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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-22
FALL FROM AUTOMOBILE
FATAL TO FLEMING YOUTH
Fleming County Boy On Way From
Church Falls From Running
Board Of Auto and Dies in
Thirty Minutes.

Persons in Maysville yesterday
from Ringo's Mills, Fleming county,
told of very peculiar accident which
caused the death of Goebel Pelfry,
eighteen year old boy of that place on
last Sunday evening.
Young Pelfry with a number of
other boys was returning home from
church Sunday evening when an auto
mobile passed them and the young
sters jumped onto the running board
to ride. The driver of the machine
told the boys to get off as the road
was very rough and he already had a
load in his machine.
All of the boys jumped off the ma
chine except Pelfry, who stood on the
running board. In a short time one
of the young ladies in the machine
missed Pelfry and said she did not
know whether he had jumped off or
had fallen off. The machine was
driven back the road and the young
man was found lying in the center
of the road. He seemed unconscious
and was taken to a neighbor's home
where he died in about thirty min
utes.
The young man did not have a
scratch or bruise on his body but
physicians who were called said that
he evidently struck his head which
caused his death.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-22
DESERTERS KILL
TWO IN MOUNTAINS
OF WEST VIRGINIA
Two Deputy Sheriffs Victims OF Barri-
caded Deserters in MingO
County.

Huntingdon w. Va, August 22-
Barricaded in the mountain Businesses
of Mingo county, squad OF deserters
from the United States army have de-
fed arrest, killed two civilian officers
and threaten to fight 1t out until the
end, according to word received here
last night.
The men killed are George Dillon,
deputy sheriff of Mingo county; Will
liam Ellis, a civilian, deputized as de-
putty sheriff.
According to the report received by
federal authorities from Deputy Sher-
if Tony Webb at Williamson, a party
of officers attempted to arrest the de-
serters and were fired upon. A pitch
ed battle resulted and the two men
named above were killed. The party
of officers then retired and put in a
call to United States Marshal William
Osborne at Charleston for assistance.
The shooting occurred about three
Dingess on the old Norfolk & West
ern right of way. The scene is NOT
over fifty miles from Huntington. The
men are now barricaded in the hills, it
is said, and have signified their inten
ton of fighting it out until-the end. If
captured the penalty inflicted by court
martial would be serious in the last
sense of the word.
When the report was received al
Charleston Marshal Osborne immed
lately gathered his deputies and start
ed, making arrangements to personal
ly head a squad of men.
Governor Cornwell was called upon
and he ordered Major Tom Davis,
chief of the West Virginia State po-
lice, and adjutant general to call ouI
number of his men. Major Davis
had about fifteen men.
Arrangements were then made with
the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad tc
run special train through to the
\ scene and a call was issued here for
twenty members of the Huntington
Militia Reserves. With deputy sher-
IFS there were about fifty men on the
train, with Major Davis, Marshal os-
borne and Captain McClintock in
charge.
/ Leaving on the special the journey
was made direct to the scene. At
Dingees the officers and soldiers from
this section were met by a posse head
ed by Sheriff G. T. Blankenship, of
Mingo county, which had come from
Williamson.
Further details of the fighting were
not available last night, the special
train running through here about
midnight. 1t was not known wheth-
er the men were slackers, evaders of
the draft law or men previously in
Quoted into service and who have es-
capped from the camps with no idea
of returning unless forced to do so.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-22
ENGINEERS COMING
TO SURVEY SARDIS PIKE
County Officials Are Assured by State
Highway Department That State
Aid VIII Be Given on Recon-
structlOn Of Much Used
ThOrOughfare. -

