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More Increases in Sugar.

Reports of increases in the price of
sugar continue to come to the depart
ment from voluntary correspondents.
The reports from the district attorneys
are not coming in as fast as they did
at first but the officials are not dis
couraged over this. It is the belief
that the attorneys are combining their
time to working up cases on the evil
dence brought out before the various
grand juries which have started inves-
LEGATIONS
Interest in connection with the in
vestigation now seems to be centering
on the grand juries. one or more of
which are expected to report within
the new two or three days. AS yet
the Department of Justice is without
any direct information as to what the
grand juries have found. They are
confident. however. that the present
investigation will result in the indict-
ment of some persons for raising food
prices at their will on flimsy pre-
texts, and it now seems to be a case
of marking time waiting for the first
indictment along this line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-25
SPEEDY BIRD WINS.
R. J. O'Neil's Pigeon First Home
From Gainesville, Ga,

A five-hundred-mile race was flown by
the members of the Potomac district
and won by Robert J. O'Neil. One hum
dren and twenty-five birds from twenty
lofts were liberated by H. A. Terrell
at Gainesville, Ga, at am, Saturday.
August %, the first bird arriving at Mr..
O'Neil's at sos am, Sunday, August %.
winning a handsome prize.
The following average speed was
made per minute.
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Battleship Kilkis Reaches Greece,

ATHENS. via London, August %,
1908 p.m.-The battleship Kilkis has ar
rived in Grecian waters. This vessel was
purchased from the United States and
was formerly the Mississippi,
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DECLINE TO TAKE SIDES
IN FOOT BALL DISPUTE
Secretaries Garrison and Daniels
However, Regret Army-Navy
Disagreement.

Secretaries Garrison and Daniels, In
response to inquiry, today said that
they had no Information regarding the
reported deadlock over the place for
holding the West Point-Annapolis foot
ball game this year, beyond what they
read in the newspapers. and that the
matter had not been presented to them
in any shape or form. It was pointed
out by Secretary Garrison that the
military secretaries really had no juris-
diction in the matter of the foot ball
games at the academies, which are
managed entirely by the students, and
that moral suasion was the extent of
their powers in the premises.
Disagreement Regretted.
Both OF the Secretaries are in favor
OF the annual gridiron contests, and
each expressed regret that the athletic
committees of the two academies SEEM
ed to be unable to reach an agreement
on such an apparently simple PROPOSE
ton as to where the next game should
be played.
Secretary Garrison said he did not re-
gard 1t as matter Of great Importance
whether there was or was not a serytce
was extremely unfortunate that it should
be advertised that the young men at the
two military academies could not agree
on such simple proposition as the loca-
ton OF the next game.
Secretary Daniels said there would
have been no West Point ANNAPOLIS
game last year but for the part taken
by the Secretaries of War and Navy in
urging that the boys get together, and
1t looked as If the same course might
have to be adopted this year.
Both Are Non-Committal,
Neither cabinet officer would commit
himself in favor Of any city for the an
nual foot ball classic, but Mr.. Garrison
said 1t appeared that there was no suit
able place in this city for holding the
game. 1t Is understood that the bill in
troduced In Congress authorizing the
use of the polo field in Potomac Park
has been pigeonholed, and that the one
thing that the athletic committees of the
two academies agreed on was that the
game this year could not take place in
the National Capital New York. Phila-
delphia and Princeton are said to be the
only places where there are suitable &C
commodations for the game and its
thousands of patrons.
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WEATHER..
Unsettled and Continued Cool To-
night and Wednesday.

