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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-27
Action Without Consent Of
Government Would Mean
War, Says Wilson
HUERTA PLAYING
TO MEXICAN PEOPLE
Permission 10 Land Troops Would
Mean Virtual Recognition of Hucrta,
Is Official Opinion-Probc the
killing of William Benton
PRESIDENT WILSON

Laredo. Tex, rebrunry se.--Intcrest
in the execution of Ciemcnte Negara.
Texas rnnchman. was divided today be-
tween the expected report Of American
Consul Garrett aud :. =. nm. ,cnara's
hrofhcr-in-law, who today visited Hi-
dniso, the scene of the execution. and
the announcement that covcr.
nor CoIauitt of Texas hnd ordered nn
Investigation of the incident with the
intimntion that the National Guard
might be dispatched to the border.
Washington, February 2d.--presideut
Wilson today took the position that for
the United states 10 send marines or
armed forces of any kind into Mex
leo without the consent of the gov
crnirg authorities there. would b. mn
act of war. lie declared emphaticaIIy
that permission never had been sought
either OF General Huerta or General
Carrnnzn and Indicated clearly no re-
quest of that character would be made
In The near future. The President an
nounced that no change In the policy
of the American government toward
Mexico had been decided upon.
The President had been asked par
ticularly about reports that American
troops might be sent across the bor-
der to recover the body of William S.
Benton. and concerning published dis
.t.,t,.. a., &C..
templated sending marines to Mexico
city Go guard the American embassy.
one press dispatch saying General
tIuerta himself had stated today that
he had refused permission to the Unit
cd states to send 1000 marines to Mex
leo City was shown to President Will
| son, who said ne such request ever
had been made.
Made Statement for Effect
sdmnfr -NiNH Officials eNnsessed
/ the uprfou that Gsaar.,i iIaerta probe
aoiY inspired the statement merely
Tor effect on the Mexican people, whom
he hoped to impress with his antip-
athv TO the American government as
| it Is well known that permission to
land marines for legation guards has
been freely accorded by Huerta to 9TH
cr nations, including Great Britain and
Germany
The President explained that the talk
Of sending marines TO Mexico had
never gotten beyond the stage Of mere
discussion among administration Off
cials. He said that when Great Britain
an1 Germany sent marines to Mexico
city to guard their legations there
was a natural disposition here TO de
ternine If the American government
should take similar action. His in
formation he added was that Mexico
city was quiet and that there was no
danger To foreigners and while Charge
oShaughnes@y as well as Rear Ad-
mral Fletcher we're asked Tor opinions
about an embassy guard both advised
| that such step was not necessary
| Admiral Fletcher took the view that
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-27
Heavy Snow at Boaz

perienced its first real snow of the win
ter. Snow has been falling all day and
this part of Sand mountain has five or
six-inch snow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-27
$4,000 BR|T|SHERS
W|TNESSBASEbALL
GAME IN LONDON
King Understands Most of
Intricate" Plays But Au-
dieigcc l. llazstl Wk,a
Sox Defeat the Giants


London. February. 26.-The King of Eng
land as baseball fan. today experienced
the thrin that comes when spectacular
hit breaks up an extra inning game
hind the home plate on the diamond laid
out on the Chelsea football field, mis-
majesty in the second half of the eleventh
inning saw Tommy DAILY of the Chicago
White Sox drive fast ball delivered by
Faber of the New York Giants far across
the field into the topmost bleaehers for
q home run, and win the game for Chi
cago five to four. The King clapped his
hands vigorously as DAILY trotted around
the bases, and others of the $1,000 specta-
tors followed his example. The game be-
tween the world touring American base
ball teams had been widely advertised
and, having King George as patron, at
tracted persons from all branches OF
British sports, members of the nobility,
cabinet ministers, diplomats and society
leaders. The American colony in Lon
don was out to man.
King Interested
King George, accompanied by Walter
Hines Page. the American ambassador,
watched with great interest and seeming
understanding the closely contested II
innings. applauding heartily brilliant field
and battery plays. This was especially
noticed when, bout midway of the game.
Fabei pitching for the Giants. found HIM
self in hole, having three men on
bases and only one man out. Steadyins
himself, the Giant twirler retired the
White Sox without permitting a man Ito
cross the plate His majesty applauded
Faber as enthusiastically as did any
of the American fans
So well did the King understand the
game that 1t was seldom he had to re-
quest Mr.. Page to explain intricate plays.
AS for the average Britisher. however.
nings had been played many of them
confessed themselves mystified. For the
remainder of the game they sat as though
in daze. s
Cheer and Root
1t was field day for baseball hungry
Americans resident in London. and they
cheered and rooted in the manner GUS
tomary i'm the United States
All in all il was a splendid game de-
spite the suggy field, marked by fire.
uuent good hits and fine base running.
In addition TO DAILY, whose home run
won for the White Sox. Crawford of the
Chicagos and Lobert of the Giants drove
the ball into the stands for the circuit of
the bases.
American actors playing in London to-
night entertained the baseball men at a
supper followed by variety show
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-27
BEGIN CAMPAIGN
AGAINST HOUSEFLY

New York. February 26.--While
:he mercury havered about zero
and the snow lay deep in the
street. the committee on pollution
and sewage of the New York Mer-
chants association today began its
annual campaign against the house
Fly. In its first bulletin 1t urged
that flies that had hibernated from
corners of dwelling houses be
sought out and killed. "One fly
now means innumerabie millions
i'ter ON saws the Harpag ''The
ti,re TO desteoy the ffA Is oeEofe
IL mas had a chance 10 lay its
eggs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-27

(Continued ON Page Twol
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-18

6LOWly. one h1uu VI hLlI6. duu
white, and scared-looking She's
why, she's pitiful, in a way"
write the whole business, Kent"
he said. tits corking good story.
Give it an atmosphere. Put in that
stuff you just told me, about her be-
ing white and scared. Give her the
best end of it, if that's the way it is.
We can't keep it out, but We'll give
her a good show. You don't need to
say she's homely" Haskins was
making. a concession. He could af-
ford to be magnanimous, now that
the story was his.
CAN right" answered Kent. 81 I'M
derstand."
He began to write steadily again,
his eyes upon the keys, although he
did not seem to see them.
What Kent saw was plain, wide,
four-story brick house in an old
fashioned street, left undisturbed in
an eddy of the current that rushed
heading uptown, a place where the
things of fifty years ago seemed to
be still going round and round slowly,
unable to escape into the swift
stream that flowed restlessly by.
1t was just as he expected to find
it, inside. A maid let him into the
dimly-lighted, high-ceilinged hall.
There was a massive hat-rack, with
marble top and mirror; a little table,
with its tray for cards; carpets, soft
and thick and somber. He had STEP
ped upon a stage set with the scenery
of half a century back. Nothing
could have happened here since then.
A queer place for news" he
thought, his eyes rowing. The maid
had taken his card upstairs.
"Give it atmosphere, Haskins had
said. Kent wrote steadily.
And then she had come, hoiseless-
", and stood hesitant in the curtain
ed doorway that opened into the hall.
She was holding his card, regarding
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-18


years ago. But for all that it was
likabIe face.
She stood as if shrinking under his
scrutiny, twisting and folding his
card. Then, with a little inclination
of courtesy: i
"You are Mr.. Kent, I beIieve?I
Please keep your chair. will sit over
here"
She perched opposite, erect and,
precise, on great armchair. She.
seemed like an old child. There was
some mistake, Kent felt, for the thing
seemed impossible now; the story
had taken him astray.
Kent was writing with minuteness,)
as he remembered it.
He had found it curiously hard to-
begin with this colorless creature
for what he wanted to say was abb
surdly incongruous. He explained il
very plainly and briefly, and her eyes
followed mechanically the move
ments of his lips. Then she nodded
at him.
Eyes; that is true" she said. Her
voice was low, monotonous, and fiat.
There was a queer docility in it.
'And the engagement had been an
nounced?" Kent found that the words
stumbled; her lack of resistance dis
concerted him.
Eyes; to my friends some of
his. 1 have only a few friends" she
added. Her tone implied that he must
know, of course.
She had acknowledged it with a
frankness that Kent could not UNDER
stand, and now she seemed to be
waiting for him to go on, her eyes
fixed wonderingly on his, like those
of a dog waiting for command. 1t
was hard to ask things; it was so
easy to make her answer.
Perhaps" he suggested, gently,
'you would prefer to tell it in your
own way"
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-09
LADDoNIA ITEMS

