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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-11-06
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Schedule subject to Saanas without notice
Effective Sunday May 26th.
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No. wall arrive s:4s D. m.
No. Is departs $500 p. m.
West Bound
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No. s will depart TOO q. m.
No. II will arrive 1000 q. m.
No. 8 will depart $40 D. m.
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Trains No. 10. IT, IS and 10 are
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Evening star., 1918-08-18

Observer that one way of getting this
particular person In fighting trim
would be to run brass rails along the
bottom of the trenches. In the damp
days Of the District this person fought
best with one foot on the rail. But
Of course. the Observer did not sug-
gest any Of these things to the
profiteer. He was lashed down in a
barber chair and. besides. It was
pretty hot.
One nice thing about being boarder
is that one does not have to worry
about keeping food from spoiling-
except. naturally. to eat It to prevent
such waste-and the getting Of ice.
That Is up to the landlady and her
husband and her son and her maid
and SO forth.
Hence. having nothing to do except
accumulate the benefits of the ice
after 1t was gotten, the Observer
rather enjoyed the ice shortage last
week.
To begin with. the landlady laid in a
large supply Of food early last week
She Just knew that beef was going up,
SO she decided to be forehanded.
The next day $4,000, or $4,000, 900. or
Evening star., 1918-08-18

some such number of cattle were sold
on tho Dallas market. This constituted
q worlds record for Dallas. hear. and.
Of course. meat prices went down.
The landlady stood that. all right. but
when an Ice shortage followed on the
heels Of this enormous beef sale and
her beef spoiled on her hands she surely
did mount high into the air.
She screamed for volunteer Ice hunt
ers as II she were dying Of the fever.
She registered more despair than she
did when her landlord raised her rent
recently.
Papa" tho landlady's husband
was the nrst one to jump into the
breach. He always Is willing to do
any little errand that will take him
away from the house Seventeen con-
tinuous years Of peeling potatoes
and drying dishes has taught him the
wisdom of such move. One cannot
be at the market and at the sink
at the same time. as any one will con-
nrm.
So Papa" grabbed a basket and
Evening star., 1918-08-18

TIME plans of the senators now IN
Washington, unless interferred
with, will result in the presen-
tation to the Senate on August
10 Of the proposed amendments to
the selectiye draft act. The important
c,ange In the existing law is the ex-
tension of the draft ages to incluoe
1aen from eighteen to forty-hve years,
:nd this has aroused intense interest
throughout the length and the breaotn
OF the land. Already kilograms, let
,,rs and petitions of protest are pour
ing in upon senators. urging them
lot to legislats in favor OF either OF
these extremes. An analysis OF these
petitions shows in most instances the
rather interesting fact that the writ
.,s are Influenced by the LIABILITY 70
craft Of some member of their famliy
Ly the extension Of the age In one
direction or the other; also. that those
who object to lowering the age give
,entiment as their reason. while
those who fear that an advance IN the
age will force some of their famliy
into the Army. almost invariably ad
vance economic reasons as the gEouho
OF their objections.
The amendments as now proposed
will. II enacted, give to the President
lower to call the men and youths TO
military duty in such classes as ne
considers most desirable and under
UGH regulations AZ seem necessary to
insure the raising and maintenance OF
an Army approaching 4.5OO.0O0. with
due regard to the best interests of the
whole country. 1t Is reasonable TO
suppose that the new classes Will be
taken from those who can best be
,ot, aNff NJ
the country and will doubtless include
many who can relieve for active duty
officers now in administrative posi-
tions.
Whether the President has in mind.
AS some persons think. that those be-
low the age of twenty-one shall be
sent abroad for active duty as soon
rs they are properly trained or that
they shall be taken to the canton
nents for a long period Of military
training. he has not seen mt to d.
vulge. 1t has been implied that the
President IL now inclined to the
principle Of military training coupled
with vocational training for young
men. and that the present. when such
an organization cannot be amtss, is
a favorable time to inaugurate the
system. In this regard one prominent
fact must be taken into considera-
tion: The Germans are training their
young men Of considerably lower age.
and In spite of the United States
population being forty million great
er than that of Germany. the latter
nation, by reason Of its higher birth
rate and better supervision of the
health OF its growing youth. produces
annually 100000 more young men for
military duty than the United States
does II the war continues, as must
now be expected. more than another
year. there will be a larger contin-
gent OF men under twenty one avail
able for Germany than for the United
States. aud If the young men OF this
Evening star., 1918-08-18

