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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09
FIRST VICTIM OF
SPANISH "FLU"HERE
DIED THIS MORNING
Colored Man Is First MaysyiIlian To
Die From Pneumonia Brought on
BY Influenza Here-Several
New Cases Are Reported
Stranger Falls on
Street With
Disease.

Arthur Johnson, aged "a, colored,
who lives on East Third street in the
Sixth Ward died about II o'clock this
morning from pneumonia which de-
veloped from a case of Spanish infu-
enza. Johnson had been sick less
than a week and was the first man
to die in Maysville or Mason county
from the effects of. the influenza epi-
demic.
The situation in Maysville and Ma
son county seems to be very we'll in
hand although several new cases were
reported in various parts of the city
and county today. DR.. j. S. Locke,
City and County Health officer, is now
in the city, having arrived late yes
terday and has the situation very well
in hand.
A colored man arrived here last
night to work on the dam and was
taken ill. He could not work at the
dam and started down toward Mays
vile. He fell on the street and the
Health authorities were notified. DR..
Locke and Miss Casey, of the Mason
County Health League, took charge of
the man and removed him to the City
Aims House where, one of the build
ings has been made into a Pest House.
The man was so nj that he could not
tell his name and he is supposed to
be suffering from influenza. The
health authorities are giving him
medical attention but he is in such a
serious condition that his recovery is
hardly thought possible.
All of the cases thus far reported
are having the best of care from the
physicians who are advising the
members of the families where there
are cases to. be very careful to pre-
vent its spread.
In accordance with the orders of
the City Health Board, the street
cleaning department is now engaged
in flushing the streets with the fire
hose and a solution of crude carbolic
acid and water is being used in the
catch basins of the sewers as a dis
enfectant.
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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09
ARGUMENTS ON MOTION FOR
new TRIAL HEARD TOMORROW
Attorney For Lewis Harris VIII Pre-
sent Arguments Asking Judge,
Newell TO Grant Convicted
Murderer q New Trial.

Circuit Judge G. d. Newell an
nounced this morning that the pres
ent term of the Mason Circuit Court
will be closed finally tomorrow and he
set tomorrow morning for the time of
hearing arguments in support of the
defendants motion for a new trial in
the Lewis Harris murder case.
Prosecutor B. S. Grannis has been
notified and is expected to be here to
present arguments against granting
the new trial.
Hon. A. d. Cole, who represents
Harris, will argue that the instruc-
tions in the case should have includ-
ed a clause allowing the jury to fix
a lower penalty under a charge of
manslaughter if they saw fit.
If Judge Newell overrules the mo-
tion for a new trial Harris will be
sentenced by Judge Newell and it is
understood that the defendant will
ask an appeal to the Court of Appeals.
Governor Stanley will then be asked
for a stay of execution pending the
hearing of the case by the Court of
! Appeals.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09
PEOPLE OF THE NATION
MUST BEST|R THEMSELVES
$4,400, ,000,000 Must BE Raised In Sales
of Bonds Within Next
Ten Days.

Washington, October 9-More than
$4, 400, 100000 must be subscribed by
the American people within the next
ten days if the Fourth Liberty Loan
of s6,OOO,OOO, 900 is to be a success. Re-
ports from all of the twelve districts
showed early today that in the nine
days that have passed less than ST.
6OO,OOO,OO0 has been subscribed. Only
one of the twelve districts-the st.
Louis district-has raised half its al
lotment. German peace proposals have
not affected the campaign in the opin-
ion of officials, however. Yesterday S
total bond sales were S26S,OOO,OO
over those of the preceding day.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09
CAMBRIA TAKENBY
BRITISH FORCES; .
YANKS SMASH ON
Field Marshal Haig Reports the Entry
OF the British Into City
of Cambria.

