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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-24
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Lady's high-grade bicycle. Low
ell Diamond almost unscatehed, very little
used back pedal, coaster brake; acetylene
lamp. all accessories $40, half price: r. D.
box 20, Waitsfeld. l10t3s
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-24

For information concerning these farms, or
any other farms or city property on our lists,
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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-27
GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER
TELEPHONES JULY 31St
Maysyille Telephone Company Is No.
tilted Of Federal Management Be-
ginning Next Wednesday.

The Maysville Telephone Company
yesterday received official notice from
the government that their telephone
lines and equipment would be taken
over by the Federal Government at
midnight on Wednesday, July 81.
Manager b. Y. Chambers, of the To-
cal company. yesterday afternoon said
that he did not think there would
be any great change made at the local
plant and office. He said that for the
past three years the Maysville Tele-
rhone Company had been using the
government system of bookkeeping
and had been using forms patterned
after the government plans.
There will be no change in the
present telephone service so far as is
known now and the change will not
be noticed except that reports will be
made to the Federal directors of the
company.
Under the efficient management of
Mr. Chambers, the Maysville Tele-
phone Company is now giving a SER
vice that is uneXcelled in the state of
Kentucky and so far as is known no
city anything like the size of Mays
vile has a telephone service that will
in any way compare with the Mays
vile service. Despite the very high
cost of all telephone materials every
thing is being kept up to the standard
at all times and it is certain that un-
der Federal management there will be
no change along this line.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-27
NAVY BAND
may Be BROUGHT
TO MAYSVILLE
Enort Being Made TO Bring John Phil
lip Sousn's Great Navy Trimming
Station Band Here
Next Week.

The United States Navy Band from
the Great Lakes Naval Training Sta
ton at Chicago is in this section of
the state of Kentucky giving concerts.
The band was at Paris yesterday and
Will be at Ashland today and tomor-
row. This is the second trim for this
great military band to both of these
cities and yet the people of Mays
vile have never yet had the oppor-
tunity to hear it.
On its first trip into this state the
band was out in the interest of the
Third Liberty Loan but this time it
Is on recruiting trip for the United
States Navy
When it became known yesterday
that the band was in this section of
the state and would PROBABLY pass
through Maysville Tuesday over the
G. & o. from Ashland, Mayor Thomas
NJ Russell at once got busy in an en-
deayor to have the band spend the day
in Maysville on Tuesday. The ex-
pense of bringing the band to Mays
Vile from Ashland would be very
small
Maysville people have heard many
war talks during the present conflict
and have had the privilege Of hearing
some Of the comtry's greatest men
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-27
DECISIVE BATTLE
may Be STAGED
next few DAYS
Behind LulI ON Ninth Day on Asine-
Marne Salient Generals May Re
Staging a Decisive Battle.

Washington, July 26-Behind the
apparent lull in the struggle around
the Aisne-Marnc salient today. the
high command of the Allied and Ger
man armies may be setting the stage
for the decisive battle of the war. In
that event it seems more than likely
to observers here that the fourth an
niversary of the beginning of the
world conflict will see a flame of fight
ing raging from east of Rheims to the
North Sea; but with the crucial con-
flict in progress somewhere Just north
of the historic Marne where the Ger
mans have twice tasted the bitterness
of defeat.
The enemy has been quick to real
ize his danger Behind a stubborn
rear guard he drew back across the
Marne and today was apparently still
struggling northward out of the depth
OF the pocket in which he had been
caught To save his advanced forces
here, reserves have been called to
hold a part of the jaws of the great
trap until the armies of the Crown
Prince could escape.
That the enemy has it in his power
to refuse decisive struggle and to
continue his withdrawal until his line
had been strai9htcned out ana his
tanks protected most officers believed.
They were equally confident that he
could bring on pitched battle by
halting on a selected line. The pres
ent withdrawal. it was thought, pro-
baby was directed toward tentative
line, where a sufficient stand would
probably be made to test out General
Fochs projections and that line
should be reached and defined in the
fighting of the next day or two.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-27
CLASS 1 NEAR EXHAUSTION

Washington, July 26 - Rapid eX-
haustion of Glass l to the extent that
some local selective service boards
may be unable to fill the August call
was indicated by instructions issued
to the boards by General Crowder to-
day
Crowder said he will be unable to
place further August calls until all
the men who registered June 5 are
examined finally and classified. He
ordered boards to halt Immediately
oil releases of Class men to the
navy and marine corps and emerg-
ency fleet corporation until enough
men are in sight to fill the calls of
August l.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-27
CITY WATER SHOULD
ALL Be BOILED
Analysis Shows the Water TO BE Con-
taminated and Examiner Says II
Should BE Boiled.

