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Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19
Are Held For The
Federal Grand Jury

Jefferson City, Mo-, Sept. 12.-
Adolph and Edward Klick, young
farmers of the vicinity of Fulton,
Galloway county, were held for the
Federal Grand Jury tonight by Com
missioner H. C. Geisberg after wit
nesses testified they gave utterance
to disloyal statements. They are of
German ancestry.
Gus and George Kick, brothers,
who also were arraigned under the
espionage act for alleged disloyal
statements, were discharged.
Witnesses testified Adolph wished
for a great famine which would
starve out the Allies and bring
speedy peace.
One witness asserted that Adolph
said he hoped the troopships would
be sunk by submarines.
II was testified that Edward Kltek
criticised the Governments action
in going into the war and declared
that the United States would have its
hands full in looking after Germans
at home and asserted he would sur
render to the Germans if sent to
France,
Edward is registered under the
draft and was given deferred classi-
fication,
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19
AT A TIME WHEN THEY
BEG FOR MERCY

This Is what Lieut.. Gorge Wynn
writes from the fighting front back
to his home town at Marquette,
Kansas. He says:
Killing Square heads is all we
think about over here. We all have
the fever. That is now the one aim
of the war. 1t is not TO win battles
or gain ground so much as it is to
kill Germans. We are taught to take
no prisoners unless they can give us
information of some kind. II gets
to be fascinating, like duck hunt-
ing, Open sasan all the year around.
| suppose you people at Marquette
keep one thought uppermost in
mind, namely, when will 1t end?"
This war will end when the Huns
of Germany get the supreme hell
licked out of them and beg for
mercy, If 1t takes twenty years. The
vicious brutes are not fit to live in
a peaceful world, let alone domin-
ate it. If / could write down all the
Internal, wanton and beastly crimes
they are guilty of / would have 10
write a book. Then 10 think they
got the CUTS claim TO he supermen
and say aad wants them to force
kultur ON the whole earth!
we were in the biggest business
the world ever saw, and killing q
few huns Is worth more than max
ing a million dollars. We want five
million good Americans to back up
the French, Italians and British, and
this blessed job will soon be over
with no huns left to tell the tale.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19
Mexico Kiddies Busy
Saving Peach Pits
TO Make Gas Masks For The Sol
diers--A COMMUNITY RAT.
killing Proposed.

Mexico, Mo-, September 16.-An
Engltshman in a public address In
st. Louis last week stated that thru
the centuries we have been taught
to follow the Scripture Injunction.
IF you meet your enemy and he
smite you on one cheek, turn to
him the other also. We are doing
that fool thing yet. We are doing 1t
u this world-war-but after we
tufl the other cheek, mind you, we
tnen do as we damned please"
Now what do you think of that?
The preachers will be swearing over
this war next
Rev. Lanius preached his first
sermon for the conference year at
the Mexico Methodist church Sum
day. His subject was "The Liberty
OF the Christian" You have your
hberties-and your duties, too.
II you don't face your duties you
are Stacker. (The preacher didn't
say the latter, but we say IT'D
Stanley Hopkins with his dad.
Clarence Hopkins, both registered
in the draft Friday. If father and
son are called for service thereII be
something doing when the order
comes TO face the huns.
Hardin College opened with the
largest enrolment in it's history.
Missouri Military Academy, ditto.
E. M. Beamer, city mail carrier,
is reported quite i'll of typhoid fe-
yer.
Miss Natalie Morris, daughter of
Mr.. Sam Morris, who is one of Mex
ico's most promising and patriotic
girls, has received her call from the
War Medical Department Head
quarters and left at once for work
at Camp Beauregard, Ga.
1t would be well to institute COM
munity rat hunts-in town or out
on the farms. 1t costs too much to
feed rat. 1t woud be good con-
servation to kill him. 1t has been
estimated in Scotland that a big,
overgrown, long-tailed rat, over
there, eats food worth $2.43 a year.
Go after the rats like Gen. Pershing
and his boys are after the huns in
France
Mrs. Bessie Price Beagles and
children have returned to Audrain
county from Idaho. Mrs. Beagles 10
a prominent teacher and will have
charge of the West Lick School this
fall and winter. Mrs. Beagles is we'll
in Mexico and all over
the county. Her many friends are
rejoiced to have her come back
home"
Miss Edna Fighter, we are told,
has resigned as teacher in the Wal
ker district because war and war
work was hindering so many of her
pupils from attending school. The
ten boys and girls enrolled will at
tend school elsewhere.
Sergeant w. A. Debo, who is
somewhere in France, writes his
mother, Mrs. VIM. Debo, and his Sis
ter, Miss Matte Debo, both OF Mex
leo, that he has been in the trenches,
and that it is all mistake that the
boys who are shipped over there
from this country have to take six
months drilling after they get
there, "and, believe me-" he adds,
l am glad of it, for the quicker one
gets crack at the hun the more he
enjoys it,"
Chal Blum, Deputy Sheriff, it is
said, is soon to take to the farm
again All, wise man, that he is.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19
LAWRENCE PRBCHF SOON
HON THE WAY OVER