At the last meeting of the County
Commissioners those officials asked
state aid from the State Highway De-
partment for the reconstruction of
the Sardis pike leading from the Lex
ington pike to the Robertson county
line and they were assured by the
representatives of the state depart
ment who were here that this aid
would be forthcoming.
County Judge Purnell has just re-
ceived a long distance telephone mes
sage from Assistant State Road Engi-
neer Ross informing him that the
road department has granted state aid
to Mason county for the reconstruc-
tion of this pike.
Engineer Ross informed Judge
Purnell over the telephone that a rep
resentative from the department. an
expert engineer, would be sent to
Maysyille Immediately and would be-
gin at once a complete survey OF the
pike and draw the specifications upon
which contractors will be asked to
make their bids.
The county officials hope to have
things In such shape that work on the
pike can begin Immediately following
the approval OF the plans by the state
department and so that the pike can
be put in good condition before the
winter season sets In.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-22
.MAYSVILLE MANS
PLAY PLEASES and
WILL Be REPEATED
"The Scoop BY Parker HOrd Was
Given It's First Showing Before a
Local Audience Last Night
and Was Great Success.

Every seat in the Washington
Theater last night was sold for the
first appearance of Clifford Devereux
and his company in "The Scoop" from
the pen of Parker Hord, Maysville
man, who has become to be recog-
nized as a playwright of the first
class.
The fact that Clifford Devereux,
who appeared here in "She Stoops to
Conquer" "The Twelfth Night" and
CAS- You Like It." some time ago un-
der the auspices of the Mason Coun-
ty Women's Club was in charge,
helped to swell the audience for the
Maysville public knew that the actors
in the production of the Scoop"
would be artists and would give the
Maysville mans latest play the best
possible production.
Despite the fact that the play was
new to the artists and they had been
able to give but few complete re-
hersals, it moved much more smooth
ly than the first production of a play
is expected to move. The artists from
the leading roles to the most obscure
entered their parts in the spirit of the
play and no doubt the writer, who
was in the audience, was more than
pleased with the handling of his lines
Between the second and third act
the audience called for the author and
the call was so strong that Mr.. Hord
came onto the stage and in a short
talk expressed his appreciation of the
home audience. The appreciation the
Maysville people have for their home
man, who has made such a success in
such short time at producing plays
worth while, was expressed in the
hearty applause given him and the
fact that his play was appreciated is
attested by the fact that the demand
of local people to see it who were un-
able to attend last night made 1t ne.
cessary for the show to be repeated
and plans have been completed for
it's repetition on tomorrow evening at
the Washington
1t would be futile to pick out the
artists for they every one did splen-
didly for the first performance but,
of course, standing above all others
in the cast is Miss Zinita Graf and Mr.
Clifford DevereuX, who had the lead
ing parts. They are both artists of
the highest type. Mr.. Devereux has
long since established his right to a
place among the best of the day while
Miss Graf is appreciated as beau
tiful young actress of much more
than ordinary ability and her part in
'The Scoop" is handled with almost
perfection.
The play itself is up-to-the-minute
and will meet with the highest COM
| mendations from the best OF critics. II
| Is story that at this time will grip
the public and will certainly meet
with much success in big time.
Klaw & Erlanger, among the best
producers in the country, will book
the show.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-22
CITY WILL LIKELY
CONCRETE LOWER STREET
Agreement VIII More Than Likely BE
Reached Between City Officials
and Owners of Property Abut-
ting Lower Street to Con-
crete From Depot to
Second Street.

Since the officials of the c. & o..
railroad company have decided to con-
crete about the new c. & o. passenger
and freight station at the foot of Low
er street and since they have decided
to concrete the street itself for the
city near the depot, there has been
much agitation for the city to con-
crete the rest of the street out to the
junction with Second street.
The owners of the property adjoin-
ing Lower street have urged upon the
city, officials that this street be paved
with concrete just like the part of the
street to be paved by the railroad
company and the matter has been
considered by city officials for sever
al weeks.
1t seems now that an agreement has
about been reached between the city
officials and the adjoining property
owners and the paving of the street
seems certain.
1t is understood that the PROPOSE
ton now being considered by the city
officials is that the city will put the
street in frst-class condition with
waterbound macadam and the prop
erty owners adjoining the street have
practically agreed to pay for the con-
creting of the street on top of the
macadam.
The matter is now being carefully
gone over and there will likely be
some report and some action on this
matter at the next regular meeting
of the City Council.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-22
PRAYER MEETING

Mr.. Carl Dodds will conduct the
Prayer Meeting service this evening
at the Third Street NJ. f. Church, to
which the public is cordially invited.
Service begins at 7:3O o'clock.
This church is arranging for its ev-
ery-member visitation next Sunday
afternoon between the hours of and
s. Eight teams of two each will do
the visiting and every member except
ing those on the teams are requested
to remain at home during the hours
indicated.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-22
LASSIGNY FALLS
TO FRENCH AND
BRITISH ADVANCE
Defeat Of Huns by British Adds Con-
fusion; French Liberate
Twenty villages.

