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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-13
WAR TINE PROVERBS
Chicago News)


Racial wisdom as embodied in pop
ular proverbs Is well worth needing
for help in the conduct of life at all
times. There are many proverbs spe-
cially worth taking to heart in time of
war.
Here are some of these wartime
proverbs, which l commend to the
attention of all who would really do
their share toward setting the world
free from the menace Of despotic, au-
tocratic, lust-maddened- Hunnism:
Even war is better than wretched
peace.
He that makes a good war makes a
good peace.
, A good citizen owes his life to his
country.
Wars must be waged by waking
men.
He that shows passion tells his
enemy where to hit.
lie that can be patient finds his foe
at his feet.
To die CT to conquer are the terms
of war.
War gives no opportunity for re-
peating mistake.
A brave and generous mind will
shun no danger to serve his country
The patch of duty is the path OF
safety.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-13
TALKING SENSE TO yuRIEs

1--WE WONDER says the Saturday Evening Post what would
happen American jurisprudence lawyers required to ad
dress themselves the ury intelligence discussing the facts in the
cussing the law.
Suppose lawyers discussed criminal the with the
candor they employ discussing their to their friends
saying nothing they did believe be honest nterpreta
ton Of the evidence instead Of striving provoke passion and
ude and Juggling every possible charaen appeal sentiment
Why should not public prosecutor public officer just
forth his candid judgment Of the facts and leave the rest to the
m Or why should counsel the ohqr d being also in theory
kocr Of usticef every trick murderer cear7
Why indeed? In country where law really the perfec
pa human reason and court procedure relied solely truth
logic for the attainment of justice things would be handled
We far from that ideal Our jury trials complicated
atorical due dealing with emotion than with fact So far
I've ayed from rational methods that people the
stem and right But slowly its absrdty becoming
Eparent There may be genuine demand for reform
beginning might easily be made along of the lines
sted yth Saturday Evening Post Public prosecutors might
themselves with setting forth the precise facts they
hem disapassona and judicial thereby illustrating
The dignity sanity and righteousness of the state and setting good
example to counsel for the defense.
The latter could hardly be expected reform all at their
clients would think they doing their duty earning their
fees if they neglected all emotional appeal But little by little the
idea might percoae through the legal profession and the general
public And when it did, much abused jury system would begin
to work as it was originally intended to-
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-13
Is LABOR DOING IT'S BIT?

is not only sipyards but railroads. munitions works.
in all Of industrial and commercial activity that patriotic
cooperation of labor with employers and public authorities very
Of real the country Compliments and expressions of faith
may stimulate it, but when get real facts lack very
often appears to be the chief obstacle This party the triple
cooperation the hardest spur up its part the task
1t railroads many cases. terminals warehouses;
docks and elsewhere Wages high but workmen apt take
advantage and work in leisure way and lie off, the vexaion
employers who cannot discharge them and fill their places This is
he cause more than other of the delay of trains the gt of
aons and warehouses and apparently of frequent
Ne loss and disappearance of goods of kinds 1t ques
whether labor especially when organized really doing
either periodically honesty. 1t be hoped it will
stimulated by appeal well by costly avo-N Y journal
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-13
Rashness is not valor.

Rashness is not valOr.
The remedy of tomorrow is too late
for the evil of today.
Where remedies are needed, sigh
ing avails not.
In things that must be, it is good
to be resolute.
Rest is won only by work.
He that would have the fruit must
climb the tree.
Selfishness in council brings mis-
fortune to the state.
For that thou canst do thyself, rely
not on another.
Shame comes to no man unless he
helps 1t on the way E
Unwilling service earns no thanks.
Be silent or say something better
than silence.
Sleep not in time of peril.
A soldier ought to fear nothing but
God and dishonor.
Provide for thy soul by doing good
works.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-13

Women now run the village of Cal
ifornia, KY, since nearly all of the
men have joined the army. Mrs.
Wheeler is postmistress while her
husband is fighting. Mrs. Stanley
Jones is performing her husbands
duties as rural mail carrier, and Mrs.
E. l.. Hernden has taken her sons
place as railroad station agent.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-13

A deceitful peace is more hurtful
than open war.
Precaution is better than repent
ance.
A promise is a debt.
1t is fair degree of plenty to have
what is necessary.
A poor spirit is poorer than poor
purse.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-13
doses Of Black Draueht."