Lawrence Preeht, who has been
In army training in California,
passed thru st. Louis last Friday,
from there to go to Hampton Roads.
His mother here, Mrs. Henry Precht,
met him In St. Louis and spent IL
hours with him before he departed
from that city. Lawrence is a first
class seaman and first-class flagman.
He was one of Is out of 65 who
passed an examination recently with
the 100 mark. He was one of five
to pass perfect in three examina-
atiens since entering the service,
On account of his high standing he
will get special training for overseas
at Hampton Roads,
Lawrence Precht is all right.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19
Former AudrainMan
With Cen. Pershing

Col. Jacob c, johnson, formerly
of this county, who is a brother of
]. j. f. Johnson>of Benton City, has
been made a member of Gen. Per-
shing's personal staff and also made
inspector general of the staff. This
staff handled the movement al St.
Mihiel and led the Americans, a
few days ago, where they could see
over into Germany,
Col. Johnson is an experienced
army man and has held a number
of military posts, or honors in that
line, in America, 'before going
over" He married Miss Frances
Howe of Mexico a number of years
ago an6 has hosts of friends in this
county.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19
JOHN RUsE PASSES AWAY.
One OF Fhe Gounty's Pioneer Giti-
zens-Was A Native Of England,
Coming 10 This Country In 1S40.

John Ruse, who had been in i'll
health for some time, died at his
home In northwest part of Mexico,
Saturday, Sept. IA, 1918. He leaves
to mourn his loss, his wife, Augusta
Ruse, three daughters, Mrs. John
Miller of Columbia, Mrs. Joe Mer-
ritt of Versailles, Mo-, and Miss An
ME Ruse; one son, j. Frank Ruse,
a farmer seven miles northeast of
Mexico. Carrie, the eldest daughter,
died in 1901. He leaves thirteen
grandchildren and three great
grandchildren,
MIR. Ruse was native OF Suffolk
shire, England, born in 1925. He
came to America in 1849. On April
7, 1868, he married Miss Augusta
Sims, of Norwalk, Conn, who was
also of English parentage. The fam
lily lived three years at Monmouth,
ILL.,, coming to Audrain County, Mo-,
in 1865. He was for seventeen years
b successful farmer To educate his
children the family moved to Mex
leo in 1888, spending the winters
here and the spmmers on the farm,
leinally in 1899 he bought the pres
ent Rpse farm in west MeKiee
WhiIa Mr., Ruse was fermerly a
member OF the Anglican Church Of
England, he 80 years ago became a
member of Littleby Methodist
Chuch, during the pastorate of Rev.
e. L. Rutledge. Mr. Ruse was
real pioneer of this county, helping
TO develop the farm district OF the
county. A tireless worker, substan-
tial farmer, an upright. dependable
citizen, he stood strongly for right
and 1ustics. II sickness or misfor=
lunne befell his neighbor Mr., Ruse
was ready with sympathy and help
rho old in years he was young IN
soirit Phere are many 70 recall the
annual fish-fries at Barnes Fora'
which Mr., Ruse originated many
a ears ago. He was never absent
from a single one, being always the
Nfe of the crowd.
The funeral was conducted Mon-
day afternoon by Rev. e, Il. Rut-
ledge of Clifton Hill, Mo. lnterment
in Elmwood. The acting pallbearers
we're six grandsons: Clyde Ruse'
Fred Ruse, Private Clarence Miller,
p.Wate Glen Ruse, both from lhs
Rohe frmY school in Kansas Cltkl
i1a SBstsl Miller and Raiph Ause
@hss hanegary pallbearefs were
tvm Frazier, C. II. Shoup, 3 M,
Locke. c. T. Powell, j. G. Munuy
and j. NJ. Dishman.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19
Mail By Airplane

The Government is planning on a
transcontinental air mail service.
1t will be a Chicago-St. Louis-Kan-
sas City service and the flyers are
expected to follow the Wabash
tracks, and If that is the case the
route will be thru--or over-Mexi-
co.
Get ready, in earnest, for sky jobs
after the war is over. Airplanes in
flight will be common sight ere
the world is much older.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19

The Fulton Gazette tells of a me-
gro boy who blew into that town
recently with circus and stayed
there. Later he got notice to re-
port for military duty in Galveston,
Texas, and, being broke, started to
walk, but his notions of geography
were a little hazy, and when found
he was north of Fulton and headed
for Canada. He was shipped to JEFF
ferson City, where it is presumed
the Adjutant General will see that
he gets to Texas.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19
CIRCUIT COURT ADJOURNs.

