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Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29
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Notice is hereby given, that letters
testamentary upon the estate Of
FLORA J. HARRISON, Deceased
have been granted TO the undersigned
Mollie v. Harrison by the Probate
Court of Audrain County, Missouri,
bearing date the 9Th day Of Septem-
Der, 1921.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to her for allowance within six
months from the date Of said letters,
or they may be ~precluded from any
benefit of such estate; and If said
claims be not exhibited within one
year from the date Of granting said
letters; they will be forever barred.
MISS M0LLIE ". HARRISON,
Executrix.
Attested BY me this 9Th day Of
September, 1921.
(SEAL) q. "A. SHANNON.
30-4t Judge Of Probate Court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29
Severe winter coning..

Do you realize II IS only about 80
days until the arrival Of n Of the
most severe winters that has ever
been predictedf Then yol win wish
you had had those Monarch Metal
Weather Strips put On your windows
and doors. You know You can't heat
the outside world. And why will you
try? You a save from 1871 to 4Og
Of your heat with the Monarch Metal
Weather Strips applied To the win
dows and doors. The cost Is small
compared to the good you get, Let
me put them In while the weather Is
good. w. ii OFFUTT,
THE WEATHER STRIP NAN.
al WI Advertisement.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

ACCORDING to the latest Babson
report commodity prices have drop
ped more in the United States than in
any other country. The index of the
United States wholesale prices shows
that SO per cent of the war time adj
vance has been wiped out. In Eng
fish prices So per cent Of the advance
over pre-war times has been retraced.
In France prices So per cent of the
advance has been retraced.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

THE growing belief of men of af-
fairs that business ond industry, at
last, have definitely turned the cor
ner'' gained support in Tuesdays de-
velopments there was announcement
Of resumption or expansion Of oper-
alton Of a number of steel mills. AS
the steel industry was the last to feel
the effects of depression, so any in
dicative of a general revival in bus
mess.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

THE Missouri Military Academy
football season opens shortly. Mex
leo should accord to the academy
eleven the fullest support possible.
The success of any athletic team de-
ponds in a large degree upon the
home support given it. The M. M. A.
team is n Of the Mexico's best adj
vertisements and is entitled to the
most substantial and enthusiastic
support.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29
THE Mexico Chamber Of Conn

THE Mexico Chamber Of Commerce,
which is a member Of the United
States Chamber Of Commerce has
been discovered to be Of a new SER
vice to a local merchant. He had
some trouble with a firm In . large
Eastern city in replacing some dam
aged goods. AS a last resort be wrote
the firm that he was d member of
the Mexico ChamEer 81 Commerce
whic WAS affiliated with the United
states Chamber Of Commerce and
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

NOTICE IS hereby given that letters
Of administration upon the estate Of
]. E. ELLISON, Deceased,
a v been granted to the undersigned,
!. w. ELLISON, by the Probate
Court OF Audrain County, Missouri,
Gearing date the 18th day of Septem-
Der, 1921.
All persons having claims againsi
said estate are required to exhibit
hem to him for allowance within six
months from the date Of said letters.
or they may be precluded from any
benefit If such estate; and If said
claims be not exhibited within year
from the date Of granting said Letters,
they will be forever barred.
q wv. ELLISON,
Administrator.
Attested by me this nth day Of
September, 1921.
(SEAL) BESS L. WOODS,
31-4t Clerk of Probate Court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

WORK on the building Of the Con-
tinental aBnking Supply Co., factory
here is going ahead rapidly. This is
giving many idle men work and help
ing the local labor situation mater
tally. The factory will be modern in
every particular and will be completed
shortly,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

THE idea that Mexico people are in
favor of bottlegging because some of
them sign petitions asking for a par
ole for botlegging is erroneous. Boot
!eggers in Mexico and Audrain Coun-
ty just as we'll face the facts. This
is a law abiding community.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29
WE PAY NO RENT.