doses Of Black-Draught"
Seventy years Of successful use has
made Thedford's Black-Draught q
standard, household remedy. Every
member. Of every family. at times.
need the help that Black Draught can
give In cleansing the system and re.
lieving the troubles that come from
constipation. indigestion. lazy liver.
etc. You cannot keep we'll unless your
1nad -s-a--Js .sra.in geod
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-13

A concerted movement is soon to be
launched to have all medical colleges
in the United States open their doors
to women students.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-13
YER DIDN'T ACT
1 DIGESTION WAS bad


Meadorsville. Ky.-Mrs. Cynthia
Hfgginbotham, Of this town, says: AT
my age, which is 65. the liver does
not act 80 well as when young. A few
years ago, my stomach was all out Of
fix. I was constipated. my liver
--''srsrt., My digestion was bad. and
. to UPSET me. Ny ap-
" hs xarr,,-,at
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-02-13

am N2oatas pxtSen IL ser glof-
fabesegenb fani @&iffe, bief 'saniefsii-
tanildF 4nt' ia 6rie&55d5ts, btftGnH.
Die fiiaf' gdiiis;. Atttn ssIsu,psea
einen @ebaIt bsn 1851 Ssnn<H. DDS
sriedildjt S9iff tunrbe uabriAein-
lid i'm Niftilmttr berfentt. gon
ieiner 8tiatmaa ioIlen nur ieds
3ann sefeitef fem.
0entiAt OepelAen bebampten, bais
am 8. Jebrnar SAiffe, Die tjuen Ge-
halt bOn 5000 Spueu bdtten, in Der
Dlofaoesunc bon bent1den 1tnter-
ieebuDten berienft ipnr6em nnb am
8. Gebrmar 35 6diffe, bic eincn Sc
Balt BON $4,000 9onnem bntten. Der
9amoel sudden Guglan6 nab ben
enrDpGiid)en Nemtralen lei tatiGdli6
smm StiaitanO sefommen. Dieter
Veridt flingt anbers, ipic Bic bisbc-
rigen offisieaen yeridte.
Die beltIde Wearineleitmua &c.
itreitet esA anf's Gntidiebenite, baf
oas bemtfde ltnterleebpst auf bic
Hettnngsbootc oes 0anpfers yGape.
itOne" geidjoifen hat Bir baben
Ieinerseit gleidJ erflart, baf Die 9iadJ.
ridJt nidt luaBr lei.
9as 1lnterieeboot uY-69", bas
pur aursem in ocm Gampf an Der
bollanbiId)em aiifte idjiper beidabisi
iumrbe, lit pon gmnioen in 9entidJ-
lamb eingetroffen. Sc lit iuieber
uollitanois ieetiidJtig.
Die bentide NomitalitGt madji
befammt, 0af Elm bentldes ltnterlee,
buot in Der 9sorbiee fiinf engliids
9ampfer NIT einem Ge6aIt pon
1900 1onnen pericnft babe.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-02-13

lein aelep bebanptet, Sic Gon=
Iilners' 2ensnc babe Bic getpeiie oa=
fir. go Iangc bic HciueiIe itidt
ppiitip proonsiert iuerSen, iuirb ,nan
oie Nadridt mol init goriibt nuf-
nebmen taiii1en.
Cine 9seiu Oorfcr 9epeide be-
banptet, bic oeiitiden 9aperidiffc
bGtten nmf einer Hcinen Sniel i'm
AmasonenflniYe tire @urrGte ititb
benuttem bie SnIeI aud aIs 3n-
flndtsort. Eailasiere 0es brailiani-
lden Gloyo 9nmpfcrs uSersipe"
batten bic 9sadridt bprtbin gebradjt.
slns @aIbingtun iuirO gemelOct,
Ser Yrdiibent ,n6gc ben &pngref
erindJen, i'm ipesiea oasn 5n aittori-
iierem, amerifaailde San6elsIdiffc
nit &nnunem mn6 9anpmiere anssi-
riiitcm.
4ns Berlin iuir6 genleloet, baf
bic Oeutiden iueitlid bDn 2nsf ci-
men Grfofg iiber Die NniIem err,iilsen
batten.
slnf sic fanf bemtIAen ariessan=
leiben .iinS bis iett II 800 Miaionen
0olar be5ablt ipprben.
/ Cine 9epeide ans Grid bebanp-
tet 6inSenbnrs's astabsdjef, Gtnes
raj BON ,2absnborff, trase Die
SAnls an benz 1tnterieebootfrit
Ser GtaatsiefretGr 3immeriiann
babe bis snIett in letnem @i6er.
itan6 gtgen ben ttnterieebpntfrieg
anssebdlten, babe aber nadsegeben,
ais Inn gmoenoorff NIT einem grndJ
nrobte. ti''
slnf bem ensliidem 9ainpfer
y9eringtpn", Der ain Waontas NIT
elmer 2abnng Eferbe non Neippurt
9teius nadJ Gnslano abfnbr, befin-
oen iid) 20 Imerifaner ais Eferoe-
lpGrter.
Ginc 0epeIdJe ans Copenhagen
bebanptet, fiinf beittIdle grmeeforps
an Der Nrense madten es flar, ma
rnm Sollano iid) nid)t Der BON nm
Term Hraiibeuten Dorseidlasenen
geiuegnna sesen Sentidjlanb anse-
id)lo6en babe. 9as lit cine blObiin-
nisc 8cbanptnns. @ir iuiiTem nid)t,
O6 cine gnbdmfmns Sentider Srmp-
pen IN Der @remse itattsefmmoen bat
poer nidt, aber mir iuiiien, baR Spl-
lnno audi pbne bieie srnppen Den
@uridlaa bes Eraiioenten smriifse=
iuieien baben iuiirbe. 6ullanb funxtc
aar nialt anSers banoeln, ais uie es
getsm bat.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-02-13

