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The log cabin Democrat., 1920-05-27
WILSON PLEA
 FOR ARMENIA
 NOT GRANTED
(By United rress)

Washington, May 27.--The senate committee on foreign relations today refused to grant the request of Pres ident Wilson that the United States accept mandate over the Armenian nation.
 By vote of II to 4, the committee voted to report a resolution to the senate respectfully declining to au- thorize the mandate"
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-05-27
PEACE TIME ARMY
 TO BE 280,000 MEN
tBy United Press)

Washington, May 27.-The peace time army of the United States will consist of 280,000 men and 17,S0O of ficers, it was agreed today by the house and senate conferees on the army reorganization bill
 The conference report will probab- ly be submitted to both houses before adjournment today.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-05-27
VOTES TO RAT|FY
 AUSTRIAN TREATY
By United Press)

Paris, May 27.-The French cham Der of deputies today voted to ratify the treaty of peace between the al lied powers and the Austrial govern ment.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
SO CHARTER MEMBERS OF
GERMANTOWN ENCAMPNENT
New Odd Fellows Encampment In
stalled by District Deputy DOdson
Women Set Wonderful Ban
quet TO Large Crowd.

DR.. ]. A. Dodson, of this city. Dis
trict Deputy Grand Patriarch, of the
Grand Encampment |. o. o. F. of the
State of Kentucky, together with mem
bers of Pisgah Encampment No. 8,
went to Germantown Thursday eve
ming to institute a new Encampment
in that town which has been named
Victory Encampment No. a..
The evening was a most delightful
one especially to the visitors from
Maysville and one that by them will
be long remembered. There were 80
charter members and the organization
was started off in very healthy con-
dition and gives promise of being one
Of the livest encampments in this sec
tion of Kentucky.
While the institution of the new en-
campment was very impressive and
en- njoyable the visitors from MaySville
probably enpoyed the great banQue.
spread by the good women of this com
munity. Germantown has long had an
enviable reputation for entertainment
but the women of that fine community
outdid themselves on Thursday eve
ming and a more sumptous feast was
never spread in Mason county. Old
ham and chicken were served on large
metal walters upon which the meat
was stacked high. The menu consisted
of everything good to eat and closed
with two kinds of ice cream with for
ty-five kinds of cake, more or less.
Rev. c. w. Williams. pastor of the
Germantown NJ e. Church, South. was
elected Chief Patriarch and DR. c. NJ.
Colvin, High Priest of the new en-
campment.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
BOLSREVISM WILL Be
DISCUSSED THIS EVENING
Speaker Who Has Had First Hand Ex.
perience With BOlshcyism win
Deliver Free Lecture Tonight.

The first of a series OF free lectures
on reconstruction subjects will be
given under the auspices of the local
order Knights of Columbus at the
court house this evening and the pub
lie has been extended a cordial invita-
ton.
Hon. ID. Goldstein, OF Boston. a man
who has had much experience in deal
ing with Russian Bolshevism will dis
Gus bolshevism and its cure. Mir. Gold
stein is said to be an unusually good
speaker and a close observer of things
so that his lecture should be quite in
teresting to all The Kentucky press
in the cities where he has been speak
ing the forepart OF this week say that
his lecture is wonderful and revela-
tion to all who hear him.
\ special invitation has been extend
ed the members of the American
Legion of the Leslie II. Arthur Post
and it is expected that many former
soldiers will hear him. The lecture is
absolutely free to all and every citizen
who wants TO more thoroughly under
stand this curse which has torn Rus
sia asunder and which is threatening
to extend into other nations. should
take this advantage to obtain som,
first hand information.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
GEO. W. PERKINS
DIES SUDDENLY OF
NERVOUS TROUBLE
Former Rull Moose Leader and Great
Finaneier Dies in Eastern
Sanatarium.

