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Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-04

lerass, blasted tree trunks and lowering
cioads ~daskening the sky emphasize the
danger Of the undertaking and the bravery
al che pioneers.
Boone heads the procession, lSoking
|intentiy to the front, holding his gun n
enc hand and With the other leading the
horse Upon which his weary wife sits.
Behind Boone walks a companion. He,
too. feels the responsibility Of Lives at
a&akes IND strides forward with bis whoIe
body alert and his gun ready sor use upon
ri inatat.s wasalrle Thaa did stasdy
tioaeers Journey feariessly westward ta
precaricus homes ID the Wilderness d
Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-04
US EARLY HISTORY

The history of Audrain coun-
ty, which appears in this issue,
is from the pen of the late
George Robertson, a prominent
attorney of Mexico, who spent
much time in its preparation
and who verified every line of it.
Until its appearance in the Gen.
tennial Edition of the Ledger, it
was only procurable in an edition
of Missouri History which cost
$40. The State historical mat
ter we published was prepared
by experts for this edition.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-04

" ENHE longest military march in the history OF the world is said
1 of Colonel Doniphans expedition into Mexico during the
Mexican War OF lS46-4Ss The expedition marched q total of
5000 miles through an uninhabited or hostile country, often. without
water OF supplies of any kind. Difficulties tested to the utmost the
endurance of those who took part in il. The men suffered from thirst;
gnats, mosquitoes and winddiven sand added to their discomfort:
lack of rations forced them to subsist for weeks on one-thlrd their nor
NAL amount of food; the heat of the desert and the cold of mountain
passes aternated in causing hardship.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-04

by reinforeements under Colonel Sterling
Price it undertook a campaign against
the Navajo Indians and forced them to-
terms Then, marching southwark, Il
defeated forces of Mexicans at Brazito
and Sacramento and took FL Paso without
resistance. On May u the expeditions
reached Saltilio, then marched on east
ward to Brazos Island at the mouth Of the
Rio Grande. Here they, embarked ON
ships and sailed for New Orleans and
home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-04

NANIEL BOONE II the most picturesque and best known char
IV acer Of all the Americans who.setted in what is now Missouri,
prior to 1905. IT think 1t time to remove when I can no longer fell a
tree for fuel % that IL top will be within d few feet Of the door Of my
cabin. he h credited, with saying.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-04

II EMEMBER the thrill you had the first time you saw an auto-
mobile? How everyone rushed to the windows to look out as ~
went by-and how you commented on the fact that It looks 50
funny without a tongue in front of itF' @
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-04

Continued On Page 2
The New York herald., 1921-08-03
GIVING A THOUGHT
fire INSURANCE
Principle of Adequate Cover
age and Partial Losses
Eighty Per Cent. Insurance to
Value-Reason for Co-insur-
ance or Assured's Participa-
tion-What Service Accom-
plishes.

Third o. a series of EIGHT sksiehes; P,ssious
triu appear in The Herald" Nezt Weck.l
The New York herald., 1921-08-03
TENOR HOPED CELEBRATE
HIS HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY
Caruso at Sorrento Dreamed of Sons and Daughters
Giving Band Parade and Setting Off
Fireworks for Him.

A glimpse at the rest cure" which
caruso was taking at Sorrento. Italy.
before his fatal illness was printed in
last Sundays Magazine Section OF THE
New YORK HERALD, in which the tenor
confidently expressed the expectation OF
living to be 100 years old.
only the day before l arrived here"
said be to a friend. there were fire.
works and a band. concert in honor OF
an old woman who has reached her CEN
tennial. There must be something espe-
cially life giving in Sorrento air If peo-
pie live to be a hundred so easily. That's
why I am here l hope my sons and
daughters will give me a band parade
and fireworks when ! touch the hundred
mark !"
Not forgetful OF his affection for
America, he celebrated the Fourth of
July giving an informal dinner party
in his hotel, at which he sat up till
midnight entertaining his guests with
his customary CHEEKY banter. Aside
from this. however. he had been accus-
toned to retire between and 10, sleep.
ing like child and showing splendid
appetite when he arose. His spirits
seemed to be of the best. Sometimes on
Sundays his brother Giovanni and his
family came over from Naples, bringing
with. them their scventy-one-yea -old
stepmother. who played such an i'm
portant part In the tenor's career.
Every forenoon he and Mrs. Dorothy
Benjamin Caruso would take strolls
The New York herald., 1921-08-03
LONDON RECALLS EARLY
RECOGNITION OF TENOR

Special Cable to THE New York HnnALp.
Copyright, 1881, by THE NEW York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
London, Aug. 2.
Musical London was deserted when
the news of Enrico Carusos death ar
rived. There is no opera this season
and the singers and inpresarios are all
away. But the news fell like blight
on the little restaurant in Soho where
Caruso dined invariably when he was
here. His table has been a sort Of shrine
for the Neapolitan proprietor, who knew
the tenor as boy. Tonight that table
was surrounded by a screen. Behind the
screen. draped in black, was a card
reading: My Friend"
IT is recognized here that Caruso be-
lcnged more to New York than to Lon
don. though the old music critics recall
that one of the first to recognize the
beauty of Caruso's voice was the late
King Edward VII. who heard him sing
a. private entertainment at Naples In
the late eos and commanded that the
then boyish tenor be brought before him.
When Caruso. made his debut in Lon
don with Melba in la Boheme" In 1909
he was well but not enthusiastically re-
ceived. He did not gain real recognition
here until 1904.
The New York herald., 1921-08-03
SUDDEN END SURPRISE
TO HIS SURGEON HERE
DR.. John F. Erdmann Says
Recovery Seemed Certain.

DIR. John II. Erdmann, who twice OPP
Grated on Caruso last winter, said ne
was utterly at loss to understand the
singers death. "It is. complete sur
prise to me-" said Or, Erdmann at his
office. 60 West Fifty second street. "Be-
fore he left for Italy photographs of the
parts of the body which had been af-
fected were made, and these x-ray pic
lures were inspected by all the physi-
clans and surgeons who had attended
conclusion that Caruso could recover
completely. Not one of the photographs
showed the slightest indication of future
trouble" H G
DIR. Antonio Stella. the tenor's per-
sonal physician, who also was In faith
ful attendance during Caruso's. recent
illness. received on July. 16 a letter in
which the singer declared he was feel
ing well and had been gaining flesh
He told me-" said DR.. Stella. that he
walked a mile every day. However. he
did not write about his voice nor OF his
chest ailment.
The illness which caused Caruso's
DEATH" DIR. Stella continued when he
teenth street. was not of the kind from
which the tenor suffered before he sailed
for italy. The Illness which caused his
death, according TO the news dispatches,
developed through a subphrenic abscess,
which brought on peritonitis. This all
ment is different from the trouble from
which Mr.. Caruso suffered last winter
and spring. One week before he started
for Europe q consultation was held
with him by his attending physicians
and 1t was determined he had fully
recovered from his original Illness and
that no complications had set in. Three
days before his ship sailed another ex-
animation. made by the X-ray. con-
frmed the conclusion that he was in ft
physical condition to leave America
Three weeks before he sailed he had
been in the habit Of enjoying a hours
automobile trip daily"
The New York herald., 1921-08-03
TENOR'S VOICE EARNED
ABOUT $500, 900 A YEAR

While no exact figures are available
as TO caruso's total earnings II was
SAID by his associates that in recent
years his income had approached $500
coo year. OF which between $3.50. 600
and 100000 came from opera and con-
terts and 100000 from phonograph
sccords he received an average of
$4,000 n night for singing at the Metro
politan. while or special occasions. such
as his 1920 season at Havana, he re-
ceived $4,000 night. 1t was said that
ne received almost this much when he
sang in Mexico. Rio de Janeiro and
Buenos Aires. But all OF these earninr rs
did not remain in his own pocket for
tnere was the Income tax to be consid-
ereo' wnich IN caruso's case. as he was
an alien, wac unusually high.
In ms entire career Caruso appeared
IN 5000 opera performances. of which
$50 were given in the United States
he sang at the Metropolitan Opera
House for eighteen seasons, appearing
800 times .'e
The New York herald., 1921-08-03
MOURN GLORIOUS VOICE
AND GENEROUS HEART

Nine. Marcella Sembrich. one of the
greatest lyric sopranos and for years
the foremost exponent OF bel canto at
the Metropolitan last night sent the fol-
lowing telegram 10 the NEW York
HERALD:
LAKE PLACID CLUB. N. ", Aug. 2.-
have just learned with deepest sorrow
Of the death OF Enrico Caruso and feel
that we have lost one OF the worlds
most glorious voices and one Of its finest
artists. During the many years we sang
together I admired his big and kind
hearted nature. which made him be-
loved BY all his colleagues and asso-
ciates. mourn the loss.
"MARcELLA SEMpRfcH
Amelita Galli-Curci. who sang with
Caruso IN South America IN 1915 on
learning Of the tenor's death. gave out
the following statement: u am shocked
and grieved TO learn OF the death OF
Enrico Caruso, this ending one OF the
most brilliant careers In musical his
tory All the world will remember hint
not alone for his glorious voice and IN
tiring devotion TO art. but his human
Qualities and big. generous heart. and
lastly for his heroic struggle In his last
lCng Illness"
The New York herald., 1921-08-03

