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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-03-17

Here's new Sir Walter Raleigh of
a very appealing kind. In the midst
of street full of autos, one horse
drawn wagon was making its way on
an icy pavement. The horse was not
truck type; a few years ago, it would
have been 'harnessed to smart car
riage. 1t slipped on the ice and fell;
and partly from fright and nervous
ness, was unable to regain its footing.
The youthful driver stood at its head
with encouragement and efforts to
help. But every effort meant slipping
again. Suddenly he pulled off his coat
and spread 1t under the horses feet.
He pulled gently at the bride again;
the horse stepped on the soft wooden
coat and up it came, right as ever.
More than 1000 specimens Of rare
birds, 1000 animals, and large and
lurid collection of tales Of head-hunt-
ing devil-worshipers were brought
back from Southern Ecuador by Har-
old E. Anthony and George X. Cher
rie, naturallsts, Just home from long
expedition.
LUCY JEANNE PRICE.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-03-17
SLAYER OF NEIGHB0R
Is LIBERATED ON BOND.

Louisville. - Michael Burke, SO, ac-
cused of Staying his neighbor, Walter
Scott Roundtree, %, was released af-
ter bail of $4,000 was furnished.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-03-17

The population of Japan has de-
creased more than a million of the
estimated number of inhabitants in
1918
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-03-17

Pennsylvania leads al lother states
with 1889 building and loan associa-
tons, the total membership being $685.
7lS.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-03-17
NewiYorN
Letter !
kLnyAaa,ursA Price


time it's sunshine! Think OF Manhat-
tan posing as rival Of OILS Angeles!
But such she is. Weather bureau fig
nres Just published show that, next to
the famed California city, New York
has more hours fsunshine in year
than any other city in America. And
OF all the things one hears New York.
ers brag about, never yet have heard
them mention the weather. It's time
they began.
A battered golf ball has place Of
honor in Spalding's downtown store.
It is marked with the initials w. c. H.
and 1t was sent by President Harding
to a representative Of the store who
had presented hi mwith dozen new
balls. Across the face fthe veteran
is a woeful scar, inflicted no doubt
by the official brassie. "Gee!" ex-
claimed one golfer who was gazing at
1t through the window. "If he can top
'em like that and yet be President,
CUES sthere's still hope for me-"
A New York insurance office has
Just issued CHEEKY little book of sui
eide statistics. The high lights in it
are the figures showing that more Of
us kiklled ourselves this past January
than did in any month last year, and
that as a general thing January has
the lowest suicide rate of the whole
year, while May-so shortly ahead of
us-gives the final bit of life-weari-
ness that lea dsthe largest number of
us to get our statistics in this little
book. That certainly isn't living up to
what the poets have always said about
1t and its flowers.
Laurette Taylor Is going to break a
rule Of her married life. She has prom
ised to appear in a play other than her
husbands. J. Hartley Manners, au-
thor Of "Peg o. My Heart" as well as
husbapd-manager of Miss Taylor, has
been her only playwright since her
marriage to him. But now he and she
have taken Fannie Hurst's "Humor-
esque," which made success as a
picture, for her next seasons vehicle
It will be new thing in another way
too, for young and pretty Laurstte
Faylor. She will play the part Of the
mother, the big woman's part, In it.
It's the men who need protection
from night hours in indsutry, instead
of the girls, according to one grouI
Of New York's working girls. They
consider themselves very we'll fit tc
look after themselves thank you! This
was brought out when the spokes.
women for the Equal Opportunity
League got the floor at a recent leg
islative hearing on the welfare bills
"MiHa your own business" was pretty
nearly the message sent to those who
we're working at Albany for the meas
ure, prohibiting women from working
at night, LET the uplifters look after
the men," said Miss Amy Wren, Brook
Ign lawyer, on behalf of the d. C. L
"Protect them from the golden haired
sirens. We can get along all right
I'm strong for bill which would pre-
vent uplifters from going out after II
O'Clock at night,
Il
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-03-17
DRESSMAKER
MADE WELL
Followed a Neighbor's Advice
and Took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Vernon, Tex.-"For three years I
suffered untold agony each month with
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-10
u. S. Labor Men
at Mexico City for
Pan-American Meet