For the District of Columbia and
Maryland-Unsettled, continued cool to-
night and Wednesday. probably show
ers; gentle to moderate northeast
wind
High pressure and unseasonably cool
weather prevails over the northern and
eastern portions of the country. but
with very irregular pressure distribu-
ton over the central valleys and the
south Atlantic states. so that the
weather was unsettled and showery
east OF the Rocky mountains, except
from the lake region eastward In
the extreme west the weather was fair
The weather will be generally fair
tonight and Wednesday in the eastern
lower region. New England and the
northern portion of the middle Atlantic
sissippi river it will continue unset
tied and showery. with low tempara-
lures over the middle and northern dis
tricts.
Frosts are probable tonight in the
northern portions of New York and
New England.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four hours
beginning at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-Yeste PM. 50;
8 pm. IS; II midnight. "A; today. am,
So; 8 am, 81; II noon. 81; . pm, 81.
Maximum. 90. , pm yesterday; mini
mum. 81. 2 pm. today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum. 10; minimum, 81.
Barometer-Yesterday pm, 1856; s
p. m. 1895: II midnight, 5000: today. 4
pm. 1905: pm, 3o15: II noon, 30 10;
2 pm, BOLT.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water
at am: Great Falls-Temperature
"a: condition. "a. Dalecarlia reservoir
Temperature, 80: condition at north
connection. 10; condition at south con-
nection, ID. Georgetown distributing
ACCOMPLISHMENTS 80; condition
at fnf1uent gatehouse. IL; condition at
eff1uent gatehouse, 10.
Weather in Various Cities,
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. August 25.-Wheat-
Spot. firm: No. 1 Manitoba. IS 1Od; No. 2.
SIS Sd: futures. steady; October. S.
Corn-Spot. American mixed. nominal;
futures, firm; September, IS I'd.
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Naturalization of Banks,

That the naturalization of all banks is
ne only way for them to obtain gov
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London Notes Drop in Bar Silver.

LONDON. August 25-Bar silver de-
clined 9-16d to 24hd per ounce today.
The weakness was due to New York
selling.
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Up-River Waters.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
HARPERS FERRY, w Va, August 25.
The Potomac river was clear and the
Shenandoah cloudy this morning.
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DISTRICT COURT-Justice Stafford
In re condemnation of Fort Davis and
Fort Dupont: order to pay funds out of
registry of the court
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BANKRUPTCY CoURT-Justic Stafford.
In re Arnold, Dietz & Co.; rule con-
tinued.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-10
THE PEOPLE Of Mexic,

THE PEOPLE Of Mexico and Au
drain County are all in favor of per
manent good roads and as the Led
ger has repeatedly suggested thu
only way we can get these improve
ments is by spending our money
Other towns in the State are build.
ing permanent good roads and tn,
following from the University Mis-.
sourian, published at Columbia, Mo.
explains itself:
For one mile of road $2,800-and
keep II up for miles.
'This looks like a lot of money To
spend on roads, and not SO very long
ago il would in all probability have
caused a protest from the people Of
the Columbia road district, where il
is now being spent. But now they
favor IL, and why? Because they
know il viii pay to make these roads
permanently good. The time saved
and efficiency gained in hauling pro-
duee over good roads win soon make
up for the expense Of putting them
into good shape.
For this a road building is
having a boom around Columbia. If
this continues Rccne County will
soon be lifted out of the mud and
stand high among good roads com
munities. Hubdeep mire is becom-
ing extinct.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-10
PRESIDENT WILSON'S FINE
ADDRESS TO CONGRl


PRESIDENT Woodrow Wilson de-
livered a magnificent speech to Con-
gress regarding the one-hundred
million Internal Revenue Tax, neees-
sary on account of the European war.
The st. Louis Republic referring to
this matter editorially says:
I'VE do not remember in the last
quarter century an American state
paper surprising President Wilson's
message Of yesterday for sterling
common sense, clarity Of u~tterance
and that ~directness which goes
straight TO the point without evasion
or subterfuge.
'The President recognizes the
need Of more revenue, points out the
extraordinary nature Of its causes
and sees but three ways in which it
might be conceivably be met. The
Treasury might expend a portion of
its own cash b~alauce--but that would
mean the withdrawal Of funds now
on deposit in the banks Of the coun-
try and there serving as the founda-
ton Of bank credits TO several times
It's own amount. Such a contraction
Of credits as its withdrawal would
neeessitate would be against public
policy. Bonds of the United States
might be offered for sale, but the
money market is in no condition to
float a loan; the capital available is
needed for the business of the eoun-
try. But one expedient remains: the
laying of additional internal taxes.
Here the fine reserve which the
President has repeatedly shown in
his dealings with Congress is once
more exempliied. He does not at
tempt to usurp the legislative func-
ton; he makes no specific suggestion
as to the details of the scheme. Stat
ing the amount of additional income
for which Congress should provide,
he contents himself with a single
general suggestion: that the objects
Of taxation should be so selected as
to yield Immediately avail
able and constant in their flow. The
message closes with a fine tribute to
the fidelity Of the Legislators to their
duties through a long and srduous
session.
During the period between his
nomination and his election, Wood
row Wilson repeatedly announced
himself a believer in government
by discussion" It was no mere
empty campaign phrase. The Pres
ident's influence over the American
public-greater than that Of any 9TH
er President since Lincoln-is not due
simply 10 his own good sense and
transparent honesty Of purpose. 1t
is founded also on his invincible con-
fdenee in the reasonableness Of his
fellow-eitisens-his unsuitable belief
that the representatives Of the peo-
pie win do the right and necessary
thing if dealt with plainly and frank
ly by n who believes in them. In
the present instance, as in the past,
he will not find that confidence mis-
placed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-10