Jared forth to get some Ice. His
ANAL instructions were to bring home
some ice or not come home. Which.
in those days of the high cost Of
living. Is some order for 4 married
man to receive. But he went away
happy. for he thought he knew =
colored man. down near the river
who would sell him some ice. No
body else in town. he calculated. knew
about that particular Ice man.
Papa" was wrong. It seemed that
this ice man had many. many friends
Of his same race whom he was wont
to supply ice. And they had beaten
Papa" to tho icehouse q long. long
time. Hence. there was nothing. for
him to do but stand In line ana wait
his turn.
1t was noon when father took his
place. far out at the end OF the line.
1t moved slowly past q window over
which the colored ice man presided,
and. ever and anon. a piece Of ice
would come through the opening:
and Papa" would smile merrily. In
due time. he pondered. he would OBJ
tain some ice. and. after all, 1t was
not so bad to stand In line; that was
Evening star., 1918-08-18
Army and Navy News

country have to be pitted without
preparation against the young train
ed Germans they well may claim that
they have been neglected and have
not been given fair chance.
Many Of the latter writer's quote
belief that the civil war was fought
for the most part by a lot Of boys
under the age Of twenty-one. and
they cite the old tables mentioned
by Gen. William Carter and other
writer's to sustain this point. The
draft was under discussion, stated
that there were no reliable figures
In existence on this question, but
that the soundest approximation in
dicated an average age Of about
twenty five years.
The sentiment against the call for
boys Of eighteen years is so strong
not for the statemests of the Sec
retary of War. the chief of stan and
the provost marshal general that 1t
10 necessary. Congress would not pass
the amendments without a provision
that no one should be sent for over
old.
A DECISION Of the German general
staff. made some twenty years
ago. that artillery should dominate
this war, results now in the War
Departments calling for several hun
dred young men of nerve to float
a mile or so above the soil OF France
as observers In captive balloons.
After the German decision artillery
was constructed with a range SO in
creased that now the gun-pOinter
aims his piece according to direction
from the observer and fires at some
thing that he cannot see. The OBJ
servers station must be in q place
from which he can see the target,
and the best place is in captive
balloon. where he discovers new tar
gets and spots the shots from his
own batteries.
Observers from airplanes have
studied and photographed the coun-
in close contact with them. study the
terrain from their viewpoint until
they detect the slightest change in
the daily picture. At daylight the
balloon goes UP to its station. some
thing more than 5000 feet high, held
it in place. elephant ears" make
the balloon ride as steadily in air
as ship floats at anchor A tele-
phone wire runs through the cable
to the ground, gives direct communi
cation with the battery and converts
the observer into the eyes for the gun
pointer. There is no spectacular work
for the observer. He only watches
all day long and tells those below
what they ought to know. He has
no protection against hostile planes
or artillery fire except avators Of his
own side to drive away the enemy
planes and motors at the ground end
of the cable to pull the balloon down
with a rush IL the artillery fire be-
comes too hot. The observer must
Evening star., 1918-08-18