@ie aus GoInmbms, x. N.,
srmelSet iuir6, iino bie 8iaiitas bis
bidt an bic Gren5e BON gieiu @exi-,
10 beranserift. Sic baben ben HIat
Sipin 8in6mill beiekt, Der mn9e-
fair 26 @eilen iiibli4 BON Der
Gjrense entfernt liegt. SIRE Badt-
femer fGnnen bon nnIern Srmppen,
iuel6e Die 0renae patromilliercn,
oeutlid5 geieben iuerben. Die 0ren5-
truppen finb III Tolse 6ieier Anna-
berllns Ser @illiftas beritGrft iupr-
ben. Der @illa General GaIasar
iolI ben Grt Msccmiinn beiett bn<-
ben. sH Columbus befin6en ii6
smr 3eit 800 Soloatem nnter Be
febl oes Cberiten Sifel.
General syrancisco Mimrgttin
beldGftigt sic Iilliitas bei Ganta
9ipialia, iiiblid ppm gbibuabnn, nnb
General Suiepb Mnrgmia 5iebt bei
Snares 1900 Nann suiammen, nm
NIT linen Die 4iaiita's iuie1er aus
benz 0ebiet, bas Die Heribins'I&en
Srnppen 6is6er inne sebabt babcn,
81 bertreiben. &c mare fliiger &C.
ueien, m,an bGtte bic giaiitas nhefs
banpt Hidt bort 5iueinge3a en,
ipenn man es b6tte nerbinbern tsns
men. Nis lett merit man nndj nifie
babpn, 6afs i'd Die Gage Der Gar
ransiita's bnrA ben Abmarf& Svr
Verlbins'Mkn grnYRkn pfr6ejFsrt
babe. sss
Die Garrdnsa srmpyet IL
9sna Trieta, an Ser 9rense bon
strispma, iinb nm 700 @ann ner-
inebrt iuprbcn, i,a s
- Or. @asqnea Oomes erti9rt,
Ct babe nidt Bic Mbiidt, cine aeHr
Notwithstanding in's 2eben Sh
rnfen. Gr tue i'm UegenteI lein
geites, nm bic itreitenben Earteien
sn DerI6bnen nno ben syrieoen iuie-
Der bersnitellen
- Gin Merifaner namens Cali
DB, Der amertfanlid)er BMrger TIT,
lit neitlid) am 9iio 0ranbe BEL 81
EaIo elmer Ymsabl Sploaten, bic
lin erldjiehen ioltcn, entiprnnsen
mno gliiflidJ iiber BEN sylnf sefpm
men.
= Garransa bat an alle nentralen
MadJte cine Note scidift nnb alle
amfsefurbert, iidJ NIT ibm in oem
@erimde, ben sSrieben in europa
bersnitellen, sm uercinisen. Die Sa-
die flingt iuie ein gutter gSib nno
lit es nm6 pielleid)t. Sn @aibinstun
aber, no man angenbliflid fein
@eritanbnis fir quite @ibe bat, nod
basn nidlt fir iold)e, Die anf nm
iere Soften gemadlt iucrben, lit man
Iebr empDrt nnb bebanptct,
Die 9entid)en iteften bintcr oieier
Geidtd)te.
- 3uiiden Suare5 uno GbiGma-
bua lit Der Baiiasierperfebr pegen
Der OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES illspenoiert
iuor0en.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-02-13
Surge lleberii(ht,

