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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-19
GOVERNMENT TO
ASSIST WORKERS
TO FIND new JOB
Thousands Returned to Civilian Life
viii BE Given Lift by the
Government.

Washington, d. c., December is
The thousands of civilian war workers
in the Government service who will
soon he dismissed because their ser
vices abe no longer needed will be as
sisted in finding unemployment thru
plans now being arranged by the Unit
ed States Civil Service Commission.
On the recommendation of the Civil
Service Commission the President is
sued on November 20 an Executive Or
der which provides that the names OF
persons in the competitive classified
civil service with unrestricted statu"
who were appointed either permanent
ly or PROBATIONARY prior to the date of
the Order, who have served less than
three years. who are separated from
the service because of reduction of
force, and who are recommended for
further employment by the Govern
ment because of demonstrated efIic-
iency in the Office from which they are
separated WILL upon reuest, be enter
ed by the Civil Service Commission
upon appropriate eligible registers
for reappointment, eligibility thereon
to continue for one year from the date
of separation. The unemployment re-
sisters thus established will be used
so far as is practicable for filling posi-
tons in the Government service.
1t is expected, however, that there
will be surplus of eligibiles on these
unemployment registers, and in order
that those who cannot be replaced in
the Government service may find posi-
tons in private employ, the Civil Ser
vice Commission has asked the coop
GRAFTON of the Department of Labor
in the work of finding suitable en-
ployment in private establishments
for dismissed war workers who can
not be further employed by the Gov
eminent,
1t is the view of the Civil Service
Commission that the machinery Of the
Government should be used to the
fullest extent in finding employment
for the war workers for 1t is realized
that considerable number of them
entered the Government service al
some personal sacrifice to help with
the war program.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-19
COURT HAS LITTLE BEFORE 1T

The Mason Circuit Court which ad-
journed yesterday until Friday morn
ing has very little business to trans
act. About the only criminal case to
be called this term will be that against
George Wood Owens which is set for
Friday morning. Civil cases to be
tried this term are also very scarce
only five having been set on the cal
endar and it is more than likely that
court will adjourn in very few days.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-19
doses of Black raught."

doses or Black-Draught."
Seventy years Of successful uns has
made Thedford's Black-Draught a
standard, household remedy. Ever
member. OF every family. ct timcR
need the help that Black-Draught car
give in cleansing the system and 81
lIeving the troubles that come Fl"
constipation, Indigestion. lazy III.
etc. You cannot keep we'll unl2ag yc
stomach, liver and bowels are IN ~
working order. Keep them thnt 49,.
Try placlS.Draught. 1t rcts p?omit,.
gently and in a natural way. n ycl
feel sluggish. take dose tohlgl l.
You will feel fresh tomorrow Prize
&c. pachage--opo cent dose
~ druggists, J. 90
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-19
liver DIDN'T ACT
DIGESTION WAS BAD
Says 6s year Old Kentucky Lady, Who Tells How She Vas Believed
After Few Doses Of Back-Draught

Meadorsville. Ky.-Mrs. Cynthia
Higginbotham, of this town, says: "At
my age. which Is 65. the liver does
not act 80 we'll as when young. A few
years ago, my stomach was all out of
fix. was constipated, my liver
didn't act. My digestion was bad. and
1t took so little to upset me. My ap-
petite was gone. was very weak.
decided would give Black
Draught a thorough trial rs knew it
was highly recommended for this
trouble. began taking It felt
better after a few doses. My appetite
improved and I became stronger, My
bowels acted naturally and the least
trouble was soon rlfhted With q few
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-19
THIRTEEN NEW MONOPOLIES
CREATED

Rome, December lJ-An official de
cree imposes a special tax on all adj
vertsements Duhl!shed from this time
on i'll any newspaper or magazine in
the kingdom. Signor Media the fl
nance minister has introduced bill
&3ich looks to the creation of thirteen
new state monopolies. Under its
terms, the following products will
pass under the canigol Of the state:
Coffee, lea. sugar, petroleum, benzine
(eascline), rarafine, coal, wood, alec
hol, explosives, electric lights, mer-
curry and ouinine.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-19
FROM COAST TO COAST
A Remarkable Chain Of Home Testi.
mOny. And Maysvills Adds Its
Voice to the Grand Chorus of
Local praIsA

