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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-21

United States Senator Chamberlain has pre-
pared a bill for the establishment of universal
military service in this nation. 1t is not unlikely
that our country will have universal service
within a few years, considering lessons learned
from the European war, from our own experience
in various wars, and from the widespread feeling
that the United States should have systematic
preparedness. If universal service comes, the
plan of work probably will be evolved from the
Swiss, Australian and French systems.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-21
GATHERED INFORMATION

Hans Berge, who settled in Willow
Grove, Pa, in 1717, now has nearly
10000 known descendants.
Java is estimated to have exported
S5.000,000 pounds of tea in 1915, as
compared with 65,O0O,000 pounds the
year before.
Estimates made by the department
of agriculture put the 1916 beet sugar
acreage at T6S.500 acres. This ia 104,-
200 more than h 1&ss syA $4,000 than
in 1914.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-21
Mere Formally.

"shall We tell papa?" asked the girl.
"Huh2'
''That you are his son-inlaw-elect?"
"Don't you suppose the old man
knows that something is up after /
have been hanging around here for
two years? What's the use of bother
Ing him with a notification commit
tee?"-Loulsville Courier-Journal.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-21
Didn't Want to Wish.

"Infernal hot day, and makes me in.
formally thirsty" growled the colonel,
sinking into the clubs biggest arm
chair one afternoon. "Tell them to
fetch you some water, colonel" sug-
gested a c~old-hearted scoundrel who
knew the old gentleman's habits, but
the ancient warrior was equal to the
occasion. "Sir," he said, fixing the sug-
gestor with a fiery glare, 81 said thirsty
not dirty"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-21


military system, as prepared by the official Swiss
bureau in the United States for the American
Defense society.
'The, Swiss military forces" the article goes on,
Consist of three different divisions. These are
the auszug, landwehr and landsturm. To the
auszug belong the young men from twenty to
thirty-two years of age; to the %landwehr, the sol
diers from thlrty-three to forty years of age, and
to the landsturm the men from ~forty-one to forty
eight years of age.
swiss citizens who are unable to do their mil
itary service because of residence in a foreign
country, have to pay a regular military tax.
Previous to the war this tax was six francs per
man per year, but 1t has been doubled, temporar-
lily, on account of the nations great expenses
brought on by the war. In addition to this mod
est tax there is also a taxation at the rate 1.50
francs per 1000 francs of private fortune and, in
certain cases, on every 1000 francs of half an
inheritance coming to a man from his parents or
grandparents. The maximum military tax in
normal times is 5000 francs yearly. The maxi
mum under temporary war taxation is 5000
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-21
Good Niuhtl

Little Eva-Father says he has often
seen you act.
Great Actress-What did he say he
saw me in, dearf
Little Eva-In the '70si
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-21
CERTAINLY Mot

Bil-You know you borrowed five
dollars from me.
Jill-Why, no, l don't.
swell you did, about two years ago.'s
"Oh, well, you can't expect a fellow
to remember a thing like that for
ever"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-21
The Difference.

A timid person is frightened before
a danger, q coward during the time
and a courageous person afterward.
Richter.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-21

They come to understand
one another's feelings, to
know the qualities of one an
others manhood, and to have
n common patriotism among
them. This has meant much
to the French republic. In
no other great army in the
world is there such a spirit
of comradeship as between
officers and men of the
French establishment. One
might expect that record to
he held by the United States.
But it isn't; our regular
army is patterned after the
British system, which is
an aristOcratic system.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-21
Good Accompaniment.

