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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-16
FLIP sfRAuoER WAS
SLICK CAR fHIEP

4 few veexs ago . nip stranger
We . nsw Ford into Navina and
I'd the s.raxe man to keep II nm
ru morning He soon found thz;
I oaly chance for q train vas 10 70
r 10 esszrd and take n there.
= chanesi . straw hat for . can
s-f sfarfea okooe- The sheriff did
ruceive vord TIN the next night
WI - 1n1bnmnx5on the Nzvina hoys
had. - e1DDv Void have been
<ate = IN 49,. He vas described
- IL absut 1eS pouDds dark hair
fsI 49, vuofing - blse ovenllz,
49, - - - - His strsw ~
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-16
KANSAS WHEAT CROP
HARvEsTED EARLY

Lawrence. Kan. Jsiy 1swhest was
marketed here this year earlier than
any Other tine On record The first
load cf this years wheat was deliver
&C 70 q NIL here On June 81. nearly
three weeks earlier than last year.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-16
ALLIES Ass HoLoIne NUN
on AL poINrS TODAY

WITH she Ame~iesa Army % the
wsrne. Jsiy f&-Wor6 rseesved fres'
sss bstfie front east ~ Rhsima shsws
thse s1s allied esfe9se b ~ sasy seiII
he,dsas - shs German sessmpos -
ssvoeee - sppsas - hsvs brvesa
- onsuvo qpira
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-16

ever 100 training camps in the United
states al which oklahomans are sta
toned.
Every mAa there Is given a right
to vote on the state ticket. but no
n-cvision is male for voting on the
county candidates
The estimated numb<s OF votes that
VIII be sent out by Secretary Lyons
5 around $4,000. That is the number
c: ballots ordered.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-16

WASTED-By lady OF refinement
an experience position as clerk in
store Address. "Experiencd care
Daily Leader.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-16

Cynthia Ann csay7on married TO
Saranas Cas,anien. October II. 1852.
Guthrie IS years ago. Father left
US years ago in August. There are
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-16
GERMAN ARTILLERY Is BUSY.

London. July l6The German hnsy during the
hit in the region Albert showed activity
points the northern part of the British front
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-16

Mrs c A Castanian passed out this
life at II O'Clock Monday night. July
is. 1918. aged 81 years. 4 months. l2
days.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-19
KENTUCKY DOES HER BIT

sundry reasons which Indiana and Illinois
Ohio progressive States bu upon the north side of the
present basis inevitable comparison Kentucky
regarded by persons them kenuckans being
slower than she is really in the development of agriculture her
chief
The Weekly News Letter of the United States Department Of
Agriculture includes the folowng
The center of agricultural production of the United
according the value and animal products
for 1917 in West Central Illinois, shown by diagram
just issued by the Department of Agriculture The States
of greaess production Iowa. $1,30000000 Illinois,
$255OOOOOO; Texas, $l,045 000000 Missouri $974OOO
900; Ohio 1851 100000; Nebraska $774OOOOO0; Indiana,
$766OO0OOO; Kansas $735 OOOO0O New York, $700,000
600; Minnesota $646OOO,OOO; Pemsy vana, $36O0000O;
Georgia. 6O5OOOOOO; Wisconsin, $598000O0O California,
$576OO0O0O; Michigan 1884 100000, and Kentucky $685.
100000.
Kentucky has but little than 10000 miles of ter
rtOry good deal of mountainous New York has nearly 10000
square miles Michigan nearly $4,000 square miles part of it
rough and untabe Minnesota has $4,000 square miles, Georgia
$4,000 Illinois $4,000 Wisconsin, 56OOO California
O0O Texas 50O0 Missouri G90O0 Iowa. 56OO0 Nebraska H.
900; Kansas has $4,000
Ohio with 1000 square miles Pennsylvania with $4,000
only IN the list those notably production
gross only little larger than Kentucky Penn
syvana approximately onenth larger than Kentucky and
duces approximately onesnXth more than Kentucky Ohio unlike
Pennsylvania and Kentucky is not partly mountainous and its
ofrested area is far less than that of Kentucky
evident from the figures quoted that Kentucky farmers
unprogressv actively operated the
with the help the Federal and Departments of Agriculture
increase the productivity of Kentucky soil which has suffered
depletion a result short-sghted llagc Figures giving
comparative productivity of Kentucky and other States will from
year year, show that Kentucky keeping stride with the
progressive among the agricultural States of the Union This
should be- for a Kentucky Colonel in Kentucky story says
Ths is Gods country an the soil doesn't require much coarn
Courier journal.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-19
SAVING THE RESERVES
MAaMI !


