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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-16
HUGHES TO ASSIST.
IN AIRCRAFT PROBE
Former Justice, at Presi-
dents Request, Agrees to
Aid Attorney General.
MOVE. PLEASES CONGRESS

President Wilson has summoned
Charles f. Hughes to act with Attor-
rey General Gregory in the investi-
CATION of criminal charges made IN
connection with aircraft production.
Mr.. Hughes acceptance of the task
was announced last evening at the
White House, and he will come to
Washington in a few days to go over
plans with the Attorney General.
In designating former Justice
Hughes, whose record in the Few
York insurance investigation is well
remembered, the President said he
felt the Department of Justices in
vestigation was of the very greatest
importance. that if any person were
found guilty they might be prosecut-
ed vigorously and promptly and that
the regulations of those attacked
might he protected. il the Cha: s=s
were found to be sroundieSs
Sensational Charges Made.
Preuarations for the departments
investigation, ordered recently by the
President as a result of sensational
charges based largely upon state
ments by GutZon Borglum. the SOUP
tor. already are proceeding under the
direction Of Assistant Attorney Gen.
William L. Frierson. Mr.. Frlerson
now is examining documents furnish
ed by the War Department showing
how contracts for airplanes. engines
and parts were let. and giving other
information on the airplane manufac-
turing program. He also has the re-
port to the President of the investi-
eating committee, headed by H..
Snowden Marshall, and that of Mr..
Borglum.
AS modified the Chamberlain reso-
luton authorizing d Senate inquiry
into aircraft production will be re-
ported today by Senator Mcclellan OF
Tennessee, democrat. who is joined
in the recommendations by Senators
Smott of Utah and France of Mary
land, republicans. 1t will be accompa-
MED by an opposing minority report
from Senator Thompson of Kansas.
chairman of the expenditures COM
mittee. who conferred yesterday with
the President and Senator Jones.
democrat, of New Mexico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-16
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| The ROLL
| OF HONOR
-&SS&&

The casualty list today contained
ninety-one names, divided as follows:
Killed in action. 8: died of wounds
4: died of accident, l: died of disease
4: died OF other causes. !; wounded
severely. 4; wounded slightly, 90
missing in action, IA.
Officers names include: Lieut.. Carl
10. Rosequist. Evanston. ILL.,. died OF
wounds: Capt Earl v. Morrow. Port
land. Ore, and Lieuts. Lester S. Mac
Gregor. Findlay, Ohio. and Winfrey u
Nathan. Kansas city. Mo-. wounded
slightly. and Li.uts. Charles W. Chap
man, Waterloo. Iowa, and RoDeft ha-
ker Mcdowell Jersey City. y. d.
missing in action.
The list follows:
KILLED IN ACTION.
GIFFIN. Luther. corporal. Spring
JOHNSTON. John A.. corporal
Bryant. Ark.
LONG: Harry r., corporal Manches-
ROVEE, Clinton NJ. private, Harvey,
Wash.
BRENDEN. Thorvald, private. Kerk-
hoven. MINI.
CHANDLER. Edgar r.. private
LEE, George w. private. Bull
Idaho.
MlLEsKl. Masy;an. private. Essex.
Conn.
DIED or NOl NDS.
ROSEQTlS'i'. carl o., lieutenant,
Eva. $ton. Iii.
M"SWIGGAN. Charles. corporal. New
York.
BOILING. Clyde w. private, Wins
ton-Salem. y. c.
THIRODEAT. William H., private,
South Paris. Me.
DIED OF DISEASE.
IGOE, Frank, sergeant. Chicago.
ELSTON. Clifford E., wagner. &C.
neva. n. Y.
CAMPBELL. Ernest. private. Hing
ham. Mass.
SINGLETON, Clellie NJ, private, Eu-
bank. Ky.
DIED OF ACCIDENT.
LEIGHTON, John j., private, Phila-
delphia.
DIED OF OTHER CAUSES.
WILLIAMS Emanuel G.. private,
Morristown, y. j.
WOUNDED SEVERELY.
-hNIHi<1 II 1 , i-SSle1, CoA poihis ~.
Louis.
: HAYES. Baxter. private. Anderson.
S. G.
MATHEWS, Earl. private. Tulsa.
Okla.
RANATAZZO. Salvatore, private.
Della Carton. Italy.
WOUNDED SLIGHTLY.
MORROW, Earl v, captain, Port
land, Ore.
MAcGREGoR, Lester s., lieutenant,
Findlay. Ohio.
! NATHAN. Winfrey G., lieutenant,
Kansas City, Mo.
EDDINGS. Leonard, sergeant, Tam
pa, Fla. =.
FELTY, Harry. sergeant. Granite
City. Ill.
GOSNELLE. Leonard j., sergeant,
Youngstown, Ohio.
HOOD, Isaac, sergeant, Millinocket,
Me.
LOGAN. Claude T., sergeant. Moores-
Vile. n. c.
BROWN. Clayton W., corporal, Scot
land. S. D.
CRANNA, John P. corporal, Lowell,
Mass.
DZCBIN, John. corporal. Interna-
tional Falls, MINI.
FENSKE, Walter, corporal, Chicago.
GOOLD, Ruel r., corporal, Caledo-
MIA. Ill.
Hit, Leonard, corporal. Eau Claire,
Wis.
JocHUM. Jacob A., corporal. Bul-
falO
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Mr.. Hughes Accepts Task.

