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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-09-13
These Beautiful Minuette
Dresses $21.45

In the first place it is well to explain that
Minuette is a silky material of the same
general nature of ~tricolette but much finer
and of closer texture. These dresses lean
toward the long wasted effect with round
ed or monk collars. The heavy embroidery
and the self-material girdles are striking.
Come in taupe, black, midnight blue and
the rich new zanzibar brown.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-09-13

Next TO the pyramids. the highest
Monument In tho world Is that At
Leipzig commemorative the victory
OF Butcher over Napoleon.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-09-13

In France all roads more than 3s
on each side.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-09-13
SensationaIy Low Prices Outstanding
d2@s Feature of Our Fall Readyto-Wear

More striking than the obvious quality of our new fall ready-to-wear and
more spectacular than the mammoth assortments are the sensationany
low prices. The word sensational is purposely used with full realization
that it means much and should be used seldom Our Tenth Anniversary
policy of a narrower margin of profit on a greater volume OF business is
demonstrated most forcibIy in the readyto-wear department. As strik-
ing examples of the working of this policy the two following items are
offered:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25
there IS STILL SOMEONE HONEST
LEFT IN THIS OIO WORLD

Did you ever hear of a man Wiling
to admit that he had made a mistake !
Of course not, and this man who ran
a news stand was no different from
the rest of his brothers in the world,
But Ne did, and though it was OF an
advantage to him, he hated to have a
mere woman think that he had made
a mistake.
This man runs a news stand, and
the other day, when a woman in Mex
leo bought a paper from him, giving
him fifty cents, he gave her back nine
ty-fve cents. That was very gener-
Gus of him, but this woman happened
to be one of that almost extinct spe-
cies, a perfect honest person, so she
told the man of his mistake.
At first, his egotism would not al
low him to think he had been mis-
taken, but fearing a possible scene
when the woman insisted, he looked
owe his money to see if there was a
fifty cent piece. He handled the var
;ous pieces, and was about to say to
the woman I told you So when his
hand struck a fifty cent piece that
was perfectly cold. He" had to give
up and accept his change back.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25
Edison Devices Aided u.
S. Navy Defeat U-Boats
Listener Warned of T~orpedoes and Drag Enabled
Ships to Make Quick Turns to Escape

1.-THE Sunday New York American)
The American ingenuity played in
winning the war is disclosed in a his
tory of the Naval Consulting Board
of the United States is made public
by Secretary Daniels.
The volume reveals achievements
which, if projected a decade ago,
probably would have been ridiculed as
visionary" Chief among these was
a device by which the launching of a
torpedo could be heard on shipboard
1000 yards away-or further than a
torpedo can be effectively launched
from a submarine.
This invention was but one Of a
score or more contributed by Thomas
A. Edison, president of the board.
Because of the German submarine
menace, ship protection claimed most
of the attention of the board. To this
problem Mr.. Edison devoted his ira
ditional twenty-hour working days,
and after overcoming many obstacles
finally perfected his listening device.
This continuance was in the form of
an outrigger suspended from the bow
spirit of a vessel and contained an i'm
mense phonogroph diaphram. By
means of compensators, the noise of
the vessels engines was ~obliterated,
thus making it possible for the device
to work perfectly even when the ship
was blowing at full speed through the
toughest seas.
With this device boats moving 1,700
yards away could be readily heard
while the vessel was going full speed.
A submarine bell five and one-half
miles away could also be heard while
a big storm was in progress and the
boat also preceding at full speed.
Mr.. Edison followed this invention
with a device for the quick turning of
a vessel whenever the detector indi-
Gated that a torpedo was coming in
the vessels direction. He did this by
means of strong conical canvas bags.
A heavy rope was attached to the
mouth of the bag, and a light rope, in
a slip knot, to the .tapering end.
Night sailing of ships next attract
ed his attention. By working day and
night over the records of submarine
sinkings he discovered that not more
than 6 per cent of the sinkings took
place at night.
Mr.. Edison prepared a new set of
strategic maps on which he charted
the harhors in which there was safe
anchorage for a long distance in shore
in comparatively shallow, but safe
waters. where submarines could not
approach submerged.
Other wartime inventions by Mr..
Edison were a cartridge for taking
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25
WATER GUARDS MONEY