London, October 9-British troops
have entered Cambria, Field Marshal
Haig reported today.
The combined attack of British,
American and French forces between
st. Quentin and Cambrai already has
driven a deep wedge into the German
positions, menacing the enemy's hold
in the Douai region to the north as
well as the Loan regions to the south.
Average progress of three miles on
a front of more than 20 miles was re-
ported in Haig's night communique,
which stated the fight was continuing.
The villages of Brancourt, Fremont,
Beauregard, Serain, Malincourt, Viii
lers-O -Outreaux, Lesdain. Esnes, Seran-
villers, Niergnies, Rouvroy and Fon-
taine- -Uterte have been captured, with
1000 prisoners.
Further to the north the'British ad-
vanced on a front of about five miles
from the Scarpe northward, occupy
ing Neuvireuil. and Reconsideration
tauban.
French and American troops ad-
vanced along the Aisne River, in the
Champagne, carrying their lines near
" two miles north of st. Pierre They
also reached the outskirts of Lancon,
in the Argonne Forest. Along the
Suippe River the French repulsed
several counter-attacks.
German attacks against the Belgian
position in the neighborhood of Roul-
ers were broken up.
D., A6NDE Do.I.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09
MASON COUNTY WOMAN
BURLEY COMPANY SECRETARY
Burley Tobacco Company Elects Of
iicers at Annual Meetlng-Ml
Bessie Osborne Secretary.

The election of board of directors,
reelection of old officers and execu-
tive committee, and reading of the an
nual reports showing the company to
be in a prosperous condition were the
features. of the annual meeting of the
directors and stockholders of the Bur
ley Tobacco Company held yesterday
in the Burley warehouse at Lexington.
President Clarence LeBus presided
and representatives from the thirty
one counties comprising this district
we're present.
The old board of directors were re-
elected, with the exception of Ben AL
len Thomas, of Shelby county, who
will be succeeded by e. L. Lawson.
The following officers we're elected by
the directors Clarence LeBus, prest-
dent A. l.. Ferguson, vice president: ::
Miss Bessie Osborne, secretary. The
executive committee reelected is as
follows Lester Witherspoon, Charles
H. Bergman, A. l.. Ferguson, U. G.
Sanders e. s. Shanklin; C. C. Patrick
and Fred Stucky.
A committee was appointed to take
up the matter of raising 25 per cent
the salaries of President LeBus and
the executive committee, but the Of
ficers refused to accept an Increase
The board of directors delegated to
the executive committee the power to
declare dividends at any time they
thought Proper and adopted resolu-
tions expressing sorrow at the death
of Joseph F. Walton, a member of the
company since its organization.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09
WORKMEN ARE
NEEDED AT RANGE
IN KENTUCKY
All Unemployed Men Should Report
20 Chairman OF the U. 5. Pub
lie Service Reserve.

The Public LEDGER is in receipt of
the following communication from the
Superintendent of the U. s. Employ
ment Service at Covington.\
Dear Sir:
This office has been notified that j.
B. Densmore Director General, U. S.
Employment Service, Washington, d.
c., has requested that you as one of
the newspapers of Kentucky give pub
licity to the urgent and pressing need
for woridnep at the artillery range
now being constructed for the Gov
ernment at Stithton, Ky.
This office has jurisdiction over the
the following counties in northern
Kentucky viz, Kenton, Boone, Gala
tin, Grant, Carroll, Trimble, Camp
bell, Pendleton, Bracken, Robertson,
Mason and Fleming. 1t is suggested
that all men not in essential work
register with the Chairman of the U.
S. Public Service Reserve in their re-
spective counties, if possible, or if
preferable apply directly to this Of
flee of the U. S. Employment Service
at No. 427 Scott street, Covington, KY,
where they will receive courteous at
tention.
Respectfully and sincerely yours
GEO. C. STAKEL, Supt.
County Judge H. p. Purnell has
been appointed chairman of the U. S.
Public Service Reserve for Mason
county and applications should be
made to him.
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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09
CITY.OF MAYSVILLE
Went over THE TOP
IN LOAN drive TODAY
Maysville Passes Its Quota by Nearly
$lO,OOO-TOday's Report Shows
Total of $544,s50 Sold in
Bonds to Date.
Maysville is over the top.

