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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-01-18
G. 0. P. LEADERS
Acting In Bad Faith Says George W.
Perklns-Efforts to Bring About
Harmony Between Moose and
Republicans Results In
Stormy Protest.

New York, January 16-Efforts to
bring about harmony between Repub-
Leans and Progressives here today
produced as their first conspicuous re-
suit stormy protest from George w.
Perkins and Everett Colby, Progress
sive leaders, that Republican leaders
were not acting in good faith.
Chairman William r. Wilcox, Of the
Republican National Committee, call
ed together a subcommittee of the
Republican Executive Committee, ap-
pointed yesterday to devise a plan Of
Incorporation between Republicans and
Progressives. This result of this meet
ing was the issuance of resolutions
adopted for the purpose of forming a
supplemental committee to be compos-
ed of Republicans and Progressives
to have a voice in party affairs.
This would take the place of the
joint ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS cam
paign committee which went out Of
existence after the election.
Perkins Attacks Committee
Almost simultaneously with Mr.,
Willcox's announcement of this plan
at this Union League Club, Mr.. Per-
kins, at his home around the corner
issued statement attacking the Re-
publican executive committee and Mr.
WillcoX's subcommittee on harmony,
but at the same time defending Mr..
Wilcox. Mr.. Perkins declared that
al the meeting of the Executive Com
mittee yesterday there had been an
effort to force Mr.. Wilcox out of the
Craftsmanship and to place reaction
AIRY vice chairman in his place to pre-
vent Wilcox from "liberalizing" the
party,
He called also for a meeting of the
entire Republican National Commit
tee TO worry out harmony plans, de-
claring that the subcommittee on har-
mony, of which Mr.. Wilcox Is chair
man, was in the hands of the "Old
Guards" When he saw the harmony
plan proposed by this committee, he
declared that 1t had been dictated by
James A. Hemenway, Of Indiana,
whom he called one of the "old
guard" Mr.. Perkins added that he
regarded the resolutions merely as a
scrap of paper"
Hemenway Denies Charges
A statement declaring that charges
of Mr.. Perkins were unfounded. was
issued tonight by James A. Hemenway
+. W. Estabrook and Former Governor
IG!llett They declared it was endors.
ed by John T. Adams, Corelius n.
Bliss, Jr., and other members of the
committee. The statement in part
follows:
There is no justification for the in
terpretaticn which Mr.. Perkins places
upon yesterdays action of the Execu-
tive committee. He challenges the
selection of John T. Adams as vice.
chairman of the committee. In the Sc
lection of Mr.. Adams there was no
slight intended to the Progressives
nor was there any given. His choice
was based upon the fact that the No
vember election showed that there is
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-01-18

need Of organization work In the West
and that his knowledge of conditions
there and his political experience
made him well fitted for this work"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-01-18

The sort of generosity that counts
in this world is the generosity that
always pays the grocer first,
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-01-18
RAILROAD Time TABLES
ll5IE S'lE|as, ,I|a a| W

No. II departs 5:35 q. M, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. 8 departs 100 p. m, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. 10 departs $40 p. m. daily.
No. 10 arrives $50 a. m, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. IS arrives 2:05 p. m. daily.
No. IA arrives $3.50 p. M, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. 16 arrives 1880 a. m, daily en-
|cept Sunday.
No. II departs 1850 q. m, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
Schedule effective Sunday, May 20,
subject to change without notice.
H. 8. ELLIS, Agent.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-01-18

A pessimIst has no enthuslasms and
an oplimIAl Is likely 10 have toe
many. $3.50
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
CHINA BREAKS WITH
THE GERMAN EMPIRE

Washington. - China has severed
all diplomatic relations with Ger
many, taken possession Of all the Ger
man merchant ships in Shanghai,
about six in number, placed their
crews on shore under guard and placed
armed guards on the vessels.
Advices to the navy department
from the senior officer in Chinese wa
tiers gave no further details.
American Minister Reinsch at Pc
king reported to the state department
that China had severed diplomatic re-
lations with Germany and that the
German minister had been handed his
passports.
China's severance of relations has
been expected here for weeks.
The action of the United States In
breaking relations was received with
reclamation by Chinese officials and
press, particularly young China.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
THREE AMERICAN
SHIPS TORPEDOED

