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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-02-23
FOUR KILLED IN AIR RAID.

Rome, February 21.-ln raids over
the province of Brescia and toward
Milan, Austrian aeroplanes today kill
ed four persons and wounded five.
Only slight material damage was done.
Two persons were killed at DEAN
zano; one wounded at Salo, and two
killed and four wounded at Trezzo
Sull AIDA.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-02-23
WHY WOMEN
WRITE LETTERS
To Lydia E. Pinkham Medi-
cine Co.

Women who are we'll often ask care
the letters which the Lydia +. Pinkham
Medicine Co. are continually publishing,
genuine?" care they truthful 2"
"Why do women write such letters =? "
In answer we say that never have we
published a fictitious letter or name.
Never, knowingly, have we published
an untruthful letter, or one without the
full and written consent Of the woman
who wrote it.
The reason that thousands of women
from all parts of the country write such
grateful letters to the Lydia Z. Pink
ham Medicine Co. is that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has brought
health and happiness into their lives,
once burdened with pain and suffering.
It has relieved women from some Of
the worst forms of female ills, from dis
placements, inflammation, liberation,
irregularities, nervousness, weakness,
stomach troubles and from the blues.
Il &. ;ronoceihla for INV yUOman who
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-02-23

Judge u. w. Gardner Of salyersville,
delightfully."- entertained a few friends
at the home of his sister, Mrs. John
Mathews, Saturday evening by read
ing very charmingly "Marse Chan IN
Ole Virginia" by Thomas Nelson
Page
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-02-23
SUBMARINE CAUSES PANIC.

London, February 21.-An entente
allies submarine passed through the
Dardanelles Tuesday last, reached the
Bosphorus and torpedoed one tug and
six transports loaded with munitions
according TO an Athens dispatch to
Reuters Telegram Company. The
presence of the hostile submarine
caused a panic at Constantinople.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-02-23
REAPPOINTED COMMISSIONER.

Carlisle. KY, February 2l.-Cireuit
Judge L. p. Fryer has appointed Ur-
ban NJ swinford. a young attorney OF
this city, 10 the position of master
commissioner and receiver of the
Nicholas Circuit Court. Mr.. swinford
has already served one term In this
position.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-02-23
TOBACCO CROPS MARKETED.

The Mt Sterling houses report
about 100000 pounds of tobacco sold
over their floors at an average OF
about 10 cents; and that from Is to q
per cent of the tobacco tributary tC
them is still out. Bourbon county re,
ports about 80 per cent of her croT
sold at prices that will average about
10 cents.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-02-23
II is impossible for any woman

is W ell and who
has never suffered
to realize how these
poor suffering wo-
men feel when re-
stored to h e alth;
their keen desire to
help other women
who are suffering Os
they did.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-02-23
Chesapeake & Ohio Ry.
Schedule subject to change without notice

Schedule effective January 8, 1915.
Trains Leave Maysville, Ky.
WESTWARD
GAS a. m, 3:15 p. m, daily.
$3.50 a. M, $3.50 a. m, weekdays
local.
$500 p. m, daily local.
EASTWARD
1:4O p. m, 1914 p. m, daily.
1925 a. M, daily local.
$3.50 p. m, 500 p. m, weekdays
local.
W W. WIKOFF. Agent.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-02-23

Senator Helen Ring Robinson, the
only woman Senator in the United
States, is to tour Kentucky in the in
terest of suffrage in March.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-02-23
RAILROAD Time TABLES
N5 y! sE|a

No. departs 5:35 a. M, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. departs 100 p. m.,. daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. departs 3:45 p. m, daily.
No. 10 arrives 9:45 a. m, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. 6 arrives 2:05 p. M, daily.
No. arrives $3.50 p. m, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
Subject to change without notice
II. S. ELLIS, Agent.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-02-23

We have for sale a farm Of IA acres.
located on Maysyille and Mt. Carmel
pike, about three miles east of Orange.
burg. The improvements on this farm
consist Of one slx-rOOm House, Tenant
House Of four rooms, two Tobacco
Barns, usual OutbuiIdings with both
sets Of improvements. About 100 acres
Of this farm is now in grass, some of
which is Bluegrass. Here is real
bargain in land, and a place that any
good farmer can make money on. Come
in and let us tell you abOut II.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-02-23