Stamford. Conn June 1S-George
W. Perkins, IS. retired fnancier. who
for many years was a partner Of the
elder ]. Pierpont Morgan. died early
today in the Stamford Hall Sanator-
ium.
Perkins went to the sanatorium
about a week ago. following what is
said to have been a nervous break
down.
Perkins was a friend of Theodore
Roosevelt and other national figures.
He was born in Chicago January 81.
1862 He was educated in the public
schools of that city
He entered the employ Of the Chi
cago Office of the New York Life Insur-
ance Company. in 1877. becoming sue
cessively bookkeeper, cashier. inspee-
tor of agencies and superintendent OF
the western department.
He became second vice president in
, 1898 and was elected chairman of the
Finance Committee of the company in
1900. In 1908 he was elected president
In 1901 he became a partner in the
banking firm of J. p Morgan & Co. re-
Iiring in 1910.
He was leading Progressive during
the 1912 presidential campaign He
was a director OF the International
Mercantile Marine. the United States
Steel Corporation and other large CON-
panies and a trustee of Vassar College
Acute Inflammation of the brain
caused Perkins death, according TO 8
statement issued at his New York Of
fee today.
The condition resulted from com
plete nervous exhaustion due TO in
tense and continuous OverwOrk." the
statement said
Funeral services viii be held Sun
day at Riverdale. y. Y. on the Hudson
where Perkins made his home. Tbs
funeral Will be private
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
mother OF mrs. H. ].
COCHRAN Dies SUDDENLY
Mrs. VI. II. Crump Died ut Her Home
In Bowling Green at an Early
Hour This Morning.

Mrs. NJ II. Crump, of Bowling
Green, KY. mother of Mrs. II. J. Coch-
ran, of East Second street. died very
suddenly at her home in Bowling
Green at O'Clock this morning. Mrs.
Crump had been a sufferer from heart
trouble for some time.
Mrs. Crump was twice married, her
first husband being Samuel NJ. Poyntz.
brother of Mrs. r. A. Cochran, of
this city. Before her marriage she was
Miss Mary Underwood.
She is survived by her husband, Col
Onel NJ. H. Crump. and three children,
Mrs. H. ]. Cochran, of this city, Mr..
Henry c. Poyntz, of Indianapolis, and
Mr.. Malcolm Crump, of Bowling
Green. Funeral arrangements have not
as yet been made Mrs. Cochran left
this morning for her mothers home.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
ALIENATION AND SANDER
CHARGED IN Big SUITS
Bracken County Man Brings Two Suits
Against Father-in-law Asking
S30.OOO Damages.

Two suits pendings in the Bracken
Circuit Court, each for SlO.0OO.00
damages are styled Ray Porter Teeg-
arden against Samuel Mains, Teeg-
arden's father-in-law One charges de-
fendant with having alienated his
wife's affections and persuaded her to
live with him, her father, in preference
to the plaintiff, her husband. They
have little girl baby about three
months old, and the mother and child
live with her father in Connersville,
Ind. Teegarden claims this county as
his home and Mains formerly lived in
the Milford precinct
The other suit is Ray Porter Teeg-
arden against Samuel Mains, for Sian
der, charging that Mains falsely
charged Teegarden with having forged
two checks ON him. leaving the money
in the bank to his own credit.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
STATE WHISKY TAX
HELD TO CONFLICT
WITH CONSTITUTION
Three Federal Judges Temporarily
EnJoln Collection OF state Whisky
Tax-Case Goes TO the
Supreme Court.

Holding that the case of the Ken
lucky Distilleries and Warehouse
Company was in many respects similar
to that of the A. & j. Freiberg case re-
Gently decided, in which the State of
Kentucky was enjoined from collect
ing the fifty cents gallon liquor tax
as in conflict with the constitution of
the United States. Judge Arthur c.
Denison of Grand Rapids, Michigan;
Judge of the United States Court of
Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; Judge A.
Nj. ]. Cochran. of the Eastern District
Court of Kentucky, and Judge Walter
Evans, of the Western District Court
of Kentucky. Thursday in Federal
Court at Lexington granted the tempo
rary injunction asked for in the petit
tion of the warehouse company.
The plaintiff must give bond pending
an appeal to the Supreme Court of the
United States, to which Attorney Cen
eral Charles |. Dawson announced IT
would be taken by the State.
About $4,000 in taxes is involved in
the case.
Arguments before the court were
oral and very brief, merely the conten-
tions of the distillers and of the State
being presented. the former being rep
resented by William Marshall Bullitt,
of Louisville, former Solicitor General
of the United States, and the Common
wealth by Attorney General Dawson.
The entire proceedings did not con-
sumo over three-quarters of an hour.
Judges Denison and Evans then va
Gated the bench and Judge Cochran re-
sumed the trial of cases on his docket.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
MIR. l.. ii. STORER DIES.

Mr.. L. II. Storer died at his home in
Forest avenue this afternoon after a
lingering illness of many months. He
is survived by two brothers. Mr.. Glen
Storer, of the county, Mr.. J. j. Storer,
OF Cincinnati. and three sisters, Mrs.
Ellis, of Cincinnati, Mrs. Maynard Elk
ins. of Ironton, and Miss Mary Storer,
of Ironton. Funeral arrangements
have not been made.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
OFFICIALS BACK FROM
TRIP TO LOUISVILLE.

