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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-25

general fund and transferred to the
County Council of Defense Fund the
sum of two hundred fifty dollars
Dated this fourth day of Decem 5er,
1918.
Signed,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-25

amt asked. amt all'wd
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-07
Schools, Churches and Theaters Ordered Closed

engagement for the Great Lakes Nav
al Training Station Band at this place
for tomorrow.
All public gatherings are prohibit
ed by these orders and therefore the
band concerts and the Liberty Loan
addresses planned are called off.
1t seems as though Maysville and
Mason county people are never going
to hear this wonderful naval band.
Several times we have almost had
them here and for various reasons the
people have been disappointed but the
health of the community is to be con-
sidered just at this time and every
one must do his or her best to help
stamp out the disease. One of the
main things to be done is to keep your
head. There should be no excitement
over the action taken by the health
boards. This same action is being
taken everywhere and it is simply a
preventative measure. The situation
is we'll in hand here and there is nc
reason to become excited.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-07
Wilson's Answer to German Peace
Note VIII Be RejectiOn-Plaln
Statement of How Peace Can
Be Attained VIII Be Made.

Washington, October 7-Washing-
ton today regarded the latest Teutonic
peace moves as attempts to barter for
peace peace to Germanys advant-
age before American-allied arms can
visit retribution on the boche armies.
Inasmuch as the offers can contain
no proposals for Withdrawing troops
from allied territory, no proposals for
a general and complete laying down
of arms, they are not acceptable, in
ternational authorities declare.
The proposals are timed to befog
the air at moment when America is
putting forth it's maximum effort with
its fourth Liberty Loan and when
American-allied forces are smashing
the boche armies back along the west
front.
But in so far as America is concern
ed, there is a unity of feeling against
the proposals.
Both England and France are like
ly now to make statement of war
aims, attuned to President Wilson S
desire along that line.
Prince Max, German chancellor
has asked that President Wilson COM
municate with the allies anent the
peace proposals. The president may
discuss with them the subject of a
restatement of war aims, making the
allied purposes Enthusiastically clear.
! In any event, he will let Germany
and Austria know that America S
terms are plain and that no insincere
peace offers will swerve this nation
from its purposes.
Some authorities believed he might
tell the TentOn that peace negOtia.
tiOns could be instituted;
IF Germany cleared her armies Out
of the occupied territory absolutely.
IF she also laid down her arms and
gave the United States control over
them.
IF, in other words, she made com.
plete military surrender not &
| breathing spell armistice.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-07
MaysvilIe Health Board Will Strictly
Enforce State Order

met with the Board that some step
should be taken Immediately to pre-
vent any further spread of the dred
disease which is claiming so many
lives throughout the country.
Within the past few hours Influenza
has claimed two fine young Mason
county men. Both, however, contract
ed the disease and died elsewhere.
The State Board of Health's resolu-
tion appearing herewith orders all
schools, churches and theaters closed
and the Maysville Board of Health at
its meeting this morning went on rec
ord as ready to enforce this order
strictly.
The local Health Board went just
little farther in that they named a
few places of assembly" as set out
in the states resolution and chief
among those affected by the order will
be soda fountains and soft drink
places. All of the places have been
ordered closed this afternoon. There
will be no shows at any of the motion
picture theaters this evening and all
such places will remain closed until
further orders come from the local
Health Board.
1t is pointed out by the City Board
of Health that no quarantine has been
established and that people are per-
mitted to come and go as they please.
Folks from outside of Maysville are
welcome here and Maysville people
can go where they like but the board
advises against any unnecessary trav-
ell and urges that all visiting be dis
continued for the time being.
Superintendent Caplinger this after
noon in accordance with the action of
the Health Boards, issued instructions
for the immediate closing of all city
schools.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-07
MANY LIBERTY BOND
WORKERS FILED THEIR
REPORTS TODAY
Busy Day at Headquarters OF the Lib
erty Loan Committee Secretary
When Chairmen in County
Precincts Make Reports.