County Health Officer ]. S. Locke
yesterday received a letter from the
State Public Service Laboratories at
Lexington reporting on samples of
the city water recently taken by DR.,
Locke and sent to them for analysis.
This analysis shows the water be-
ing served the citizens of our city by
the Maysville Water Company at this
time to be in a polluted condition and
the recommendation of the state eX-
aminers is that every one boil it be-
fore 1t is used.
The exact report of the chemist
follows:
Analysis indicates contamina-
tion from sewage microorganism
and that the method of purifica-
ton is not efficient. Until prop
er methods of publication are
employed, boil water"
L. A. BROWN, Acting Director.
Public Service Laboratories.
This means that the people of
Maysville for the time being or until
the situation can be cleared up should
use every precaution in using the
city water and the advise of the state
chemist should be followed out by
boiling the water used for drinking
purposes.
The Maysville Water Company is at
present without Superintendent and
they are getting along the best they
can with what they have at hand.
They will be asked by the Health Of
ficer to make some arrangements at
once to handle the water better. The
last Grand Jury in this county admon-
ished the Water Company to he more
careful about the treatment of the
water before it is served to the peo-
pie of Maysville and they will no
doubt get busy Immediately to relieve
the situation disclosed in this ana
lysis of a sample of the water taken
from a hydrant in the city.
The Water Company will no doubt
experience some little trouble in Sc
curing a superintendent at once but
they can operate their chlorine plant,
which when operated properly will re-
move the condition disclosed in this
analysis. This chlorine plant should
be in operation at all times and no
water should be served the public un-
til it has been treated by this plant
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-27

Mr. and Mrs. r. Il. Owens. OF West
Third street are visiting in Louisville
with relatives and friends.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-27
BIG KIDDIES' PICTURE AT THE
WASHINGTON

A picture that will he interesting
to the kiddies of the city will be
shown at the Washington Theater to-
day. Title is Jack and the Beanstalk"
and it is faithful portrayal of the
nursery story which every man and
woman well remembers. 1t is expect
ed that the big Opera Houese will be
filled with youngsters at this after
Moons performance and many men
and women will go tonight and for a
time live childhood days over again
forgetting the cares of these war
times.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-27

Local Thunder Showers Sat- :!
urdAy; Sunday Partly Cloudy i
!. !. 4 !. \ + 1. 4 I. 1. + + !
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-27
INTEREST is KEPT
UP IN RECRUITING
Three More Men From This Part OF
Kentucky Volunteer For Army
Service nj the Local Re-
cruiting Station.

A short time ago il was feared that
the army officials at CovingtOn
would recall Sergeant Simmons and
close the Maysville army recruit
ing in rather slow but starting with
the big drive by the Allied forces
and kept up by the great advances of
the Americans and their allies. inter
est in recruiting here grows daily.
Yesterday afternoon Sergeant Sim
mons sent three men from this sec
tion of the state to Covington for
final physical examination and accep-
tance or rejection for the army and he
! reports that many men have been
making inquiries and he is expecting
many recruits to offer themselves
within the next few weeks.
Maysville now has the only army
recruiting station in this part of Ken
lucky and men are coming here from
Lewis, Bracken, Robertson. and all
other near by counties in Kentucky
and from counties along the Ohio riv-
er in Southern Ohio to investigate
The recruiting office located over
the Farmers G Traders Bank at Sec
ond and Market streets is open every
day and night and Sergeant Simmons
is always willing and anxious to give
the young men interested any infor-
nation they may desire about becom-
age are now being accepted.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-27
SPEEDING HAS AGAIN BROKEN
OUT

Complaints come from both the
East and West ends of the city that
automobile drivers have again open
ed the speeding season and yesterday
afternoon and last night several in
stances of reckless driving are re-
ported. The police will have 10 tight
en- up on the new traffic ordinance
which includes splendid clause
against speeding. A few moro arrests
may he necessary TO break up the
practise now that It has again been
started.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-27

The Second NJ. T. Church, South
the Little Brick'-will give their
Sunday School an afternoon in
Beechwood Park next Wednesday, All
who are enrolled are urged to he pres
ont Sunday morning and give their
names in promise to attend
REV. J. J. DICKEY.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-27
MADE CORPORAL

Harry Sweet. local man, who let
here In the last squad OF aelectiyes,
has been made Corporal Ct Camp
Hancock, 0as relatives were advised
this mornlng'
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-27
wAvTED. SCRAP IRON

Highest Cash Prices paid for Scrap
Iron, Metals, and Feed Bags. Call
$. GREENWALD
Telephone BIS, Plum Street.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-27
FREE PAPERS MUST STOP

In accordance with the new or
dcrs OF the War Industries Board
the Public Ledger is required to
stop all newspapers heretofore
delivered free to those who are
not named in the exceptions an
nOunCcd by the board. In the
future all will he required by this
Federal order TO pay for their
Ledger. II can he obtained at all
times from carrier boys on the
streets or at thi, Office but bet
ter still subscribe for it by the
month. Call at The Office or ask
Central for No. 10.
- =.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-27
FIRES DEVELOPING
BEHIND THE LINES
PORTEND RETREAT
With His Reserves Exhausted the
Crown Prince Faces Disaster
Unless Withdrawal is Quick
Allied Artillery Sweeps
Pocket.

