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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-04-19

My friends help the editor in his wldeyed search for
When friends YOU if ashamed of it.
tell him. when your wife tea party you have recovered
from the effects of the gossip drop in with the when
baby arrives fill your pockets with cigars and call if you
party of the good things and leave them sancum
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-04-19
FOB SALE

A four cylinder, 20 H. p. Hun
Runabout, good tires, extra inner
tires. Apply at Ledger Cdice.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-04-19

About the only satisfactory substI-
tute for wisdom Is silence.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-23
HIGH HEELS PUT
CORNS ON TOES
Tells Women How to Dry Up a Corn
So 1t Lifts Out Without Pain.

Modern high-heeIed footwear buck
les her toes and produces sorns and
many of the thousands of hospital
cases of Infection and lockjaw are the
result of woman's suicidal habit of
trying to cut away these painful pests.
For little cost there can be obtained
al any pharmacy quarter of an
ounce of drug called freezone, which
Is sufficient to rid ones feet of ey-
cry hard or soft corn or callus without
the slightest danger of inconvenience.
A few drops applied directly upon
the tender, aching corn stops the sore
ness and shortly the entire corn, root
and all, lifts right out. 1t is sticky
substance, which dries the moment it
is applied, and thousands Of men and
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-23
CRAWLs UNDER TABLE
TO ESCAPE A|RB0MBs
By LOWELL MELLETT

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON, March S-A little WON
an who teaches schol in the East End
was visiting us last night when the
air raid began. She did an extra
ordinary thing.
please don't pay any attention to
me for a WHILE" she said, and then
she took a little book, a school text
book perhaps, from her cloak pocket,
and a candle from the mantel and
crawled under the table. There, while
the guns across the river roared
away, she sat and read, needless of
the others in the room. When tea
was made presently, as it usually is
during Informal air raid parties, hers
was passed to her under the table
Wasn't that funny?
When the Boy Scouts bugles two
hours later announced the end of the
danger, she came out. Doubtless
thinking an explanation was required,
she explained as follows:
The air raids didn't bother me at
all until last summer, but ever since
then they have affected my nerves
You remember the raid in which a
number of school children were kill
ed. ont in the neighborhood of my
school That day had taken my
pupils to a little public square TO
play. You know they are all tubercu-
lar children and we have to keep out
of doors as much as possible.
IAN aeroplane appeared over head
and the most of us stood and watched
it. That was the time something went
wrong with the warning system and
we had no reason to know it was a
German machine until we began to
hear explosions over by the school
house and to see shrapnel bursting
in the air around the machine.
1.-THE children began to cry and to
run to me- Some of them have tuber-
cular hips and it makes me feel sort
Of sick yet when I remember how
they tried to hurry, dragging their
little legs along. They had piled
around me and hid their faces in my
skirt and cried. I got them into
nearby house and kept them until the
raid was over.
"Of course, none of them was hurt,
but-well, 1 haven't felt quite the
same about air raids since then"
Not very funny, was it
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-23
10000 Women in War Industries.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 23--
Are you short servant girl? Cant you
get maid? She may be doing cher
bit" for her country. The department.
Of labor announced today that 10000,
women have been placed in VIZ in
dustries at equal pay with men since,
February 1 and that great many do
rnestics and servant girls have left
their places to enter munition facto-
ries. More are needed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-23
State of Ohio. City Of Toledo.

Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm OF T. J.
Cheney & Co.. doing business in the City
of Toledo. County and State aforesaid,
and that said firm will pay the sum OF
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, tn.s 6tn day of December.
A. D. 1856. A. W. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken in
ternally and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces CT the System. Send
for testimonials, free
F. j. CHENEY & CO, Toledo. 0.
Sold by ali druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-23
RED CROSS AMRIC0 TOOTH PASTE

An antiseptic refreshing paste, that
leaves delightful after-taste. Clean
ses the teeth without injuring the
enamel. The antiseptic properties aid
in keeping the teeth and gums in
healthy condition. This and more than
one hundred other Red Cross Remedies
and Toilet Preparations sold and guar
anteed only by
Howell's Pharmacy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-23
WRECKED FRENCH PLANE
KILLS GERMAN WHO
FORCED IT DOWN
By HENRY WOOD
Omitted Press Correspondent


WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES,
March 15.-(By Mail. jim the diary
of certain German sergeant just
taken prisoner on the French front
has been found recorded another one
of those almost fantastic tragedies
of fate with which the present war
PROFESSIONALLY abounds, but which
very few ever come to public knowl-
edge.
Aviation, especially, has been rife
with these examples of which seems
a veritable, ligtning-like stroke of
retribuitve justice.
Such was the death of Guynmer. II
fell to the lot of the worlds greatest
ACE" who had officially brought down
fifty-four German airplanes, and at
least twenty more the destruction OF
which could not be officially confirm
ed, to be brought down by a German
aviator who never before had brought
down single machine.
Yet before the victor, Lieutenant
Wissman by name, could even re.
ceive the Iron Cross for his deed, he
himself was brought dow nto death by
Lieutenant Fone
Somewhat similar is the stroke OF
destiny recorded in the diary of Ser
geant Thielman of the Third COMPANY
of the Tirty-sixth Regiment of the
18th Division of German infantry.
The entries in the diary were written
in Alsace on the German front facing
Mulhouse For two consecutive days
they were as follows:
March ia little after IL, we had
a beautiful spectacle; an enemf air.
plane was brought down by one of
our own planes just in front of our
third line.
The French plane was mounted by
a lieutenant who had been struck by
three balls, one in the left arm;
one in the right hand and a rebound
ing one which had lodged in his breast
In spite of hie wounds the French
lieutenant gamely held out and all
but sUcceetlci i'll passing our lines
before he was forced to drop to the
ground The moment his machine
reached earth, the lieutenant leaped
out, but was quickly arrested. They
say he was terribly chagrined at his
capture A moment afterwards the
French artillery opened fire and an
undero0fficer was killed
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-23

March 13--The German aviator
who brought down a French plane in
front of us yesterday has found a
tragic end. During the night it was
decided to take apart the French ma
chine which he had brought loWr
and " hich was still in good condition
The German aviator was pres'MS.
AS The mach,n2 was upside L.. an
it Fad to be turned over.
cat the moment of doing so, the
machine gun on the airplane was sci
in action and bullet from it killed
the German aviator who happened tc
Ne standing just in front of it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-23

women use it because the corn shriv-
els UP and comes out without infam-
ing or even irritating the surrounding
tissue or skin. Cut this out and try
1t if your corns both you. adv.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-27
SALARY INCREASES FOR
 ALL POSTAL EMPLoY
Provided For in Bill Passed by the
 House-1o to 20 Per Cent.

Washington. March 26.-The house tonight passed a bill granting perma- nent increases of from 10 to 20 per cent. in the salaries of virtually all postal employees, providing for postal savings stamps" apnropriating $500, : O0G for experiments in motor truck service, principally to transport food to the larger cities. and setting 24 cents an ounce as the maximum price to be charged for delivery of mail by air plane
 The following salary increases are provided;
 Rural letter carriers receiving $1,200 |or less. 20 per cent, with $24 year for every mile more than 20 travelled by the carrier on his regular route
 Clerks in first and second class postofffces divided into six grades with increased salaries ranging from 1000 to s1.5O0
 In first and second class offices all employees not otherwise provided for, from assistant postmasters to char women, are given a 15 per cent. in- crease if receiving $1 200 or less, and 10 per cent if receiving from s1,200 to Is1, 500
 The bill as presented to the house provided for increases only during the war but was amended to make them permanent only after long debate.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-27

