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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
FAL Sc, ALARM RUNG
BY 7-YEAR 0LD,B0Y

A false alarm was turned in from
box G2 at the corner Of Madison and
sycamore streets last evening at GLE
O'Clock Investigation showed that n
West Ottawa boy about seven years
OF age, turned In the call The young,
ster was not tall enough to reach the
box and usel q wagon to stand lpon
in sending in the alarm. Authorities
are Of the opinion that he was prompt.
ed to do the prank by some older play.
mates.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
NAVY ATTRACTS
IRA HUNDLEY.

Ira Hundley, OF Twin Bluffs, well
known in this city has entered the
Naval Service and has been assigned
to the battleship Massachusetts The
young Twin Bluffs man left Ottawa
about eighteen months ago to accept
a position in Chicago bank When
volunteers We're sought for service in
Mexico, he enlisted in Company b in
Sd Illinois Infantry and upon the re.
turn Of that company to Chicago he
remained in the federal service and "a
now at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16

and He Is ever ministering in our be-
half"
Last night the pastor spoke on
Love and Justice" showing how God
in all CT his dealings with man has
worked according to this two fold
principle.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
FORMER OFFICIAL
L0SESL|CENSE TO
OPERATE SALOON
REVOCATION FOLLOWS ARREST
FOR KEEPING PLACE OPEN IN
DEFIANCE OF SUNDAY CLOSING
RULE.

Daniel ]. Dinneen, former city COM
missioner, this morning was convicted
by the City Council of violating the
Sunday closing ordinance, and upon
recommendation of Commissioner w.
B. Palmer was divested of a license
permitting him to operate a saloon at
1915 Columbus street. for his FIRST Of.
Tense"
The detection of this infraction was
made yesterday afternoon by Officers
Jerry Looney and Jesse Holmes. Sew
eral men, according to the police. were
in the saloon when they executed a
raid" upon it. They caught them in
the act of drinking intoxicants The
place was Immediately closed and the
men dispersed
Action on the revocation stirred
some argument at the commissioner
meeting. Both Commissioners Helf
frich and Meagher insisted that as
long as this was the initial violation
made by Mr., Dinneen. he should be
given the right to retain his license,
and also that he be taken before a
justice and caused to pay fine, just
as preceding offenders had done.
Campbell Against Clubbing.
Commissioner Campbell expressed
himself as being against quibbling
further over Sunday closing infrac
tors and favoring speedy action with
all future cases that are brought to the
councils attention. There is no use
bringing Sunday violators into court
as we cannot secure a conviction, thus
putting the commission in position
where 1t is unable to properly deal
with offenders" said Campbell "and |
favor taking Mr. Dineen's license away
at once"
Mr. Meagher took issue with Com
missioner Campbells statement, say
ing that the records would show there
had been quite a few convictions in
which saloonmen were arrested for
breaking the Sunday rule. He was
firmly in favor of allowing Mr. Din
neen to retain his permit as long as
he was first offender"
To Protect Discipline.
Mayor Bradford announced that he
was in favor of summarily dealing
with Mr. Dnneen and that he did not
believe it would be proper to ieopar
dize discipline any longer.
When the vote was taken Mayor
Bradford Commissioners Campbell
and Palmer voted for taking the ii.
cense and Commissioners Helffrich
voted in favor of allowing Mr.. Din
neen to retain his saloon privilege
At the conclusion of the meeting
Commissioner Helarich asked that his
explanation Of his vote be made part
Of the records
Convicted on Affidavit.
The conviction Of Mr.. Dinneen was
made possible thru an affidavit daily
attested and signed by Charles Fox
who admitted having been in the sa-
loon yesterday afternoon and that he
hadhad a drink of beer Others were
in the barroom at the same time, he
said, and were there when the police
raided the place and made the arrests
The affidavit was presented to the
council by Commissioner Palmer. FON
/ is said to have made the confession OF
1 his own free will and accord. II
presenting the affidavit Mr.. Palmer
made no comment He handed it tC
the clerk, who read it, whereupon the
commissioner recommended the Ii
cense be revoked
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16
OYSTERS In Great Britain.

t;reat Britain eats about ,iUO tons ol
oysters year I,0OO oysters ~ to n
ton.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16

Experience TINT makes the other fcl.
low squeal seldom benefits us.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16

