The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, March 17, 1920, AFTERNOON EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextMEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS OL. 3. MONARCHIST GOVERNMENT RESIGNS POWER IN GERMANY; SPARTACAN OUTBREAKS PRESSAGE STRONG SOVIET REVOLT QUITS LEADERSHIP FOR LACK OF SUPPORT OF PEOPLE . Germany Shows Effect of Ter ror Since Last Friday All Over Country. By Associated Press Hague, Mar. 17.—The resig nation of the government of Chancellor Kapp was Fanled in this afternoon, says a Berlin lin dispatih from the- mi-»ffi cial Wolff bureau received shortly before four-o’clock. Berlin, Mar. 17.—1 t is officially an nounced that Chancellor Kapp at one o’clock this afternoon decided to nes sign. ! : : Earlh Denial Paris, Mar. 17.—A dispatch from Berlin times in that city at ten-thirty this morning says the report that Kapp has resigned is false. Germany ChaOtic : Paris, Mar. 17.—i Conditions in Geér many, already chaotic, have been growing worse the last 24 hours, it was indicated by dispatches reaching here late last night. Wihile there is little doubt that the movement headed by Kapp will be a fiasco, the genera Istrike, a weapon of the socialists were obliged to use, has thrown the country into greater confusion. The next few days will demionstrate whether it is posible to stem the tide of disaster in Germany. REV. WALLACE EAR GOES BAPTIST MEETING ATLANTA Rev. Wallace Wear, pastor of the Baptist church left this afternoon to attend a meeting of the state execu iive committee of the Georgia Bantist Convention. He is a newly elected member of this committee. He will attend the Bible confercnce now in session at the Baptist Taberna cle after the committee meeting. Call For THE GENUINE :I¥¢ a 0 5¢ a Bottle TAKE NO SUBSTITUTES CORDELE BOTTLING CO. THE CORDELE DISPATCH HIDING OUT IN i | { GERMAN CITIES ! MANY KILLED AND WOUNDED| IN DISTURBANCES ! - | RUMOR 400 DEAD AT KEIL RUMOR 400 KEIL | \ - | Confidence Expressed in Spee-l - dy Return of Ebert Govern i ment to Power. - l [ By Associated Press | The forces of extreme radicalism are absenting themselves in the vari lous German centers. There are in—i creasing Spartacan disorders and a growing talk among the Radicals of a ! | possibility of utiliring the present cri- 1 sis to establish a Soviet rule. ' The list of killed from various towns l - and cities is mounting into the hun-‘ l(]reds. There was no direct r(mfn'-‘ imation of last night's report of four ] hundred killed in the bombardment of | Kiel by warships, but there were ap | parently reliable reports of a hundred | !killed an dthree hundred wounded at Dresden. ‘ . An expression of confidence in the ‘ ’speedy restoration of the Ebert gov ‘m‘nment to complete conirol comes from the headquarters of that govern ment at Stuttgart. i Strike Interferes Stuttgart, Mar. 17—It is doubtful lif the German national assembly will ! hbe able to meet here today as plannerd because of the wrailroad strike. A great many members will be ur able to reach the city. ! Many Killed and Wounded [ Paris, Mar. 17.—Fifty-nine persons | have been killed and a hunderd wounded in the disorders at Treves, in the American zone of ocupation southwest of Coblenz, according to advices reahing here. \ Revised figures for the casualties [in the fighting at Dresden are said to | how more than a hundred killed and three hundred wounded. SIMS NEARS END ~ LONG STATEMENT | L | 'RECOUNTS DIFFERENCES BE : TWEEN HIM AND NAVY DE [ PARTMENT | Washington, Mar. 17.—Nearing the ‘end of his ong statement to the sen ‘ate committee, Admiral Sims today ‘elaborated the charges that the inad quacy of his staff abroad prevented for several onths a maximum efficien ev in the United States naval parti ¢ipation in the war. He said he ar rived abroad in April, 1917 and expert assistance was not sent him until the following July. In June, he said, a medical officer was oredered to his staff and at the gsame time Secretary Daniels cabled him authority to employ clerical as ‘sistance and spend any sums needed for the discharge of his duties but nnthine came regarding the officel I asked fore ! At this period he said there were continual differences with the depart ‘ment, demonstrating the need for a ¢loser laison between his office and ‘Whshington, due to his inability to ~nnd anv reply to his letters and cablegrams. FIVE DEAD AND HEAVY PROPER: TY LOSS ( Bisark, Mar. 17.