Washington.-With the official an.
nouncement of the ruthless destruc-
ton of three unarmed American mer-
chant ships by submarines it was un-
officially admitted here that virtually
a state of war exists between the Unit
ed States and Germany.
Technically the United States re-
mains in a position of armed neutral
ity. Whether this shall be changed
before April 16, the date fixed FOE a
special session of congress, the war
making branch of the government,
President Wilson has not decided.
OF the three ships destroyed two of
them were unloaded and homeward
bound and all were American built,
American owned and Differed and
manned largely by American citizens,
The ships sunk are: The City of
Memphis, from Cardiff, Wales. to New
York; the Vigilancia, from New York
to Havre, France; the Illinois, from
London to Port Arthur, Tex.
The Vigilancia was torpedoed with
out warning.
The crew of the City Of Memphis
was ordered to the ships boats by a
German submarine commander, who
then sank it with torpedo.
The Illinois and the City Of Mem
phis were in ballast and the Vgilan-
cha was carrying a cargo that was
comprised partly of foodstuffs.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
4 MERC|.L|.. JUDGE,
One Who Shows No Favor.

ONS WIN SuO"o wv avn
A merciless Judge is Father Time.
Before him the weak and the wanting
20 to the wall. Only the truth can
stand. For years the following state
ment from . Cresco resident has
withstood this sternest Of all tests.
Mrs. PEGGY. 20S Third st.. Cresco'
says: II had kidney complaint fo1
years and at times. It was painful to
stoop or lift. l could hardly sit still
on account Of the aching across the
small of my back. Mornings when !
got up, l felt lame and sore and could
hardly walk. Headaches and dizzy
spells were common and often . oluf
came before my eyes. 30 that ! could
hardly see. Doan's Kidney Pills gave
me almost immediate relief" (Sta1e
ment given November 10th. 1902)
On September 2sth, 1915. Mrs. Pe
coy said: 1.-The cure Doan's Kidney
Pills made for mo has been per-
manent."
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-4et
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. PEGGY has twice publicly recon-
mended. Foster.Milburn Co., Props-
Buffalo, N. 7.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
Authorize ModiatOrS
to Avert Strike.
DUE TO DANGER OF WAR
Decision by Managers Is Big
Concession to Men.

New York. The conference com.
mittee of railroad general managers
has authorized President Wilson's
mediators to make whatever arrange
ments were necessary with the rail-
road brotherhoods to call of the
threatened strike.
The formal letter in which this au-
thorization was made, signed by ELL
sha Lee, chairman of the managers
committee, was as follows:
in the national crisis preoipitated
by events of which we have just
heard the national conference commit
tee of railroads joins with you in the
conviction that neither At home nor
abroad should there be fear or hope
that the efficient operation of the rail-
roads of the country will be hampered
or impaired.
Therefore, you are authorized to
assure the nation there will be no
strike and as basis for such assur-
ance we hereby authorize the commit
toe of the council Of national defense
to grant to the employees who are
about to strike whatever adjustment
your committee deems necessary to
guarantee the uninterrupted and Ell.
Client operation of the railroads as an
indispensable arm of national Defense"
The decision reached by the mana.
gers at their conference means that
the brctherhoods have won an impor-
tant victory, although it does not
bring them all their original demands.
BY the agreement it is assumed they
will be awarded pro rata time for over.
time on the basic eight-hour day
which they have been assured.
The original.demands called for time
and a half for overtime on the same
basic day.
The men will get their present pay
for ten hours for eight hours work
under the agreement.
These concessions on the part of
the managers are virtually what the
employees contended they would gain
under the Adamson law il 1t were de-
clared constitutional.
Immediately after Secretary Lane
had made his announcement the broth
erhood leaders sent kilograms to all
the general chairmen informing them
that the strike had been declared off.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
Allies Capture Sixty
More Villages.
GERMANS USING TORCH
Burning and Devastating Coun-
try They Evacuate.