Mayor Thomas NJ. Russell and men,
bers of the City Council have returned
home from a trip to Paris, Lexington,
Louisville and other cities. The Off
cials have found that because of the
increased cost in the operation of
schools and the city departments
practically every city in the state is
compelled to increase its tax levy for
the new fiscal year.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
WILL MOVE TO LEXINGTON.

Mr.. H. c. Pollitt and family are pre-
pairing to move from this city to Lex
ington in the fall to make that city
their home For the present they have
their goods in storage and Mrs. Pol
lit and her daughter will spend the
summer with relatives in Lewis county
while Mr.. Pollitt is on the road. Mays
vile indeed is sorry to lose such good
citizens
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY
EITEL s EASTON CASH GROCERY
Third and Limestone. Phone 555.
mound ? oz. can of Armonr,s

l pound Oz. can of Armour's
Veribest Pork and Beans ...... lie
CriscO. per pound can .......-.-- -31c
S or can Medium Red Salmon - Ice
Rosedale Sliced Pineapple. can - 2sc
Tick Took Peach. ID. IL OK 49,. .39c
Carnation Milk. 3 cans ........-.2 24c
Hillsdale Asparagus, per can ... 26c
Early June Peas. per can -.....-- lie
E. & E. COffee, pound ...-.......e5c
Thousand Island Salad Dressing. -35c
Laundry COap. 10 bars 47e
ID. IL or Can Tomatoes -ISc
Nifty Pumpkin. per can .-......... Ice
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
EX-SENATOR HUMANS Is
BURIED IN LEWIS COUNTY

The body of Ex-senator ''Dud"
Humans. who was found dead at his
home in Cincinnati Wednesday, was
brought here last night by his brother
in-law, Mr.. ]. W. Jordon, of Ports
mouth, Ohio, and taken this morning
to his old home at Tolesboro. Lewis
county. Burial was made this after
noon at the Mt. Tabor cemetery.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
GAME WARDEN on JOB.

Game Warden Commodore Polliti
arrested two Of the Ashland wharfboat
force for having in their possession
four unlawful nets. They were fined
aud costed 5000. He also arrested
Private Policeman Biggers OF catletts-
burg for having one unlawful net and
he was fined and costed s25.25
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
MASON COUNTY WOOL
is INSPECTED TODAY.

Mr.. Honicker. of the States Expert
ment station, an expert wool grader,
reached Maysville this morning and
began the grading of the Mason county
pooled wool which is now stored at the
Carr building in Fourth street. This
grading will probably be completed to-
morrow.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
FIRE AT COWAN.

About o'clock Wednesday night fire
broke out at Cowan in the old store
house once occupied by T. Alexander
OF that place. The building was sit
uated across the road from Kegley's
store and by a lucky change of the
wind this store did not burn. The old
store was vacant with the exception of
some few articles belonging to the
Farmers Union. Aid was secured from
the neighboring towns and the blaze
confined to its origin.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
BIG SPECIAL SALE AT THE
FIVE AND TEN CENT STORE

The HolzWOrth Co. Inc local fiye
and ten cent store. take great pleasure
in announcing that they Will place 1e0
ten-qHart tin buckets on sale Saturday
morning at S:30 o'clock fer the small
price of - cents. Owing to the fact
that these pals are being sold At this
low price and that we have only leo
on hand we are limiting the purchase
TO only enc pail to customer. Doors
open $3.50 n m The HolZwerfh Co.
Inc. Five and Ten Cent Stores.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
BURIAL IN LEWIS COUNTY.

The body of Mrs. Josie B. Roberts,
who died Tuesday in Memphis,
Tenn, hospital following surgical
operation. was brought here Thursday
evening and was taken this morning
to Mt. Tabor cemetery in Lewis county
for burial. Mrs. Roberts is survived by
her husband and two children.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
COUNTY TEACHERS ARE
TAKING EXAMINATIONS.

The Mason county teachers are TAX
ing their examinations at the court
house today and tomorrow. 1t is ex-
pected that there will be many take
these examinations as the increase in
salary given teachers for the next year
has called more of our young people
into the profession.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
LOCAL COLORRD BAND
RERENADRs MANCHESTER

The Manchester Signal says, Grant
iills colored Band, Of Maysyille. gave
ooneeri IN front Of the Central Hotel
here last saturday night A large
crowd was oui and their visit made
Piles NJ here BY our appreeiaiiys pso-
pie"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
TALLISTER PAYS FINE.

