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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-06
ADJUSTMENTS
Mantell at Jefferson

Owing to the length of the perform ance of Hamlet the curtain at the lief ferson will rise promptly at 8 o'clock tonight when Robert B. Mantel, the emil nent Shakespearean actor, will present the greatest of the tragedies-'H Hamlet" :" The afternoon performance, when MT. Mantell will give Romeo and Juliet" will begin, however, at the usual hour of 2.30
 MT. Mantell's Romeo is one of his mas ter roles, and he throws into it all the fervor of youth, mellowed by the experi- ence of age. Few of his roles surpass his Romeo, while the Juliet of Miss Hamper is superb. Those who witnessed her portrayal of Portia Monday night have been eager to see her as Juliet and the sale of tickets has been unprecedented ly heavy.
 Little need be said of the night per formance of Hamlet" For depth of un- derstanding and subtlety of feeling MT. Mantell is without equal on the English speaking stage and as the melancholy Dane he is at his best.
 He is supported by a cast of unusual excellence Miss Hamper as Ophelia Is dainty, captivating and above all intelli- gent, while the Laertes of Fritz LeibeI is fully up to his Bassanio Of "The Merchant of Venice"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-06

All who attend the Lyric theatre this afternoon or tonight will enjoy bill or pnusual merit, it being featured with quite variety of high class acts.
 The bill for the first half of the week is featured by Margaret Edwards known as the perfect girl from California In her revelations in physical culture and daac- ing.
 As another headline feature Lycdell and Higgans in the rural comedy. "A Friend of Fathers" is undoubtedly one of the best offerings of it's kind offered here.
 Walter LeRoy. Lytton & Co.,, Blinn and Burt, and Ned Northworth & Co. are the other three acts which are very pleasing to the Lyric patrons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-06

cause of lack of authority in carry ing on his work. He said today Chair man Hurley allowed subordinates in the corporation to report over his head.
 Some of what he called the short comings of the board were excused by the witness on the ground that the or ganization was evolved lover night.' and that it's lack of business methods was partially due to the fact that it had no business standing such as pri- vate corporations have.
 The committee has about concluded its investigation of the shipping board. but will meet again at the call of Chairman Fletcher to take up some minor matters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-06
BESsEMER BUREAU PHONE BESSEMER 5S1
DAUGHTERS OF CoNFEDERACY

to the Red Cross headquarters as present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-06

Piles Cured in to IA Days
 Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Itching, Blind, bleeding or Protruding Piles First application gives relief. soc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-06
Irwin Beds"

Do you want to laugh? Do you want
 two hours of clean, wholesome fun? Do
 you want to get rid of the cares and
 anxieties of life in an evening of enjoy.
 able mirth? Then go to see Twin Beds,
 the side-splitting comedy, when 1t comes
 to the Jefferson Monday, Tuesday and
 Wednesday of next week, with matinees
 Monday and Wednesday.
 If there is any misanthropic or cadaver- ous looking individual who does not leave it changed into a jolly, generous.
 healthy person we want to see him.
 irwin E%is" is said to be a sure cure
 for all the ills that flesh Is heir to and
 to be as breezy and jolly an entertain ment as has ever been seen here. Twin
 Beds'' ran for one solid year in New York where 1t played to the largest gross receipts ever known in the history Of the American theatre. Not content with that it is now breaking all records in Lon don, where the comedy has already reached It's second year, Twin Beds will shortly be produced in Paris, Rome, Madrid, Petrograd, South America and South Africa A S. Stern & Co.,, under whose direction the tour Is being given. will send a carefully selected company of funmakers for this engagement, promi- nent among whom are Josephine Saxton, Antoinette Rochte, Kathryn Mills, Ma rion Osgood, Hamilton Mott Luis All terni, Thomas H. Manning, warren Hastings and others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-06
WAR MACHINERY OF.
 THE UNITED STATES. SUBJECT OF ATTACK.
New York Senator Is Very Bitter in Arraignment of the Administration
 Methods

Washington, February 5.-Amcrica's war-making machinery was pictured as "a conE1omeration of ambitious md scattered agencies" incapable of team work. In m address in the Senate to- day by Senator Wadsworth, a republic an member of the military affairs com mfttee.
 The speech renewed the debate over the war efficiency, which occupied the Senate all day yesterday after Senator Hitchcock, a democratic committeeman, had delivered a similar arraignment of the lack of coordination in the govern ments activities.
 Without detailing army conditions re- vealed by the military committees war inquiry, Senator Wadsworth confined himself largely to argument for the proposed legislation for centraliZation of making agencies. President Wilson cannot coordinate these agencies, he said, and with a long war in prospect, radical steps to unify the nations eff forts are necessary.
 That great things have been done can not be denied,' he declared. That oth- CT great things have been left undone must be admitted. The credit for the things accomplished can be assigned to several individuals. The blame for short comings ought not to be laid upon any individual. Criticism should be direct ed against our system, or rather, the ,l- x.F.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-06
FUEL RESTRICTION