Continued on Page 80
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-16

Showers tonight and
Tuesday. No decided
change in temperature.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-05-02
WILL WE'D MAY NINTH

Mr.. Keith Browning, son OF Mr.. E.
P. Browning Of this city, and Miss
Marie Nonnez of Cincinnati, were
granted a marriage license in the
Queen City on Monday. They will be
welded on Wednesday, May 8. The
Commercial Tribune of yesterday con-
tanned the following;
Several prenuptial affairs are being
given for Miss Marie Nonnez, who will
marry Mr.. John Keith Browning of
Maysville, KY, Wednesday, May o.
Tuesday Miss Duke Is giving a bridge
party for Miss Nonnes; on Thursday
Miss Florence Evans will entertain
with an informal gathering for her
and Miss Rosallnd Vail, q June bride /;
Mrs. Harold Simpson Is honorlng Miss
Nonnex this week with a luncheon,
and on Saturday Miss Elsie How.
land Of Kemper lane give a little
tea.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-05-02
CHANGE OF LOCATION
Of the New c. & 0. Depot 30 That
the Main Entrance VIII Face
Lower Street Is Being Pushed
by the Chamber Of Com.
mercc = No Action
Taken Yet.

The Chamber Of Commerce Is en-
deavoring to get the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway company 10 make the
necessary alterations in their plans SO
that the main entrance TO the new
passenger station will sit directly in
the center of Lower street. The mat
ter is being gone into thoroughly and
1t Is hoped that the alteration sug-
gested by the Chamber will be made
According to the latest plans seen
In Maysville 1t is proposed to erect
this handsome new building on the
site Of the old freight station which
places the entrance to the passenger
station almost directly behind the
Kirk apartments. The arrangement
Will give the incoming passengers a
decidedly cramped impression and it
Will also partially conceal the beau
tiful new building from Second street,
The officials Of the road have not
yet reached decision in the matter
but 1t Is hoped that the requests of the
Chamber of Commerce and of several
citizens, including owners OF adjacent
property, will be granted by the rail-
way company.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-05-02

Mr.. J. c.. Everett was business
visitor in Cincinnati yesterday.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-05-02
AUTO DAMAGED
When Struck by Manifest Train on
the c. & O.-Englne Went Dead
While Crossing the Tracks.

Yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock
manifest train No. 90 on the C. & O.
railroad struck a new Republic truck
on the Wood street crossing belong
ing to Mr.. John Sledd Of Alhambra,
Robertson county, and damaged it
considerably.
Mr.. Sledd and his wife were in the
truck. When the machine reached the
middle of the westbound track the
engine suddenly went dead and Mr..
and Mrs. Sledd were forced to jump
for their lives, the engine being only
a few rods away, Before the train
could be stopped 1t had struck the
track.
Investigation proved that the truck
had not been damaged as much as
was thought at first. The front axle
was broken and the wheels damaged
but 1t is not thought that the engine
was damaged in the least.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-05-02
PLED GUILTY
Robert Crawford, Charged With the
Burning Of the Bethany Church
Near Springdale Admits Crime
and IL Sentenced to One
Year In the Peni.
tentlary.

In the Mason Circuit Court yester-
day Robert Crawford, charged with
the burning of the Bethany Church
near Springdale on the night Of De-
cember 30, 1916, was arraigned for
trial and having pied guilty was SEN
fenced to one year in the penitentiary.
Crawford says that he was hired by
Wesley Osborne to burn the church.
Osborne had become angered at the
Ladies' Aid Society of the church who
had caused him to be arrested for
bootlegging and in order to get even
he hired Crawford to burn the church.
The jury selected to try the case
was composed of the following gen.
tlemen: ]. c. Rains, H. H.. Barkley,
Clarence Mathews, George Patillo, A.
d. Rains, Jack Hedrick, Nate Sid
WE'LL william McDonough, Frank
Rice, L. C. Parker and Thomas Cum
Minis. Commonwealth Attorney Gran
mis- recommended to the jury that the
man be given the lightest sentence
possible as he had pied guilty He
was sentenced to one year in the
penitentiary.
The trial of Wesley Osborne was
then entered into, the cases having
been ordered to be tried separately.
The case was not finished, the court
adjourfning until this morning.
Other cases in the Circuit Court yes
terday were as follows:
Eliza W. Power, ct ais, vs.. Anna
Weldon. The plaintiffs produced
their affidavit for the appointment Of
a guardian for the infant defendant
Marie Weldon. The court appointed
H. c. Curran.
The court overruled motion of W
H. Forman to grant him a aew tria
in the case of the Mason Lumber Co
against him. He was granted an ap
peal to the Court of Appeals.
Ordered that C. c. Arthur and ]. p
Marshall be excused from further at
tendance as regular jurors and |. NJ
Lane and George W. Bravard were re
ported as jurors.
In the case of Omar l.. Fluhart!
Iagainst the Bates-Rogers Construction
Co. the court overruled motion fol
a new trial and an appeal 10 tn,
Court of Appeals was granted.
Reason Ballard was fined $50 ant
sentenced to ten days in Jail for car
rying concealed deadly weapon. !
charge against him of flourishing
pistol was dismissed on motion of tn
Commonwealth.
Albert Foster pied guilty to
charge of obtaining money under falls
pretenses and was given a sentenc
of one year in the penitentiary. Eos
ter swindled Grocer w. A. Tolle Will
in his employ last fall
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-05-02
ASPHAL1ING BEGUN
Work Actually Commenced In the
Sixth Ward Opposite the Car
Barn-Wlll Soon BE
Completed.