After serving only two days on his
fine of fifty dollars for selling liquor
in local option territory. the fine of
Ike McAllister. colored. was paid in
Police Court Thursday and he was I'M
mediately released.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
MEETING OF COUNCIL
HAS BEEN POSTPONED

The meeting of City Council which
was to have been held this evening has
been postponed until Monday evening
when the Mayor is expected to call the
Councilmen together for the purpose
of fixing the tax levy for the year.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
MISSIONARY HOME ON FURLOUGH.

Rev. Year Carpenter, Christian
church missionary to Porto Rico, and
wife, spent Thursday night in Mays
vile and left this morning for Fleming
county to visit relatives. Rev and
Mrs. Carpenter are in this country on
a short furlough.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
FORMER PASTOR WILL
PREACH NEXT SUNDAY,

Rev. A. F. Stahl. former pastor of
the Christian church, will preach at
the local church on next Sunday morn
ing for the last time. His family will
move to Ohio on Monday and Mr., Stahl
will leave on Tuesday.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18
pHE HARDING
RESIDENCE
AT NARION
ONO

cess in running school paper result
ed in his father buying a newspaper
for him at Marion. o., which he still
publishes-The Marion Star He was
an expert typesetter by hand and later
on the linotype. His father, DIR. George
T. Harding. was 76 years old the day
his son was nominated by the Repub-
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-18

licans. He also lives at Marion, o.
Mrs. Warren Harding has always
stood by her husband in all his
struggles. When he was editor of the
Star she ran the business office. Party
lines have been dropped at Marion. O..
They are pulling for Warren Hard
ing"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-04-15


Teachers must be paid salaries suf
ficient to enable them to live decently
and raise families, Jacob Gould Schur
man, en- route to the orient, declared
In an interview at Seattle.
Mrs. J. w. Fancy of Spokane, chair.
man of the State Women's industrial
home, will represent the state at the
national conference of social service
workers at New Orleans April IA.
A general'increase of 10 per cent in
office rentals in buildings throughout
the city not later than June is con-
templated by the Spokane Building
Owners and Managers association.
State Senator e. L. French of Clarke
county has announced his candidacy
for the office of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Mr.. French is a farmer living at Ellis
worth, five miles east of Vancouver.
Arrangements have been made by the
Consumers league, Spokane cooper
alive buyers concern, to supply its
members with coal through a local re-
taller at 81 below the retail market
price.
David ]. Williams, collector of inter-
nal revenue with headquarters at Ia
coma, was exonerated by the commits
sioner of internal revenue of serious
charges which have been under inquiry
for some time.
The Northern Pacific Lumber COM
pany, in competitive bidding, has pur-
chased the timber. on the government
reclamation storage reservoir at Rim
rock for $4,000 and will manufacture
fruit box shocks.
Centralia's school teachers have vot-
ed SO to to adhere to the salary SEIZED
ule recently adopted by the Lewis
County Teachers league and to accept
contracts elsewhere next year if these
figures are not met by the school
board.
Lumber mills In the northwest are
operating practically at capacity to
keep up with the persistent demand
for lumber that is coming from all
parts of the country, according to the
weekly report of the West Coast Lum-
bermen's association.
Because of the insistence Of the Sc
attic union of deep sea fishermen in
their demands for increased pay, the
Pacific Coast Goldfish company an
nounces the indefinite tying up of the
codfishing schooners Maid of Orleans.
Charles R. Wilson and John A.
The Hudson's Bay company is to cell
citrate its 250th anniversary at Victor
ia, B. c., May Is. An invitation to
Vancouver to take part has been ex-
tended by the company and there is
possibility that that city will have
some kind of float at Victoria.
The state tax commission has re-
ceived the following reports from the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
railroads concerning their business In
this state for 1919: Northern Pacific,
sross earnings for the year. 800, $780,
1853; operating expenses, S76,473,811;
total income, $35,131, $50; taxes. inter-
est, income and dividends, $42.463.S24.
Great Northern, gross earnings, $780,
$50, 73S; operating expense, $86,72S.017;
total income. s2S.Ss5.6s5.
Julius Wang and AdoIph Schmid of
Trout Lake made record catch Of
furs last winter. They selected one of
the toughest sections of the Cascade
in the vicinity of Twin
Buttes and about 20 miles to the west
Of Trout Lake valley, and their catch
netted them some $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-25
AnZac Riders
Win 62R-MiIe
Race i'm Newark
McBeath and Walker First
in Race of 81 Sprints;
K~amer-McNamara Third

