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bill embodying the health centre ia,
would then be shorn of any tendenc,.
toward Decentralization and the Il.
CALLING of pauperism.
An important feature of the prac.
tice to be followed at the New YorL
Diagnostic Clinic is the strict privacr
In which all examinations will no
made. The applicants will not be or.
posed to the unpleasantness SO com.
mon in the run of dispensaries az thev
are usually conducted. And th,,
brings US to a remark made by one NJ
the advocates Of this splendid move.
ment: II predict that the average
prudent man, the man who values bis
health as the most important of his as.
sets. will turn to the clinic for hi,
annual-yes, even his semi-annual-
collaborative diagnosis to fit him for
his future work.
Interest in the undertaking has
spread far and wide throughout the
length and breadth of the Americas
and likewise to Europe. Thousands
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on account OF the Indian raids. In the
later sos he was elected to the United
States Senate from California.
During the last two years before her
marriage Mrs. Hearst had been a
school teacher in what would now be
called the primary grades. Her social
career in the official circle at Wash
ington was celebrated for its brilliance.
Her entertainments were pronounced
unrivalled. At the same time she was
fostering the then new institution OF
the kindergarten. She established kim
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Forty-ners and How They Helped Their Husbands Success

dergarten classes at Lead. S. D., where
her husband had mining interests.
Perceiving a need OF specially trained
teachers. she founded a training coll
lege for them in Washington. and sup
ported It for ten years.
Senator Hearst died in 1891. Mrs.
Hearst's many philanthropies included
the building and maintenance of a.
home and vocational school for boys
of s to 16, the building of the Cathe-
dral School for Girls in Washington,
and the building, equipment and fnan-
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Tie QUARTERS OF Tie OlAGhOSTIC HOSPITAL
At 1915 WEST 72rp ST.

effective treatment. It is the intention
to examine at the institution only such
patients as may be sent there by their
physician, and the group diagnoses
will then be given to the physicians or
surgeons, so that they may proceed
with the fullest possible knowledge of
the needs of their respective cases.
Makes Cost Reasonable.
And back OF this idea OF reaching
in the most direct and positive man
ner the source OF trouble Is the desire
further to place the services Of the ex-
perts and the wealth Of costly ap-
paratus at the disposal Of persons of
moderate circumstances-in short,
within the reach of the great majority
of our citizenry. The institution is de-
signed TO be self-supporting. The fees
charged will be based upon the earning
capacity OF the individual. There will
be a minimum fee covering the actual
cost TO the clinic OF the examination,
and there will be a maximum fee.
limited to a charge which will be fairly
commensurate with the financial
status of the beneficiaries. The clinic
will not be run for the purpose OF
profit making.
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diagnostic clinics may become the in
spiratlon, the nucleus, for another de-
parture in medicine-the creation Of
so-called public health centres. These,
he predicts, would meet many of the
objections offered by the opponents Of
compulsory health insurance laws
Ir this way, as he sees it. it will be
practicable to give effect to the desire
to attack in a successful fashion the
ever present disastrous trio-disease,
poverty and crime. A public health
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Passing of Mrs. Hearst Recalls Ro-
nance and Adventure in Lives
of Those Who Won Fortunes
in the Golden West