concerning the food or its handling
for the troops. There has been Z
steady increase in the study OF meth
ods for the prevention OF waste and
Tor conservation of material. which
government and the troops in a
financial way. There is little likeli-
hood that the stan will reduce the
ration In any way by which Its
for the officers realise that only when
sustain the strain Of the prolon ed
battles such as arc now going on in
France. The Army and the food ad-
ministration are working in harmony,
ana N the study of its food problems
tne FOOD administration has found
junct.
SEcRETARY OF WAR BAKER stated
last week that the department
had under consideration new rules
regarding the admission Of oficers
to the field artillery training camps.
saying that the need for officers in
that branch of the service made some
action at an early date necessary. The
need OF additional officers in other
branches of the service Is also becom-
ing noticeable. hut the difficuity Of
obtaining candidates with the neces-
sary training in applied mathematics
for field artillery and the Engineer
Corps has hampered the personnel
officers In those branches. The rapid
expansion of the Engineer Corps
called to service many men Of the
good in the intensive training given
them at Camp Humphreys. but the
well filled.
With the new draft bill extending
the ages of draftees pending II was
found necessary, In order to check
tainty OF draft before them suddenly
discovered that they were patriots
endowed with all the qualities that
entitled them to commissions. to issue
on April 8 an order suspending en-
listments. which Ia the only way
that such offcer material may find
Its way into the Army 1t is not
likely that the discussion Of this
bill will be protracted. but 1t la pos
sible that the order will be modified
to permit the field artillery to go on
accepting candidates of merit for its
training camps
The training schools for infantry
and machine gun ofiicers, which de-
mand less technical quail fica lions.
have met the requirements up to the
present time satisfactorily: and. as
such schools are now organized In
France as well az In this country.
there Is no great need In these camps
for civilian students. 1t is. therefore,
unlikely that any but those from col
leges and military schools will re-
ceive admission to any but field ar
tillery and engineer camps,
n =
A MISSION OF French ordnance en-
gineers and shop work experts,
headed by Lieut. Col IT, Martinon,
for many years in charge Of the man
ufacturing of ordnance at the French
plants Of Schneider ct Gle. lie Creusot,
France. Is In this country. other en-
Evening star., 1918-08-18

These echoes of the past came to
the Observer. the other day. when he
licked about not having ice water at
h sakfast time. Then some kind
1,iend who used to know him when
q lived in one Of those little news
per towns called hts attention to
,nS fact that ice tea used to be only
Z: Sunday drink with him and that
Mt show day was about tho only
me he ever fndulged in Ice cream.
However. those facts-and they
ere facts-did not deter the OBJ
,rver from kicking q great deal
out the ice shortage. nor from en-
ylng seeing his neighbors run
ound in search Of ice.
Tho Observer even rather enjoyed
seeing ice cut OF from some folks.
Certain persons that he knows who
s.illsare profiteering and using four
,aspoonfuls Of sugar in every cup Of
coffee and all of that really did not
now the hardships of war until it
l. came necessary for them to go with
out Ice cream and only get half the
/ g to which they had been accustomed.
1t really made the Observer grin
broadly when he heard certain
.rrofiteer ''beefing" roundly about be-
ing unable to obtain ice for his beet
like face at the end of massage.
That person certainly did cuss out
the kaiser. and allowed that II this
war was not over pretty soon he
would enlist and clean out the whole
bunch Of Huns. 1t occurred to the
Evening star., 1918-08-18
TILL. II might be worse.
remember how. back In In
diana, when we decided to buy

TILL. II might be worse.
I remember how. back In In
diana. when we decided to buy
some Ice. It was big event.
FIRST of. you had to get basket or
something to carry the ice In. Then 1t
was necessary to hitch up. or bor-
iow a toy wagon from some boy, and
plod OF to the ice mans house. OF
rlrse. you usually decided about the
ldd,e OF Sunday morning, very hot
SUNDAY morning at that. that ice was
needed. and the chances were that the
Sec man was not at home. His wife was
here. to be sure. for he had gone fish
i.'T and left her at home. but she could
:'tt get the ice out Nor could the ice
,lnn's boy. So. II you got any ice at
~ 1t was after sitting around several
n d then dragging the ice home your
;Hl'. Half the time. too, most of your
icr was melted ere you got home.
some folks managed to get ice on
!, turday night and, by wrapping II
, like a wounded foot, and hiding
in dark corner Of the cellar, man.
. ed to keep 1t until Sunday,
there was no such thing as having
delivered. The ice man Just kept
! = family. And why should he not
10 that attitude? Was not the
eek full In the winter time. and
uld not anyone who wanted ice put
up himself? The trouble was that
! ,st folks did not realize in Feb
Irary that they would want ice In
Iuiy.
Evening star., 1918-08-18

