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New-York tribune., 1918-09-17
Hundreds of Survivors of
Torpedoed Ship Landed
at Plymouth, England
Scores Lose Relatives
Possibility of Destruction by
Mine Ruled Out by Nature
of Damage

PLY MOUTH, England. Sept Is ode
Notwithstanding scenes were
witnessed here when hundreds of sur
vlvors of the torpcdoed steamer Gal
way Castle were landed at T o'clock
Thursday morning. The passengers
were mostly women and children. and
1T is believed that whclc families have
been lost.
Among the survivors were little tots
scarcely able TO walk, crying N vain
TOR their parents. Parents were search
ing IN all directions for news of their
chlidren and women were seeking
valniy Tor their lost husbands. 1t mat
tered nothing that warm, dry cloth g
was distributed to take the place of
the scanty attire the survivors snatcned
as they left the ship. Their one Thoughts
was to get news. of their relatives ant
friends.
There seems ro reason to doubt that
the vessel was torpedoed without the
slightest warning The explosion oc-
CURED between the engine room and
the stokchold, fact which is taken
to rule out any possibility that the
ship struck mine.
The explosion caused comparatively
buckle in a most extraordinary manner.
She was injured at the extreme bottom
and was bent and torn clear to the
upper deck. and seemed likely to break
III two at any moment
In spite of the extent of the damage
done to the Galway Castle. some of the
crew, declared that the impact was
hardly greater than that of vessel
humping heavily against the side of a
-
mendous. One engineer was swept into
the tunnel from the engine room and
drowned.
Fearing that the liner would foun-
der at any moment, t,>Captain Dyer or
dered the boats lowered and issued
lifebelts to all passengers. One boat
was swamped, another was damaged
because the falls became fouled and
another was swept back against the
liner by wave and smashed by the
propeller. Another narrowly escaped a
similar fate.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-17
Balfour Indicates New or
fensive Is To Be Pressed
Strongly
500 Prisoners, 10 Guns
Reported Captured
Three Bulgarian Strong
holds Are Occupied by
Serb and French Forces

LONDON. Sept. 16.-Thc capture of
.he first and second line Bulgarian po-
sitions along a ten-mile section of the
Doiran-Vardar front Sunday was an
nounced by A. J Balfour. the Foreign
Secretary, at a reception to the Greek
delegation Tonight He referred to
this which in-olvcd Inc taxing Of 500
reisoners and tel guns, as tho prelude
to an important offensive bringing
s,e..er I.umphs IN which the British
ard Gree troops would take an equal
sai glorious part
Ti!,oca hundred prisoners. together
with a large number of guns and a
great quantity of material. were capt
urcd BY tho o-Serbian troops
Yesterday when they stormed powerful
Bulgarian positions on q front of ten
miles in Macedonia. according to in
formation obtained here tonight
WASHINGTON, Sept 1s.-Launchine
OF an offensive against the Bulgarians
on thc Salonica front by the reorgan-
lied Serbian army. in cooperation with
French forces. and the capture Of three
strongly fortified Bulgarian positions
are announced in an official Serbian
cornmunicue received here to-day from
Saiol!ca.
The comnuniqu6 follows:
"Salonica. Sept. 16.-Aftcr noccs-
sary artillery preparation. started on
September u. the Serbian army, in CO.
operation with French troops, attacked d
or September Is the strongly organized
Bulgarian positions on the front-Teak
Vetronik t4.12+ feet). Dobro Pole
t5,577 teet) and Mountain Sokol (4,637
:eetl.
These positions represent by tar
tie most important points held bv the
enemy on the Salonica front, and the
Bulgarians have been fortifying them
for the last, thirty months.
Our atteeH has seen completely sue
cessfN; .he enemy front is now
pierced and all three Of the mentioned
positions are III our hands. We have
taken several hundred Bulgarian
prisoners. numerous guns and great
Quantities of other war materials Our
operation continues"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-17
Haig Continues to
Improve His Line
At Numerous Points
(By The Associated Prcss)