- AS~AAAaAA hAAUAS NAh4AAA vi EAOh0 leBlls
m01y. And MaysVills Adds Its
Voice to the Grand Chorus Of
Local Praise.
From north to south, from east to
west;
In every city, every community;
In every state in the Union
Rings out the grateful praise for
Doans Kidney Pills.
$4,000 representative people in ev-
cry walk of life
Publicity testify to quick relief ana
lasting results.
And it's all for the benefit Of fellow
sufferers.
In this grand chorus of local praise
Maysville is we'll represented.
Well-known Maysville people
Tell of personal experiences.
Who can ask for better proof OF
merit?
Ben. P. Fleming, constable OF Ma
son County, PIT East Lee Street, says:
Il have used Deans Kidney Pills of
and On for several years, getting them
at Wood G Sons Drug Stere, and they
have been Of great heaeflt. At times,
my kidneys have been out of order
and have suffered from a dull, con-
liant ache through the small Of my
back. The kidney secretions have
been irregular In passage, too. A box
or so of Deans Kidney Pills have
never failed to relieve me of the CON-
plant in a short time."
Mr.. Fleming 10 only one of many
Maysville people who have gratefully
endorsed Doan's Kidney Fills. II
your back aches-if your kidneys
bother you. dan't simply ask for 9
kidney remedy-ask distinctly fol-
DoAN'S KIDNEY PILLS, the same
that Mr.. Fleming had--the remedy
backed by home testimony. 6oc al
stores. Foster-Milburn Co., Prepa..
Buffalo, N. Y. when Your Back II
Lame-Remember the Name"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-19
FOMENT DISCORD IN LIBIA

Rome, December 19-Austro-Ger-
/ nj and Turkish officers are foment-
ing discord in Libia, the newspapers
ere informed officially, because strict
Observance of the armistice is de-
l. andad. Sixty Austrian merchant
sni,s 1--we been sequestrated at So
bc.liCO.
The dissolution of the Jugo-Sl,av
committee in Trieste has met with
general approval from the Italian
press and public, since it will dissipate
every ambiguity.
The Italian prisoners Of war re-
leased from Germany are concen-
trating at Lyons.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-19
License NOtiCe

ALL LICENSES EXPIRE DECEM-
Der 81 and become due on January
1, of each year, as follows, with PEN
atty Of 10 Per cent after February l
1919, attached for noncompliance.
All who require a license and fail to
take them out before February l, will
be prosecuted for doing business with
out a license.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-19
RAILROAD TINE TABLE
lSlI!I n Ea!1ElIEa

Time table effective Sunday Feb
ruaEy 10th.
No. II leaves Maysville 6:3S q. m.
daily except Sunday.
No. leaves Maysville 1875 p. m.
except Sunday.
No. 2Os leaves Maysville 4:1O D. m.
Sunday only.
No. 10 arrives in Maysvills 9:46 q.
m. daily except Sunday.
No. 210 arrives In Maysville 1886 D.
IN, Sunday only.
No. 16 arrives in Maysville $3.50 D.
m, daily except Sunday.
H. 8. ELLIS, Agent.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-19
MANY HOUSE BOATS FLOATED

The owners OF house boats beached
along the shore here have having their
troubles during the last few days
while the Ohio has been on It's sud
den rise. Many OF the boats will like
ly be beached as soon as the river
again begins 10 recedo.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-19
An Ordinance

AZ ORDINANCE AMENDING AN Or
DINANCE, PROVIDING FOR THE
WORKING OF PERSONS COMMIT
TED TO TIE COUNTY JAIL, By
STRIKING THEREFROM SECTIGN
TWO THEREOF As NOW EXIST-
ING, AND INSERTING IN LEY
THEREOF THE FOLLOWING
AMENDMENT.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-19

Furthermore, if men had to wear
corsets, we bet there are some slobs
who would cut theirs off at the belt
line.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-19
.,nosap1ake & Chic Ry.
Schedule subject 20 crauus Hiteout noties
Effective Sunday, November II, 1918.


