cultivate the habit Of fore
thought and logical thinking. He was
in long dressing gown, smoking his
beloved hookah and had just checked
me for the third move in succession when
Walter. his new man, announced Mr..
Hazelbrook
The caller was a man of medium
height, solid build, and about fifty years
old. Old-fashioned side-whiskers gave
him benign appearance, but his keen
gray eyes rather belied his whiskers.
After Walter had taken charge of his
hat and coat and the commonplaces of
introductions had been ended, Bruno
Duke said:
II understand that you have a prob
lem that is bothering you. Mr.. Hazel
brook. Naturally that is on your mind,
so suggest that you tell me what
1t is. in your own way"
ut seems rather silly, Mr.. Duke yet
1t will be serious II. I can't solve II soon"
said Hazelbrook apologetically.' He then
proceeded TO narrate' the circumstances
that stood between him and business
success.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-11
DREANILANDA ADVENTLR --BuDoddu
"THE BOY WHO HOWLED'

path into them" Peggy agreed with
him. for the woods were Just a solid
black mass. Cautiously they made their
way along. their eyes trying to pierce
the darkness. Suddenly Billy stopped
still and held Peggy back. There was
some living creature in the road ahead
Of them. They could scarcely see it
rather they seemed to feel that It was
there.
Presently, in the intense stiffness they
could hear it breathing. deep. rumbling,
raspy sort Of breathing. Peggy felt
Billy's hand go to the pocket where he
kept his bean shooter. Then pun" she
heard him send a bean into the dark
ness. There was no result A second
bean, third, a fourth and fifth Billy
shot at this mysterious target without
the slightest effect. Then Billy sent
his sixth shot trifle higher. The re-.
suit was startling, a quick grunt.
squeal, frightened roar.
"Woof! Woof! I've been shot in the
nose." snarled a familiar voice. Then
they could hear the creature dashing off
into the woods.
After him ~ cried Peggy. Its Lone
some Bear! We must get him to guide
us through the dark paths"
I'm to1norroto's chapter Pe0gy aud
Billy hear more of the strange hotDls)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-11
CONTINUED TOMORROW
THE SUBALTERN'S JOKE

CAPTAIN williams and Mr.. Milne came
along the road toward the rest camp
together. They were quite steady. quite
sedate. All. you get fine dinner for
five francs at the cafe de rAlliance'
in -, you know the place! But they
were blotteau.
A delightful expression, this blot
teau." 1t is one of those Franco British
mixtures that tell volumes in a single
word. Take two French, beers, three
glasses of Burgundy. and one stiff whis-
ky, and you will probably feel blot
teau. Biotting- paper we'll soaked. limp
and restful and comfortable, that Is what
you should feel like. But not drunk,
never drunk. You must retain your
faculties.
Captain williams was solemn, Inn
pressed with his exalted position. Three
pips, mind you, not one, like young
Milne at his side. Young Milne retained
his sense of humor. His head sang and
he planned mischief
Quoth the captain. presently. with an
important cough, 'Hem-wouldn't be a
bad idea to-to turn out the guard"
Young Milne saw his opportunity. 81
should, sir" he said; they're apt to be
slack down here at the base. But you
can't do it," he added as an after
thought.
Cant do it? Why not? shall
do it,.
been drinking" said Milne.
"I-drinking !" said the captain. Can
you-er-smell anything?'
"Rather!'
There followed a moody silence.
Tell you what, sir" said the subal-
tern brightly. Make 'em put their gas
masks on" y
Guard, turn out" thundered the CAP
tain, standing at safe distance from
The scufiie of heavy feet and the
woody clatter Of rifles.
"Al present, sergeant asked the
captain. keeping his back we'll turned to
the guard. "Box-respirators on?'
Yes, SIR"
"Gas alert :" cried the captain. waited
a moment, and then added, "Gas.'
Ten forms with deft movements hid
The captain swung round and faced
present-arms. Slope-arms. Order
arms. slope--arms. Dismiss p
Solemn ana SATISFIED, he Strolled TO
his tent in the officers line
| If you dry your wet blotting-paper too
quickly IL becomes crinky, hard. and
/ useless. That was the condition OF Can
| tain williams's brain on the morning
after.
/ The quartermaster sergeant laid a few
/ papers before him for his signature. one
What's this? Box-respirators, small
!1O why are you indenting for these
7 All the men have got them, hayen't
they?"
"ren has been condemned. sir, by ths
gas officer" said the Quarter
"How's that?" asked the captain DULY
"The guard was turned out with ZEN
on. sir, last night. The gas officer saw,
/ the chemicals in them has been .spoilt b,
fumes of a spirituous nature acting or
them injuriously."
The captains brain was dull and
heavy and dry. He signed the indent
for "Box-respirators, small, TO-" and ar
1 orderly departed TO draw them from
Err Quarter" |" called the captain.
Yes sir"
! horrible doubt assailed him "whc
| is the battalion gas ofticer?"
'Mr. Milne. sir. r."-London Opinion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-11
THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
A SUDDEN SHOWER
BY Helen Bartlett