Paris, July &c The latest news
from the Aisne-Marne battle front is
considered by the afternoon newspa-
pers to be particularly favorable. The
entente allied progress, it is believed
has not yet come to an end Despite
stubborn resistance the Germans have
been obliged to give up Oulchy-Le-
Chateau and it is thought that the
Teutons cannot long hold Fere-En-
Tardenois.
la Liberte" says the Germans
must be considering a retreat to the
banks of the River Vesle as fires and
explosions are multiplying in the Ger
man lines and the Teuton provisions
and other stores are in flames. The
Germans, the newspaper adds, either
must retreat or face disaster.
London, July 26--As a result of the
past weeks activities, the whole sit
uation on the western front has been
IIdlSlOl Hltu' lHe hSl lldllS' dCColu VI
ing to dispatches from the front, have
used 65 divisions on the Champagne
front, and the whole of the crown
princes reserves have been exhaust
ed. The only fresh reserves remain
ing to the Germans are less than thir-
ty divisions attached to Crown Prince
Rupprecht's armies.
Last week it appeared certain that
Prince Rupprecht would be called up
on to launch an attack on the British
front, but the enemy put off this at
tack and the, psychological moment
for it probably has passed, for the
Germans appear committed to the
great battle in progress, and cannot
afford to stake heavily on a dubious
operation at another part of the front
according to the view of the British
experts.
The German situation in the salient
although awkward, is not untenable
The enemy's difficulties are not great
er than those in which the British
army was placed for many months in
the Ypres salient, before the capture
of Messines ridge. The Ypres salient
was five miles wide and five miles
deep and was dominated by the en-
emy. The present German salient is
now twenty miles wide and twenty
miles deep and, similarly, is dominat-
ed by the allied artillery.
Evidence has reached the allies in
the shape of captured documents to
show that the enemy had made up
offensive begun to undertake a retire
ment to line along either the Ardre
or Vesle, and had actually given or
ders for this, but these orders were
later cancelled, presumably owing to
the difficulty of effecting an orderly
retirement in the Dinched salinet, and
it is now possible the German COM
mand has decided to retain the pres
ent position as long as possible.
Meanwhile, the military writer's
point out the allies are using up the
German reserves in a battle where
the Germans are continuously in a
disadvantageous situation, so the sit
uation is entirely satisfactory to the
allies. If the enemy remains in the
salient he cannot possibly undertake
any important offensive therefrom
and the allies could hold the salient
lightly and devote their energies else
where
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-13
THESE TWO MEN
REFIT THE ARMY

work far into the night The more the
camp speeds up the more troops Ma jor
Fawcett invites the war department to
send through the camp. The ideal of
seeing to 1t that no man crosses the
seas for service with clothing and
equipment which Is not new, or as good
as new, has just about been reached.
Troops are detrained from the interior
in dusty, faded clothing patched and
pulled out of shape, and go onto their
ships in an incredibly short time dress
ed up like show window display.
His lieutenants in charge of money
disbursements, subsistence, construc-
ton, transportation, and reclamation
are at his door with brand-new COM
plicatlons every few minutes. Bewil-
dered supply officers, who have come
to the camp without the slightest idea
Of what Is expected of them (and who
would have resigned before coming had
they known) appear at his door look
ing scared; they listen for a few min
utes to the general run of his tele-
phone conversation, forget their scare.
answer his questions with a prompt
ness and definiteness which seem to
surprise the men themselves, and go
out with their heads up. smiling conf
IDENTIFY, and accomplish changes and
refittings and substitutions such as
they had never dreamed of.
Work Well Divided.
The work under Major Fawcett sub
divided itself naturally so that no dis
proportionate burden falls on any one
department, with one exception. For
accounting purposes it is absolutely
necessary that one man should have
charge Of what, In quartermaster lam
guage, is called property" He must
sign every invoice and assume respon-
sibility for it financially. This job
under Major Fawcett is that of Capt.
c. f. Thrall. Q. M. r. c. Captain
Thrall has counted it big night when
he has had more than four hours sleep
since the war started.
Captain Thrall has never been
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-13
What's A Watt2

A current of electricity flowing
through wire is like a stream of wa
ter flowing through a pipe. And the
pressure of the water the speed with
which it flows, we call the volts or
the voltage of electricity. And the size
of the stream of water in the one or
two-inch pipe Is amperes when we
measure the size of an electric current.
But the actual volume of water that
is flowing through the pipe is so many
gallons. while with electricity we meas
ure in watts-so many watts for All
hour or so many watt-hours.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-13
"WAR BRIDES" DUPE SOL DIERS
Women Fortune Hunters Arrested for
Having More Husbands Than
Law Allows.

