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MURRAY STATE BANK
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OFFICERS
FRANK STANDER
AUGUST STANDER
AUGUST PAUTSCH
THOMAS E. PARMELE
VM. J. IIAU.
RETAIL PROFITS
QN FOODSTUFFS
TO BEREGULAT'
PROFITEERING BY DEALERS TO
BE MALE IMPOSSIBLE BY
SAFEGUARDING.
LICENSE SYSTEM EFFECTIVE
Unreasonable Charge, Hoarding or
Monopoly after Nov. 1, to be
Dealt With Severely.
Washington, Oct. 29. Profiteer
ing by retail dealers in foodstuffs
will be made impossible after No
vember 1. the food administration
announced tonight, under a plan to
cut off supplies to those not satis
fied with reasonable margins. Man
ufacturers, wholesalers and other
handlers of foods, whose businesses
will go under license, will not be per
mitted to sell to distributors who
seek undue profits.
"This is one of the most sweep
ing safeguards," the announcement
said, "against high prices, which will
be incorporated in the licensing sys
tem, for which complete rules and
regulations will be made known in
a few days."
Entire Control of Prices.
This plan, food administration of
ficials believe, will give the govern
ment entire control of retail prices.
Wholesalers and others who con
tinue to sell to retailers after they
are forbidden to do so by the food
administration will be denied the
right to sell goods under license.
Authority for extending control to
the retailer is cited in the announce
ment, as follows:
"The small retailers of food, of
whom there are several hundred
thousand in the country, while ex
empt from the licensing provisions,
are nevertheless, subject to other
provisions of the food control act.
Every retailer, as well a3 every oth
er handler of food, is forbidden un
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DIRECTORS
CIIAS. C. PARMELE. President.
FRED NUTZMAN, Vice-President.
W. GLEN BOEDEKER. Cashier.
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der the law to make any unreason
able charge, to hoard, or to monopo
lize, waste or destroy food, or to con
spire with anyone to restrict the pro
duction, distribution, supply or exact
excessive prices on any necessities.
There are no penalties provided, but
the food administration hopes that
the arrangement of restricting sup
plies to violators of the law will .be
of some effect, for the retailer will
find himself unable to buy goods of
any wholesaler or manufacturer."
Watch for Violators.
Federal food administrators in all
the states will be directed to keep a
watch for violators and send to the
food administration the names of re
tailers asking excessive prices.
"The food administration," the
announcement says, "does not in
tend to disturb any legitimate op
erations, and will initiate measures
only against hardened and persistent
violators of the law. It takes the
position that the great majority of
food sellers, retail as well as whole
sale, are patriotic and honest, and
are making every effort to comply
with good business principles and to
sell to the consumer at the lowest
possible prices. Such dealers will
be, in fact, protected from illegiti
mate competition. Those few who
persist in abusing their opportuni
ties and continue to take advantage
of the emergency caused by the war
will receive attention."
Wheat Flour Jobbers, Too.
New York, Oct. 29. Supervision
over jobbing departments of flour
mills and other wheat flour jobbers,
wholesalers, retailers, brokers, blen
ders, agents and reconditioners, in
all cases where such businesses are
operated as an auxiliary to a flour
milling business or as part of such
business, is to be exercised by the
milling division of the federal food
administration, it was announced
here today.
The action is taken under the
president's food proclamation of Oc
tober 8, and applies to handlers of
flour and mill products doing a busi
ness in excess of $100,000 a year,
who are instructed to make imme
diata application for licenses. They
will receive from the milling divis
ion a questionaire requiring a de
tailed description of their relations
with the flour mills with which they
a,re associated.
GERMANS PLAN A
TRAP FOR SLAVS
IN RIGA SECTOR
RETIREMENT OF HUN FORCES
BELIEVED A LURE FOR
RUSSIANS.
Fetrograd, Oct. 29. The year's
greatest German blow against Russia
the springing of a gigantic trap is
still looked for. Leading Russian
military critics are now united in
taking the view repeatedly advanced
since the German naval drive in the
Baltic, namely, that the recent Teu
ton retirement on a wide front north
of the Dwina had two purposes:
1 To shorten the German front
temporarily.
2 To lure the Russians on and
then trap them.
No one in well informed quarters
here believes for a moment that the
Teutons have actually thinned their
Northern front in the east and sent
large forces thence to the Italian
front. The German reserves on the
latter battle field are from else
where, notably from the Galician
and Rumanian fronts.
Germans Plan Landing.
The Germans have evacuateu the
Werder peninsula, according to offi
cial announcement made today by
the war office. German forces land
ed on the Werder peninsula in the
Gulf of Riga during the recent
German offensive.
But the Teuton lineup North and
East of Riga is as powerful as ever,
with added menace from the Ger
man fleet in the Riga gulf. Already
there are strong symptoms of a Ger
man plan" to land a large force on
the gulf's littoral, under cover of
the Teuton warships powerful long
range guns.