"aySNlllS ls over Jne IOp. E
Reports at the close>of business this
afternoon from all of the banks in the
county show that during the day S73,-
$50 worth of bonds were reported sold
bringing the county's total up to $544,-
$50.
Maysville has purchased $259,7OO
worth of the bonds of the Fourth loan
and her quota is $25O,OOO. Washing
ton is also over the top with a total
of $71,S5O worth of bonds sold and a
quota of 100000 Dieterich also show
ed a wonderful increase today!
The considerable jump in the total
figures as reported today does not
mean that there was so very many
bonds sold today although the show
ing made today was said by some
bankers to have been some better than
it was yesterday
The big jump in the totals today is
accounted for by the reporting of
some of the banks on some of the
sales which had been made through
their bank but which had not vet been
paid for either by check or note. Some
of the banks had not reported as sales
any bonds which had been purchased
or contracted for and yet had not been
paid for by those who made the pur-
chases.
These sales cannot be reported to
headquarters as actual sales but rep
resent bonds which have been con-
tracted for and which will be pur-
chased eventually or before the cam
paign is finally closed
The sales up to date by precincts
as reported this afternoon follow:
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09
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With the British Armies in France,
October 9-The British, American and
French, attacking on the 20-mile front
between st. Quentin and Cambria. are
ahead of scheduled objectives. The as-
sault, beginning on limited front
early yesterday, rapidly grew in scope
until it encompassed the whole front
between the cities. An average adj
vance of one to three miles was made,
with a view total pentration of five
miles in the center, where the Amer
leans, fighting by the side of the Eng
lish, Scottish and Irish units, drove
deep into the enemy lines, capturing
Brancourt and Fremont.
Americans engaged in this fighting
are General Lewis wild Cat" Divi-
sion, comprising troops from North
Carolina, South Carolina and Ten
nessee. The Americans overcame stub
born enemy resistance, especially
from machine gunners.
On the extreme left, just south of
Cambria, the Germans launched a
counter-attack, employing tanks
They succeeded in retaking Niergnies
and Seranvillers, but the tanks were
put out of business and these villages
won back.
The fighting began in rain, but the
weather cleared.
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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09
MRS. J. d. CALVIN DEAD

Mr.. ]. d. Calvin, who before her
marriage was Miss Mae Lynch. daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Lynch, of
West Second street, died at her home
in Kansas City, Mo-, yesterday after
noon after an illness of only ten days
of pneumonia. Mrs. Calvin was 27
years of age and the oldest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lynch. She was an
attractive young lady and numbered
her friends by the hundreds here. The
body will arrive here this evening and
be taken to the home of the parents
in West Second street.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09
SIXTH WARD LIBERAL IN LINEN
SHOWER

The people of the Sixth Ward show
ed much liberality in the recent cam
paign made by the Red Cross for linen
for the French. Mrs. j. C. Burwell,
who had charge of the campaign in
the Sixth Ward, reports the results of
the campaign there as follows: &c
hand towels, q bath towels, 81 nap
kins, SO handkerchiefs. 8 sheets, 2
table cloths and s2S.35 in cash
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09
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PILLOW AND PILLOW CASES
WANTED

The local chapter of the Red
Cross has received an appeal for
pillows and pillow eases for use
by the soldiers AT Camp Taylor
who are sick. All in the city
who can donate either pillows or
pillow cases are urged to send
them TO the Red Cross rooms be-
fore TOMORROW afternoon for I'm
mediate dispatch.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09
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ELKS ATTEND DIR. LANG'S
FUNERAL

A party from the local lodge of
Elks attended the funeral of DR.. F. p.
Lang, local dentist, which was held at
Manchester, Ohio, this afternoon. DR..
Lang was a member of the. local or
der of Elks.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09
STREETS ARE FLUSHED

In accordance with the request of
the City Board of Health Street Com
mission Ben Smith and his men yes
terday afternoon began the work of
flushing the streets thoroughly. They
also expect to flush out all of the sew
ers and catch basins so as to move all
impurities.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09
MAIL MAN is ILL

Mr., Charles Sweet, local parcel
post man, ia confined to his home on
account OF illness. Parcel post mail
ia being cared for by Mr. Charles Hun.
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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09
WILL BE EXAMINED TODAY FOR
MARINES