The total wheat crop for 1915 is estimated to be the billion
mark in round figures 931 bushels This
Of 10 cent the for the years 1912 1916
a jump of 43 per cent over last years yield
This all true but does not at all mean that with this bumper
coming in begin wheat normal
consumption To do would be almost the
ure number faropanes and then them all
purposes instead of activities.
America this has probably reached the highwaer mark
of her agricultural production for the period of the In the
succeeding who the land will leave their
farming to enter active service.
1t would be folly look forward years
when shall have left the up
that time Moreover imperative that should be
not only with the view of supplying ourselves through years.
but of feeding the Allied and civilian population
alton of this
tremendous task? But equal to it keep
conservation program and redoube goody
prtOn of 1918 supplies of food may be
against emergencies.
1t is easier to the staple foods than any
time of the for the produce of the garden
ued in for them The fresh vegetables
eat the less wheat and meat need.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-19
JUST BACK FROM FRONT
SON WRITES mother
Corporal Henry Watson Of the U. =.
Marines Tells Something Of the
Way Americans Fight,

Mrs. A. j. Watson of East Second
street, has just received the following
very interesting letter from her son.
who is a member of the U. s. Marine
Corps now in France:
Dear Mother: Just a few lines to
let you know / am happy and in the
best of health hope you are the same,
Mother my company received bags OF
mail yesterday and / never received
any and have been uneasy ever since,
afraid something has happened at
home Mother ! took my clothes and
shoes off last night for the first time
in eighteen days and nights (here's
where the censor got busy that was
one of the happiest times in my life
for | was needing some rest after IL
days hard battle with the best troops
Germany had but | can say they are
fine. They are afraid of the Ameri-
cans and we don't blame them bit
but we have just got started now.
The Germans tried everything they
had on us; they tried artillery, in
fantry and gas, but they could do
nothing but retreat when the Ma
rines got started. We were under a
heavy artillery barriage for five days
and nights and that is the worst thing
in the war, all one can do is to sit
down and take what he gets and of
course some one is likely to get hurt
If shell hits too close to him. Moth
or | just stopped writing until the
mail was sorted out, the company re-
ceived five more bags today and !
never got any, what is the matter,
why don't you write? l haven't re-
ccved any since ! left QuanticO. We
are now in quiet town back of the
lines for a rest We are all ready to
go back today after good nights
sleep and all we could eat of the best
eatables that could be gotten over
here. Am sending a clipping out of
| our paper that is printed over here
about the battle as there is nothing
of interest to write, will close with
love and kisses. | remain your low
| ing son.
HENRY WATSON.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-19
THRIFT NEED NOT IMPOSE UGLY
MODES IN WOMEN'S DRESS

Women's dress is becoming more
and more discussed in connection with
thrift and economy. The growing
popularity of uniforms and the Ques-
ton of the practicabilty of standard
lied dress for women in business
bring forward the question whether
clothing in wartime should be cheer
full or austere
"Womens dress may be the eX-
preston of an instinct for display and
variety, but man in his attire is the
slave of a standardized past" said
DR.. Jessica PeiXottO, executive chair
man of the Department of Child Wei
fare of the Womans Committee,
Council of National Defense. Ger
tinly womens dress should be cheer
full see no reason why thrift should
sound the doom of the decorative. 1t
has been said that in the midst of the
most severe torments woman should
keep her smile and that her garments
and her ornaments are part of her
smile. 1T is necessary to laugh in or
der not to cry, and clothing can
greatly aid in giving the feeling of
cheer. 1t need not, however, express
tlippancy.
Butterfly clothing is very different
from fresh, simple, useful dress such
as sports clothing represents. Aus
tere garments do not necessarily
clothe courage; witness the gay mill
tary uniforms of the past. 1t is per-
fectly uniforms of the past 1t is
perfectly possible to be thrifty and
cheerful, to wear clothing of simple
lines and inexpensive material, so as
to liberate labor now engaged in Gre
ating empty superAuities, and thus to
add to the general efficiency of the
woman power of the country"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-19
GRAIN FEEDS
SHOULD NOT
Be MIXED
State Food Administrator Sackett Is
sues Bulletin In Mixing Of
Feeds In This State.