"How can I impress the class with
the fact those stirring lines must be
delivered in trumpet tones?"
"Just drum it into them"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-21

HE Swiss army is a citizen army. That
means every Swiss citizen is liable to
do military service if he is physically
and mentally fit. This accounts for the
fact that Switzerland, with a popula-
ton of 3,S00,000, maintains the largest
armed force in Europe pr~oportionately.
France comes second, and Germany
and Sweden third"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19
THE GREATEST LABOR LAW IN THE WORLD

steady job good pay what the must have
that all the labor laws called in the world will
do him good
What in fact the greatest labor law statues'
Il is not an eight hour law an antinuncon law a work
compensation however desirable all of these may
DC for the betterment of labor conditions.
The great labor statute protective tariff law
Behind the barrier erected by Republican protective tariffs
the American wage worked the highest in tn
world
Lower that buwark have done whenever in
Office first thing by the board is the
prosperity capitalist confident that
later the be built up again. The cannot
wait He mus bear the brunt of the mistake.
This theory. This history, and history. Three
years before the European Democratic revision of the
downward producing its usual fruit In the cities the bread
lines hvered factory doors closed all the land Ev
eywher working forces down. and glad
working part hundreds of thousands could
steady There limitation of hours law working then with
a vengence not a eighthOur law, but a no hour law
Now there is change There prosperity everywhere and
every Is because of the Democratic tariff or in spit
of it,
1t takes very little thought The Republican pro
tecve tariffs distinguished from the Democratic tariffs
check importation of foreign goods which
cheapy of low
foreign wOkmen The Democratic tariff made by poll
believe protective and the law did
this unfair competition American business suffering the
quences until the began.
Europe stop sending goods began bu!
supplies from The became protection and the
basis of our renewed prosperity.
When over long after there will be
protection had before the Democratic tariff
Does the American wish the conditions
1913 he wish protection from competition of the low paid
labor of EuropeY
The Republican protective tariff greaess labor law
the world.
politics of many
of its will for the party which supports that law to the
full and for its candidate whose record labor law
justly cricse.'
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19
LABOR VOTE NOT
Deliverable
This Is the Outstanding Fact which
Political Philosophers Deduce From
the Defeat in Maine Of Repre-
sentative McGillicuddy.

From among the numerous lessons
or conclusions which the political phi
lOsOphers can draw from the Maine
election one lesson or conclusion
stands out more sharply defined than
any other. II jumps at you.
The labor vote, for the sake Of
which the POltrOOn Congress tarred
and feathered itself with its own
hands only dozen days ago, is not
deliverable by the traders who pre-
tended to sell 1t.
This salient fact of the election is
illustrated conspicuOusly in the Sec
Ond Congress district. There are few
places within the confines of our
republic where labor is relatively
stronger than in the city of Lewiston,
the home city Of Representative Nc
Gillicuddy, and he has made spe-
cialty Of II In his own political prac-
tice. In the Second Maine, II any
where, would there be indications of
any return, In the shape of votes, for
the surrender of Congress to the four
BrotherhOOds. After campaign
which might almost be called desper-
ate In its effort to save McGillicuddy
and one Democratic seat in the House
from the Republican onset, Mr.. Nc
Glllicuddy was defeated by an ad-
verse plurality Of nearly 400. whereas
he had been elected to the Sixty
second Congress by plurality of 1889
and to the Sixty-third by 1,2S1.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19
WHEN THE DEMOCRATS WIN ELECTIONS

every Presidential campaign Lin
have already paper little premaurey lost Flee
ton daybu campaign in which the Democrats time
other absolutely victory would be dolefu affair
indeed
For instance Senator Ollie James of Kentucky telegram
President Sunday which the chords of
1t follows:
Have been speaking through the West Never anything
like the tide to Wilson He is certain winner believe Ohio will
give him majority Kansas Iowa Nebraska Illinois and In
diana fire with Wilson enthusiasm Hughes licked Wilson
is a certainty
We encountered this euson from the big Kentuckan with the
thrill that from old acquaintance Surely had read those
words before days pleasant memory For old
turned to the files and there the end
of September 1908 the following from the
another Kentucky Democrat Henry Watterson:
Never" Mr. Waersons words, has the Republican
party faced such conditions meet whichever All
thoughtful onoo concede that New York evocaby
The nomination of Ley makes Connecticut
in Ohio Indiana thanks Hanly gone past redemption
prairie fires of awakened public conscience sweep Illinois
leapng the Mississippi river into Iowa. crossing the Missouri
to Kansas and Nebraska mpded only by the tenane walls
Rocky mountains issue thence again woop
golden shores of the Pacific"
OF nothing like that really happened 1908 Practically
all the States mentioned Republican November Even Mr.
Watterson hell and chaos in Ohio did prevent this
rolling up normal Republican majority election day.
The Democratic party has chosen middle
Presidential victory of 1916 very small thing to worry
abOut.-Times- Star
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS SICK?
Many Maysyille People Have Kept
Well BY Keeping Their Kidneys
Well