Mexico City, Jan. 9.-Samuel Com
pers and fourteen other representa-
tjves of American labor, accompan.
led by a Mexican reception commit
tee arrived today to attend the Pan
American Federation of Labor con-
ference which begins tomorrow.
The Americans were met at the
station by representatives of Mexican
workmen's organizations. who escort
ed them to their hotel. There was no
parade as had originally been plan
ned.
Aside from declaring that the pur-
pose of the present gathering was ito
create good relations among the Ia
borers of the United States. Mexico
and South and Central America" Mr..
Gompers had little to say regarding
the program to be followed, asserting
that he did not desire to anticipate
the work of the conference.
Efforts by certain radical elements
which broke away from the Pan.
American body to hold rival con-
vention were haracterized by him as
a pea in a drum" He said ne at
tached no significance to their move-
ment, as they constituted but hand
full of men.
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Detroit MUNICIPAL
RAILWAY PUTS ONE
over ON IT'S RIVAL

Detroit, Jan. 9.-Guarded by about
200 policemen, 100 laborers employed
by the city early this morning laid
tracks of Detroit's new Municipal
street railway across tracks of the
Detroit United Railway at st. Jean
and Mack avenues, after circuit
Judge Dingeman had issued an in
junction restraining the city from
crossing the tracks. While the work
was being accomplished, w. j. Bur
dick, assistant general manager of
the Detroit United Railways, who had
in his pocket the restraining order,
was a virtual prisoner on Belle Is
Isle.
When the work of crossing the D.
L. +. track was begun. Burdick is
said to have approached Joseph S.
Goodwin, manager of the Municipal
system, and demanded that the work
be halted. He was about to produce
the injunction papers, it is said, when
he was taken into custody by a po-
liceman and taken in a patrol wagon
across the Belle Isle drawbridge to
the island for Investigation on a
charge of disturbing the peace. He
was soon liberated but was unable to
return to the city because the tender
of the drawbridge would not close the
span. The bridge had been closed to
permit the patrol wagon to cross and
later to permit the wagon to return
to the city after Burdick had been
left at the island police station. Bur-
dick was unable to cross until day
light. (The Belle Isle bridge is closed
ed to all except police traffic at mid
night each night.
Burdick declared that contempt of
court proceedings would be begun to-
morrow by his company against the
city and that he intended to file a
personal snit against the city for
false arrest. The police admitted
that Burdick had been taken to the
island station for investigation.
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Cardinal O'COnnell
Sounds Appeal
for Irish Sufferers

Boston. Jan. 9-Cardinal OConnell to-
night called for assistance for those
facing the danger Of starvation" in
Ireland to the end that the spirit of
the Irish people in the life and death
struggle for their rights might be sus-
tanned.
His call was contained in a letter sent
to mass meeting of the Friends of
Irish Freedom. 1t was read by Rev. F.
]. Halloran OF Wakefield. The cardinal
wrote that he welcomed Earnest work
for Ireland from every source"
ireland needs the support of every
one of her friends" he said, her pres
ent condition Is SO distressing and the
odds against her SO overwhelming that
no influence which can help her should
be neglected.
There are various groups IN this
country whose Holy purpose is to help
the people of Ireland to attain their
rightful place among the nations.
There may be some divergence or opin-
ions as to means and measures. but the
spirit which should animate all should
be the same.
There is very urgent duty before
all friends Of Ireland at this moment.
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i. s. SHIP
Continued from Pane Qnal

The existing shipping situation, the
chairman said. has forced the board
and private ship owners to lay up a
great many vessels which automati-
cally set adrift a large number Of sea-
faring men. The policy of owners
and operators under present conditions
is rigntfully toward reduction in YES
sci expense, Admiral Benson declared,
although the largest factors in ex-
pense al present are repairs and fuel.
THE true goal of American effort"
he added. SIS to increase the efficiency
of operation. The most certain means
to this end is improvement in the eff
cheney Of sea labor. This Improvement
in turn has been brought about by
getting the American man afioat and
can he best continued by keeping him
afloat."
Chairman Benson appeals in the
strongest possible terms to every
right-minded and patriotic American
citizen who owns. operates or has any
interest whatever in American ship
ping to seize this opportunity TO col
lect American seamen in American
ships rather than to drive them from
the sea by yielding to the temptation
of minor savings in the wage scale"
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al JObless Attend
Services at Trinity
Church, New York City

