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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20
NEGLECT IS
CHARGED IN
INVESTIGATION
Captain and Pilot Of Boat Which Sunk
Taking Many Lives in Illinois Rh-
cr Are Charged BY Govern.
mcnt With UnSkilIiul
Navigation.

Washington, July 1S-"Unskillful
navigation and neglect" are charged
against the Captain and pilot of the
steamer Columbia i'm preliminary
report to Secretary Redheld by the
local inspectors on the Illinois River
nearly 100 lives. Trial of the two
men on the charges automatically
will follow, with the District Board
of Inspectors sitting as a Court The
maximum punishment the board can
impose is revocation of licenses.
divers who investigated the week
reported that the steamer had been
run so close to shore as to strike an
obstruction which tore a hole 10 feet
long and two feet wide in her bottom
The report says the following charges
have been preferred:
Herman F. Mehl, master, inatten-
ton to his duties in permitting pilot
to navigate steamer Columbia during
smoky and foggy weather, especially
when approaching a very dangerous
place in the river; incapacity in fail
ing to grasp the situation instantly
after steamer got in on the willows on
a rough shore. thereby permitting pill
OF to proceed and not hold along the
bank and willows until an eXamina-
ton of the hull had been made and
until fog cleared away. instead of
proceeding down and out in midstram
the steamer sinking in deep instead of
shallow water, resulting in great loss
of life.
George T. Williams, pilot, unskill-
fnlness in navigation steamer Column
bia on a slow bell ahead for a dis
lance of at least two and a half miles
while descending river toward dam
gerous place with a strong current in
fog and smoky weather, thereby per-
hitting said steamer to come in con-
tact with a rough and dangerous
shore with too great Roadway; negli.
gence in neglecting to entirely check
steamer Columbia's Roadway when
said steamer was in on and scraping
willows, thus holding her alongside of
bank until an examination of hull had
been made and fog cleared away, in
stead of going ahead on slow bell pro-
ceeding down and out in midstream
the steamer thereby sinking in deep
instead of shallow water, resulting in
great loss of life"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20
BUSINESS MEN
WILL STUDY
WAR TAXATION
Chamber Of Commerce Asked to Cast
Vote on War Taxation Recon-
mcndatiOn Of the Chamber of
Commerce of the init
ed States.

Referendum No. %, on the Report
of the Special Committee on Financ-
ing the War, was received by the
Chamber Of Commerce, yesterday
from Elliott II. Goodwin, General Sec
rotary of the National Chamber of
Commerce.
1t will be given serious considera-
ton by the local organization as new
revenue legislation is being found of
immediate Importance
Last year, when the first war rev.
enue bill was being considered. the
organization in the membership of the
National Chamber voted upon the rec
concentrations of a committee which
has been appointed by the Board of
Directors to study the fiscal policies
which were open to the United States,
and make recommendation The To-
cal organization is now asked to en-
press opinion upon the recommended
non in a second report regarding war
aXation, This report deals with the
present situation
consideration of means of raising
further revenues to meet growing en-
penditures for war has now become
necessary. The Treasury Department
and committee of Congress are study
ing the present laws and are delibor-
atng regarding new taxes. In the
light of the information it has OBJ
tanned, the Chamber of Commerce
presents its suggestions and the con-
liberation which it believes are of i'm
portance.
On June 9th the Secretary of the
Treasury estimated that in the fis-
cal year which begins with July /.
1918, and ends on June 3Oth, 1919, our
expenditures will aggregate $4,000
100000. Even if loans to the allies
constitute $6,OOO,OOO,OOO of this sum,
it seems imperative that we should
'"AoS W AuAdNlOl as lutll vi the TO-
tai as is possible without Gripping
the productive power of the country.
II 1t produces more, the burdens of
taxation in the period that follows the
war will be proportionately lessened;
for it is important, in considering
present taxation, to remember that
the heavier the taxes which are now
imposed the more rapidly can taxa
ton be decreased after the war and
more advantageous the position of our
country WILDE in that period of keen
International commercial competition
when countries then bearing burdens
of taxation will be correspondingly
handicapped.
Eleven questions bearing on the
financing the war for another year
are contained in the before mention
ed referendum and will be submitted
for favorable or unfavorable vote of
the Board of Directors of the local or
ganization at its next meeting.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20
"IDLE LAND TO M0RK-