cial launching OF free libraries at
Lead, Anaconda and elsewhere.
She financed the competition. in
which the leading architects Of this
country and Europe took part, for
plans for the greater University OF
California. Later she built and
equipped its college OF mining and in
1911 she built equipped and presented
the Hearst Memorial Building, which
is one Of the best museums OF anthro-
pology in America. Its cost was $780,
900.
She was many years a regent of
the university. Among her other dis
tinCtions were the first presidency OF
the Century Club OF San Francisco
honorary vice presidency of the Golden
Gate Kindergarten Association, vice
regency for California of the Mount
Vernon Association and the presidency
OF the women's board of the Panama
Pacific Exposition in 1915.
Leland stanford's Career.
Every Fastener knows the name of
Leland Stanford, but not so many OF
them are aware that he also was a
forty miner He became one by force
OF hard luck. Born In the Mohawk
Valley, he graduated from Cazenovia
Seminary in central New York. and
went to Albany TO study law. While
studying he met Jane Lathrop, the
daughter OF light Of the Albany bar,
who saw promise in the young man
They were married in 1850 and young
Stanford hung out his shingle in Port
Washington, Wis, Immediately after
which a fire destroyed the shingle. the
precious law library and everything
else the couple owned except the
clothes on their backs.
Stanford took his bride home to her
father and then faced the stern prob
lem OF getting a fresh start. He saw
no hope OF reestablishing himself in
Wisconsin. and there seem to have
been parental difficulties, raised by Mr.
Lathrop. in the way OF his setting ny
for himself on credit, i'm Albany. He
decided 10 try the Californian IL
Dorado. His wifes father strongly
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Randolph Hearst. was born in San
Francisco the following year.
George Hearst's fortune was made
later on, when he Joined the rush to
Nevada in bonanza days. He risked
everything. including his life. In the
frightful journey from California, and
having looked over the ground put all
he had saved into the Ophir mine. Its
development justified his confidence.
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With the capital derived he bought
largely of mining and other property
in California. Hearst was one of the
exceptional eX-Argonauts with a good
business head. Still later, anticipating
the capture of Geronimo and the sup
preston OF the marauding Apaches. he
made characteristic stroke in pur-
chasing "A big tract Of land IN northern
Mexico. while the land was still cheap
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recent death OF Mrs. Phoebe
Apperson Hearst at her homo

TIME recent death OF Mrs. Phoebe
Apperson Hearst at her home
in Pleasanton, Alameda county,
Cal, has removed another OF the re-
markable group OF American women
who were wives OF successful seekers
of fortune In the Far West during
pioneer days.
The stored Argonauts. adventurous
spirits allured by the gold rush that
followed the discovery at Suffers Mills
in 1s4S. who Journeyed to California
either perilously across the continent
or via the Isthmus or sometimes
around the Horn are now virtually all
gone. The gold was there. and It made
men rich. but curiously. or perhaps
naturally, the few who in later life had
their youthful venture TO thank for
achievement OF wealth and fame were
individuals who had made their way
from a sober business start in the
young communities of the coast.
With the others, the lucky prospectors,
"easy come, easy go" was almost an
3nvariable rule.
The wife Of one Forty-niner lived to
maintain and develop a great univer-
{, sity founded by her husband and to
make 1t the best endowed of all uni
versities in the land. The wife of an
other lived to assist and to sit in the
councils OF a second great university,
as we'll as to become known for wide
spread educative philanthropies. The
daughter OF third, becoming the wife
of a hero of the Nevada silver boom,
has lived TO be a famous social light OF
three capitals OF Europe.
A WOmnnIess Desert.
The miner, the Forty-niner," dur
fng his first few years Of washing
pay dirt, had neither his daughter
Clementine nor Clementine's mother
with him to cheer his rude cabin. The
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of physicians have written for infor-
nation, and all of these are aroused
TO the significance of the group prac-
tice idea as typified in the Diagnostic
Clinic. DR.. Mandelbaum has every
reason to be gratified by the fruit Of
his tireless. self-sacrificing labors IN
behalf of humanity. He has blazed
the way for a new era in medicine
and has marshalled skill and facilities
which are bound to prove a boon 10
mankind.
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Continued on Elerenth Page
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-11-12
GREAT AUTHOR IS
COMING HERE FRIDAY
Opie Read VIII Be Big Attraction at
High School Lyceum On Next
Friday Night.

The day is coming-many of his ad-
mirers think 1t has arrived-when
opie Read will be considered one of
Americas greatest novelists. Local
people will have an opportunity to
judge his personality when he comes
to Maysville Friday, November IA for
an evening on High School lecture
course.
Opie Reads books are read by hun
dreds of happy, human, joy-loving
people who read them because thew
understand and like them.
Big, kind, human, and American
that's the way to describe Read. The
humor, the philosophy, the poetry and
imagination of his books are present.
ed on the platform, backed by the per.
sonality of this big hearted man.
He has been studying the platform
too, and If you haven't heard opie
Read within the last two of three
years you have no idea of the wonder.
fully interesting manner in which hi
tells his story-tells as he writes-ir
opie Reads way, which is different
from that of anyone else.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-11-12
LOCAL LABORERS
PLAN ORGANIZING
A union AT ONCE
Day LabOrers In Maysyille VIII Hold
Meeting on Next Tuesday Night
Looking Toward Forming u
Local Union-Many Are
Interested.

A meeting of the day laborers of
Maysville and vicinity has been called
for next Tuesday evening at o'clock
at Labor hall in the. Cox building at
which time, it is proposed, to discuss
the organization of Mason County
Day ,Laborer's union.
1t is understood that the men who
work in Maysville and Mason county
as laborers by the day are very much
interested in forming a union organi-
zation. Most every kind of skilled la
Dor in the city and county is now or
ganized and the common labor has
reached the point where they think
they should be organized as we'll. At
the request of more than twenty-five
such laborers this meeting for next
Tuesday has been called.
1t is the purpose of Tuesday night s
meeting to hear the opinion of the la
boring men of the community and if
1t is the opinion Of the men attending
this meeting that a union should be
formed, an organizer from the Inter-
national union, will be asked to come
to Maysville in the very near future
to complete the organization.
Tuesday nights meeting will be an
nounced among all of the laborers of
the city and the county and a large
delegation is expected to be present.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-11-12
cochran, Browning G. Reed.

Cochran, Browning & Reed.
The commission is therefore COM
posed of the head of the city's public
utilities companies, a banker, manu-
facturer, lawyer and the great tobacco
interests are represented.
The commission went to work i'm
mediately after the adjournment Of
the general meeting, Chairman Coch-
ran calling a meeting in the Council
Chamber at once. They will get in
touch with manufacturers of pumps
and persons who would likely have
pumps on hand. They will go into the
Maysville Water Company's affairs
at once to learn just what that
company has done in the situation and
will be ready to make their first re-
port to City Council within the next
"a hours.
This definite step taken to relieve
the water situation will bring great
relief to the people Of Maysville. 1t
water question and the men on the
| Water Commission are the sort that
believe in doing things right. Their
first report will be awaited with great
interest by the citizens of the city.
The Commission will be in continu-
| Gus session at the law offices of
Worthington, Cochran. Browning &
Reed in Court street until. something
has been done. This afternoon they
ordered the officers and directors OF
the Maysville Water Company to ap-
pear before them tomorrow to show
what had been done by the company
toward relieving the situation. Lou
isville members Of the Board Of Di-
rectors will arrive In Maysville to-
night to appear before the Commits.
sion tomorrow.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-11-12
GREAT Church BELL TO
Be BLESSED THURSDAY
Bishop Brossart of the Covington DID,
cese, VIII Conduct Solemn Ser
vices Thursday Morning at
st. Patrick's Church.

The greatest church bell in the
state of Kentucky which will be raised
to the tower of st. Patricks church
within the next few days, will be bless
ed in most impressive ceremony to
be held in front of the church Thurs
day morning at s o'clock.
Rt. Rev. Ferdinand Brossart, Bish-
op of this diocese, will be in charge
of the exercises and will be assisted
by a number of visiting priests and
blythe beloved pastor, Rev. Father p.
NJ. Jones and his assistant, Rev. Faith
er Joseph O'Dwire. Knights of Co.
lumbus, knights of St John and mem
bers of the Holy Name Society will
also take part in the exercises.
After the blessing of the huge bell,
solemn High Mass will be celebrated
in the, church in the presence Of the
Bishop. Rev. Father Louis v. oHar-
ran, native of Aberdeen and son OF
st. Patricks church, will be celebrant
and he will be assisted by a number
of visiting priests.
This bell blessing will be great
day for the Catholics Of Mason coun-
ty and great open air audience Is
expected.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-11-12
VISITING NURSE
IN every COUNTY
DR.. LOCKE'S PLAN
Dispensary Under Direction Of Best
Physicians Obtainable and TRAY
cling Clinics to Be Paid For
With Red Cross Christ
mas Seals.