London, March 20.-The British and
pressing rapidly behind the retreat.
ing Germans all along the front from
the region Of .Arras to the northeast
of Scissors.
Forty more villages have been taken
by the British, who gained ground at
various points extending from two to
eight miles in depth, while twenty
additional villages and small towns,
in addition to 100 occupied during the
last three days, have been recaptured
by the French.
the French that they have penetrated
beyond the village of Ham, twelve
miles southwest of st. Quentin, and
beyond Chaulnes, which lies some fif-
teen miles north Of the line from
which the offensive was started.
These operations from the south and
southwest are menacing the st. Quen-
tin.Laon line and if the rapidity of
the movement is kept up for any
length Of time will menace the town
of st. Quentin.
The Germans in their tretreat are
devastating the country, burning vii
lagos and destroying orchards and
even blowing up farm lands, in which
great craters have been left by ex'
plosions.
Inhabitants Left Destitute.
In addition bridges have been de-
stroyed and roads of communication
cut. The inhabitants Of the places
evacuated are said to have been left
destitute.
Meanwhile the Russian and British
troops are keeping up their strong
offensive against the Turks in Asia
Minor, Persia and Mesopotamia.
Along the Diala river the British
have occupied the valley of Bahriz.
about twenty-five miles northeast of
Bagdad, and the Turks are reported
to be in hasty retreat.
The situation on the eastern front
in Russia, in Galicia and Roumania Is
unchanged.
Artillery duels and small infantry
engagements continue on the Austro-
italian fronts.
In Macedonia reports from Saloniki
say the Germans have shelled Mon
astir, causing heavy loss of life among
the civilians.
Fighting continues in the Lake
Presba and Lake Ochrida sector,
where French attacks have again
been repulsed, according to Berlin.
To the east Of the Lake Dorian re-
gion, according to Berlin, the British
have been driven back from one po-
sitiOn,
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
SEVERAL AMERICANS LOST
Fifteen Men Perished When the Vigi.
Iancja Was Sunk.

Plymouth, Eng, March 20.-Fifteen
members of the crew of the American
steamer Vigilancia lost their lives
when the steamer was torpedoed by
a German submarine.
The survivors were in lifeboats from
Friday morning until Sunday after
noon.
Two lifeboats were lowered from
the Vigilancia and the crew of forty
three men got into them. Owing to
the swell of the ocean, however, twen-
ty-five men were thrown into the wa.
ter.
Among the drowned were several
American citizens.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
GERMANY MAY COME next
Washington Officials Believe Revolu-
ton 10 Brewing.

Washington, March 20.-It is init
mated in official circles here there is
possibility that the revolution in
Russia will be duplicated in Germany.
The strong element which believes
that Germany should end the war may
make itself felt, it Is believed here,
and take the first definite steps in the
direction Of peace.
These who hold the view say that
President Wilson always has differ
entiated between the imperial Ger
man government supported by the
Prussian military aristocracy and the
German people at large.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Cattle-Receipts, 500; steers, $500
@1260; cows and heifers, $5.70@10.-
Is; calves, s1O00@14.25. Hogs-Re-
ceipts, $4,000; light, s14.25@149O;
mixed, $145O@15.OO; heavy, s14.45@
1906; rough, $14.45@14.60; pigs, $10.-
75@13.25. Sheep-Receipts, 1000;
native, $11.o0@12.65; lambs. $12.350
14.S5.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
Heavy Imports Of Gold.

New York.-Gold to the amount of
ss,500,00O from Canada was deposited
at the assay Office here to the account
Of J. P. Morgan & Co. Gold imports
from all sources since Jan. l totals
$213, 900.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
st. Paul Grain.

Wheat-No. l hard, $200% @2.01ss;
No. 1 Northern, $1.91A @2.00h; No. 2
Northern, $1.S7h@1.95h; No. 2 Mon
tana hard, $1.91ss @1.93%; corn, $1.OS
@109; oats, 56ss oslo; barley, $500
1924; rye, $1.55@1.56; fax, $2.95A.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
South St, Paul Live Stock.