The National War Garden Commits
sion estimates that 5000 900 war gar
dens came into existence last year,
with an aggregate area of more than
100000 acres, and that their pro-
ducts We're worth $3.50, 100000. Com
pared with what might be accom-
plished in backyard gardens, this
sum, or the above. is a mere baga-
telle, says the Century Magazine, In
its back yards and vacant lots Amer
lea ca nproduce not millions, but bill
lions, of dollars worth of foodstuft
The problem is to put all those idle
spaces to work
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20

Sunday School tomorrow ut $50 a
IN. As there will be no preaching ser
vice during the day the Epworth
League service will follow the Sun
day School under the leadership of
Mr.. Franklin Slyo. Topic. Jesus
Love of the Outdoors" being a vaca-
ton topic. During the two campmeet-
ing Sundays the only services in the
church will be the Sunday School
Those who remain in town are urged
to keep the Sunday School going.
Rev, w, II. Davenport will hold the
Fourth Quarterly Conference next
Tuesday night. This is the most i'm
portant conference of the year and
every member should plan to be pres
ent.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20
WRECK APPEARS

The Manchester Signal says: The
wreck of the towboat j. II. Ware near
the head of the Little Island is very
visible now. The boat was cut down
by the ice last winter and about all
remains is the hull, boilers, part of
the machinery and wheel The tow
she had in charge was never seen nor
heard of after it was torn loose and
started down with the ice gorge. The
Ware was valued at several thousand
dollars.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20
RAILROAD time TABLES
Hniaj = 49, -,
I:Ilsy1IIl Nashville:

Time table effective Sunday Feb
ruary 10th.
No. IL leaves Maysville 5:35 q. m.
daily except Sunday.
No. leaves Maysville $40 D. m.
except Sunday.
NO 2O9 leaves Maysvllle $40 D. m
Sunday only.
No. 10 arrives In Maysville s:45 a
m'' daily except Sunday.
No. 2lO arrives in Maysvills 2:s5 D.
m, Sunday only.
No. IL arrives in Maysvllle $40 n.
IN, daily except Sunday.
H. 8. ELLIS, Agent
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20

The opening exercises of the COM
bined service will be conducted by
Miss Jennie Dickson, assisted by 9TH
ers. Let all come by $3.50 a. m. so as
to get the good of this part of the
service. 1t will be worth hearing
The lesson in the adult classes on
Prayer" should assure a full attend
ance of all the members. Commun-
ion and sermon follows the period of
instruction.
The evening services will be in the
Presbyterian Church at 1870.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20

Services as follows until otherwise
announced:
Sunday School each Sabbath $3.50
a m, George N. Harding, Superinten-
dent.
Prayer Meeting each Wednesday
evening p. m.
Glass Service each Second and
Fourth Sunday in each month.
Preaching by the pastor every first
and third Sunday in each month
both morning and evening services
Also, Brother Dan Vantine, our local
preacher, will preach on every NTH
Sunday occasionally,
A hearty welcome is extended to
one and all, don't fail to come.
]. F. RUGGLES, Pastor.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20
Conversion
OF
Liberty Bonds

3ls', Liberty Bonds of the first Is
sue, e; Liberty Bonds of the second
issue, and f., Liberty Bonds obtained
by converting bonds of the first issue
into bonds OF the second issue can be
converted into ~ bonds up to No
remhCr .. 1918. After that date no
further rights of conversion will at
tnch TO the +, bonds, either the orig
inaI bonds of the second loan or those
obtained by conversion of bonds of
the first loan. All of the i1ICi bonds
are nOn-cOnyPrtibIe.
Coupon bonds may he converted in
TO either coupon or registered bonds
hut registered bonds only will be OK.
changed for registered bonds and will
he inscribed with the names of the
registered owners of such bonds.
M Hd'uitU tuHpOHS, llClUuiHR
those maturing June Ii, 1918, and
May Is, 1918, must be detached from
the ~ bonds before they are Surren.
dered for conversion. The converted
bonds will bear interest at the rate of
i14% from June Is, 1918 and May Is.
1918 respectively, and have the same
maturity dates as the original bonds.
This bank is prepared TO receive
and handle all Of the above bonds for
conversion ana places its facilities nj
the disposal of its customers and the
Government.
Bank Of MdySVi||e
Established 1885. Maysvllle, ny.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20
First Baptist Church.

