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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-02
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY
WORKERS MAKE ADDRESSES
State Officers Of the Christian WO-
mems Board Of Missions Held
Conference Here Yesterday
aud Made Addresses
Last Night.

Mrs. Louise Loos Campbell, of Lex
ington, State Secretary of the Chris
tian Women's Board of Missions and
Mrs. Stanley, of Louisville, Assistant
State Secretary, were here yesterday
as the guests of the C. w. b. NJ. or
ganization of the local Christian
Church.
These women are on trip over the
entire state holding conferences with
local organizations and receiving re-
ports from these organizations as to
the progress of their work.
Yesterday afternoon very inter
esting conference was held with the
members of the local organization at
the Christian Church and last night
the ladies addressed members of the
various Women's Missionary Societies
of the city at a meeting held at the
church.
At the conference and the meeting
last night the visiting women gave
some splendid ideas and suggestions
to the local workers and their visit
was very helpful and greatly appre-
ciated.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-02
FOR
LICENSE MADE BY
CAPTAIN GREENE
Greene Line Head Was In MaysvilIe
Yesterday Preparing TO Bring
New WharfbOat Here-Li-
cense Committee Refused
to Act Now.

Captain Gordon c. Greene, of the
Greene Line spent all day yesterday
in Maysville on business in connec-
tion with the proposed new wharfboat
for Maysville and held several confer
ences with prominent business men
in regard to bringing the new wharf
boat here next week.
Captain Greene called on Chairman
Thomas Lally, of the License Com
mittee of City Council and made ap-
plication for a license to operate a
wharfboat here. Mr.. Lally did not
agree to recommend the issuance of
the license until the Wharves and
Ferries committee had acted on the
matter and referred the matter to
Chairman Frank Hunsicker, of the
Wharves and Ferries Committee and
the other members of that committee.
Mr. Hunsicker says Captain Greene
did not pay him visit on the matter
yesterday.
In talking the wharfboat question
over the local business men and Of
ficials here yesterday Captain Greene
said that it was not his intention to
monopolze the river business of the
City of Maysvlle for the Greene line
of steamboats, and that he he would
certainly allow boats of other lines TO
land at his wharfboat if he were given
license.
Before a license is recommended
by the License Committee or granted
by the City Council, however. the
Wharves and Ferries Committee is to
be heard from and it was understood
yesterday that this committee will
continue to insist upon contract be-
tween the city and the Green Line be-
fore the license will be recommended
and in this contract specified rates of
wharfage are TO be agreed upon by
councilmen and representatives of the
steamboat company.
Captain Greene is very anxious to
get everything in shape so that the
committees can act this week and
make recommendations at the meet
ing of the City Council on next Mon
day night. Immediately upon the
granting of license Captain Greene
plans to move his wharfboat to the
local grade and begin operations.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-02
NEW SUBSCRIBERS CONTINUE TO
COME IN

The Public Ledger is daily growing
in popularity and the public is great
ly appreciating our efforts to give
them a first-class local newspaper.
Seven more new subscribers were
added to the Ledger's list yesterday
and they continue to come every day.
The public is learning to look for all
the live local news every day in the
Public Ledger.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-02
NO MORE FREE PAPERS

Under ruling of the Federal War
Industries Board, the management of
the Public Ledger was compelled yes
terday to cut all free papers from the
list with few exceptions listed in
the Boards orders. In the future
there will be no free Ledgers distrib-
uted and those who have heretofore
been receiving their Ledger as cour-
tesy of the management will under
stand that all free papers are being
discontinued by orders of the govern
ment in their plan to conserve white
paper.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-02
AUTO DRIVER WAS TESTING
BRAKES

Ed Gordon, an automobile mech
anic, was before Police Judge John l..
Whitaker yesterday afternoon on a
charge of exceeding the speed limit
Gordon explained that he was testing
the brakes on car for a physician
and as he had never before been found
guilty of exceeding the speed limit, he
was released and the warrant against
him was filed away.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-02
MEN VOLUNTEERING FOR SPE.
CIAL TRAINING