—Five known dead and heavy property damage was the toll of the two-day blizzard ‘which hac swept North Dakota, the worst in thirty years. The storm, early today, was report ed gradually subsiding with the tem perature sinking. Railroad traffic is greatly delayed. . SIMS NEARS END Ges CHARACTERIZES PRIMARY AS A A PRETENSE. Detroit, Mar. 17.—The Minnesota Republican primary was characterize ac a “pretense”’ and “the first stronz arm tactics of the campaign,” by Sen ator Johnson in a signed statement here today. RESERVATION ASKING BRITISH TO FREE IRELAND IS TABLED COURT OPINION COSTS 25 MILLION Washington, Mar. 17.—The total loss to the government as a result of the Supreme court’s decision that stock div idends were not taxable, will not exceed twenty-five million in the opinion of Treasury ex perts. WLLL NAME COMMITTEES ON MARCH 22nd. Washington, Mar. 17.—Local com mittees which are to conduct organ ized labor's campaign for the “defeat either of thei renemies or the election of their friends,” will be organized over the country March 22nd, it was announced today at headquarters of the American Federation of Labor. Follow Spatacan Fighting in Berlin London, Mar. 17.;~M:u-hilw gun fir ing was heard in Berlin between 11 and 12 o'clock last night, says a mes sage to the Exchange Telegraph to day from the German capital. During the day a detachinent of soldiers pass ed through Brunnenstrasse. The workmen immediately charged the troops and in the skirmish which en sued a number of men were killed and wounded. At Spandau sixty-nine persons, near ,l_\' all of them workmen were reported killed and the fighting was continued {DAKOTA SLECTION RETURNS : BE A WEEK COMIN' Bismark, Mar. 17.—Only meager re turns from yesterday's primary are available early today aund the pros pects for any definite figures for « week are slight, owing to poor wire communications. . Althcugh Johnson was the onlv presidential candidate to enter the race, scattered reports indicate the ‘names of Lowden and Wood had been written on some of the ballots. ARMED BANDIT ROB BANK TWELVE THOUSAND Cleveland, Mar. 17.—Two armed bandits entered the Lorain avenue branch of the Cleveland Trust Com pany when the bank opened this morn ing and beld up the cashier, George Travnikar, as he was making up a payroll and secured twelve thousand dollars in cash and escaped in an au tomobile. DR. SLEDD PREACHES ! ~ STRONG SERMONS | ! Shs | THE REVIVAL AT THE METHODIST l CHURCH GROWS IN INTEREST | The messages delivered by Dr. And ‘rew Sledd Tuegsday were of unusual ‘interest and power; in the afterncon ?llis theme was love. The large congre ;';.:ution was thrilled, elightened, and wonderfully edified by the simple yet profound presentation of the very heart and power of the gospel to “transform the lives of the helievers. Many went away feeling that they ‘wad been brought face to face with the Lord, and determined by his grace 3 live the life of love to God and their fellowman. . At the evening hour his subject was Righteousness. His presentation of this theme was truly inspiring and his description of sham righte ousness and dependence of God, was strong and forceful. He said that faith was not the assent of the mind to any clijective fact, but the response of ‘the soul of man, to the faithfulness of God, whereby man could lay hold of God, and God lay hold of man, and ‘that this faith brought to man the censeiousness of his acceptance of God. and so transformed his life that he was a made creature, God becom ing not a creed bhut a real personal savicr, and that men with this faith ‘hecome posscssed of the righteong ness of God, and that all othe forms of righteousness make men bhigot or sectarians, Many in and out of church have been made to see the gospel in a clearer light, and Jesus is more real and personal because of the truth presented in the power of the Holy! Spirit. | ' Miss Goodall is a real artist in smu:.‘ ‘and she has captivated the congre ,gations by her personality, and lh(,-‘ ‘messages she has Hrought in song. | The meetings will continue through \the week, at 3:30 and 7:45 P. M. 4‘ CORNRKLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1920. i ‘RESERVATION ASKING BRITAIN I FREE IRELAND TABLED | e ST. PATRICK DEBATE CUT i Clearing Way for Final Action On Peace’' Treaty in the ’ Senate. Washington, Mar. 17.-—Hastening to clear the way for final action on the peace treaty, the senate today chocked off the St. Patrick’s debate on the Irish question by tabling the proposal to declare by reservation that Great Britain should proclaim Ireland free. WILKINSON COUNTY SEARCH CONTINUES TODAY. Macon, Mar. 17.