Mm Mpntas iunroen fiinf
Gdiffe mt eipem Webalt BON
1851 Spnnen perienft. 8eridJ-
tr Der oentid5en Aomiralitat
meloen cine piel sr6fere 3abf
seritSrter sdiffe als oif an-
bern 1eridte.
eSSn 0aIbinston bcitrritet
man, oaF DentidtanO irsenb
tpeldJen @rInb bot, iid iiber
Sic 8ebanblnns aer beutiden
Gdiffe nnD Sdiffsmannidaf-
ten al btHasen, sic iidD in
amerifaniIden Nifen bvfin-
ben.
Die DentId)en trringe,l bei
2nsf eincn GrfoIs iiber Sie
3nHen.
9lmf sc bentiden ariess=
anlei6eu iDnr6en II, 800 Nn=
Iionen Dollar 6esablt.
Cine OepeIde ans Bern BE-
banptet, Geraro nnb Die aute-
rifaner IN Berlin ieien meb.
rtre Sage geipaltiant snriidge-
bdIten iuorben.
3roteitr gesen einen aricg
mit 9enH dIdn6 iuer6en lait.
0eutidjts linterleeboot Dfr-
fenft fiinf elsliide 9ampfer
in Scr Norblte.
Die engliiden &riegsamssa-
ben belanfen iidl tGglid amf
28,950, ,O00 Dollar.
DE bentiden Gaperid)iffc
ipHen anf einer Sniel in Mma=
son-Jlnk lire 8aiis babeu.
Die atnerifaniiden Wiit-
! aIieber ber bel8iiden 6iilfs-
fpntifiiplr nerlnilen 0as Ganb.
9emtidIanS bat 1902 feinb-
lide 2nftidiffe in bieiem&riese
5erit0rt.
GnsIdn6s Staatsi@nIO iuirO
6ies Snbr anf 1900 MiiliDneu
Dollar aHsud6ien. &,
Otnti6e GrfoI9e iperben aus
Der Mslban nh6 Ma5ebonien
x~~>s IA. ~ 4
HSIWttUkIs y ~ -s.--t -
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-02-13

~ = E.44 \
2oro yeortbeliffe fat cine Grfli-
rnng uerOffentlidu, Gnslanb ipiirot
es lieber ieben, iueun Die Ser. Gtaa'
ten nidt in ben &f eingriffen
9as lit seiuif nidt iuabr.
Sin grofer Sell oes griediider
6afens Eiraeas lit abgebrannt, q
Iollen pielc Menld)en nm's Sebeu
sefOmmen iein. s.
Die 5riiten in oenen nemtralt
Sdiffe bic 8efabrsune paiiieren
fonnten, obne angesriffen sit iuer.
bcn, iinb jett abgelanfen.
sym Neiu Yurf iinb slp0lf iueiters
9ampfer pon briibeh fer einsetrof.
fen.
Gbina ipa lcine biplomatiider
gesiebmnsen absebrodem babem, M
tiirlid lit bies aitf Sefebl Sapan's
geideben.
Gine Ntitteilnng ans Spno.
lulu bebanptet, Der sdaoen
Der ben oort internierten bent
Iden 1Sdiffen bnrdy lire eigenen
Wannidaften beisebradt lei, belaifs
ii6 amf 100000 9pllar. Der fein.
arenser y@eier" babe Wfafdinenge.
ldlitc nnS Nsnnition an gorS &c
babt. 0as iollte eigentIid) Bel einen'
&riegsldaff feine @erpnn6erans e.
regen. M sia
Cine 0tpeide aus 2onoon meloet,
bic bentide Hesiernns babe beu
Witglie6ern Der anierifamiiden
3alfsfumn,iiIion in geIsicn laitse-
teilt, bic Mmerifaner miifteh iid ans
8elgien nno ben i'm Wpr6en Jranf.
reid)s BON ben 9emtIden bciekt &C.
baltenen Hropinsen snriifsieben nnh
f0nnten besbalb nid)t lamger Stcl.
lnngen bei Der 6iilfsfommiiiion In
ne ba6en. Gs f6nnten abcr einigs
ppn linen init granb @bitlud, benz
amerifaniIdjen 0eIanbten in gef-
glen, in 8riiiIel bleibcn, nm ciitc
SheranfiidJt ii6er bas 6iilisiuerf 81
fiibrem; 8bitluf oiirfe aber feline
Stellnns i'm biplomatiidcm Sienit
mebr einmel)men. 9aranfbin Ba6en
bic amerifaniidcn Miitslieoer Der
&ommiiiiDn ben oentIden Sebor-
ben mitgeteilt, bak iic nidt lanser
an Dem Siilfsuerf mitarbeitcu
fonnfen. Die slmerifaner iuerben,
bis anf einise @euise, 8elsien per-
laiicn; Die 3mriifgebliebencn ,uer-
ben eile llmgeitaltan9 Der Gunimii-
fiun pornefmen nno snleBen, bal.
bas 6iilfsiuerf nidDt unterbrpden
iucrSe; bann luerSen tic and geben
SRI. Jlprenee Gelfep, bic Sefreta-
rim Der ,9ational Gonlnners'
acagne", bebanptet, bie 2eiter Der
Mnuitionsfabrifen in Sen Nen-Gna.
lamb Staaten batten lire SlngciteQ-
ten omrd) bic 9roGiing, baf iie emit
laiIen merscn luiiroen, gc5lunngeu,
ibrc 5ranen ebenfalls in bcn sabri-
fen arbeiten 81 laiIeu. Die 1abri-
fanten beitreiten bics, abcr lran-
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-02-13
: 9lms Columbus, q. W., iuii