Already a number of the young
men who are expecting calls to mill
tary service this month have applied
to the local Exemption Board for ap-
pointment in the squad of five men
who will leave here early this month
for indianapolis to enter special me-
chanical training. The men will he
named in few days by the board
members.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-02
RIVER GETTING VERY Low

The Ohio River at this point is
now reaching a very low stage and is
again too low for anything but the
very smallest boats If it continues TO
fall in the next few days as it has in
the last all boating will again be sus-
pended. The sand bar on the Ohio
side is again out and the bathing is
again the order of the day and night.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-02
RIGDON-TURNER

Mr.. Claud D. Turner, aged 20, of
Flemingsburg and Miss Lula e. Rig
don, aged 81, of Portsmouth, Ohio,
were married here yesterday after
noon by Rev. A. F.. Stahl, pastor of
the Christian Church.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-02
MANY SEE BIG FEATURE PICTURE

The big feature picture, Blue
Blood" which was shown at the Gem
yesterday afternoon and the Wash
ington Theater last night attracted
large crowds at all performances. The
picture taught a lesson that is an old
one and yet has not been learned by
the whole world. 1t was an unusual
picture and those who saw it came
away benefited.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-02

The largest stock of Fountain Pens
ever purchased by us-now on display
in our show window. Conklin Origin
al Self-hller fully guaranteed. No ad-
vance in price. See and suit your
hand. j. II. KACKLEY g. co. 31-3t
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-02

Mrs. w. l.. Lyons and children of
West Second street leave this after
noon for Ruggles, Lewis county, to
visit her mother, Mrs. Anna Young.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-02
HEROIC FRANCE

Our Allies in Action by Merl La
Voy. A picture of the World War at
the Pastime Monday, August 5th. Re-
gular admission and 10 cents, l
cent war tax
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-02
4O SOLDIERS
QUALIFY OUT
OF 81 YOUTHS
Large Percentage of the Young Men
Examined by Mason County Board
Yesterday We're Physically
Fifty More Examined
Today.

men examined yesterday by the local
Board for Mason county forty-eight
were found to be physically fit for
soldiers and only six were rejected as
being disqualified for service
The examination went through in
good shape and the examiners finish
ed their work early. Some of the
young men ordered in for examina-
tion yesterday did not put in their ap-
pearance and there was evidently
some little misunderstanding.
Because quite number of the
young men expected yesterday did not
appear and will likely be handled to-
day with the large number of men or
dered in for today, it is expected that
the local board members will be kept
quite busy all day today.
The examiners report that the
young men who faced them yesterday
were as fine lot of youngsters as
they have seen in long time and will
make splendid fighting men after a
little training
The results of the days examina-
ton yesterday follows:
Physically Fit
William II. Philips
Joshua Campbell.
James Il. Craycraft.
Tommie Humphrey.
Robert c. Fowler.
Earl Bennett Pumpelly.
Everett r. Campbell.
Paris White
Larue A. Tuggle
Frank Stroud.
Willie Snyder
Hobart F. Bradford.
Daniel Sehwenderich.
James W. Sappell
Omer L. Sidell
Foster Moran.
Byron Welsh.
Thornton Davenport
Lester d. Williams.
Ernest Blythe.
Lawrence Laycock
Enoch Berry.
Fay Starrett.
Omer Breeze.
Clarence Dennis Eckart.
Harry II. Carpenter.
Clark Reed.
Burgess Brooks.
Edward T. Ewing.
Badger Cunningham.
Ben Morton.
William B. Coleman.
John Warner.
James Scales.
George Washington.
Kehoe Tolle.
Martin c. Clark.
Charles c, Hopper.
Raymond NJ. Williams.
Hobert Collins.
Daniel p. Glascock
Robert S. Emmitt.
Charles Il. Dale.
Ben Neal
Howard Mcdonald.
John NJ. Bass.
Charles Brewer
John w. Tuel
Disqualified
John II Warfeld.
Arthur Robinson.
William Holland.
George S. Prather.
Fred Watson.
Luther Gilbert.
Mrs w L. LYONS and children of
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-02
AUTOMOBILES ALREADY RENTED

That there will be a large crowd at
Ruggles Campgrounds for the last
Sunday is indicated by the fact that
already most every available automo-
bile in Maysville has been rented.
One livery concern operating three
automobiles have had all three ma
chimes rented for week
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-02