duction with an average value of
poultry products per farm of sl78.-
6S.
st. Clair County is first with an
average of s1s6.S7; Jefferson second
with an average of $1S5.72; and
Montgomery was third with $751;
81. Poultry has increased in num-
Der in Missouri II per cent.
b. A. Powell is erecting a Diamond
Concrete Stave Silo for C. p. Arnold.
The silo will be 1Sx45 feet in size
with a capacity of 225 tons.
The following report, showing Mis-
souri, crop conditions on Sept. ], was
issued from the office Of the State
Board Of Agriculture:
Concentrations Of corn for the
state Is 56.S. Sectional averages
are; Northeast. 80; Northwest, Ga;
Central, 60: Southwest, 81; South
east, "a. The heaviest deterioration
for the month Of August was in the
big corn counties OF the northwest
section, whore there was a loss Of 20
points in 30 days. This may be ac-
counted for, in part, by the fact that
tbs district had previously suffered
least-that the beginning Of the
month it had most to lose. II il
gratifying, however. TO note that in
this territory, having two-sevenths
of the corn acreage Of the state, con-
ditions are still such as TO indicate
much corn. One month ago Missouri
corn condition was 6S. One year ago
it was but Ais. The fye-year aver
age condition for September / is Cos.
For this period the highest was in
1912, when the September 1 condi-
ton was SOS and the state corn yield
243,043,000 bushels. The 1913 corr
yield in Missouri was 132,74S,000
bushels. In 1901 September l corn
condition in Missouri was but q.
While it is yet too early to make
even an official estimate Of the state
corn crop for the present year, it
may be said that present figures in
dictate in a general way a yield Of
about 175,000,000 bushels. OF the
present corr crop, 81 per cent has
been or will be, cut, and of this it is
estimated that one-ffth is for silage.
Wheat-Dry weather held back
blowing fall wheat. 1t is estimated
that but one-third of the ground has
been broken, but since the rains,
blowing is being pushed. Up to this
tmc Indications have been for a
greatly decreased acreage, but with a
favorable September and stimulated
by the prospect of high prices in
1915, there may be an actual increase
IN the acreage instead Of the i per
cent decrease now estimated. Wheat
will generally be seeded late, owing
to the fear of Hessian ny.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-10
REAL ESTATE
TRANSIT

Edward J.. Hurley to Ella
Brown. Warranty, COnsid. Y
other. Block 3 of T. j. Bates AZ
Mexico.
Richard Taylor to Hall y
Taylor. Warranty. Consld. w
y Of Lot 9 in Survey 1868 in Me-
W. f. Durham to F. A. Sanr''
Warranty. Consid. $1,000 La
2 and 3, Block 1 and Out Lot W
inal Rush Hill
Joseph G. Lakenan to aoAa
Barnes. Warranty. Con'la
\ int. in Lots 6, T. 8, y a'
Block 3 and Lots 3 and 4 Bio
Of Lakenan q Barnes Sodtl '"'
to Mexico.
Adam c. Barnes to 'OFP
Lakenan. Warranty, consul
u int. in lot s, Blk D. and LOS
9, 4 and 5, Block 3, b. y D : !
Side Add, and Lot J. BLOCK
Add. to Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-10
NJ KILLING
NJ IN ZOOS
MAY EAT THEM
LONDON, May 4