not look away from his work. even
against the big bag Of hydrogen that
sustains him. Watchers on the ground
are looking out for that, and IL his
balloon 10 struck telephone an order
for him to leave, giving him at least
seven seconds to step over the side
to the ground with his parachute.
Tho observers job is not one for
q nervous man. He must not lose his
head when things are going wrong.
He must be as Unconditional as the
man in the chains who calls out the
soundmgs to the pilot. Every can
should have such q technical training
that he can read his charts and the
photographs OF the country, and can
use his mathematical instruments so
as to measure angles and distances.
Me must also possess sound
and should be between twenty-five
and thirty-five years old.
the division OF military aeronautics
will not discuss the number OF OBJ
servers now In training, but It wants
several hundred more for the COM
sends Its candidates for training to
its several camps. Of which there are
five-at Fort Omaha, Neb.: Arcadia.
Cal; Camp John A. Wise. San An
tonic. Tex: Lee Hall. Camp Eustis.
Va: and Fort Sill. Okla. The i'm
mediate reward to the candidate is
final tests he receives a commission
as second lieutenant and will be sent
abroad for further training. and then
to the successful observer there Is a
fair opportunity for quite rapid pro-
motion.
THE question Of rations receives at
all times attention in Army ad-
ministration. and it grows in impor-
tance when the troops are to be fed
under war conditions. The Quarter
master Corps and the general stan re-
ceive suggestions for changes and
they give close attention to every one
that seems to possess merit
The allies are constantly inter-
changing ideas on this question of
giving the best subsistence to their
troops. and English experts in their
reports on the American ration have
suggested that Its cost might be less
ened and saving made by conform
Ing In some respects to the British
system. There is In the Army a
strong feeling that the present ra-
tion. with some slight changes, Is the
best ever issued to American troops
and better adapted to the needs and
practice of the Army than any other.
Rumors. however, have 1t that an ag-
ttation for radical change has been
receiving attention, and 1t is expected
that some minor changes will make
the ration more flexible. Those offi-
GERS OF the stan having most to do
with the practical side of the ration
oppose any radical change, but well
come any notification Of plan which
VII! result In economy. provided that
1t does not reduce the quality or the
sufficiency of the ration.
While the ration OF today Is prac-
tlcally that which the Army adopted
in 1908, 1t is recognized that, what
ever adverse criticism may have
fallen upon other functions of the
Army, since the present war began
there has been no serious complaint
Evening star., 1918-08-18

A MISSION OF French ordnance en-
gineers and shop-work experts,
headed by Lieut. Col. IT, Martinon,
for many years in charge Of the man
ufacturing of ordnance at the French
plants Of Schneider ct Gle. lie Creusot,
France. Is in this country. other en-
Evening star., 1918-08-18
e Observer Says He Enjoys an Ice Shortage

a good excuse for remaining away
from his kitchen police duties.
slowly but surely the line moved
on. At last only three persons stood
ahead of father. Then only two. Ana
then only one. A cake Of Ice was
handed the man Immediately ahead or
father, ana simultaneously. the VIM
dow shot down and cardboard bear
ing the words mo more Ice" appeared.
Father plodded homeward with
weary heart and reported German
victory; ie.. a successful retreat.
Mrs. Lanjady gave him severe look
"Only fifty pounds Of lee are needed
to fiji that box. and shall expect you 70
produce it," she said. giving him at the
same time an eye that was twice as coiu
az any cantaloupe we had received about
the boarding house for weeks,
Poor Papa" sighed and went sadly
forth In quest of more ice. The outlook
for his being compelled to sleep In
park was as good as the outlook
for his getting fifty pounds OF ice was
Lad.
Mother knew this so when he faded
out OF sight she slapped sunbonnet
en- her head and. grabbing UP n market
basket. went forth to look for ice,
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-09-27
MONUMENT IN PARIS
TO WOMEN OF AMERICA
BY WOMEN OF FRANCE

The Red Cross issues the following:
A committee, in which the wife of
Marshal Joffre, the Duchess Dues,
Nine. ]. Siegfried and the presidents
of the three Red Cross societies, Mad
anne Carnot, Countess d'Haussonville,
and Madame Perouse, are prominent
figures, has received subscription
for the purpose of erecting monu-
ment in honor If the women of the
United States. heir statement fol-
lows:
''We, women of France, knowing
that we can never adequately express
our gratitude toward the women of
the United States for their generosity
and devotion in their ceaseless Civ
ing, desire to see raised in a pronin-
ent place in Pir:s a commemorative
monument SO that future generations
may always keep in mind this beau
tiful sisterhood that forms an imper-
ishable bond between US"
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-09-27
A. PALMER MITCHELL
MAKES CHARGES
AGAINST BREWERS