New York, Jan. 9--After service had
begun this morning at historic Trinity
church at Broadway and Wall street,
14l unemployed men, members of the
"Hoboes Union" entered the church and
filled the front pews. The men filed
quietly into the edifice during a prayer
and took their places, without any COM
motion. in the pews designated by the
sexton.
Urban j. Ledoux, an official of the
Hoboes Union announced yesterday
that 800 jobless men would attend the
service today but Ill were all he could
muster this morning.
The marchers did not appear detected
by their enforced idleness, many OF
them singing liyJy tunes as they wend-
ed their way through the streets from
the Bowery. the starting point OF the
parade.
Many of the men were we'll clad
Most of them were provided with over
coats, while few had army blankets
draped over their shoulders. Thirteen
placards, attesting want Of food, raj
ment and shelter, were interspersed
through the line of marchers. With
the exception of ten men, who appar-
emily had passed their 50th year, the
personnel of the marchers was made
up of young men.
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piled by the Department of Labor's
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The figures made public cover ex-
penditures by average families in
only eight cities-Baltimore, Cleve-
land, Chicago. Detroit, New York.
Philadelphia, San Francisco and Oak
land, and Seattle-but the wide ter
ritorial range was accepted as giving
the figures more than local signifi-
canoe.
The average cost of living in the
eight cities at the beginning of the
new year, wasA 99.2 per cent. over the
average cost in 1914. while at the end
of last June it was ISL per cent.
Using the 1914 costs as a base the
percentage increased cost of the va
rious items making up the average
family budget in the eight cities were
as follows in June and December:
Food. June 1909, December 1916;
Clothing, June 1913; December 1875;
Housing. June 41.G; December 49.5;
fuel and light, June SIS, December
100: furniture and furnishings, June
1918. December 1919.
The percentage increase in the cost
of living in the eight cities over the
1914 cost were given as follows for
June and December, respectively:
Baltimore, 114.3 and 96.S.
Cleveland, 1853 and 104.
Chicago, 114.6 and 93.3.
Detroit, 1876. and 1856
New York, 1872 and 1914.
Philadelphia. 1875 and 1000.
San Francisco and Oakland sc. and
S51.
Seattle. 170.5 and 941.
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drawn up in the New York meeting
which makes Judge Lands baseball
commissioner with supreme powers.
President Johnson and other major
league representatives also signified
their willingness to concede points
demanded by the minor leagues so
that the smaller organization could
join in the reorganization.
The National League, which was
instrumental in furthering the re-or-
ganiZation movement, already has
signified it's approval of the New York
agreement. and President Johnson's
statemen thus assures it's acceptance.
Tuesday the two maio rleagues will
meet and Wednesday the majors and
minors will go into joint session.
The major league schedule commit
tee finished its work today and will
present it's draft of the schedules to
the major league Tuesday for ratifi-
cation. The schedules provided that
both leagues open April IL and that
each league play a season of 15i
games
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garet hospital in Pressure Isle, where
she recently underwent a surgical
operation.
Linwood Tail, who recently enlist
ed in the U. S. Navy, has been the
guest of his father, John Tail, and
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. e.
Grover.
r. w. Emerson spoke at Gardiner
last Wednesday evening at the joint
installation of the Sons of Veterans
and the Ladies' Auxiliary. He is
chairman of the Maine Division of
the Sons of Veterans committee to
draft laws to secure a more patriotic
observance of Memorial Day.
Leo White, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
White of Royal street, was taken to
the hospital last week for medical
treatment.
Mrs. L. G. Brann of Boston was the
guest last week of Mrs. c. w. Tag
CART.
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PEACE TO REIGN
IN BASEBALL WORLD
LEADERS PROMISE