If you want to a " money a visit
to u store will convince you. We
have an acre Of space and can furnish
your home complete from cellar to
garnet. We have a full line Of FUR
NITURE, RUGS and STOVES. SAM
NORRIS. lift Advertisement
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

American Legion
Of Montana, has
what Is believed
to be the most
unique war Dec-
ord OF any a
who served In the
A. e. F.
He was SER
geant instructor
in France, but
his desire to get
into the ~front-line
fighting caused
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

that if he did not receive an immed-
late adjustment Of the matter he
would take he mater up with the U.
S. c. of c., with which the Eastern
City's Cha nber Of Commerce was also
affiliated. The result was a prompt
reply an | settlement.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

"A GOOD many people cant get
work A good many other people
i get work done What do pou
snppUss INV trouble Ia? Better think
over and eet together.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29
A CLUBRINC RATE

The Weekly Ledger and the Ma.
tional Live Stock Reporter, a daily
stock paper Of East ST. Louis, Ill,
for one year, both $500. This is a
money saving rate If you want two
good papers. w.t.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

WHY do you sign parole petitions
and then find fault with the Judge
when the same are granted? Some
times paroles are all right. Often
they are not. Such matters should
not be treated as a Joke.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

THE landscape gardening at the
county Hospital is most attractive and
is an added improvement to the hand
some building. The work is in charge
Of an expert and everyone is remark
ing upon the beauty of the grounds.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

BEFORE yvu contribute 10 travel
lno coIIsefors for charities you should
make ! donation to the organized
,ar;tiss IN Msxieo. This money will
~ Ssssded ~ home this winter
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

MEXICO is too large for Small
town" stuff and too small for factions
or chickering's. We must all work to-
gether and cooperate for the growth
and prosperity of both the city and
county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell White are
home from Excelsior Springs where
they attended the annual meeting Of
the Missouri Press Association.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29
REMOVAL NOTICE.

wv. w. Bolts has moved his law or
fee to the Savings Bank Building,
where jointly with G. IA. Wither-
spoon, he occupies Suite No. | over
the Savings Bank,
32-4t dit Advertisement
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

THE Arbuckle case is evidently
worse than was expected. We find
that some Of the testimony, according
to the metropolitan press. is imprint
able.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

A LITTLE more work and service
and a little less jazz all along the
line might be a good thing for this
country at this time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

Judge W. W. Bolts has moved his
aw office to the offict rooms Of G. A.
Witherspoon over the Mexico Saw
ings Bank.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

work at all because they think they
are worth more than they can get.
We are afraid they will go hungry
this winter unless they change their
minds.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

ALL law abiding citizens should be
in favor of enforcing all the laws,
and this includes the traffic and pro-
hibition laws.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29
IN MIDST or SHELL SHOWER
Husky Seattle Legion Member Was
Wounded Twelve Tlmes Within
Hall Minute.
The weathering of three years rough
and tumble as a Walter Camp All

American tackle
on the Yale foot
ball team condi-
toned Charles Fl.
Paul. Seattle,
Wash, for one Of
the World warts
most unusual ex-
~periences.
Paul, then q
first lieutenant In
the Three Hun
dred and Sixty
fourth infantry.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

Ringside and reserved seats for the
Caddock-Reed Wrestling Match now
on sale at the Hotel Hoxsey. d1w1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

SOME automobile drivers don't
know what you are talking about
when you refer to "the courtesy Of
the road.n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

MEXICO and Audrain County is go
ing to be an unpopular resort for
bootleggers-just as well make up
yonr mind to that fact. Z
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

PAY your bill promptly. That is
good for your credit and keeps money
in circulation so that we IAN have
prosperity.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

HELP the officers enforce the auto
mobile laws and you will save life
and property.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

THERE is a good deal of talk of a
big building boom in Mexico next
year. That's the way to make a city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

DON'T buy your fall and winter
goods till you read the advertisements
in the Ledger.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29
Churches 10 Have
Convention at
Midway Oct. As

Audrain County Convention Of
Christian Churches program at Mid
way Church, north part of County
October A, s, 1921.
J. w. Perkins, Mexico, President.
W C. johnson, Vandalia, Secretary.
First Day-Tuesday Afternoon
2:S0 Devotional J. J. D. Greer, Mexico
800 Conference
The Local Church Program
/. The Pastor.
2. Organization.
8. The Bible School.
4. Worship.
S. Missions and Education.
6. The Financial Policy.
Z. Cooperation.
Leader .............. ]. HI. Stidham
announcements and adjournment.
Evening Session.
7:30 Devotional -. F. w. Emerson
300 Address-Our Educational Prob
lem in Missouri, Pres. ]. H.
Wood, Canton.
Second Day-Morn' ng Session
$50 Devotional
1000 The Ten Point Bible School
Standard, c. M. Fox, Sun Rise
Church.
1890 The C: w. M. S. Session
/. Reports from all the societies
2. The Life Of a Local Society,
Mrs. DR.. Gibbs, Mexico.
8. Address, Mrs. Anna Scott
Carter, Paris.
1880 Convention Sermon, Rev. F. w.
Emerson.
Noon-Dinner at the Church
Afternoon Session
200 Devotional, #. w. Shorter, Col
umbia.
$50 County, District and State Work
l. Address, County Organiza-
ton" Rev. H. F. Kern, Vandalia.
2. Reports from all the churches
Discussion
8. Address-State Missions
State Sec. G. G. Garriues, Kansas
City.
4. Future Plans, J. H. Stidham,
District Supt.
400 Business-Reports of Com
mittees.
Final word. Adjournment.
The Churches
Church Pastor
Benton City, W. T. Henson, Moberly
Central Union
W. H. Kern, MiddletOwn
Farber
W. A. Cameron, Centralia
Friendship
F. r. Killey, Canton
Laddonia
Liberty
Fan Herndon, C~entralia
M~artinsburg
W. "A. Cameron, centralia
r. W. Emerson
Midway
New Hope
Rush Hill
]. v. r. Wood
salt River
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