The Presidents letter to Mr.. Hughes
was written Monday and the feply
came yesterday. just before the an
nouncement that the former Justice
had accepted the task. MIR. Hughes
wrote:
II beg to acknowledge receipt Of
your letter of May Is. Approaching
fully the gravity of the matter. l
shall be glad to cooperate with the
Attorney Gene: al in making prompt
and thorough investigation of the
charges of dishonesty in connection
With aircraft production. You may
he assured that nothing will. give me-
greater plea sure than to render any
assistance within my powe~. l as
sumo that the Attorney General will
advise me of his wishes for Il con-
ference with a view to the making
Of definite and adequate plans for
the investigation, and I shall en-
deavor to arrange my affairs SO that
these plans may be carried out with
as little delay as possible
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MARcoN1 IS GIVEN MEDAL.
Ambassador di Cellere Accept.
Honor From Franklin Institute.

PHILADELPHIA, May 16-Count ".
Macchi di Cellere. Italian ambassador
to the United States, in accepting
here last night, for Guelielmo Mar
conf. a medal conferred upon him
by the Franklin Institute. expressed
the hope that the friendship uniting
this country and Italy would be as
lasting as the metal in which the
name of the inventor of wireless
telegraphy is engraved
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SHRAPNEL
sideligh,> on the War
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

The krupp gun works OF Germany
, maintains its own interna :ional secret
service and it's own propa Sanda bu-
reau. The krupps. before the war
started, knew the military secrets of
many nations because the plant fur
nished a great part of their military
equipment. 1t is said that the propa-
ganda bureau was maintained for the
sole purpose of keeping European ma
lions ION their toes" so to speak, in
order that Krupp products always
would find ready market.
When a German submarine attacked
group of British fishing boats a
sailor on one OF them held up cruel
fix and shouted:
You will not be able to sink this.
anyway"
The man was rescued.
Lieut.. Col. ]. 3. Kosher of the Brit
ing blue" who has recently been
awarded his d. S. o.. is responsible for
an amusing anecdote concerning a
certain general newly arrived on the
western front.
The officer in question was. it ap-
tailed to take him on a tour of in
spection through his section of the
trenches. -.
The guide. a short, hefty. mon com
gave all his directions in hoarse
whisper. and the general. who was
double SO as to avoid showing his
head.
At length the general felt he could
stand it no longer. His back was
nearly breaking in two. and he came
to the conclusion that he must
straishten up for few moments.
even il he did have to risk sniper's
So, turning to the guide. he whis-
boche?"
About four miles," came the whis-
-Four miles. roared the astonished
general. A..
kety blank are you whispering for?
Cant help it. sir" answered the
guide. still whispering. Been like 1t
For over a week. Worst cold I've ever
had"
In describing the British women who
have entered the nations land army one
writer says:
visited nearly every kind of war worker
in the United Kingdom. whether there
are any women to compare with these
Jolly land lasses for courage and abso-
lutte heroism. 1 doubt whether any work
could make greater demands on a wom-
ans body. doubt whether finer
quality Of grit is displayed by any pa
friotic worker in these islands be that
worker man or woman, than is displayed
by these splendid and happy girls who
| are worse paid than any other work
ers, who get little or no praise from
the public and who never grumble,
and who certainly never strike"
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tackled may be protected in case the
charges are groundless.
"I requested the Department of Jus
tice to use every instrumentality at
it's disposal to investigate these
charges, and with the approval Of the
Attorney General 1 am writing to beg
that you will ac- with him in making
this investigation. ! feel that this is
matter of the very srea test impor-
tance. and I. sincerely hope that you
will feel that it is possible to con-
tribu.e your very valuable service in
studying and passing upon the qucs-
tionS involved"
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Letter to Mr.. Hughes.
In asking Mr.. Hughes to help in the