WITH THE BRITISH FORCES IN
FRANCE, Sept. 16.-Field Marshal
Haigs forces continued their steady
Improvement of the British line at nu-
merous points yesterday and last night.
/ The most important gains recorded
were in the Ypres- Confines Canal sec,
tor, where an advance of about | 900
yards was achieved in the neigh hbor-
hood of the canal, and in the Havrn-
court zone, where posts were estab-
lished along the Canal du Nord to the
east of Demlecourt, thereby giving the
aggressors better position for future
operations should they be undertaken
The German artillery has maintained
a steady bombardment at Havrincourt
and in the surrounding territory.
Maissemy, a village five miles north
west of St. Quentin, was captured yes
terday by the British. The place was
taken during a local attack directed
against the high ground upon which
this hamlet is situated. This adds an
other important position to those re-
Gently taken along the ridges west of
st. Quentin.
little below this place and to the
southeast of Holnon Wood the British
also improved their lines slightly
Fighting Of local nature continues
on the northern battlefront near La
Bassee, where the enemy has been
forced to give ground steadily. Beyond
this. no important infantry action has
been reported, but heavy artillery duels
have been fought at numerous points.
British gunners bombarded the Hin
denburg line hcrcely for hours ycster-
day, and heavy enemy losses were in
fcted. The German gunners have been
maintaining an intense fire in the Gou-
zcaucourt sector and deluged Havrin-
court with explosives yesterday.
day brought the first fair weather
the British front has seen for week.
The sun came out bright and warm this
morning and has been rapidly drying
out the waterloggcd ground over which
it was becoming increasingly difficult
New-York tribune., 1918-09-17
Huge Piles of Enemy
Dead Line Mar1gi7's S
Path; $500 Captives
(By The Associated Prcss)

WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Sept. 10 delayed The
sacrifices the Germans are making to
stop the slow and steady advance of
General Mangin's force toward the
Chemn des Danes are made evident
by the large number of enemy dead
found on the field Of Saturdays and
Sundays operations. The number Of
prisoners. which increased during the
day to more than $500, also is very
large for the length of front attacked
The dead are thickest around Laf-
faux Mill and east of Vauxaillon
whore the enemy counter attacked
violently to-day in vain effort to
regain the positions he lost Saturday.
General Mangin's troops not only
maintained all their guns. but pushing
on from Vauxailon captured the
plateau to the southeast, which gives
them a vantage ground of great i'm
portance. Extending the field of battle
to the south, the French also made
appreciable gains by occupying MEME
New-York tribune., 1918-09-17

jean Farm and ground considerably to
the east of that position. Further
south they took by storm Hill No. 1863,
north of Celles-sur- Aisne.
The Germans came back repeatedly
IN strong force all along this front and
fought stubbornly. but with no other
result than to increase their extremely
heavy losses. While these actions seem
to be only details when compared with
the recent larger operations, their sig
nlhcance appears clearly from the
valiant efforts made to stop them
Further advances by the French on
the high ground west and south of the
Chemln des Danes will make the Ger
man positions there very precarious.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-17
French Advance
In Neu Assaults
On Laon Front
Continued from page I

the Germans used their machine guns
against that town, but with little effect
Reports from different points along
the line show that the number of guns
and the general material captured by
the Americans are increasing. An en-
tire artillery park was captured at
Jaulny.
Austrian prisoners captured by the
Americans are bitter in their denunca-
tion of the Germans. They accuse the
Germans of leaving them in the lurch
Austrian officers declare they were not
warned Of the American attack, and
that repeated requests for ammunition
were ignored. The Germans, they add
gave their entire attention to eXtrl-
eating themselves from the salient.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-17
Returned Soldiers to
Aid 9TH Liberty Loan

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1s.-Anerican
soldiers now in hospitals in this coun-
try who are sufficiently recovered from
their wounds to make Liberty Loan
speeches will be turned over to the
Treasury Department for use in the
forthcoming campaig ign. Acting Secre-
tary of War Crowell announced TO-DAY.
NO soldiers now ir France will be sent
to this country for the Liberty Loan
campaign. as was done in the last loan.
when "Pershing's Fifty" were utilized
New-York tribune., 1918-09-17
Serious Strikes Reported in
Calicia-Bohemia Salt Mines

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-Advces
from Cracow by way of Switzerland
state that serious strikes have broken
out in the salt mines of Galicia and
Bohemia. The Socialist Deputy Das-
zinski has gone to Vienna with a dele
CATION representing the workmen, with
view of negotiating an agreement
with the government,
New-York tribune., 1918-09-17
Portuguese Liner Sunk

