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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-29

one more post prohibition change.
The grim eoom of the Aston motel Is be
ing rebuilt into small shops facing on
Broadway and on 45th streets with
aoaut l3 feet front and not mucu depth.
And those little places arc 90 rent for
jlst Sf0 day One hardly weeps af
The fate OF the poor hotels with their
lost grills at that rate
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-29

No roof show or usical revue that
has Lew Field in 1t is in danger OF be-
ing clessed just as "one more revue.'
And SO the fact that Lew is to intro
duce new travesty in snap shots Of
1921" when II opens late this month
takes It out OF the general ranks and
puts the Snapshots" in class quite
by themselves.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-29

Rubber tires are playing an import
ant part at New York beaches this sea-
son. Skating on the beach S one Of
the most popular amusements All
smartly costumed in fetching suits tile
nappers don rolled skates With high
rubber wheels and glide across the
sands. It's good exercise. it stremen-
dously good fun; and the bathing cos
tumes show of TO much better advant-
age when in the water Then for
those who insist upon going into the
surf. there is the new sea wave tea
table. Rubber tires once more. Bath
ers are taking an auto tire. well infst-
ed. stretching a piece OF rubber cloth
across it and there it IS A ane hoater
to hold their sandwiches and tea TO
refresh themselves without getting out
OF the water. On quiet day, the sea
at one OF the popular Long Island
beaches IS thickly speckled with these
tires
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-29
LUCY Jeanne Price

NEW YORK. Juy 2s.-An annoying
mother in law IS no excuse for blgamy
So ruled Judge Talley in ruling asa INST
Victor a. Hurst. OF Brooklyn who had
seen 1T to drown his troubles from a
first marriage by plunging into a sec
ond Judge Talley IS entirely wiling
to be sympathetic and TO consider any
extenuating circumstances whatever;
but he demands consistency On the part
OF those seeking mercy Mr.. Hursts
counsel had defended his clients ac-
ton on the ground that the mother OF
his first wife made the trouble at his
home. Il cannot understand said
the court. why the prisoner was driv-
en-. as ne claims. to take another wife
because of the attitude e his hrst
nother-in-law. He not only took
second wife but second fnother-in-
law. This does not seem consistent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06
Student AT High
Schedules After
Illness Saturday

Paul s. Cunningham, is years old,
who has been attending the Mcmillan
High School in this city for the past
year died at the new Audrain Hos
pital about three o'clock Saturday
morning. He had been suffering with
illness for about six weeks. The body
will Resent to Columbus, Neb., Satur-
day night where it will be buried by
the grave of his Mother. He is a
nephew of Miss Allie and Miss Mar
garet Ellis, Of this city.
Young Cunningham was born jan
uary %, 1902 at Sheldon, Iowa. He
went with his parents from there to
Nebraska where he lived for some
time. After his mothers death he left
that state and for sometime had been
going to high school in Stanton, Vir-
ginia. He came to this city in May,
1920.
Up to lifetime of his illness, he had
been attending the Mcmillan High
School where he was very popular.
He took a leading part in student ac-
tivities and was a very good student.
During his brief stay in this city, he
formed many friends. The Ledger
joins in extending sympathy to the be-
reaved.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06
CREDIT MEMS OFFICIAL
Sees DROP IN PRICES

NEW YORK, December 31.--Re-
auctions in retail prices after next
week were predicted Thursday by J.H.
Tregoe, executive secretary of the Ma
tional Association of Credit Men, in
his January letter to the members Of
the organization.
Declaring the retailers have not fol-
lowed the lead of manufacturers and
wholesalers in cutting prices, he said
retail merchants would have been let
off had they taken their losses and
distributed commodities to consumers
while the purchasing power of the
consumers was still strong. Many, he
explained, waited for the holiday
trade before making reductions, and,
while the trade was fair, essential
buying has been narrow.
Tregoe urged consideration to the
problem of preventing unemployment,
which he termed qthe serious thing of
the moment"
We urge wise and reasonable buy
ing upon the part Of ALL" he said.
This alone will keep industries NOV
ing and prevent idleness. A stable
pricebasis cannot be reached except in
a free movement Of commerce and SO
long as business is held up by the
holding back of prices will
be uncertain and lack confidence.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06
HRS. RICHARDSON'S WILL
FILED IN PROBATE COURT