Alex McBeath and Cecil Walker, q
riders. won the 100 kilometer (62h
mile) team race from a field Of eight
cen teams at the Velodrome in Newark
yesterday afternoon. The race was a
gruelling affair marked by thirty-on
sprints, one every two miles, to de-
eide the winner. In the sprints, first
place counted points; second place,
3 points; third place, points, and
fourth place, l point.
Frank Kramer and Reggie Mcnamara
were ahead and battling with Ali
Goullet and Jake Magin to hold the
lead at fortysix miles, but at this
point the teams of McBeath and
Walker, Lawrence and Coburn. along
with Drobach and Weber, went out
and Tapped the field after two miles of
hard riding
The star teams. tired from chasing
IN so many sprints, had little reserve
power to overtake the fleeing riders,
with the result they got the lap Lap
ping the field did not give these teams
the race. but being in front and scor-
ing for first, second and third places,
court ID a great deal
with So points; Percy Lawrence and
Willie Coburn were second with 6S
points; third place went to Frank
Kramer and Reggie Mcnamara, who
scored 55 points; Alf Goullet and Jake
Magin, in fourth place, accounted for
43 points, while Pete Drobach and
Fred Weber we're one point behind in
fifth place, with AZ points.
Sixth honors went to John and
Menus Bedell, with % points; Gus
New-York tribune., 1920-10-25
Cummings Takes Race by
so Yards; Weiman Makes
Fastest Time Over Course
By lack Masters

To William Cummings, Of the Alpha
Club, goes the honor of winning the
first road race of the season. This
slender, bespectacled and mustachec
athlete. aided by handicap of min.
utes and 80 seconds. led a pack OF
twenty-six barriers to the tape yoster.
day afternoon in the initial invitation
affair conducted by the Glencoe A. c.
Cummings finished fifty yards ahead
OF AL Sands, of the Morningside a. c..
who had an allowance of 3 minutes and
10 seconds. p Hecht, Glencoe ath-
lete, was close third.
The race was over four and a half
mile course, starting and finishing at
l65th Street and Seventh Avenue
Twenty-Five thinly clad men faced the
starter and the pace of the limit men
was SO fast it was evident early in the
race that the back markers would not
get in. At three miles Sands was in
the van, with Cummings rapidly closing
on him. A quarter mile further along
the route the Alpha athlete CHALLENGED
Sands faltered and Cummings opened
up a commanding lead without appar-
cnt exerton.
w. Weiman, the scratch man. was
back about half mile. desperately
trying to overcome the bic handicaps
Ihls lad ran nice race, passing six
teen runners during the course Of the
contest. He finished in tenth place and
his time, 22:15, won the fast time prize
Several veterans participated in the
affair, among them being Harry Park
lnson, one time winner of the Brook
lyn- -Seagate Marathon, and Charlie
McCann, who donned his running togs
for the first time since 1912, when he
was a member Of the Morningside A. c.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-25
Local Soccer
Team Defeats
Disston A. A.
New York Club Scores 2
Goals to Philadelphians'
/ in Championship Game

What, in a measure, took on the sig
nificance Of an intercity soccer contest
was staged at New York Oval yester-
day, when the eleven of the New York
Football Club encountered the team
representing the Disston A. A. of
Philadelphia in National League
pionship game.
New York won by goals to / after
facing a 10 deficit in the first half
The victory carried with it two points
in the league table
The visitors scored after twenty
minutes of play, when Cleary, off a
pass by Andrews, sent in a rafting
shot from inside left.
The New Yorks forced the fighting
in the second period, and their strenu-
Gus efforts to make good were reward
ed five minutes after the restart. Bleich
passed up to Mcdonald on the right,
who crossed to McGreevey, newly
signed up by New York. The latter
turned quickly on his heel and passed
to Bell, whose hard drive entered Diss-
tons net
For half an hour the teams remained
on even terms, New York getting two
corners without change in the score.
Finally Meyerdinks kicked down the
field and the ball was relayed to Bell,
Bustard and Hardy. The last named
shot the winning goal. The lineup:
New York 90 Pos. Disston A. A. CD
Derham -......... G ....,.. ......... Ne ss
Kelly < ''..'......'R T. 3: .-... Fleming
Mackie. ie..............R +. II j. Kirkpatrick
Bustard. ...........C. H........... Napier
Meyerdierks, L. H. NJ. KirepatrcS
McDonald '.........o R....... Andrews
Hardy ............ !. Il ............. Blair.
Bell. .................C ...... Hossacl.
BlclCh .........I l. L.. ........ Ciearv
Moet''NeN .......'o. l....... McEwan