HARRISBURG, Pa, Sept. 2 A.
Mitchell Palmer, custodian of alien
property, speaking before the Demo
cratic state committee, declared that
the liquor interests were seeking to
control politics and public opinion.
Facts viii soon be made public, he
said. to show conclusively that twelve
or fifteen German brewers of Ameri-
ca, in association with the United
States Brewers Association, supplied
several hundred thousand dollars ito
buy a great newspaper in one of the
chief cities of the nation" The pub
Usher of the newspaper, he continued
worked in the very shadow of the
capitol at Washington in the interests
of liquor. The money was provided
in way designed to keep secret for
ever the names Of those who supplied
It,
Palmer's speech was made he said
in an effort to awaken the public to
the secret methods being used by the
brewers to control politicians and pub
lie opinion through the press of the
country.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-09-27
GARMENTS FOR
BELGIANS ARE
VERY PLENTIFUL
Linen for Red Cross Hospital
Coming in At Same Time
More Sheets Wanted

w. A. Bryant, chairman of the Bel
gian Clothes and Red Cross Hospital
Drives, reported this morning that in
a few hours yesterday afternoon the
High School boys, of the Junior Red
Cross, amassed about a truck load Of
clothing for the Belgians, as we'll as
part of Ketchikan's quota of Hospl-
tai linen.
All kinds of warm garments are be-
ing brought in and the j. r. Hickman
Company is making up a large box
of articles, which are outsizes, some
a little soiled, ETC.. from the stock.
Other stores are urged to look over
their stocks and help along with gar
mepts for the Belgians.
In the Hospital linens, about ten
more sheets are required to fill the
quota of sheets. Other articles are
coming in rapidly and it is believed
that there will be no difficulty in get
ting the full quota of linen donated
shortly.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-09-27
BULCARIANS
HAVE had
ENOUGH
Premier MoIinoH is Said
To Have Proposed an
Armistice

LONDON, Sept. 27.-Bulgaria has
offered an armistice. This announce
ment comes in a dispatch from Copen-
hagen stating that it is officially re-
ported from Germany that the Bulgar-
ian premier Molinoff had proposed an
,armisticev to the, Entente. powers. 1t
was learned however, that the pre-
mier's proposal for armistice was not
supported by other members of the
cabinet and King Ferdinand and had
caused great dissatisfaction through
out the country. Since then, strong
measures have been taken to support
the Bulgarian front. 1t was stated
further that a counter movement
against Molinoff's proposal has been
started in Sofia.
French Commander Reports
PARIS, Sept. 27.-Today the French
commander in Macedonia officially re-
ports that Bulgarians have asked for
a meeting to arrange conditions for
armistice and eventually peace. To
this the French commander replied
refusing to suspend operations, but
saying that he would receive a duly
qualified delegation from the Bulgar-
ian government.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-09-27
GERMANS CHEER
PRESIDENT WILSON
Great Mass Meeting in Mannheim In.
dorses His War Aims, According
To Swiss Journalist

Six thousand workingmen and
wcrkingwomen cheered the war aims
of President Wilson at mass meeting
held recently at Mannheim, Germany,
according to the correspondent of the
Swiss Humanite. A member of the
Independent Party. in a speech, out
lined the Presidents program as for.
INFLATED in January, 1918. ION the
basis of the Wilson war aims peace
could be established with little good
will" the speaker declared. The HUI
mantle says:
"The applause which greeted his
words sufiiced to show that the great
er part Of the persons in the hall were
Of his opinion, but the authorities
were unwilling that the assembly
should manifest its sentiments in this
respect by formal VOTE"
Since the meeting the German news
papers have assailed President Wilson
violently.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-09-27
COLORED BOY WANTS
"GOODIE" BOX TOO

Charles w. Beasley, colored boy,
who was among the first drafted boys
to leave Ketchikan last May, writes
the president of the Ketchikan Red
Cross from Columbus, New Mexico,
where he was sent to be indicted into
the colored regiments. He says he is
lonely and would like to have some
books and papers sent, and box of
ciarettes and candy.
Mrs. A. L. Spaeth, to whom the let
ter was given, in the absence of Rev.
Van Marter, is in charge of the box
and has asked that the Progressive
Miner see that he is supplied with
papers.
Beasley went south short time ago
and stopped in the Progressive-Miner
office.