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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-03-04
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Saturday, March 8, 1919,

the undersigned will, on
Saturday, March 8, 1919,
at one o'clock, p. M, or thereabout,
proceed to offer for sale, at Public
Auction, to the highest bidder, on a
credit of 6 and IL months, at the
Courthouse Door in Mt. Sterling, Ky.
the property mentioned in the judg-
ment, to-wit:
A lot of land in the City of Mt.
Sterling, Montgomery County, KY,
on the east side of North Maysville
street, fronting 25 feet on said street
and running back to the line Of Mrs.
Sallie Rogers; bounded on the north
by the Reuben Harper lot, now own
ed by Griggs; east by the lot of Mrs.
Rogers; south by the lot of The
Griggs Garage property, now owned
by Mrs. Mary Raglan Gay and west
by said street and being same lot
conveyed to Kate Laughlin by Jas.
H. Henry and wife by deed dated
December 81, 1910, of record in the
office of the Clerk Of the Montgom-
cry County Court, in Deed Book 65
at page 1913.
The purchaser will be required to
give bond, with approved security,
for the payment of the purchase
money, to have the force and effect
of Replevin Bond, bearing legal in
terest from day Of sale, according to
law.
Bidders will be prepared to comply
with these terms. A lien will be, re-
tanned on the land sold till all the
purchase money is paid.
Bond payable to the undersigned.
w. E. JONES,
Master Commissioner Montgomery
Circuit Court. 34-3t.
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LEONARD PAYNE HEARD FROM
Dover, England, Feb. l, 1918

Dover, England, Feb. 1, 1919.
Dear Mother:
Have you heard the distressing
news about the U. S. S. Piave sink
ing in the Goodwin Sands in the
English Channel, rs miles South
east of London and IL miles from
Dover? I am sending you a news
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Ladiesl Ladiesl

Mrs. X. o. Clarke will not have
an Opening, but announces that she
is now ready to show the ladies the
latest importations in Spring and
Summer hats. All are cordially in
vited. (35-2t)
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dragging them in one by one. W.
rescued all Of the men in the water
near our life boat but three, and
they we're carried away by the com
ing-in tide, and were beyond our
rescue. We then took on all bag
gage that the life boat was capable
Of carrying, and left the ship, oar
ing with all our strength to get to a
large tug-boat for relief. After
about 20 minutes of hard struggling
we reached the tug-boat where we
we're taken aboard and put by a
good warm fire to bring life into the
ones that were almost frozen to
death. The boat was controlled by
an American Captain under the
British Navy. We all changed
clothing and put on dry uniforms,
and sat around big warm fire talk
ing matters over. Although / went
into the water and got soaking wet
was able to hold my nerve and
strength and help to man the boat
and take care Of the three officers
that were almost frozen. The tug
boat brought us to the "Sailor's
Home" at Dover, England. We were
properly cared for and it was al
most like being at home. We had
plenty to eat and good warm beds
to sleep in, and all of the clothes
we wanted. 1 lost all Of my cloth
ing, bedding and everything else l
possessed except what had on, but
today have as many clothes as !
ever owned and a good warm bed
to sleep in. The people at the "Sail-
or's Home" have certainly been nice
to us and done everything in their
power to make us feel at home. You
need not worry minute about me
for / am perfectly safe and feeling
bigger and stronger than ever before
md take it from my heart, that l am
not camouhaging bit, and every
word / have said concerning our
safe keeping is the PURE TRUTH.
Part of the crew is at Deal, Eng
and, and the rest of US at Dover
We will leave tomorrow for London,
and return to the States very soon.
| would have sent you a cablegram
but it cost more than / could stand.
Will try and write you again when
we get to London.
Tonight most of us are out on
liberty parties seeing the town, and
having good time. am now with
my best pal, Maxwell w. Martini"
at the Salvation Army Recreation
and Reading Room, and we are both
writing home. Will telegraph you
just as soon as l get to New York,
nd want You to be ready to try
and get me out of the Navy if there
is any chance in the world, for /
can't hardly wait to get home and
tell all about all I have seen over
here, and in the U. S. besides. Be
Johnny on the Spot" when ever
you hear / am back in the States.
Asking you again to take it that /
am not camoufaging. Kiss Papa,
Ewell Lee and Robert for me,
With lots of love to all,
LEONARD PAYNE.
P. S. Answer this letter and send
it to the Navy Y. M. c. A., 1877 Sands
Street, Brooklyn, N. Y, and then I
can get it as soon as 1 get back as
[ will be more than anxious to get
t. They will keep it, so you mignr
81 ox.ax
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OvERWORKfD.
TIRED WOMAN
TOOK Y|NOL
Now She is Strong and
Hearty