Paris, August 81 - Lassigny has
been captured by the French forces,
whose lines have now reached the
outskirts of Chiry-Ouscamps, south
west of Noyon.
The official statement making this
announcement also says that twenty
yesterday, and that the French have
villages have been liberated since
yesterday, and that the French have
advanced about five miles at certain
points.
With the British Army in France,
August 21-Having smashed into Cen
eral Won Bellows Seventeenth army
during a heavy fog at dawn today on
front of more than ten miles, extend
ing from the Ancre river to Moyen-
neville, the British have throughout
the day made steady progress for
ward, capturing villages, taking pris-
oners and guns and inflicting heavy
casualties on the surprised enemy.
Coming directly on the heels of
the battle south of the Somme, the
scene which virtually adjoins the field
of the new operations, this blow eX-
ploits to the limit the confusion Gre
ated among the German forces by
their recent defeats.
Heavy fighting has occurred all
along the embankment of the Albert
Arras railroad, which also is we'll
within the German lines, last night,
seems to have been easily reached by
the storming British infantrymen.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-22
THE COMPANIONABLE WOMAN

Men marry for companionship;
some get 1t and some do not. No wo-
man who is dragged down with all
ments peculiar to her sex can be a At
and happy companion for any man.
There is, however, one tried and true
remedy for such conditions in that fa-
nous old root and herb medicine,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and no woman whqgis afflicted
with displacement, irregularities,
inflammation, liberation, backache,
headaches, nervousness or 'the
blues" should rest until she has given
this good old-fashioned remedy a
trial. 1t will restore health and in
fiuence your whole life.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-22
UNABLE TO TAKE EXAMINATION

Deputy Circuit Clerk James H. Key
was in Cincinnati yesterday to take
the physical examination for entrance
in the U. S. Navy but because of the
absence of the chief examiner from.
the city he was unable to take the ex-
animation and will have to return to
Cincinnati within a short time.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-22
NEW AUTO OIL TANK

Mr.. John Manion, local manager of
the Indian Refining Company, yester-
day received new auto delivery tank
which he will use in his large busi-
ness here. The receipt of this tank
discards the mule delivery operated
by this company for many years.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-22

Try a pound OF T. G. Butter.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-22
ARTIFICIAL RISE SHOULD BE
HERE TODAY

Official notice was received here
yesterday from Col Lansing H. Beach,
Engineers Corps, in charge of the
Ohio river, that the pools in the upper
region from the Kanawha river had
been emptied on Tuesday at 5 o'clock
p. m. The artificial rise bearing much
coal should reach Maysville. sometime
today.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-22
EWING FAIR IN PROGRESS

The Ewing Fair opened yesterday
ana reports from there are to the
effect that there were good crowds for
the first day, Quite number OF
Maysyille and Mason county people
always attend thIs fair and especial
y thone Twins N the Eastern part Of
lhe ooualy pna 10 ne haShliek neleh.
hofhood
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-22
HUNS DESTROY FRANCE

The destruction of France by the
Huns is shown in the French Official
War pictures "In the Wake of the
Huns" to be presented at the Pestime
today. In addition to this great pa
triotic feature. Ruth Roland will ap-
pear in Counterfeit Clues" a thrilling
two-reel drama depicting the price of
folly. The price of admission will be
10c, and 1c war tax.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-22
IS ADMINISTRATOR

In the County Court yesterday
Baldwin Cartmell was named admin
istrator of the estate of Taylor NAL
ory, deceased, and he qualified as such
with NJ F. .Coughlin as surety on
hopd
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-22

Frank Haucke, popular postman on
the West end beat, has returned home
after a delightful visit spent with rel
atives and friends in Brown county,
Ohio.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-22
BABY SCOTT

A fine baby boy was born yesterday
to the wife of Clarence Scott, former
employee of the Maysville Gas Com
pany, now a member OF the United
States Army.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-04-05
ALL WILLING TO PAY FARES
Reason why citizens OF Lima, Peru,
Do Not Seek 20 Evade Their
" Street Car Obligations.

