Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-09-28

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verslty. made his usual address IN
the auditorium before an immense
assembly. The scholarships were
announced but none from Audrain
county we're in the list Coach
Brewer, Of the athletic department.
has a fine squad Of foot bah materia
at work.
In his address. President Hi
dweh upoa the increasd require
ments at the University for de
grees in the professional schools
He stated this condition might inter
fere with the rapid growth Of The
institution, but would result in the
degrees meaning much more in a
few years
Houston. Texas, Sept p.
Mute testimony OF the storm
tossed, suffering sailors. marooned
on a wreck schooner lost at sea,
vas found by ship carpenters repair
luy the old Kate Foere, towed into
r IT several months ago a dereHct
lEhis schooner was caught ID the
Gulf hurricane which went inland
near Noble last year and for ten
days il ives thought to be lost Fl
rally. ar English boat sighted the
| derviivi aa. picked sR Ehea on
board were found three dead bodies
| Of sailors and a fourth sailor with
jest ibe spark Of life left The huh
was beached. but was recently
brought into pors for recaulking
The messages referred 20 were
found carved with a knife on top OF
the haiehes covering the deokhouse.
The first was under date Of Septem.
Der 26, reading as follows: Water.
( logsol SIX days. beginning to suffer
agony fo1 want Of water and grub"
september 27-Nothing in sight
suncrlng intense; Bill just died and
Frank IS crazy.
s<ptenber 2S.-Agony. water. wa
Ger: hoW 1ll-"
The last Inscription was serawled
AMI srrtsched over a wayering line
and the letters uneven and III
formed. showing the writer was evil
doa4iy weak aud partly d~elirloas. Be
tween seftember Is and so there
were-ao markings. but under the lat
Ter cate The following message was
carved Water; in agony for wa
ter.
Oriober first appears the last in
scripl4cr hardly legible. lli-spelied
ana crawling IN every direction;
About gone; goodbye. wife, mother,
babIes" Then as a final effort
could be traced the letters spelling
z. ). Whitman.
1t was on the end Of the month the
wreek was found and sprawled out
en- the deek.house was the wreck Of
a man. delirlous, shrunken and in
eara He was taken into New Or
cans recovered and IS again at sea
Imaio Of the schooner Carrie VIII
kias.
Mexico Boy Scouts are preparing
to erect a suspension bridge yer tn
south Branch OF SAT- River near
TIKI city as the first movd Of their
winter activities That viii be fol
lowed by the erection Of a cabin for
their meeting place.
News daily comes in OF the many
heroic deeds Of these Scouts al over
this country. One Of the latest was
the saving Of a railroad train from a
disastrous wreck in which many
might have been killed.
After the cabin has been erected,
the Scouts viii quality for Second
Glass. Plans are underway 10
make the winter months even more
| entertaining and instructive for the
Scouts than ever. Woodcraft will be
one Of the main features. The
Scouts viii start to build their bridge
this week, the material having ar
rived.
MontcaL Quebec, Sept. 70
By an Overwhelming vote Canada
has rejected the offer Of reciprocity
made BY the United States.
10 a sense. the result is poetic
3usdce. for It is the first time Can
ada has rejected trade oYertures
from the United States. although
Washington. time and again, sinoe
1866. has turned a cold shoulder to
ENJOYS from the Dominion.
The t~wenty-eigbth annual session
OF the Association met with the