In asking Mr.. Hughes to help in the
investigation, the President said:
you have doubtless noticed that
very serious charges of dishonesty
have been made in connection with
the production of aircraft.
Because of the capital importance
Of this branch of the military serv-
ice, I feel that these charges should
be thoroughly investigated. and with
as little delay as possible, in order
that the guilty. if there be any such,
may be promptly and vigorously
prosecuted and that the regulations
of those whose actions have been at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-16

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Action Today Not Planned.

Action in the Senate is not planned
today and vote may be deferred
until Saturday or early next week.
The opposition of Senators Thompson
and Jones is directed largely at minor
features of the resolution. which they
also regard as unnecessary.
At a conference of democratic SEN
ators during the day it. was agreed
that the administration forces would
oppose adoption of a resolution in a
form which might be considered to
authorize an inquiry into general con-
duet of the war and also to oppose
authorization Of experts and assist
ants for the committee.
The vote in the Senate may be post
poned until the return Saturday of
military subcommittee which, antici-
pating adoption of the resolution with
virtually no opposition, left today to
investigate ordnance production at
the Bethlehem and Midvale, Pa.
plants.
The choice of Mr.. Hughes to act
with the Attorney General was met
with expressions of satisfaction on
all sides at the Capitol. Some repub-
lican senators voiced surprise. but
there was not a suggestion of disap-
DrOVal.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-16
JUDGES FIRST Wife
SEEKS BALM OF SECOND
First Wife Of Judge L. p. Fryer AL
Ieges Second Wife Alien
nted Affections.

Mrs. Matte Barton Fryer fled suit
in United States District Court at
Covington Saturday against Eva
Bradford Fryer seeking to recover
$4,000 for alleged alienation of the
affections of her husband, l.. p. Fry
err, Falmouth, KY, Judge of the Eight
zenith Judicial District of Kentucky,
which comprises the counties of Pen
dleton, Robertson, Harrison and Mich
olas.
The petitioner charges prior to De-
cember II, 1917, the defendant used
designing influences" to deprive her
of the love and affection of her hus-
band
The complainant who was the first
wife of Judge Fryer, filed suit in Ken
ton Circuit Court in 1917 and a judg-
ment awarded her the decree after
there had been a compromise settle
ment. Stocks and bonds owned by
Judge Fryer were held under re-
straining orders until settlement was
reached
The defendant prior to her mar
riage several months ago to Judge
Fryer was the window of DR.. II. A.
Bradford, Cincinnati dentist, who
lived at Butler KY, and died sudden
ly on train when on the way from
Cincinnati to Butler
Judge Fryer is well known here.
He recently sat as special Judge of the
Mason Circuit Court.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-16

There is more Catarrh In this section
or the country than all other diseases
put together. and for years 1t was sup
posed to be incurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies. and by constantly failing
to cure with loccl treatment, pronounced
1t incurable. Cat" r-h is a local disease,
greatly Influenced by constitutional con-
ditions and therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine. manufactured by f j. Cheney &
Co.. Toledo. Ohio. is a constitutional
remedy. is taken internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
of the System. One Hundred Dollars re-
ward Is offered for any case that Halls
Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
F. ]. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills :or constipation,
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-16
FIRST REPORT OF
MEMBERSHIP drive
TOBE MADE TONIGHT
Great Banquet Of Business Men VIII
BE Held This Evening at Beech
wood Park When First Report
on the Membership Drive
For Chamber Of Com
merce VIII Be
Made.