AN ATLANTIC PORT. Sept. 1s.-The
Portuguese steamship Leixoes was tor
pcdoed in the North Atlantic five days
ago, according to sixteen members Of
the crew who arrived here TODAY.
hey had spent the interval in an open
boat. 1t IS feared that thirty-tivc
others IN three boats may have been
lost.
The Leixoes was vessel of 3,245
tons gross register. and was formerly
the Hamburg american steamer Cher
uska. She was requisitioned by the
Portuguese government after having
been self-interned a. a Portuguese port
a. the beginning of the war She was
built in 1890 at Newcastle, England.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-17

direct shot from the artillery defence
of Paris during the aerial attack upon
the city last night. The wrecked ma
chine fell in one of the northern sub
urbs. In the wreckage were found the
bodies Of an officer and two mon.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-17
kultur

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Sept. 15.-Among the cap
tives taken by the Americans at
Thlaucourt was Professor Otto
Schmeernkase, the eXploiter of
chlorine gas as a form of civilized
torture.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-17
GERMAN

the money and securities that could
b, found. Another half million francs
was demanded later and was raised
en- bonds of the Commune All the
gold that the Germans found after
that was seized in exchange for other
bonds of the Commune, making the
pillaging a collective, rather than a
individual affair
New-York tribune., 1918-09-17
FRENCH

PARIS (NIGHT), Sept. South
of the Disc the enemy reacted vio-
lesntly by means Of counter attacks.
Our positions were maintained com
plctely. During the day we con-
quered the plateau east of Vaux-
alllon. More to the south we passed
Mennejean Farm and took the ridge
northeast Of lles-sur-Aisne. The
number Of prisoners counted since
yesterday morning is $500.
BRITISH
LONDON (NIGHT).-On the south
crn portion of our front our patrols
have brought in few prisoners.
In the neighborhood of Ploegsteert
and east of Ypres our line has been
advanced slightly.
There has been artillery activity
on both sides in the different sectors.
LONDON (DAY). - During the
night we carried out successful
minor operation astride the Ypres-
Confines Canal, advancing our lines
on front of over two miles and
capturing a number of prisoners and
machine guns.
On the battlefront encounters with
hostile raiding parties and patrols
have taken place in the neighbor-
hood of Moeuvres and near Gavrelle.
We have established new posts in
the vicinity Of Sauchy- Cauchy and
Oppy.
GERMAN
BERLIN (NIGHT). T).-Renewed en-
cmy attacks between the Ailette and
the Aisne generally failed.
BERLIN DAY.-On the Lys
Plateau, south Of La Bassee Canal,
we carried out successful enter
prises.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-10
AUXILIARY OF CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE PLANNED
Farmers VIII Join Auxilinries TO the
Maysvllle Chamber Of Com.
merce Is Plan.

The monthly Chamber of Commerce
Bulletin was issued Tuesday after
noon. Under the heading with the
Directors" appears the following:
At the meeting on August 9th the
Secretary instructed to apply for /an
associate membership in the Highway
Industries Association of Washington,
D. C. This membership was tender
ed by the Highway Industries Asso-
citation with their compliments. Dis
oussion and final agreement of. the
campaign for 1919 memberships was
part of this meeting as was also the
discussion regarding the proposed
Corn and Tobacco Fair. The Direc-
tors set the date of November 81,
% and 90 for the Corn and Tobacco
Fair and management was placed in
the hands of Chairman A. l.. Merz, E.
r. Kirk and Carl Dodds. Plans were
made for the organization of the six
teen auXiliaries on October l, 2, 8 and
4. Arrangements for the Labor Day
Program were presented and the com
mittee authorized to proceed. On the
26th of August the Referendum sent
out by the National Chamber of Com
merce dealing with the proposed fl
naRcing of the war for another year
was presented and the affirmative vote
cast on all of the questions. The or
ganization of sixteen auxilaries was
deferred until October Is, 16, II and
IS upon suggestion of County Agent
Boyd. He felt that most farmers would
be buster during the first than during
the middle of the month, The Secre-
tary was instructed to plan post
shower for the boys in service on Oc-
tober 1st. Directors Glascock, Kirk
and Secretary Dodds were appointed
committee TO manage the member
ship campaign.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-10
LEWIS COUNTY
FRAUD CASE HAS
Been STARTED
Ed Rand, Prominent Young Lewis
County Contractor and Engineer
Goes on Trial For Defraudlng
Lewis County In Big
Contract.