- slms Golnmbns, q. &C., miro
semeloet, 500 dJineiiidJe Sliidtlimse
aus Merifo, Die NIT ben EerIbing'-
Idlen Srnppen burtflin famen nnS
1eitbem uon ben Ginluanoernmss-
ScbOroeu inter slnfiiGt sebalten
mnrbeh baben sesen Die slbfidJt,
iie nadJ Snares sn idaffen, prote-
itiert. Sic iagem giaa iuiirSe
iuabrideinlid) nad Suares snriiffeb-
rem nnb iie Sann alle nmbrinsen.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-03
Open-Air Pupils Make
Big Gains in Weight

Thirty-eight of the forty-tLree
pupils in the Susquehanna open-air
school gained la pounds in weight
during a four-month period ending
February 2. Miss Marian Williams.
teacher at the school, submitted a re-
port yesterday to the school board,
showing the big improvement in the
health of the youngsters. Only five
lost weight, while the remainder of
the boys and girls gained from one to
fifteen pounds.
City schoolchildren will get only
one of the four days usually given
them for Easter vacation as a result
of action by the board yesterday aft
ernoon.
Upon the recommendation of the
teachers committee it was decided to
suspend the rules and close the schools
only on Friday, April 6, and to use
Thursday, April 8; Monday, April 3.
and Tuesday, April 10, as additional
teaching days. The remainder of the
school term will remain the same.
Miss Margaret Shilling was elected
vacancy caused by the death of Miss
Nellie Glennen. Bills totaling $4,-
605.25 were ordered paid, together
with the expenses of the special COM
mittee on inspection of Junior high
schools. The sale of the property at
Third and Reilly streets. to the Evan
gelical Publishing House was ratified
and it was decided to pay Samuel
Friedman per cent commission for
arranging the sale.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-03

Lis revolver Then the machine guns
chimed in and the first wave of the
attackers was breaking when the sec
ond came over. Two Germans man.
aged to plunge into British trench
but they got out so quickly that they
left behind them unused a can of
dynamite, many grenades and rifle.
One of the two died in the British
wire entanglements as he was at
tempting to retreat.
An officer commanding a section of
a trench. under attack reported to-
day that while some of his troopers
had been under fire for the first time
he had had difficulty in restraining
them from pursuing the retreating
ghosts"
An incident which shows that the
humane spirit has not vanished in
this war occurred recently when some
German prisoners appeared behind the
British lines with British gas masks
flung across their sohulders. Inquiry
developed that the British army au-
tkorities have ordered this pracaution
so that prisoners may have the same
protection from a gas attack from
their own. lines as their captors en-
joy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-03
Mrs. Sanger Is Guilty
New York Jury Find

