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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-05
Watch the Little Pimples;
Thew Are Natures Waning

ders. And the one remedy which
has no equal as a purifier Is S. $. s.,
the purely vegetable blood medicine,
which has been on the market for
more than fifty years. 1t Is sold by
druggists everywhere.
II you are afflicted with any form
of skin disease, do not expect to be
cured by lotions. ointments. salves
and other local remedies. as they can
not possibly reach the source OF the
trouble. which is In the blood. Begin
taking s. S. S. today. and write a
complete history of your case to our
chief medical adviser. who will give
you special instructions. without
charge. Write at once TO Swift Spe'
cific Co. AL Swift Laboratory. At.
lanta, Ga
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-05

Four national and interstate en-
ventions will be attended by Seattle
representatives in April
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-05
Unsightly and Disfiguring
Signals of Bad Blood

Don't close your eyes TO the warn
ing which nature gives, when I'M
slightly pimples appear on your face
and other parts of the body.
Not only are the pimples and
splotches disfiguring, but they lead
to serious skin diseases that spread
and cause the most discomforting ir-
ritatlon and pain. Sometimes they
foretell Eczema, boils. blisters, scaly
eruptions and other annoyances that
burn like flames OF fire, and make
you feel mat your skin In ablaze.
When these symptoms appear on
any part OF the body. take prompt
steps to rid the blood Of these disor'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-05

servie. flags carrying sis stars
we're displayed at the Lincoln high
school community sing. Thursday
night. In,erlake. Green Lake. II. j.
Day. Ia,ona and Lincoln high school
districts were each Represented. Pa
,rio,ic music 4. being taught at the
weakly meetings.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-05
SEATTLE MAN CALLS
ALL WAR INVENTORS

WASHINGTON. April 5.-F. j.
Hefnan. n Seattle inventor. has n
keen sense OF humor. He has called
n meeting OF all war machine invent
ors for Saturday afternoon. In the
Board of Trade rooms. to organize to
win the war. A census of war ma
chine inventors has never been at.
tempted before.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-05

The same increases in price for de
ilverie. in hah.ton lots. or for de
liveric. Involving packing. which
have been authorized In previous
orders concerning the retail prices
Of coal In Seattle. and the same de
cr-ases In price for deliveries In
quantities Of twoton lots or more
are authorized in this order.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-05
JAIL BREAK Is FOILED

LOS ANGELES. April want
cd In Portland. Ore. on statutory
charge, Lester a. Benfor and Frank
Gerth attempted Jail break early
today, but were frustrated.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-05

Edward G. Pioda, university stu
dent. was granted a degree as bach
elor OF science this week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
MISS RAM WRITES
FROM ROUEN, FRANCE.
Former Social Service Nurse Here,
! Now With Hospital Unit No.
21, Sends Greeting to Her
Friends Here
TONNES ARE CHEERFUL
PATIENTS
Says No Matter How Badly Wounded
British Soldiers Are, They Are
Cheerful and Considerable

Miss Cordelia RAM, former Social
Service Nurse here, who is in Rouen,
France, with Hospital Unit No. q,
from st. Louis, writes Mrs. Frank Van
Ness, of this city, and sends the sea-
sons greeting to her many friends in
this city. Her letter follows:
My Dear Mrs. Van Ness:
ROUEN, France, Dec. 7, 1917. -
May the New Year hold good fortune
for you all and be always bright. /
would like you all to know how inter-
esting everything is over here, but
there really is so little that can say
which you do not already know from
the letters that have been published
in the st. Louis papers.
We are still in a tent hospital, but
they are very comfortable and warm-
er than they seem possible, and the
Tommies are always so full of cheer,
no matter how badly wounded, that
no one seems to mind any discomfort.
love them all and the work, too.
Would that l could hear of your Red
Cross activities, for know you have
them, and you cannot know what
wonderful thing the Red Cross is. and
means to the boys who are fighting
and also after they enter the hospit-
al. You wonderful women at home are
surely a great factor in this great
and OIL so horrible war.
The sun forgets to shine here most
of the time and we work in sou'wes-
ters, rubber bots and rubber coats.
Please give my greetings to Mr.. and
Mrs. Rixey, and I would have it ex-
tended to all those kind friends in
Mexico. Sincerely yours,
CORDELIA RAM.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
NEW HOPE ITEMS

