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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-09-07
HEAVIER TAX on RICH

Washington, September 5-The in
creasing feeling that the rich should
be made to pay larger share of the
war cost than contemplated in the
revenue bill as passed by the House
was given expression in the unani-
nous vote with which the Senate
adopted the amendment raising the
tax on incomes Of over 100000. Sew
enty-two Senators gave the PROPOSE
ton their approval. 1t is estimated
that the tax will be paid by about 100
people, all of whom can very well
afford to assume the burden. 1t will
raise $40,00O,OOO, in addition to the
bill as reported to the Senate. The
tax bill take about So per cent Of
those high incomes, or total of
close to $lS7 100000. The proposed
new rates will appeal to the great ma
jority of the people, and it is highly
probable that that particular part of
the bill at least will be accepted by
the House conferees, and remain q
part of the law.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-09-07
BATTLE Is FOUGHT BETWEEN
KENTUCKY NINE STRIKERS
AND WORKERS

Barbourville, Ky, September "a
Sheriff's posse of 16 men is at Will
ton tonight, where several hundred
angered miners early today ex-
changed shots with company en-
ployees at the plant of the North Jel-
leo Coal Company.
Striking miners, it is said endeav-
ored to turn back a number of miners
coming to work, and, failing in this
opened fire on the power house, which
was occupied by guards and en-
plployees remaining at work.
For half an hour bullets were ex.
changed without fatalities. Warrants
have been issued against numerous
striking miners, and the posse will
try to serve these tomorrow.
Seven hundred union miners have
been on strike at the Wilton plant fol
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-09-07
To Stop the Baby's
Cry

When the baby is cross and irrita-
BILE, the skin is very often the trouble.
When you you give baby the morning
bath, sprinkle a little 20 Mule Team
Powdered Boric in the water.
This preparation has soothing and
healing effect on the skin-it is a
splendid deodorant and antiseptic. Ex-
cellent for bathing tired feet.
20 Mule Team Powdered Boric
makes water antiseptic and healing
and is therefore very comforting in
all cases where the skin is sore and
irritated.
20 Mule Team Powdered Boric is
sold at all good drug stores.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-09-07
WOULD CONNECT CHICAGO WITH
NEW YORK
The Type Used In One Year to Publish
Endorsements Of DOan's Kidney
Pills.

or the many kidney remedies on the
market today, none other is recon-
mended like Doans Kidney Pills. For
ty thousand benefited people gladly
testify in the newspapers Of their own
towns. Forty-fve hundred American
newspapers publish this home proof
of Doan's merit. The type used in
one year to tell this wonderful story
would make solid column of metal
twice as high as the worlds highest
mountain. Placed end to end the lines
of type would reach from New York
to Chicago These miles of good
words told by 100000 tongues sound
glad tidings to any Maysville sufferer
who wants relief from kidney and
bladder ills. Here's Maysville case.
Don't experiment. Use the remedy
endorsed by people you know.
John ]. Bramel, bookkeeper, Wal
nut street, Maysville. says: "Doan's
Kidney Pills have been of great bene-
fit to me and in fact, attribute four
teen years of my life to them. 1t wue
in 1902 that | was suffering a great
deal. After long use of Doan's Kidney
Pills, became we'll and had no bad
effects for many years. Recently.
however, | noticed my kidneys we're
not acting right and my system was
generally weak knew 1t was re-
turn of the trouble and l didn't lose
any time in getting box of Doan's
Kidney Pills at Chanslor's Drug Store.
They again gave me the same good re-
suits and | consider them wonderful
medicine
Mr. Bramel is only one of many
Maysville people who have gratefully
endorsed Doan's Kidney Pills. Ifyour
back aches-if your kidneys bother
you, don't simply ask for a kidney
remedy-ask distinctly for DOAN'S
KIDNEY PILLS, the same that Mr.
Bramel had--the remedy backed by
home testimony. Coo all stores. Fos-
tcr-Milburn Co., Props. Buffalo, N. Y
when Your Back is Lame-Remem.
Der the Name"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-09-07
LESSON NO. %.
GETTING AHEAD IN THE ARMY