New York, Feb. 3.-Mrs. Margare
Sanger, birth control worker. and Mis-
Fania Mindell, clerk at her clinic.
Amboy street, Brownsville, were foun
guilty yesterday in special session
Brooklyn, of illegally distributing in
formation about birth control. Ba
was continued in each case until Nor
day, when sentences will be impose'
Neither of the defendants would sui
nit to being finger printed.
More than fifty women, sympathi:
ers with the defendants. were in cour
Many of them said they would e.
tablish a sympathy patrol in front
the home of Mrs. Ethel Byrne, sistC
of Mrs. Sanger.
Mrs. Byrpe is at 246 West -Four
teenth street, where there are thre
physicians and a nurse in constant al
tendance on her since her releas
from prison.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-03
HARRISBURG AUTO SHOW FEB. 1917

Board, Commissioner Jackson aided in
organizing the preparedness commit
tee for the following southern-central
counties of the State; Dauphin, Leb-
anon, Lancaster, York, Adams, Cum
berland, Perry. Juniata, Miflin, Frank
lin and Fulton. Exhaustive data from
those counties have been turned over
to the Naval Consulting Board.
LAS chairman ofsthe National Com
mittee of One Hundred for American
ization of the Alien Workman, Com
missioner Jackson called a meeting of
the committee at Washington, Friday,
to convene simultaneously with the
closing of the annual meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
states. The National Committee of
One Hundred includes men and women
of national prominence in the COM
mercial and industrial world as we'll
as. in labor and educational circles"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-03

the snow covered No Mans Land
without detection.
The raiders came over in two
waves only to be hurled back with
heavy losses in killed and wounded.
They swept into q perfect storm of
machine gun fire and there were GRIM
son splashes in the snow wherever
one of the strange white figures fell.
There was a ghostly aspect to this af-
fair throughout. 1t was attempted at
the misty kour when the late winter
moonlight fades into the dawn. After
an all-night vigil in the front line
trenches the soldiers nerves are apt
to be jumpy as morning approaches.
on this occasion there had been the
usual preliminary German lombard
ment and something was expected but
not the ghostly apparitions which
eventually greeted the gaze of the
sentries as they peered into the chilly
light into the barren stretch of
white separating their trenches from
those of tie enemy.
Shot Anyhow
Regardless 9 whether they were
ghosts or Germans the sentries knew
that the proper thing to do was to
shoot and there came a crackle of
rifles all along the line. One young
Irish officer stood up and let go with
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-03
AGRICULTURE IS
IN EXEMPT CLASS
New Ruling Made Today by the
State Compensation Board in
Allegheny Case


The State workmen's Compensa-
ton Board has ruled that in using the
word agriculture in exemption of that
occupation and domestic service from
the operation of the compensation act
the Legislature employed the word
lin its broad sense and intended to in
clude within its meaning such em-
ployments and pursuits as are usually
connected with and incidental to the
work of farming or agriculture as
ordinarily understood" This ruling
is made in setting aside the award of
compensation by Referee l.. E, Christ
ley to Nancy Jane Dimple, of Pitts
burgh, and will stand as the ruling
unless set aside by the courts.
The Legislature of 1915 exempted
agriculture and domestic service from
compensation provision. Joseph Dim
pie, husband of the claimant, managed
a chicken farm which also contained
a garden patch with some wheat,
owned by William Fromm, Mt. Oliver,
and located in Butler county. While
cranking an automobile to go to a
nearby Statlon TO meet MS wire ana
also to bring back some lime for
whitewashing the chicken houses he
was fatally hurt.
we have decided" says the de-
cision, that it is not reasonable to
conclude that the Legislature is using
the term agriculture intended it to
apply only to the production of grains,
grasses and other products of the soil.
The purpose of the Legislature seems
to have been to relieve farmers as
class from liability under the COM
pensation law and the phrase 'agri-
culture should be construed so as to
give effect to this legislative purpose
and should not be narrowly interpret
ed so as to apply only to part of the
operations which are usually carried
on upon farms of this Common
wealth." A farmer, it is held, may
devote all of his time to general farm
ing or he may specialize and may do
so without taking himself out of his
occupation as generally understood.
In the case of Faggiani VS.. Temple
Coal Company, Scranton, tho board
finds that the man suffered loss of an
eye, this being n case in which ques-
tion arose as to whether the claimant
was acting in good faith, and wherein
the referee chose a disinterested sur
geon to give testimony.