R. r. Dollins and family were yisi-
tors at the home Of T. X. Dollins and
family on the 25th.
Mrs. w. T. Chick and daughter Miss
Effie Chick, were guests of Harry
Miller and wife of Cant Monday night
and Tuesday.
Miss ARA Dollins and Miss Grace
Dollins were visitors of homefolks or
Christmas.
Mrs. Harvey Stuart is sick at thi;
writing.
William Freeman and wife were
guests of Harvey Stuart and wife or
Sunday; also Bernard Sellars anc
wife.
Mrs. Galley Clark is no better. Th'
doctor says an operation will be nee
essary.
G. D. Wilson sold "a hogs to Cur
Wright. Price was 16c per lb; Har'
vey Stuart sold 6 head to the same
party at 16c.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
]. HARRISON BROWN
NOW WITH THE Al
GREEN BRICK co.
Mexico Boy Sewers Connection With
Merchants Trade Journal of Des
Moines to Accept Position

]. Harrison Brown, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bob Brown, Of this city, has sew
cred his connection as New York rep
resentative of the Merchants Trade
Journal, of Des Moines, Iowa, to ac-
cept a splendid position in the sales
department of the A. P. Green Brick
Co., of this city.
Mr. Brown has been specializing in
advertising for a number of years and
made splendid success in salesman
ship. He is a young man of high in
tegrity, unusual business ability, and
originality, and stands among the
leaders of the younger men in his
field.
He is going to learn the business
from the ground up and Mr.. Green,
who has happy faculty of surround
ing himself with live wires and prom
ising men, has made no mistake in Sc
curing the services of Mr.. Brown.
Mr.. Brown will make Mexico his
headquarters in the future.
The Ledger joins in congratulating
the Brick Company in securing his
services and joining is many friends
in wishing him continued success.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
ORIGINAL GAS MASK HERE
Local Fire Department Had Fore.
runner of Military Mask

The mask used by soldiers to pro-
tect them against gas attacks in noth-
ing NUT an improvement on the smoke
mask used for years by fire depart
ments. The Mexico Fire Department
has for years had several of these
smoke masks among their equipment.
They are made of leather and sup
posed to strap over the nose. There
is a sponge in it which dampened al
lows the air to pass through, but fit
ters the smoke in the passage for the
protection of the wearer.
The masks are unsightly, but ser
viceabIe and have done duty here on a
number of occasions in the past when
it was necessary for the firemen to
enter a burning building, whose inte'
rior was heavy with smoke and
fumes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
POLITICAL ASPECT OF
CONGRESS CHANGED
Deaths and designations Have Alter
ed Conditions for the House When
1t Assemblies in January
BE MORE REPUBLICANS
Democrats of the House Have Lost
Five Members-Republican Men,
bership Remains Unchanged

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S. - Deaths
and designations have altered the po-
litical classification of Congress.
When it reassembles January 8, the
Democrats in the House will be out
numbered by the Republicans three
members, instead Of being two in the
lead, and the Democratic majority of
nine in the Senate will be cut down to
eight.
The Democrats Of the House have
lost five members. W. C. Adamson,
chairman of the Committee on Inter-
state and Foreign Commerce, resign
ed to accept position on the Ap-
praisers Board at the port of New
York, effective Dec. 1s. Representa-
tives Griffin, Buckner and Fitzgerald
of New York delegation, rendered
their designations, to become effective
Dec. 81, the first two to take offices
in New York City, Fitzgerald will
practice law. Representative Ills
worth R. Bathrick, of Ohio, died.
The Republican membership in the
House is not changed by the decision
of Representative Johnson, of South
Dakota, to go to war, although he
cannot receive his salary while draw
ing pay as an officer. He did not re-
sign. The vacancy by death last fall
of Representative Martin, Republi-
can of Illinois, has not been filled.
Senator Newlands' death cut the
margin of the Democrats in the Sen
ate. 1t has been reduced by the death
of Senator Husting, of Wisconsin.
The political classification of Con-
gress January will be:
House-Republicans, 212; Demo.
Gratis, 2O9; Progressive, /; Indepen.
dents, 2; Socialists, /; Prohibitionist
1; Progressive Protectionist, /; Non.
partisan, l. vacancies, 6.
Senate - Democrats, 81; Republi!
cans, AZ; Republican-Progressive, 1
vacancies, 2.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
STUDENTS GET CREDIT

COLUMBIA, Mo-, Dec. 27. = Stu
dents who go into national service
during the regular school sessions
will not lose credit for the work done,
according to a ruling Of the faculty
of the Missouri University. Those
who attended the third officers train
ing camp will receive the same credit
as they would receive at the end of the
semester in January, based on the
quality of work done up to the time Of
excuse. Rules have been made also
for cases of students leaving the
University to enter other branches
of Federal war service.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
A SURPRISE WEDDING
Vandalia Girl Weds Soldier in Bow
ling Green on Monday