Effective Sunday, November II, 1918.
EastbOund
No. s 9:4S a. NJ, daily.
No. 2 1855 p. m, daily.
No. 16 200 p. m, daily, except
Sundays.
No 1s 1925 p. m, daily except
Sundays.
No. 4 1855 p. m, daily.
No. 6 9:45 p. M, Mail and Ex-
press only.
WestbOund
No. 1920 a. m, Mail and Ex-
press only.
No. 1854 a. M, daily.
No. 10 5:25 a. m, daily except
Sundays.
No. II 1000 a. m. (arrives) daily
except Sundays.
No. 3 Sat p. M, daily.
No. 1850 p. m, daily.
W. W WIKQFF, Agent
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-19
COMPLETE

Line of Columbia Machines, and full
line of Records. Truthful statements
and liberal terms guaranteed.
CL00NEY, JcWelHr Columbia Dealer.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-19

Somehow there is something about
white lawn tie that makes the wearer
look like he isn't long for this world
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-19
Am Ordinance

AN ORDINANCE FIXING AN AN
NUAL LICENSE TAX FOR THE
COLLECTION AND REMOVAL OF
GARBAGE, AND FIXING A PEN.
Atty FOR THE VIOLATION
THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD
OF COUNCIL Or THE CITY OF
NASHVILLE:
Section One
That each and every person, firm
or corporation ENGAGED in collecting,
removing, or disposing of garbage for
hire, and transporting same over and
through the streets of the City Of
Maysville with team or other convey
ance, be compelled to pay an annual
license tax of $500, which sum and
tax is hereby fixed and levied and
shall be paid into the General fund OF
said City.
SeCtlOH 1 W.
Any person so collecting and re-
moving and transporting Garbage &C.,
within the City of Maysville, KY, with
out having first obtained license so
to do, shall be subject to prosecution,
and if found guilty of such offense
shall be fined not less than Five
($5.00) nor more than Twenty-Five
($25.OO)) dollars, for each offense.
Section Three
All ordinances and parts of ordi
nances in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed, and this ordnance shall be
in full force and effect from and after
its passage and publication.
Adopted by Council on the End day
of December, 1918.
Approved
THOMAS NJ. RUSSELL, Mayor.
| Attest
R. B. ADAIR, City Clerk.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-19
COAL! COAL!! COAL!!!

Just received three barges Of Ply
mouth and Raymond City COal-cOme
on with your wagons.
GEORGE MITCHELL COAL co.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-19

Plenty of Christmas Oysters, Both
wholesale and retail.
II. LEE LOVEL.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-19
GIVE NO USELESS GIFTS" is THE
WATCHWORD EVERYWHERE
THIS CHRISTMAS

What would be more useful in the
home than telephone? This year 10y
al people will appreciate the gift that
carries the spirit of wartime Christ
mas. The telephone is a gift for all
the family, is never sick works day
and night in all kinds of weather, rain
snow or storm. Give her years sub
scription to telephone service. or II
she already has one, give her an extern
sion phone, you have no idea how
many 1t would save her and she will
think OF you every time she uses 1t.
The telephone service belongs to
Uncle Sam, make your gift serve a
triple purpose by serving your Gov
eminent, your friend and yourfself
For information concerning rates call
Contract Department No. 100.
Maysville Telephone Co
(IncOrpOrated)
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-19
Admission Is Cts.
War Tax 2 Cents.
Matinee at Gem.
Evening Show at
the Opera House.
BEWARE OF SPANISH INFLUENZA

1t Is caught by breathing a germ in
to the nose or mouth. SteriEol kills
germs and prevents disease. Sold by
MRS. GEO. sHIPLEY,
500 East Second Street.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-07
Norwegian Ship Sunk
Without Warning

LONDON, March 5.-The Norwegian
steamer Havna, Of /, ,150 tons gross, has
been torpedoed without warning. She
sank in less than one minute. The
crew Of eighteen had no time to launch
boat and jumped into the sea The
captain and five survivors were landed
Monday night.
The captain of the Havna fears that
the remainder of the crew were
drowned.
With five companions Captain Her
mansen spent a terrible night on a raft
exposed to intense cold. They found
an upturncd lifeboat at dawn and man
aged to right it. They had drifted about
for fifty hours when rescued by an
American destroyer. One man died
from exposure and the others had their
feet frozen.
The Germans watched the men strug-
Cling in the icy water said Captain
Hermansen, but did not offcr any help
Later they steamed alongside the raft
and asked the name Of the ship, but
ignored the captains appeal to aid
them to reach an upturned boat in the
distance. Captain Hermanscn saw eight
mon on another raft, but before evening
all had died or were washed off.
The second engineer of the Havna
was landed at another port He was
rescued from wreckage to which he had
been clinging for two DAYS and nights.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-07
Mccormack s Income
Exceeds Caruso' !
Singers Phonosraph Record,
Put His Earnings at High
Mark :,

