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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-10
SPORT SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK.
Monday.

AMVhNMys
Horse--Elace meets continue all
week at Havana, New Orleans, Juarez
and Tia Juana. Final day of ice meet
at Buffertin Park, Toronto.
Auto-Motor shows all week at
Cleveland, Philadelphia and Milwau-
kee
Polo-Paciflc Coast tournament
opens at Coronado Beach, Cal.
Chess-Rice Memorial Chess Mas
ter's tournament at New York.
Golf-winter Tournament of Adver-
Users all week at Pinehurst, N. c.
Rockingham Mcdonald vs. Jimmy
Howard, ten rounds at Pittsfeld,
Mass; Johnny Drummie va, Young
McAuliffe, twelve rounds at Bridge
port, Conn.
Tuesday.
Horse-Meeting of the Grand Cir
cult Stewards at Cleveland. o.
Dog-All-American Field Trials al
Rogers Springs. Tenn; Fanclers As
ISOLATION of Indiana, annual show,
four days at Indianapolis.
Curling-Gordon Medal Match at
Schenectady, N. Y.
Boxing-Soldier Bartheld VS.. Mike
Glover. ten rounds at New York.
Wednesday.
Billiards-Three cushion champions
ship, professional, $50 points, Alfred
De Orc VS.. Lloyd Jevne. three evenings
at Boston.
Curling-Allen Memorial Match, at
Utica, N. Y.
Thursday.
Horse-Ice racing opens. six days,
at Delorimer Park, Montreal.
Dog-Boston TERROR Club show az
Philadelphia.
Boxing-Frankie Burns VS.. Pal
Moore, twenty rounds, at New Orleans.
Friday.
Golf-Annual meeting, United States
Golf Association at Chicago.
Curling-Mitchell Medal Match az
New York.
Boxing-Leach Cross VS.. Johnny
Harvey, ten rounds at New York.
Saturday.
Golf-Annual meeting of the West
ern Golf Association at Chicago.
Dog-Alaskan Dog race, from An
chorago to Matanuska.
Auto-Opening of annual auto show
at Detroit, Mich.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-10
LEAD THE MARKET ON
PRICES.

We are not spectators. Just
warehousemen. All our efforts go
to you.
Here are a few crop averages Sc
cured by our customers last week,
tO-wit:
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-10
MAKE MONEY.

1t is good, quick, clean service
and
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-10
LOSE MONEY.

Come to us and get a quick
sale and
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-01-10
$1O.69 LAST WEEK,
80 CENTS MORE

than the Tobacco sold on the
Maysville market averaged.
Is this not worth going afterY
1t amounts to about your ware
house charges for selling.
In other words, when you sell
with us you have virtually saved
the cost of selling. Every load
you fail to sell with us is some
loss to you.
Besides, we have the room and
can and will give you a quick sale.
Don't wait for a sale and then
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17

SAILS TUESDAY
German Submarine Freighter
Expected to Drop Down
River Tomorrow
Night.
FEARFUL OVER SPIES
Extraordinary Precautions Taken &c
Guard AoaIns< Bombs
or Other Intsr-
+ ference
FEARFUL OVER SPIES