Miss Byrina Middleton, Of Vandalia,
and Edward English were secretly
married in Bowling Green, Monday
evening.
Mrs. English is the daughter of H.
P. Middleton, of vandalia, who was
attacked and robbed by thieves in
Vandalia several weeks ago. She il
well known in Mexico and is very pop
ular with all who know her. Mr.. Eng
lish is attached to the army at Fort
Grant, Ill. He arrived in Mexico Mon
day afternoon and they went to Bow
ling Green that evening. Tuesday
morning he returned to Fort Grant.
Only few of their most intimate
friends knew of the marriage. Mrs
English will remain in Mexico for
several days before returning to her
home in Vandalia. She is the guest OF
relatives here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
CHURCH BELLS co IN AUSTRIA
Shortage Of Bronze Made the Step
Necessary, 1t is Said

COPENHAGEN, Dec. "a. - A Sec
ond requisition Of church bells has
taken place in Austria to the sorrow
of the Catholic population of that
country, according to advices receiv-
ed here. A limited number of bells
had been spared, thanks to the vigor-
Gus Representations of the Episcopal
Church authorities. But the govern
ment came to the conclusion that
further requistioning was necessary,
with the result that the church has
had to sacrifice many more Of its fa-
miliar and cherished bells to the never
satisfied Moloch of war.
The idea Of substituting steel bells
for bronze has not yet eventuated,
owing to the onerous conditions stip-
ulated by bell manufacturers, who de-
mand, among other things, that the
price shall be paid in foodstuffs for
the workmen in the factories.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
WOMEN MANAGING ALAMO
Clerks and HOusekeeper Take Charge
of New Hostelery

The New Alamo Hotel is practically
conducted by women. Miss Gertrude
Elder, of Montgomery City, is dag
clerk; Miss Mary Swartz, of st. Lou
is, is night clerk, and Mrs. Bessie Nc
Kinley Winscott is house-keeper. t
]. Hoxsey, proprietor of the Alamo, IL
also placing women in charge of hi:
cafe counter across the street in tbs
Hotel Hoxsey.
Miss Elder is well known here, hav.
ing been for several months connected
with the Purdy Drug Co. Miss
Swartz has been connected with the
Hotel Buckingham, st. Louis, as house
nurse, and for a time was connected
with the Mexico Hospital. Mrs. Win.
scott has been connected with th'
Kings Daughters Home for Aget
Women, here. All are capable and eff
ficient.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
HARRIS FOR CONGRESS
Friends Want Popular Galloway Man
TO Run
Fulton Gazette)

If the urging of friends prevails,
Galloway County will present Judge
David H. Harris, of this city, as can
didate for the Democratic nomination
for Representative in Congress at the
August primary. Personal and polt-
ical friends in this and the other coun-
ties of the Ninth District have tender
ed him support and promised to 60
whatever distance may be necessary
to help him win the nomination.
Judge Harris has accepted the Of
fers appreciatively, but has not an
nounced his intentions and has made
no effort to create favorable senti-
ment in the district. He seems open
minded on the subject.
Since Missouri became a State in
1920, Galloway county has had two
Representatives in Congress-Albert
G. Harrison, who served from 1885 to
1899, and John Jameson, who served
three years, the last ending in 1S49.
The last candidate the county offered
was the late Judge John A. Hockaday,
who sought the position made vacant
in 1899 by the death of the late "Sil-
yer Dick" Bland.
Many Democrats in Galloway feel
that it is time the county should
again have a Representative in Con-
gress, and they feel that Judge Har-
ris is the man to offer as the coun-
ty's candidate. His ability as CAM
paign speaker, his work as lawyer
at the bar and as judge on the Circuit
Bench, his labor in behalf of judicial
reform in the State, and his activities
as a citizen, all fit him for the large
public service expected of federal
| legislator.
During the time that has elapsed
since the declaration of war against
Germany, Judge Harris has taken part
in many patriotic movements, In the
speeches he has made he has shown
that he believes in the Righteousness
of the war and that he is in full SYM
pathy with the purposes of the Pres
ident in conducting Americas part Of
the contest. If he should be a men,
ber of the next Congress he would be
an outstanding and outspoken Ameri-
can, and in supporting the nations
war would give ungrudging support to
the Commander-in-Chief of the Ma
tion's Army and Navy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
GRAHAM FLOUR MAY COME
Shortage of Wheat May Result in
Radical Milling Changes