ELIzABETH padded across the lake
IL rapidly. her eyes flashing and her
lips set in an angry line.
"Fll never speak, to Kenneth Rice
again as long as I live" she said to
herself. Indignantly. mot until he
apologies. anyway. And all over a
little thing like refusing to 60 to a
dance. If he wants to take some other
girl, let him. don't care"
Her face flushed angrily and the canoe
shot forward under the spur of her cner-
getic strokes.
"He treats me like child. and just
because we are engaged he expects me
to do exactly what he tells me to-" she
continued, her thoughts racing with the
speeding canoe. But after this I shall
be free to please myself in everything.
and I think perhaps 1 will go to that
dance after all-with some one else"
But the day was too lovely to be
angry long. and soon its charm and the
wonderful beauty of the lake laid hold
upon her and she glanced about for a
resting place. 't
A distant muttering of thunder
aroused her sharply.
With nervous hands she pushed off
the nose of the canoe from the shore
and was about to get in when a voice
behind her startled her. and she turned
to find Kenneth Rice in his canoe. keep
ing it in position with difficulty.
you must come home with me in my
canoe" he said sternly. without preface.
1t was probably the tone of his voice.
something in his manner. perhaps. or
the words themselves, which Elizabeth
resented.
NO, thank you" she retorted
sweetly. II could not think of troubling
YOU"
But you couldn't paddle ten yards
when this lake really gets going," he
protested impatiently.
win YOU kindly allow me to be mis-
tress Of my own affairs? You will
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-11
(Reggie Jones-Broton, tuho Hues nert
door to Peo0y, Is kidnapped By the
Black Hoot clan. Peggy aud Billy go
IN search Of Mm.)
CHAPTER III
The Creature in the Dark

DARKNBSS hid the road as Peggy
~ and Billy hurried out into the coun-
try to seek the kidnappers Of the Boy
Who Howls. But up above the stars
glowed comfortingly, sending down just
enough light so that they could see the
dim forms of the trees that bordered the
highway. 1t was very quiet and scary
out there, away from the lights and
noises of the city. and Peggy felt nerv-
Gus and jumpy until Billy took her by
the hand.
Where are we going? asked Billy.
'T don't know exactly" answered
Peggy. but have an idea that we will
find the Black Hoof clan somewhere
near Judge Owls home in Birdland."
What makes you think that?" asked
Billy.
well, you see, the kjdnappers sent
that ransom message by Judge Owl. 1t
must have been early in the evening
when they gave 1t to him. And IL 1t was
early in the evening Judge Owl was
probably not very far from home. Do
you see?'
II surely do" answered Billy. "You
are a regular girl detective, Peggy"
His praise made Peggy thrill with
pleasure, for Billy was. pretty good
detective himself, as he had shown upon
a number CT their adventures.
'I hope we are on the right road to
Birdland." added Billy.
Listen" said Peggy. hating quickly.
Away off in the distance ahead Of them
came cry. "whoo Whoo whoo!"
I'VE are on the right track" de-
clared Peggy. That's Judge Owl" She
started forward. but Billy held her back.
Don't you hear that other noise?" he
whispered. Peggy listened intently. and
presently the gentle breeze brought to
her the sound of far-away howl
"The Howler!" !" she exclaimed.
mo" whispered Billy. Listen.
again." Once more the breeze brought
the faint howl--then howl far to the
right, and third howl far to the left.
That's not the Howler's howl. There
are three Of them," whispered Peggy
back to Billy.
"Howling animals of some kind" an
swered Billy. 'T'hey- are far away and
perhaps their howls do not mean any
thing. Come on"