Mrs. Bette L. Richardson's will
has been probated in the Audrain
County Probate Court. The will itself
is as follows:
/, Bette L. Richardson, in the
county of Audrain and the state Of
Missouri, being of sound and dispos-
ing mind and memory do make, pub
fish and declare this to be my last will
and testament, hereby revoking any
AMI all former wills by me at any time
heretofore made.
FIRST:-1 desire that my executor,
hereinafter named to pay all my just
debts and funeral exepnses, as soon
after my deceased, as convenient.
SECOND:-I give devise and be-
queath unto my daughter, Bertha
Richardson Gunlach, now residing at
Wallace, Idaho, all my property, both
real, personal, and mixed of whatso-
ever kind and w~heresoever situated,
absolutely and forever.
THIRD make constitute and ap-
point my daughter, Bertha Richard
son Gunlach, to be executrix of this
my last will and Testament, without
bond.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have
hereunto subscribed my nam and af-
fixed my seal the Gath day of Sept
ember, in the year of our Lord, one
thousand, nine hundred and nineteen.
BETTE L. RICHARDSON.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06
PRAIRIE ITEMS.
lFrom Last Week.l

Although there was no snow, Santa
made his usual round of calls In this
community and left all the Riddles
quite happy, as / hope he did every
where. - Miss Emma Sutton closed
her school at Prairie Hill with a Christ
mas tree program and treat. Only a
few patrons were present. But the
children had a good time and those
present enjoyed the occasion. - Fri
Gay night the Michigan School, Miss
Alma Gatewood teacher, and the Mich
igan Farm Club had a Christmas tree
and program together. The program
was splendid especially the music and
there were presents and a splendid
treat for all. - A. L. Motley, wife
and two children, sepnt Christmas day
with the formers parents, L. D. Mot
ley and wife in Vandalia; also Earl
Motley, wife and Marvin. - Ogle
Helm, wife and two children ate
turkey with 0gle's mother, Mrs. Price,
near Gazette Christmas day, and spent
Sunday with Grandpa and Grandma
Wright also near Gazette. MI. and
Mr.. F. A. Daniels had a big Christ
mas dinner for her folks. The john
sons. - W. P. Johnson and daughter,
Nina of Vandalia, W. Clyde Johnson
and family and Franks mother, Mrs.
Lucinda Daniels, were present.-Tues-
day will McGrew and John Schroeder
killed hogs. - Sunday Mrs. Clyde
johnson and two children went to Lad
donia to visit a few days with her par
ents, ]. c. DeLaporte and wife. - ].
E. Northcutt and wife had all their
children home on Christmas day.
Those present were Irvine Biggs, wife
and baby and Stanley Coldwell, wife
and baby besides the homefolks. -
We are sorry to hear Of the serious
illness of Lois Kohl, and wish him a
speedy recovery. 1t seems that he
was injured sometime ago while load
ing some stock and that blood poison
ing has set up. He was taken to st,
Louis Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06
CONGRESS KILLS
INITIAL ACT OF
ARMY'S PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, December 31.-A
$50, 1000, 900 item for army post on
struction, submitted by the War De-
partment has been refused by the
House Appropriations Committee in
reporting out the sundry civil supply
bills. 1t was the initial step in a new
army housing project contemplating
estimated expenditures of nor than
$500, 000, 900 over a period Of ten or
twelve years. The scheme formulated
by the general staff has been revealed
in testimony taken by the committee,
just made public.
In urging congressional approval Of
the plan, Secretary Baker recon-
mended that many existing army
posts, particularly those near large
cities, be abandoned and sold, the
funds to be used in financing the new
project.
The new project, Baker told the conf
mittee provides for a distribution of
the army on the basis of military pop
ulation and under it nine areas have
been created, s%upplanting the old geo.
graphical department for alministra-
tive purposes.
IF the army is really to have these
great divisional centers," Baker said,
"and if this future training is to be
given upon what seems now to be an
Indispensable plan, then we must be-
gin to build permanent quarters for
the troops. So that the program which
is proposed here 1.-THE $50,000,000 ap-
preparation asked) is simply making
a start toward a complete change in
the whole theory of our army"
The country is not in condition to
authorize such expenditures" Rep
resentative Good, chairman of the
committee said, "and the committee
disallowed the request for money for
any such purpose at the present
time"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06
CONSIDINE'S STORE ROBBED
IN THOMPSON WEDNESDAY