The trial of Ed Rand, of Vance
burg. prominent young contractor and
engineer, on charge of fraud
brought here from Lewis county on
a change of venue, began in the Ma
son Circuit Court Tuesday morning.
The witnesses in the case we're late
getting here and 1t was some time be-
fore a jury was finally selected.
Shortly after noon Common
weath's Attorney B. S. Grannis read
the indictment to the jury, which is
one of the longest indictments ever
returned in Mason county, and then
the hearing of witnesses was begun
following a statement of the case
1t is expected that the hearing of
the case will occupy the attention of
the court for the balance of this week
at least. The last trial of the case
here, which resulted in hung jury,
took up a full week of the courts
time. Some eighteen or twenty wit
nesses will be introduced
The prosecution is represented by
Commonwealth's Attorney B. S. Gran
mis-, County Attorney w. H. Rees and
Lewis County's County Attorney, John
p Strother The defendant is repre-
sented by Hon. A. d. Cole, Judge Sam
j. Pugh and Mr.. r. ID. Wilson.
This case has attracted more atten-
tion from all over the state than any
case that has come for trial in the
Mason Circuit Court for a long time
and it brings to Maysville a large
number of the present and past coun-
ty officials of Lewis count. Both the
clerk of the County Court and the
clerk of the Circuit Court arrived here
Tuesday morning having in their
charge several of the records of Lewis
county.
In his statement to the jury, Mr..
Grannis stated that the defendant had
changed contract between Fleming
Jones and Lewis county's Fiscal Court
for the construction of the Concord
Hill road in which contract, the de-
fendant, Ed Rand was sub-contrac-
tor.
Many of the former magistrates of
Lewis county will be witnesses for the
prosecution in the case
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-10
MANY REGISTER
WITH LOCAL BOARD
AT HEADQUARTERS
Men Who WIN Not BE In the City on
Next Thursday For the Military
Registration Are Now Listing
Themselves With the
Beard Here.

Provisions have been made in the
registration orders that all men who
will not be home on next Thursday
September u, regular army registra-
tion day may register with their local
board at any time prior to the regis
tration day and under this ruling
many Maysville and Mason county
men have taken advantage of the op-
portunity to list themselves and Sc
cure their registration oard during the
past few days.
Already the local boSrl has regis
tered a large number OF men having
listed total of fifteen M Monday OF
this week.
All arrangements arc complete for
the big registration and on Wednes-
day morning there will be a meeting
in the office of the Mason county
board in the Government building
when the registrars will receive their
full instruction and will be supplied
with their equipment for the listing of
the large army of men.
An estimate has been put on the
number of men who viii register this
week in Mason county VIII lch puts the
figure very high but teose who have
kept in touch with the matter and
who have made some Investigation
say that the figures are not too high.
The members of the local board are
expecting an average of 100 men in
each precinct to register which would
give to Mason county total enlist
ment of 2200 men-a email army in
itself.
There has been no further change in
the registrars or the plans for the
registration. The registration in the
city of Maysville will be held in the
following places
First Ward-Gable's Coal Office.
Second Ward-Slattery & Rees Of
fee.
Third Ward-Russell's warehouse.
Fourth Ward-O'Neal Coal Office.
Fifth Ward-~Satire s)resel'sI Office
Sixth Ward-Dryden's Coal Office.
The registrars who were listed in a
previous isshe of the Ledger will
serve and everything will move of
smoothly so far as is known now.
The hours of registration will be
from a m. to 9 p. IN. and at the close
of this registration every man in Ma
son county between the ages of 18 and
4G will be expected to have on his
person government registration
card and the officers will see that ev-
cry man within the age limits carries
his card
Should there be any slackers in Ma
son county, which is not expected, the
officers will make a careful roundup
and those arrested as slackers will be
severely dealt with by the govern
ment under the draft act.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-10
SPECIAL PROGRAM

Prayer Meeting in the Christian
Church Wednesday evening will have
for its topic: Prayer for Christian
Union" Scripture, John, II chap. DR..
John Barbour will speak on "The
Theory and Practice of Union" and
Prof. Hugh S. Calkins will give his
idea OF, Christian Union. The mem
bership of the church might well take
their friends to this service. The
teachers and officers of the Bible
School will meet after the prayer SER
vice.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-10
"THE SERVICE STAR"

Madge Kennedy was seen Monday
night at the Washington in a very
picture entitled, "The Ser
vie Star" This was one of the most
attractive pictures seen in Maysville
recently and the large number of peo-
pie attending did not complain at the
small increase in price which ent in
to effect Monday at this popular play
house and movie show.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-10
DIR. DICKEY is COMING BACK