Mr.. and Mrs. Ota F'reels at
tended the wedding of Miss Ma
omi Rose and Mr.. Edgar HAMLET
at Vandalia Tuesday evening.
Kenneth Kennen spent Sunday
with a friend at Bowling Green
Miss Cynthia Cunningham was
the guest of her grandparents,
Elmer Cunningham and wife al
Mexico, on Saturday and Sun.
day.
Mrs. Culwell of Curryville Wis.
tied j. d. Woodson's family last
week.
We are soon to lose our "tele.
phone central" people, Mrs
King and daughters. We under
stand they will run a hotel at
Martinsburg. They gave excel
lent satisfaction while in charge
of the switchboard here. We
wish them prosperity in their
new home.
DR.. c. A. Smith is recovering
from a short illness.
Jennie Cosley, colored, has sold
her residence in the south part OF
town to E. c. Smith.
Ray Montgomery, son of Mrs
Addie Montgomery, a former
resident of Laddonia, died at his
home in Fort North, Texas, OF
tuberculosis. His body was
brought here last Wednesday fol
interment.
Mrs. Robert Ferris has recover
ed from a severe attack of grip
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-09
s:zlNAbASF
Effective Jan. 4, 1914

Effective Jan. 4, 1914
Train Leave
No. 4, For st. Louis and points
East $500 am.
No. Ia, For st. Louis and points
East 4:17 am.
No so, St. Louis Accom-. 7:O5 am.
No. 20, st. Louis-St. Paul Linz
tied 1888 PM
No. 2, Colorado-St. Louis Limi-
ted $40 p. M
No II, st. Louis Express 6:42 pm,
No. u" Local Freight 12:09p,m,
WEST BOUND.
Leave
No. l, For Omaha, Ottumwa
and Des Moines- .----- HISS p m
No. For Kansas City and points
west ........,.,....... ...,.l:tS 1. u.
No. Is, Moberly Accom-. -. l1:3O a. m.
No. 3, For Kansas City, Omaha
Des Moines---- 1900 p. N.
No. 8 st. Paul-Colorado Limited
----------------- -5:08 p. N.
No 81, Moberly Accom-. 1929 p. N
No. 70 local Freight 1888 pan
cDaily Except Sunday
j. ID. MCNAMARA
g. P. A. st. Louis, Mo.
/. NJ. Richards,
Agent Wabash r. r. Co.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-09
MARTINsBURG ITEMS.

DR.. L. T. Carr and wife were
passengers to Mexico Thursday
Misses Hazel, Vera and Nata.
lie Friedman were shopping in
Mexico Thursday.
Mrs. c. T. Peyton and Miss
Ruth visited friends in Wells,
vile Wednesday.
DR.. ]. G. Jacob and Prof. A
B. Cluster were in WelIsville OF
business Wednesday.
Miss Mamie Dix and jeff Cor.
nett of Mexico were business
visitors here Friday.
DR.. ]. G. jacob made his
regular trip to Benton City Fri
day.
c. T. Peyton was Mexico
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-09

visitor Friday.
A. b. Cluster made a business
trip to Wellsville Saturday.
Miss Minnie Stallings of Mex
leo visited Miss Minnie Pike Sun
day and Monday.
Misses Irene Gillaspie and
Elizabeth Matthews of Mexico
visited friends and relatives here
Sunday.
L. NJ. Slavens of Mexico was i'll
town Sunday.
Miss Margaret Wenzel of Mex
leo vister her brother, p. p,
Wenzel here Sunday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-09
The Blue Birds.

One morning as | was going to
school, while walking thru Mr..
Ritter's meadow, l saw a couple
of blue birds. They were dark
blue. They were singing gayly
as they hoped about on the tele-
graph wires. l supposed they
were hunting dry grass and wool
for their nest. | would like to
know where they were going to
make their nest. Perhaps they
were going to build in one of Mr..
Ritter's trees.
If / should find their nest, !
would expect to see three or four
eggs in it. Soon the nest will
contain some little birds with
wide-opened mouths. Then the
old birds will be busy carrying
worms to them. Before very long
the young ones will fly. When
autumn comes they will fly south,
When spring comes they will
come back again.
Ruth Ecton, Sims School
ThomDson Mo
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-09
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that letters
testamentary upon the estate of
Capt, N. Dix, deceased, have
been granted to the undersigned by
the Probate Court of Audrain county,
Missouri, bearing date of the 23rd day
of March 1914. All persons hav-
ing claims against said estate are re-
quired to exhibit them to me for al
lowance within six months from the
date of said letters or they may be
preluded from any benefit of such es-
tate, and if said claims be not exhib.
tied within one year from the date OF
the publication of this notice they will
be forever barred.
Mary Dix, Executrix.
First publication, April 2, 1914.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-09

John Lockridge, southeast of
Mexico is the great horse and cat
tie trader of that locality. He
was especially busy last week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-09

ence."
Mr.. Blanton says Monroe coun-
ty farmers have found type of
silo which may be built at cost
of $50 and answers practical pur-
poses. The average silo in use,
he says, costs about 5000.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-09

Laddonia Items arrived too
late for publication last week. We
want to hear from Laddonia
often.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-09

Miss Margaret Barnett, who
has a nice business position at
Garland's in st. Louis, arrived in
Mexico on visit to relatives last
week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-09
MUTUAL TELEPHONE.
More About the Broken Win
dow" AS Our School
Readers Had II.