The store belonging to Considine
and Wales at Thompson was robbed
Wednesday evening about midnight.
When the store was opened Thursday
morning, the interior was found all
torn up and generally ransacked. A
number of overshoes, a diamond ring
and other jewelry of value was taken.
Other goods are also missing. The
theory presented is that some hobo
going through the town stopped off
for a few hours and helped himself,
The thief gained admission through a
basement window which was pried
open with a crowbar Of some sort. No
trace of the intruder has yet been
found.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06
Grocerterias Were First Orig
mated And Started in This City

Only a few of Mexco's people real
ize that this city has the honor Of
having had the first ~grocerteria in the
United States. Few persons know
that Jack Gelhaus was the originator
of the new system of dispensing gro
%ceries.
About six years ago when Mr.. Gel
haus was in charge Of ]. G. Kings
Grocery Store, two ladies Mrs. 81
Clark and another lady whose name
Mr.. Gelhaus has forgotten came into
the store and were waited on by him.
When he started to wrap the various
articles and deliver them, one Of them
told him to give the bundles to her
and let her take them. He did so
wondering why she asked it. The
other lady requested the same thing
and he concurred her wish. Then his
curiosity was so great that he asked
her why they were taking their own
groceries unwrapped. She explained
that several days before a lecturer had
talked in the city at a certain club
meeting advocating that the women
would try to be more independent
at unnecessaries. If the little ser
vices like deliveries and unnecessary
sacks and paper were done away with,
rrices would fall.
After the ladies had left he started
thinking of the matter and suggested
to Mr.. King that they start an es-
Enlistment where all those things
might be done away with and each
customer might wait on herself. The
plans were formulated but a name for
the establishment wac lacking. Mr..
Gelhaus thought of the cafeterias in
he cities and suggested that the name,
Grocerteria be adopted. This was done
and in a short time the first grocer
terra in the United States opened in
the building now occupied by Golfers
Butcher Shop.
A short time ago a grocery sales
nan who had just returned from the
east where he had been attending a
convention Of grocerymen said to Mr..
Gelhaus that while in the east he had
heard that the new style grocery
store or G~rocerteria were first intro
duced in this part of the United States
in some small town. Mr.. Gelhaus
then put the salesman right on the
subject of the birth Of the %grocerteria,
the place where you help yourself.
Since that first store six years ago,
the idea has spread all over the United
States and now you find the name
veil known wherever one might go.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06
HATToN-CONcoRp