around town for an hour or two, stop
ping at the various little shops In which
no delighted to exchange chaff with the
storekeepers. To a hat dealer. who de-
manded 100 lire for yachting cap, Ca
russo said:
why, I'm neither an Englishman nor
an America. Have you forgotten I'm a
Neapolitan? Here's 20 lire"
And simply for the pleasure of beating
down the dealer from an extortionate
price, Caruso held 10 that sum till he
got the cap.
When he was questioned as 70 his
plans for the future he said he would
remain In Sorrento as long as possible.
1T is doing me lots or good--the abr
and sunshine, the odor OF fruit and
flowers. with all this beauty TO charm
the eye-sea, mountains. skies. Where
Is there lovelier spot for man to re-
cuperate his powers?'
And the voice?''
"Oh, / haven't tried myself out yet.
There is nothing the matter with the
vocal apparatus. but / prefer TO wait
until ] feel l have recovered something
like my former physical pep before
judging for myself-for, you know. am
my own severest critic, no matter what
the newspaper critics may say or think"
After leaving Sorrento he planned to
go this month to his Villa Bollosguardo,
twelve miles north OF Florence. there to
do a little agricultural work with n
shovel and set a good example" to his
tenants.
The New York herald., 1921-08-03
CARUSO MASTERED
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Used His Own Phonetic System
in Studying 'The Star
Spangled Banner

Caruso's admiration for things Amer
opening OF the season at the Metro
politan Opera House during the early
days OF the war, II was decided to sing
THE Star Spangled Banner" after the
second act OF Aida" the tenor who Of
course sang the leading role In the
opera. entered with zest into the plan.
However. through his infrequent use of
English in singing he was not able to
do full justice t. the national anthem.
At least he felt he had not sung II as
clearly as he could wish.
His command of English was very
good, and for ordinary conversational
purposes his utterance was pleasant to
listen to, as it had an agreeable touch
OF accent But for singing purposes
Caruso felt his intonation could be I'M
proved. And as he desired to sing the
anthem during the war he set TO work
with characteristic industry and deter
mination to master it. He decided to
use his own phonetic system for IT,
Sitting at his desk in the Knicker-
booker Hotel, he had friend repeat the
words slowly to him. while he carefully
wrote them down as they struck his ear
The words in his own handwriting were
printed In the Sunday magazine section
OF THE sun on November 20, l9lT. 1t
will be noticed there were peculiarities
In his transcription, such as the use of
'dhi" for the" Here is "The Star
Spangled Banner according to the great
singers own Interpretation:
o seiken III sill bal dhi dons erll lait
huat 80 praudli nj held
at dhi tuailaits last giimmin
husis brod straps and
brait stars dhru dhi perilos fait--Or dhi
remparts .ui
uact uere so gallontli strimmn
And dhi Rockets red gler dhi
bombs burstin In er
ghev pruf dhru dhi matt
dhat aur fleg uos still
dher-O sc doss dhet star spenglid banner let
ueuf or dhi lend OF dhi fri and dbl hom Of
dhi breuf.
THE version / have made" Caruso
said at the time, as identically the way
the English words sound when an
Italian hears them sung. THE SUN
honors me by printing this paper.
have carried it all over with me and
when time allowed / would glance at
the words until 1 became perfect.
Il am very happy. ! shall be able
to give splendid touch to your Ameri-
can anthem, and IL is great honor to
me. and it was all SO very easy. Now
that 1 have mastered the verse l am
going to read the wonderful story about
the man who wrote those words"
The New York herald., 1921-08-03
BURST BLOOD VESSELS
BEGAN FATAL ILLNESS