The fuel restriction order was cited by the New York senator as an example of lack of proper coordination between gov ernment departments Although the or
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-02-14
Scrap iron, scrap auto
tires, SCra2 rubber
boots and a..aeS, SCRAP
rags, hides, feathers,
furS and pelta at the
highest cash prices.
SAM MORRIS
MADE IN HADES.

CONFIDENTIAL letter from the Devil +,
the Kaiser DECIDED by Eugene II
Blake of the Vigilantes.)
Internal Palace, Hades.
Ny Dear Wilhelm:
Before we started this war, any ar.
ticle would sell faster in almost an,
country if Made in Germany" was
stamped on it. Confidence in the
product and good will for Germany
put the sale across dead easy.
Bat now, my dear Kaiser, look
what you've done. You have
Plans for World Conquest-"Made
in Germany"
Strapped. Belgian. Conquest
Made in Germany"
Poison Made in Ger
many"
Plans for American Holy Wars
Made in Germany"
Lusitania Murders-"Made in Ger
many"
Broken Pledges-"Made in Ger
many"
Hymns of Hate-"Made in Ger
many"
Zeppelin Baby Brainings-Made in
Germany"
Barbarities Against Prisoner.
made in Germany"
Betrayals of Neutrals-"Made in
Germany"
Sink without a Trace Notes
Made in Germany"
It's good work all right, Wilhelm,
but if you don't watch out you never
can use made in Germany" after
the war. You gotta think about that
you know.
An article marked Made in Ha-
dos" would sell better.
I'm afraid we've overdone this
thing. What do you think?
Painfully your friend and ally,
BEELZEBUB.
Prince of Devils and Kaiser of
Hades.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-02-14
MIR. c. c. INGRAM.
FIades.

Laddonia lost one of her very best
citizens lately. The Message over
looked the item last week. We refer
to the passing of Mr. c. c. Ingrim.
The Laddonia Herald thus refers to
Mr.. Ingrim's death;
Cortez C. Ingrim was born Decem-
Der rs, 1860, near Louisiana, Mo.
He passed away February l, 1918,
aged 10 years, one month and five
days. He was united in marriage
with Miss Nettie Dickey July IL,
1899. Mr.. Ingrim was a devoted and
faithful husband.
Besides q host of friends he leaves
an aged father, ], NJ. Ingrim, ono
brother, Bert Ingrim, and two Sis
tiers, Mrs. J. M. Scobee and Mrs. ].
A. Pierce, all of Mexico. His mother
preceded him to the great beyond
six years ago.
He united with the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, three years
ago, Oft January 9Th. Since then he
lived the life OF Il faithful Christian.
The funeral services were conduct
ed by Rev. s. H. Milan and Bre,
R, /. Scwab in the presence of
large audience, at the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, and the
body was laid to rest in LaddeDia
Cemetery.
He moved to Audrain county with
his parents about 80 years ago and
lived on farm northeast of town
for a few years when he moved to
town and engaged In the livery bus
mess, later conducted a dray iigs.
He was successful In his undertake.
ings.
Cort Ingrim was a man in every
respect. eig-hearted, charitable, and
ever ready TO minister to the wants
of the needy and distressed, He was
ready at all times to assist in any
thing that would benefit the town
and community. He will be missed
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-02-14
Notice of Special Election