The Xmas holidays are gone and
New Years greetings to all. We hope
the Mexico Ledger viii be in every
home in Hatton and Concord before
this year ends. - Quite a number ha1
dinners Xmas week. Mr.. and Mrs.
Elton Fry gave a most enjoyable din
ner last Wednesday,. Those present
We're Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Patterson, Mrs.
Ed Campbell and daughter, Mrs.
Mackey Kidwell Of Auxvasse, Mr.. and
Mrs. Skip Cottrill and children. All
had the pleasure of eating Mrs. Fry's
delicious cooking. - Mr.. and Mrs. j.
E. Muir and Mr. and Mrs. Rob Brown
attended the New Years dinner given
by Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Sims in Aud
rain county. - Mrs. Grover Sims Wis
tied her mother, Mrs. ]. E. Muir We'd
nesday. - Miss Matte Fredd was
shopping in Mexico Thursday. - Miss
Ethelyn Conner spent the night with
Miss Larene Gilmore Thursday. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Stephens were the
guests of Zeck Conner and family
Wednesday evening. - Mrs. J. E.
Muir and daughter, Mrs. Grover Sims
were guests of Sid Gilmore and fam
lily Thursday. - Jake Larne visited
Miss Ada Porter Friday evening, Miss
Ada is n of III pretties and sweet
est girls. = Norman Boyd and bride
visited his father and mother Friday.
- Miss Marie Hendrix of Moline is
visiting her uncle and aunt, Will Hen
dirk this week. - Bob McPheeters,
who has been visiting his mother,
sisters and brothers, the past week,
returned to his home in B~artlesville,
Okla. - Bud Roadman Of Kansas
City is here on a visit to his brother,
Buck Roadman and family. Miss
Showers after spending the holidays
with home folks in Cant returned to
her school duties at the Fry school
recently. Ethyln Conner got the
prize of that school for having the
most head marks Xmas. - Miss Long
of Bachelor has returned to her school
duties at the Atkinson school. - Miss
Underwood of McCredie has returned
to her school duties at the Concord
school. - Frank Leeper, got two nice
cakes from his sisters, Mrs. Annie
Dowell and Mrs. Belle Berry north OF
Mexico for his Xmas dinner. Frank
being a bachelor certainly enjoyed the
cakes. - John Connell after about 8
weeks illness is able to be back in his
store at Hatton. - John lam butcher.
ed hogs Wednesday. - Charley Op'
peras butchered Tuesday. Buttor
Brooks sold seveal good calves to Err
Kennon the past week. = Miss Mar
eta Miller after a pleasant visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. Merideth Kennon re
turned to her studies at Synodical Col
lege in Fulton Tuesday. - The Gil
bert boys received a letter from theil
father Boone Gilbert of Phenoix
Ariz., Xmas day saying ne was feel
ing some better. His many friend,
were glad to hear the news of hi
Improvement. Mrs. sam Hatche
of Auxvasse, visited Nh. and Mrs
Chess Berry, during Xmas week. =
We were glad all the mail carriers o
the rural route got New Years off
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06
]. {. BLUM ANO At
BROWN NAMED DEPUTIES

Sheriff Chal Blum who took his
office Saturday has named as his de-
puties, j. E. Blum and ]. At Brown.
Thees men are to act during the COM
ing term.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06

Ennis Barnes and son, Of Ottawa,
Kas., who have been the guest Of Mr..
Barnes father, Noble Barnes, has re-
turned home. He is In the nursery
business in Kansas and making good.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06
House Slightly Damaged by Fire

@~V-V DE5TFTJ D~"bVN % II
The home of E. M. Mitchell on south
Clark street was slightly damaged
Monday morning, when it caught fire
from a defective ue. Because of the
wrong address being given, the fire
department did not reach there until
the fire was out.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06

Mrs. Fred D. B~lattner, Of Martins
burg, was a visitor in Mexico for a
short time Wednesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06

Miss Esther Houston has returned
to st. Louis where she is a teacher in
the Evans Select School for Girls
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06

Miss Ocealo Clapper has returned to
Central College, Fayette, after spend
ing the holidays here with her mother,
Mrs. LYDIA Clapper.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06

A. P. Green and family departed
Monday for Miami, Fla, where they
will spend the remainder of the win
ter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06

VERGE Maupin, of Laddonia, was q
business visitor IN Mexico Saturday
morning.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06

Margaret W. Torreyson, of Wash
ington, stopped in Mexico Saturday
4or a short time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06

Mrs. Kate Clemens leaves this week
for Chicago where she will spend the
winter with relatives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06

Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Shannon have
returned to their home in this city
after visiting their parents near
Vandalia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart Garner Of
Taddonia were visitors IN Mexico Sas-
srday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06

Robert Erb Of Benton City spent
Eaaurdsy In Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06
Married Here Monday.

Alfred Speegle and Miss Effie Vim
cent of Christopher, ILL.,, were married
in Mexico Monday by George Clark,
Justice of peace.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06

C. M. Clay spent New Years in
Sibeston with Mrs. Clay who is. visit
ing her parents in that city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06

Mrs. Ned Turner and daughters,
Leola Ruth, and Elizabeth are visit
ng in Kansas City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lang of Fulton
has been visiting her daughter, Mrs,
R. E. Mayhem.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06

Wish they could enjoy more holidays.
all have been SO faithful and certain
Iy deserve some pleasure.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-01-06

Miss Mary Buckner is visiting in
st. Louis.
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
SECOND PAYMENT
Of INCOME TAX IS
DUE BY June u
Uncle Sam Now Open to Receive
InstaIIments and Expects
1,667,478 Checks.