Already 1876 tickets to the big ban
quet to be given by the business men
of the city at Beechwood Park this
evening have been sold and all plans
for the big meeting are completed. A
fine chicken dinner, prepared by the
capable Charles Rohmiller, will be
served promptly at $50 o'clock and
he has planned to accommodate al
most 200 people. 1t is expected that
before the hour for the banquet has
arrived fully that number of tickets
will be sold as they are going fast
this afternoon.
The captains in the membership
drive for the Chamber of Commerce
and their team mates have been work
ing hard today and they will make
their first report as to the progress of
the campaign this evening. The drive
will continue the balance of the week
and besides signing up the old mem
bers of the organization, it is expect
ed that many new members will be
listed during the week.
Because of the great policeman's
strike in Cincinnati at the present
time, Mayor John Calvin, of the
Queen City, who was to have been the
chief speaker of the evening, will be
unable to be here and DR.. B. B. Bailey,
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
will make the chief address. DR.. Bail
ey, who is a very pleasing speaker,
will give some very interesting ex-
periences in Civic life. This new pas
tor has always been active in the civic
life of the cities in which he has served
and we will be able to give some very
valuable information. Besides DR..
Bailey, several of the men who have
been prominently identified with the
organization since its birth will also
speak and the evening will certainly
be very enjoyable one.
The committee which has been sell
ing the tickets for this banquet has
been unable to reach all of the bust
ness men when they were in their
places of business but it is urged upon
every one who can possibly spare the
time that they attend this banquet and
meeting.
1t is understood that the report OF
the campaign committees this evening
will be surprising for all have beer
very busy today and they have thus
far been able to sign up many mem
bers who will be reported at thi:
gathering. Much credit is due t.
Messrs. H. ]. Cochran and w. Holtor
Key, majors of the two competing di
visions and it will be interesting tt
watch their contest during the com
ing week.
At the banquet this evening music
will be furnished by the Hubbard Or
chestra.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-16
GREAT FEATURE
OPENS AT THE
WASHINGTON
"Hearts Of the World d. w. Crit.
fith's Masterpiece Opens Three
Days Engagement Mt
Local Theater.

The managers and the thirteen
piece orchestra with the big feature
picture. 1.-THE Hearts of the World"
arrived in the city this morning and
the first performance of the big pic
ture was given this afternoon at the
Washington;
There was a very good audience
present at the first presentation of
the picture although not nearly as
many as will be present this evening
as the ticket sale for the night show
is showing up well and there is every
reason to believe that the house will
be we'll filed.
This is said to be by far the big
gest picture show coming to Mays
vile this year. 1t is Griffith's great
est masterpiece. even greater than
"The Birth of a Nation" the other big
Griffith production which took Mays
vile by storm. The show will be in
Maysville for three days and matt
nee will be given each afternoon so
that the people of the community will
have an opportunity to see the big
picture about which so much has been
said in the press.
The afternoon performances are es-
pecially arranged for the country peo-
pie and those who live in neighboring
counties. 1t is understood that many
people from nearby county seats will
be here during the week to see the
big show.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-16
AUTOMOBILES AS SCARCE
AS HENS Teeth SUNDAY
Maysyille and Mason County Observes
GasOIlneless Sunday to the Let
ter and Not Over a Half Dozen
Machines Were Seen on
the Streets.

Gasolineless Sunday was observed
to the letter by the owners and driv-
ers of machines in Maysville and Ma
son county. During the previous two
Sundays some few machines were seen
on the streets but yesterday there was
not a single machine except those
driven by physicians and those used
in necessary work such as the deliv-
cry of cream and milk.
Sundays reports came to, the city that
throughout the country people had
disregarded the law and had been
driving their machines out for JOY
rides on the country pixies but investi-
cations made yesterday disclosed the
fact that the country pixies were emp
ty of machines and every one
throughout the country as we'll as in
the city was observing the request of
the Fuel Administration.
County Fuel Administrator Brown
ing is very much pleased with the way
the local people are observing the
day and both Manager Greenlee, of
the Standard Oil Company and Man
ager Manion, of the Indian Refining
Company, report that there is a great
saving in gas. in Maysville as is
shown in the comparison of Mondays
sales now and before the gasolineless
Sunday went into effect.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-16
DEFENSE COUNCIL PLANS FOR
missionaries

A meeting of the Mason County
Council of National Defense and tho y
who have thus far volunteered to as
sist the Legal Advisory Board of the
county in the filling out of the large
number of questionnaires soon to be
coming in, was held this morning and
the filling out of the blanks will he
handled in such systematic manner
that it is certain there will be little
trouble in handling the big job.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-16
BOY HAD GUN BUT is RELEASED