Notice is hereby given that at the
November Term of the County Court
Of Audrain County. Missouri. held at
Mexico, Missouri, on the twenty
fourth day of December, 1917. bei y
the fourth day of said Term. a poti-
ltion Ci r. Lee Afford and more than
oae hundred others of the qualified
-i-ctors OF said AudTain County pra =
INC !or special election to authorize
me levy OF an annual tax of not more
IMAM one-half of mill on the dollar
Tor. the purpose of purchasing real
estate for hospital purposes and for
the construction of hospital buildings
ana for the maintenance of same. or
! ior elther or all of such purposes
was taken up and considered and the
Following proceedings we're had
to-wit:
order calling a special election
to authorize the ievyinE of a tax of
rot more than one-half of a mill on
the dollar for the purpose of pur-
CHASING real estate and for the con-
structlon of hospital buildings and
the maintenance of the same, or for
either or all of such purposes.
IN TIE MATTER OF A PETI-
IlON OF RESIDENT FREEHOLD
ERS FOR ESTABLISHING OF HOS
FIIAL IN THE CITY OF MEXICO.
NOW at this day, December "a,
LJl1, the petition of r. Lee Afford
and others for the establishment of
hospital in the City of Mexico, in
Audrain County, Missouri, coming on
Tor further consideration, the Court
hndS that on the 3rd day of Decem-
Der, 1917, there was filed in the Of
nee OF the Clerk of this Court a pc
tition of r. Lee Afford and more |
than one hundred other resident free |
holders of said County, the text of !
which ptetiion is as follows:
Petition For Hospital.
To the Honorable County Court of !
Audrain County, Missouri:
We, the undersigned one hundred |
and more petitioners, state that we,
each and all are resident free-holders |
Of Audrain County, Missouri, and |
that fifty of the signers of this pc
ttion are not residents of the City |
Of Mexico in said County, in which |
said City it is proposed to locate a |
public hospital hereinafter mention
ed, ask and petition said Honorable
led for the establishment and main
tenance of public hospital in the
said City of Mexico in said Audrain
County; and we specify in this, our
petition, the sum of $4,000 as the !
maximum amount of money propos- 9.
ed to be expended in purchasing or
building said Hospital.
We further petition and ask that
said Honorable Court submit the
question to the qualified voters of
Audrain County at a special election
10 be by said Court called for that
purpose; first, giving ninety days
notice of said election in one or more
published in Audrain
County, including in said notice the
ext Ct this petition and stating in
3eid notice the amount of taxes to
De levied upon the assessed property
IF Audrain County, which taxes your
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-02-14

petitioners ask shall not exceed one
half mill on the dollar, for a perio,
or time not exceeding twenty years
ana be for the Issue of bonds to pro
vide funds for the purchase of q sit
and the erection thereon of a publ
hospital and hospital buildings ant
Tor the support of the same, which
said election your petitioners ask Il
De held at the usual voting places IL
said County of Audrain for votint
upon county officers and that tho
vote thereat be canvassed in the sam,
manner as the vote for the count,
officers is canvassed.
The Court, after further consid.
ering the said petition and after
having been fully advised of and con.
corning the premises, doth find that
said petition is signed by more than
one hundred of the resident free
holders of Audrain County, and that
more than fifty of said petitioners
are not residents of the said City of
Mexico.
1t is therefore considered and or
dered by the Court that a special
election be held in Audrain County,
Missouri, at the usual voting places
in said County for voting for State
and County officers, on the
Fifth Day of April, 1918,
and that there shall be submitted
thereat to the qualified electors of
said County of Audrain the question
whether there shall be levied upon
the assessed property of Audrain
County tax of one-half of one mill
on the One Dollar for the purchase of
real estate for hospital purposes and
for the construction of hospital
buildings, and. for maintenance of
same; and that the Clerk of this
Court cause to be given ninety 600
days notice of said election by publ
cation in the Mexico Missouri Mes
sage a certified copy of this Or
der of Court as and for the said no
tice.
Now therefore in pursuance to said
above order the Court does hereby
order that on April fifth, 1918, an
election be held at the usual voting
places in Audrain County, Missouri,
for County officers, to vote on the
tolevy tax of onehalf mill
on the one dllar for purchasing real
estate for hospital purposes and for
the construction OF hospital build
ings and for the maintenance of
same, or for either or all &C. such
purposes.
ALEX CARTER, p. ].
STATE OF MISSOURI, County of
Audrain. SIS. 1, Ross B. eau
thorn, Clerk of the County Court in
and for said County, hereby certify
the above and foregoing to be a true
copy of the proceedings of our said
County Court, on the day and year
above written, as the same appears
Of record in my office.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal OF the said Court, at Office in
Mexico, this the oath day of Deem
Der, 1917.
(SEAL)
r. B. CAUTHORN,
Clerk County Court. .
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-02-14
Notice of Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given to all cred
itors and others interested in the es-
tate of ]. w. Settle, deceased, that
this Undersigned, executor of said es-
tate, intends to make final settle
ment thereof at the next term of the
Probate Court, in the County of Au-
drain, State of Missouri, to be hol-
den at the Court House, in the City
of Mexico, in said county, on the
second Monday in February, 1918.
WOODFORD T SETTLE,
Executor.
First publication, Jan IT, 1918.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-02-14
A4EXL5 W0NDER
r. B. CAUTHORN,
Clerk County Court.