Notices that the second installment
OF the income and excess profits
taxes are due on or before June Is
are being sent by collectors of inter
nal revenue to taxpayers who are
paying on the quarterly basis.
Payments may be made either at
the offices of collectors or deputy
collectors of internal revenue. To
avoid danger of loss in the transmits
sion of cash from the offices of dep
uties to the offices OF collectors, pay
nients to deputies should be by
money order or check.
Upon failure to pay an installment
on time, all OF the tax remaining due
becomes due and payable upon notice
and demand from the collector. The
penalty for failure to pay the Install
ment on time is an additional assess
ment of per cent of the amoUnd
due, plus interest at the rate OF l
per cent month from the time il
became due.
In filing their income tax returns
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
DETECTION SPLITS
ZIONIST CAUSE AS
LEADERS RESIGN
Repudiated Chiefs Plan Rival
Observation-Disclosures
Flags Critics.

CLEVELAND, June s.-While DR..
Chain Weizmsn, president, and other
executives OF the World Zionist Or
ganization were replying before the
twenty fourth annual convention of
the American Zionist Organization
yesterday to criticisms hurled at
them during the debates on the
annual report OF President Julian w.
Mack. of the American organization.
AR Mack and his supporters were
engaged in another hall organizing
themselves into an aggressive
minority.
Mr.. Mack and his followers consid-
cred plans TO do constructive work in
Palestine, independent of the keren
Hayesod Association palestine Foun-
dation FUND.-. but as members of the
American Zionist Organization.
TO CONFER WITH BRANDEIs.
committee was appointed to meet
with Justice Louis ID. Brardeis in
New York Friday morning, when
program will be formulated and sub
mitted TO a committee of $50 mem
bers of the American organization.
Samuel Untermyer, OF New York,
has accepted the presidency of the
keren Hayesod in America, succeed
ing Justice Brandeis. who, with
Judge Mack and others, resigned
from their official capacities today
when President Mack's report was
disspproved by the committee.
Alexander Sachs and Adolph Hub
bard. assistant secretaries Of the
Palestine department. and A. II.
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
PASSPORT DEMAND
EXCEEDS RECORD
MADE LAST YEAR
Washington Heavily. Represent
ed in Flood of Americans
to Wetter Strands.

More Washingtonians have OBJ
tanned passports to visit foreign
countries since January l than ever
before in the history OF the city,
according to figures obtained today
at the passport division office OF
the State Department.
Last week when the Olympic
sailed from New York there were
twenty-one Washington persons on
board. and il IL estimated that since
the first OF the year fully 500 have
sailed for foreign countries.
Since January l more than 10000
American citizens have obtained
passports from the State Department
for European countries, and, accord
ing TO officials, steamship passen-
ger traffic this year is in a fair
way TO break last years record,
when approximately le4.354 pass
ports were issued to Americans.
According to these figures, al
most one-third as many Americans
left the United States during the
first five months OF 1921 as there
were immigrants coming in. Dur
ing the first rye months OF 1921
over 100000 immigrants entered the
United States.
At the present time the passport
division bureau is receiving an aver
age of 700 to 500 applications by
mail each day for passports. and
about 200 applicants call daily.
The majority OF the passports are
for France and Great Britain, with
Italy running a close third. Cuba
and Italy are also very popular.
More Americans visited foreign
countries last year than in the Ave
years before the war put together.
As a fee of 50 is collected by the
State Department for every pass
port Issued, almost 10000 900 has
already been collected this year and
Indications are that more than ST.
100000 will be collected before the
year is over. Last years fees
to s14Ts,1s6.
Among the twenty-one Washing
tonians who sailed on the Olympic
last week were Mrs. John w. Weeks,
Mai. Gen. George Squier, Col. ]. r.
Mclean. Harry Wardman, Mrs.
Wardman, Miss Helen Wsrdman,
Miss Mary Glascox, c. p. Gilbert,
Mrs. Gilbert, Sir Arthur willert, Sir
Harry Robinson, Mrs. Sidney Alex
ander, Mrs. Joseph Nachman, Ed
ward Miller, