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Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-12-22

OF LETTERS
Notice is hereby given that the UNI
dersigned were on the 18th day Of
November, 1921 appointed guardians
Of the person and estate Of H. G.
Berry, 4 person adjudged BY the Pro-
bate Court Of Audrain County Of un-
sound mind and incapable Of managing
his affairs and that letters Of guar
dianshIp and certificate Of appoint
ment has been granted 10 them by
said Probate Court bearing date the
10th day Of November. 1921.
All persons having claims against
the estate Of said H. c. Berry are re
quired to exhibit them for allowance to
said guardians within one year after
the l9th day Of November, 1921 o.
they shall be precluded from any bene-
fit Of such estate, and # such claims
be not exhibited within one year from
the date of the granting Of said certifi-
cate and letters, they shah ~ forever
barred.
w, II. BERREY,
r. q BERREY,
Guardians
Attested this 22nd day Of Noyem
her. 1921.
(sEALl E. a. SHANNON
Judge Of the Probate Court
40-At Advertisement.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-12-22

The readers Of this papef NEt t9
pleased 70 learn that there Is t.tt
been ahia to cure - ass
that IL catarrh. Catafrh ht13
influenced by constitAtlounl t1n1i
requires Constitutional treatft fe Hti
Catarrh Medicine IS taieu initru4lU ttA-
eefs thru The Blsad on lie HarnIT SUR
faces Of the system thereby G 9l
the foundatiGn or the disease. klt8 LIE
patient strength BY building UP s4a co.'s
stitutlon and assisting nature IN deinH ~
work. The proprietors have ae Ms1A
faith IN the curative power Of Ee3fa
CatArrh Medicine that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for n case that e tails
to cure. Send for list OF te~ctlnnon!alz
Address +. j. CHENEY & Co. Toledo.
Ohio. sold by all DruETists
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-12-22
EXECUTORS NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given. that letter
testamentary upon the estate OF

Notice is hereby given, that letters
testamentary upon the estate OF
JOHN s. CREED, Deceased
have been granted to the undersigned
CECIL CREED, by the Probate
Court Of Audrain County, Missouri,
bearing date the 10Th day Of Decent
her, 1921.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to EXHIBIT
them to him for allowance within siS
months from the date of said letters.
or they may be precluded from any
benefit of such estate; and if said
claim be not exhibited within one
wear from the date of granting
said Letters, they will be forever
barred.
CECIL CREED,
, Executor.
Attested by me, this 18th day Of
December, 1921.
(SEAL) BESS l. WOODS,
44-4t Clerk of Probate Court
Advertisement
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-12-22
Mentioned as Candidate

E. G. KEENAN,, prominent attorney
Of Laddonia, Is being mentioned by his
many friends as d candidate for dele
gate to the State Constitution Con-
I~venion from the eleventh district to
represent the Republican party.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-12-22
NJ nj. Al Defeats Farber.

The basketball team Of Missouri
Milyitary Academy defeated Farber
High School with d score Of 40 to So
Wednesday afternoon in the Aca-
denny Gymnasium.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-12-22

This is said to be the warmest Dec
ember that this section Of the country
has had IN twenty-three years Dan
ldelions are blooming in some lawns II
Mexico now as gaily as in April.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-12-22
I RATE.

The Weekly Ledger and the Na
tionai Live Stock Reporter, Z daily
stock paper of East st. Louis, Ill.,
sor one ysar, both $500. This Il 4
money saving rate IL You want tive
good papers. W.T.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-12-22
We PAY NO RENT

IN you want to save In0ney i visit
e. our store win convince YOU. We
have III acrs Or space aaa esn furnish
your home cosnplete from cellar 70
rarret. We have a full line % FUR
NfTURE, RUGS and STOVES. SAM
MORRIS. Tiff Advertisement
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-12-22

r. II. Mcclure Is here on : visit and
looking fine. He Is still residing in
Rockyford, Colo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-12-22

Melvin Green local messenger boy
of the Western Union left Sunday to
accept a position as manager Of the
Office at Sterling, Kas, He came to.
Mexico from Joplin in April TO work
for o. c. Hatcher, local manager, who.
taught him the work. Green is Is
gears old and would be glad TO hear
from any Of his friends. His address
is care Of the Western Union, Ster-
ling, Kas.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-12-22
B. A. Zimmerman Of Martinsburg wa
a Mexico visitor Thursday

6. James Of Fulton was in Mexico
on business Thursday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-12-22

r. Knox Of vandalia spent Wednes-
day in Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-12-22

Ray H. Beagles of Laddonia was
Mexico visitor Wednesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-12-22

Mrs. Virgil Rock is seriously i'll at
Amanda Hospiutal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-12-22

n0 YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOP
PING EARLY. WITT
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-12-22

Frank Van Ness is i'll.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-12-22
GUARDIANS NOTICE

4S-4t Advertisement.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-12-22

Sheriff Of Audrain County, M
42-4t Advertisement.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-03
HOLD STOUT IN
MAILLO0T CASE
Chicago Broker Under Arrest in
Connection With Action Against
WOrthingtOn.