Philadelphia, Pat was over
worked, run down, nervous, could not
eat or sleep. felt like crying all the
time. I tried different remedies with
out benefit. The doctor said it was a
wonder was alive, and when Vinol
was given me I began to improve.
/ have taken eight bottles and am
now strong and perfectly healthy in
every respect, and have gained in
weight. can not praise Vinol
enough."-Mrs. Sarah A. Jones, Io2s
Nevada ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
We guarantee Vinol to make over
worked, weak women strong or re-
turn your money. Formula on every
bottle. This is your protection.
For Sale by W. S. Lloyd, Druggist
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OOO,OOOq
Nothing calculated to stagger
American loyalty.
Nor will it.
Americans will run true to form.
They will come through
"Old Father Hubbard went to the
cupboard
To get his poor self a drink,
But as he drew nigh the country
went dry,
So he got him a drink at the sink"
The ballot tolls the knell of parting
booze,
The thirsty herd walks slowly up
the ave.
The clubman homeward plods, he
cannot choose;
There is no one to say, 'What will
you have?"
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Notice of Sale in Equity

By virtue of a Judgment and order
Of sale Of the Montgomery Circuit
Court, rendered at the January term
1919, thereof, in the above cause,
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Elizabeth Laughlin Canan, etc. DTS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-01-09
TO FLY ACROSS ATLANTIC

to fly that far into the fatherland and
get back and had practically no anti
aircraft batteries posted to protect his
capital 1t was realized that once it
became known a plane had crossed
the Atlantic the Boche would take the
tip and strengthen his defenses at
Berlin.
Farman has constructed a quadru-
pie motor biplane equipped with four
propellers and driven by engines gen.
Grating more than 1000 horsepower,
which he believes can negotiate the
transatlantic flight. This machine will
have an average speed of ITO miles
an hour and can carry gasoline and oil
for SO hours. The body of the ma
chine extends the whole length of the
fuselage, from the nose to the tall
piece and the crew can walk up and
down through the passageway. Null
tiple wheels make landings easier
and safer.
Bleriot has also constructed a BIZ
motor machine, with two tractor and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-01-09
French Judge Returns to Battered
Remains of Cambria
Home.
HID PRICELESS CITY RECORD
Refused to Leave Post When Hun
Hordes Poured Through His Coun-
try-Tells of Cruelties lnfiict-
ed by invaders.

Paris.-There reached Paris recent
ly a fine-looklng old French gentleman,
sad-eyed, hollow-cheeked. For four
years he had been held prisoner by
the Germans In the city of Cambria.
He had seen the Hun kaiser three
times passing through the streets of
his city which previously had been
swept by the French women. Night
after night he had been forced to go
and sit in the railroad stations of the
city while the British bombed them.
He had seen his friends, people once
wealthy and of high birth, sent out to
dig trenches, TO bury the dead and TO
cultivate and weed the fields. For two
years he had only soup and cocoa for
his dinner and semi-monthly allow
ance of three-Quarters of a pound of
meat and black bread.
Henri Berger reached Paris just as
the news came from the front that
British and American troops had freed
his home. AS soon as he is strong
enough to travel again he will return
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-01-09
KEEPS WATCH ON
SEAMENS HEALTH

entitled as seamen of the United
States but will preserve the certificate
and keep it clean.
Years ago, in the days of the clipper
snip, and even since that time. the sick
or disabled American sailor at sea or
IN q foreign port had no resource but
the charity of his captain or ship
mates. Old-time shippers generally
prescribed and supplied blue pill and
the crews were not burdened with
funds to lend.
narrowing tales have been told of
those dark days of the merchant ma
rlne, of men forced to lie for weeks
In cramped, foul-smelling forecastles,
often beset by rats and without proper
food, light, air or clothing.
If the man lived until the ship
reached port some sort of care might
be provided for him, but hundreds
died. were buried at sea; their toys
were sold and they were soon forgot
ten.
Must Carry Medicines.
But the days when the life of a sail
or was dogs life at best are now his
tory. Every vessel flying the Ameri-
can flag and engaged on long voyages
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-01-09