The first symptom of kidney trou.
BILE may be only slight pain in the
back, feeling of stiffness or soreness
in the loins, or some annoying irregu-
larity of the urinary passages. Urine
is often discolored and perhaps sedi-
ment gathers upon standing. Next
may come dull, throbbing bachache,
sharp, knife-like pains, headaches, dir
ziness and in many cases, lameness
when arising in the morning. No one
can afford to delay until these trou-
bles become serious. Begin using
Doan's Kidney Pills, the tried and
tested kidney remedy that has won the
praise of thousands. Maysville read
ers should find convincing proof OF
merit in the following statement. It's
from resident Of this locality.
A. Sorries, locksmith, Aberdeen, o..
says: THE action of my kidneys was
irregular and the kidney secretlons
contained sediment. | had backache
and when STOPPING, 1t was hard for me
to stralghten up. Colds always set
tied on my kidneys. used Doan's Kid
ney Pills and they stopped the trouble
and my kidneys became strong"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr. Sorries had. Foster-Milburn Co..
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19
500 Reward, 500

The readers of this paper will 5e
pleased to learn that there is at leas'
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now knowr
to the medical fraternity. Catarr'
being a constitutional disease, requires
a constitutional treatment Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, actin,
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the disease
and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that II
fails to cure. Send for list of testi
monials.
Address: f. J. CHENEY 3 co
Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, &c
Take Halls Fan u, "in, f"' r"nsti
oatiCu
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19
Special Election Notice

In obedience to an order of the
Mason County Court, entered at tha
September term, 1916, notice is here
by given that an election will be held
and DOLL taken in Mason county, Ken
lucky, at the usual and regular vot-
ing places in each of the precincts, on
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER Z, 1916,
Betw cen the hours of o'clock, a. M,
and O'Clock, p. H., on said date, at
which election all legal voters resid-
ing in said precincts, shall be given
IN opportunity to vote by secret bal
lot on the question whether the Fis-
;al Court of Mason county shall be
composed of three Commissioners TO
De elected from the county at large
and the Judge of the County Court.
The order calling said election
specifying its purpose and directing
the manner in which same shall be
held, is as follows:
MASON COUNTY COURT.
September Term, September 4, 1916,
Alfred NJ. Peed, ct ais, On Petition.
ORDER
This day came Alfred NJ. Peed and
lthers and filed written petition
signed by eight hundred and forty
one of the legal voters of Mason
county, requesting the Judge of the
Mason County Court to submit to the
qualified voters of Mason county at
the next general election hereafter to
be held the question, whether the
Fiscal Court of Mason county shall
&c composed of three Commissioners.
o be elected from the county at
large, and the Judge of the County
Court" and it appearing that said
petition is signed by more than three
hundred and fifty of the legal voters
Of Mason county, and the court being
advised, il is therefore ordered and
directed that the officers of the cleo
ton in all the voting precincts in
Mason county shall open poll and
axe the sense of the legal voters in
iaid county upon said question, said
election to be held on Tuesday, No
gember, 9TH, 1915. between the hours
If a. m, and p. IN. The Clerk
If the Mason Countq Court shall fur
lish the Sheriff of Mason county a
sopy of this order, and said Sheriff
in all the county papers not less than
four weeks previous to said election
and he shall also advertise the same
by printed handbills, posted not less
than two weeks before said election
in a conspicuous place in each Of the
voting precincts in said county. IL
Is furthed ordered and directed that
the Clerk OF the Mason County Court
shall prepare ballots to be used AT
said election, each ballot to have
printed thereon the question:
ARE YOU IN FAVOR or thu
FISCAL COURT OF THE COUNTY
BEING COMPOSED OF THREE COM
MlSSlONERS TO bic ELECTED
FROM THE COUNTY AT LARGE
AND THE JUDGE OF THE COUNTY
COURT?"
Given under my hand, at my Office.
in the City OF Maysyille, Mason coun-
~, Kentucky. this SOth day Of Septem-
Der, 1916.
JOHN II. CLARKE.
sheriff az Mason Cr"nt'
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19
HE KEPT US OUT OF WAR"