Cattle-Receipts, 100; steers. $500
@1o.5O; cows and heifers, $6.50G9.0O;
calves, $1OOO612.25. Hogs-Receipts,
$50; range, $13.s0@143O. Sheep-Re-
ceipts, 100; lambs, $12.oO@14.25; ewes.
$S.0O@10.75.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
Minneapolia Grain,

Wheat-May, $1.S5; July, $1.7sh;
Sept, $1.47k. Cash close on track:
No. hard, s2OO@2.O1; No. 1 North
ern, s1.91@1.s5; No. 2 Northern, ST.
S7@1.95; No. Northern, $1.S1@1.S4;
No. yellow corn. $1.0S@1.o9; No. 8
white oats. 56A@57Ac; fax, $685..
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
KEEPING ORDER IN CUBA
American Marines Landed at Five
Localities.

Santiago, Cuba.-From his base at
Guantanamo, Cuba, Rear Admiral Hen
ry T. Mayo, commander of the United
States Atlantic fleet, received reports
from at least five Cuban shore sta
tons where American forces had been
landed.
From none of them, however, came
any evidence that the landing of the
Americans was the beginning Of in
tervention.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
CHICAGO Grain and Provisions.

Wheat-May, $1.S4; July, $1.55A;
Sept, $1.43R. Corn-May, $1.09h;
July, $107ss; Sept, $1.96h. Oats
May, 57Nc; July, 56Ac. Pork-May,
$3325: July, 1895. Butter-Creamer-
les, 3s@39c. Eggs-27@2S1ac. Poul-
try-SpIings and fowls, 231sc.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Wheaton, track and to arrive, No.
1 hard, $1.91A; No. 1 Northern, ST.
9OA; No. 2 Northern, $1.S4A @1.s6A.
Flax--On track and to arrive. $3.50.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
SIX PLUMS ARE GIVEN OUT
Tariff Board Members Announced by
President.

President.
hington.-President Wilson has
selected the following men as mem.
bers of the tariff commission:
Professor Frank w. Taussig of
Harvard university.
Former Representative David ].
Lewis of Cumberland, Md.
Former Representative William Kent
of Kentfield, Cal.
Daniel c. Roper of Mccall, S. c., for
mer first assistant postmaster general.
E. P Costigan of Denver, Colo, law.
yer and one of Progressive party
founders.
w. S. Culbertson of Emporia, Kan,
examiner in the legal department OF
the federal trade commission.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-03-23
GERMANS SEEK TO ESCAPE

Seven lnterned Sailors Captured BY
Marines and Police.
Philadelphia, March 20.-Under COW
er of darkness seven sailors of the
German commerce raiders Kronprinz
Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Friedrich,
interned at the Philadelphia navy
yard, made an attempt to escape.
All were captured by marines and
police after shots were fred at the
fugitives.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-13
CANADIAN COURTS SAkCTITY
ARE INVADED BY CRAFT

One has only to recall the progress
of some famous criminal case that has
been on trial in the United States
and at the time has held a large
amount of space in the pages of the
daily papers of the whole American
continent, to have brought to mind
the way in which our Canadian neigh.
bors always appear to jump at an op-
portunity to cast aspersions at the
laxity and lack of dignity Of the judi
ciary of the United States. To those
who have never passed up the slight
est excuse for an opportunity to faunt
the immaculate whiteness of the er.
mine robes that grace the presence
of the occupants of the wool sack in
a Canadian court of justice we would
direct attention to the fact that dur
ing the past week Hon. Thos. Kelly,
the parliament building contractor of
Winnipeg, who was sent up for two
years to the Stony Mountain peniten-
tiary, for defrauding the government of
upwards a million dollars, is being
given his liberty after serving barely
seven months of his sentence. He is
supposed to be suffering from a ply
sical break down and was allowed to
be taken to hospital for treatment.
His private mansion is being fitted
up as hospital, and he is being con-
fined there enjoying all the privi.
leges he did before he was placed un-
der arrest. 1t is generally believed
that he will never be required to serve
the remainder of his sentence in
Stony Mountain. Evidently the wrong
doer can pull the string that unfas.
tens the door of his cell just as easi.
ly in the Dominion of Canada as else.
where, if his "pull" is alright.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-13
Drafted Men to Fl. DODGE