timating distances so as to assist men
in firing accurately.
I. Proficiency in leading patrols.
s. Ability to prepare written mes
sages that are clear, complete, and
concise.
8. Ability to sketch and read maps.
This list will suggest some of the
lines along which you should work,
whenever you have the chance. Many
OF the commissioned officers in
the National Army will be chosen, not
only because of the knowledge or skill
they already possess, but also because
they show capacity for further de-
velopment and for leadership.
Developing Soldierly Qualities
This question of winning promotion
all comes back to the question of max
ing yourself a thorough soldier, OF
demonstrating that you possess 10y
ally, disciplined obedience, physical
fitness, intelligence, cleanliness
cheerfulness, spirit tenacity, and self
reliance-the nine qualities of a sol
der.
The National Army must fit Itself
for effective service at the front in the
shortest possible time. To accomplish
this result it must produce out Of its
own ranks men who are fitted fol
promotion first to places as noncom'
missoned officers, either in the first
contingent or more probably in later
contingents.
This need is your opportunity. 1t Is
an opportunity not merely for per
sonal advancement-whi in time o.
war is a small thing to work for-bu
more than that, an opportunity to rem
der to your country the most ,ffec
tive service of which you are capable
Strive to fit yourself for the dutie!
ard responsibilities of leadership
Make yourself count to the utmost IL
the victorious defense of American
rights and principles to which thu
National Army will devote itself.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-09-07

(Peceding Lessons: l. Your Post OF
Honor. 2. Making Good as a Sol
der. 8. Nine Qualities of Soldier.
4. Getting Ready for Camp. 5. First
Days in Camp. &. Cleanliness in
Camp. I. Your Health. 8. March,
ing and Care of Feet. g. Your
Equipment and Arms. TO- Recrea-
ton in Camp. II. Playing the
Game. II. Team Work in the
Army. -, Grouping Men into
Teams. Il. The Team Leaders. Is,
Fighting Arms of the Service. 16,
staff Branches of the Service-l. II,
staff Branches of the Service, IL.
49, Army Insignia. 10. The Army
System of Training. 90 Close-Or-
der Drill. 81. EXtended-Order
Drill. % Guard Duty)
Since regimental and company Of
fcers have full responsibility for the
efficiency of their teams they are
given corresponding authority in pro-
noting men from the ranks to posi-
lions as noncommissioned officers.
For all practical purposes their judy
ment as to the men under them is re-
garded as final.
One point as to which you may feel
assured is the earnest desire of every
officer to give promotion to the men
who are best qualifed--in other words
to select the men who have cultivated
the soldierly qualities and in addition
show capacity for further develop
ment and for leadership. The officers
are fully as much interested in pro-
noting men on the basis of merit as
any of the men are interested in Sc
curing promotion. For the officers
own burdens are lightened and their
success Is increased almost in direct
proportion to their ability to promote
the right men.
Chances For Promotion
The first rank above private is cor
poral. The corporal should be reaj
leader. He is expected to be more ia
miliar with the various manuals and
regulations and with the duties of the
men In the squad than are the mer
themselves. He is expected also tC
use his influence strongly toward
building up soldierly qualities among
these men.
Among the qualifications which al
noncommissioned officers should pos.
sess the following have been selected
by one military writer as being o.
the first importance:
|. Proficiency as guides In close
order drills, and particularly as col
umn leaders In route marching.
2. Aggressive leadership, especial
ly In drilling, maching, and fighting.
8. Ability to act as instructors.
4. Through the knowledge Of thu
elements of field service.
8. Through knowledge of interior
guard duty.
6. Skill in range finding and in es
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-09-07
NJ. +. COUGHLIN.
FEMININE Condolences

FEMININE Condolences
should include mutual self help. If
you have been greatly benefited by
our system of dry cleaning why don't
you so inform your friends, who may
be in similar predicament? People
unacquainted with the triumphs of
dry cleaning. often discard valuable
possessions because they are unaware
Of what it can accomplish
MRS. CARRIE BREEZE.
20 East Second Street. Phone ga.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-09-07
DELEGATIONS FROM AUSTRIA
AND HUNGARY TO MEET
IN VIENNA

Amsterdam, September 5-A dis
patch to the Weser Zeitung from
Budapest says that Austrian and Hun
garian delegations will meet in Wen
ma in November to discuss internal
and foreign politics and the question
of peace. Far-reaching decisions pro-
badly will be taken, it is stated.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-09-07