One Of the most unusual methods
taken by banks against theft is that
used by the aBnk of England in its
bullion and specie departments. The
bank has its own water supply, two
4O0-foot wells being sunk beneath the
flooring, and one of these wells is
hooked up with a complicated mach
inc so that at night, when the EN-
ployees leave the bank the bullion is
submerged in several feet Of water,
The thief who attempts to steal the
gold or silver would have to add deep
sea diving to his other arts to get the
money.
The coins are also protected in a
similar way both day and night. The
sovereigns are in piles of n thous-
and each. These rest on gauges so
delicate that if a single coin is taken
from one of the piles the entire pile
sinks out of sight and in its place is
a pool of water. The most careless
glance of any of the many watchmen
would instantly show that a theft had
been committed. The wells were orig
inally dug because of the high cost Of
water in London.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25
CANT NEWS ITEMS.

Jessie Pulls bought four White
Wyandotte ROSTERS from Joe Smith.
$500 Mrs. Harrison Brown has returned
TO her home at W. M. Showers south
of Mexico after visiting the family
Of r. /. Showers and family for ten
days. -- The Salt River ladies furn-
ished the dinner at Hart and Sims
sale Wednesday, Nov. II and cleared
about $4,000. They thank one and all
who sent and brought dinner and also
thank everyone who bought dinner
ton, -- Tom Cleeton will have a sale
ON Nov %. They are going to move
to Mexico. We hate TO lose these
good people from our neighborhood.
- p. F. nenhan and family with Ola
Showers were in Centralia Saturday.
W. P. Denham, jeff Jerman and
wife, Mrs. Harrison Brown and Mrs.
Ida Showers were at P. F. Denhams
Thursday - Joe Beatty and wife
were at Geo, Woolery's Sunday. - J.
n Newr'an and family, Roy Showers
ard Cenelle Denham were at R. L.
Showers for dinner Sunday. Joe Ber-
"y and wife were there in the after
noon. - Edgar Sims family are on
me sick list having colds and sore
throats, They have called DR.. Gibbs
out twice for the children. - Aunt
Betty McCarty has returned home
from 4 weeks visit with her sister. -
Mrs. Jeff Allison visited her daughter,
Mrs. Franl, Harrison and family for
~revNral days. They live near Beaver
Dam church. - About go were pres
emf at Salt River Sunday School Sun
day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25
HAD FOX CHASE

DR.. Ned Rodes and Bryan Atchison
had an interesting fox chase the last
week which failed to bag the game,
however. They were out hunting in
the Doctors car when they saw the
animal in the road ahead of them.
They gave chase in the machine and
gradually closed in on the animal.
When they were within a few yards
Of him, the machine speeding almost
rs fast as it could, Mr.. Atchison
crawled to the front seat and stick
ing his gun through the windshield
pulled the trigger. In fact he pulled
the trigger several times but nothing
expected happened. The animal ran
from the road at this point and
through the brush. When the car was
stopped it was found Mr.. Atchison
had the ammunition in the gun O. X.
but had failed to pump in into the
Darrell. They were both badly dis
appointed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25
SCHOOLS FOR BRIDES

CHICAGO, Nov. 19.-"There should
be special classes in the schools for
married girls to fit them for the new
duties they have assumed" said
Arthur F. Lederle, superintendent of
attendance at schools in Detroit, adj
dressing the National League of Com
rulsatory Education today.
Professor Lederle argued that girls
# compulsory attendance are should
he forced to attend schol even though
married, instead of being able to
shake off the duties of the school
room by marching up to the altar.
Mrs. Lederle continued:
IF it is necessary for the boy who
Las entered any trade as an appren-
tiee to continue his school work to
supplement the practical training that
he is getting in the shop, it is just as
necessary that the girl who has en-
tered upon the duty of homework and
rearing a family should be permitted
the opportunity of making a special
study of her vocation"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25
CLYDE GILLAspIE'S DEATH.