Ernest Ort, son of Chief of Police
and Mrs. Harry A. Ort, who volun-
teered in the United States Marines
before enlistments were closed, has
been ordered to appear before the To-
cal Exemption Board this afternoon
for physical examination.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09
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MASON COUNTY PRECINCTS ARE
LAGGING

Many of the county precincts are
tagging behind in the present Liberty
Loan campaign. Some precincts have
reported only few hundred dollars.
Every precoinct in the county is ex-
pected to do its full duty and the ap-
portionment fixed by the committee
was made in consideration of the
wealth and earning power of the resi-
dents of the various committees.
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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09
EVERYONE OBSERVES HEALTH
BOARDS ORDER

Not a single firm or individual in
the city or county have been report
ed as having failed to keep the or
ders of the city, county and state
boards of health in regard to closing
during the present Spanish influenza
epidemic.
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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09
CELEBRATING slsT BIRTHDAY

Mr.. James Kirk, OF the county, Is
quietly celebrating his S1st birthday
today and receiving the congratula-
tions and hearty good wishes OF his
many friends.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09

All parties having claims against
the estate of the late Otto G. Callahan
will present them to me properly
proven for settlement. Any one ow-
ing the estate will please settle.
MATTE j. CALLAHAN,
SGT Administrators
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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09
KAISER TELLS SOLDIERS
ALSACE-LORRAINE WILL
NEVER BE GIVEN UP

J. Berne, October 9-The Ger .
!. man Emperor, addressing the :
J. German soldiers at Rufach, .
!. Alsace late in September,S .
J. said:
]. Neither the French nor the .
j. Americans will break through :
]. our front in Alsace-Lorraine. .
]. We shall defend with the last .
J. drop of our blood these prov .
!. inces which belong to us .
!. and which the' Almighty has .
!. entrusted to us to- administer :
]. as His stewards, and we shall .
!. keep them for the benefit of :
x their inhabitants and the :
!. glory of God. .
!. "Our Faithful allies are with =
!. us in this. The last drop of .
!. blood of every Austrian and .
y. Hungarian soldier, the last .
!. drop of blood of every Bulgar- .
!. ian and Turkish soldier will =
i. be shed before our enemies .
i. wrest from us land which be- :
!. longs to Germany. -
!. "Our enemies cannot and :
!. will not succeed. We are un- =
!. der Divine protection" =
i. :
!. 4. \ !. 4 !. \ X i. i. !. i. !. .
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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09
NOTICE TO FARMERS

Bring your broom corn to Omar
Boggs, Third and Walnut streets,
Maysville. 3-1w
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09

Mr.. James Hutchinson, Sixth ward
grocer, is confined to his home on ac-
count of illness.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-09

Mr.. and Mrs Frank Devine are
moving today from East Second street
to their home in Market street
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-23
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N7ssas.,>os Judd Mortimer Lewis

wa, about and she said one boy said ,he
other boy couldn't lick him and 10 they
H. and ! don't know which one said II
but he was fight
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-23
SAM LOYD'S BRAIN FOOD
s-Minutes To Digest This.
No. 408

The following composition was
handed to the teacher by a young
advocate Of reform spelling. II was
entitled THE Gray Cows Soliloquy
in Barnyard."
eyebrows awl dey threw loan
would oar veil, weighing four thee
sons 10 raise two Marc thee our
the made whittier pale honor Ed,
Leeds thee err dome buy thee gait
Can you read it understandingty'
ANSWER TO NO, 4O7
The best player claimed that as
ne beat No. 4 he did not lose. But,
No. 4 having beaten No. 5, said
that he could not be held for the
game. while Nos. 2 and 3 maintain
ed that in partnership they had de-
feated No. / and according to un-
derstanding could not be held Tor
the game. There are other eompli-
cations which open up diverse lines
of argument. The proper decision,
however, is that No. 4 came in as
a free-lance, and is not bound by
any private agreement; so when he
made 4 to the low mans 2, he could
not be accounted a loser No.
then had to live up to his agree
ment and as he had secured but five
balls to his opponents six, the de-
feat was transferred over TO No. |
who must pay for the game.
8d7ssooFla., ,DS eone-( ,ht,R,
Copyright. 1918. by Sam Lloyd.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-23