The police Saturday night took
Cecil Gilbert into custody when he
was found to have shot gun and
said that he was looking for his uncle,
William Gilbert. Young Gilbert said
that his uncle had knocked down his
mother. The young man was relea 5
ed and the police made an effort TO
locate the uncle but he had caught a
freight train and had shaken the dust
of the city from his feet
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-16
BOYS PLAYING WITH PISTOLS

Complaint has been filed with the
police that several boys in the city
have been playing with pistols and
firing blank cartridges on the stree 5.
An investigation is being made and
already several of the lads have been
brought in before Chief Ort who has
given them fatherly advise and who
has advised them as to the city AID
state laws on firing on the streets or
highways.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-16
COUNCIL IN STAR CHAMBER
SESSION
Come on Boys"

Mayor Thomas NJ Russell has call
ed a meeting of the city councilmen
as committee of the whole for to-
night. The meeting will be held in
the new committee room behind
closed doors and matters of import
ance will be discussed in committee
Before being brought to the floor OF
council
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-16
RODT. D. JOHNSON
COVERS HIMSELF IN
GLORY IN FRANCE
Fort Thomas Man Who Has Many
Relatives In This Section and Who
Formerly Came From Ger
mantOwn Falls Mt Belleau
Wood Leading His
Section Into As.
ton.

Come on boys, they got jack.
These we're the last words of Sergeant
Robert Dimmitt Johnson, U. s. Marine
Corps, nehew of DR.. Dimmitt, of Ger
mantown and q cousin of Mr. James
B. Ross, of this city, who has many
relatives in this section of the coun-
try.
Young Dimmitt fell in the battle of
Belleau Wood on June 9Th and was
cited for gallantry in action by his Of
ficers.
The Cincinnati Post recently pub
lished letter from Larry Foster, for
merly Post reporter, who was in the
battle of Belleau Wood with young
Johnson and who tells something of
the part this young hero played in one
of the fiercest conflicts of the war
The letter says in part:
"At daylight of the third day we
proceeded along the ravine and enter
ed the woods to the left to rid it of
this nuisance. We advanced as far
as possible on hands and knees, then
"wormed" our way until 20 yards
from the guns. "Old timers veterans
of many campaigns in the islands, say
it was the most whitening machine
gun fire they had ever seen. We were
caught in box-fire and cross-fire. The
Hun certainly paid for it though when
we did connect with him.
-"This is where Sergeant r. d. John
son, Of Fort Thomas, was killed. We
had just started up the hill when one
of his men groaned and fell. Come
on boys" he shouted, they got Jack"
But Bob did not get very far. He was
commended by Captain Bailey NJ, Cof-
fenberg for bravery"
The citation for gallantry in action
was couched in the following terms:
Led his section into action with great
gallantry until seriously wounded in
| the Bots de Belleau".
Young Johnson, whose mother, Mrs.
Louisa w. Johnson, now lives in Fort
| Thomas and whose brother, Claude
Johnson, is head of the Johnson Elec-
trio Company. of Cincinnati. gave to
the U. S. Marines, better known as
"The Devil Dogs" a new war cry
Come On Boys" which will go down
in history and will cover the memory
of the former Germantown boy with
glory through all of the years to
come.
form the inspiration of an editorial
appearing recently in the Cincinnati
Post which says in part:
Word comes today that Robert d
Johnson, of Fit. Thomas, was killed in
action with the Marines on the Marine
And we have at hand a letter from
Larry Foster, former Post reporter
who fought beside him and saw him
fall.
"'Come on, boys shouted Johnson,
leading his platoon into the charge.
They were his last words.
1.-THE real test of our will to win
will come next winter, when the out
law who rules Germany will make
tempting offers of an empty peace 1t
is for that time we should keep in
our hearts the last words of Sergeant
Johnson-'Come on, boys!
Unless we are courageous enough
to spurn the Kaiser's peace, the sacri-
flee of Sergeant Johnson and the thou
sands of his fellows will have been in
vain. For their sake we cannot -af-
ford to make any peace except on
terms of unconditional surrender.
ITO this end we who register dedi-
cate ourselves.
Come on Boys"