All these days, while the world b,.
been growing proficient in mental arith-
metic figuring out just how much monev
Charlie Chaplin and Mary Piclford
earned each minute as movie stars
there was John Mccormack, the Jr;.h
tenor, doing fairly we'll for himself
And no one paid the leas. attention
to his income.
The singer will leave tomorrow for
trip across the country, giving con.
certs for the Red Cross. He is go;ny
to keep on until he has earned sl00.ooo
for that organization His services ~
course, he gives for nothing. Just n
make sure that the matter was attended
to, however, he called on Mark Eisner
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, YES.
terday and paid his income tax.
The comm ssioner, when questioned
would not say how much richer Uncle
Sam was as result of the visit. He
did say. however, that the amount maid
by Mr.. Mccormack was enough greater
than the $4,000 tax paid few DAYS
ago by Caruso to enable q man to live
for two years comfortably
A friend of the singer, who said he
was in position to know, volunteered
the statement that he believed Mr. Nc
Cormack's income from his monograph
records added to his concert work made
his earnings al least twice those of any
other singer.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-07
lcebergs Menace
Hudson River Craft

Craft IN the Hudson are warned to
look out for icebergs.
One big block of ice, protruding
eight feet above the water line. and
weighing, the police estimate, between
seventy and eighty tons. came bowl
ing down from parts unknown on the
outgoing tide last night and raked the
waterfront from 131st to 127th Street.
badly damaging two piers and fright
ening by its crashes as it banged into
obstacles, persons who were waiting
in the Fort Lee ferry house.
The berg swung in toward shore at
131st Street and hit the pier formerly
used by the Manhattan Line steamers.
The timbers gave way as though they
had been rammed by dreadnought.
Rolling free, the mass of ice continued
on its way, grazing the ferry slips and
smashing into the forward section Of
the recreation pier at 129th Street. 1t
ripped away about twenty feet Of piles
and timbers there.
At 127th Street the berg grounded in
the mud, after it had been lodged by
an incoming Fort Lee ferryboat. Men
on the waterfront believe that vessel
struck by the great mass would have
been sunk.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-07
Kaiser s Spyglass
To Seek Out U-Boats

WASHINGTON, March s. A costly
telescope given TO anzzAmerican by the
German Emperor soon will be used by
officers OF the American Navy to spy
out German submarines. 1t has been
loaned to the Navy Department, along
with a pair of binoculars and a seNtant
by NJ. L. Dexter, of Savannah. Ga, in
response to the navy's appeal for
glasses for naval watch officers.
The telescope was presented to MI
Dexter's father, the late Captain Levy
Dexter for many years master Of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company 5
steamer City of Para. The rosewood
case in which the telescope is inclosed
bears this inscriptions:
Eve. Wilhelm, by Gods grace Ger
man Emperor, King of Prussia, freely
present to Ships Captain Levy Dexter,
for the many esteemed services rem
dered the German Empire, this ac-
acknowledgement"
As the name plate of the maker
shows, it was made in Berlin in 1879
The telescope is believed to have been
the gift of Wilhelm |, grandfather of
the present Emperor of Germany In
his letter to the navy, Mr.. Dexter en-
planned that his father while in Cen
trail American waters was "of some
sight service to the German Navy"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-07

resources to the Meditcrranean, which
in the past has been regarded by sub
marine commanders as rest cure and
happy hunting ground.
Convoy System Real Success
"The convoy system has been greatly
developed and is real success. Since
it was adopted $4,000 ships have been
conveyed, with very low losses.
additional protection is afforded by
the fact that the ships in convoy close
~ follow the Admiralty instructions.
This adherence to Admiralty instruc-
tions, | regret, is not Systematically
followed otherwise. The greatest safety
of all shipping rests in the observance
of the Admiralty orders.
81 appeal to the shipowners and
shipmasters to heed three points:
First, obey instructions; second. keep
a good lookout; third, thoroughly dark
Ell the ship.
zone result OF the Convoy system has
been to drive the enemy closer to the
shore, thus rendering the open sea
safer for navigation. During the first
months of the unrestricted submarine
war so per cent of the losses occurred
more than fifty miles from land and
only u per cent within ten miles Of
the shore. To-day. the losses outside
the tifty-mile line have fallen TO / per
cent, while the losses close to land
have risen to 81 per cent.
"This transfer of attacks nearer the
coast gives increasing opportunities for
attacking the enemy by patrolling sur
face craft and airplancs, and enables
lis to salve many vessels which would
otherwise have been lost. The i'm
proved salvage arrangements have
made tremendous demands on labor
and material. Repairs are day oc-
cupying more men than new mercantile
construction.
The salving is so efficient that of
all British armed ships damaged last
year only eight were abandoned"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-07