the enemy. Heavy fighting today in pearance of new masses of troops which the Germans brought up. ready for another push.
 Bitter Fighting Saturday and Monday,
 The fighting on Saturday and Mon day in the neighborhood of EryilIers was mott bitter Throughout Sun day night and the early hours Monday the Germans kept pressing against the stubbornly coEtending British, who fought with such desperation against overwhelming odds that they repelIed the onrushing infantry After a breathing spell in the early morning the Germans again made a heavy as- sault between Ervillers and Comic court and were caught in the British artillery barrage and crushed.
 A little later the enemy advanced once more and stormed the position with such ferocity that it was feared Ervillers must go. Fresh British troops were sent up and carried out an inn mediate counter attack, relieving the situation.
 The enemy, finding the road barred through this place. began hammering hard below Gomiecourt. in the region of Sapignies. The British line soutl, of this place had already swung back to the west. and finally it became ap- parent that it would be policy to withdraw from Ervillers, Gomiecourt and Sspignies and straighten out the front. This was done during the night the withdrawal being effected in good order.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-27
Financial Plans of Government
DISCLOSED LAST NIGHT BY SEC.
 RETARY McADoo
FOR NEXT 8 MONTHS
Fourth Liberty Loan, Next October or
 November Probably Viii Be Greater
 Than Any That Have Preceded It. No Change in Denomination of Bonds

Washington March 26.-The govern ment's general financial plans for the next eight months, disclosed tonight by Secretary McAdoo, provide for a long period of rest from bond issues after the third loan of S3,000, GOO, 900 next month, and for floating of the fourth Liberty joan next October or November.
 Fourth Loan to Be Larger.
 The amount of the fourth loan prob ably will be greater than any of those that have gone before, and to prepare Tor 1t the treasury next simmer prob ably will start the issuance of cer- tificates of indebtedness iii considera- ble amounts. To clear the way for these certificates the house ways and means committee today tentatively ap- proved raising the authorized limit of outstanding certificates from $4000,- 100000 as at present, to $S,000, 100000. Loans to Allies Will Be Continued. l Loans to allies will be continued | during the next fiscal year, which starts July 1, and although more than l S2 2,O0O,000.000 authorization for this l purpose still remains, congress at the secretary's request is expected to ap- prove extension of further credits to | 1 Adoo estimates that this will be suffi- cient to fill allied needs until October, | and another authorization will be ask 1 ed of congress before the amount is used up. Actual credits and pay ments are made at the secretary's dis 1 cretion subject only to the limitations
 imposed by the act of congress.
 Certificates of Indebtedness.
 In the same way the amount of cer- ] tifcates of Indebtedness actually to be
 issued depends on Secretary McAdoo's decision a%1 it is regarded as entirely likely that he would not have out
 standing at one time the entire $S,000,-
 000,006 which may be authorized by congress. These are issued usually fol
 ninety day periods. and are redeemable
 at times when receipts from Liberty
 loans or taxes are heavy.
 Il Secretary McAdoo will appear tonor row before he ways and means com.
 rnittee to explain further the details O.
 the bill under consideration providing
 for additional authorization of the is suance of $4,5J0 100000 Liberty bonds
 of more certificates and allied loans.
 Bonds of Same DeRominations.
 The secretary tonight explained tha he plans to issue third Liberty bond III tteilOtAh1fiatACiiS Oi @oO. @1Uus 9oUu dIi'
 $1.000. as in the first and second loans and that terms of payment in install ments will be substantially the sam
 as in the past For the second loa1 !, two per cent. of the subscription wa due at the time of the subscription was made, IS per cent. two weeks afte the loan campaign closed, 40 per cent one month later and the final 40 pc
 cent one motnh after that.
 The secretary's statement dispose
 of reports that the $50 ''baby bond ; might be abandoned in the third loa, a for the sake of encouraging investmen I of such small amounts in war say , ings stamps.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-27
EDITORS OF PHILADELPHIA
 TAGEBLATT ACQUITTED.
Judge Holds No Evidence Was Pre- , scented to Make Out Case.