Bible School $50 a. M, Prof. w. j.
Caplinger, superintendent.
Preaching 10:45 a. m. and 1870 y.
m. Morning: "The Key to Lies Per
pleXities." Evening: "The Divine
Ideal for Man"
Prayer meeting Thursday $50 D. m.
These services will begin and close
promptly on the hour. You are in
vited and will be cordially welcomed
b. b. BAILEY, Pastor.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20
DRYING DONT'S

Don't allow n quantity of good food
20 collect dust while rying, SAYS the
National War Garden Commission of
Washington. Protect with glass or rec
move to another place. The National
War Garden Commission will send
You a copy of its drying book if you
write for it and send a two-ccnt stamp
10 nav for nOStnpn.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20

Until differently announced, the SER
vices will accord with this schedule
Sunday: First mass at A. m. Sec
ond mass at 10 a. m. Benediction OF
the Most Blessed Sacrament at p. m.
Week Days: Masses at $50 and 5
a. m.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20

Sunday School Sunday at p. m.'
Earl c. Dryden, Superintendent.
Preaching at p. m. and 7:l5 p. m
by the pastor, Rev, o. N. Res.
Everyone is cordially invited to at
tend these services.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20
Church of Nativity.

Pursuant to written request from
the Vestry and Communicates the
Bishop of the Diocese has appointed a
Lay Reader, ad interim; and hence
the service of the church will thus be
, conducted until further notice.
Morning Prayer and sermon al
10:45 a. m.
Sunday School at $3.50 a. m.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
OMAR DODSON, Senior Warden
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20
Bull Greek NJ. Z. Church.

Services at the Bull Creek M. E.
Church every first and third Sunday
afternoons 2:30 p. m.
J.F. RUGGLES, Pastor
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20
just Twenty
Years Ago

1t was May. War against agrees
sion existed then as now.
The American fleet under COmmO-
dore George Dewey steamed into
Manila Bay, encountered the foe and
came OF triumphant.
All the glorious traditions of the
American Navy were upheld.
And humanity won another victory.
Today, success depends upon food,
particularly wheat. The cOnserva.
ton OF wheat, the avoidance OF waste,
the patriotic cooperation of the pub
lie, shall win for us again.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20
MAYSVLLE'S CHURCHES
Where the Religious Exercises Will
BE Held on the Sabbath.


Christian Science Church sunday
morning 1O:45 G. A. r. Hall, Cox
Building.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20
SPECIAL REGISTRATION

A special registration for all voters
who were i'll or out of the city at the
last regular registration or who have
become of age since that time will be
held at the County Clerks office on
Saturday, July 20. All those residents
Of the city desiring to vote in the Au-
gust primary must secure registration
certificates.
j.. ]. OWENS, County Clerk.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20

A man wastes more time during ST.
months of courtship than he does all
the rest of his life waiting for street
cars,
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20
sAf ftR SE Pershgs Crusaders $ Az; :!
War Follow the Flag France See Our BOYS "Ove There

..s.i'.t't''! -t'.s'.s-s.9..s. .9.-s.-s..s.i..i.t
J. NOTICE TO PASTORS AND J
y CHURCH CLERKS. J
+ All announced intended for !
i our church column must be !
i in this Office on Friday by IL !
Il o'clock TO insure insertion. I
i All announcements received \
y after this time will be omitted !
Observation-Disclosures .i'-i.s..t..t.s..i.-t.t
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20

Sunday School $50 a. M, ]. b.
Wood, Superintendent.
Morning service 1O:45 a. m.
Christian Endeavor Gas p. m.
Union Service at this church 1880
p. m. sermon by Rev. A. f. Stahl
Prayer meeting Thursday 1870 p.
m.
Strangers and the public generally
are cordially invited to all services.
JOHN BARBOUR, Pastor.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20
Chesapeake & Ohio Ry.
ohedule subject 10 cnanos ~Ithou, noiIcs