to be First Lord l would certainly have
resisted the removal of Admiral Jelli-
coe."
Mr.. Bonar Law, resumins, said: "Sir
Eric told me at the same time that the
subject had not been mentioned to him
for two months by the Premier and
that he had come to the conclusion alb
solutely on his own initiative"
The First Lord here interposed and
said he thought that if the advice he
gave Was accepted by the Premier it
became the decision of the government
He would like to say that from the day
he accepted Office until Admiral Jelli
coe left the Admiralty no suggestion
had been made and no pressure had
been put upon him to make any change
at the Admiralty.
Some question having been raised
over the meaning of the statement
made by Sir Eric in his speech to. the
House Of Commons yesterday with re-
CARDS to the chances Of destruction
which a German submarine takes in
cruising into British waters Sir Eric
was asked to amplify it.
1t means, the First Lord stated to-
day, that zone submarine is lost out
Of every four or five submarines which
start from enemy ports"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-07
Associated Press Correspondence


AMSTERDAM, Feb. l2-Thc full text
OF the reply circulated by the German
Wolff Bureau to the Associated Press s
interview with Sir Eric Gcddes Febru
AIRY 1 on the submarine war is as fol-
lows:
"'rhe First Lord Of the English Ad-
miralty. Sir Eric Geddes, seized the op-
portunity on the anniversary Of the un-
restricted submarine campaign to dis.
cuss again in the usual style the re-
suits of this weapon. which is proving
so disastrous for England.
"Eis assertion to his American in
tervlewer that the snkings of mer-
chant ships have now been reduced to
a level lower than before Germany
cast aside all restraints, is really
rather amusing. Following closely on
this portion of his speech, we fortu-
nately find the key to this belief in
the confession that he, Geddies, is AN
optimist,' SO far as the submarine war
fare is concerned. AS in all the utter
ances or English public men, however,
this optimism is followed by an i'm
portant but
"Bu" Is Used Again
Later on he says: Destruction of
Allied shipping decreases steadily;
construction of merchant shipping in
creased steadily.' Although we ener-
getcally repudiate the first part of the
assertion, so far as the proportion Of
of sinkings to the decreasing tonnage
comes into the question, we must here
add the but which Geddes prudently
omits. But the sinkings are still far
in excess of the number of ships being
built, and that is the main point
During the course of the interview
we hear of fresh example of the cum
ming of the German official statements
Of submarine results in the factor of
exaggeration. Geddes maintains that
he official figures are exaggerated and
New-York tribune., 1918-03-07
Berlin Sees Only Butts and Optimism
In Goddess Views on U-Boat War

that the German Admiralty always
adds few thousand tons to keep up
the level. They evidently do not vet
know in England that the absolute cor
rcctness of the statements contained
in q report is point of honor with d
German officer and equally so with the
Admiralty staff. Every German will
readily understand that from the way
in which the English reports are pre-
sented We are obliged to explain this
because the First Lord Of the English
Admiralty has made the impudent as
scrtion that the German Admiralty
falsified its reports.
"Toward the end OF the Geddes inter
view it is somewhat difficult to follow
his meaning. He considers this curve
of eXaggeration' which he has discov-
cred as fairly accurate reflection Of
the German official mind That, Of
course is matter of personal opinion
but he proceeds to state that it is AN
official confession that the submarine
campaign is regarded as a failure of its
ton of the First Lord is therefore a
confession of the German official au-
thorltles. We arc not able to follow
HIM into these regions of higher logic.
"Nerves" Are Discussed
"The policy of secrecy concerning the
sinking Of German submarines by Eng
llsh forces, Sir Eric asserts, is pursued
because it has a deleterious effect on
the nerves Of the German submarine
commanders. We reply to this that our
submarine commanders have such
strong nerves that they have been able
to endure the lies told about them by
the English without turning a hair.
A false statement which frequently
recurs, and one which has been often
refuted by us, is that concerning the
strikes and mutinies' on board our
submarines. In conclusion. the First
Lord criticises the military achieve
ments of our submarines by saying
that 'timorousness, reluctance and gen
orally lowered efficiency are evident
80 tar as we know, our submarines are
dong their work below water and are
therefore beyond the observance of
English critics."