The spring of a new automobile
clock is wound up automatically by
electricity.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-02-23

A Paris electrician has made an
electroscope for detecting the presence
of radium discharges so delicate that
IT. is said to measure current strengths
as small as one ten-trillionth Of an
ampere.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-02-23

Japan produces 100000 tons of
coal yearly,
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-02-23

You Will Laugh, You Will Weep, You Will
BE Thrilled, You Will BE Startled, You Will
Be Surprised, You Will Be Inspired. See
"THE BATTLE CRY OF PEACE"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
RADEL INVENTORY FOR CONNECTICUT
 IS NEAR MILLION
Oyster Magnate's Total Els tate Will Approximate Three Million Dollars. HAD PERSONALITY
 OF $647, ,466.T7 Chief Real Estate Holdings Were in Rhode Island and
 New Jersey.

Completion of the work of the ap- praisers of the Connecticut interests of the estate of the late Andrew Ra- del shows that the total value of the oyster and traction magnate's estate is approximately ss,ooo,ooo.
 The late BridgepoFter was reputed to have larger investments in the oys- ter industry than any other individu- al.
 An inventory of the property he owned in Connecticut filed today by the appraisers. Frederick S. Boards ley, Charles Platts and John T. King shows his Connecticut property hold ings.
 Oyster grounds and oyster stock holdings of 84,333.6o are represent ed. His personal property which must be filed for probate here because Bridgeport was his residence, amounts to- $e47, 7,466-T7- He held real estate here Valued at $67, 7,575.
 His chief real estate holdings, however, were in Rhode Island and New Jersey. He owned outright the Hotel Gladstone at Narragansett Pier and office buildings stores and dwell ing houses in Newark and South Orange N J.
 Tn his will which was drawn on February 6, 1909, he leaves the bulk
 
 Radel, with trust funds for his chil- dren. The latter ranging from 21 to z, are Andrew A., Margaret, Mary C., J. Lewis and LorH :S- MT Radel also left bequests to the Dominican Fathers of Newark, N. J., the Sacred Heart church of this city, Rev. Father Thomas O'Brien. his for mer pastor and Anna, Thrum.
 In his oyster grounds holdings in this state were: 1341kl acres of oyster grounds in Bridgeport. $1,50O; 58, acres of oyster grounds in Norwalk, s1,7o0; equity in oyster grounds of state Jurisdiction. SAT. 7.6s3.6O; 175,U0o bushels of oysters on oyster grounds, $33. .5oo-.
 Tn the inventory of his personal es- tate appears these items: Cash in Connecticut National bank. Bridge port, $17, ,834.76; First-Bridgeport Ma tfona1 bank. Bridgeport. $4.S43.24;. City National bank, South Norwa1lz, $1.e89. .S2; South Norwa1k Trust Co, $153.s9.
 (Conttnued on Page 2.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
SIMON LAKES
 HUNTING GOLD IN UTHERN WATER
Submarine Expert Applies Principle of Dredging
 For Treasures.

Simon Lake, the submarine author ity, may extend his pleasure trip at Ashevi1le. N. C., to a more profitable purpose in the quest of gold, is the statement of his son. Thomas Edison Lake, today.
 This will not be the first time that the noted inventor has bent his ener- gy and brains towards the recovery of the precious metal, for he has pre- vious1y been active in the same local ity and has invented and built appar- atus which will take the. yellow har- vest from sunken vessels and at the mouths of rivers where the current is too swift for the placer opera tors.
 It is known that extending north from Dah1onega, Ga. once the seat of a United States mint, through the Smoky mountain ridge and the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, gold has been found in small quantities from time inmemorial. In fact, be- fore the days of '49, Georgia and North Carolina were the chief sources of deposit. After the California rush it was not found profitable to mine in the east and the old claims were abandoned.
 Recently improved machinery has made possible the workings of many of the older mines. and banning along the creeks and rivers where fine gold deposits are found.
 With the purpose of facilitating this work, Lake has invented a dredge that works on the suction principle and with g sharply pointed nozzle can reach the interstices between rocks, under water. where the fast current has deposited the richest caches.
 The Lake goId-dredging apparatus IS so arranged that separation of the gold grains or particles takes place immediately. The heaviest particles are collected in a separator in the working chamber, and other mater ials, like sand gravel, small stones and the lighter particles of gold are pass ed through successive separators as the steam rises in the tube to the sur face.
 Lake, when he designed the first dredge to be used in the section where he is now visiting partly de- scribed the process as follows:
 With this system it is possible to clean up the bottom thoroughly to the depths of, 150 feet The efficiency of the pumping plant increases coin cidently with the indictment of depth. while with other systene, having the pump on the surface, efficiency is re- duced as the depth increases. .MorantoWn, N. C., is the district in which Lake is now said to be interest ed in gold mining ventures.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
McCRACKEN BOOSTS
 BID FOR BIG BOUT
 TO S45,5OO PURSE