There IL more Catarrh In this section
OF the country than all other diseases
put together. and for years 1t was sup
posed to be incurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies. and by constantly failing
to cure with loccl treatment. pronounced
1t incurable. Catarrh is a local disease,
greatly Influenced by constitutional con-
ditions and therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine. manufactured by F J. Cheney G.
Co.. Toledo. Ohio. Is a constitutional
remedy is taken internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
OF the System. One Hundred Dollars re-
ward Is offered for any case that Halls
Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
F. j.. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, Zoe.
Halls Family Pills ;or constipation.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-09-07
PRESIDENTS REPLY TO POPES
PEACE PROPOSAL TO BE USED
IN CHICAGO SCHOOL
BOOKS

Chicago, September 5-Students at
the Hyde Park High School today for
their first lesson Of the fall term In
English were handed copies Of Pres
ident Wilson's reply to the peace pro-
posals of Pope Benedict XIV. They
will use as their text books for sew
eral days printed leaflets containing
the note In full. President Wilson's
reply to the Pope should be clearly
understood by every high school stu
dent said Principal II. u. LoomIs.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-09-07
THEsMOST
REFRESHlNC
DRINK IN THEW WORLD,
kTALL GROCERY STORES,
CAFES AND STANDS
0 Sc BoTT.LE.s
RAILROAD TIME TABLE
[lYE1( 3'|'|sl s
-->a

No. II departs 5:35 a. m, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. departs 100 p. m, daily ex.
cept Sunday.
No. 10 departs $40 p. m. daily.
No. 10 arrives $3.50 a. H., daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. Is arrives 2:05 p. m. daily.
No. IA arrives $3.50 p. M, Gaily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. I'll Sunday only, leave Mays
Vile 6 a. m.
No. 214 arrive In Maysville 11:25 D.
m. Sunday only.
Schedule effective Sunday, June II,
subject to change without notice.
H. s. ELLIS, Agent.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-09-07

the past month. The company is en-
deavoring to operate with non-union
men. Other big plants in Knox Coun-
ty are completely tied up by the strike
and are making no effort to operate
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-09-07
FOR SALE

The 4S acre farm Of Mrs. Johanna
GuilfOyle, 3 miles from Washington
High School, on the main pike, well
improved.
M. y. COUGHIJN.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-09-07
H0ME.READING COURSE FOR N.SOlDERS


tiray offered the
service In the National Army practical help getting started in the
informal tone and does attempt give binding rules
directions regulations
Army which this merely Introductory.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-01
AROUND THE CITIES

Minneapolis claims the champion heavy
weight belt for Baby MandSjak. At the
end Of seven days the youngster pulled
down twenty -four pounds.
Out in Oakland, CAL. the pet snake of
All Tuck, an aged Chinese gardener. gave
him a midnight swat in the face and woke
him up in time to escape celestial wings.
His shack was in flames and burned to the
ground.
Salt Lake boosters are getting behind the
vacant lot planting idea for the purpose Of
pulling potatoes and onions within ordinary
reach. County commissioners offer much
idle land to cultivators and promise assist
ance in procuring seed.
Buffalo is resting up from the strenuous
flag Of the Sunday campaign fully confident
of being saved. The campaign cost $4,000,
exclusive of Mr.. Sundays goodby check for
$42.204. Attendance went over the million
mark and trail hitters totaled about $4,000.
The New York public library loaned lo.-
128,6S2 books last year, and purchased 2ls.-
479 volumes. Children alone took out
3,79s,s0S books. Sixty-three reading clubs
for children were maintained and the at
tendance totaled 61,314. The library has
forty-four branches in Greater New York.
San Francisco sports fine collection of
municipal automobiles. Every jobholder of
the saaried class has q car at command
and the way they dig into the treasury is
caution. Recently a delegation of munich
pal chaufeurs asked the creation of the
office of chief chauffeur" with salary of
$1,000 year attached. Strange to say. the
authorities turned down the request without
an apology
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-01
Geography in Pictures.