Today has been a very busy day
with the Mason County Liberty Loan
committee. Secretary N. S. Calhoun
has been one of the busiest men in
the city during the day as there have
been many county precinct chairmen
in to bring their reports County court
day has brought many country people
to Maysville and has given the mem
bers of the county committees a splen-
did opportunity to see folks from their
precincts and to secure their sub
scription.
The largest single purchase report
ed today was $4,000. This amount of
bonds was purchased by. an executor
of an estate in the county. The heirs
all agreed that this amount of the es-
tate should be invested in bonds and
they were purchased
The reports made today have
brought the total up considerably but
the work that was done today will
likely make bigger showing in to-
morrow's report
At the close of business this after
noon the banks report total sales of
bonds amounting to $454OOO.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-07
RALLY DAY AT FIRST PRESBY.
TERRAIN SUNDAY SCHOOL

Sunday was a true Rally Day" at
the First Presbyterian Sunday School
One hundred and eighty-seven were
present with an Offering of thirty-ive
dollars which will be sent with an ad-
ditional amount for the tuition of a
girl in the Kentucky mountains. Ap-
plication has been made by the school
for French orphan and notification
received that the papers are on the
way.
After the lesson there were few
well rendered selections by the chill
dren and letter read by Miss Mary
Wilson telling OF the schools pupil In
the mountains.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-07
COUNTY SCHOOLS CLOSED
County Board Of Health Following
State Health Boards Orders Close
All County Schools.

At a meeting of the County Board
of Education held this morning in the
office of County School Superintend-
ent Turnipseed, it was ordered that
all county schools be closed until the
epidemic of Spanish Influenza spread
ing over the country has passed.
This action was taken in accord
ance with the orders of the State
Board of Health and all of the teach
ers we're notified this afternoon so
that there will be no school in any
part of the county tomorrow morn
ing.
No further action has been taken by
the County Officials up to the pres
ent time but the County Board of
Health is expected to order all
churches closed and public meetings
suspended until after the epidemic
has been throttled.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-07
.LAON IS BURNED
BY The ENEMY AS
RETREAT IS PLANNED
Enemy Guns No Longer Menace
Rheims, Allied Base in France
Key to Southwest is Given Up.

Paris, October 7--Laon, the strong
hold to which the enemy has been
clinging as the key point of his line
on the southwest, apparently has been
set afire by the Germans. The town
was reported ablaze yesterday and
fires were still burning there today.
Rheims has been finally definitely
cleared from menace of German can
non and the Germans are in retreat on
the whole front from the Suippe to the
Arnes, as well as in the region south
of Cambria
These two movements of retreat
form part of plan which was to
have brought the German armies to
new lines of resistance much nearer
the frontier, it appears, but the con-
| stant pressure of the Allied troops is
making the execution of the plan most
difficult and hazardous.
The peace proposals of the central
powers are in no way interfering with
the German policy of destruction. Sal
loumines, near Lens, is burning and
fires have been seen west and south
west of Lille and between Douai and
Souain. The troops advancing in the
Champagne found Nogent-L' 'Abbesse
Beine and all the villages in the val
ley of the Suippe in flames
The burning of Laon indicates that
the enemy may be about to leave that
region, as the Chemin Des Danes, al.
ready turned by General Mangin on
the west, has been turned on the east
by the troops who have crossed the
Aisne at several points in the vicinity
of Berry-auBac, making it appear
that the Laonnois area is no longer
tenable.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-07
Hypocrisy Only is Seen
in Hun Peace Offer

This would be comparable to the
terms given Bulgaria. Bulgaria sur
rendered when she accepted, but there
were no signs Germany is ready to ac-
cept the peace of the loser.
On the contrary, authorities say
she is attempting to deceive the
world by appearing to have had a
change of heart.
But, the State Department has said
privately on a number of occasions,
actions speaker louder than words"
referring to the fact that Germany
utters peace pleas while she still
maintains a strangle hold on parts of
Rumania and Russia and while her
armies are still on the soil of France
and Belgium.
Official Washington can be said to
favor military action, without stint,
until Germany is forced to surrender
until she is ready to clear out of
these occupied lands, and until there
is real spokesman representative of
the German people rather than of the
kaiser.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-07
FOSTER BARBOUR IS
PNEUMONIA VICTIM
Popular MaysvilIe Boy Dies at Oxford
Ohio. Where He Was Attending
School as Member of the
s. A. T. c.