Schedule subject 10 enanos ~iihou, notice
Effective Sunday May 2sth.
East Bound
No. 8 will arrive s;4s a. m
No will arrive 1850 D. m.
No Is will arrive S:25 D. m.
No 4 will arrive s:49 D. m.
No. 16 departs S,OO p. m.
West Bound
No. 10 will depart 5:26 a. m.
NO 8 will depart 700 a. m.
No. II will arrive 1000 a. m
No 3 will depart 9:4O .. m.
No. will depart 1850 D. m.
Trains No. 16. II, Is and 10 are
iaily. except Sunday.
W. " WIKOF,F, Agent
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20

The average man appreciates his
wlfe's temper 10 much that he doesn't
like to have her lose Il.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20
SPRING EARLY, WAR GARDENS
GOOD

Beach, n, Dak-An unusually early
spring has cooperated with war gar
deners here. Beach tables are loaded
with early produce. Thomas +. Hay
ward, Secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce reports to the National
War Garden Commission at Washing
ton that the war vegetables are the
best ever.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-07-20
Forest Avenue NJ. l.. Church.

OMAR DoDsON, Senior Warden
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-02-21

That new American bread has the
taste Of victory.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-02-21
POULTRY NOTES
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Winter Rations for PuIlets.

When the pullets are in winter
quarters and are dependent upon the
feeder for all green food and animal
food as well as for grain, one of the
following rations will supply the va
riety required. The proportions in
dicated are parts by weight.
Save Good Yearling Hens.
Among farmers generally it is the
common practice to sell the hens that
are past year old for poultry when
they stop laying in the fall. Under
the usual conditions this is good pol
icy, for as a rule only about half of
the flock lay we'll enough the second
year to be profitable, and the farmer
who has pullets enough to replace
all his old hens sees no advantage in
keeping any Of them over.
This year, however, those patriotic
farmers who desire to do their part
to increase the poultry and egg sup
plies will find it desirable to retain
a considerable proportion of the year
ling hens. Farmers in the corn belt
especially will find it to their interest
to hold all the good yearling hens
they have, making such addition to
their poultry house equipment as may
oe necessary to properly accommo-
date both pullets and hens. Over
crowding must be avoided, as neither
pullets nor hens will do their best.
Selecting Hens to Keep.
In selecting hens to keep over,
preference should be given to those
that molt in September or later, for
they are, as a rule, the most persist
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-02-21

Old papers for sale at Tidings Of
flee.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-02-21
HARRY LAUDER TELLS
OF HUN BARBARITIES

Before great audience thai
seemed from the Heilig stage to be
mostly in uniform, Harry Lauder
famous Scotch humorist and enter.
tainer, drove home war epigramS
ringingly at noon today, says the
Portland Journal. 1t was torrent
OF hate against the Hun and the
kaiser that Lauder poured forth.
In the closing words of his address
Lauder referred to his son in de-
scribing an incident of German cruel
ty at the front. And with that refer
ence the hatred inspired by his own
sorrow seemed to surge irrepressibly
againts his self-control.
"By God, men," he shouted, with
face working, there isn't anything
too hellish for the Hun. He has
shown me no mercy, and, by God, I'll
show him no mercy either"
The incident that he related was
one he said his son told him at home
on furlough before he went back to
the front a second time. A detach-
ment of troops making night attack
on German trench was forced to
leave behind 60 of its men captives.
The Germans took them, stripped
them naked, left them all the night
out in the chilling rain, and when
morning came told them that as they
were they might return to their own
lines. The boys wriggled through
the German barbed wire and in so
doing were lacearted from head to
foot. When they were half way
across the 75-yard width of No Mans
Lond the Germans opened up on
them with their machine guns and
r,owed them down.
Lauder said that while he was at
the front he saw a soldier in the hos
pltal whose face was swatched in
bandages. He had been one who had
aided in the capture of a German
trench. By the side. of a burning
sandle in German dugout, 35 feet
below the surface, he found a foun-
tain pen and took it with him. Two
days later when he took the fountain
pen to write letter to his mother
that he might tell he was all right,
the unscrewing of the cap was fol-
lowed by an explosion that blew half
his face away.
There is nothing too hellish for
the Hun" declared Lauder.
"They call his boche. call him
vandal, murderer, raper of Women,
destroyer of old men and boys. You
may see a boy from the war zone
with his right hand off and hear him
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-02-21