Teaching geography through means of pic
lures is not exactly novel, although the plan
adopted in one Of the Omaha schools has some
elements Of newness Actual photographs, pro-
jected on a screen, are decided improvement
over the grotesque "cuts" once used to illustrate
text books, and through which some absurdly
distorted notions were inculcated. Most Of US
would give good deal il we could view in fact
some Of the monstrosites we imagined as result
Of Impressions gained from "Pcter Farley" and
his successors Modern methods of illustrating
have done away with much Of the misinformation
conveyed through the pictures presented, and
children come away from school with clearer
ideas Of the countries and peoples of the globe.
In the scheme for projecting the views it is not
clear If the picture supplements the text or the
text the picture, but the result will be good if
between the two such coordination is reached
as will achieve the purpose of all elementary
teaching which is primarily to open the mind and
stimulate the imagination Of the child. When this
is achieved proper thirst for knowledge is i'm
planted, never to be quenched. Any school
method that does not have this in view, or that
falls short Of its accomplishment by reason Of an
! inherent defect, is unworthy.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-01

Taking time by the forelock and prohting by
the experience Of Great Britain in war time, ar
rangements are under way for systematizing and
directing through one channel all government
advertising of national character. The work
will be in charge of advertising experts under
the direction Of an advisory board Of the National
Council Of Defense. Cooperation of all depart
ments in this particular line insure prompt and
practical results and expert direction at minimum
cost. A vast amount of publicity by the gov
ernment will be necessary If war comes, to arouse
the people and bring home the magnitude of the
task on hand. A half century of comparative
peace and plenty developed a rooted sense Of
security which the world war has only partly
dispelled. The illusion of safety and isolation is
shot to pieces, likewise the notion that national
service and sacrifice may be evaded. A like false
sense of security, springing from its Splendid
isolation" obtained in the United Kingdom dur
ing the early days Of the war. The awakening
came like an earthquake shock and none too soon.
Yet more than years time was needed to or
game, concentrate and train the various forces
necessary to give full effect to Britains fighting
strength. Government publicity, direct and sharp,
proved the most effective means Of bringing home
to the people full realization Of their duty.
When the first call for 100000 men went out, Off
cia publicity brought them. Every medium, from
newspapers to posters hourly Haunted the coun-
try's demands. Advertising under expert direc-
ton was potential not alone in raising armies and
encrgizng national industrial resources. but also
in rallying the financial strength Of the empire.
The last government loan was the GROWING
triumph of British publicity, both in sweeping ex-
tent and magnitude Of results. With assured COM
petent direction and cooperation equally effective
results in this country are assured when the Off
cisi bugle call Of publicity Is sounded
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-01
People and Events
A nine-hour women's work dav bill is

A nne-hour women's work day bill is making
progress through the Iowa legislature Hotels
and towns under 5000 are exempted, for what
reason, is not disclosed.
Some members of the l. w. w. in Kansas
City, in looking about for trouble seemingly, men
toned "tin soldiers" within earshot of three Mis-
souri, guardsmen. What they got was a-plenty.
Later in the day two guardsmen finished the job
by cleaning out the wind workers headquarters.
"Why enliste You have nothing to gain and
your life to lose" A public school teacher in
Jackson county Missouri. chalked these words on
the school board at the same time admonishing
her pupils to weigh the words carefully. School
authorities followed the admonition with such
exactness that the teacher handed in her resigna-
ton.
Judicial Dogberrys survive the jibes of sue
ceeding generations. San Francisco reports a
modern specimen on the local bench who having
clear case of Misrepresentation of goods before
him, cheerily dismissed the crookster with the
remark that the buyer, failing to discount the
hot air of statesmen is as much at fault as the
seller"
A report Of judicial committee made public
in New York notes marked increase in the drug
evil in the metropolis. While druggists report a
decreased demand, the number Of addicts consti.
tute between 20 and 80 per cent of the cases
before the special sessions court. Children victim.
OF the habit are reported rare. but from II year:
up to "a victims are particularly numerous
Where the supplies are obtained is mystifying
but the report indicates that smuggling from
Canada is quite probable, while employees o.
wholesalers and manufacturers steal it. Heron
is the chief saleable dope, and vendors dilute il
and often peddlc harmless stuff under fraudulent
labels. The report concludes with the assertion
| that present methods Of treatment lead to
cure and that clinical cure can first be effected
| and custodial after-care absolutely re-establisl
4 the normal health Of the victim"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-01
Our Country's Flag.