The following official bulletin has
just been issued from the office of the
State Food Administrator:
Many complaints have been receiv-
ed by the United States Food Admin
istration that millers are avoiding
low price set for wheat mill feed by
mixing these feeds with small guam
titles of other grains, then labelling
them with a fancy name and selling
them at high prices. The Government
has passed a rule which says that no
wheat miller shall mix any greater
percentage of wheat mill feed with
other feedstuffs, or sell any greater
percentage to feed mixers for such
mixing, than he mixed and sold in
the year 1917.
AS this rule has been in effect since
May 2nd, and some of the mills in
Kentucky may not have felt the ne
cessity of conforming to the same, an
order was issued by the Federal Food
Administration for the State today,
directing Auditors to require com
plete statement of the amount OF mix
ed feeds sold this year and last year
in such mill visited, and this action
has been taken in order to insure the
users of wheat mill feeds against alb
normally high prices even of the pat
ent feeds Administrators having rea-
son to suspect violations of the above
rule are requested to require millers
to file statements with them showing
the amount of mill feed sold for mix
ing purposes each month in 1917 and
each month in 1918.
FRED NJ. SACKETT,
Federal Food Administrator for Ken
lucky.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-19
IRELAND'S BLUNDER

In dealing with Ireland England did the right thing
the right time The Catholic emancipation BILL the dsesabment
OF the establishment church of Ireland the land
chase act and the home rule bill recOgniOn of
Ireland claims which, though excellent and
alay discomfort books
enforced at the psychological
Now the Irish recaciran committing the fatal
Of choosing the time They trying England
when she lighting for freedom and democracy alliance with
United States and other liberty way as John
lon chairman of the Irish NatonaiStS The Sim
only alternating Americans but our Irish people in America
There time for everything, and heesent
to fight the Hun American why Irsmen
stand shoulder alefeds of France
and Belgium Ireland much these
her debt in the hour their extremity counting
favor of their barharous foe.-New York Commercial.
The beautiful cup which the Kaiser Americas
winner of his yacht gold
The golden prizes with which he dazes the eyes the peo
pie will all prove to be equally deceptive
he sends the hat check boys the should
have monument in l0ngacre ssuare.-Ncw York Sun
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-19
RAIDS OF ALL TRAIN
RIDERS TO Be MADE
Police Believe That the Many Rob-
berries In Railroad Towns are the
Work of Railroad HObOes.

There seems to be a wave of rob-
berries all along the c. & o. railroad
line just at this time and the Special
agents of the road together with the
police officials in the various towns
and cities along the road have reach
ed the conclusion that these robbcries
are the work of hoboes many of whom
are to be seen riding trims through
here
II is pointed out that there is at
present plenty of work at good wages
for all who want to work and plants
begging men to work are furnishing
them with transportation so that
there is no excuse for man who
wants to work to he riding freight
trains or stealing rides on blind bag
cages. The officers have reached the
conclusion that with very rare eXcep-
tions, the men who are now stealing
rides on the railroad trains are crooks
and bear watching.
The word will likely be passed out
to arrest all persons seen stealing
rides on trains and investigate them
and it is expected that in this way the
crooks abroad in this section will be
arrested and punished
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-19
SOME LETTERS
HARM MORE
THAN help
American Women Should BE Careful
the Sort Of Letters They Write
the Soldiers in France.