Mr.. William Gableman of Ports
mouth, Ohio, former Ohio State
League magnate, is in Maysville today
shaking hands with old friends.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-02
NOTICE

TO MASON COUNTY STOCK HOLD.
RRS BuRLEY TOBACCO co.
Present your stock Certificates nj
Farmers a Traders Hank, MaykvllIe,
Ky, and receive your dividend eheek.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-02

John II Warfeld.
Arthur Robinson.
William Holland.
George S. Prather.
Fred Watson.
Luther Gilbert.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
HYATT ID ADDRESS 'POSTOFF|CE CLERKS |AT MEETING TONIGHT
Proposed Raise of Salaries of POstOffice Employees to Be Discussed by Fed
 eratiOn President

Gilbert F. Hyatt, president of the Ma tional Federation of Postoffice Clerks, will address meeting of all postoffice employees this evening at S:30 o'clock at the Civic Association cafe This meet ing is open to all postoffice clerks and it is expected that thIs meeting will be largely attended President Hyatt will have some interesting things to tell post office employees, it is stated He arrived in Birmingham from New Orleans yes- terday and during his stay here will be entertained by Birmingham local No. 303, of postoffce clerks.
 There is much interest being mani fested in the increase in wages. of post office employees now pending before Con- gress," said MT. Hyatt. and the pros poets of a 20 per cent raise Will be dis cussed at the meeting Saturday If this raise is secured it will be, the first re- ceived by postoffice clerks in 10 years and the efficiency of the postal service is becoming seriously handicapped by the resignation of many men caused by the low rate of wages, and the steady drain on the service caused by the war.
 Besides the grievance of low salaries. the eight-hour day granted postal em- ployes by q special act of Congress has simply become a memory in the larger postoffices on account of the amount of overtime work Another condition com plained of is the high percentage of postoffice employees required to work at night, there being no extra compensa- tion allowed for night work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
.DR. STALLWORTH
 |NvENTS GAS MASK
Gordo Physician Patents De vice to Give Safety From
 Gas Attack

Dr. w w. Stallworth of Gordo, Ala, has perfected an invention which. if it comes up to his representations, will bring relief and safety to the soldiers in France who are subjected to Hun gas attacks whenever the wind blows right for them It is a new kind of gas mask equipped with an oxygen tank and cool ing device by means of which a supply of oxygen sufficient to last from "A to 36 hours may be carried by the wearer, and the interior of the mask when worn keep at an almost even emperature.
 The mask is made of aluminium or other light metal. fits over the head the same as those now in use by the soldiers, and is connected by tubes with the oxygen tank which is fastened to the body, and a tube filled with cooling liquid which may be sprayed into the mask at will.
 Dr. Stallworth claims that his mask is lighter and can be made and sold for in France. He has been in Birmingham the last two or three days conferring with local people with reference to the manufacture of the masks, and it is prob- able that they will be made here in the event he succeeds in getting the approval of the war department at Washington.
 Dr. Stallworth stated yesterday that he expected to go to Washington within the. next week or two to place the matter before the war department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
FOUR-MINUTE MEN
 APPOINTMENTS MADE
State Chairman Crittenden Names Four Vice Chairmen and As
 signs Territory

State chairman of the four-minute men. T. J. Crittenden, has appointed four vice chairmen in the state and has assigned their territory as follows: pr. Henry J.. Willingham of Florence will have charge of the counties of Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison, Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence, Marion, Lamar, Fayette, Winston, Nor gan and Cullman.
 Dr. c. c. Thach of Auburn will have charge of Chambers, Tallapoosa, Coosa, Lee, Elmore Macon, Russell and Bull lock.
 w. D. Nesbitt of Mobile will look after Mobile Baldwin, Conecuh, Lowndes, Montgomery, Autauga, Chiffon and Shell by, while B. F. Elrnore of Demopolis will be in charge of Sumter Wilcox, Greene, Hale, Dallas. Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe and Washington.
 The following counties have recently completed their organization and chair men have been appointed as follows Blount, Judge John F. Kelton, chairman; Covington, A. Whaley, chairman, and Walker, A. F. Fite, chairman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08