Louisville, KY, November 11.-A
visiting nurse in every county of Ken
lucky and a dispensary under the di-
rection of the ablest physicians OBJ
tainable, besides travelling clinics to
go from county to county where need
ed in the fight against tuberculosis in
the State, are the objects toward
which DR.. ]. S. Lock, executive sec
retary of the Kentucky tuberculosis
Association, is bending his energies
and which the money from the sale of
Red Cross Christmas Seals will make
possible If enough of the seals are
sold between December 1, when they
are placed on sale, and December 10,
when the drive for the sale of the
Red Cross Christmas Seals in Ken
| lucky will be completed.
Visiting nurses are badly needed
| now in some of the counties where
there are many cases of tuberculosis,
large number of which could be cured
# given proper attention, to say moth
ing Of the prevention of the develop
| nent Of other cases through proper
care of the patients which the visit
ing nurse teaches. The death rate
| from tuberculosis and the number of
new cases of the disease have been
greatly reduced wherever visiting
l nurses have been available, and the
sale Of the Red Cross Christmas Seals
furnishes the funds with which the
Kentucky tuberculosis Association
fights the plague by sending these
visiting nurses to the rescue.
For the benefit of those who here
tofore have purchased larger quanti-
ties of the Red Cross Christmas Seals
than they could make use of, the
Health Bond, in denominations of SIS
to $500, is being issued this year. Many
of these bonds will be sold to gener-
Gus Kentuckians and it is likely that
the program for the relief of those
suffering from the plague, as outlined
| by DR.. Lock, will be made possible by
the additional sale of the Red Cross
Christmas Seals.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-11-12
OPIE READ

Friday night, November 14th, there
will appear on the High School plat
form one of the most noted lecturers
and novelists of the country. His
new lecture, Human Nature and Po-
litics", composed for the most part of
experience stories and never told be-
fore on the platform. will be given at
this time. Opie Read is as funny as
Mark. Twain and as philosophical as
Ben Johnson. Don't deprive yourself
of the opportunity of a lifetime, come
out and hear him.
Reserved seat tickets free. General
admission 60c.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-11-12
Water Commission is Appointed

his company. Mr.. Fee also suggested
that there was a water pump at New
Richmond, Ohio, not in use now which
the city might be able to rent or pur-
chase.
Captain Horace j. Cochran, of the
/Maysville Gas Company and the Mays
Vile Power Company; Mr.. LeWright
Browning, of the law firm of Worth
ington, Cochran, Browning & Reed,
and Mr.. 8. P. Browning, of the Ohio
Valley Pully Works, in their talks
were all three OF the same opinion.
They advised that council appoint a
committee of citizens to look into the
water situation thoroughly and to
make recommendations to the city Of
ficials. 1t was suggested that this
commission find out actually what
steps have been taken by the Water
Company to relieve the situation.
The suggestion Of these business
men was taken by Council and on mo-
ton it was ordered that Mayor Rus
sell appoint a commission of five busi-
ness men and that this commission be
empowered with all of the powers and
authority Of the city to handle the
present emergency as they saw fit.
The one object is that the city be given
water and given water Immediately.
1t was also ordered that this same
commission go into the relations be-
tween the Water Company and the
city and bring in to City Council i'm
mediately recommendations as to
what step the city should take, il any
in solving this serious question for
all time. The commission was en-
powered to employ any legal advice
they might want and to go to any
other expense they deemed necessary
to solve this problem which has been
facing Maysville for months.
Mayor Russell Immediately appoint
ed the commission and no better CON-
mission could be found. 1t represents
all of the interests of the city and is
made up of men who will do things
and do things quickly. The commits
sion named by the Mayor follows:
H. J. Cochran, Cbairman-Maysville
Gas Co. and Maysville Power Co.
C. L. wood-Presidept Farmers 6
Traders Bank.
| Thos. L. Duke-Manager American
Tobacco Co.
S. P. Browning-ohio Valley Pulley
Works.
LeWright Browning-Worthin
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-11-12
YOUNG TRAVELLER

The local police yesterday picked up
a 15-year-old boy in the local C. & o..
yards as he was about to board a
freight train. The boy gave his name
as Earl Hobson and his home as Eagle
Mountain, Va He said he had left
home about a, year ago and had been
touring the country having recently
been in California. He said he was
now en- route back home and after a
close questioning, he was released and
allowed to go on his way.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-11-12
COUNCIL MEETS IN AID.
JOURNED SESSION TONIGHT

The City Council will meet in ad-
Journed session at the Council Cham
Der this evening at Z o'clock when. it
is expected, all business which has
been hanging fire for several days will
be finally disposed of. AS this is the
last full meeting of the old council it
is thought there will be much impor-
tant business to come before the coun-
cilmen.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-11-12
TOBACCO REPORT FOR OCTOBER

State Commissioner of Agriculture
Mat 9. Cohen reports that during the
month of October all warehouses in
the state sold total of 9,042.S77
pounds of 1918 tobacco at a general
average of s21.14. OF this 7,927,317
pounds was Burley which sold at an
average of $21.S4. $3.50 pounds of
1919 Burley is reported sold at a gen.
eral average of $23.30.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-11-12
BUSINESS MEN and
CITY COUNCIL TAKE
ACTION ON WATER
Mayor Names Commission of Five
Prominent Business Men to Han
die City Water Question
They Are Backed BY All
City's Powers and Go
TO Work Mt Once.