THEN ! showed them how could
1 walk on my hands and they thought
that was fine and when ] got up on my
feet there were a lot Of people up on the
bridge looking down at uS and laugh
ing, and | knew they were laughing at
the boys because they could not do It
and that made me and Rowdy proud,
and we clumb up the steps to the bridge
and walked right past them and a man
said, "Some kid" but we just kept going
and when we got aero" we went up to
the house with the skinny Nepmothcr
and the girl with the half-sister baby
and only the Stepmoihcr was home and
she was scrubbing, and she is always
scrubbing or painting or making some
one take a bath so il is kinda uncom-
Portable around where she is and she
asked me il | bathed regular and told
her was in the wading pond out to the
park a couple OF days ago. and she said
! ought to carry a bar OF soap with me
and then when | fell in the pond ! could
stay in and take regular wash.
That sounds all right but when YOU
come to think about 1t II everybody was
to do il they would wear out heap OF
soap and some OF them never do fall in
the water, and the stepmother doesn't do
it herself. She said the girl and the
baby was around somewhere and we
heard noise over across the street back
of the saloon and we went through be
tween the houses where there is a path
and there were a lot Of men standing
close together with their backs to us
looking at something on the ground so
me and Rowdy crowded in to see what
it was and there was two boys fighting
and they had one another down and was
punching quite good, and 1t would have
been good fight but the men were
standing too close up and pretty soon
the boys got up and walked around each
other a few times and then one took his
coat from a boy that was holding II and
the other picked up his hat off the
ground and the men began to go away
and then saw the girl with the baby in
her arms and the boys started to play
ball and | asked the girl what the fight
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-23

W. Baker whose home I, In New York
state. has been awarded the French
war cross for gallanlry In action on
the sector east Of Lunfyllle.
Colonel Baker was cited A. fegi-
mental commander Of extraordinary
courage and efficiency which he has
displayed several times since his in
laniry regiment has been on The fight
ng line During a number Of heavy
bombafdments he directed his mcn with
the greatest military skill
Women conductors working m the
Bayarian railways are demanding that
they be allowed 10 wear trousers IN.
aleAd OF lkIfis
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-23

Z .1HIs was Saturday morning when |
woke mp and ! had been waiting
= for II ever since last Saturday but
me and Rowdy had not made up our
minds where to go 30 We STAYED IN bed
and | watched the sun come up over
Green's barn and then ! got up and 20,
breakfast for my own true daddy and
when he came in he said, II thought
this was Saturday" | said. 1T h." and
then he said he wa, surprised TO find
me al home Saturday because Saturday
is my day out lie said every cook
had one day out and Saturday was mine
and then ! saw he was Joking and We
had breakfast and told him ! would
have been gone away long ago bot !
could not think OF any place 10 90. and
he wanted 10 know u all The old place,
were worn out and said ] thought
they were not, 50 when he went to bed
me and Rowdy thought We would 70 20
the railroad depot and see the trains
come in and all the people getting kissed
but there was not any trains coming ~,
and then We went down nm the dock
where the river watohman IS AZ night
and where the boats unload sand and
there were a lot OF boys there. and they
would get up on the top Of the pile and
then they would turn over endwayN
without touching their hands and they
would come down in the sand half way
down the pile and II would not hurt them
at all, and me and Rowdy went mp and
| tried il and il is easy only you have
to remember to jump higher and turn
quicker than YOU do when YOU are turn.
ing over BY using your hands, and then
one OF the boys said | was doing It bet.
ter than any OF them and they Smoothed
oii the top Of me pile and told me TO
try and do il there and not go down
the pile at all, and ! tried II lot Of
times but came down sitting down and
don't think | will ever Try that on the
hard ground and then ! showed them
how ] could turn over using my hands
and they all tried that but they couldn't
do it.