Chicago, Jan. 9-Possibility of fur
Their disagreement in professional
baseball, either between the two ma
jor leagues or between the majors and
minors. apparently was swept away
today through statements of policy
made by representatives of the two
groups which indicated that the joint
meeting to be held Wednesda ywould
find them in agreement upon all
points in the reorganization of the
game.
Ban Johnson permanently set aside
rumors that another fight might
break out between the National and
american leagues over the proposed
new National agreement by officially
announcing that the American League
was ready to sign the agreement
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claim is meeting with pronounced


success.
An all-day meeting of the Win
! throp Farm Bureau for both men and
| women was held Saturday at the
Grange hall, West Winthrop, with a
| large and enthusiastic attendance. A
Joint meeting was held in the fcre-
noon which was addressed by the
county agent, c. A. Day, and the
home demonstration Miss Helen Clark
who talked to them on the work of
the past year and outlined the plans
for the coming season. A box lunch
was partaken of at noon and the af-
ternoon sessions, which were held
separately, were devoted to the cleo
ton Of officers in both branches and
the planning of the necessary meet
ings for the year to come. In the
mems department w. J. Laughlin was
elected chairman with Joseph H.
Moore as secretary. Committees on
the various projects were: Ellery w.
Wentworth. accounts; A. Wilton
Black, crops: Frank f. Doe, poultry;
Harry A. Partridge. dairy; Frank Fl.
Taylor, orchards. 1t was voted TO
hold a dairy feeding meeting some
time in January and to hold field
day sometime in June at the home OF
n. r. Hinckley. In the women's di-
vision Mrs Nellie Millspaugh was
chosen chairman with Mrs. Mabel
Black, secretary. The project lead
ers were Mrs. Ruby McIntire. health;
Mrs. Lucinda Doe, millinery; Mrs.
Mary Alden, home management; Mrs.
Mabel Maxwell, food: Mrs. Eta
Perry, clothing. 1t was voted to hold
a meeting every month through the
wear and Miss Clark. the home DEM
onstrator for Kennebec county plans
to be with them every month. 1t is
also planned to devote the meetings
to the following topics, clothing
school: making of 'Bettys;" f1reIess
cookers: tea wagons; millinery: care
of the sick; canning. The Winthrop
Farm Bureau is in a fourishing con-
dition having 80 men and 80 women
members. Between SO and 10 were
present at Saturdays meeting.
The w. C. T. u. will meet Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. Georgia VIII
liams.
/ There will be a meeting of the
Home Missionary Society of the
Methodist church "Wednesday AFTER
noon at the home of Mrs. Sara A.
LaCroix on Central street,
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church will meet at the vestry Tues
day afternoon.
Mrs. Mike Murray died Saturday
night at her home in Winthrop, aft
er an illness of several weeks dura-
ton. The funeral services will be
held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning.
Fred Sinclair, of Vancouver, WASH
manager of the Pacific States Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company, at
tempted, recently, to talk with his
mother, Mrs. Bethia Sinclair, over
the telephone but failed to reach
here. He will make the attempt
again soon and hopes to complete a
conversation. This is the first time
an attempt has been made to link
Winthrop with the Pacific coast by
telephone.
Word has been received that Mrs.
Marion (WoodburD Thompson, for
merly of this place, is in the st. Mar
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Income Tax in Nutshell

WHO? Single persons who had net
income of $1,000 or more for the year
1920; married couples who had net in
come of $1,000.
WHEN? March Is. 1921. is the final
date for filing returns and making
first payments.
WHERE? Collector Of Internal Rev
enue for district in which the person
resides.
HOW? Full directions on Form
1040A and Form 1910; also the law and
regulations.
WHAT? Four per cent. normal tax
on taxable income up to $1,000 in sx-
cess of exemption. Eight per cent. nor
NAL tax on balance Of taxable income.
Surtax from one per cent. to 65 per
cent. on net incomes over 5000.
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Bates Hockey Team
Loses to Boston College

Lewiston, Jan. S-Bates lost its
first hockey game of the season, this
afternoon on Lake Andrews to Bos-
ton college by the score of SO. Bos-
ton college could score but one goal
in the first half. but in the second
half, Boston college opened up and
captured four goals. Bates showed
lack of practice but it was an inter-
esting game to watch Hughes of
Boston college, Stanley and Cogan
of Bates starred. Rounds of Bates
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Portland Al, AUGUSTA %