New York, Jan 1s-Tex ,R1ckard and Samuel McCracken. who made the original offer of $45,0O0 for 1o- round bout here between Jess Willard, the heavyweight champion. and Frank Moran, increased that offer today by $500. They have come to an agree nent with Moran by which his end of the purse will be ST, 1000 instead of $15,00O and have wired Willard and his manager that they will give the worlds champion $32,5oO, their or fginaI offer having been $30sOOO.
 Moran said today that he had ao- cepted the terms offered by Rtckard and McCraeken with the understand ing that the bout should be held in the month of March, next -#
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
ENGAGED THREE WEEKS, GIRL IS
 DEATHS VICTIM
Miss Margaret Benway Tax en Fatally III While Pre-
 pairing Trousseau.

The family and friends of Miss Margaret Benway tof 35 Curtiss ave- nue, are prostrated over her sudden death which occurred yesterday after a two days illness with spinal nenin- gitis. Miss Benway's death is par ticularly sad because of the fact that her engagement to Frank Tierney, of New Haven, an employe of the FIeischman Yeast Co. of this city was announced few weeks ago,
 The wedding was scheduled for June and Miss BenWay nad been busy for a long time preparing articles for her new home. She always enjoyed excellent health. She visited her fiance's mother in New. Haven on Saturday. Sunday she complained of a headache and on Monday morning, as she continued to feel i'll, a physi- clan was called who diagnosed it as the grip. Death came yesterday after noon.
 Miss Benway was the daughter of Herbert and Rose Benway, and for mer1y lived in Windsor Locks She had host ok friends. Surviving her besides he; 1arents are a sister, Anna and a brother, Herbert
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
MRS. MOHR THREATENED
 TO KILL SECRETARY TO 1 HUSBAND, WITNESS SAYS

Providence, R. T., Jan. 19-A letter containing threat to kill Miss Emily Burger and alleged to have been writ ten by Mrs. Elizabeth F. Mohr, who is on trial \for the murder of her husband. pr. c. Franklin Mohr, was in. troduced by the prosecution today. George ". Rocks also testified that Mrs. MQhr had told him that she could hire a couple of thugs to kill her husband.
 Miss Burger. who was also wound ed when Mohr was shot, was his pri- vate secretary and the state claims that Jealousy of her was one of the motives that led Mrs. Mohr to erp- ploy Victor Brown and Henry Spell man to murder her husband.
 Rocks is a brother-tn-1aw of Miss Burger and was called to the stand after several witnesses had testified regarding the removal of pr, MoFr to hospital and the disposition of papers taken from his possession.
 On cross-exarnination he denied he had been jealous of the physician's attentions to Miss Burger or that he had tried to prejudice Mrs. Mohr agains ther husband
 Rocks first identified the postcard Mrs. Mohr wrote him warning him to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
co.
 TROLLEYS TO BE CIvEn SCRUBBlNG
Superintendent Chapman Agrees to Remedy Insani
 tary Conditions.

uperintendent Charles H. Chapman of the Connecticut Co.,, appearing be- fore the board of health at a special meeting held last night, promised to remedy insanitary conditions existing in the: trolley cars. He said he is aware of the fact that the cars are not as cleah as they should be but he placed the blame upon the difficulty of procuring men to clean the cars.
 That the trolley cars are unques- tionably insanitarY was the report made to. the board of health by c. Howard Dunbar, clerk. After the matter had been discussed, Superin- tendAnt Chapman was informed that the Connecticut Go. should be given 10 days in which to comply with the order of the health department. MT. Chapman promised to attend to the matter at once and it is expected that the cars will be in sanitary condition within a week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
STOCKHOL DERS DECLARE NEW HAVEN DIRECTORS
 IMPEDE RECOVERY SUIT