II fare registers were to be placed
IN the street cars Of Lima, Peru, there
would be a loud protest. This Is mot
because It is easier to dodge the con-
ductor under the prevailing system.
On the contrary, the travellers Of Lima
are willing, even anxious, to pay their
fares. Perhaps that doesn't seem hui
man, but the explanation is that upon
receipt OF the fare a numbered ticket
is presented to the passenger, and 1t
is a valuable lottery ticket.
The car lines are divided into four
sections for the monthly and semi
monthly drawings conducted by the
railway company. In the three impor-
tant sections a cash prize of $50 is
offered. The fourth section offers a
prize of $50.
Does the public approve of the lot
tery7 Does it, Well 2S,500,00O per-
sons rode last year.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-04-05
AMERICAN TROOPS
TO REPLACE Loss
WILL FILL UP RANK6 OF BRITISH
AND FRENCH DEPLETED IN
GREAT BATTLE.
Young Americans Are Keenly Anxious
to Get Into Battle Without Delay
and Are Expected to Play
an important Part.

Washington.-Amer troops are
Fastening to join in the fray with tlieir
French and British comrades
Formal announcement from London
that these units would be merged with
the allied war machines indicated to
officials that losses Of the allies woulu
be Immediately made good with Wig
orous young Americans, keen for bat
tie, and the stage set without delay,
not only for counter-offensive, but for
aggressive warfare, without pause, I'M
til the German invader shall not only
be checked, but hurled back to ulti-
mate military defeat
President Wilson has predicted that,
this will be the decisive year of the
war; In the opinion Of the military Of
ficers here he has now taken the deci-5
sive step toward making his words
good.
The power of American manhood is
to be brought to bear without delay,
not only in the American expedition
airy army itself, but also in the fighting
ranks of the allied armies. BY this
IuedIlb, inc ellCCL VI AIuSllCuH bAlCA@
vention in the war, it was said, will be
doubled or even trebled, and in the
coming days of the battle of battles,
which may last for months, Americans
by hundreds of thousands will play
their part.
Presumably, under the new plan of
merging American units In the allied
armies, and also because Of the crea-
ton of supreme commander in the
person of General Foch, 1t has been
found advisable to provide for q uni
form system of reporting military oper-
ations.
Reviewing the meager information
that has been available as to the great
J things that have been accomplished
since the German drive began, many
officials are convinced that Mr.. Baker
had been sent to Europe by President
Wilson for the purpose of bringing
about just the amalgamation of forces
that has been effected. In urging sin
gle command for the whole battle front
In the west it was regarded as certain
that the American war secretary would
not have gone emptyhanded to the con-
| ferences.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-04-05
!NANTED
WHAT A NEWSPAPER MEANS
Some Truths That tho Average Man
May Not Have Realized, but
Here They Are.

What does the newspaper mean TO
Sou2
There is SO much news no one can
carry all of It. Someone must make
selection. Z Do you appreciate how
much depends upon this selection7
Upon the selection and emphasis Of
the news depends the picture Of the
world upon which your judgments are
based.
If a business man, your decision in
business is affected by the newspaper
Vou read.
In politics your opinions as voter
are swayed by them.
BY what your wife reads you can
see the trend of many OF her interests
and needs.
You have your thought turned In
q new channel perhaps by what you
read, and, when you find others con-
cerned as you are and that the idea
has been followed In their brains as
in yours, you possibly discover how
you can do collectively what you alone
never could accomplish.
The newspaper enlarges the view
point of life for your boy in his college
years. Stories of high purpose of
achievement strengthen and uplift his
standards. The great world OF life
which he has not touched exists to
min only as presented by the news
paper.-New York Evening Mail.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-04-05
BLOODY HARVEST OF
LOSSES FOR HUNS
BRITISH AND FRENCH CRUSHING
IN HUN ADVANCE WITH
APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE.
I4indenburg Hurting Mass After. Mass
into Center on the Front Between
Mondidier and Marcel Cove,
Without Success.