Chicago, Aug. 3.-Joseph Stout,
LaSalle street broker, was today
under arrest here in connection
with the governments action
against John w. Worthington and
several alleged associates on charge
of being implicated in a NUMBER Oh
large mail robberies.
Stout's connection with Worth
ington's operations is said to have
been discounting of negotiable pa
per rifled from mail bags by the
postal thieves. Stout is said to have
$4,000 in the wrecking of the
American Bankers association,
with which Worthington was con-
nected in 1914.
Federal agents here rounded up
a number of men yesterday who are
said to be implicated in Worthing-
tons operations and Arthur NJ.
Goldsmith, president of New York
commercial school was arrested
there. 1t was announced today that
efforts were being made to locate
other alleged accomplices of Worth
ington in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia
and Cleveland.
With the finding yesterday of Sc
curities said to have been taken in
recent mail robberies, in the Cen
tral Securities company. Worthing-
tons concern, the government
agents seemed confident that the
arrest of Worthington and others
indicted with him, will clear up a
number of postal robberies in vari-
Gus sections of the country cover
ing a period of several months.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-03
NEED ULSTER TO
PERFECT PLANS
OF IRISH PEACE
Make Effort to Get
Province in Par
Lament.

Dublin Ireland, Aug. 3.-CBy the
Associated Press )-The sole rea-
son for the delay in the Sim Fein's
reply to the governments Irish
peace proposals, it is authentically
stated, is the attempt being made to
secure the adhesion of Ulster to
the peace plan before returning 70
negotiations with Premier Lloyd
George, so he could be met by a
united Ireland.
1t is felt that there is no use
even to conside- the terms, II is
said, until it is se;tled with the 9TH
er parties to the Eargain. Every
effort is being made behini the
scenes, it is decIGIed, to iniuca
Ulster to accept a share in the
powerful body which it is pl1rn4d
to make the all-Ireland parliament,
while retaining her own local
autonomy.
So far these efforts, although
benevolentiy regardeS by the gov
ernment. have been unsuccessful.
The expectation of an arrange
ment with Ulster has not yet been
abandoned, however. Should il
fail to be brought about, the Re-
publicans, it is pointed out, mus;
consider wlsther they will accept
for the 26 counties outside of Ulstsl
the terms offered, or renew the war
Some of the Republican leaders
express the view that eventually
unity would be more speedily
reached by such acceptance.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-03
Officer SHOT
while IN AUTO
Unknown Gunman Seriously
Wounds Captain Robert Ferris
Near Camp Grant.

Rockford, ILL.,, Aug. 3.-Captain
Robert Ferris, SD infantry, Camp
Grant prison officer, was shot and
seriously wounded yesterday after
noon as he was driving alone in his
automobile on New Milford road
near the cantonment Captain
Ferris is believed to have been the
victim of an unidentified gunman
who has terrorized the highway
since the mysterious shooting of
Mrs. Maude Lucille Moss, daughter
of Bion ]. Arnold, Chicago. Mrs.
Moss was killed June 10, 1920,
while riding in an automobile with
her husband and a party of friends.
Her slayer was never apprehended.
One suspect has been arrested.
Find Clue.
Mystery continues to envelope
the shooting on the New Milford
road last night of Captain Robert
Ferris, Camp Grant prison officer,
but camp and county authorities in
dicated this morning that they are
following clues which promise a
solution.
Although certain suspicious cir
cumstanceS. caused the detention Of
Sanfrid Phil, an eccentric farmer
living near the scene of the shoot
ing the authorities today appar-
entity had little hope of connecting
him with the Ferris case or the ia
tai shooting a year ago of Mrs.
Maude Lucille Moss of Chicago,
wife Of Captain Leroy Moss.
Phil denied that a revolver found
near the ambush where the shot
was fired was his property. Stories
told by his mother, so years old,
with whom he lives, corroboratcd
his own concerning his movements
yesterday.
Captain Ferris is at Camp Grant
base hospital where it was said his
condition is satisfactory. The bull
let believed to be in the muscles of
his back, has not been located as
yet.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-03
POLICE
TAKE ACTION TO
AVERT RACE WAR
Fear Clash Because of
Fatal Shooting of
White Youth.