Boston. Jan 1s.f Minority stockno1d- CTS of the New York. New Haven & Hartford railroad, who are suing for mer directors of the road to recover from them $102. 900 for losses al- Iess8d to have been Incurred by the company In unprofitab9s and improper purchases. today nlea Ars amendment to their suit seeking the right to pro ceed in the name of the corporation 1tself-
 They claim that the present direc- tors have refused to press such4a suit for restitution because of friendliness for their predecessors and .-intima- tions which they ethe former direc- tors) have, made to withdraw their Financial support from the railroad and thereby causing financial eInbar- Tassnent and receivership.''
 As instances of the refusal Of the present administration to support the suit. the minority interests set forth that: Morede1d Story. counsel for the corporation at the recent annual meeting authorized the plaintiff to proceed at their own expense In be-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19

keep his sister-in-law away from her husband and which had already been placed in evidence. He then identi- fled a letter he received from Mrs. Mohr on Dec. 3, 1913. It was allowed to go into the record over the objec- ton of counsel for the defense. It read in part as follows:
 My son Char1es has told me that his father has taken him three times to call on Miss Berger. I am going to get after her. She is not going ito get the best of me. I will kill her before I'm through with the whole natter She is a 1owkperson when she won't listen to a good woman like me who asks her to stay away from my husband. She will be sorry before many days.
 ssI just want to let you know how your sister-in-law is deceiving you. I'm not going to put up with it. Please look into this matter and don't let her jolly you I give her fair warn ing.''
 Rocks told of conversations he had with Mrs. MoEr. between Decem- Der, 1913, and June, 1914. He said he. talked with her at his office, at the postoff1ce, at the South Station in Boston.
 (Continued on Page 141
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
BELOVED SISTER DEAD, FOLLOWS
 HER SAME DAY
Miss Joanna Rael Will Be Buried At Same Service
 As Ellen Rae1.

Following the death of her sister. Ellen s, RaeI, by a few hours, Miss Joanna Rael died last night at her home, 340 Harral avenue, after brief illness with grip and pneumonia. Miss Ellen Rael died yesterday morning also from pneumonia Miss Joanna had been in ilIf health for some time and her death, after she contracted pneumonia. was expected, while that of Miss Ellen, who until recently had had good health, was sudden.
 The sisters were prominent members of Sta Augustiness church during their entire lives. They are survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mary Wells and Miss Mary RaeI The double funeral will be held on Saturday from their home and from St. Augustine's church.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19

half of Ralph S. Bartlett and other
 minority stockholders, their counsel wrote MT. Story that if the directors would sanction the suit in the cor porations name, they would conduct the litigation at their expense. It was stipulated thai a receiver be appointed for the claims of restitution and the a2 2s1awEers, headed by Goyefnor Mo Call. were named as possible choices.
 Replying under date of Dec. 21, 1915, MT Story said the directors were convinced there was mot sufficient Foundation for the suits and that they were not for the best interests of the company the amendment states The charge is made in the bill of amend ment thatAthe present directors have caused the corporation to defend the present suit which was aimed at for mer officials of the company.
 Today's amendment follows a. de- cision by the superior court that mi nority stockholders could not bring a bill of the nature filed by Bartlett and his associates, unless the directors Of the road refused absolutely to prose- cute in the name of the road.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
Percy Anderson Head
 of Fire Underwriters

Percy F. Anderson was electede president of the Bridgeport Fire pn-S derwriters, asso ctattons at the anuuals meeting held this afternoon in tha1 board of trade rooms. The other off, tfcers elected. were George T. Hathe-l way, vice president; Arthur M. Will son, secretary; Walter North, treas-i urer.
 The annual banquet will be. heI6s tomorrow night at The Stratdeld. Walter M. Redf1eld, the retiring pres ident, will be toastmaster. Among the speakers will be Mayor Wilson, Chief Johnson of the fire department, Presi- dent F. F. Small of the. Connecticut Association of Insurance Agents. and J. Hastings Rowland, engineer of thsis National Board of Underwriters, Ed ! will speak on Fire Prevention and Protection.'H It is expected that about 60 members will attend the banquet for which the management of The Stratheld has prepared an elaborate menu.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
TRACHOMA CASE IS DISCOVERED
 IN BRIDGEP0
Local Jitney Drivers Sore ! Eye Proves To Be Dread
 ed Disease.