Foster Barbour, youngest son of
Mrs. Matte Barbour, formerly of this
city but now of Cincinnati, died at
hospital at Oxford, Ohio, late yester-
day after but a short illness of pneu-
monia.
The young man had been I'll with
cold last week and had been a patient
in the hospital but had gotten much
better and had been discharged from
the hospital, On Saturday he took vio-
lently i'll again and pneumonia soon
claimed him as victim.
Foster was in his 18th year. He
was born in Maysville and spent the
greater part of his life here where he
was popular among a large number of
friends He was a graduate of the
Maysville High School and one of the
most proficient students in the busi-
ness course. For some time he had
been employed in large piano fac
tory but recently he entered Miami
University in the s. A. T. c.
Besides his mother, to whom all
friends extend sympathy, he is sur
vived by one sister, Miss Mary Altar
Barbour and one brother, Lieut., Tom
Barbour.
The remains will arrive here tomor-
row at 1880 over the c. G. o. and will
be taken at once to the Maysville Gem
etery for burial Because of the Board
of Health's order against public fun
erals there will be only short services
at the grave.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-07
DIR. F. p. LANG DEAD

Word was received here this morn
ing that DR.. F. P. Lang, local dentist,
had died this morning at a tubercu-
losis hospital in Cincinnati following
long illness of the white plague.
Full particulars about the funeral
have not been received here but he
will be buried at Manchester, Ohio,
his old home. DR.. Lang is survived
by his wife and four children.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-07
MONTHLY SESSION OF
MASON COUNTY court
Considerable Business Transacted in
the Mason County Court To-day
Tuel VIII Is PrObated.

In the Mason County Court today
the following business was transact
ed
Several settlements filed at the last
term of court which laid over until
this term for exceptions were confirm
ed and ordered recorded, no eXcep-
tions having been taken thereto.
Several other settlements we're fill
ed and ordered to lie over until the
next term for exceptions.
A paper bearing date of April 13,
1918, and purporting to be the last
will and testament of w. w. Tuel, de-
ceased, was produced in court and
filed The due execution of the paper
was proven by the testimony OF C. F.
McCord and w. ID. Cochran and it was
admitted to probate. By the terms OF
the will all of the deceased's property
is left to his wife. children and niece
Robert l.. Watson, named in the last
will of w. W. Tuel, deceased, as exc
cutor thereof. appeared in court and
qualified as such with w. d. Cochran
and A. G. Watson as sureties.
Messrs. H. S. Jefferson, NJ. c. Cra-
craft and w. A. Hit were appointed
to appraise the personal estate of w
w. Tuel, deceased.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-07
NASHVILLE GIRL is PICTURED

Sundays Louisville courler-Jour-
nal carried on the Society page a
splendid likeness OF Miss Mary owens
Keith, daughter OF Mr., and Mrs. Geo,
G, Keith OF this city, who has been
the guest OF Miss Mary Browning
English at Louisville for the past sew
oral DAYS.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-07

The Maysville City Board of Health
held a meeting at the offices of the
Mason County Health League this
morning at II o'clock to take some ac-
ton on the resolution of the State
Board of Health closing all churches,
schools, theaters and other public
gathering places and to consider the
situation in Mason county ana the city
of Maysville.
1t was reported that there are some
twenty-five or thirty severe cases of
grip in the city and county which may
be Spanish Influenza and it was the
general opinion of the physicians who
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-07
MANY ATTEND FUNERAL OF MA
son SOLDIER

The funeral of Claude Pabst, of
Dover, the Mason county soldier who
died at Camp Zachary Taylor of pneu-
monia, was held at the parents home
Sunday afternoon and a large number
of admiring friends were in attend
ance
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-07

In compliance with the orders of
the State and City Board of Health the
opening of my class in bookkeeping
has been indefinitely postponed
MISS MARGARET BROWN,
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-07
CHANGES POSITION

Mr.. Parker Grimes resigned his po-
sition with the Schwartz Barber Shop
and has accepted a job with Grays
Barber Shop on Market street
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-07
COURT BEGINS TOMORROW

The Mason Circuit Court will begin
its grind again tomorrow after a
weeks recess. 1t is thought that court
may be wound up in one day. 1t is
not expected to last over two or three
days at the longest as the most of the
cases scheduled to be tried during
the latter part of this term have gone
over until the next term for trial.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-07
BAND CALLED OFF
SOusa's Band Will Not Give Concert
Here Tomorrow on Account OF
Health Boards Order.