ent layers. Such hens may not be
at this time the best looking in the
flock. They are likely to be rough
in plumage with somewhat shriveled
combs and pale colored legs. These
things, however, are merely incident
a; to the nonlaying and molting
period.
Hens that appear in prime condi-
tion at this time are those that molt-
ed in the summer because they
stopped laying early. The exceptions
which it may be desirable to retain
are hens which reared broods in early
summer and molted while running
with the chicks
Bulletin Aids Poultry Teachers.
To aid teachers of poultry husband
ry in secondary schools in presenting
the poultry-raising opportunities to
their classes, specialist in the state
relations service of the United States
Department of Agriculture has pre-
pared teachers guide on the raising
Of ducks, geese and turkeys. Sug-
gestions are made as to methods of
presenting these subjects both in the
classroom and in the laboratory, and
study outlines calculated to help the
teacher and student to correlate the
home work with the work at school
are given. The bulletin, known as
States Relations Service Document
81, will be mailed free on request,
while the supply lasts, to instructors
or administrators of high-school ag-
riculture.
Pullets that will not begin laying
before winter sets in may be left in
the coops which they occupied while
growing as long as the weather per-
mits them to range.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-02-21
Vernon Castle Is
Killed In Texas

Captain Vernon Castle of the Eng
lish Royal Flying Corps was killed
near Fort Worth Texas, Friday
morning while flying fifteen miles
west of that city. Captain Castle
has made more than $50 flights over
German lines, besides being the CEN
tral figure in many heroic exploits
along the Flanders front during the
past nine months. He came back to
the United States with Lord Welles-
ley, a short time ago, and was flying
across country Friday morning.
While endeavoring to avoid an avia-
tion cadet and his machine, Castle
swerved sharply, lost control of his
plane and fell. Castle was a we'll
known movie star prior to his en-
listment.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-02-21
PROVIDE READING
FOR THE SOLDIERS

clip as well as knit" is the re-
quest of the army men for the SOL
dier boys. Anything in the way of
newspaper clippings or, still better,
whole newspapers or magazines,
would be more than welcome in the
camps, particularly in France.
Nothing would do a homesick SOL
dier any more good than to be made
a regular recipient of his home news
paper. If you can't afford to sub
scribe for him, roll up back numbers
of the paper and send them to him.
If you did feel like putting him on
the list, he would bless you.
Much is said about the need for
keeping our soldier boys away from
the temptations of army life. One Of
the greatest causes of vice is an un-
occupied mind. If the army lines are
well supplied with tents where there
is plenty of interesting reading mat
ter, a great many idle hours will be
pleasantly filled The fellow who is
quietly reading the home paper or
an American magazine is not chasing
around the outskirts of the camp
looking for trouble.
There isn't any possibility of get
ting too much of this stuff. The
home paper will be read by soldiers
who come from many miles distant
and know nothing of the place where
it is published. But anything Ameri-
can will look good to them. Our
popular magazines will be thumbed
over until they are reduced to rags
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-02-21
MILLION RAISED
IN THRIFT STAMPS

Sales of thrift stamps and war saw
ings stamps in Oregon are reported
at over 81 100000, almost simultane-
ously with the announcement from
Washington that sales throughout the
country had passed the $50,000,000
mark.
The following telegram was re-
ceived recently by State Director G.
S. Jackson from Frank A. Venderlip,
chairman of the national war savings
committee:
"The steadily growing volume of
savings placed at the service of the
Lation by millions of citizns is splen-
did evidence of your effective work.
Business as usual is wholly wrong
theory in war times. 1t is only by
teaching the people to save and not
To compete for labor and materials
with the government that we can put
the whole strength of our nation into
this war.
This is not only our most impor-
tant contribution to the war, but 1t is
the sure way to raise the required
money. In the next few weeks we
ami our entire organization of nearly
100000 workers must make it our
common purpose and resolve to
spread this gospel so that there will
be militant army of war-savers to
rut war savings certificates and the
next liberty loan over the top"