The shortage of wheat may result
in the manufacture Of graham flour
instead of white wheat flour, accord
ing to W. w. Pollock, of the Pollock
Milling and Elevator Co., of this city.
Mr.. Pollock says jhis organization,
just as all other mills in this country
have asked for 80 days leeway before
they discontinue manufacturing th5i:
best flour DAISY. They have a
large number of sacks on hand and to
discontinue its manufacture at once
would work a heavy hardship on the
mills.
The Pollock Milling and Elevator
Co. was established in June 1869 and
Daisy flour was first placed on the
market about 1885. Previous to that
time the flour they featured was
"Bell of Mexico" their straight patent
flour. Under the change demanded
by the Government, they will return
to this old brand.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
Good Red Cross Report
My Dear Mr.. Johnson:

My Dear Mr.. Johnson:
: MEXICO, Mo-, Dec. "a, 1917. - |
am sending you the money obtained
for the Red Cross in Skull Lick Dis
trict. We got forty members and for
ty-five dollars. Am sending a money
order for twenty-four dollars and
checks for the remaining twenty-one
dollars.
If could have come to Mexico for
instructions as to how to conduect our
drive, we could perhaps have done
better; but / just returned from the
hospital in Columbia on Thursday
(Dec. 14) and l did not dare get out
in the kind of weather we were having
then. l tried to get leader, but no
one else seemed to want the job, SO
had to do the best I could. Wishing
you the greatest success in your CAM
paign, | am, very truly yours,
KATHERINE EDWARDS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
Negro Minister Dies

The funeral of the Rev. R. E. Gill
Ian aged IA was held in this city on
Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist
Colored Church. Rev. Gillian was a
presiding elder in the Mexico district
He first took up ministry during
the Civil War and has preached in
many differene churches since that
time. Before his death he lived at
Lawrence Kan, where he was the pas
tor of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. After the funeral the body
was sent to his home for burial.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
MAY LOSE FINGER
Roy Coleman Shoots Self in Finger
with % Revolver

Roy Coleman, IA years old, the son
of Francis Coleman, foreman at the
Shoe Factory, shot himself in the fin
ger Thursday, while playing with a
blank pistol.
Coleman had been playing with the
revolver for a good while. He loaded
it with % cartridge and accidentally
pulled the trigger while he had his
finger over the barrel.
The doctors think the.bullet is i'm
bedded in the bone of the fore-finger
and they will have to amputate it in
order to save him from blood-poisOn-
ing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
NEGROES AND MOB VIOLENCE
National Association Reports 25oO
Lynched in Last % Years

NEW YORK, Dec. 81. = Lynching
and mob violence were among the sub
jects considered at the opening ses-
sion here yesterday Of the seventh an
nual conference of the National AS
sociation for the Advancement of Col
ored People. The discussion was led
by George B, Vashon, who was an
eyewitness at the riots in East st.
Louis last summer.
Reports made to the conference by
field investigators showed that with
in the last 32 years more than $500
negroes had been lynched in this
country. The conference will con
tinue through Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
Oldest Missouri Mason Dies

RISH HILL, Mo-, Dec. 27. = Rev.
John S. Porter, age 92, died at his
home here yesterday. He was in the
ministry of the Methodist Church for
fifty years. He had been member
of the Masonic order for sixty years
being the oldest member Of the order
in the state. He is survived by seven
children.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
PORKLEss SATURDAYS
so Hotel and Cafe Managers Agree to
Obesrve Porkless Saturday

Sixty hotel and restaurant man
ayers, meeting Thursday night at the
Marquette Hotel in st. Louis, pledg-
ed themselves to observe the recent
request of the Food Administration to
have each Saturday porkless. They
agreed not to serve fresh pork or
salted pork, bacon, lard or ham, on
Saturdays, beginning today.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
In Munitions Factory

Robert Robertson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. w. Robertson, of this city,
who has been home for Christmas, is
now employed in a munitions factory
in New Haven, Conn. Before begin
ming work he was a student at Cornell
University.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
MAY DISTRIBUTE FROM HERE
Overland Motor Co. Considering This
City for 10 County Center


According to Cleve Smith, local rep
resentative of the Overland Motor
Co., the manufacturers of the Over
land car are considering the estab-
lishment of distributing plant in
this city to cover 10 Missouri coun-
ties.
Should the plan materalize, Mr.
Smith says he and his brother, Han
sen Smith, of Montgomery City, will
erect a large building suitable tc
house the activities of the organiza-
tion.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
NEW SuITS FILED

Eugie P. Byrd has filed divorce
suit against her husband, Oscar Byrd,
on the ground of non-support.
Ernest Jesse has filed a divorce suit
against Zephyr Jesse on the charge Of
desertion.
Asbury L. Thomas has brought suit
against Stuart A. Muff for 100000
damages. e,
W. T. Vance has brought suit
against Singleton W. Thompson ct a
to perfect title.
Elizabeth Martin has sued for di-
vorce from Frank Martin on the
charge of non-support.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
Appointed Officers
Man Injured in Runaway.