1t is in no spirit of jingoism or vainglory that
Americans today hang out Old Glory to the
breeze II ever a people have shown by their
works their devotion to an ideal that nation is our
own. That ideal, symbolized by the flag of red
white and blue is the highest and purest to which
united people has aspired
Human liberty, human opportunity, human
happiness is our aim; to secure these to all men
is the sum OF our purpose. At different times we
have taken up arms in the defense only of
these rights, and have rested at once when
they were established. Under the flag that en-
bodies the aspirations of freemen, we have stood
invincibe in the cause of mankind.
Today we face grave crisis; it cannot be
said we have not counted the cost entailed by
frmness for what we hold to be right. Within
the last thrty-two months we not only have had
ample opportunity to observe the dreadful horrors
OF modern warfare, but we also have had time in
which to consider Our own unpreparedness for
such a struggle. Circumstances have drawn us
very near the vortex, and the portent of the
immediate future seems ominous.
And this is why the flag flying over the homes,
from the business houses, displayed in windows
or worn as part Of the dress of the day is SO
significant II means Americans are still amin
ated by the spirit that gave birth to that flag,
and appreciate its message to the world Its
presence is not a menace, nor a boast but a
pledge to all mankind that the light Of liberty,
now shining so clearly throughout the world, will
not be permitted to die down on the altar dedi-
Gated to it under the Stars and Stripes.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-01
AMERICA A CENTURY AGO.
Lord Byron.

Lord Byron.
The name Of commonwealth Is past and gone
Ger the three fractions of the groanng
globe,
Venice is crushed and Holland deigns to own
A scepter, and endures the purple robe;
II the free switzer yet bestrides alone
His chainless mountains, tits but for a
time.
For tyranny Of late is cunning grown,
And in Its own good season tramples down
The sparkles of our ashes. One great cline.
Whose vigorous offspring by dividing ocean
Are kept apart and nursed In the devotion
OF freedom. which their fathers fought for.
and
Bequeathed-a heritage of heart and hand,
And proud distinction from each other land.
Whose sons must bow them at monarch
motion,
As II his senseless scepter were wand
Full of the magic Of exploded science
Still one great cline, in full and free de-
fiance,
Yet rears her crest, unconquered and sub
lime,
Above the far AtIantic!-she has taught
Her Esau brethren that the naughty flag,
The floating fence of Alblon's feeber crag,
May strike to those whose red right hands
have bought
Rights cheaply earned with blood. Still,
still, forever
Better, though each mans life blood were a
river,
That 1t should flow. and overflow, than
creep T.
Through thousand lazy channels In our
veins.
Damned like the dull canal with locks and
chains,
And moving, like a sick man in his sleep,
Three PAGES, and then faltering be
Where the extinguished Spartans still are
free
In their proud charnel of Thermopylae,
Than stagnate in our marsh-or Ger the
deep
Fly. and one current to the ocean add,
One spirit to the souls our fathers had.
One freeman more, America, to thee!
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-01
Making a Bad Mess Worse.

When the Zimmerman note was originally
disclosed it evoked in this country an angry out
burst OF two different kinds. People looking for
an excuse to denounce Germany seized upon it
as conclusive proof OF double dealing and lily
concealed enmity, while those who felt more or
less sympathy for the German cause refused to
believe in Its authenticity and charged that it was
malicious British invention or forgery.
As The Bee emphasized at the time, the
Americans of German descent and 1eanings felt
more outraged and Inundated by the acknowedg-
ment Of the genuineness Of the Zimmerman
NOTE which they had at first refused to credit as
the product of a sane mind, than did any other
class Of our citizens. Giving it the most generous
construction, it was an inexcusable break" due
either to ignorance or to misconception Of con-
ditions actually existing in this country, coupled
with reckless disregard Of the plight in which
it was calculated to put German sympathizers
in America.
But now we have bad mess made worse by
the silly effort of Doctor Zimmerman to Justify
his note inviting Mexico to seek an alliance with
Japan and make war upon the United States for
the purpose of stealing and annexing slice Of
American territory. The German minister has
the brashness to rise in the Reichstag and assert
that he had warrant for his preposterous pro-
posal to covertly set Mexico upon its neghbor
with which both countries were at that moment
protesting sincere friendship by reason of the
subsequent public proclamation of the United
States inviting all neutral nations to join with us
in protest against the invasion Of neutral sea
rights. Such specious pleading can hardly find
acceptance in Germany, much less in the United
States
II Doctor Zimmerman were wise he would
keep still about his note to Mexico in the hope
that silence would help others to forget ii.