A case of trachonaa in this city Ehas been revealed to the health authori- ties and steps probably will be taken immediately to prevent a spread of the disease.
 street, a jitney driver, applied to the emergency hospital this afternoon. saying that he thought he had some- thing in one of his eyes. When Dr. J. F. Canavan looked at him, he was shocked and to confirm his opinion, he sent Bittner to City Physician D. c. 4DeWo1fe, an eye specialist. pr. DeWo1fe declared Bittner has tra- choma.
 He was sent to his home and the health department was notified. Bitt- ner is, married and has two children. He said he came from Russia, but has been in this city 10 years.
 Trachona is .scourge that is scarcely known in the eastern part of the United States, outside of the region of the Appalachian and Blue Ridge mountains. It is contagious,f ac- Quired by physical contact. or through articles used by a trachona victim.
 It's visit to Bridgeport is fraught with peril and it is expected sexannin- ation will be made of relativesN. of B1ttner in order that it's progress may be checked. Trachona produces blindness.
 It is known mostly among the In- dians of the west and in the Ken lucky mountains. It is said that out of every five or six Indians of Neva- da are half-blind with it and the spread of it IS being neglected. In one Kentucky place it was found re- gently that 4,Ooo children had the disease in more or less degree, 20 per cent. of the whole population.
 Trachoma has been traced to Egypt. History tells us that when Napoleon was fighting around the pyramids the French soldiers acquired the infec- ton and, when they returned to France, they brought it with them. Thence it spread like wildf1re all over Europe.
 So serious did it become that the United States Congress enacted a measure refusing admission to would be immigrants who suffer from the infection. The government maintains a special staff of agents in Europe to prevent the passage. of persons af- f1icted with 1t and it is said that an agent who passes one of these persons is held~ responsible for what harm may be done.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
Mumps Is Latest Foe of Health in
 School Children

Still in the throes of grip and pneu- monia, Bridgeport is now afflict- ed with a visitation of the humps.
 East Bridgeport seems to be suffer ing the most. .Barnum school. hard hit by the grip, is now trying to fight off an attack of another illness.
 During the last two or three days physicians have been receiving calls from the home Of many children who are suffering humps.
 At the same time, it is the belief of many physicians in the city, that the cold wave had the effect of lessen ing the number of grip cases. Speedy relief from the pandemio is expect ed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19

called for by Senator Fe1PS resolution, was not ready for the committee meeting today.
 Senator Stone said he intended to ask the committee to pass on the nomination, of Henry P. Fletcher as ambassador to Mexico, so that it might come before the Senate but he would not try for confirmation until the information requested by the Fall resolution was redeived.
 From Collector Cobb at Fl Paso, the department received today official proof of the execution of Jose Rod riguez and Miguel Baca Valles, lead CTS at Madera.
 MT Cobb telegraphed that he had seen and identified the bodies. Secre- tary Lansing had announced that proof of the punishment of bandits involved in the murder of Americans in Mexico would be required.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19
TROOPS
 ARRIVE AT NY.
 ON CREEK LINER

New York, Jan. 19.-The Greek Hners Vasi1efs Constantinos arrived here to-i day from Athens with 300 Serbian sol-i dier refugees and their families oni board. As soon as the liner reachedi quarantine, 20 of the oerbians were' taken off and left at quarantine hos pital as being afflicted with vernia of the type that carries typhus anal will be kept under observation.
 Most of the refugees were said to bel reservists who were living in thia,
 ountry at the outbreak of the war; and were summoned back to the col-j ors. -t-
 There was also on board seven mem-, bersi of the University of Columbia.a Red Cross Service who were returningl from Serbia
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-19

gers. as we'll as mail for Rotterdam, via Falmouth, was reported in a cable despatch of yesterdays date as hay ing passed South End down by the bows, with 8 list to starboard and as having arrived later at Gravesend. '. It was added that all the passengers were saved but that three stokers were killedi and four injured, though in what form of accident it was not announced. The Ryndam was built at Belfast in 1901, is $50 feet long and is of |, ,527 gross. She carries a. crew of 300 men.