Actual work Of laying asphalt on
the street In the Sixth Ward of the
city was begun yesterday afternoon
about $3.50 o'clock on the south side
Of the street near the street car barn.
Work was stopped at 6 o'clock, a large
stretch having been completed by that
time.
The process Of laying the asphalt is
a very interesting one. First a mix
ture of tar and small rock is laid and
tamped down. This forms solid
mass for the bed Of the asphalt. Then
the asphalt proper is laid, it being
hauled from the plant in the Hun
sicker coal yard at the corner of East
Second and Union streets. The as
phalt Is in semi-liquid state and Is
easily dumped from the carts used In
the hauling. The asphalt is smoothed
over and coating of cement to make
the whole water proof is applied. The
whole is rolled and after setting a
few hours is ready for use.
In response to query of the Ledg-
sr man, one of the employees of the
Cary-Reed Construction Co., which
has the contract for the improvement
of the street, said that they would
be able to lay about 500 or 700 feet of
asphalt day, that is on one side of
the street. At this rate the street will
be entirely finished by the first of
June.
The residents along East Second
street are certainly glad to see the
work Of laying the asphalt begin as
there has been many delays in the
work. which began on last July l.
Many have said that the street would
not be completed within a years time
Out unless something very unexpected
turns up the street will be done by
the time named.
! From the appearance of the street
already finished, East Second street
will be the most beautiful street In the
entire city. The top Of the asphalt Is
as smooth as hardwood floor and il
will make some speedway for au.
toists.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-05-02
John L, WHITAKER

The announcement Of John l..
Whitaker as a candidate for re-elec-
ton to the office of Police Judge at
the November election appears in this
issue of The Ledger. Judge Whit
aker has given very close attention
to duties of this very important Of
fice-thoroughly qualified and his can
didacy will no doubt be more than
we'll received by the good people of
this city.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-05-02
ELECT NEW HEALTH OFFICER

The Board of Health of the City of
Maysville met yesterday afternoon and
elected DR.. Lewis M. Long as health
officer of the city to succeed DR.. W.
s. Yazell who recently resigned from
this office. Dr. Long is one of the
most prominent physicians in the city,
having recently moved here from
Lewisburg.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-05-02
MISS CARRIE b. RAY

Miss Carrie B. Ray died at her home
in Cincinnati on Monday evening at
S:45 O'Clock. She was a former resi-
dent of Maysville She was So years
of age. The funeral will be held this
afternoon.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-05-02
A VANISHED FLOOR
FOR POLICE JUDGE

The Ledger is authorized to an
nounce Judge ]. L. Whitaker as can
didate for the office of Police Judge,
subject to the action of the voters at
the November election, 1917.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-05-02
REPAIRING STREET

Employees of the Maysville Street
Railway and Transfer Co. were en-
gagged this morning in repairing ~
brick streets in the switch at the
Washington Opera House. The street
at this point was in bad repair, many
of the bricks being loose.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-05-02

In Squire Erred Dresel's Court yes
tsrday Howard iIndhua and william
Adams we're nnsd )e'is Tor unlawtul
seitIns on and o6 . tsAin while n
me(lqn, '.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-05-02

The prayermeeting of the Forest
Avenue M. e. Church will begin at
$50 p. m. instead of 1880 and dismiss
in due time for the services at Second
M. e. Church, South. Everybody in
vited. The Rev. ]. F. Ruggles, pastor
of the church, will lead the meeting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01
WOODS THAT ARE DURABLE
General Use for Purposes OF
Interior Decoration.