BALTIMORE, Nd, July N.-The
German submarine freishter Deutsch
land now plans to alp down the
Patapsco river and into Cheaapsake
bay tomorrow night, enrouts back t.
Germany, . member Of tho Grew told
the United Press today. Loading
should be finished tomorrow at tha
present rate. Captain Htnsch gave
corroborative Indication that tho re
turn trip is at hand when he an
nounced no visitors will be permitted
to board the vessel after tomorrow.
Captain Hinsch told the United
Press he expects the Bremen In q
few days and that she will come here
or to New York, though he indicated
Baltimore will be the port.
Fear Of spies and bombs seemed tc
be strongly upon the crew and mana
gers of the Deutschland today.
The vigilance of the past week had
increased. Even police officials who
had been permitted free entrance tC
her pier were barred, special watch
man headed of messengers and mai
carriers; all night tho powerful,
searchlight on the tug Timmins play
ed nervously over the waters to picl
up launches and to search the shor'
for unwelcome watchers.
Drive them away quick" was the
shout from the Timmins to the police
on shore when the searchlight reveal
ed newspaper Spies" For heavens
sake don't let them stay there"
A special delivery messenger AZ
rived at the Eastern Forwarding dock
with small package. presumably a
gift from an admirer to Captain
KGeLfg.
You can't come in here" said the
German guard abruptly. Il won't take
that package"
The messenger was surprised.
"Will you write that down, or IN
get in trouble" he replied. And the
guard wrote it, unmistakably with
the added information that there is
no use trying to deliver any package
at the dock. The inference from this
generally is that the Deutschland folk
fear an attempt to wreck the ship.
The Deutschland dressed up in
fresh green paint and decorated with
traces of white at the bow and stern
to resemble the ocean waves, still lay
at the pier today. 1t had been an
nounced that Captain K6entg would
go to New York to see Ambassador
Bernstorff and bring back a packet
of diplomatic mail, but Manager Hill
ken said this afternoon "the captain
will stay right here"
Hinsch, master Of transportation
for the Eastern Forwarding Co
Deutschland agents, said cmphatically
today that there will be no Americans
on the submarine when she returns
'They would not protect her." he
added.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
Party in Convention This
Week Has Number of Can
didates in Readiness.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 17.-Prohi-
bitionists won't fuse with progress
sives in the latter's post season series
at Chicago, August 6, Eugene w.
Chain, the Bryan Of the prohibition
party said today. Chain, who was
prohibition presidential candidate in
1908 and 1912, arrived from Tucson,
Ariz., today. He drew up at T:15 a.
M without smiling, at a local hotel.
Virgil Hinshaw brought to town a
pretty daughter and boom to nominate
SuIzer of New York. The daughter
is a delegate from Arizona, who could
not vote at the last election because
she was too young.
Hinshaw and Chain are due for a
clash tomorrow when the project OF
changing the name of the party is
slated for a preconvention session.
Hinshaw's supporters are reminding
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
UNCLE SAM MAY GRAB
RAILROADS OF COUNTRY

Keegan, who is in st. Louis as me
diator between the Missouri Pacific
and its trackmen, who threaten to
strike, would not say plans had been
formulated to take over the roads
However, he said, according to his
information, this step cannot be
avoided il the men leave their posts
He said he was practically certain
that the four brotherhoods would
vote to strike.
But cannot concur that either the
railroads or the brotherhoods Will
let a break occur" he said. "A com
promise seems more than probable
However, should the break occur and
nearly half million men leave their
work, paralyzing transportation and
threatening starvation Of the nation
the government would act in twenty
four hours.
"It. could do nothing else. Every
railroad in the country would be
seized. and once these roads pass
into the control OF the United States
they would never again be returned
70 private ownership"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
RURAL CREDITS
BILL SIGNED
/!
President Places His Sigma.
ture to Measure Which is
Expected to Prove
Benefit.
JUSTICE TO FARMERS
Are Now on an Equality With All
Others In America Who
Have Genuine
Assets.
JUSTICE TO FARMERS

WASHINGTON. July 17.-Accom-
panying the act with speech pay
ing tribute to the farmers of the
country, President Wilson today
signed the rural credits bill. It pro-
vides establishment Of \ system of
land mortgage banks to handle long
time mortgage loans to farmers.
On invitation of the president, many
interested In the initiation OF the
rural credits system were present at
it's signing These included house
and senate members who bad handled
the bill. Speaking before he signed
the bill, the president said:
"On occasions of this sort there
are so many things to say that one
would despair Of saying them briefly
and adequately, but I cannot go
through the simple ceremon of sign
ing this bill without expressing the
telling that have In signing 1t. 1t is
feeling of profound satisfaction, not
onlyp but Of real gratitude that we
have completed this piece Of 1egisla-
tion which hope will be immensely
beneficial to the farmers Of the cOun-
try. Farmers. 1t seems to me, have
occupied hitherto : single position OF
They h6vo Not had the
same freedom to get credit on their
real assets that others have had who
were in manufacturing and CONNER
cial enterprises. And while they sus-
tanned our life, they did not In the
same degree with others. share in the
benefits of that life. Therefore, this
bill along with the very liberal pro-
visions of the federal reserve act puts
them on an equality with all others
who have genuine assets and makes
the great credit Of the country avail.
able to them. One cannot but feel
this delayed justice to them and can
not but feel that 1t is very crafty
ing thing to play any part in doing
this act of justice. look forward to
the benefits of this bill, not with ex-
travagant expectations, but woth con-
fident expectations that It will be of
very wide reaching benefit; and Incl
dentally. it will be of advantage to
the community for / can imagine no
more satisfactory and solid invest
ment than this system will afford
those who have money to use. sign
the bill, therefore, with real emotion
The president started Immediately
the task of selecting members Of the
rural credits board, provided in the
act.
A large list Of applicants for places
includes bankers, mining experts,
scientific farmers and lawyers in
every part Of the country. Among
those prominently mentioned are: G.
B. Gegley, master of the state grange
Of Washington; L. B. Clore, Laporte,
| Ind; Herbert Quick, West Virginia; !;
Rowland Norris, lawyer, Pennsyl-
vania, and protege of Vance NC
Cormick, and A. Mitchell Palmer; H.
|J. Moehlenpith, banker, Clinton,
Wis: w. w. Flanagan, New Jersey;
lJ. F. ]. Won Enkelenen, Florida; B.
M. Ralston, brother of Governor
Ralston, Indiana; J. Lee, Coulter, w.
Va.
The president conferred with Sec
retary McAdoo and Postmaster Cen
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
FORD FOR PRESIDENT
ON PROHIBITION TICKET