San Diego, Cal.-Almost since the
United States entered the war soldiers
have been victims of women fortune
hunters. Girls at various camps ere
being arrested charged with having An
over quota of soldier husbands, and
In every case the question of insur-
ance was the motive.
This city has been no exception to
the rule, and with the thousands Of
soldiers and sailors in training at the
camps near by federal officials are
always on the alert, and as a result
two girls are under arrest. They gave
their names as Miss Mae Smith and
Mrs. Elsie Byrnes, and both are
pretty. They were caught in the act
Of mailing about 20 letters to sailors
and soldiers asking for money for
clothes and travelling expenses. In
every letter written by the girls was
the phrase: II wish you oceans of
love with kiss on the top of every
wave" The girls also received IS
letters from ardent lovers and each
letter contained money.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-13
DAIRY
FACTS
STUDY NEEDS OF LIVE STOCK
Dairymen and Stock Raisers Are eau
toned to Feed Only Balanced
Ration to Animals.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
In order to save feed-to see that
none of 1t is Observation-Disclosures and
live stock men should study the needs
of their animals and see that only the
required feed is given in a balanced
ration. This is particularly impor-
tant at the present time, since an in
crease in feed and more live stock
are needed to supply the needs of this
nation and the allies.
To reduce the problems involved in
the selection Of feeds on the basis of
their nutritive value-which are meas
ured In terms Of protein, carbohydrate,
and fat contents-in order to make
them apply to everyday feeding, has
not been simple. In a bulletin re-
Gently issued by the United States de-
partment of agriculture tables are
given which make the balancing Of
ton and division. 1t is explained that
protein, carbohydrate, and fat con-
tents of a feedstuff are not the only
factors affecting its feed value. Pro-
TENS differ in their nutritive quail
ties, while some Substances not in
Guided in the classes mentioned are
necessary to the proper maintenance
of the bodily functions. The palata-
bility and succulence of a feed has
much to do with it's value as feed.
Many feedstuffs have physiological eff
fects entirely apart from their nutri-
tive qualities. A ration may be per-
fectly balanced from the standpoint of
relative content of protein and en-
ergy producers, and yet be quite i'm
practicable, the specialists point out
because it Is too bulky or too con-
centrated. Consideration II a feed
stuff or ration based only on chem
ical composition, therefore, Is to be
taken merely as guide, it is ex-
planned, to be followed in the light of
all the knowledge obtainabie about ami
NAL nutrition.
The selling price of a feed is not a
reliable guide to its relative feeding
value. The carbohydrate feeds-corn,
oats, barley, kafir, and various others
and the protein feeds-cottonseed
meal, tankage, and brewers grains
are found on the market at various
prices. The feeder desires to know,
with certain given prices, which is
the cheapest feed to buy-the true
value of bushel of oats, rye, or bar
ley for feed when corn is worth so
cents a bushel. He wishes to know
the value of ton of brewers grains,
linseed meal, or bran when cottonseed
meal is worth $50 ton and corn 81
a bushel. By the use of the tables
presented in the bulletin, which show
comparative costs based on nutritive
values, these questions can be an
swered.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-13
Home Town
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BUILT ON LINES OF BEAUTY
Structures for Industrial Establish
ments Need No Longer Constitute
BIots on Landscape.

Recent years have seen a marked
advance in the architectural treatment
of office buildings, shops and even
loft" buildings-the last built essen
TALLY for commercial purposes.
Architecture" indeed, as applied to
building, has been proved beneficial
asset rather than an esthetic ideal.
Several architects of Chicago and the
middle West have attained remarkable
success in distinctly architectural rem
behring's of factory buildings; and ar
chitecural ideals are by no means in
compatible with a type of building us
ually regarded by most of us as 'hope-
lessly" Notwithstanding for power
houses and pumping stations.
A Pacific coast architect, however.
has distinguished himself for years
by his unusual rendering of this type
of building. "Plants," which in most
instances have been accepted as ir-
remediable blots upon their immedi-
ate localities, have been given the
architectural dignity and grace which
are commonly regarded as the special
requisites of Architectural" buildings,
such as Libraries and the like.
Perhaps the spell has been broken
perhaps those people who need most to
dream dreams and see visions of ar
chitectural beauty have been and are
being gradually awakened, by the pa
tent endeavors of a few earnest and
inspired architects, to q realization
that there may be ideals in everyday
architecture-that garage may be a
beautiful building, storage ware
house structure of fine dignity and
strength, and that q factory may be
clothed in an architectural mobility OF
concept which will be commensurate.
in terms of the better and final ideal,
with the commercial significance OF
the great industry which it houses.