Military experts expect that the
landing will be attempted at some
point along the littoral between Per
nau and Hainasch. The landings on
the shore of the Gulf of Ilapsal and
on the Werder peninsula were effect
ed by limited forces and are regard
d more as diversions than operations
of any future consequence.
Retirement Deceives No One.
Immediately upon having crsared
the gulf of Riga of Russian ships,
the German land forces on the Riga
front began their retirement. It de
ceived no one connected with the
Russian high command. It is fully
realized that its aim is to draw the
Russians as far down as possible
toward Riga and then strike a pow
erful blow in their rear, taking the
Russian northern army between the
arms of a new "nutcracker," one be
ing the German Dwina line and the
other formed by the force to be
landed to the north of the present
Russian line.
! As for the Gulf of Finland, the
Germans have thus far made no
move tending to show an attempt to.
force the gulf and drive on to Pet
rograd. Up to date there have only
been U-boat reconnaissances at the
entrance of the gulf.
Certain Cure for Croup.
Mrs. Rose Middleton, of Green
ville, 111., has had experience in the
treatment of this disease. She says,
"When my children were small my
son had croup frequently. Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy always
broke up these attacks immediately,
and I was never without it in the
house. I have taken it myself for
coughs and colda with good results."
OFFICERS
CHAS. C. PARMELE
JACOB TRITSCH
THOMAS E. PARMELE
R. F. PATTERSON.
P. C. KCENBERGER
KERENSKY AT FRONT
TO REORGANIZE ARMY
Petrograd. Oct. 28. Premier Ker
ensky has gone to the front. The
newspapers today published a note
to the effect, that the war minister
has begun the elaboration of a
scheme for the reorganization of
part of the army on the 1asis of sep
arate nationalities.
PACIFIST KIDNAPED,
STRIPPED, WHIPPED
HERBERT EIGELOW OF CINCIN
NATI TREATED ROUGHLY
FOR ANTI-WAR ACTIONS.
Cincinnati, O.. Oct. 29. Herbert
Bigelow, head of the People's church
here, and a leading member of the
people's council, who was kidnaped
in an automobile last night just be
fore he was to have addressed a so
cialist meeting was found near Flor
ence, Ky., this morning.
Bigelow had been taken into a
woods, his clothes removed and
threshed with a "blacksnake" whip
by a party of men dressed in "long
white robes rer.cmbling those describ
ed as being worn by the renowned
"Ku Klux Klan."
Previous to "twelve lashes being
applied to Bigelow's back" one of the
party raised his band commanding
silence and then read from a paper
he held as follows:
"In the name; of the poor women
and children of 'Belgium this man
should be whipped," 'according
to
the report.
Bigelow was then turned loose
and directed toward Cincinnati. He
lost his way, however and wandered
in the woods until he found himself
in Florence.
BRITISH AIR DEFENSE IS
TOO MUCH FOR GERMANS
London, Oct. 29. Hostile air
planes endeavored to carry out a
raid tonight on the southeast coun
ties of England, but none of them
was able to pass the outer defenses
according to an official communica
tion issued late tonight by Field
Marshal Viscount French, comman
der in chief of the home forces.
An Old Man's Stomach.
As we grow older and less active,
less and less food is required to meet
the demands of our bodies. If too
much is habitually taken, the stom
ach will rebel. When a man reach
es the advanced aged of 85 or 90,
you will find that he ' is a light
eater. Be as careful as you will,
however, you will occasionally eat
more than you should and will feel
the need of Chamberlain's Tablets
to correct the disorder. These tab
lets do not contain pepsin, but
strengthen the stomach and enable
it to perform its functions natural
ly. They also cause a gentle move
ment of the bowels.
Well, its time for another trip to
Chase county, and Rosey is going
again next Sunday evening. Are
you ready for the trip now? : You
surely have been thinking of this
trip long enough to have made up
your mind to go. See Rosencrans
now for reservations for Sunday eve
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Nickels. 10-31-ltdltwkly
OFFICERS
THOMAS E. PARMELE, President.
CI IAS. C. PARMELE, Vice-President.
PAUL FITZGERALD, Cashier.
RALPH R. LARSON, A?st. Cashier.
U-BOAT BLOW AT
j. S, SENATORS IS
FOILED BY GUNS
ATTACK BY SUBMARINE ON
VESSEL BEARING KENDHICK
OF WYOMING AND KEN
YON OF IOWA STOPPED
BY GUNNERS.
London, Oct. 29. The steamer on
which were United States Senators
John I). Kendrick of Wyoming and
William S. Ken yon of Iowa and Rep
resentatives John J. Rogers of Massa
chusetts and James S. Parker of
New York, was attacked by a German
submarine off the coast of WaleK
Saturday.
The gunners on the steamer open
ed "fire immediately and the subma
rine submerged before having time
to launch a torpedo.
The Americans arrived in Lon
don safely and were entertained at
dinner tonight .'by the Lord High
Chancellor, Sir R. B. Finlay. with
other American congressmen already
here.
The visiting congressmen were
entertained at a luncheon in the
House of Commons today by Ian ?..