Is required to carry chest of medi-
cines suitable for the treatment of
common ailments and injuries. Fail
ure to comply with this law subjects
the master or owners of the vessel to
a heavy fine.
Scurvy, that scourge of the old days,
has practically disappeared from the
American mercantile marine because
of the liberal supplies of lime or lemon
juice, sugar and vinegar that are now
required to be carried on every ship
on long voyage and to be given daily
to the crew within ten days after salt
provisions have been chiefly served to
them. In the days of yore salt junk"
was the main item on every foc'sle bill
of fare. This food, consigned to the
vessel in barrels, was generally slowed
below as ballast and sometimes re-
manned there for long time before
being requisitioned for the crew. This
diet, with the lack of fresh vegetables,
caused scurvy,
Adequate hospital facilities aboard
ship also are provided. The law re.
quires that in addition to the space al
lotted for lodgings, which must be
roomy and well ventilated, all mer.
chant vessels of the United States,
which ordinarily make voyages Of
more than three days duration be,
tween ports and which carry more
than twelve seamen, shall have a suit,
able hospital compartment with at
least one comfortable bunk for every
twelve seamen aboard
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-01-09
HELD A PRISONER
FOR FOUR YEARS

there to find, if possible, the priceless
records of the city which he hid IN
1914 when the Huns swept across Bel.
GUM and invaded northern France.
AS judge of a tribunal or court
OF Cambria, Bergier refused to leave
his post when the German hordes
poured through his country in August,
1914. By trick of chance he had
just sent his wife and three daughters
to Boulogne-sur-M er, on the coast OF
France, for a holiday and was plan.
ming to join them early in September,
The meeting was deferred just four
years. He was captured, but was
spared the bitterness of seeing his
family subjected to the humiliations
which came to the other women of
Cambria. His wife and daughters at
once volunteered for hospital service
and worked so heroically for three
years that they were decorated by the
French government with the medal
"des epidemies ct du devouement."
The story which Bergier brought
back was one of want and suffering.
The Germans held him as hostage so,
he was not maltreated. Whenever the
city was bombed, however, he was
sent with three other judges, also held
as hostages, to sit In the railway sta
tons so that they would be killed If
the traffic centers were destroyed
The people of the city who did not
hold official positions were treated
more summarily. The women were.
all made to do mental work of some
kind, such as sweeping the streets
of the city or cultiyating and weed
ing the fields. The young boys and
men were sent out to dig trenches and.
to bury the dead.
Turned Out Of Homes.
Family after family was turned out
of homes to make place for the wives
of the German officers who came to
stay in Cambria with their husbands
and for German actresses and sing
ers who were brought from Germany
to stage performances of grand opera
and to make merry In the casinos.
The prisons were kept filed with,
offenders"
Early in September Bergier was told
that an exchange had been effected
and he was to return to France. He
would be permitted to take with him
what belongings he could carry. He
found an old baby carriage with two
wheels off and patched it up with
wheels from a dismantled gun. His
clothing, though threadbare, still held
together, but he had no shoes at all.
He took the leather portfolio which
his youngest daughter had used to
carry to school and made a sort of
footgear out of it, using for soles the
betting from a machine in an aban-
doned factory.
Part of his journey to Belgium he
made on foot, pushing his belongings
along in the old baby carriage. Part
he made by train.
From Belgium NJ. Bergier went to.
Switzerland, finally arriving In Paris.
where he rejoined his family.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-01-09
Airplane Manufacturers Make
Long-Distance Machines.
Tempted by Big Prizes offered by
Newspapers and Aviation
Clubs.