Saturday of next week, Septem-
ber 22nd, is the date when forty per
cent of Cavalier county's quota for
the military draft leave Langdon for
Fort Dodge, Iowa. This second in
stallment of the draft to leave will
include forty-eight young men from
all over the county who have been
called for service. Official notifca.
tion to have this installment of the
draft ready to leave on the 22nd inst.
was received by County Auditor Eide,
the secretary of the draft examining
board, on Monday. Who will be
notified to 60 at that time is not
definitely known until more names
have been certified back from the
district board at Bismarck, which
passes on the exemption claims from
this county. The arrangement for
the going of the drafted men Saturday
next week will be similar in detail
to those carried out last week when
the first five per cent left here. On
this occasion, however, the railroad
company will furnish a special car
for the drafted men.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-13
WINTER RYE CROP FOR 1918
SHOULD Be SOWN At ONCE

The following general rules for the
seeding of winter rye can be noted
as having given the best results in
the long run in Cavalier county.
l. Seeding Early-from the 25th
OF August to the 10th of September,
or as soon thereafter as possible. Oc-
tober seeding occasionally will turn
out we'll, but it makes a later crop
and as general rule not so heavy
yielding crop.
2. Seeding in the stubble on
spring plowed land-stubble shou Id
be left standing as much as possible.
Disking before drilling is a detr ri
ment more often than benefit.
Seeding on summer fallow and fall
plowing is gamble any place in
this county except in the scrub, it
will pull through the winter OCCASION
ally but partial or total winter killing
is the rule on the prairie alnd of
this county.
3. Seeding bushel and one-half
to the acre-The rye raised this year
is unusually small in size, between
l I and II bushels may give as good
stand as that generally obta ined
from II bushels.
4. Seeding Deep-using a single
or double disc drill and putting on
all the push. This may be modified
on unusually loose ground.
On the whole 1917 has been an un.
favorable season for winter rye, yet
it has this year, as in former years,
proven profitable crop for this To-
cality. Profitable because the small
amount of expense connected with
seeding makes large net profit, but
also profitable for the secondary rea-
sons that it is cleaning crop, that
is spreads the farm work over more
of the season, and diversifes the
sources of revenue from the farm
which is always a good thing in the
long run.
A general call has gone out and
over the country for an increased
winter rye acreage becau Sc of the
world shortage of food stuff and the
bearing which this has on the eff.
cheney of the allied campaign. A dis
play of patriotism by Cavalier county
in this respect should not be hard
ship. j. w. HAW.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-13
A Home Industry
Worth $4,000
Langdon's New Flour Mill A
1917 Improvement Starts
Running Nov. 1st

The Home Milling Co., this being
the incorporated name of Langdon's
new flour mill, now nearing compile.
tion, is to be open and ready to start
up in business early in November.
The workmen who have been en-.
gagged in its construction for month
past completed their task with the
exception of installing the milling
machinery last week. There are sew
eral carloads of this in transit and
it will be put in place the moment it
reaches here.
The building as it stands without
machinery represents invested capital
amounting to nearly $1,000. In its
construction over $4,000 feet of
lumber were used and the concrete
foundation also forming the basement
of the mill contains 13O barrels of
cement and six carloads of sand.
The mill with its equipment of ma
chinery when it is ready to start up
in November will represent a Lang
don industry presenting an outlay of
not less than $4,000. Langdon
didn't go after big mill that would
have to compete in the export mar.
ket with the big flour milling cente1s
of the east. 1t has secured for the
service of the people of this com.
munity customs flour mill of suff.
cient size and capacity to take care
of the home trade. A mill where
the farmer can take a grist of wheat
and take home with him the flour
bran and shorts that the grist pro-
duced. When you stop to think it
out this is a transaction that will net
you a profit of from twenty to thirty
cents bushel on wheat you have
ground overwhat you could sell the
wheat tor and buy flour that is ship.
ped in mere. Isn't this a home in
dustry deserving nf your patronage
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-13
Word of c. P. R'y is N. G..

The elevator to have been built on
the spur line of the C. P. R'y, on
the Cavalier county side of the line
across from Windygates. Man., it is
now understood is being erected in
the Manitoba town. The promise OF
the railroad company has been broken
and the placing of new town upon
the map of Cavalier county this fall
evidently indefinitely postponed.
Promoters at Mazda, and the different
business interests of the county that
were backing the project, all acted
in good faith. but the railroad com.
pany seems to have backed-off the
stage just as the curtain was being
raised on project that meant so
much to Cavalier county residents
along the northeastern boundary line.