There was q very important meet
ing of City Council and a number OF
business men at the Council Chamber
at II o'clock this morning called by
Mayor Russell when it was again
found that the city was practically
without water and the Water Com
pany seemed to be doing little to re-
lieve the situation or If they were at
tempting to do anything, they were
meeting with little or no results.
Mayor Russell stated to the men
gathered that the water situation had
about passed human endurance. Rusi-
ness men had millions of dollars at
stake by having practically no protec-
ton from fire and he stated that he
had called the Council and the busi-
ness men together to discuss the con-
dition and to talk over some plans for
immediate relief The Mayor called
upon the men present to offer any sug-
gestions they might have or to give
expression to their ideas on the situ-
'ation.
Mr.. T. A. Duke, manager of the
American Tobacco Company's local
interests, was the first man asked to
speak. Mr.. Duke stated that the sit
uation with his firm had become worse
than critical and that unless the wat
er situation was solved in the immed-
late future, It would be necessary fol
the company to keep their plant closed
this winter as they could not re-dry
and re-handle tobacco with the water
at its present pressure and in the
present condition.
Mr.. d. e. Fee, Of the Maysville Pro-
duce Company, stated that in his PLAN
today there were hundreds of fowls
which could not be watered because
of the failure of the Water Company's
plant. He said that the water short
age was very serious problem witt
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-11-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry B. Owens are
In receipt Of long distance message
from their son, Perrine. stating that.
he and Mrs. Owens are keeping house
In a charming little bungalow with
Mr.. Owens cousin, Mrs. Pittman. for
merly Miss Meta Browning. at 1855
North COlbott street, Indianapolis. Mr.
Owens Is associated with the e. C. At
kins Co. OF that city.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-11-12
MANY ATTEND WEDDING

The wedding of Assistant Postmas-
ter Maurice Mcnamara and Miss Katie
May Sammons at st. Patrick's church
this morning was attended by a great
number of friends and relatives. At
ter a short honeymoon trip, the happy
young couple will be at home here
Their many friends join the Ledger in
extending hearty congratulations.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-11-12
BUYS EAST END HOME

Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Arthur Tuesday
through Mrs. E. L. Manchester, local
real estate agent, purchased from Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Burgoyne, their home
In East Second street between Poplar
and Commerce streets and will move
here from their farm in the Mayslick
neighborhood, which was recently
sold.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-11-12
PURCHASES TWO EAST
END GROCERY STORES

Mr.. Pickett Valentine has purchased
the w. w, Thoroughman and the T. r.
Valentine grocery store in the Sixth
ward and will continue to operate
them. Mr.. Valentine Is splendid
young man of more than ordinary
business ability and 1t is certain he
will make a great success of them.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-11-12

Having purchased the stocks of both
w. W. Thoroughman and T. R. Valen-
tine, will continue the grocery bust
mess at the Thoroughman stand in
East Second street, under the man.
agement of T. r. Valentine. Your pa
tronage is solicited. Phone 559-L.
PICKETT VALENTINE.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-11-12
CONSERVE WATER

All citizens Of Maysville, during the
present crisis, are requested to be as
careful as possible with the use Of
water not to waste It. Water saved In
the homes may be saved by the Wat
er Company to help fill the reservoirs
for use in case of fire.
CITY WATER COMMISSION.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-11-12

The Thursday evening service at the
Little Brick" church will consist OF
half an hour OF song aud prayer and
half an hour OF sermon, beginning at
seven and closing at eight o'clock. A
cordial welcome 10 all.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-11-12

DR.. Rice, Mason County Health or
flcer, reports two new cases OF diph.
iberia In the sardis nelghborhood
None Of the cases Of diphtherIa In Ma
son county. however. have "a YET
proven serious.