Dixon, Ill, Aug. 3-Fol1owing
the fatal shooting OF William Cofey,
white youth, in a negro gambling
joint east of the city Monday night.
dawn today disclosed a number of
signs in a quarter of the city
largely populated by blacks. warn
ing all negroes to leave Dixon with
in As hours. Chief of Police Van
Bibber ordered the signs taken
down, and police are patrolling the
district, apprehensiye of the spark
which they feel may set in motion
popular feeling against many un-
desirable negroes, who recently
came to Dixon from Peoria and
other cities of central and southern
Illinois.
The coroner's jury investigating
the death of young Coffey today
continued its inquisition, testimony
thus far brought out giving weight
to two theories:
That the white man was shot by
one of the negroes in the gambling
shack, or, that he accidentally shot
himself in the tussle which follow
ed when he drew his gun and was
seized by negroes who attempted to
take the weapon from him.
That COffey's gun was held high in
the air and that he was shot by one
of two negroes was testified to by
two white witnesses at the coron-
er's inquest this afternoon.
During the last several months
there has been a gradual influx OF
undesirable negroes from southern
points, concerning which many
complaints have been made to the
sheriff. Many of the negroes have
taken up residences in shacks about
the city, and others have congre-
gated .einss negroes homes east OF
town.
Charges that blind pigs, gambling
dens and houses of ill-fame were
running night and day, east of the
city. have been made repeatedly,
and the death of young Coffey has
apparently crystalliZed the feeling
that conditions must be remedied
Cool heads control the situation
and there has been no disturbance
nor have any negroes been mo-
Tested.
Dixon, Ill, Aug. 3.-William
Henry Coffee, "a and married, for
mer overseas veteran, was shot TO
death early yesterday morning at a
Black and Tan resort up the river
from Dixon.
Because a man talked in his
sleep, the police are sure they have
the murderer Yesterday they ar
rested a negro minister named Wes-
ley A. Mitchell, who says he lives
around 1924 Ellis avenue, Chicago,
for soliciting money and locked
him up. They soon brought in
among other colored murder sus-
poets, Richard Payne and Walter
Jones, and locked them up in the
next cell.
During the night Payne, accord
ing to the police, kept saying, Il
shot him; | shot him
Mitchell went before the cor
oner's jury this afternoon and told
his story and Payne will be charged
with the crime.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-03
Moline Pushing 100000 Hotel Plan
ARM CITIZENS
IN ATTEMPT TO
GET kIDWAPERS
Search Made for H.
Yeor-Old Boy Held
By Gang.

Muskogee, Okla, Aug. 3.-Police
today armed 500 civilian volunteers
following the disappearance last
night of Malcom B. Etheridge, II,
who has been under police protec-
tion since his kidnapping a mon,h
ago.
Etheridge left the home of
George SherrOd, his uncle, who is
a policeman, yesterday af, rnoon,
intending to go to theatre. He
has not been seen since.
The police were notified this
morning and a general search was
at once ordered.
Before noon the police had dis
tributed arms to 500 men and MANY
more were gathering at Central sta
ton. The volunteers were being
dispatched in automobiles to all
sections of the city and warnings
had been spread to adjoining towns.
A month ago Etheridge was rob-
bed in a gas-fflling station where
he was on night duty. Three days
later he was kidnapped and found
"a hours later, bound and gagged
III tA41 oOfA4lNOt4CO O1lOp. " "
after that affair Billy Ware, alleged
suspect in the Kidnapping, was
seized by masked men and was said
to have revealed to them informa-
ton leading 10 the arrest of Eth
eridge's abductors.
Police believe he was taken by
desperate men, made more daring
by the fact that the two men and
woman held for the original kid
naping are scheduled to be given
preliminary hearings in the City
court today.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-03
TRUCE ORDERED
DURING BURIAL
Business Suspends at Mattewan at
Funerals of Hatfield and
Chambers.

Mattewan, W. Va, Aug. 3.-All
business was suspended in Matte
wan this afternoon and attention OF
the people was centered upon the
funerals at 2 o'clock of Sid Hatfield
and Ed Chambers. who were killed
last Monday at Welch.
Hundreds of persons from the
surrounding country lined the
streets.
A truce prevailed in the strife
torn mining town. In accordance
with orders issued by Major Tom
Davis, state police and militiamen
were at their accustomed places but
there was no interference with the
funeral assemblage-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-03
ROCKEFELLER
LOSES TAX CASE
Government VIII Collect S292, ,S72
Due on Income Ruling by
New York Judge.