London,-The end of the day on
which Hindenburg had boosted his
army would be in Paris saw the great
German wedge in Plcardy encased on
both sides by walls of granite and
it's spearhead badly battered on one
side while desperately "craHing" for
ward on the other, taking fearful pun
Ishment. WIS e
The Prusslan eagles wings are as
If tied fast, unable even to make the
slightest fluttering move. They are
In great danger of being momentarily
clipped. Meanwhile the "beak"+ is
desperately hacking away--toward
Amiens. The twelfth day of the bat
ale brought the Germans only insig-
nificant. gains in this ''hacking" move
ment, but netted them "A bloody har-
vest of losses.
With the fatalistic persistency of a
losing gambler Hindenburg is, hurting
mass after mass into center on the
front between Montdidier and Marcel
Cave which has the ominous signifi-
cant length of some thirteen miles. He
pursues, despite the Understandable
blood path in which thousands upon
thousands of his best. fighting men
have suffocated during the ten days
Of the win or lose tussle, the same
aims which he set OUT but failed to
gain, in the first violent sweep: sep
aration Of the French and British
armies. W. ss@e -ut
Paralyzed on both sides, forced to
dig In where he had intended to roll
up the allied wings, he still hopes to
penetrate further and further in the
center, reach Amiens, cut the Paris
Calais rail and automatically release
his flanks from the grip in which
they are now held.
Ina the marshy angle between tht
Avre river and Luce brook he Is
throwing new divisions into combat al
a last desperate chance.
All day long Monday the carnagt
ragged on this front, and it continued
throughout the night. Despite 4tlieIi
small gains during twenty-four hours
the Germans are farther away from
Amiens than they were three day
previous after the capture of Mezeres
which they have since lost. Their cen
ter faces the big strategic railroad il
a semlcircular shape, the neares
point still being ten miles to tn
southeast of Amiens.
Time, the greatest ally in this cru
cial battle. has enabled the Britisl
to take every possible measure of pre-
caution to bring up their. forces an,
bring up fresh troops and more guns
"They cannot break through, is TIN
keynote of every dispatch from tn
front.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-04-05
TORNADO STRIKES MISSOURI.
Three Killed and Twelve Injured When
Storm Hits Two Towns.


Storm Hits TWO Towns.
Essex, Mo.-Three persons were
killed and twelve injured Tuesday
night when a tornado, travelling in a
northeast direction, struck Hunterville,
a small town three miles east of here.
Grayridge, two miles further east, was
also struck by the storm, but no lives
are reported lost there.
The storm struck the two towns
shortly after o'clock, demOllshing
many houses and destroying all means
of wire communication with other
cities in Stoddard county.
The dead in Hunterville are Mrs.
Edward Miles, an unidentified man
and Charles Blevins, 3-year-old boy.
The number of injured was placed
at twelve, with indications that this
figure would be added to as the wreck
age is cleared away.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-04-05
IdahOan as Income ReVIewer

Washington.-Exc profits re-
turns, now on file with revenue col
leetors, will be subject to examina-
ton by newly appointed committee
of fourteen tax reviewers representing
various industries, whose duty will be
to adjust assessments in the light of
individual problems of each business.
Only the returns appealed by collee-
tors or taxpayers win be considered by
this body. The membership includes
A. p. Ramstedt of Wallace, Ida.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-04-05

Electric steel is being made in Aus
tralia. The first plant of the Aus
tralian Electric Steel, Ltd, at Alex
andria, sydney, is equipped with a
two-ton, electrO-metals, two-phase fur
mace, with current from the 5,000-volt
three-phase circuits of the city cOun-
ell through transformers. The plant
has been in operation for nearly a
year, and its output Is principally
castings for mining and electrical
work !; the charge is common steel
scrap and pig iron. The company has
already commenced the erection of a
similar plant in western Australia.