THE following editorial, from the
st. Louis Star, will of interest to
everyone in eMxico and Audrain
county:
Clyde Gillaspie of Mexico, Mo-, ty-
piies the finest spirit of American
boyhood. The instinct of self-preser-
walton should have warned him not to
go back to theautomobile stalled upon
a railroad track, to set free the two
dogs tied in the machine. A NOM
ent's study of the distance and speed
Of the oncoming train would have
told him the attempt could not save
his pets and would result in death to
him. But he went back because the
only impulse that entered his mind
was to act as a rescuer
Therein vas the boys expression
of traits which glorify the human
race-readiness to protect the help
less, to undergo risk for a friend
(even of a lower order of creation)
without considering the consequences.
Clyde Gillaspie's action was not I'M
ique. Similar incidents have occur
red, times without number, and each
n impresses the fact that strife,
rivalry, selishness and self-preserva-
ton do not make up the sum total of
human nature"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25
FEELS better
THAN FOR YEARS
st. Joseph Woman Says Tanlac Has
Given Her A New Lease
On Life.

Since taking Tanlac seem to have
taken a ney lease on life and am
feeling in better general health than
| have for the past two years." said
Mrs. Elizabeth Tinsley, Of 241O South
4th St., st. Joseph, Mo.
Before | started taking Tanlac l
was in a terribly rundown condition"
continued Mrs. Tinsley. Everything
| ate seemed to lie on my stomach like
a lump of lead and would sour and
bloat me up with gas until ! was in
perfect misery. Headaches almost
drove me frantic and | would get so
dizzy that I had to catch hold Of any
thing to keep from falling. My ap-
petite was poor and l became so weak
that | could scarcely do anything. l
tried all kinds Of medicine but moth
ing seemed to suit my case.
any very first bottle of Tanlac
gave me an appetite and settled my
stomach and now after taking six bot
ties | can eat anything l want and am
never troubled in the least with in
digestion or gas. l have already
gained ten pounds in weight and have
so much more strength and energy
that | can do all my homework with
out any trouble"
TANLAC is sold in Mexico, Mo-, by
NARROW & Cox, in Benton City by
Sword & Boyle, in Vandalia by J.
Gentle, in M~artinsburg by C. T. Pey-
ton. and in Laddonia by McCubbin
& Garner Drug Co.
Adv wit
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25

soundings; a convoy light visible tc
all the vessels in the convoy, but invis,
ible from the decks of a submarine
an underwater searchlight capable Of
throwing rays 200 feet; a projectile
that would enter the water from ar
angle instead of richocheting; a stab.
lizer for submerged submarines, and
a time fuse to cause shrapnel to burst
only six feet above the ground.
He devised a mask to protect OBJ
servers on the tops of masts from
smokestacks gas, a turbine head for
projectiles which enabled the latter
to be fired from smooth bore guns
and still have rotation and accuracy;
drew up plans for mining Zeebrugge
Harbor, and developed a method by
which communicating signals between
warships could be sent by means of
mirrors.
Mr.. Edison devoted a great deal of
thought to various plans for prevent
ing sinkings, and he suggested a num-
Der of schemes to this end. One of
these was a proposition to furnish
merchant ships with a type Of spec
tally designed three-inch shells filled
with an oleum smoke-producing COM
pound with which to blind submarines
if they had long range guns.
The problem of e~xtinguishing fires
in coal bunkers he solved with a small
stream of s~ilicate of soda played on a
coal or wood fire. The moment the
s~ilicatae strikes the incandescent body
the small quantity of water in the sill
icate evaporates, and the glowing
body becomes coated with a CLASSY
surface, excluding the oxygen and ex-
tinguishing the fire.
The study of a direction finder for
hostile airplanes was undertaken to
determine the direction of a plane
before it was visible, by determining
the direction of the source of the
sound given off by its engines.
1t was found very difficult to get
zero readings, but with some training
on the part of the observer the direc-
ton could be determined with consid-
cradle accuracy.
Having learned that telephone sys-
tens on ships were not very reliable,
Mr.. Edison devised one that was. He
discarded microphones and substitu-
ted the receiving phone for a trans
The signals being weak he
amplified with an audion, which made
the signals so loud as to be painful to
the ear.
Mr.. Edison also invented an extern
sion ladder which could be attached to
the top of the mast and give an OBJ
server a location 81 feet above the top
If the mast. This device increased
he area of observation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25
STATE ''DRYs"
WILL TURN
TO BALLOT