each other that In the 1912 conyen.
ton, G.. e. Pitts, New York delegate.
suggested the name be changed to
progressive. Other factions favor the
names American party and ma
ticnal party" with platforms modi-
fled on issues other than suffrage and
prohibition. Chain gets all heated
up when interviewers make the pro-
posal and balks. Raising s1,000,O0o
and mobilizfng 100000 voters is
also due for discussion tomorrow.
Plans to run Henry Fcrd for presi-
dent and W. G. Calderwood, Minnea-
polls. for vice president, were all
mussed up today, when Calderwood
cited Ford's statement that he would
not run. South Dakota's delegation is
instructed for Calderwood for vice
president. Calderwood, too, has a
strong old guard following, who would
perhaps like to.listen to him if it was
not fer that persistent unconfrmed
report that Ford promised $50, 600 to
a campaign fund il nominated.
Presidential timber today narrowed
down to Ex-Governor E. n. Foss.
Mass, VIM. Sulzer, New York; J. f.
Hanley. Indiana, and S. w, Haynes,
Indiana,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
Was at Somme Front When
His Army Was Put to
Flight by the
British.
LIKE WOLVES AT BAY
Battle m osiIaeo - Longlssval.
Was Like Primitive stTup-
giles of Cays
~ Msa,
IBy nd Z. Keen, Omitted Frsssaoezn
Corrospondent1

IIBy Ed Z. Keen, Omitted 3foss-a0e16
Correspondent1
LONDON. July 17.-Kaiser WI
helm was at the 9omme front whom
his army retreated under batter1ng
British blows in Saturdays fighting.
It became known today.
An oflicfal statement issued at Ber-
LIN confirmed previous reports Of the
kaiser's presence on tho front of
the great Anglo-French offensive,
where he has been visiting his
troops and inspiring them to more
stubborn defense. The Berlin state
ment said that tho kaiser conferred
with his chief Of staff and com.
mandfng generals, visited tho hos
pttals and conferred several iron
crosses.
Press dispatches from the British
front today brought new details of
the successful attack ON Saturday in
which the woods OF Delv1lle and
BazenttlI,e-Petit were captured and
the BTTclsh At one point penetrated
enemy third line trenches.
These dispatches showed that the
British advance carried the forward
lines to the outskirts Of both the
puich, two of the most strongly de-
tended German posts before Ba-
paume.
The assault was begun 5ust before
daylight on q moonlight night Il
followed an artillery attack, which
for intensity, II not duration. exceed
ed the bombardment that marked
the beginning Of the Ang1o-French
offensive two weeks before.
British guns blotted out enemy
,vork7s leaving only ruined redOubts
from behind which German machine
! gunners raked the attackers until
blown to pieces by bombs.
The fighting for Longueval on
Friday was bitter battle from un-
derground works and cellars.
I'm some of the cellars, the Ger
mans fought like wolves at bay"
wired one correspondent. Down in
the darkness Of these places, men
fought savagely, seeing only the
! CLINT of each others eyes and feeling
| for each others throats unless there
were still bombs handy to make a
quicker ending. 1t was primitive
| warfare, cavemen fought like that in
such darkness, though not with
bombs which belong to our own age.
! The British left flank near OWL
Heres and Laboisselle, made further
progress, capturing the remaining
strongholds and the brave remnants
of a German garrison, General HaiS
reported.
At the same time the right flank,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
ARE SUPPORTING
CHANCELLOR NOW
Leading German Newspapers
Take Part of Hollweg,
Who Has Been At
tackled.
NOT DISCUSSING PEACE
IPromtnent Tsutons Are Awaiting Out.
como Of Allied offensive
With confl-
dence.
NOT DISCUSSING PEACE
[By Carl w. Ackerman, United Press
Staff Correspondentl