The orders of the State Board of
Health and the City Board of Health
have made it necessary for the local
Liberty Loan Committee to cancel the
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-07

This is the last day for discount on
October gas bills.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-07
Every PrecautiOn viii BE Taken Here
to Prevent the Spread of Spanish
IniIuenza-Seyeral Cases in
City and County Physi-
clans Report.
Order Closing Schools, Churches
and TheaterS

Upon urgent official advice from
The Surgeon General of the Unit
ed States Public Health Service,
who is acting in full cooperation
with the Surgeon General OF the
ARMY and the National Council of
Defense. and based upon such
rapid spread of influenza as to en-
danger the health and lives of the
civil population over the entire
country, as well as all military
operations and industrial activi-
ties equally essential to the sue
cess of the war. and by virtue of
authority vested in it by law the
State Board of Health of Ken
lucky hereby issues its proclama-
ton closing all places of amuse-
ment, schools, churches and 9TH
er places of assembly and ad-
vises against and discourages all
unnecessary travel and social visit
ing in this commonwealth until
the epidemic is over.
Signed,
DIR. JOHN G. SOUTH,
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-07

At o'clock this afternoon the Pres
ident had not yet answered the pro-
posal.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-07
DIR. JOHN G. SOUTH,

DIR. JOHN G. SOUTH,
President.
DIR. ]. n. MCCORMACK,
Secretary.
Bowling Green, Ky, October 6.
1918.
The Washington times., 1918-05-12
The Magnetic
Gang.

France. He'd give up five dollars
for every one we stole-then let US
have 'em to sell"
Another little system Of harm
ing ambulances, en-? said Grant
slowly. "What about the axles?
eve burned 'em with an acetylene
torch-so they'd break down when
they hit the battlefelds-."
$50 they'd break down, when
they were filled with wounded!"
The words came from Grants lips
in scathing denunciation. "And YOU
confess to it-you mongrelw His
hands clenched-it was all he could
do to keep them from the throat of
the craven being before him. "Now
you tell your story and tell it
quick"
Ten minutes later Harrison Grant
turned to the guard Of the informed
ship, meanwhile cycling the detec-
tors, the batteries and sending ap-
The Washington times., 1918-05-12
Changes
His Name.

moment telephoning to Bernstorn,
and announcing to him that in future,
his name would be E. V. Gates and
that his business" would be that Of
a purchasing agent"-bUt that i'm
perial Germany's work Of destruction
would still continue.
And meanwhile also, at the Grim
inology Club, Harrison Grant, tired
from his labors Of the night, hest
tated at the doorway to call an
operative.
Bailey" he said, u want you to
take a skirmish around and see what
you can learn about q girl named
Dixie. Mson-"
'Who is she?"
Harrison Grant smiled grimfy.
aid give a good deal to know.
The Washington times., 1918-05-12
A Chance
With Death.

fought her way forward, beating out
the flames that caught her dress,
smothering her free hand against
her nostrils to shut out the paralyz-
ing effect of smoke and gasoline
vapOrs, seeking from the sounds
from below to ascertain an area
into which she might leap with some
opportunity for safety.
At last it came. A lull in the mill
ing rush from below. Dixie fought
her way to a railing, swung under
it, hung there for one, long, tremb
ling instant, then, just as a whirl-
ing rush Of horses cleared the way
beneath her, she dropped.
The fall stunned her for a sec
ond. Then the roaring sound of
plunging animals brought her to her
senses, Just in time to enable her to
scramble out of the way of a flame
crazed group of horses as they surg
ed past her, then Keeling, to seek
through the smoke the freedom of
the open air.
Some way, somehow, she managed
to waver t. the outer doors of the
big barn, there to grasp at the cold,
life-giving atmosphere that surged
into her lungs-then to run forward
whitefaced at the sight before her.
Everywhere was fire-fire which
ragged about the sheds, fire which
licked its way along the ratings of
the cattlepens, which ate at the
chutes mad connections, fire which
seethed and spit and cracked. From
afar in the distance came the clang-
ing bells and the kissing of steam
the hastily called fire apparatus of
twenty stations, fighting against the
The Washington times., 1918-05-12
A Hurried
Getaway.