Mr.. Stevenson, of Centralia, was in
jured Wednesday. The horse he wa;
driving became frightened at some.
thing and refused to go thru a gate
A wagon was in front of Stevenson
and when he attempted to lead his
horse thru the gate it jumped ant
caught him between the rear of the
wagon and the tongue of his buggy
Although the injury is very painful
it is not thought to be serious. HI
was taken to the doctor at Centrali'
and his injury attended.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03

William McHugh, of this city, was
taken into custody by Chief Of Police
Wallace this week and is being held
for officers from Cincinnati, Ohio,
where he is wanted on a charge Of
burglary, McHugh's wife is serving
sentence in the Missouri prison and
their baby is being cared for by rela.
tives here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03

H. E. Slowson and Miss Mildred
Adams, of Rae, Andrew County, Mo-,
were married at the home Of Rev. c.
A. Mitchell Monday evening. After
the ceremony, they left for Columbia,
in an automobile.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03

]. C. Renshaw, well known in Mex
leo, is now located at the Motion Ho-
tel in Birmingham, Ala, and writes
the Ledger that he has been troubled
with neuritis for sometime, and is
trying the southern climate. His ma
ny friends in Mexico hope he will soon
recover his old time good health.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03

John Henderson is suffering from
painfully bruised right arm. The
crank on his car struck it and broke
a blood vessel, besides painfully bruis-
ing the arm.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03

Mr.. Wakefield has been one Of the
most efficient and capable members
of the State Board of Agriculture.
He was successful in all his work with
notable degree of special success in
his State Fair work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
Father Haar Pail Bearers

The following were the pail bear
ers at the funeral of Father ]. l.
Haar knights of Columns and Cath
olics of America:) John Hilkemey-
er, Joseph Sandbothe, D. L. Blanch'
field, Leo Hoer, Frank Herducek and
Joseph Kleinsorge.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
C. T, Wisdom is Named

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Dec. 2S. -
Gov. Gardner yesterday appointed c.
T. Wisdom, of Bowling Green, men,
ber of the State Board of Agriculture
to succeed John ]. Wakefield, of
Mexico, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
Can't Do without the Ledger

w. S. Ridgeway, writing from Route
8, Centralia, Mo-, renewing for his
favorite paper, the Mexico Weekly
Ledger, says; "I can't 60 without the
old reliable Mexico Weekly Ledger
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
pelinquents Questionnaires Arrive

The questionnaires of the two men
reported delinquent arrived at the To-
cal board on Thursday. 1t was found
that the delays were not intentional
violations, but were rather on account
of the mails. Jesse Lue had sent his
to the wrong address and Henry lrv-
ing had moved to Chicago and the
days time was not sufficient for him
to return his. Both men have beer
cleared of the charge brought against
them.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03
Wedding License in st. Louis

The st. Louis Republic states Bryan
E. Tucker, of Mexico. Mo-, and Miss
Pearl |. Uthank, of lies, ILL.,, were
granted a marriage license in that
city Friday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03

december ,2Oth was the banner tax
tonection day of County Collector
O"as' Powell. His collections on that
OyeasIon amounted to $26,524.12, Of
winch over $4,000 was Chicago 6
Alton railroad taxes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03

MISS Lucille Howell, of the Kansas
u''y Conservatory Of Music, and Miss
ne'cn Howell, who is attending the
""rrchsburg State Normal School,
'' spending the holidays at their
nome in this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03

harvey Brown and Mrs. Brown, of
NcAIlister, Okla, departed for their
nome this week, after a visit to rel
a'lVes in this city. Mr.. Brown is the
cashier of one of the banks in that
city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03

Father Timothy O'Sullivan was in
Martinsburg Thursday, where he as
sisted in the funeral services over the
remains of Father Haar.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03

Mrs, Mason Creasey was operated
m at the Mexico Hospital Saturday
iOr appendicitis. We are glad to an
n0unce she is doing as we'll as could
be expected.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-03

Misses Margaret and Emma Wenzell
and Mrs. William Wenzell and Joseph
Hoer attended the funeral of Father
haar in Martinsburg Thursday MORN
ing.