Mr. Bryan telling western voters that they ought be with
Wilson as he kept of
The argument in Mr. Bryans mouth takes comic irony
The last time Mr. Bryan the department
taking flying leap through the window panic fright Mr.
Wilson's beicOse diplomacy.
III Brother Bryan consulted his memory instead of his partisan
ZEAL he would let other champions discuss the
theory His of only emphasizes the that
it is not because Mr. Wilson kept Chcago Tribune
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19
NOT AN EIoHT.HouR LAW.
Recent Hold Up Legislation Does
Not Shorten Workday a
Minute.

As matter Of fact, II Is not
an elght-hour law at all. II does
not curtnil the trainmen's work
day by n single minute. II an
engineer has been receiving 81
for working ten hours u day, this
law will raise his pay TO 1928;
but Il will not shorten his work
day even the tenth part Of sec
ond. This is no more like the
true eight-hOur principle than
chalk Is like cheese.
The reason why people call
this an eight-hOur law Is be-
cause II says that In the case
Of railroad trainmen they shall
get their days pay for the first
eight hours work, and all the
rest is to be considered over
time.
DO not tell me that this strike
could not have been called Off or
postponed II President Wilson
had shown that he meant bust
ness. do not for one minute
believe that those four brother
hood leaders started the blaze
going without knowing how to
put II out. One of them adj
mitted that he could put It out
so far as his own brotherhood
was concerned, but. that his fol-
lowers would think that he had
gone back on them If he were
to do sO.-Statement of Con-
gresham A. L. Gardner.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19

Here is reason enough why Mr. vii.
son should he defeated. Why should
MFR. Hughes be preferred? Clifford
Pinchot, the Progressive, answers CIV
ing facts to support his statement:
4Iughes is man of his word. &.
cannot vote for Wilson because can
not trust him. He does not do what
he says. Hughes does. Therefore
my choice Is Hughes"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19

Gen. Pershlng's array continues In
fine fettle, aft for fight or frolic."
To It's credit let II be said II went
a. far as politics permitted.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19

Vice-President Marshall says Mr..
Hughes Is an echo Of the past. Quite
true. OF statesmanship. OF patriotic
performance and safe legislation.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19

A man is blown by the company hi
wife keeps.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19

II you had two dollars to invest
would you trust II to the business
sagacity Of Josephus DanielsH Then,
why let him handle the millions that
are to be spent on the new navy2
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19

Shadow Lawn, as residence for
the next few weeks, will give its Oc-
cupant an opportunity to get accus-
toned to the after-election gloom.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19

Judging by the signs Of War Depart
ment activity the Administration is
cunnlngly arranging to bring the
militiamen home just in time to enable
them to vote for Mr.. Hughes.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19

This Democratic Congress has pass
ed into history-profane history.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19

First fruits OF the Adamson bill
The New York street car strike.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19

President Wilson's speech of accep-
lance could have been phrased even
more succInctly In the graphic words
OF Boss Tweed, "What are you going
to do about it2"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19

Three years ago Woodrow Wilson
was explaining that hard times were
psychological, but he isn't trying to
sQuirm out of responsibility for the
present prosperity.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19

The disaster to the Memphis caused
very little excitement, Americans be-
ing used nowadays to seeing the navy
on the rocks.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19
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CAMPAIGN COMMENTS