Portland, Jan. 9-At the P. A. c.
last evening the Athletic Club quintet
in a contest replete with much sem
saional shooting defeated the Angus
Ia Y. NJ. c. A. boys by score of Il
to %. The game was very cleanly
played and hard fought throughout
both teams displaying an excellent
passing game which at times all but
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Reports based upon the most accurate
observations tell us of the distressing
conditions existing in every part Of the
land. Many thousands are facing the
danger of starvation: scores or thou
sands are in dire need. The cruel win
ter is upon them and we must come to
their rescue" g..
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Rent, Fuel and
Light Bills Higher
Past Six Months

Washington, Jan. 9.-Expenditures
of the average American family for
rent. fuel and light not only resisted
but ran counter during the last six
months of 1920 to the general ten
dency toward a Lowell level in prices,
it was shown today in figures COM
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The Inward Effects Of humors are
worse than the outward. They en-
danger the whole system. Hoods
Sarsaparilla eradicates all humors.
cures all their inward sGnd outward
effects. 1t is the great Alternative and
tonic, whose merit has been every
where established.-AdY.
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Gorham Normal Five Defeats San
ford Hiuh

Gorham, Jan. 9.-Gorham Normal
boys on Friday evening defeated the
Sanford five on the Sanford floor
The score was 20-15, making the
third victory for the G. n. S. boys
since the season opened. The line
up:
G. N. S.-Fossett, If; Christensen.
IF; Packard. C; Bush, re-; Davenport,
ls; Brown, If.
Sanford-N-iggin. IF; Russell, If:
III. Sturgeon, c; Mcfarland, re-; Pills
bury, lg; Hough. If
Goals from the floor Christensen !,
Fossett g. Packard l, Bush 8. Brown
1, Wigin l, Russell 4. Mcfarland 1.
Fouls. Russell /, Wiggin 1, McFar-
land l, Fossett ,.
Referee, Richardson.
The Gorham Grammar school team
was defeated Friday by the Bimboes
of Portland on the Portland floor, SO
to 49, The line up:
G. G. S.-R. Parlin, IF; H. Lowell.
If; e. Butler, C; r. Brown. lg; E
Kimball re-.
Bimboes-Goldstern If: Rice, re-;
Livingston, c: Agger, lg; Mades, rg;
NeedlCman, rf
Goals from the fioor-Parlin 1,
Lowell 3, Butler 8, Brown 2, Gold
stein Z, Rice 3.
Fouls-Mades 3, Lowell /. Butler 9.
Score-Bimboes 33, Gorham Gram
mar school is.
Another game has been scheduled
for Wednesday evening. Jan. II at
the G. N. S. gymnasium.
The girls of the Gorham Normal
school have organized their basket
ball squad and play their first game,
January Is against Greeley Institute
at Gorham. They hope for as victor
ious a season as that of last year.
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The Alpha Cafe. F. Fl. Bate pro-
prictor. was reopened to the public
during the past week after having
been completely overhauled and reno
waited. Dining booths have been in
stalled ana a new lunch counter put
in, the kitchen has been changed and
considerable new equipment added.
The restaurant is in charge of Charles
savage. assisted by Mrs. Ernest Wea-
yer of Wayne
Acting on the theory that the re-
productive and digestive systems Of
thc hen are developed to fit the en-
uronmcnt of 12-hour day and a r.
hour night many of the up-tod date
poultry keepers of this town have
found it profitable to light their pCul
Try houses for several hours each Gay.
1t would seem that domestic fowls
originated in the tropics where the
Gays and nights are of equal length
and for this reason. while the hen is
nj ready for work at about three or
our o'clock in the morning, in the
winter she is unable to locate food in
'he dark and has no alternative but
10 wait until daylight or until the
yafctaker gets around to feed her.
however by means of an ordinary
alarm clock an electric switch is
.oFncd on at about i30 in the morn
my and this heightened day together
WIN the right kind of feed and plenty
VI exercise has been found to in
,'ease to 4 marked degree the num-
"F OF eggs laid by pullets in the fall
.''d winter A fourteen hour day for
u' aging flock during the winter
months is the aim of those who are
following this practice, which they