'.'tNH'A'' 'hN's Hhp'Ai T. ~
Editor Message May | ask
space enough to reply to few
of Mr.. Erdel's statementsY
Mr. Erdel, / am not mistaken
in regard to our trunk lines. |
am not mistaken i'll any state
ment have made, from first to
last. Nor will | make a state
ment that can not prove if ]
know it, as that is not my style.
No. Mr.. Erdel, ! did not know
Iyou were carrying any of our
wire anywhere without pay or
without having a satisfactory ar.
rangement with you people.
Now let see about the two miles
of poles you spoke it, There are
so poles. / suppose they cost be-
tween soc and Zoe apiece. Allow
| ing that they cost 60c apiece, that
would be $4,000 for your poles.
Now two of these lines paid your
company $4,000 apiece, that
would be $4,000, and they have
your receipts to show for this.
There is $4.00 more than your
poles cost, at that rate, and this
company wanted to put on 4-pin
crossarms, but your company
said you must put on 6-pin cross
arms and give your company two
of them, and they did as you re-
quested, the cross arms costing
about $21.00. And then when the
sleet broke down some of that
two miles you spoke of, did you
help rebuild it? No. Now this
is how you fellows are carrying
us all the way thru.
Mr.. Erdel, you said you didn t
know about any contract for free
exchange, that you had asked for
1t to be produced and we failed to
produce it. Had we produced it
you would have at once instruct
ed your operator TO discontinue
the charge of the different toll
rates. Now, Mr.. Erdel, here are
the names that are signed to the
agreement with your company
for free exchange, when 7. r..
Braden was our secretary. The
agreement was signed by the fol-
lowing. d. l.. Rogers, Earl Gun
bingham, and j. n. Rosser. Did
these men ever belong to your
company or notY Mr.. Erdel, |
: don't think / am mistaken about
) the receipts for different tolls.
can cite you to men who tell me
they have them.
No two or more mutual tele-
phone companies ought to have
to enter into contract for mu-
tual free exchange. 1t should be
{ mutual and free without any con-
! tract. 1t looks funny that any
one or any company of fellows
would buy the Mexico Tel. Co., or
any other company, anywhere
and then want to cut off commu.
nication with any mutual tele-
phone company if they were
mutual, and what looks still more
strange that any of your people
when down our way can talk
back home and won't allow the
same people to come this way
when at home.
1t doesn't cost your people any.
thing to talk home when down
here, which they are doing. We
are not getting up in the air, as
you stated, but we want to see
everybody understand the situa.
ton and join in for mutual tele.
phone service, and we will con.
tinue to chew the rag until the
Mexico people see that the East
End is not to blame for the pres,
ent condition.
Thanking the Editor for space
and hoping for reimbursement OF
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-09
SWEET GLOVER.
Makes Life Worth Living for
Live Stock-Grows Around
Mexico.