Circuit Court adjourned last
week till the November term. A
number of jury cases were contin-
ued. The lawyers are all busy fill
ing out questionaires for the men
in the draft.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19
THE AUTO sKIDDED.

Forrest Wonneman's Buick skid
'ded with him Sunday evening
humping into o. Harrelson's milk
wagon, which was drawn by
team of mules. The mules were
bruised and skinned and the car
was about all demolished.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19

A pie and ice cream supper was
held at the home of Mrs. e. @. ME-
man under the auspices of the Ben
ton City Junior Red Cross. Miss
Myrtle Roberts assisted in the prep
arations A literary program was
also given in honor of Gen. Per-
shing's birthday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19

Miss Molly James, teacher at Jes-
Sc school, with her pupils gave a
supper the proceeds amounting to
$35. A Junior Red Cross is to be
organized at Jesse.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19

Four additional teachers have
been added to the faculty at the
Chillicothe Business College sice the
Big Fall Opening OF September Srd'
making a faculty OF twenty-four, the
largest to be found in any business
college in the West or South,
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19

A boy in the trenches in France
writes his father in st. Louis to
Tell anybody who kicks about war
savings back there that I've been
in the front line for AZ days and
haven't. had a bath or change OF
socks in he same time, and I'm not
Kicking"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19
MRS. FRITCH HURT.

Laddonia, Mo-, Sept. 15.-Mrs.
George Fritch fell from her porch
into cellar this afternoon and was.
probably fatally hurt.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19
The Total Registration

The FL precincts of Audrain coun-
ty, outside of Mexico, gave the fol-
lowing registration in the draft last
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-19
GETTING THE HUNS.
THEY'RE ON THE RUN.
Americans Able To Look Over Into
Germany-Closing The Mouth OF
The Big Sack:

Washington, d. c., Sept. Ia
American troops operating in the st,
Mihiel sector made considerable
gains today, Gen. Pershing reported,
The statement follows;
Headquarters American Expedi-
tienary Forces, Sept. IL, 1918:
Section A-This morning our
troops, operating in the st. Mihiel
sector made considerable gains.
Assisted by French units, they broke
the enemy's resistance and advance
ed at some points to a depth OF Ave
miles. We have counted 5000 pris-
oners up to the present. The opera
ton is still in progress,
Fhe American First Army under
the command OF Gen. Pershtng, Is
In action against the Germans on
20-mile front on, the famous ST.
Mihiel salient in Lorraine, which
had stood a sharp wedge in the
French line southeast of Verdun
since the commencement of the war
In the preliminary thrust ground
was gained on both sides OF the trl-
angle, and also at its apex at ST, MI
hiel, and at last accounts the
Americans, with some French tro9ps
are brigaded, were fast sYeening
across the salient IN an eHort te
close the mouth Of the big pocket
before the Germans can ektrlcate
themselves from the perilous posi-
ton they are in as a result OF the
suddenness of the blow and the
clement of surprise 1t carried VAIN
a
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-28
HAD A STIFF TIME
MOTORING THRU SNOW

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Woodward with
their son Jesse and Mr.. J. G. Black
ford, of Shenandoah Junction, went
to Baltimore in an automobile. A
sleet storm spread a sheet of ice
over the road from Ellicott City to
Knoxville and made motor travel i'm
possible Mr.. Woodward's car bare
ly escaped being demolished a half
dozen times along the route and was
finally ditched near Ridgeville. Mr.
Blackford Jared even worse. His car
left the roadway three times. Each
time teams were employed to get 1t
back on the road. When it went to
the ditch the fourth time. he decided
to give 1t up. Both cars were aban-
doned and the occupants came home
On the train. The automobiles will
be brought home later
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-28
CORN Will. WIN
DEM()CRACY'S WAR
Americas Greatest Cereal Crop
Is Now Moving to
Market.
MAlNsTAY IN NATIONS CRISIS.
Surplus Wheat OF the United States
Has Been Sent to Famine Threat
ened Europe.