The breakdown of Caruso's healu
last winter followed series OF mis-
haps which eliminated on December II
in Brooklyn, when he burst q blood YES.
sci while singing in the Academy OF
Music. On that occasion he struggled
gallantly through the entire first act oi
'Elisir d'Amore." though at times
hemorrhage almost choked his utter.
ance. A few days before the Brooklyn
mishap he strained a muscle when he
stumbled and plunged into part Of the
stage setting in the Metropolitan Opera
House during a performance of II
Pagliacci"
Despite the ruptured blood vessel
Caruso sang again In public. His last
appearance in opera was in the Metro
politan on Christmas Eve. in the role OF
Eledsur in ia Juive." He received
then one of the greatest Of the many
oyations Of his life. Operagoers felt
reassured that all was well with the su-
perb voice Of their favorite, but on the
day after Christmas came the announce
ment that the premier tenor of the
world had been stricken with pleurisy
and that hve doctors were attending
him.
The tenor's fatal Illness developed
during last Christmas week. when he
suffered an attack of pleurisy and was
confined to his suite In the Hotel Van
derbilt His condition rapidly became
alarming. and a few days later he un-
derwent an operation to relieve him OF
an accumulation Of pus in the pleural
cavity. exudate having accumulated be-
tween the pleura and the lungs them
selves. Later II was deemed advisable
To operate again for a secondary alb
I
russo for more than a week hovered be-
tween life and death
Early in February the singer suffered
heart attack and his condition again
became preca-fous Friends were called
TO his bedside and. in the belief that the
great tenor was dying. two priests ad-
ministered the last rites OF the church.
The group OF specialists who fought con-
stantly to save their patients life and
who had to resort to the use of oxygen
to carry him over the crisis included
Drs. John II. Erdmann. Evan Evans.
Samuel w. Lambert. Francis Murray
and Antonio Stella.
Though IL was necessary to undergo a
third operation for small abscess Ca
ruso rallied, having improved slowly but
steadily during the latter part OF Feb
ruary
When Caruso. accompanied by his
wife and baby, faally sailed for Italy
aboard the steamship Presldente Wilson
on May 2s last he was said to have
made a complete recovery. Thousands
OF we'll wishers many OF them OF his
own race, were at the pier to give him
godspeed. Until that time there had
been widespread reports that the golden
voice had not withstood the ravaEes OF
his long Illness, To prove that he had
not lost his marvellous gift nor his rare
art, the singer just before his ship sailed
sang one OF his most golden notes--a
particularly high one-and sustained II
without apparent difficulty. His wor-
shipping friends cheered the gallant ef-
fort. but he laughingly declined 10
vouchsafe an encore until next season" !"
The famous star at that time looked
pale and much thinner, but he smiled
cordially and doffed his cap in acknowl-
edgement OF the homage OF the crowd
The New York herald., 1921-08-03
To Have Memorial Here.

Within few hours after the news
came from Naples that the most rare
Of voices was stilled forever the Supreme
Council of the Order of the Sons of
Italy had taken steps TO provide
national memorial TO Enrico Caruso.
meeting of that body was called for to-
morrow evening by Chevalier Stefano
Miele, national master OF the order and
one-time adviser OF the Amerfcanization
division Of the Department Of the IN
terror. Plans for the memorial then
will he discussed.
Mr.. Miele said II might take the form
OF "Caruso Foundation" for the train
ing of promising young singers. or a
Caruso Theatre for tfe production OF
Italian opera, the receipts thereof TO be
devoted to fund for the instruction
of Lapirants to the operate stage. The
order has IT'S. 900 members In the United
states. but others will be asked 10
cooperate In the memorial movement.
This Is one Of he greatest losses The
operate world ever has sustained" said
Henry Hadley, associate conductor IL the
Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra NO
man can take his place nov and il win
be many years, II ever before We Know
his equal"
And so the tributes wellcd in from All
quarters of tho city and from It's every
social stratum. For Caruso was loved
by them ALL the wealthy whose diamonds
sparkle in the horseshoe and orchestra
OF the Metropolitan and no less perhaps
BY the pushcart pedler and street
The New York herald., 1921-08-03

sweepere of the lower East Side. More
than one italian sweeper leaned on his
broom yesterday and rnumbied prayer
for the repose of the dead tenor's soul.
Down in Little italy rain soaked flags
sasged at half-staff. The blinds were
drawn decorously in many of the old
world groceries and fruit stands. while
crepe was draped across the doorways.
The New York herald., 1921-08-03
JOHN B. MORTON,
President
NATIONAL BOARD OF
FIRE UNDERWRITERS

rs WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK.
Copies 0f Safeguarding me Home" teaching
Fire Prsenfion 10 you and vour children uiH be
sent on request.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
EVENTS TODAY.