Philadelphia. March 26.-upon the. ground that no evidence had been pre- sented to make out case, Judge Oil yer B. Dickirison in the United States district court today directed the jury to render verdict of not guilty in the trial of Louis Werner and Martin l Darkow, editors of the Philadelphia who were charged, with treason in the publication of certain articles, headlines and alleged news despatches in the German newspaper
 Werner and Darkow. along with Peter Schaefer, president: Paul Vogel, treasurer, and Herman Lemle, busi- ness manager, of the Philadelphia .Tageblatt Publishing association, will be tried at the June term of court on charges of violating the espionage act. The indictment charges them with making and conveying false reports to promote the success of the enemy Wllfully obStructing recruiting and en- l1stment and conspiracy to make false reports.
 The court in directing the defend ants to be acquitted of the treason charge said that not only intent must be shown in adhering to the enemy but that an overt act must be proved in giving aid and comfort to the enc my There was nothing in the case beyond the fact of publication of the alleged seditious articles, the courr said.
 Judge Dickinson made his ruling af- ter William A. Gray, counsel for the defendants, had moved that the court take the case from the jury on tht ground that no evidence had been in. troduced to connect the defendant, with alleged reasonable acts. Th:.
 was strenuously opposed by Distric Attorney Francis Fisher Kane, wht said the publications in the Tageblat |
 were direct attack on the progres.
 of the war as it affected the United
 States.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-27

heavily shell towns held by the Ger mans and German batteries oppos1e the Toul sector with gas. The Ger mans themselves have reciprocated in kind, but the doses of gas sent against them by the Americans have been twice as large as they have received The town of Richecourt, north of xivray, one of the targets of the Americans, has been abandoned, so far as American patrols which recon noitered near the town were able to determine.
 The American artillery also is keep ing up a stream of other shells on en- emy positions in this region. St: Baussant, northeast of Richecourt. has been heavily shelled with high explo- sive projectiles, while German first line trenches repeatedly have been hit and leveled and enemy dugouts and snipers' posts completely silenced. Fritz or Billy Boche.' as the American doughboys are beginning to call the Germans, is a persistent sniper on this sector. As fast as the Ameri- cans silence one nest, another starts the annoyance, and then the job has to be done all over again.
 Disposed of German Snipers.
 This forenoon a group of American snipers discovered an enemy nest close l by and promptly opened fire on it. The Germans replied with their rifles and then fired about three dozen or so lgrenades. Apparently 9hes Germans had come to stay and did not intend to be chased out. One of the Ameri- can 37 millimetre gun teams then got into action against the nest and, ow- ing to it's accurate fire, no more Ger mans were seen at this particular
 point, and there was no further an. lnoyance.
 A number of these same little guns
 obtained direct hits in enemy com. Imunicating trenches while men, DOS
 sibly officers, were passing througl them, and also fired effectively, as dit
 snipers, on parties of Germans wht were dressed in light and dark blu
 uniforms, the first time these uniforms
 were seen on this front. One of tn,
 American sharpshooters reported tha
 he had spoiled a number of these ney
 spring suits" by knocking the wearer
 into the mud with bullets from hi
 Springfield
 Aerial Activity Continues.
 Normal aerial activity continued to
 day, the weather being favorable untj
 late in the afternoon, when clouds an, light snow f1urries passed over tn
 line. One enemy plane flew low. ove one of the American positions doinj , photographic work. The America1 anti aircraft gunners had a number O chances during the day to show thei
 skill, and this they did They drov } lon enemy airmen who attempte ' slngly or in groups to prowl over tn , line. There were several aerial com 3 bats between planes carrying Ameri s can observers at the guns, but thes
 were without result, probably becaus , the alrmen were unable to get clos enough to the Germans.
 2 Overcoats which had been discarde ' since last week were found to he ex ceedingly comfortable again tonigh , as rigid wind blew in from tn northeast.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-27