!. !. I. !. 4 4. Il y i. !. 4. i. !. !.
Gen. Pershing's array continues In
fine fettle, aft for a fight or frolic."
To It's credit let II be said 1t went
a. far as politics permitted.
Here is reason enough why Mr.. VIII
son should he defeated Why should
Mr.. Hughes be preferred? Clifford
PinchOt, the Progressive, answers, CIV
ing facts to support his statement:
'Hughes is a man Of his word. =.
cannot vote for Wilson because I can
not trust him. He does not do what
he says. Hughes does. Therefore
my choice is Hughes"
Shadow Lawn as residence for
the next few weeks, will give Its Oc-
cupant an opportunity to get accus-
toned to the after-election gloom.
II you had two dollars to Invest
would you trust II to the business
| sagacity Of Josephus Daniels? Then,
why let him handle the millions that
are to be spent on the new navyf
Judging by the signs OF War Depart
ment activity the Administration is
cunningly arranging to bring the
militiamen home just in time to enable
them to vote for Mr.. Hughes.
A train of thought on a One-track
mind has to be composed of shuttle
cars.
Three years ago Woodrow Wilson
was explaining that hard times were
psychological. but he isn't trying to
sQuirm out of responsibility for the
present prosperity.
The disaster to the Memphis caused
very little excitement, Americans be-
ing used nowadays to seeing the navy
on the rocks.
This Democratic Congress has pass
ed into hlstory-profane history.
President Wilson's speech OF accep-
lance could have been phrased even
more succinctly In the graphic words
OF Boss Tweed, what are you going
to do about it?"
We see by the interviews with the
Mexican commissioners that the cam
paign slogan this year In the Sonora
bandit belt is THANK God for Wood
row Wilson"
MIR. Wilson's eulogy OF Lincoln at
Hodgenvllle was more literary but
less sincere than the one he pro-
nounced upon himself at Shadow
Lawn.
The new half dollars will have an
olive branch on one side and on the
other an eagle, In full flight. Wilson
money.
Motto Of the McAdoo shipping law:
''The sun never rises on the American
nag"
A Democrats idea Of an ideal watch
dog Of the Treasury is a Pommeran-
ian.
Mr.. Wilson is now busily engaged
working the other side OF the suffrage
street.
The campaign agents who two years
ago were busily engaged thanking God
for Woodrow Wilson seem to be TAX
ing their vacations just now.
A record wasn't the only thing the
late Congress brOke-there's the Fed
eral Treasury.
Congress didn't want a Tarifr Com
mission composed OF $4,000 men,
those $500 salaries being designed
for 81 200 men.
President Wilson's scheme for com.
missions for everything has been
adroitly planned TO make three jobs
for deserving Democrats grow where
only one would grow before.
Vice-President Marshall says Mr..
Hughes Is an echo Of the past. Quite
true. OF craftsmanship. OF patriotic
performance aud safe legislation.
First fruits OF the Adamson bill:
The New York street car strike.
! 70 Mo Wan Wan; CO To-
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19

mind has to be composed of shuttle
cars.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19

President Wilson's scheme for com.
missions for everything has been
adroltly planned TO make three jobs
for deserving Democrats grow where
only one would grow before.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19

Congress didn't want a Tariff Com
mission composed OF $4,000 men,
those $500 salaries being designed
for 81. 200 men.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19

We see by the interviews with the
Mexican commissioners that the cam
paign slogan this year In the Sonora
bandit belt is THANK God for Wood
row Wilson"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19

MIR. Wilson's eulOgy Of Lincoln at
Hodgenvllle was more literary but
less sincere than the one he pro-
nounced upon himself at Shadow
Lawn.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19

A record wasn't the only thing the
late Congress brOke-there's the Fed
eral Treasury.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19

The campaign agents who two years
ago were busily engaged thanking God
for Woodrow Wilson seem to be TAX
ing their vacations Just now.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19

The new half dollars will have an
olive branch on one side and on the
other an eagle, In full flight. Wilson
money.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-10-19

Motto of the McAdOo shipping law:
'"The sun never rises on the American
nag"