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 22.-The Mis-
sour Anti-Saloon League. at the APP
preaching session of the Legislature
will turn its energies from booze to
laws safeguarding the ballot.
w. C. Shupp, superintendent of the
league, said today that the stringent
prohibition enforcement act passed by
the last legislature had carried in the
referendum at the recent election.
Of all the honest election PROPOSE
tons discussed now, Mr.. Shupp be-
Iieves the most essential is the adop-
ton of a law providing for the Aus
tralian or Massachusetts ballot. Bal
lot box frauds would be made much
more difficult, it was said, with all the
party tickets on one sheet.
"There will be only a few minor
changes in the prohibition laws to be
asked of the next legislature" MI.
Shupp said. what we are interested
in are laws insuring clean elections.
We are back of that movement to the
limit"
Mr.. Shupp believes that only by
keeping elections free from fraud
will the state be assured of having Of
fcials and laws guaranteeing an hon
est enforcement of prohibition.
Mr.. Shupp said today the state en-
forcement act, voted on at the recent
election, had q safe majority, al
though st. Louis still is counting
votes against US" The proposition
came to this city with $4,000 major
ity, Mr.. Shupp declared. The major
ity here against the proposition will
be slightly over one hundred thous-
and, it is believed.
mot half as many votes were cast
against this proposition in st. Louis
as were counted against u.s." Mr..
Shupp said.
With the adoption of the enforce
ment act the police and local peace
officers must join with the federal
government in fighting the illegal
liquor traffic.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25
McCLINTIC ITEMS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Deoblin were in
Mexico Thursday on business. - John
Hagan and Herbert Gels were cutting
wood for the last few days near Mr..
Hagan's. - 0. c. Ehrlich sold eight
head of sheep to Fred Deoblin at
seven dollars per head. -- Mrs. Louis
Sonwalt and daughter, Miss Elsie
Sonwalt, visited McClintic school
Thursday afternoon. - Mr.. and Mrs.
Jean Flynn have a new heir, born Fri
day morning. - 0. c. Ehrlich was in
Mexico Tuesday on business. - W. P.
Mollet butchered two hogs Tuesday.
Master Erwin Mollet. son of Mr..
and Mrs. John F. Mollet, had the fol-
lowing guests at his birthday party
Thursday evening: Mr.. and Mrs. F.
/. Hagan, and family, Frank Paris,
Clark Paige, Miss Hazel Paige, Miss
Lucille MiIlet, Miss Edna May Son
walt and Howard Mollet. -- Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore Hitz We're the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Melahn Sun
day. - Miss Edna May Sonwalt was
in Laddonia Friday evening on bus
mess. Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Deoblin
and son were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Deoblin Sunday. Mr..
and Mrs. John Mollet and Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Sonwalt wer the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Sonwalt and
Family Sunday. - Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Sonwalt were in Mexico on
business Friday. - Mr.. and Mrs. J.
j. Gels and two daughters were in
Mexico Saturday. - Mr.. and Mrs. W.
P. Mollet visited w. C. Schultz Sun
day evening. - Louis Fox was the
guest of Walter HaFan Saturday
night and Sunday. - Norman Hagar
was the guest of Walter Hagan Sun
day. The McClintic Soil Judging
Club meet Thursday afternoon. -
Mrs. F. o. Paige and children were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs, Jake Ii
Rue Sunday. - Misses Merle ant
Fern Mecklin had a birthday party
Saturday afternoon. They served
cake and ice cream as refreshments
Thomas Hagan was the guest o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Hagan Sunday ev
ening.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given. that Letters
of administration upon the estate Of
MRS. NJ. C. WHITE, Deceased,
have been granted to tho rnAorri~rnd
John w. Howell, by the Probate Court
of Audrain County, Missouri beqr'ng
date the oath day Of November, 1920.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to him for allowance within six
months from the date of said letters,
or they may be precluded from airy
benefit Of such estate; and II sad
claims be not exhibited within n
from the date of granting said
letters, they will be forever barred.
JOHN w. HOWELL,
Administrator.
Attested by me this Oath day of
1920.
(SEAL) BESS WOODS,
4O-4t Clerk of Probate Court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25

The Monroe County Farm Bureau
membership drive, made under very
adverse conditions last week, resulted
in the enrolment of 1896 names.
Farmers are volunteering every day
for membership and every thing indi-
Gates that the movement is going to
keep on spreading until nearly every
farmer in Monroe county is on this
list.--Paris Appeal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25