Wood, its uses and, above all, its
prices, are matters of moment to ev-
eryone who contemplates building, re-
modelling or adding to a house.
There are some southern pines that
are comparatively reasonable and
which give good results. Houses built
of them in Virginia and the Carolinas
attest to their durability. 1t is suit
able for interior finish, as it has va
riety of grains and takes on q good
finish. whether in soft stain or hard
enamel paint.
Cypress is being used for many pur-
poses. The great swampS of the South
are yielding up their forests and the
lumber is finding its way into the
northern markets. This is not rs
strong q wood as some others, but 1t
has good lasting qualities and is equal
~ good for exterior and interior fin.
ish. 1t is very satisfactory finished il
its natural color.
A wood that is finding much favor
for interior finish is the red gum, also
from the South. 1t may be had highly
figured or plain, quarterSawed or plain
sawed, and it takes a very fine finish
The red gum is finished in its natura
tones or stained TO initiate mahogany
and sometimes brown walnut.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01
"By All Meansl"

/ often wonder what we should see
if we could lift the parietal bones Of
our young people and take a peep at
their thoughts, as the Devil on Two
Sticks took off the roofs of the houses
If thoughts were visible, we might
make some surprising discoveries.
Once in a while the student. who usu-
ally talks about anything but his best
thoughts, speaks out with startling dis
tinctness. what right has he to
usurp the office of providence" said
IN intelligent and indignant boy to me
the other day, referring to a teacher
The teacher, feeling that said boy need
ed sitting on had, as is the way of
conscientious teachers, promptly sat
on him. HE SAID" continued the stu
dent in q tide of words that would not
he StemIned, that | think I'm n genius
but am not How does he know? Stu
pider people than | have proved &c
be geniuseS. II / think am one, what
business is it of his? If l get any fun
out of it, it's harmless obsession
Isn't it better TO have thought so ;.nd
been mistaken, than never to have
thought so at all?" l could only reply
heartily, by all means" Robert NJ
Gay, in the Atlantic.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01
j. E. MANN

Chester stage Tuesday. He had been
obliged to give it up several months OH
account of illness.
Mrs. Vesta A. Whitcomb passed the
anniversary of her birthday Thursday,
Feb. 90. She enjoyed company, callers
and received many gratulations.
She also received good number of
cards from her warm hearted western
friends and local people, which she
highly appreciated. She was the re-
eipient of quantities of luscious fruit
and numerous gifts. A dinner was
served in her honor.
Mrs. NJ. Z. Zeller, chairman of the
Baptist social committee, called a meet
ing one evening last week. She, with
the others of the committee arranged
| list of committees to serve at the so
cials for the ensuing year. The chair
man Of each social will receive notice
of his or her appointment two weeks
in advance. 1t is hoped each will take
Q lively interest and that more social:
may be had than in the past.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01
VERNON.

Gladys and Alexander Brown are i'll
with measles.
The library will be open Saturday
afternoon, March 3.
The Ladies circle Will furnish dinner
for the voters on town meeting day.
The selectmen will meet in the town
hall Saturday, March 3, at l p. M, to
revise the check list.
Mrs. B. A. Streeter and niece, Hattie
Johnson, spent Saturday in Gill, Mass,
with Mrs. Streeter S sister, Mrs. Al
fred Sprague.
Miss Robv Wright, Miss Gertrude
Brown and Dwight Fairman have re-
turned to. the Brattleboro high school
after being i'll with measles.
There viii be a regular meeting OF
Vernon Grange Saturday evening,
March 3. The literary program for this
evening will be prepared by Past Mas
ter John T. Wright.
The smile party in Grange hall
Feb. 81 was well attended and good
sum Of money was added to the Grange
treasury. Those in charge are pleased
with the generous aid and support.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01
TEACH CHILDREN RIGHT WAY
Education That Teaches Them Merely
to Avoid Wrong Cannot Be
Called Sufficient.