--7The hunt for Will White, a Wilkinson county negro who shot and seriously wounded Sheriif Player and Deputy Sheriff Dixon yes terday, was resumed today by a posse of a hundred meny, . The officers were shot when they smashed down a door and entered the home of the negro to arrest him on a charge of shooting his wife. MILWAUKEE SHOWS NEARLY ¢ HALL MILLION PECPLE Washington, Mar. 17.--The nobnula tion was announced today as fhrdlua tion of Milwaukec was announced to day as four hundred and fifty-seven thousond, an increase of 22.3 per cent. Milwaukee ranked twelfth in cities in the ninteen ten census. NOW IS THE Look For The Sign The Name SENECA on Photographic Appara tus or Material of any kind is an Absolute Guar antee of Quality. “There is Something in the Name” Prices $3.00 to $20.00 Also a complete line of Films and Developing Material just received, WHIPPLE & McKENZIE BLDG PHONE 1 A M. STEAD, Prop. WILSON STANDS FIRST PICTURE Washington, Mar. 17.—Photo graphers were permitted 1o take the first pictures of Pres ident Wilson today since his re turn from the western trip last was photographed as he left the White House grounds for his fifth automcbile ride since he went to bed last fall, ““a very sick man.” 4 | e !MYSTERIOUS VISITOR TO BENT | NICK CASTLE ! Amerongen, (Tuesday). -Consider able excitement was caused here 131111(]:\)’ by the attempte of a mys | torious woman to visit the former ‘l:vrm;m cemperor. She was denied indmztumw- at theé gate of the castle i;xnd later had a conversation with ;u steward, leaving a Loquet of flow ers for the ex-kaiser. l There were rumors that her name { was Kapp, but there was nho confir }m:xlinn of this report. l 'BADLY WANTED | NEGRO ARRESTED | 2t ! 7 {CHARGED WiTH KILLING DEPU- I TY SHERIFF AT PEARSON ‘ Assistant Chiet of Police 418 N Turk and Special officer L. M. Sum ner for the Seaboard herve, arrested (Charles Kyler, a negro this morning at a colorde eating place upon charge of murder lodged in connection with the killing of Deputy Sheriff Smith in a raided crap game near Pearson, Ga., on the night of December 23 last At the time the sherilf was also in i jured and four negroes were shot. . The NEeo dropped off a shoo-fly train bere this morning and the of ficers grabbed him after having set tled upon him as the right man. A reward is offered for him. Smith was fnot killed outright at the raid, but Wied scme days ofterward. | Mrs. J. A. Collines, who has been ill !Sf'\'('l'al days at the family home on ¢ Seventh street north, is still improv i ing. | BAPTISTS HELP [ | | IN BIG REVIVAL ? . | MID-WEEK MEETING AT BAPTIST I CHURCH CALLED OFF | | By Rev. Wallace Wear FFollowing a custom, beautiful and Jof long standing, the First Baptist (‘hurch hereby calls off the Mid-Week Prayer meeting out of respect to our ‘Methodist Brethren who are having 'revival meetings in their churceh for several days. This custom we D "rlivvu to be helpful to any revival et fort, and thercfore desire to call ofl our meeting tonight and urge the Baptist pecple to hear Dr. Sledd who is preaching some fine Gospel ser mons. W ANy etiort 0 get men to “live Godly in Christ Jesus” is y distinct contribution to the religious life oi Cordele and is a supplement to the ‘work the churches are doing. We need more Evangelistic effort among tour churches and we will not only have Mid-Wezew services, but will not have Mid-Week services, but will ing the Baptists an opportunity t« Woar b, siedd, and toy show our inter ngt in tne effort to reach the lost couls ¢ll about us. SALE BANKRUPT STORE Under and by virtue of an order of the court passed by U. V. Whippl referee in bunkruptey, in the matter of R.. A. Gibbs, bankrupt, I will sell at public out-cry betore the county court house door in Cordele, Georgit. to the lighest bidder for cash, on the 26th day of March, 1920, between the hout of 10 o'clock a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m all of the assets delivered to me by gaid bankrupt. Said sale made sub ject to the confirmation of the court This the 16th day of March, 1920, L.. L. DAVIS, Trustee, of the estate of R. A, Gibbs, Bankrupt STRAYED—Three heifer yearlings Last seen on Barber's plantation Reward for information. H. S. Brog don, Richwood, Ga. 5170 t Wanted—Three unfurnished rooms or small house, See . B, Culpepper, or phone 557. 3-17-61 i | | } S | LL ALLIED POWERS PARTICI | PATE IN MOVEMENT ! L ! i iGREAT GUN IN BOSPHORUS !British and Other Giant War- T ships Guard Both Sides of l Golden Horn. ;v\.