New York, Aug. 34The govern
ment won its suit in the United
States district court here today to
collect S292,672 from John D. Rock
efeller, alleged TO be due on in
shares.
Judge Learned Hand ruled that
these shares OF stock had not come
into the possession of the defend
ant as dividends, as claimed. and
income therefore was properly due
the government
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-03
Late Bulletins

Indianapolis, Ind Aug. s.
Authority to sell S75O.O00 of its
preferred stock in Indiana was
denied the farmers finance
corporation today by the state
securities commission.
Washington, Aug. 3.-Unit-
ed Press )-~The anti-beer bill
will pass the senate by the end
Of the week. Senator Thomas
Sterling, South Dakota. declar-
ed today.
GaIesburg. Ill, Aug. 3.-By
United Press Emil Grant,
well known resident of Wata-
ga, WIS instantly killed late
Yesterday by kick of a horse
he was bridling.
George \. Craig of Abingdon,
was found dead in q stairway
last night. The coroner Is IN
VeSigating.
Washington. Aug. 3.-InTes-
tigatiOn of the drop in crude
oil prices at a time when gas
oIine and other refined prod
uets of crude oil remain at high
prices was demanded today in
"A resolution introduced by
Senator King, Utah.
st. Louis, No. Aug. s.
UNITED Press.)-Police today
were requested to search for
Herbert ID. White, former
treasurer and general manager
OF the Jewish Voice corpora
ton. publishers of a number of
Jewish papers, who disappear
ed following the alleged defal-
cations in accounts
Washington, Aug. 3.-Presf-
dent Harding has informed
senate Republican leaders OF
his opposition to early action
OH Senator BOrah's bill to re-
store the free tolls privilege
TO American coastWise vessels
using the Panama canal
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-03
Use SEAIRPLANE
IN 0'HARh HUNT

Greenview, Ill, Aug. 3.-An air
plane was used today in the search
for John O'Hara, 25, farm hand
who assaulted the 6-year-old son
of Don Walden, a farmer near here
Monday night 1t was believed
OHara was hiding in a swamp. The
child, who O'Hara assaulted with
hammer, is expected to recover.
Menard county farmers, under the
leadership of Sheriff Ben Stan,
were continuing the search today.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-03
MAY START
BUILDING In
TWO WEEKS
75-Story Structure Is Pro
posed for East Busi-
ness Center.

A 15-story s1,000,000 combination
hotel and apartment house IS al
most a reality, according to the an
rouncement of the Moline Chamber
Of Commerce.
F, L. Cornwall, prominent op-
orator of hotels, theatres and apart
mert houses IL St. Louis, has pledg-
ed himself to raise $750,000 if the
citizens OF Moline will subscribe
for S250,0O0 worth Of second mort
gage bonds and furnish a site for
the building.
Officials of the Chamber of Com
merce state that the bonds must be
taken at once, as it is planned to
commence work on the hotel Aug
Is if the required amount is raised
The chamber has for some days
been making an effort to interest
Mr.. Cornwall in the local hotel
proposition. A special committee
was sent to st. Louis to investi-
gate the hotels and apartments
that are now being operated by
him, and all gave glowing descrlp-
tions OF his management.
The hotel will probably be built
on the northwest corner OF F1fth
avenue and Nineteenth street. An
option has already been obtained
on the site.
According TO the terms, of the
contract, Moline must furnish the
site and the chamber is -conducting
a campaign among property own
ers, who will profit by the new
building, to raise funds to buy the
location needed.
According to the general plans
now in the hands of the Chamber
of Commerce, the new hotel VIII De
one of the best west of Chicago. II
will be 15 stories high, 6S12 tee'
wide and $50 feet long.
Solve Housing Problem.
This new hotel will solve bott
the hotel and apartment building
in Moline. In addition to the usua
hotel features. the new building
will contain 30 three-room apart
ments which are to be rented eth
er furnished or unfurnished. II
addition to these practical details
the hotel will have roof garden
the only one in this locality.
On the ground floor will be tn
lobby and store rooms. According
to the designers great care will b.
taken to make the lobby one o
the most artistic places in the tri
cities. The hotel as a whole is be
ing patterned after the Hotel Stat
Ter in St. Louis.
On the second or meZZinine foo
will be a lounging room and tn
hotel offices. In the lounging room
the same artistic style of decoration
will be followed as in the lobby.
The third to the ninth floors, in
elusive. are each to contain q
guest rooms with bath On nintl
10 the fourteenth floors three-roou
apartments will be built. Eacf
floor will contain IA such apart
ments and one hotel guest room
The apartments will have kitchen
cts, and are to be rented will
or without furniture. There will
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-03
KUKLUXLETTER
MAKES threat
Negro POrters and BellhODs Warn
ed in Bulietin-ETfdence OF
Eye to Condemn.