Americas great corn crop. exceed
ing S.ODOOOO.0OO bushels. will save the
worlds food situation. officials OF the
United States food administration be-
Iieye.
Corn Is the nations best food cereal.
housewives are beginning to realize.
II contains all the elements needed TO
keep the body in state of health and
when used according to the scores OF
tIicd recipes, especially when COM
bined with an added portion Of oil or
fat. win sustain life indefinitely. In
parcbed corn alone for many days at a
time, and at Valley Forge parched
corn was at times the sole ration Of
the Continental soldiers.
Owing to transportation difficulties
caused by the war the corn crop moved
!. ore slowly TO market this year than
eser before. Now. however. the cereal
IN reaching the rnillers and consumers.
III the meantime the nations surplus
wheat has been sent to Europe.
Today there are approximately 81
bushels of corn for every American
This quantity is greater by tive bush
els than in former years.
Corn has become the nations main
stay in the crisis of war.
just as this cereal saved the frs
American colonists from famine OF
n,aay occasions. just as II served as
staple food during the War Of the Re,
olution aud during the Civil War, KIN
Corn has again come to the. front n
the nations battle with autocracy.
Corn meal Is finding greatly increas
cd use In the making OF ordinary whit
bread Hundreds of housewives all
many Of the larger bakers are mixin
20 per cent. corn meal with whea
flour to make leavened bread. TIN
kind of a mixture Is worked and bake
in the same recipes and with the sam
methods thnt apply to straight whea
bread.
Corn hread-using corn meal entire
1y--is ginning a greater popularity
han ever before. Housewives arr
coming TO realize that every pound o.
wheat saved in America means pount
Of wheat released for shipment to III
nations with which America is associ
Htcd in the war,
There are score Of corn products
that today Possess unusual importance
for Americans. Corn syrup for sweet
ening corn cakes and buekwheat cakes
ind for use In the Kitchen instead OF
Isinulated sngnr Is one Of the leading
products made from corn.
Corn oil. excellent for frying and for
every other purpose filled by salad oils.
IL appearing on the marker in large
quantities. 1t comes from the germ Of
the corn.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-28
MADE IN-GERMANY LIES
CIRCULATED IN CANADA

Canada is also having trouble with
Made-in-Gcrmany lics calculated to
hinder Canadian food corsnrs'a 'i-s W.
cording TO an official statement ie-
ceived from the Canadian food con-
troller by the United States~f food adj
ministration.
The stories bothering Canada are
of the same general character as those
the United States food administra-
tor recently denounced In this coun-
try, such as the ridiculous salt and
blueing famine fakes aud the report
that the government would seize
horsca ives stocks OF home canned
goods.
The Canadian food controller esti-
mates that when the people listen to
nd pass on such stories. each one
has the power Of destruction that lies
In battalion of soldiers
"Stories without even vestige of
foundation have been scattered broad
cast" said the Canadian statement.
Nor have they come to life casually.
They have started simultaneously In
different parts of the country and In
each instance have been calculated to
arouse public Indignation.
'They are insidious, subtle. persist
ent. Bit by bit they dissipate public
trust, the great essential in the work
of food control.
ut lies with every Individual to for
bear from criticism: to refrain from
passing on the vagrant and harmful
story, and thus the more effectively
to cooperate In work which is going
to mean mores than the majority Of
people vet realize" ~
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-28
THE UNITED STATES FOOD
ADMINISTRATION SAYS,

There II no royal road to food
CONSERVATISM. We can only ac-
complish this BY the voluntary
action Of our whole people, each
element in proportion to It's means.
II 10 matter Of equality Of bur-
den; matter Of minute saving
and substitution at every point IN
the 20 600 600 Kitchens. on the co.
900 600 dinner tables. and in the
1000 900 manufacturing. wfSEe
sale and retail establish ments at
the country.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-28
PLANNING SECOND
TROOP OF SCOUTS

Scout Master A. NJ sStaubly is
much pssased with The ready re-
sponse Of the boys to renew the.l
Boy Scout oath. About 40 lads have
responded and as soon as the mum
Der reaches AS six patrols will be
organized into TROOP. 1t is expect
ed that enough additional candidates
will apply to organize at least fou
patrols in T-oop No. 2. A drum
ops will be included in the organ
ztion Of the two troops.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-28
CAR REPAIRER HURT
WHEN A JACK SLIPS

Car Repairer James Garland Crom-
well, residing at the corner OF Col
lege and Burke street, while operat-
.rg a Jack in the railroad yards at
Cumbo, Friday, was struck in the face
when the implement slipped. Several
teeth wee knocked out and his face
lacerated. H was given medical at
IGNITION at the City Hospital.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-28
mans ailments. p

mans ailments. Mrs. L. ZIMMERMAN,
BOIL N. Hutchings St., Kansas City,
Kansas.
Women who suffer from headaches,
nervousness, backache, the blues and
othersymptomso of functional derange-
nent should give this famous root and
herb remedy trial.
For forty yearB it has been overcom.
ing such ailments Of women after other
medicines have failed.
If you want special suggestions In
regard to your condition, write Lydia r.
PinkhAm Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
The result Of long experience is ct your
service, and your letter will be held in
strict confidence.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-28
YSzNorM Of Fifu-Ihree
IN Berfrana " Sinclair I
oyYH g u7uA Aaoug6oA Iii
oy9s g L1zza a2oa9 6A

worst of the lily pests We're VANISHED
for the season. A crisp Touch Of frost
sharpcned the night winds Indian
summer hung its mellow haze over the
land. The clean, pungent air that sift-
ed through the forests seemed doubly
sweet. after the vitiated atmosphere Of
town. Fresh from a gridiron of dusty
streets and stone pavements, and but
stepped, as one might say, from days
of Imprisonment In the narrow con
fines Of a railway coach, she drank the
whey air in hungry gulps, and joyec
in the soft yielding of the turf be-
meath her feet, the fern end peavine
carpet of the forest floor.
It was her pleasure at night to sleep
as she and Bill had slept, with her face
barred to the stars. She would draw
her bed little aside from the camp
fire and from the low seclusion Of n
tlicket lie watching the nimble flames
at their merry dance, smiling lazily at
the grotesque shadows cast by Jake
and his frau as they moved about the
blaze. And she would wake in the
morning clear-headed, alert, grateful
for the pleasant woodland smells
arising wholesomely from the fecund
bosom of the earth.
Lauer pulled up before his own cab
in at naid-afternoon of the fourth day
unloaded his own stuff, and drove to
his neighbours with the rest.
sI'n walk back after little" Hazel
told him, when he had piled her goods
IN one corner OF the kitchen.
The rattle of the wagon died away
She was alone--at home. Her eyes
filled as she roved restlessly from
kitchen to living-rooa and on into tn,
bedroom at the end. Bill had un
packed. The rugs were down. til
books slowed in familiar disafray III
GA their shelves. the bedding spread
semi-Gisorder where he had last slel
md gone away without troubling
smooth it out in houseyifely fashio.
She came back to Che living-roa
and seated herself in the big CHAIR
s'Ate AHdA Shi2CNtC0 w bC AVbCty, W..
lonely But she was not Perhap
that would come later. For the pres
ent 1t seemed az If she had reache
the end OF something, as if she wer
very tired, and had gratefully come
welcome resting place. She turne
her gaze out the open door where tn
forest fell away in vast undulatiot
to range of snow-capped mountain
purple in the autumn haze. and vers
that Bill had once quoted came l,ac
to her.:
Oh, to feel the wind grow strong
Where the trail leaps down.
could never learn the way
And wisdom of the town.
She blinked. The town--it SCENE
to have grown remote, a fantasy Ii
which she had played puppet par
But she was home again. If only tn.
gladness of it endured strong enougl
to carry her through whatever blacl
days might come to her there alone.
She would gladly have cooked her
supper in the kitchen fireplace. and
laid down to sleep under her own roof
= 1t seemed the natural thing to do. But
she had not expected to find the cabin
livably arranged, and she had prom
Used the Lauers to spend the night
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-28

ny y luucLloudt ue-
rangement. ! was
nervous and had
headaches most Of
the time. So many
p e ople re CO M
m ended Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound to
me, I tried 1t and
after taking six bot
ties / am well. ! do
not think the Vege-
table Compound can
be beaten for Wo-
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-28
WAX Paper SHORT.

The supply of wax paper used by
llers to wrap bread in is about ex-
Iueted in this section, the bakers
mort, owing to the congestion on
y railroads, and the recent embargo
lpplies Of paper ordered some time
" have not yet been received.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-28
ROOSEVELT AS CRITIC.

Praise for the Navy Department,
1aise and criticism for the Shipping
bard. and utter condemnation for
IS Whr Department featured Col
Lei Theodore Roosevelt's address to
V National Press Club. Washington.
thursday night, on the conduct If
y war.