Aero Club of America. aerial field day,
Curtis Field, Garden City.
The annual memorial services OF the Ne"
York City Fire Department will be held In
st. Patrick's Cathedral. r. M.
Keren Hayesod conference, Stuyvesant
High School, Fifteenth street and Second
avenue, 10 A. NJ. and P. NJ.
Rear Admiral Fl. Mel. p. Huse VIII SPEAK
at the unveiling of a war memorial tablet
in the Fourth Presbyterian Church, West
End avenue and Ninety first street, ii a. NJ.
Independent Order B'nai Birth, Grand
Lodge OF District No. /, convention, Hotel
Astor, beginning at 10 A. NJ
Company @, 30Tth Infantry. will plant q
memorial tree in Central Park Mall, p. M.
The Clef Club. Inc, memorial services IN
honor OF the founder, James Reese Europe,
ST. Marks A. NJ. r. Church, Fifty-third
street. between Broadway and Eighth ave-
nue., . p. NJ.
DR. VIII Durant Will lecture on '-Nietzsche
A Criticism and an Estimate" at Labor
Temple, Fourteenth street and Second ave-
nue., p. NJ.
Harold Berkeley will give violin recital at
stuyvesant Neghborhood House. Stuyvesant
and Ninth streets. $50 p. M.
DR.. A. 3. Stout viii lecture on PLANT
Hybrids," IN the museum building OF the
New York Botanical Garden. Bronx Park,
4:15 p. NJ.
Vera Cruz Council. Knights of Columbus
breakfast. Hotel Commodore, Q 10 A. M.
Under the Greenwood Tree story hours
conducted by Anna c. Chandler, Metropolitan
Museum OF Art, 3 p. NJ
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
NEW YORK FORGETS
IT'S STRAW HAT DAY
Mr.. Consumer Refuses to Be in
Fashion and Dealers Won
der Why.

The prediction OF the Weather Bureau
that to-day was to be fair and fine was
OF small service to the hat men yester-
day who closed their stores when the
daylight sun went down on the poorest
days nat day. business that had been
theirs In several years.
If you are to count yourself in fashion
at all to-day-May 15-that is the day
u must appear In your summer head
piece; but apparently no one wants to
be in fashion any more. In and about
the hat stores yesterday the proprietors
and their extra staffs, who had counted
confidently on a drive for straw lids as
the logical resultant of a Saturday,
pay day and an impending Sunday all
. in one. stood about saying that there
seemed to be a conspiracy against them
and that the American man public Is
the most volatile thing on earth.
For the day had been dismal in their
line, despite the fact that straw hats
this year are presented in a variety
which permits the buyer to look like
anything which he may fancy under the
sun, and the still more convincing fact
that the prices have gone down almost
to the standard which prevailed before
the war;
The So hat Is practically here again.
Except in the stores which make the
pretension OF offering exclusive models
and of delivering hat which Is of
slightly better quality than the average
run of straw, the prices are almost al
together within the range between 81
and SO, and as this is only the beginning
of the season the least capable arithmeti-
clan may figure for himself whether the
prices are likely TO linger for the whole
of summer at the point at which they
are now. One chain store organization
which has advertised SO much and so
often that it's hats are known wherever
men have heads, has already met the
public better than half way by marking
iss cheapest hat at So flat.
But as the hat dealers told one another
phen the day ended: ''rhese men will
al come to US eventually, II not on this
Sa turday, then on another"
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

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The New York herald., 1921-05-15
WOMAN KILLED BY BLOW.

Dr. Charles Norris. chief medical eX-
aminer, yesterday performed an autopsy
on the body of the unidentified woman
about As years old found Friday at 2ol
West Sixty-sixth street, who, the police
think. was murdered.
DR.. Norris reported death was due 70
a blow which caused fracture of the
right jawbone in which a flat instru-
ment or possibly fall down the stairs
might have been responsible. Strangu-
lation was not the direct cause of death,
Il was believed.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
DEMANDS $4,000 FOR FALL.

For Injuries reserved December r.
1918. when descending a stoop from the
apartment house in which she lived at
767 East 179th street. The Bronx. Mrs
Blanche Frawey. in The Bronx SUI
preme Court, demands $4,000 from
Frank and William It. Gillies, owners
OF the building.
Mrs. Frawley alleges that by reason
or carelessness and negligence the de-
PENDANTS permitted ice TO accumulate
and remain on the stoop stairs. Her
husband. Patrick J. Frawley. in an
other complaint brings suit for 5000
for loss Of the services of his wife.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
Nash ValueStandardS Maintained
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found ordinarily only in cars of
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Even in the quality of its equip
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average in its price class.
Call at our showrooms today and
determine for yourself what a
superior value the Nash Four
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number of these cars can be made
Immediately.