UN lue ~. LOUIS RCpuuht last
week and the reporter for that
paper pulled some observations
out of him that the Message had
noticed and published last fall,
especially as regards that new
plant lately appearing IN Au-
drain, coming as if by magic,
from where we know not, which
they are calling sweet clover.
II was first noticed last summer
along the railroad tracks between
Mexico and Thompson, and then
it sprang up in our yards and
along the public highways. If it
is as good as promised we hope II
has come TO stay
But as to what Mr. Blanton
says about clover, ct caetera:
''The drouth up in our county
lMonroe) last year was a bless
ing in disguise. 1t was the means
of our discovering a new and
valuable hay feed and soil fertil-
izer, which bids fair to take the
alf out of alfalfa and enrich Mis-
souri, farms and farmers, and add
to the spice of life by putting the
Glove in clover.
Ever live on a farm, Johnny?
Yes3 Well, then, you 60 me one
better, for / never did. / live
among farmers though.
Last year up in Monroe our
grass dried up and some of the
farmers turned their cattle out
along the county roads to Craze
on that tall grass with a purple
blossom which no doubt you have
seen.
cit grows along the roads
Just how it got there and why it
c. E. Pike of Macon spent
hasn't been growing elsewhere ]
don't know.
"The cows when driven by
hunger to eat it, liked this grass
so well that they got fat again
and began to give pure butter in
stead of milk. Some of the farm
ers Investigated the antecedents
of this roadside grass and dis
covered that it is known to Uncle
Sam as sweet clover.
They bought sweet clover
seed and sowed it on WORKOUT
lands Alfalfa requires a pc
culiar soil, but sweet clover will
grow on ground as threadbare as
your January l resolutions.
=" 1t produces a fine crop, re-
news the soil and makes life
worth living for all sorts of stock.
That's why l say the drought
was a blessing. But for it we
might never have known the
value of sweet clover"
Mr.. Blanton also told the re-
porter some things about silos.
Farmers in Monroe and many
other Missouri counties sigh for
sllos. The reporter, not having
been on a farm since away back in
the Nineteenth Century. inquired
innocently: and what might
silo be, Mr.. Blanton?'
" A silo," he replied, Knight
be a rain barrel, but it ism 7; it Is
a kraut barrel You put up your
out-up cabbage in a barrel and
make it air tight, and the brine
comes up thru it.
1.-THE result inside is kraut.
st. Louis must know this. I un-
derstand kraut is one of your
lnade-in-St.-Louis delicacies.
well, the farmers cut up
their stock feed and put it in the
'ilo, mixed with water, and it
ferments and makes fine feed.
it is fed out as required.
The horses and cattle get
corn, practically fresh in winter.
tine. The silo, practically speak
llg, supplies our animal friends
nth canned goods.
One Of our Paris dairymen,
s., B. Boomer, ran out of sliced
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-09

Pat Cullen is improving his
farm southeast of Mexico. Five
men building fences, etc, last
week. A new dwelling house
promised in the fall.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-09
Mexico, Santa Fe g. Perry Trac.

Mexico, Santa Fe & Perry Trac-
ton Co.
Leaves Mexico Leaves Moline
100 a, m. 500 a. m.
$3.50 a. m. 1920 a. m.
1;30p. m. freight trip 2:3O p.m
400 p. m. 4:45 %. M.
Sunday Schedule
Leaves Mexico Leaves Moline
$3.50 a. m $3.50 a. m.
! 80 p. m. 2:30 D. m.
400 p. m. 4;45 p. m.
j. D. Bates, Supt.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-04-09

DR.. w. FL. Hickman, Osteo
pathic Physician, Pasqueth Bldg
II.
Evening journal., 1914-06-22
VILLA'S ASSAULT
ON ZACATECAS IS
OFF FOR Present
Continued From First Pagc.)

=
ply to the invitation Of the A. B. G.
mediators to participate in the media
tion negotiations at Niagara Falls
will hasten the termination of media
ton was the BELIEF generally express
ed here today The reply, made pub
lie Sunday night, was only what had
been forecasted. Carranza refused to
participate under agreement that
would bind him to discuss the ap-
pointment of a provisional president
or yield to anyone else control Of
the Constitutionalist military move
ments and would not permit the
mediators to deal with the internal
affairs of Mexico" He also refused
to agree to an armistice.
Lazaro De IL Garss, representing
General villa and Robert V. Pes
quiera, General Carranza's personal
representative, are conferring here.
Pesquiera wants villa to send back to
the border Srabio Aguirre, treasurer
general in Carranzas cabinet and
Perez Abru, chief of Carranza's bu-
reau of information, who were sent
to Chihuahua, when villa seized the
reins of government at Juarez. 1t
is also said villa seized $500,00O gold
at the time.
Evening journal., 1914-06-22
ONLY FEW MORE DAYS 10
GET VALUED SONG BOOK

When Lippincott & Company joined
the syndicate engaged in the distribu-
tion Of Heart Songs" they had no
idea of the immense popular demand
for a song book. The work seems to
have been fairly craved by the people
all over this country. Several hun
dred thousand have already been dis
tributed, and we are informed that
the numerous editions will run into
the millions before the demand Is
satisfied With a million throats
singing from Heart Songs" every
night-the nation is certainly exper-
iencing a genuine song revival And
It can hardly help but improve the
taste of the masses in matters music
ali For this relief from "ragtime,"
much thanks The coupon published
daily in this paper, will run in just
few days more as the supply is nearly
exhausted. For sale only by Lippin-
colt & Company, Inc, 306 to 314
Market street.-(Ady1