The average man is naturally pessi-
mistic, or inclined that way, and is
apt to spend more time and effort find
ing fault with things as they are, and
trying to tear them down, than to cor
recting them, or substituting better
things.
This comes from, or is largely due
TO, the prevailing habit of teaching
children and young people to avoid do
ing wrong rather than teaching them
to do right. In this way they become
so impressed with the immensely of
wrong and the littleness of right that
they grow up with feeling that wrong
has gotten the better of right.
The natural conclusion must then be
that we are going to the everlasting
bow-wOws, and the very best we can
Go is to put the brakes on and go as
slowly as possible.
And yet every one Of US ought to
know, and should realize, that the way
to get rid of wrong is to substitute
right, for wrong disappears before
right as darkness before light, or cold
before heat
Where wrong is, right is not; anC
where right is, wrong cannot come.
Right can never become wrong, nc
more than love can become hate
Erasmus Wilson, in the Pittsburgh Ga
Zette-Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01
Writer'S Ways of Work.

A writer in La Revue of Paris in
an article concerning the idiocyncra-
sizes of authors, comments on the pen
chant many show for saving their lit
erary labOrs for the night hours.
George Sand hardly ever wrote any
thing except at night. She began
writing ordinarily at midnight and
continued until four in the morning.
OF accomplishment during these hours
Edmond de Goncourt said: "You
know she works from midnight until
four O'clock And yeu know what hap
pened to her once. A monstrouS thing
One day she finished a novel at one
O'Clock in the Inorning-and she began
another that very night. Turning out
copy is function with Nine. Sand.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01
Mrs. W. D. johnson is i'll.

Mrs W. d. johnson is i'll.
J. A. Beers is visiting in Holyoke,
Mass.
Alonzo Wheeler, who has been i'll
with grip, is much improved.
3. 4. Wood of Brattleboro was a
guest at F. II. Newton S Sunday.
Mrs. Merton Fairman and little son
are visiting her parents in Greenfield,
Mass.
Mrs Harry Grey of Greenfield Wis
tied her mother, Mrs. D. c. Fairfield
this week.
Miss Lucy Weatherhead is in Green
field, Mass, to visit her sister, Miss
Florence Weatherhead.
Master Robert Allen is in Montpelier
this week as a guest Of his father
Representative r. c. Allen.
There will be no session of the mis-
sion Sunday school, which has been
held in the Advent chapel, until
further notice.
Little Lewis Spear, who is in the
Melrose hospital, is gaining and il
nothing new develops he will bt
brought home in few weeks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-01
A New Job for Distillers.

As state after state puts brewers
and distillers out of business by going
dry, the great industries which they
have built up become idle or are adapt
ed to other lines of manufacture Each
has plant which is fitted for produc-
hol for fuel and other industrial pur-
poses is growing. Then why not con
vert breweries and distilleries into al
cohol factories?
The one great field for the use of al
cohol is as fuel for automobiles, if an
alcohol motor can be perfected and we
are told by writer in the Rural New
Yorker that that problem '|is already
near solution. The high price of gas
oline and approaching exhaustion of
the petroleum supply, which is pre-
dicted within a third of century, rem
der its solution an imperative neces-
sity. Alcohol is used also in making
munitions, and q steady CONSUMPTION
for that purpose may be expected as
the government goes forward with in
crease of armament
Great hopes were entertained a few
years ago that every farmer would
make alcohol on his farm from waste
TO run his own machinery, but they
have not been realized. There was too
much red tape in the federal regula-
tions, but the chief difficulty is that the
business requires considerable skill and
close attention, and the farmer has not
| the skill or cannot spare the time for
| this in addition to all his other work.
| Possibly at some future time, when cv
cry farmer is graduate of an agricul-
tural college these hopes may be real
| lied.
At present the best prospect of MAX
| ing alcohol out of farm waste is to es-
tablish central still in each district
and to collect the waste there as a cost
! which win not be prohibitive, for al
cohol must be cheap in order to be-
come universally popular as fuel.
| There is a possibility also that the
waste liquor from wood pulp may be
fermented so as to become source of
alcohol Vast quantities of this liquor
now go to waste because means have
not been discovered of making them a
source of profit.
The combination of need for new.
abundant, cheap fuel, the supply of
| which is not dependent on an exhaust
ible natural resource like petroleum
with the enforced idleness of distillers
and their plants may hasten the solu-
ton of the alcohol problem.-Portland
Oregonian.