LbNDONi may q.
So carefully are they con
serving the food supply in Ber-
lin, according to reports reach
ing London, that the carnivor-
GUS animals in the Zoo are TO
be killed TO save for the CON
sumption Of the people the
meat that would be fed to the
animals. They are fed largely
on horse flesh, which cannot be
spared apparently at the pres
ent crisis.
The same conditions prevail
in Hamburg, where Hagen
beck's famous Zoo, the larg-
est collection of wild animals
in existence, will also suffer
heavily. The less valuable
earnivOrous animals are being
killed off first and fed to the
others, and it is hoped by this
means ultimately to save a
considerable part of the col
lection.
Fish are easily procurable
and fish eating animals have a
long lease of life.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-10
AWoRD THE
GROWING GIRL
a LINE FOR THE
WOMAN GROWN
BY MISS CARRIE SPRoUL

men their rights, but to have equal
representation.
1t has been aptly explained that
woman was not made from a bone
in mans foot as that would have
placed her beneath him. Nor yet
from a bone in his head as she would
have been thus made above him, but
rather was she made from a rib,
which places her at his side' his
equal.
Early history varies in different
lands, but largely do We find woman
beneath mans foot. Today we
find her struggling for her place at
his side. 1t is all that she asks
equality.
Over the Telephone
Mrs. Joe Moore:-"I certainly IA
vor women having equal rights witt
our men. There is every reason 10
il and none against it."
Miss Susie Houston:-"l am en-
tirely in favor of equal suffrage
Women pay taxes, suffer the penal
ties of unwise concessions, decision'
and i'll conditions. They should hav'
a voice in affairs"
Mrs. E. D. Graham;-"lt is onl.
fair that women should enjoy tn
right of suffrage"
Mrs. Ned Holt:-"I believe womei
should have their rights. WomeI
will do away with the saloons, an
in many ways women will have a
increased power for good"
Mrs. R. A. Fry:-"I voted for fou
years in Colorado and | believe in
woman's voting. 1t is a benefit to
woman to vote, and also to her cour
try"
Miss Martha Frost:-"1 am en- al
dent, enthusiastic believer in equ'
suffrage"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-10
THE NEW YORK SUN and a fe,

THE NEW YORK SUN and a few
other Republican papers are talking
about President Wilson seeking a
second term" The Sun and other
Republican papers need not worry
about that matter. If his next two
years go as well as his first one has,
both the denomination and the re-
election of Woodrow Wilson will be
practically unanimous without any
seeking" The people have seen
now the difference between a Presi-
dent who works and a President who
talks, and there is mighty little dam
ger of this generation recurring to
the buncombe type of statesman, un-
less it is deceived in the branding.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-10

HARRISON GRANT has been
elected cashier of the Galloway
Savings Bank in place Of his father,
who died not long ago. Harrison has
been Bank Examiner and is in every
way well equipped for this import
ant position. Harrison's many friends
throughout the State congratulate
him on his election and are confident
that he will make good.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-10

The question Of an interested man
friend or two as to whether women
suffrsgists are ready to go to war or
not, has been answered in part. For
we read that a ship is sailing to
Europe with the Red Cross Nurses
To nurse the sick and afflicted is at
any time a demand on q woman's
strength and nerves, but to be IN
the midst of shot and shell, 70 wait
patiently for ones charges to be
shot, and made ready for one, as it
were, is far harder.
1t is not easy to do this work OF
mercy, as it is to fall in line, shoul-
der a gun and aim it. The glamor of
war, its enthusiasm and thought Of
rewurd makes a halo of glory around
the soldier man. The woman does
her part just as nobly when she
soothes the fevercd boy, or writes
the last message of the dying or
tremblingly offers her prayers rs a
soul wings its flight. Only a wo-
mans hands are gentle enough to do
these acts of mercy.
Since history has a way OF re-
peating itself this fratricidal wal
may develop a Joan of Arc, a Zeno-
bia, a Semiramis or a Molly Pitcher
Rest assured women are not afraid
to fight, but thank God, they are not
in the primal state as are many men
and their natures cry for the white
flag of peace rather than for the rec
flag of carnage and butchery.
Women are not crying for mems
minds in women's bodies. Essential
~ do the minds of the differ
but in kind rather than in degree
and because of this, women's mind
are needed to shape the welfare o.
the world. When women ask TO
their rights it is not to take from
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-10

There is no way for the person
listed to find how the information
about him is obtained. The lists
from the merchants are destroyed as
soon as the ratings are taken from
them, and neither the secretary nor
stenographer has any way of know
ing just who listed a person as F
and who listed him as d.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-10
SEED AND
Choice Iowa Tim
othy Seeds a n d
Deering ding
Irvine for sale.
Sam Morris
ID. A. R. CONFERENCE

The d. A. r. Conference this year
will be held in Springfield on the
27-28-29th Of September. The dele
gates from the Mexico Chapter are:
Regent Mrs. Winans and Mrs. G. w.
Robertson. Alternates for Regent
are Mesdames Bast, Banks and Miss
Witherspoon; alternates for Delegate
are Mesdames r. M. White, Wilkins
and Miss Houston.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-10
KIRKSVILLE CLUB LISTS
CREDIT OF 2,4OO CITIZENS