\lli"(l troops have ocupied this city fjand the great guns of the British | dereadnaught Ben Bow and other ggi:m( Allied warships in the Golden |llm'n command Hoth sides of the i Bosphorus. Every ship is cleared for ation. The actual arrival of the allied "forces caused little alarm, in fact, the troops inspired confidence and the Islmplvat‘rs who had closed their | stores quickly reopened them, All ithe allied powers participated in the I movement, ST. PATRICK'S DAY MARCHERS HONOR NEW REPUBLIC. ] New York, Mar, 17.—The tradition al “wearing of the green” in the St. Patrick's Day parades of Fifth av eniie gave way today o the wearing fo the green, white and yellow the tricolor of the British republic in hon or of Edward de Valera, head of the unrecognized government who re viewed 25,000 marchers from St. Pat rick’'s cathedral. " The procession took on & Iree India” aspect also, for more than a thousand representatives of that race marched with the sons of Evin. }ST. PATRICK DAY IS | REMEMBERED AT ROOBINS ] I TLere is a show window all bedcck el it green at Roobin's Department Store today. It is St. Patrick's Day ’ the Irish pay this tribute to Old irin | Although Roobin’s is not an Irish ¢s ! tablishment, a friendly spirit there is ivm:risln-(l for the men whose minds 1 80 back to the Eemerald Isle and to day the show window is draped in hon- E or of those men, - GRAND COMMANDER ATKINS | INSPECT COMMANDERL Grand Commander A. . Atkins of sthe Knights Templar of Georgia last iu‘;;ln inspected Atlanta commandery in a most fitting ceremony ‘which !wns largely gttended. Accompanying yMr. Atkins from Cordele were Past { Kminent Comwmwnaders R, E. and R. R. i Harris and D. AA. R. Crum, who help ed to make the ceremony an impres | sive one, i S S | FIRE DESTROYS TWOO STORES IN MACON + Macon March 17.--Two big stores hore were damaged by fire Tuesday night, I'ne A, G. Rhodes Furniture store (in Third strret was gutted by flames and the damage was estimated at Licast $50.000. For several hours while !!‘v'n-nwn fought the flames it appear i their that adjoining buildings would be consumed. The handsome new store of the .J. . Allen Company also was badly damaged by fire that started in th» ‘basement from unknown causes, and cate its oway toward the Cherry strect front of the first floor. Water in creased the less from fire and water, It is understood that the losses in '!hlh cases are covered by insurance. . No estimate of the loss by the Allen CCompany had been made Wiednesday ‘morning, but it is understood it was eavy. NEW YORK COTTON , Open Close | Mar, : w4OOO ' May . 37.35 37.22: July . L 54.51 | Oct. . 8195 3171 ‘Rec. .. L DOOO :um;| ] | LOCAL. MARKET 100 D MIDDLING CLOSED ....40.25 AFTERNOON EDITIOR FEAR OF GREAT - P A SANGUINORY CLASHES IN MANY? " CITIES CAUSE ALARM 1 2 s 4 { — 1 Twenty Four Cities Engage) in Clashes—Workmen Arel Involved. : l e i Paris, Mar, 17.—News from Berliu; and other German points telling of the | sanguinary clashes at Essen, Dort-? mand, Leipsig. Mannhein, Franfort and Brunswick, together wit the re port that a council of workmen had as-, sumed power at Chemnitz. has given the ilpression here that thers is mora’ to be feared from the revival of the Spartican movement than from the activities of the Kapp governmeut in Berlin. e According to the latest dispatches., the military movement has resulted ia bloodshed in 24 German towns. . Form Workmen's Council Paris, Mar. 17.—A dispatch from; C'hennitz, an industrial center of Sax ony with a population of more than * two hundred thousand, said t republi of workingmen’s councils had been: proclaimed therve. @ A committee of action had. hees. formed comprising ten communists. 'ﬁix independent socialists four major ity socialists one demoqmt. , ; Ten At Hamburg . Hamburg, Mar. 17.—An .encountee last evening in Barmbeck quarter hetween Spatacans and troops resul’ ted in ten deaths. i Violent Agitation London, Mar. 17.—Independent . so-. lrmlists and communists in Germany bave commenced a viclent agitation in favor of a soviet republic and an alliance with soviet Russia, accard irg to a Berlin dispatch to the Ex fshange Telegraph. hei Little Ruth, eighteen months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs! W. F. La® ender is critically ill at the. famtly home. ——— 9 ' Mrs. J. A. Davis is making plaus tQ leave for Valdosta tomorrow where !sho will join her hushand. 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