The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Bethel Presbyterian church will give
an oyster supper Thanksgiving night
at the home of H. D. Fisher, for the
benefit of the ~orphanage at Farm
ington, Mo. wit
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25

AMONG the martyrs Socrates Sow
ers suggests listing the man who eats
breakfast each morning opposite a
wife clad in red kimona and curl
papers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25

! am moving my blacksmith shop l
block east of Hardin College Swim
ming Pool and 3 blocks south Of Pol
locks Mill on South Union Street,
j. W. COLEMAN & SON.
40-2t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25

Miss Josephine Rist of Albany, N.
Y, will arrive in Mexico this week to
make her home with her brother, John
Rist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25

AFTER hearing Nellie sing Soc
rates Sewers says she ought to
charge $1,000 a night so the neigh
bors could rest in peace.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25

A. P. Green went to New York
Tuesday to visit his daughters, Eliz-
abeth and Martha, who r attend
ing school there.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25

We have fresh 43% Cotton Seed
Meal and Cake on hands. Get Our
prices. d&w1t
VIM. POLLOCK MILL & ELEv. co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25

Mrs. Wallace bearing left Tuesday
for Avonmore, Pa, to visit her moth
err who is seriously i'll.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25

Miss Rubena Beckley of Fulton
sepnt the weekend with her parents
in Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25

Before you buy or sell grain or
feed. get u prices. d&w1t
VIM. POLLOCK MILL & ELEV. CO.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25

Pearle Barnes Of Vandalia spent
Sunday in Mexico with friends.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25

SUBSCRIBE FOR THE LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25
Now Is The Time
Rush Fill is the Place
WE ARE THE BOYS

Do you know that right now at Rush Hill there are more real bargains than
anywhere now on earth. We are closing out the Bankrupt Stock of T. A.
Smith, bought cheap and selling
FAR BELOW WHOLESALE COST.
No odds where you live, hitch up your iitney, leave out your rear cushion,
come to Rush Hill, and take home a load Of these bargains. We are MAX
ing no big noise, but are quietly giving more staple dependable merchandise
for the money than was ever known. We are back to
PREWAR PRICES AND THEN SOME.
We are making the price do our talking.
We must move this $1l 100000 stock by January first. If you do
not get some of the rare bargains we are offering you are not doing your
duty to yourself and family.
ESPECIAL BARGAINS IN SHOES.
500 pairs that must go regardless of price. Come early and lay
in a years supply for yourself and family. Remember we have this stock
bought at price that we can make money and still be far below any other
fellow.
Come in we ae from Missouri and can show you. Miss Ruth
McManama, Mr. Ora Crockett end Mr.. Harry Armstrong are with us and
are always glad to wait on you: Come in and see them.
Bring your produce. We pay the highst market price in exchange
for goods.
Don't forget the place. Remember now is the time. We are the
people who IAN and will. save you money.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-25

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The Cordele dispatch., 1920-02-15
THE GERMAN SELF IDEA

One of the lessons which the
Germans must learn before they can
really achieve position of respect
and power in the world is self.gov.
eminent They have been doclIe
crowd of servants Ebedient to their
rulers for so long that they are at
a loss now that governmental re-
sponsibility us thrown upon them as
citizens. This fact is made striking
Iy apparent in recent accounts of
German attempts at reconstruction.
Committing the government OF a
natkn to the hands Of a hereditary
ruler seems to work beautifully
as long as the ruler is wise. honest,
good ambitious only to promote just
ice and honor in his own country and
and in the world. But that comb'ina-
ticn of qualities seems to be rare
indeed in diyine--right monarchs
with absolute power. For a long time
the Germans, while so ruled seemed
liz, be the most efficient and prosper
GUS of nations. Then the greed and
ambition of their masters plunged
Them into a disastrous war and lett
-tA.an stranded. with ,-little--ahility foI
sclf-government or political initiative
or even liking for the task.
They cannot get really on their
feet develop true national self
Iespecet and attain an honorable
IL ace in the society Of nations until
they have learned the science of self
government from the very beginning
and built up an individual and public
consciousness which can be relied
upon in a crisis to think straight and
CAST and so to reach just and wise
decisions.