Silently gliding up in front of Tay- lor's hall a negro meeting place in Collegeville near North Birmingham on the Tennessee road, two unidenti- fled automobiles, bearing members Of the vigilance committee, picked up and carried away Ed Crow a white man from Illinois, and William J. Hale, a local negro, last night. The cars headed north at high rate of speed and when Bloody Beat g was reached. the negro was taken into the cemetery of Walkers Chapel and tarred and feath- cred, and promise never to again come near Birmingham was exacted from both Crow and Hale who have de- parted for parts unknown.
 The trouble seems to be caused by the attempts of the pair to cause race friction, under the guise of labor or ganization. Crow claims to be an organizer of the American Federation of Labor The circulars gotten out to announce the meeting and the talk that was passed are considered seditious The work of handling the two con spirators lacked the fred tape" attend ing actions of the state or federal gov ernment, but has had the desired effect
 BADLY SCARED NEGROES
 According to the disconnected stories told by the badly scared negroes left in the neighborhood, an automobile and a Ford roadster drove up in front of the hall where Crow and Hale were holding the meeting. and the pair were "conscripted," One was placed in each ear. the machines both starting out at a rapid rate in a northern direction. Neither of the machines was enclosed and the men driving them were un-
 masked. Collegeville is known a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
.UTRY DISAGREES IN
 THE GILLILAND CASE
Mistrial Entered in Assault and Bat tery Case-Assault on Professor
 Moore Cause of Action

After long hours of deliberation the iurv were unable to reach verdict in the Henry Gilliland case yesterday afternoon and mistrial was entered. MT. Cilliland is the defendant in an assault and battery charge in which he is alleged to have assaulted Prof. I. D. Moore of the Boyles school sew eral weeks ago.
 The case was brought into court Tuesday and given to the jury by Judge H. P Heflin. of the criminal court late Thursday afternoon This has been one of the hardest fought nisdemeanor cases ever brought into the criminal court. Attorneys B. M. Allen Ben Davis, and Clarke Williams represented the defense and Assistant Solicitor John F. Mccoy and Attorney c P. Beddow appeared for the state. Many character witnesses on both sides of the case were introduced and both the defendant and the alleged victim of the assault made statements.
 Henry Gilliland was indicted b ythe grand jury on charge of assault and battery on J. D. Moore. principal of the Foyles school The alleged assault followed a difficulty between Moore and Mrs Gilliland when he refused to allow her to enter the school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
STRAGGLERS STILL
 COMING TO REGISTER
Incomplete Returns Show 1271 Young
 Men of City Registered for Service

The report of B. A. Pepperman, secre- tary of the six local exemption boards, { shows that 12n men, who became 21 years of age since June 5, 1917, registered in Birmingham on Wednesday, although few stragglers are still coming in and each delivery of the mail brings in registration cards of men out of the city.
 MT. Pepperman has wired Adjt-Gen. J. G. Hubbard at Washington the num- Der registered up to date, but will not send in his full report for few days, so as to be sure to let all stragglers ? register
 The number of white and negro men :. registering by divisions is as follows: Division 1, 127 white men and A negroes; division 2, 14S white men and S9 negroes; division 8, 1sS white men and 143 negroes; division 4, 72 white men and 102 negroes; division 5, 161 white men and 134 negroes; division 6, 76 white men and 37 negroes, a total of 1Z71.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
MANY PETITIONS FOR REFERENDUM ARE
 BEING CIRCULATED
Question of Six-Cent Street Car Fare
 to Be Voted On-Petitions Be- ing Freely Signed

About 100 street railway employees, armed with blank petitions, started out yesterday to secure the required number of signatures for referendum on the question of six-cent car fares. Fifteen hundred names are necessary, but Presi- dent Bernhardt of the employees union, stated yesterday afternoon that he ex- pected that number to be largely ex- ceeded.
 Two or three of the petitions were turned in to Mir. Bernhardt during the afternoon and each of them contained about 50 names. The work of securing signatures will not end until Monday, when the petitions will be presented to the city commissioners.
 As seven days are allowed in which to check up the names on the petitions, it is not likely that the commissioners will act on the matter before Tuesday of the following week. An election will prob ably be called for some date around the 10th of July, it is understood. in the event the petitions are found to conform to law and to contain the requisite number of names.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
YOUTH DROWNED
 IN SHADES CREEK
George Henderson Victim of Cramps While Swimming
 With Young Companions