FHE Texas Wonder cures kidney and
bladder troubles, dissolves gravel cures
diabetes, weak and lame backs, rheuma-
tism and all irregularities ofthe kidneys and
bladder in both men and women. fnot sold
by your druggist. will be sent by mail on re-
ceipt of 81. One small bottle Is two months
treatment and seldom fails TO perfect cure.
Send for testimonials from this and other
st. Louis. Mo. Sold by druggists.-Adv.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-02-14
Notice of Sale under Decd of Trust

whereas w. H. Upham and Ida NT
Upham, his wife, by their certain
deed of trust, dated February
1915, duly acknowledged and re-
corded in the trust deed records with
IN and for the county of Audrain
abd State of Missouri, in trust decd
record book Al at page S19, convey
ed to the undersigned trustee the
Following described real estate w.
ing and being situate in the Civ Of
Mexico, in the County of Audraip
and State of Missouri, to-wit:
A part of the Northeast one-fourth
OF the Northwest quarter of Section
e. Township 81, Range West
pounded and described as follows.
to-wit; Begin at an iron pin 12O
rect north of the intersection of the
north line of Love Street with the
East line of Wade Street; run 16A
feet north to concrete stone; thence
East $50 feet to a rock; thence
south 164 feet; thence west
$50 feet to the point of
beginning, being otherwise known
as the north part of Lot Sew
en- CD in said survey No. as in the
City of Mexico, Missouri
Which said conveyance was made
in trust to secure the payment of ono
certain negotiable promissory note.
together with interest thereon and in
said deed of trust fully described,
and,
Whereas, the legal owner and bol-
der of said promissory note for a val
liable consideration on June End,
1916, did release from the lien of
said deed of trust the north half of
the land conveyed by said deed of
trust, but did not release in any way
the south half of said land, and
Whereas, said promissory note so
secured by said deed of trust is past
due and remains unpaid. Now, there
FORE the undersigned trustee in said
Iced Of trust named, at the request
Of the holder of said promissory
note, will on
SATURDAY, the 2Srd Day of Feb.
ruary, 1918,
between the hours OF o O'Clock a. m.
md 5 o'clock p, m, of that day pro-
iced to sell the south half of the rea,
state above described and conveyed
~ said deed Of trust, to-wit:
A part of the northeast fourth of
he northwest quarter of Section 90,
township 81, Range 9 West, bound.
ID and described as followsg Begin
t an iron pin 100 feet north of the
Intersection of the north line of Love
treet with the east line of Wade
tPeet, run SO feet north; thence
last lho feet; thence South SO feet,
hence West $50 feet to the point OF
eginning, being part of Lot Seven
-, in City Survey No, 45 in the
ity of Mexico, Missouri, at public
andge to the highest bidder, at tbs
'st fFo9t door Of the Court House Ia
-exico, Missouri. FOR CASH, to pay
i'd debt, interest and the costs and
'penses of executing this trust.
e. R, LOCKE, Trustee
first publication January 81, 1918.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-02-14

ONE WAX TO SAVE MONEY,
by PatFoAizing
The New and SECONDHAND Store.
For all kinds Stoves, Beds, Chairs,
Mattresses, Suit Cases, Trunks, Rugs,
Dresses, and everything needed in
tbs bone, II you want to buy or
sell, coil on G, H. Handle,
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-02-14

tConhdential letter from the Devil to
the Kaiser DECIDED by Eugene H.
Blake of the Vigilantes.)
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-02-14

az much as any man in town. His
word was as good as his bond.
May his soul find rest at the right
hand of his Savior, in whom he put
his trust.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-02-14

FOR SALE:-New and Up-to-
date Furniture, Stoves and Rugs.
SEWING MACHINES on easy pay
ments. Can furnish Four home
or rooms complete.
Buy Now And Pay Later.
SAM MORRIS.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-02-14
Notice of Final Settlement,

Notice of Final Settlement,
Notice is hereby given to all cred
itors and others interested in the es-
tate Of Elias P. Burns, deceased, that
tie undersigned, executor of said es-
tate, intends TO make final settle=
meEt Thereof at the next term of the
Probate Court, in the County of Au-
drain, State of Missouri, to be hol-
den at the Court House, in the City
of Mexico, in said county, on the Sec
ond Monday in February, 1913.
M. B. PAIGE,
Executor.
First publication, Jan. II, 1918.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-02-14

l.. w. Roberts for first-cIass SER
vice and funeral work. Licensed
embalmers. Answer calls promptly
day or night.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-02-14

have moved my shop to the
West side of DIR. McIntyres Barn.
GoAd stalls In which to hitch free.
Como up, ct.
JOE PRATT.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-02-14

furnish youv homes or rooms COM
Machines on easy payments. Can
Furniture, Stoves and Rugs, Sowing
SAM NORRIS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-15
CHIEF BUSY ON
UNKEMPT- SPOT
Head of Police Department Cleans
Up Boulevard Near the
Station.