The many friends of DR.. ]. ]. Dick
ey, pastor of the Second NJ. e. Church,
South, and there are many of them
will be glad to know that the re-
port Monday that he would not re-
turn to Maysville was mistake. 1t
is now learned that DR.. Dickey will
return to Maysville for another year
and his many friends in all denomi-
nations will extend him hearty well
come back to our city.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-10
FISCAL COURT WILL
REQUIRE BIDS ON
ALL COUNTY WORK
County Commissioners Require That
Bids BE Asked For All Work
Which WIN Cost the County
More Than Five Dollars.

The regular monthly meeting OF the
County Commissioner was held to-
day at the Court House and all of the
commissioners we're present together
with County Judge Purnell.
Besides the allowing of the usual
bills against the county, about the
most important matter of business
transacted by the Commissioners was
the issuance of an order that in the
purchasing of all supplies for the
county officers bids must be asked for
all jobs which will cost more than five
dollars. The court went so far as to
say that they would refuse to pay any
bills for amounts of more than five
dollars unless the accounts were ac-
companied by bids.
The court also went on record that
no bill for advertising shall be paid by
the court which has been ordered by
any county official unless it has the
approval of the Fiscal Court.
The commissioners appropriated
the sum of $500 to the Kentucky Chill
dren's Home Society and $500 to the
Mason County Health League. The
former appropriation is to be paid on
order of the County Judge and the
latter is to be paid to Mr.. w. w. Ball,
Jr,, treasurer of the Health League.
1t was also ordered by the Com
missioners that no election officers be
paid for their services unless they re-
turn the ballot box keys and thus
save the county much needless ex-
pense.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-10
MORE RECLASSIFICATIONS ARE
EXPECTED

1t is expected that there will be
several more married men re-classi-
fed by the District Exemption Board
within the next few weeks. The board
is said to be combing out the men
pretty thoroughly and It is expected
that a number of other Mason county
men will be called upon to enter the
ranks.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-10
INTEREST IN CHOURS BEING
KEPT UP

The great interest in the Mason
County Community Chorus first mani
fest when the organization was sug-
gested, is being kept up and at the
rehearsals II is understood there are
many singers in Attendance This or
ganization promises to grow into one
OF the best musical organizations in
this section. of the state.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-10
SALES FOR THE MONTH

The monthly report of Mat. S. Cohen,
Commissioner of Agriculture of the
state, just issued shows that during
the month ,of August total of $685.
1877 worth of tobacco was sold in
Kentucky. 1,S4O,120 pounds was sold
at an average OF $27.S4. OF this L.,
067,520 pounds was Burley, which
brought an average of $34.94.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-10

Rev. ]. d. Redd, Presiding Elder
of the Maysville District will be in
town the last of the week to hold
District Stewards meeting Saturday
morning at the First NJ. E. Church,
South. This is to be business ses-
sion for the work of the district
On Sunday he will preach at the
Second Church, in the East End.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-10
ROY COCHRAN ASSIGNED TO
LONDON

Word has been received here that
Mr.. Roy Cochran, local man engaged
In Y. NJ. c. A. has been assigned to
work in London and has sailed from
an Atlantic port for the worlds lar
gest city to assume his new duties.
Mr.. Cochran was enlisted as an As
sistant hut Secretary but his assign
ment for the present, at least, has
been changed.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-10

Dr. and Mrs. w. T. Galbraith, of
Cleveland, Ohio, who have been visit
ing relatives in the Germantown
are spending a few
days with Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Dora here on their way back home.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-10
WILL WE'D WEDNESDAY

I Marriage license was granted Tues
day afternoon by County Clerk Owens
to Mr.. Patrick H. Slattery, aged 33, of
Cynthiana and Miss Katherine Tier
ney, aged 80, of this city. The couple
will be married Wednesday morning
at st. Patricks church by Rev, p. M.
Jones.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-10
CHICAGO WINS FIFTH GAME

Chicago won this Tuesday after
Moons game in the world series from
Boston by a score Of 3 to 0. This gives
Boston a score of to Chicago 9 for
the championship.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-10

The representative of one of the lar
gest carnival companies on the road
is in the city today trying to make ar
rangements to bring his company
here for street fair in the near fu-
ture