Today's official British reports while further German advances in the capture of Rove, indicated de- cided slowing up of the direct progress of the drive against the British front The official statements indicates that the Germans saw danger in the ex- posture of their left flank to the threat of the French line on the River Disc. Evacuation of Noyon gave the French river line to hold against the Ger mans on a front that paralleled the flow of ammunition and supply trainsh to the more advanced German forces in the region of Rove. Bitter assaults against this French line were made throughout the day without avail Meanwhile the evacuation of Rove by the. British served to extend still fur ther the German supply lines against which a French assault might be launched.
 The steadiness of the French line, it was pointed out, was an indication in itself that the allies were ve.aaxar- fly abandoning some of the territory occupied by the Gdrmans. Where the need to hold firmly seems c.ear to officers here the line is holding oD against all assaults.
 American Officers Confident. If anything, American officers were
 more confident tonight than any pre- vious time of the outcome of the drive. They have never doubted that it would i be stopped. Now however. they are thinking of the probable extent of the l counter blow they feel certain is to fall sooner or later
 | There is no lack of possibilities Il. i the northern sector of the battle area | The British lines there have beet
 much less shaken than those to the south. When the time arrives it ih possible that a thrust will come iron 1 that direction also. The prospect t. l some officers that q thrust will conn | from that direction also. The pros- 1 pect to some officers is for gree4 1 pinctr movement aimed at cutting off | advanced German divisions before they
 can be withdrawn to safety.
 There has been some talk during rn1 last day CT two of the allied strategic | reserves. These forces have not been 1 employed as yet so far as known, al- | though French and American units now being brought up may be in cluded in this general reserve SuQh | forces are largely under direction Of 1 the supreme war council and if they can be kept out of action until the German effort has worn itself out
 against the elastic lines of the British. | as there is every sign it is doing, they
 should play a major role in the coun- ter offensive to follow.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-27
DECLARES DR. KARL MUCK IS
 A CITIZEN OF SWITZERLAND
Hans Sulzer, the Swiss Minister to the
 United States.

New York, March 26.-Hans Sulzer, the Swiss minister to the United States. who is visiting New York, to- day told The Associated Press that the claim that Dr. Karl Muck that he is a paturalized citizen of Switzerland is correct The minister said that up to the present no representations had beqn made to him by Dr. Muck with re- gard to his arrest in Boston, and, that so far as he knew, none had been sent to the legation at Washington.
 The minister added that unless Dr. Muck claimed the protection of the Swiss legation he would take no action in the matter, but that if he was asked to intervene he would proceed in the matter as he would in the case of any Swiss citizen.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-27
Series of Ey &iOns
 StartIe Jelsey City
DESTROYED WAREHOUSE NEAR
 ERIE R.. R. TERMINAL
NO LIVES WERE LOST
Fire officials Place Loss at s1,5oo, ,ooo-- Detonations Shock Windows in Downtown Manhattan and Caused
 AIarm-cause of Explosion Unknown

New York, March 26.-F'ire following. q series of unexplained explosions de- stroyed the six story building of the Jarvis Warehouse Co., Inc, near the Erie railroad terminal in Jersey City, late today and badly damaged the Erie repair shops. No loss of life had been reported tonight. The material dam age was estimated by Jersey City po- lice and fire officials at close to $1 500, 900. The goods stored in the ware house, said to have included a quantity of chemicals, were a total loss.
 The cause of the explosions has not investigation was begun at once by federal, state and city authorities.
 Terrific Detonations.
 The first of the terrific detona tions, which occurred shortly after o'clock, shook windows in downtown Manhat- tan and caused considerable alarm Visions of another Black Tom disaster or a bombardment by the Germans were in many minds. Burning cinders which rose in the heavy cloud of black the North river and fell along the waterfront
 House and Lighter Afire. While the excitement was at its height, the Erie ferryhouse, a three story structure, in West street, be- tween Piers 19 and 20, on the New York side of the river, was discovered to be on fire. A lighter close by loaded with several hundred bales o1 cotton. also was blazing fiercely. ant 1 still further south the Hoboken ferry. lslip of the Lackawanna railroad wa! on fire.
 The Erie ferryhouse was afamt from the second story to the roof These fires were easily extinguishet :. by the New York firemen, manM O whom were ordered to Jersey CHy t fight the bigger fire.
 Scores Cut by Flying Glass. Employed in the Jarvis storehous were between forty and fifty men, bu 1 the prompt sounding of the alarm believed to have enabled all to escape Scores of persons in the streets wer Icut by flying glass.