Police Chief Phil Miller was bus
lily engaged today in cleaning up
the boulevard surrounding the Roy
al Neighbors' building, situated on
Third avenue and Sixteenth street.
The chief states that conditions
surrounding the building had be-
come an eye-sore to him, and that
he intends to see that they are i'm
proved. Long grass. weeds and
sprouts around the trees were be-
ing indiscriminately removed with
a gusto that seemed to give Chief
Miller much pleasure.
No charge will be made for the
work, as the amendment to the or
dinance governing these matters,
that is to be introduced to the city
commissioners by Mayor McCono-
chic, has not yet been submitted.
This amendment will make it oblig-
atory for all persons to keep they
properties in a slightly condition.
Reasons for this action. as stated
by the mayor, is the inability Of
the city, because of reduced income.
to take care of these matters as has
been done in the past.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-15
HONOR FRANCE IN
ADDRESS READ BY
FOUR MINUTE MAN

James F witter, Rock Island
four-minute speaker, read the ad-
dress prepared for use in connec-
ton with the French holiday exer-
cises at the Methodist church last
night
The speech is appended:
Liberty has two birthdays, one
in the new world. and one in the
old. One is marked by the ami
versary OF our Declaration of In
dependence on July 4, 1875. II is
the birthday of a nation in the
new western world, dedicated to
the proposition that all men are
created free and equal Its cradle
was Independence hall in Philadel-
phia.
That nation has become a great
people which has gathered to its
ideals the elf-gOverning nations
OF the two Americas. and now
fights for the preservation of It's
life, that governments of the peo-
pie, for the people, and by tho
people shall not perish from the
face OF the earth.
The second cradle of liberty was
amid the ruins Of the Bastille of
Paris. On July "A, 1889, the peo-
pie of Paris destroyed this great
medieval prison, the emblem to
them of tyranny and oppression
and autocratfc government. They
lighted the torch of liberty at its
smouldering ruins, and sent their
armies forth from the first great
European republic to carry this
torch into a Europe governed by
absolutism and cursed with privi-
lege and inequality and injustice.
These two great republics are
children of the same spirit. Their
essential union from the DAYS of
! Lafayette and Washington to the
days of Wilson and Poincare. Of
Pershing and Foch has been un-
broken.
French blood and treasure were
given so that we might found the
first great experiment of seIf-gov-
eminent.
! America today sends her millions
in men and her billions in gold
that the home of Joan of Arc and
( the tomb of Lafayette may remain
/ inviolate.
/ France stands erect today, un-
Z conquered and uncomfortable.
/ America stands beside her. Our
( boys in khaki shoulder to shoulder
/ with the horizon blue of Frances
/ brave men. Our stars and stripes
! over the trenches beside the tri-
color of France proclaim to the
military masters of Germany a
union which shall carry the cause
! of democracy to triumph and form
/ the basis of greater world fedora
/ ton in the days of peace.
( Today we ask of France nothing
but the privilege of repaying the
debt we owe. We too celebrate
the fall of the Bastille, the first
stronghold of absolutism TO go
down before the rising power OF
freemen. We shall stand beside
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-15
WHISTLER MAKING
GOOD WITH NAVY

Clifford Whistler, former plunging
fullback of the Rock Island high
school football team, is in the city
on a three days furlough from
Great Lakes naval training sta
ton. In the short space OF six
weeks that Cliff has been in the
naval service he has risen in the
ranks and now is Junior command
er with a company of 100 men I'M
der him. The rapidity of his rise
has been remarkable but is typical
of the way Cliff always does things
and shows with what regard he is
held by officers of the training sta
ton. He says that life in the ser
vice agrees with him and from all
appearances he has greatly I'M
proved his already splendid
physique. Whistler arrived in the
CITY Yesterday morning and is or
dered to report back at Great Lakes
tomorrow night.