George Henderson, aged IS years, 709 Cotton avenue. West End. was drowned in Shades creek near this city, after cramping yesterday after noon while in swimming with several boy companions. Valiant attempts were made by the other boys of the party to save the life of young Hen derson. but none present proved equal to the task.
 From the best accounts of the acct. dent, the party of boys, the majority of whom were from West End, had left a shallower pool short way down the creek and started swimming about in the new one which is said to oe about 10 feet in depth. The boy was several feet from shore when he was struck
 An ambulance of the Johns Under taking company answered the call and brought the body of the boy to the city. It is being held at the under. 1 taking parlors pending funeral ar engagements. The coroner will investi- gate the drowning this morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
New Kind of Calomel
 Safe and Delightful

The new kind of calomel, known as Calotabs, retains all of the good medic inal virtues of the old style calom eL
 vet is entirely purified from all of the
 nauseating, disagreeable and danger
 ous qualities. You can, therefore, eat what you please and go where you please with no loss of time from your work.
 One Calotab at bedtime. with a swal- low of water-thats all. Next morn ing you awake feeling fine, your liver cleansed your system purified and with hearty appetite for breakfast. Calotabs are sold only in original, cents. Your druggist recommends them and will refund your money if
 you are not delighted.-Adv-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
Shot by Unknown Men

Montgomery, June 7.-(Special. )-Po- lice have been unable to find clue that might lead to the capture of the men who, shortly after midnight. shot and fatally wounded C. c. Corbetr. a Louisville and Nashville special agent, while he was on duty in the yards north of the city. Corbett died at a local infirnary this morning at 10 o'clock. Corbett asserted just before he died that the shot came from behind some cars and that he did not see the man who fired
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08

sition of wagon helper anr driver in a small Wisconsin country town, his first position after leaving Ripon col lege Since that time he has held practically every position in the Amer ican Express company from the low est to the highest. While vice presi- dent and general manager of the west
 ern department. with headquarters at ,n.ea-V. he was brought to New York and made president during the critical
 period through which the express coii.- panyies passed four years ago; and after an uphill fight developed an or ganization which handles today sev- eral times the volume of express ship ments handled prior to his becoming president.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
Russell Hearing Is
 Continued to the 18th

T. B. Russell, an attorney of Oneonta, who was arrested yesterday by officers of the department of justice on a charge of making seditious utterances against the government while at war, will be given a preliminary hearing on Tuesday morning, June IS, at Il o'clock before Judge Kenneth Charlton, United States commissioner.
 MT. Russell was placed under bond in the amount of s5000, which he made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
Indictments Returned

Thirty-nine true bills were returned afternoon. The nature of the indict- ments was not made public. The grand pury has now recessed until June IS, at which time complete report Will be made and steps taken for adjourn ment. A new grand jury will be or ganized next month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
Sfnck Increase

Capital stock of the Railway Fuel com pany was increased yesterday from $1o,000 to s200,00o according to papers filed in the probate court. The property of this company Is located at Parrish, Walker county, on the Southern railroad,
 and it is stated that this road will get the majority of the output of the mines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
Spanish Classes

Enrolment for the special French and Spanish classes at the Chamber of Com merce under the supervision of the board of education closed yesterday afternoon.
 About 15O names werA enrolled The
 classes began last Monday and will con tinue for six weeks, Prof J. A. Reams having charge of the Spanish class and Mile Jean Lamie will give instructions in French
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-08
White flicker" Found
 in Peddling Auto

Fl. c. Hawkins and J. A. Elliott were placed under $500 bond yesterday morning by Deputy Sheriff W. w. Wilson on charge of violating the prohibition laws. They were found peddling vegetables in an automobile, and exciting the suspicion of Deputy Wilson, were searched, the car yielding up three and one-half gal Ions of white corn licker." according to the officer.