The many friends Of Mrs. j.. q.
Ringo win regret to hear she i not
quite SO we'll.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

FARMERS should grow more hogs
and other stock on their farms.
That's the way to become indepen-
dent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

A REDUCTION of farm and home
mortgages is what Audrain needs
more than any other one thing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

SAVE your money and buy or build
a home. That's the way to make a
eity.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

Mr. and Mrs. Gus Sunnen have REL
turned from Thayer, III, where they
attended the funeral Of Mrs. sunnen's
father.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29
Gle
AMERICAN
Copy Tor This Department. supplied ~
HOLDS UNIQUE WAR RECORD
Editor Of Legion Publication Left Post
and Marched to the Front
A. w. o. l.

Walter 7. Neubert. editor Of the
Service Star. official publication of the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

WHAT'S the reason Mexico can't
have a flower show every year?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

IF you haven't the money to pay,
don't buy unless it is a necessity.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

aaER sszae friends who won't
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29

All pastors are urged to attend this
convention. It Il your convention.
Help make 1t a success.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-09-29
ADMINISTRATORS NOTTCE.

Notice-is hereby given that letters
administration upon the estate Of
I, EI nnnnannL
The Washington times., 1921-08-20
FRANK GOULD TO REMARRY,
FORMER WIFE DISCLOSES

NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-A declara.
ton that Frank ]. Gould intends to
marry again shortly was made yes
terday by his former wife, Edith
Kelly Gould. in an application for
permission to change her attorneys,
in her divorce acton against him
in American courts. The petition
was granted.
1t made known Mrs. Gould's inten-
ton of appealing to the United
States Supreme Court, IL necessary,
from the recent court decision hold
ing that Mr.. Gould's Paris divorce
was valid and that she had no stand
Ing here on which to bring divorce
proceedings.
Her new attorneys declared the
case established a precedent and will
determine the validity of divorces
granted to Americans in foreign
countries.
1t was stated that an appeal must
be made at once. as Mr.. Gould in
tends remarrying.
The Washington times., 1921-08-20
AMERICA STILL
AFTER Stacker,
SAY OFFICIALS
Flight to Switzerland Doesn't
Change Status Of Case
Of BergdoII.

The United States Government has
not given up it's efforts to return
Grover Bergdoll, millionaire Stacker.
to this country TO serve out his mill.
tary sentence, even though Bergdoll
is reported 10 have fled Germany
and gone to Switzerland, II was
learned at the State Department
today.
Although military crimes are not
extraditable from Switzerland, Off.
Gals here believe that the feet that
Bergdoll fled from Canada on a
forged passport may make him sub
ject to extradition from Switzerland
Great Britain had taken steps to
secure the extradition of Bergdol
from Germany, on charges OF having
used a forged Canadian passport &c
enter that country, II was learned
Although the State Department has
no official confirmation that Bergdol
is in Switzerland. 1t was intimatec
that II he is definitely located there
the British government will be askec
to use its efforts to secure his return
The Administration evidenced &
very determined purpose not to lie
the Bergdoll case drop and to pur
sue the Stacker wherever he ma,
take asylum.
The Washington times., 1921-08-20
GUNSM| TIL WILL
FACE KENNEDY
/. Deaf HSUSPECT
Police Have New Link of Evil
dence in Man Who Re-
paired Weapon.