[By Carl w. Ackerman, United Press
Staff Correspondent
BERLIN, July 17.--Leading German
newspapers are now rallying to the
support of Chancellor Won Bethmann-
Hollweg, who has been under attack
by the advocates of unrestricted SUBJ
marining.
They deny that the chancellor. !.
peace discussions have weakened tie
position of Germany and reass.rr
their confidence in the defeat Of the
present allied offensive.
The Lokal Anzeiger, commenting
upon the foreign press Interpretation
of the chancellor's opposition to an
nexation of Belgium, declared today:
"It Is absolutely grotesque to con-
slider the chancellor's position as in
dicating q fear of the military future.
Every judicious-minded German has
strengthened his confidence in the
outcome of the allied offensive"
The Cologne Gazette and other
their faith in Won Bethmapn-Hollweg.
move to swap horses in the middle
of the stream
For the most part, prominent Ger
mans are not discussing peace at this
time, preferring to await the outcome
of the allied offensive.
All the critics believe that the
British will be unable to recover
from their early failures to make
great headway, though it is realized
that the fighting is not over. The
Cologne Gazette points out, for in
stance, that the British have huge re.
serves in Flanders enabling them to
attack continually with fresh troops.
Major Moraht, referring to the
operations at Verdun, declared that
the Germans will continue to follow
their presen. policy Of defense by
attack.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
Property Loss is Up in the
Millions and Many Lives
May Have Been
Lost.
DAMS HAVE GONE OUT
ssa-sf u,
Several Cities Hard Hit With Water
Rushing Through streets
and People Ma
roonsd.

WASHINGTON, July H. The
Southern railroad today practically
suspended traffic south of Washing
ton. Reports continued to pour in,
telling OF disaster from floods in
North and South Carolina. A second
bridge on the Charlotte division went
out at a. m. Trains are unable to
proceed beyond Salisbury, and no
wires are in operation south of that
point, Atlanta being reached BY way
Of Chicago and New Orleans.
Ten million dollars Of property de-
stroyed, five persons known dead.
hundreds injured and missing. rail-
road traffic and telephone and tele-
the toll 0f the doods sweeping the
Caxolinas and yifeinias, Known to
date Meagre, disjointed details are
drifting into Washington over the
crippled lines OF communication. The
floods are the result OF the hurricane
Of wind and rain which struck the
south Atlantic coast Thursday, lift
ing rivers and streams far over their
banks.
Asheville, N. c., the famous resort
city, is hard hit The French river
has broken its course near there.
flooding factories and homes In the
lower part OF the city. Two persons
were drowned attempting TO put food
into the upper story Of the Glenn
Rock hotel.
Many are marooned In their resi-
dences along the river, while rescue
parties fight against the rushing cur
rent to rescue them.
Asheville was without lights last
night and water is flowing in swift
streams down many Of the streets Of
the lower city.
The Southern railway depot and
buildings in the vicinity ere flooded
to a depth of six feet.
Western North Carolina Is reported
facing a serious situation. Lake Tox-
away's big dam and two dams at Hen
dersonville are reported to have col
lapsed, setting free hundreds Of tons
of water.
The Southern railway bridge over
the Catawba river at Belmont, N. c.,
was washed away, carrying eighteen
men into the river. 1t las not yet
been learned whether they were
saved.
The missing, reported to Washing
ton in scattering dispatches are:
H. p. Griffin, road supervisor, Char
lotte.
Joseph Kildan, resident engineer,
c. H. Barbee. section foreman,
R. o. Thompson, section foreman,
Belmont. :.
W. L. Fortune, section foreman.
Continued on page 2)
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
Government Ready to Step in
if Big Strike Paralyzes
Transportation.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 17.-Declar-
ing that the United States govern
ment was better prepared now than
ever before to operate the railroads
of the country, j. J. Keegan, commits
sioner of the department OF labor,
Predicted the government would take
over the roads should the four great
railroad brotherhoods call strike OF
their members.
Keegan said that once the govern
ment took charge OF the roads, the
men would GO to work Immediately.
He based this assertion on the fact
that the government had long since
recognized the eight-hour day, one OF
the bones Of contention in the pres
ent controversy betyecn men and
employers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
Vacation for Veterans.