Paris.-Airplane manufacturers are
losing no time in developing long-dis-
lance machines for transatlantic
flights for which tempting prizes have
been offered by various newspapers
and aviation clubs.
The rumors persist in Paris that a
Handley-Page machine has already
crossed the ocean, from Newfoundland
to Ireland, but that the fight was
kept secret in order that the Germans
might not know that a machine had
been produced which could bomb Ber-
lin. The allies had secret informa-
ton that the enemy felt perfectly Sc
cure about the inability of airplanes
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two pusher propellers, which he be-
lieves can fly 1000 miles without a
stop. The Bleriot machine is a BIZ
plane, but the lower wings are much
smaller than the upper, along the
lines of the Newport chasse model.
The Bleriot plane is expected to main
tain speed of $50 miles an hour for
"a hours.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-01-09
USE OF M00NSHINE is
CAUSING INSANITY

Huntington, W. Va.-Use of
moonshine whisky is spreading
insanity throughout West vir-
ginia, according to J. B. Coster
of the state insane asylum. In
sanity is epidemic in the coal re-
gions Of Logan county, Coster
says. All kinds of ingredients
are used in the manufacture of
the whisky and much of it, &C.
cording to the asylum officials,
wrecks mind and body.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-01-09

Two severe attacks on the admins
tratlon were made in the senate last
week. First Senator Chamberlain.
chairman of the committee on military
affairs, assailed the "dilatory' policy
followed in rehabilitation, asserting
that the administration Is as unpre.
pared for disbanding the army as it
was for the war itself. He warned his
party that it would be held responsible
politically by the returning soldiers
If 1t failed to adopt an adequate pro.
gram for taking care of them. The
other attack was made by Republic.
an, Senator Weeks of Massachusetts
who bitterly criticized the war denart.
ment for delays and errors i'm compjl
ing casualties among the eXpeditionary
forces and for failure to cooperate
with the Red Cross in the matter of
forwarding letters from wounded sol
dlers to their relatives in this country.
In many instances, Mr.. Weeks said.
parents were incorrectly informed that
their sons had been killed. Also sev.
eTal hundred American soldiers renort.
ed as missing by the war department
had been located in French hospitals
by the Red Cross and letters written
by them had not been forwarded he
cause of an order by the department
The senate commerce committee has
extended its investigation of the Hog
Island shipyard to general inquiry
into the doings of the shipping board.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-01-09
Uncle Sam Will Take Good Care
of His Merchant
Crews.
SEAMAN'S BOTTLE IS LATEST
Contains Passports to Good Health by
Providing Free Hospital Treat
ment Anywhere-Days of the
Dogs Life Now History.

Observation-Disclosures Sam is getting
more watchful of the health of his
merchant crews as the great American
peace-time fleet continues to grow.
The latest innovation of the United
States shipping board in the "seaman's
bottle" which has now become one of
the cherished possessions of hundreds
of American seamen.
This little glass bottle, small enough
to be carried in the vest pocket, con-
tains passports to good health-print-
ed forms which, when filled out by q
ships captain, will gain admittance for
the holder to any United States ma
rine hospital or relief station of the
public health service in every impor-
tant port in the United States. On a
foreign voyage the application will pro-
vide the seaman with the best medical
care, free of charge, on application to
the United States consular officer.
AT present the bottle is being pro-
vided only for men who have been
trained for sea career by the recruit
ing service of the shipping board, but
In the opinion of Surgeon General
Blue every American seaman should
have one.
1t is In port that the new "seaman'S
bottle" which was originated by DR..
Louis w. Croke, medical director of
the shipping board recruiting service,
plays its chief part. A seaman in need
of medical attention has merely to dig
the bottle out Of his kit, bring the
printed form to his skipper to be filled
out and then go ashore to the nearest
federal official.
Free Hospital Care.
The label which bears the imprint of
the boards recruiting service informs
the seafarer that he is entitled TO free
hospital care no matter what his sta
ton aboard ship. The term "seamen,"
1t says, means not only the men who
are employed on deck but persons en-
ployed on board in the care, preserya-
ton or navigation of the ship, and II
even includes those who are In the
service, on board, of those engaged In
such care, preservation or navigation.
When discharged by the medical au-
thorities the American seaman is
given free passage TO the port from
which he originally signed, unless the
articles provide for discharge else
where, or If in foreign port to some
port in the Unised States. He must
serve on board the ship on which his
passage has been arranged If possible.
The "seaman's bottle" not only will
impress upon Americans who are going
TO sea the privileges to which they are
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-01-09
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Poles Fighting the Germans on
the West and the Advancing
BolSheviki on East.
CALL ON ALLIES FOR HELP