The Kirksville Commercial clubs
first rating book has just been pre-
pared by Secretary Fugate and it
contains the names Of 2,400 persons
in Kirksville and this trading Sec
ton, and the letters after each name
indicate whether the person is good
pa slow pay, or is not to be trusted,
says the Express Of that city.
AS a result, this rating book is
probably more interesting than any
book ever published in Kirksville,
and probably there will be a great
deal of excitement on the part Of
Kirksville residents until they find
how they are listed.
1t is possible that this interest will
not be satisfied in many instances,
because the book is open only to
members Of the Commercial club and
is not public property at all.
Secretary Fugate and a s%tenogra-
pher have been at work on the book
for several weeks. They have OBJ
tanned long lists of customers from
the business men in town who are
members of the club, and from these
ratings supplied to the merchants,
have produced the rating in the book.
Newspapers furnish lists, too.
The ratings are graded as follows:
A-Cash customer, no rating es-
tablished.
B-Financially good and prompt
pay.
C-Prompt pay regardless of
means.
D-Slow but safe to credit.
E-Risky, doubtful responsibility.
F-Demand cash.
In addition to the important in
formation included in adding one,
two or three of the above letters to
each name, the business or occupa-
ton and street address is given.
Some of the names have several
letters after them, but it is noted
that there are few, if any, which
have the whole lot.
1t is probable that most of the
householders in Kirksville can guess
at their rating pretty well. They
know whether they are prompt or
slow pay and whether any of the
merchants around town regard them
as "dead-beats."
1t is Secretary Fugate's plan to
revise the book every sixty days
with such additional information as
comes to him, and therefore it will be
possible for one to change his rating
in the book if he changes his ways
of doing business.
Under the present plan if two gro
GERS turn in a man as B and another
as G and a clothier turns him in as
E, the letters 3, C and L are placed
after his name. Secretary Fugate is
planning another arrangement, how
ever modelled after the Keokuk plan,
of having columns so that the mum
Der Of BIS, Cs and so forth, returned
for each man will be shown and his
average rating can be better estab-
lished.
The books are taken from a card
index in Mr.. Fugate's Office and the
card shows the number of different
ratings obtained.
Secretary Fugate is also planning
to correspond with the commercial
organizations Of different towns
from which people move to Kinks
vile and get reports on them for the
benefit of the merchants here, so as
to make it hard for a "dead-beat" to
here and get heavily into debt
local merchants before he is dis
covered.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-10

HARDIN College and the Mis-
sour Military Academy, two Of the
very best schools in the country, will
open this year with a largely in
creased attendance. Mexico is one
of the most popular school towns in
the country.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-10
NEGRO B0OTLEGGERS FINN

NEGRO BOOTLEGGERS FNn'
5000 EACH IN THE CITY or,
-Four negro bOotleggers wsr, /,
in the City Court by Judge WIN,
Thursday afternoon. Thew ",
rested by Marshall wsIIar /,
Night Officer Painter. jesse 4.
a negro woman, was fined sa
minimum fine, and then told Il |.
town and should she ever retur
will be forced to pay. The II
are taking this method Of d1r,I
desirable citizens away.
Dude billiard was found rdi,
two counts and received a ss.
5000 and 6 months in the city
JAS. Edwards, known as John as
was fnsd $500 as was Bit Baruai
This is said to be but The berm
Of a general cleanup.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-10

II EUROPE pensioned it's veter-
ans as the United States does, the
cost Of this thing fifty years from
now would make a new chapter in
the arithmetic of wal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-10

HON. GEORGE. L. BERRY is a
democratic candidate for the COVER
norship of Tennessee. In a state
ment he advocates woman suffrage
as follows: "our political status
may be improved by the partieipa-
tion of women in the affairs Of gov
eminent. Their high moral sense
and loyalty to duty cannot fail TO be
Of material benefit TO our State"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-10

THE AUXvASSE. MO-, REVIEW
says: ~. T. Williams. of Mexico,
who was here last Thursday to at
tend the Confederate reunion, drop
ped in and gave us a pleasant chat.
We are always glad to see him. He
was one Of the boys who wore the
gray during the late Civil War. He
does not e fast and you would
easily take him for a man not over
| sixty"