Los ANGELES, Aug. 20.-R. c.
King. a gunsmith, today will be asked
to make positive Identification of the
gun stock which was found In the
surf at Santa Monica and which the
police believe to have been the weapon
with which j. Bolton Kennedy was
killed, as that OF the shotgun which
was repaired in his shop July 81.
VIII Face Suspect.
King also will be taken before Ar
thur G. Burch, indicted with Mrs.
Madalynne ObenChain as the slayer
OF Kennedy, and asked TO identify him
as the man who had the gun repaired.
Investigators for the State who
have been working on the case. regard
the evidence obtained from King as an
important development in the case.
Although refusing to make positive
Identification from photographs of
Burch as the man who had the gun
repaired, King has given a description
of the man which tallies in many re.
spects with the personal characters.
tics of Burch.
King told Investigators that the gun
which he repaired on July % had
been sold from his shop a few days
earlier. The repairs were to remedy
defect that had existed when 1t was
sold, King said.
Left Name Of Barker.
When the gun was brought in for
repairs, King said, IL was wrapped in
newspaper. The gun stock bore the
name of the maker, ct. Barker" and
the man who left the gun to be fixed
also gave the name of Barker"
Ralph r. Obenchain, former hus.
band of Mrs. Obenchain, may be
called before the Los Angeles county
grand jury to tell what. IL anything.
he knows of the case, IL was stated
today by Asa Reyes, deputy district
attorney.
Mr.. Reyes statement followed the
publication of interviews with Oben.
chain, in which the latter was quoted
as saying the innocence of the de.
PENDANTS would be established and the
real criminal" produced within five
days.
The defense will contend that Ken.
nedy was shot by relatives of another
woman he is alleged to have wronged.
II was learned today.
Obenchain was said TO have located
witnesses to help prove that Kennedy
was shot by man who lay In wait at
ms bungalow to get" him and pro.
tect home. The defense theory is
that this unknown man, seeing
Madalynne on a midnight visit to the
Kennedy bungalow, mistook her for
his own wife or sister and acted in.
stantly on the supposed evidence
against Kennedy.
The Washington times., 1921-08-20
DAUGHTERS BABY GONE,
w. c. T. U. WORKER HELD

ADRIAN, Mich, Aug. 20.-Mrs.
Matte Kirby. Of Hudson, for many
years a prominent temperance and law
enforcement worker, was arrested on
a charge of murder and lodged in Jail
here yesterday in connection with the
alleged disappearance of a child born
July to her twenty-year- daugh.
ter. Alice.
Officers who Investigated the case
announced Mrs. Kirby had told them
the child died. but refused to inform
them as to the disposition of the body
or TO relate the circumstances of it,
death. No burial record is on file in
the county. The mother of the child
is held for investigation.
Mrs. Kirby, mother OF four daugh-
tiers, is president OF the Lenawee WON
ems Christian Temperance Union and
a field agent for the State organixa,
ton.
The Washington times., 1921-08-20
Kidnaper-Slayer Chief Is Found
Guilty of Killing s. Year-Old Boy
Female Detective Is Responsible
For Conviction Of italian
Gangs Leader Which Threw
Lad in River When 81. 500
Ransom Was Refused.

NEW YORK. Aug. 20.--Robert o.
Raffaele, Of Union Hill, NJ, was
convicted by a jury last night Of the
murder Of five-year-old Giuseppe Va
rotta. who was kidnapped May "a and
drowned by his captors in the Hud-
son river.
The child was seized while playing
outside his home on East Thirteenth
street. The disappearance was fol-
lowed by letters demanding a ransom
Of 81 500 and containing threats to kill
the boy unless the money was paid
promptly.
The prosecution clinched its case
against Raffaele on the testimony of
Mrs. Rae Nicoletti, a female detective,
who posed as a relative in the Va
rotta home, on East Thirteenth
street, and was largely instrumental
In the capture of the accused.
Detective Nicoletti told the Jury
how she had gone to the Varotta home
as Mrs. Varottas cousin, after the
child had disappeared. On May 80,
she said, six days after the boy had
been spirited away, Antonio Marine
lone OF the several co-defendants
charged, with Raffaele. with first
degree murder, came to the Varotta
home and volunteered to try to get
the child back.
willing to give $500 for the return of
the boy, and Marine said he would
see II he could get him back from the
gang for $500"
Mrs. Varotta, mother OF little
Giuseppe. also gave testimony for the
State.
Her black eyes flashing, and at
times accompanying her words with
gestures, she told her story of the dis
appearance of little Giuseppi and of
the actions of Raffaele and the four
other men who are prisoners with him
In the Tombs, charged with the
murder.
Under the direction Of Assistant Dis
trict Attorney George N. Brothers.
she said she last saw her son at 3
o'clock on the afternoon of May "a.
He called me Mamma, mamma
/ went to the window. He said Give
me a penny I gave him the penny.
That was the last saw of my boy"
she said, amid sobs. MY husband
came home with an automobile he
had bought about an hour later. He
asked me Where is Giuseppi2'
looked all over. / could not find him.
Then we went to the police station"
The Washington times., 1921-08-20
BEACH BEAUTIES
WITH D|MPLED
KNEES ASSA|LED
Pastor Promises to .Stat Dress
3 & Reform at New York
Resorts.

NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-Considera-
ton at popular seaside resorts OF
nude female clavicle and scapuIa, to
say nothing of tibia and fibula, con-
tinue to engage the time and talents
OF the Rev. Frederick Kopfman,
formerly pastor OF the Methodist
Church at Titusville, n. j..
With respect to the female limb.
Kopfman takes the position of the
London busman. "'Op up" he said,
:" 'op up, lady. Legs amt no treat
to me-"
Nothing skaters Kopfman's philo.
sophie calm quicker than the sight
of young woman trailing along by
the sounding sea with nine or ten
feet Of bare leg protruding from the
hem of bathing dress that has been
postponed sine die. 1t spoils his whole
day.
On Trail Of Charmers.
why these August afternoon IN
dress rehearsals Of modified 'Septem.
Der Morns? asked Kopfman.
Last August Kopfman got on the
trail of the bathing girls of the Sc.
lect summer colony at Washington's
Crossing. He said the devil was spend
ing his vacation there, and Mr.. Kopf-
man went single-handed to evict him.
He referred to the girls there as 'mer-
maids and immodest violets," and told
them they would have to avaunt.
Instead Of encountering the lord OF
the underworld kopfman came face to
face with several broad shouldered
deep-chested brothers OF the "immod-
est violets," strong and smooth as so
many peeled. onions. They man.
handled Kopfman, conferred upon him
Scotch verdict tomatoes and other
anonymous contributions, and the
clergyman then and there closed his
summer campaign.
This year Kopfman visited the
beaches at Brighton and Coney Island
and, deeming discretion the better
part Of valor, RETAINED from telling
the "immodest violets" at those re-
sorts. face to face, what no thought
Tells Experiences.
At the Old John Street Church yes
terday afternoon, however, Mr. Kopf.
man graphically described his trip to
Coney Island and Brighton Beach,
where brown haired lassies with dim
pied knees-'mere uncanny wisps OF
naked flesh" Mr.. Kopfman called
them-"flaunted their privileged i'm
moralities."
There they lay sprawled on the sand,
girls who had gone down to the sea.
side to give their vertebrae and prayer
joints little air and sun, flaming
threads Of mere perverseness."
Heaven be thanked, the Rev. Mr..
Kopfman did not have to remain for
any protracted period among those
bare-kneed girls. clustered on the sand
like so many lunches of asparagus.
Kopfman says he came back to the
city with no better escort than an easy
conscience, determined that the rem
edying of sex familiarity at Coney
Island and Brighton shall be next on
the list of reforms"
The Washington times., 1921-08-20
ST|LLMAN PLOT
TALE ALL FAKE,
HARRIS CLAIMS
Tells Kansas City Officials He
Cooked It Up to Get Back
To New York.
BY international New. Service.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. 90
While police believed today they were
nearer the truth in regard TO the
sensational statements of Sam Har-
ris" that he was one Of four men
who were to get $4,000 for killing
Mrs. Fiji Potter Stillman in New
York. the youth was still In Jail I'M
dergoing further questioning.
Late last night, after insisting
time and again under third degree"
quizzing that his confession was true.
he finally told detectives he had
cooked up" his statement in the hope
that II would mean his return TO
New York City.
He said his true name was Julian
Mersky and that he lived in Brook
Ign.
II was flat broke" he continued.
'and wanted to get back to the big
town In front of a newspaper Of
flee saw a bulletin about a Still
man blackmail plot. This gave me
'hunch' and / framed the story
about the murder plot"
Detectives were wondering, how
ever, what was back II Mersky's
jump from New York City TO Phila-
delphia. then to Chicago and from
Chicago TO this city. In telling his
story of the plot to kill Mrs. STILL
man. he said the gang was forced to
beat il" from New York because
the ring leader, known as Henry
the Pole" had pulled a robbery and
detectives were hot on his trail. He
substantiated his tale with Pullman
stubs bearing dates which fitted
perfectly with his story.
Mersky said he left "Henry the
Pole" in Chicago and that he re-
vealed the murder plot because the
ringleader OF the gang had double
crossed him and refused to give him
his share of the $500 paid in ad-
vance to the gang.
Police were of the opinion today
that Mersky had told the truth abouC
taking the Sullman murder plot
story.