American women have been writing
to their soldier sons serving in
France with more affection than good
Judgment, according to reports that
come back from time to time Too
often the letters contain expressions
of anxiety and grief Small worries,
also, are borne across seas and large
troubles are frequently shared with
the boys away from home.
If our mothers would not worry
II would be better for them and bet
ter for us, is the cry of hundreds of
our boys in the hospitals of Europe 4"
said Mrs. Edward Vickers, of Boston,
who has returned to the United States
after passing three years in war work
in Egland and France.
Men with amputations staring
them in the face will say this again
and again." declared Mrs. Vickers.
"The mother comes first at the vital
moment and the main anxiety is that
she may not suffer When boy is
lying in a hospital cot, every other
sentence contains the words, my
mother, or my wife, or my girl and
very often my pal
And | would like to tell the girls
of this country that men abroad re-
gard their girl friends at home in ac-
cordance with the standard which the
girls have set for themselves. That
the girls they have left behind are
worth fighting for is sustaining
| thought that comforts the boys as
they fight and when they must suffer
and die.
Let all the letters from home be as
bright and as nCwsv as possible. Also
do not forget to tell the boys what
! the home folks are doing to keep up
their end of the war. They want "a
hear good reports about the Rcd
Cross, the Liberty loan and the War
| pdNlilS oldHlp ullNtS. IL ltlltI Is
cheerful and hopeful man will tell
the good news to his comrades. If il
is depressing he will take it away and
read it by himself in some quiet cor
ner and its influence is more far
reaching than the writer could ever
have imagined it might be. So please
tell every one at home to write CHEEKY
letters to their boys over there
And do not let up on Red Cross OF
other war work." pleaded Mrs Wick
ers. Don't think enough is being
done without your aid. Every single
bandage you take means just that
much comfort to some sick or wound
ed man"
Mrs. Vickers said the need of nurses
on the other side is great.
But let no woman go who is not
clothed with proper authority" she
warned. "No woman is wanted there
who is not efficient, or who is not
qualified to carry on her trained work
officially. If woman is not free to
go abroad or not fitted for service
over there she can help by staying at
home and releasing some woman who
is prepared for work at the front"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-19

If he sends the hat check boys the Gen Cowe should
have monument in Iongacre ssnare.-New York Sun.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-19

Many appeals have been made to
the War Department following that of
Mayor Thomas NJ. Russell that the
many soldiers who pass through
Maysville almost daily, be allowed to
alight from their troop trains at the
local depot and march through the
city. If this is done the local commit
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-19

tee of ladies who have been furnish
ing the soldiers with delicacies will
have more time for their work and
such attentions are greately appre-
ciated by the soldiers as is attested
by the many letters they write back
thanking the local people for their
kindneSScS
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-19

Yes, Luke, we know that every
married man has a grieyance-and
so has his wife until she becomes a
widow.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-19

Laws is like a sieve; a man may see
he will find himself much reduced.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-19

Always listen to an honest opinion
if for no other reason that it is
different from your own.
The sun., 1918-12-23
z GERMAN PLANES
TO RIDDLES CREDIT
Philadelphia Ace Talks Mod
estLy of Air Exploits.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. %. Major
Charles i. Biddle, one Of the four
American asSs who returned yesterday
from France, said tonight he fought
eighteen different battles in the air
before he succeeded in killing his first
German. Even then" he said. 81
didn't have the quickness TO find out
who he was. I was all alone and did
not quite know how TO do It."
Major Biddle. who was commander
OF the Fourth pursuit squad OF the
American Army. said he could not tell
how many German planes the men in
his group brought down. "All OF
them" he added, have pretty good
records, but 1 don't believe the entire
list has ever been made up" The
Major has seven enemy planes off,
cially ERASED" to his credit and was
decorated with the Croix de Guerre,
with one citation. He declined to talk
OF his experiences at length. IT don't
count" he declared.
After the armistice was signed
Major Biddle crossed over into Metz.
II found that city" he said, more
prosperous than French towns of sim
liar size. All the people seemed well
fed and we'll dressed. I took dinner
at the chief hotel in town and had a
meal OF soup, fish, meat and plenty
of vegetables, salad, wines and two
kinds Of ice cream. all for about $3.50.
And there was no lessening of amounts
there either. The same thing seemed
true in Luxembourg and Thionvilie,
where / went later"
The sun., 1918-12-23
PIPER LEFT NOTE
DENYING MURDER
Accused Man Unguarded in
Cell Two Hours When He
Hanged Himself.
SUICIDE LONG IN MIND
Letter Found Pinned Inside
UndershiI't Written Be-
fore Arrest.