Malcolm, unionist member for Cory
den. The other guests included
former Premier Balfour; the lord
mayor of 'London, Sir Horace Plun
kett; Lord Beresford. Sir Kric Drum
mond and Colonel John Buchan.
Mr. Balfour delivered a speech of
welcome to the congressmen. Con
gressman Dill replied by saying that,
while the visit of the Americans was
unofficial, the party was in the war
area to learn and hoped to go back
to the United States better equipped
to be more helpful to the allies.
SUCCESS ON ITALIAN
FRONT PUTS JIN END TO
AUSTRIA'S PEACE HOPES
Zurich, Oct. 29. Austrian hopes
of a "speedy and honorable peace"
have been raised by the Austro-Ger-man
successes on the Italian front,
the president of the reichstag said in
an address to the deputies, as quot
ed in Vienna dispatches. He ad
mitted there had been great anxiety
in regard to Triest which had now
been removed..
"The report of the proceedings in
parliament add3 that the German
and Polish deputies arose and cheer
ed the emperor and the army, im
plying that the Czechs did not. join
in the demonstration.
The safety of Triest seems to be
the chief cause of rejoicing in Aus
tria. The Neue Frcie rrer.se of
Vienna says that ever since Italy de
clared war the monarchy has not
ceased to be anxious for that city.
It speculates as to whether British
and French influence will prove
strong enough to prevent the col
lapse of Italy's war policy or wheth
er the mass of population, recog
nizing the seriousness of the situa
tion will become convinced peace is
necessary.
ALWAYS ROOM AT THE TOP.
From Tuesdav's THv.
But recently Miss Myola Propst.
was offered a position in a bank at
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and which
being a pretty good position she ac
cepted. This left a vacancy in the
offices of the Burlington shops office
that was filled by the promotion of
Miss Roe Mae Creamer, which left a
vacancy in the position which ehe
County Promptly and g
Patronage.
had filled and Miss Hilda Brinkman
wail promoted, while Miss Alice Wey
rich neeupied the place vacated by
Mis:; Brinkman, then Pauline Olson,
who lias l)Kcn the messenger girl,
was placed in that, position, and on
being offered the position of Mess
enger girl, Miss Delia Trans accepted
and is now filling that position.
The wheels are turning and all
we have to do is a little more than
fill the position which we occupy,
not ju: t about fill it but more than
fill it and the road to promotion is
open.
"Taint hard smillin'- with the sun
shine. But it's during stormy spells.
When our weary feet are slippin'.
That the stuff what's in us tell.
No. you won't have flowers alius
In the path you travel through,
Still, if you would have things better
Friend, it's mostly up to you."
REX YGUN6 BUYS QUARTER
CF LAND IN PERKINS CO.
From Tue.t3ays Daily.
Frank Vallery. James Mracek
and Rex Young returned this after
noon from a trip to the western por
tion of the state, where they were
looking over the country and the
products grown there. In speaking
about the country out that way, Mr.
Mracek said that he had learned
more in the trip, comprising but a
few days, than two years of school
ing would have taught him. He stat
ed he did not know the world was so
larrc out that way.
While they were gone Mr. Young
purchased a quarter section of land
in Perkins county near the town of
Grant, with which he is very well
pleased, both as to the lay of the
ground ar.d the quality of the soil.
Mrs. P. 0. Stuchell Tells How She
Cured Her Son of a Cold.
"When my son Ellis was sick with
a cold last winter I gave him Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. It helped
him at once and quickly broke up
his cold," writes Mrs. P. O. Stuchell,
Homer City, Pa. This remedy has
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OFFICERS
WILLIAM SCHNEIDER, President.
W. II. LOIINES, Vice-President.
THOMAS E. PARMELE, Director.
WASHINGTON IS
RELIEVED AS ITAL
IANS SHOW FIGHT
INDICATIONS OF IMPROVED MOR
ALE ARE OBSERVED WITH
EAGER INTEREST.
Eelief Prevails German Drive Theat
rically Staged for Political
Effect.
Washington, D. C, Oct. 29.
Word from Rome today that the'
Italian line was holding against the
terrific assault of the Austro-Ger-man
forces was received by official
Washington with eager interest and
frank relief. Military authorities
here have not disguised their anxiety
as press reports showed the Italians
wavering under the crushing blows
of the enemy.
Satisfaction was found also to
night in the announcement . from
London that steps had been taken by
the French and British to support
the Italian front. There was no in
dication of what operations that an
nouncement might foreshadow.
PJrrn accepting the German claims
at face value, many officers here be
lieve General Cadorna will be able
to check the drive if the morale of
his army was not shattered. The an
nouncement from Rome that all ele
ments of the Italian forces were
obeying orders of the general staff
was viewed as setting at rest, for the
time at least, the gravest fears for
the final outcome of the struggle.
Believed Forces Reuniting.
The announcement was taken to
mean that General Cadorna had suc
ceeded in reuniting the forces scat
tered by the first fierce rush of the
Austro-Germans and was falling
back behind a well organized de
fense to the line selected for a
stand.
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