then, as the man pursued. jumped
across the track upon which
was approaching a rapidly trav-
cling train, hurrying on to
where her deserted automobile show
ed its dull form, where It had been
abandoned by the fre-fend. Once
she looked back-to discern the fact
that the man still watched her be-
meath the long train. Then she hur-
ried on again.
Back in her apartment she report
ed to her chief, to give the name Of
Walter Schleindel and her suspicious
against Franz Won Rintelen- An hour
more went by and the telephone rang
to bring the news Of Schleindel's ar
rest and his confession, Of how he
The Washington times., 1918-05-12

moved swiftly here and there, shout
ing his orders to the operatives be-
low. In ten places at once, the
beStle was mounting to the proper
tons of life and death struggle
with the members of the Criminology
Club in the ascendancy. But at the
horse barns
Up in the loft
Fir M.55J Dixie Mason stir
H." red to conscious
ness as the flames
ate closer. Down
below, where the madened animals
were screaming and stamping in
their freight, came the sounds of
shouts, of curses and yells as the
horse wranglers, summoned from
every part of the yards, struggled
to release the fiame-frightened ami
mails. Through a chink in the frame
wall of the building, Dixie could see
arother red glare, starting in the
distance-then the forms of thou
sands of beasts as they sped forth
to safety, freed by the men who
had rushed to their assistance the
minute the alarm had been given
by Dixie. Everywhere was the mill
ing rush to save-save-save, while
men risked their lives that the lives
of horses and cattle might be spared,
while men took risks and men
braved death-and while Dixie Ma
son struggled impotently to fight
her way through the ring of fire
that seemed to have closed all about
her.
The smoke ate its singing way
into her cringing lungs, choking her,
gagging her. She sought to scream
but the screams were lost in the
wild conglomeration Of noises from
below, the shrieks of fear-maddened
horses, the surging work Of rescue.
Here, there, back again she strug-
gled, only to face everywhere a wall
Of fire that inch by inch was eating
toward her, a living, writhing, all
consuming circle Of death!
The flames had eaten they way
through portions of the roof now
and were spreading the fare Of their
flames against the sky. Over in the
railroad. yards, Harrison Grant, re-
ceiving the reports of his men as
they checked up the list Of captured
spies, glanced into the distance
started, then whirled to the members
OF the Criminology Club.
"Shackle those men together!" he
ordered sharply. Leave them in
charge of Sisson-he can handle
them Then everyone come with me
there's a fire at the stockyards!"
Quickly the orders were obeyed.
Quickly the men swept forward IN
der the leadership of Harrison
Grant to aid the hundreds of horse
wranglers and cattlemen in their
maddened efforts to release the flame
threatened animals. And as they
did so, Dixie Mason was making her
last desperate effort at escape.
The Washington times., 1918-05-12
The Fire
Started.

nlled cOntalner. Already the IuSe
was spluttering, while with a great,
sweeping motion, the spy threw the
bomb far into the loose hay and
hurled his gigantic form toward the
struggling Dixie. A moment more
and he had felled her, then scram-
bled into her machine, reversing It
and sending it at perilous speed
down the runway and out through
the opposite doors, bowling over two
Of the rustlers as they strove to
make their way through the already
heavy clouds of smoke, and tearing
toward freedom. And in the loft of
the mammoth barn. Dixie Mason
lay unconscious, the fire gaining
greater and greater Roadway all
about her, where the gasoline dis
charge had fired the conhagration
everywhere.
Imperial Germany had succeeded
in part Of its scheme at least.
But in another
Out in the railroad yards came the
crackle of a revolver shot as Har-
risOn Grant and his men surprised
two men in the interior of 4 box
car, hard at their task of burning
the aXles of an auto with an acety-
lene torch. A spy fell manned,
while from seemingly everywhere,
other spies broke from the cars and
sought safety.
But safety that was far away. For
the members of the CriminOlogy
Club had spread themselves in the
lanes between the great masses OF
box cars, to leap forth as the spies
ran aimlessly about in their search
for shelter, TO seize them, to fell
them, to shackle them. Atop a box
car, where he had climbed after the
! first onslaught Harrison Grant