Texarkana, Aug 3-A letter
signed "Ku KIux Khan members
was delivered to the Four States
Press this morning commenting on
report published by the paper
today concerning the whipping
Monday night of Warren Dinkens,
negro hotel porter. The letter said:
I'VE will not harm anyone with
out the real dope on them, which
we get by eye and not ear. Our
aim is to uphold our womanhood,
which we expect TO do. Only vio-
lators need fear US. Negro porters
ind bell hops in this town better
heed. They may get the same as
Warren
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-03
LEGION MEN
GO TO SCENE
OF WARFARE
Men Who Fought Over
seas Sail on Visit to
Battle6elds.

New York, Aug. 3.-With the flag
of the national commander of the
American legion flying at her mast
head and more than two hundred
fifty members of that organization
on board, the American passenger
steamer George Washington, sailed
today for Cherbourg and Bremen.
The legionnaires will disembark
at the first port whence they will go
to visit the battlefelds on which,
for more than a year, they fought
against the forces of the German
empire.
For most of them, it will be the
first visit to the scene of con-
flict since they left for home, uni
formed members of various units of
a victorious army.
The party is headed by National
Commander John G. Emery, and in
cludes men from every state of the
union. The George Washington was
dressed in flags of the allied ma
tions with which her honor passen-
gers fought. Two destroyers and a
covey of airplanes were on hand to
escort her out of the harbor.
Cable advices from Cherbourg
said that the veterans would be Of
ficially received there by represent
atives of the French government.
A special detail of American SOL
diers from the forces now in Ger
many will be on hand to welcome
their former comrades.
Unveil Monument.
President Millerand and Premier
BRAND will receive the tourists in
Paris and Marshal Foch will join
them in Flirey, where a monument,
erected by citizens of liberated Lor-
raine will be unveiled as a token
of esteem for American soldiery.
The war department has ordered
Major-General Henry T. Allen and
a company of infantry from Cob
lenz to attend the unveiling cere-
mony.
The official itinerary of the Le-
gionnaires includes visits to Blois,
Verdun, Rheims, Chateau Thierry,
Toulouse, Lyons, Strasbourg, Metz
and Bordeau. The tour Will be
made in special trains.
AT Blois, the legion men will at
tend the dedication of the statue of
Joan of Arc, presented to the French
city by the Joan of Arc committee
of New York city. At Verdun, the
party will spend a night in the
| famous citadel, and at Rheims, take
part in the ceremony surrounding
the presentation by President Mich
olas Burray Butler, of Columbia
university, of the three million franc
gift of the Carnegie Foundation to
the Rheims municipal library.
POnt Roosevelt
At Chateau Thierry the leigon
party will witness the laying
of the cornerstone of the Pont
! Roosevelt, which will replace the
! wrecked bridge across the Marne,
| defended by American machine
gunners.
I've are making this pilgrimage -
said National Commander Emery,
"as proof that the war alliance of
| America and France was based on
righteous concepts. More than two
years have passed since we fought
side by side. Many friendships
have been broken in that time, many
I agreements and associations repu-
dated. But the friendship of Amer
lea and France persists. 1t endures
because it rests on something more
binding than the formal agreements
/ of statesmen It is based on a COM
mon understanding and a oneness
/ of aspiration that lives deep in the
hearts of the two great democratic
people"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-03
NARROW ESCAPE.

Denver, Aug. 3.-(United Press.)
Two persons narrowly escaped
death here late yesterday when 4
heavy sandhag broke loose from an
airplane at height of 1000 feet
and crashed through a two-sto-y
residence. The projectile missed
Mrs. E. NJ. Cutie of Fulton, Mo,
and her sister, Mrs. R. H. Keith
ley, by a few inches.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-03
DENIES RCMOR-

London, Aug. 3.-United Press)
Austin Chamberlain, replying to
question in commons today. de-
MED that Britain was urging post
ponement OF the Washington dis
armament conference.
The question was asked as a re-
suit of reports that Britain was at
tempting to delay the negotiations