WASHINGTON, July 17.-Presi.
dent Wilson today issued an executive g
order allowing civil war veterans in
government service a leave of absence
with full pay SO they may attend the
Grand Army encampment in Kansas
City, No., August &c to September 5.
The order also provides the veterans
be granted as many days additional
leave with pay in each case as long
as necessary for the journey to Kan.
sas City and return to their points OF
duty"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
Rrok. un the Picnic.

FORT WORTH, Texas. July IL
Two train loads of Illinois national
guardsmen were Informally guests at
basket picnic here last night.
A motor truck 'hay ride" party
was passing the station when several
militiamen hailed the young people
and asked for food. The girls in the
party told the soldiers to- help them
selves. They did; necessitating the
young men in the party driving bacl.
to the nearest restaurant to re-
plenish the baskets.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
RUSSIAN
MOVING
MACHINE
Germans Bring Every Availa-
bic Reserve ii Hope of '
Stalling the Ad-
vance.
DARE DEVIL CHARGES
Forces Of the Gear Are Fighting
Now ~ Never Before for
Possession Of
koveI.
[Ry Willim Philip Sinms, United
Press STAFF Correspondent.l

[Ry Willim Philip Simms, United
Press Staff Correspondent
PETROGRAD, July 17.-Profoundly
impressed by the steady Russian adj
vance, which see-saws first at this
point and then at that. the Germans
are massing enormous forces before
Kovel. They are bringing up every
available reserve in the hope Of stall.
ing the new Russian moving machine,
The present comparative calm is
deemed here to be q mere prelude to
a resumption Of heavy and important
fighting.
The fall of Kovel now would mean
a staggering blow to the central pow
ers, completely disrupting their plans.
Lemberg would be menaced more
than ever, the road to the great fort.
ress of Brest Litovsk opened, and the
rear Of the entire Pinsk region threat
ened, necessitating the Germans
withdrawal
The Russians apparently do not
lack ammunition. Printed on the
cartridge cases are the phrases:
Don't spare bullets-don't spare
courage. There's enough a-plenty for
ALL
Cossacks from the Don, Urals, fresh
young giants from Siberia and else
where are fighting like game cocks,
striving to out-do each other in dare
devil charges. The quarrel with the
Germans is now personal. owing to
the Germans use Of liquid fire and
gas. Consequently fewer German
prisoners are taken in proportion to
the number of dead on the field.
Russian officers appear satisfied not
only with the situation on the Russian
front. but with the spirit of the troops
which they declare was never higher.
Russian LOSSES.
BERLIN, July II. (Via wireless to
Sayville. Russian losses in killed
alone since the beginning of the
present offensive until July. l. total
more than 262, 900, the semi-official
news agency estimated today.
According to official reports is
sued at Petrograd since the begin
ming of the Russian offensive until
July 1, the killed include $4,000 Of
ficers. among them seventeen gener-
ais and twenty-nine regimental COM
manders and 24S,000 men, the news
agency. stated.
Sundays Prisoners.
pETROGRAD, July 17.-About 49,
ono nrinoners were captured by the
Russians in Sundays fighting in Vol
bvnia the war office said today. Pris-
onars counted to date include 314 Of
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
Death in Vests Heat Vaue
As Mercury Touches 100
No Relief in Sight For Thirty Six Hours According
Prediction of the Weather Bureau

CHICAGO July 1zN relief sight for hir
deaths
Fort Smiths Fort Worth
- TWO DEAD FROM SAT
81 No relief weather