feat at Perm, but Capture Ufa-
President Wilson Visits Rome
Secretary Daniels Pro-
gram for the Greatest
Navy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-01-09
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD.

SO far as fighting is concerned, the
absorbing news is coming from Poland
just now. The Poles, having enthusi-
astically welcomed the head of their
new republic, Ignace Jan Paderewski,
the famous musician, are following his
lead against the Germans on the one
side and the Russian bolsheviki on the
other. They are determined to add to
their state the province of Posen, Dan
zig and other parts of Prussia, and the
government at Berlin is equally deter
mined that they shall not lay hands on
German territory. The result is a
series of conflicts, with varying re-
suits. As this is written a report comes
that Polish army of 10000 men is
marching on Berlin and that Gustav
Noske, member of the Ebert cabinet
In charge of military affairs, has or
dered the Fifth German division to ad.
vance to meet the Poles.
The Poles entered Frankfort Oh the
Oder so miles east of Berlin, and also
Beuthen in Prussian Silesia, and
Bromberg, in the province of Posen. In
the city of Posen the Poles occupied
the fortress, disarming 10000 German
soldiers, and the fighting there has
been almost continuous. Many Jews
are said to have been slain.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-01-09

Secretary Daniels tells the congress
sional committee that his determine.
ton to have great navy is based on
the argument that If the league of ma
tons is formed the United States will
be Sinking its share Of the policing of
the world If its navy is not as big as
Great Brltain's; and that If the league
is not established and a curtailment
of armament is not agreed upon. we
must have 'incomparably the greatest
navy in the world" to defend the Mon
roe doctrine and protect the weak ma
tons. His program, according TO his
own admission, is intended as an argu-
ment by which President Wilson can
bring the other nations to accept the
proposed reduction of armament. The
secretary says the president backs up
his policy if competitive building is to
continue. Mr. Daniels new three-year
building program calls for the appro-
priation Of S6O0,00O,O00 to provide for
156 additional naval ships, including
ten dreadnaughts and six battle cruis.
erS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-01-09

General satisfaction is expressed
with the desire of the department of
justice to have deported most of the
enemy aliens now interned for their
pernicious activities. These men and
women-a few of the gentler sex are
included-were either German spies
and agents, taking their chances as
such, or else traitors to the country
that had given them shelter In either
case they are not wanted in America
and should be sent back to the land
they came from or that they served.
There are lot of others who might
well be deported. but we are too mild
hammered a people for our own good
in such matters.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-01-09

would be back in Paris by the begin
ming of the week, and NJ C1emenceau
was expected back from a brief vaca-
ton at the same time. Mr.. Lloyd
George arrived in the French capital
Saturday. Conferences among the
representatives of the allies were to
begin at once. II seems probable that
the number Of delegates to the peace
conference will be enlarged so that
experts in certain lines may sit at the
board when the things they know most
about are being discussed. Great Brit
aims delegates include Lloyd George,
Balfour and Bonar Law, and among
the advisers on special matters are
such men as ViscOunt Hardinge, Sir
William G. Tyrrell, Sir Louis Mallet,
Sir ESme Howard, Sir Ralph Paget,
Sir Eyre Grove and Lord Robert Cecil
an imposing list of truly big men
thoroughly trained in diplomacy and
statecraft
The numerous and complicated
questions that the peace conference
must take up and settle have given rise
to the suggestion that the congress
should be continuing body so that flu
ture developments might be taken in
to consideration and matters decided
that are now too hazy for clear vision.
If this plan were adopted, the forma-
ton of the league of nations might not
be so pressing question as it is now
many others who support his views