MUSHROOM, Mich. Dec. 22.-That
Milo II. Piper who last night ended
his life in n cell at the county Jail
here. where he was held on charge
OF killing Miss Freda weichman, had
for some time contemplated suicide
was the belief expressed by the au-
thorities to-day.
This assumption Is based by the
police on the finding OF a brief and
somewhat cryptic note which Coroner
James F. Balbirnie announced Was
found pinned to the dead mans under
wear. The note. which, according to
the Coroner, seemingly was written
while Piper was in Hamilton, Ont,
reads as follows:
DEAR MOTHER. FATHER AND BROTHER.
Thanks for all you have done for me.
rake good care of Hilda and Choppy
lP1per's wife and three-year-old son]
as you or I must go. Let II be me.
"Good-by all. I am not guilty.
"Mn1o."
No theory has been announced as to
what Piper meant by the words you
or ! must co. AT the bottom OF the
note. written on a piece of paper
such as is used in tobacco cans, were
the words: This dope comes from
Hamilton" 1t is his notation that
leads the authorities to believe Piper
wrote the words before being brought
here from Hamilton. They also point
out that no lead pencil or means of
pinning the note to his underwear had
been left in the prisoners cell.
At the Coroner's inquest, which will
be held tomorrow. Coroner Balbirnie
said an effort will be made to deter
mine why Piper was left unguarded
long enough to permit him 10 hang
himself. The cell. IT was learned to-
day. was lefc unmatched for two hours
before Pipers body was found.
The sun., 1918-12-23

c0LCNfBIA. B'wAy 4 Am Hello Am.rtc.
Twice Daily, Pop. Prices. Lewis Dcdy'
The sun., 1918-12-23
800 SCHOOLS WILL
TRAIN U. S. OFFICERS
Reserve Corps Units to Be Es-
.tablished at Once in In
stitutions Of Learning.
az. -
FOR ALL ARMY BRANCHES
Senior Divisions to Learn in
Colleges-Instructors
From Active List.
FOR ALL ARMY BRANCHES

WASHINGTON, Dec. %. - About 800
units Of the Reserve Officers Train
ing Corps, created by the National
Defence act OF 1915, will be estSh-
lished Immediately In as many colleges
and schools. said an announcement to-
day by the War Department. During
the wnr this organization, from which
It was planned to develop force OF
at least $4,000 officers for reserve
duty. was abandoned in favor OF the
Students Army Training Corps.
New regulations are being prepared
so as to permit units to specialize IN
training officer material for the varl-
Gus corps of the army, such AZ artll-
lery, engineer. signal. ordnance, air
service and medical, instead OF the
uniform training for infantry, which
was the rule before the war.
A total of 1l5 reserve officers
training corps units had been organ
lied before the war. One hundred or
the institutions included In the Stu
dents Army Training Corps group
have reestablished their reserve units,
taking over the equipment they had on
hand. In addition 200 other schools
or colleges have signifled their inten-
ton 70 share in the reserve training
work.
A,spec.al committee has been Gre
ated in the war plans division OF the
General Staff to administer the Re-
serve Officers Training Corps, which
as before will consist OF Junior units
in high schools as we'll as senior units
in colleges Through the personnel
division Of the staff It will be possible
to select instructors from army offi-
GERS shown by their records during
the war emergency to have special
qualifications in that direction.
The sun., 1918-12-23
shots at Burglar Cost $500.

CHICAGO. De 22.-Alfred weidel, a
druggist, who sleeps at the rear Of hts
store. awoke at an early hour the
other morning TO find a burglar in
the place. The druggist fred both
barrels Of shotgun at the intruder,
who fed. Weidel found he had saved
the SITS in his cash drawer, but
smashed $3.50 showcase and broken
bottles containing chemicals worth as
much more.
The sun., 1918-12-23
woOER CAME ON WINGS.
Lieut.. Marsh's engagement An
nounced After He Flew Away.

COLUMBIA. Mo. Dec. 22+-Lieut. Ian
Marsh recently few from Scott Field
H., to Columbia in an army biplane
The chief object OF his flight. as
learned to-day, was to call on Miss
Carolyn Kercheval Of Elsberry. Mo
a student in the University OF Missouri
Shortly after he left in his machine
for the Illinois training camp his en-
easement to Miss Kercheval was an
nounced. Lieut.. Marsh lives in Flat
River, no.
The sun., 1918-12-23
CHINA HoNoRs E. N. HURLEY.
Confers Order OF ChiaohO on Ship
ping boards Chairman.
By the Associated Press.

PEKIN, Dec. 22.--The Chinese Gov
ernment has conferred the Order of
Chiaoho, second class, on f. n. Hur-
ley, chairman of the United States
Shipping Board.
The sun., 1918-12-23

p The Order of Chiaoho is confined to
civilians by the custom OF China 1t
IS conferred for distinguished services
by the President of the republic.
The sun., 1918-12-23
ANfUsENENTs.
AMUsEMENTs.

.Muss.sSIs l+oo--ooo-- AM H
MJs UNDER DIRECTION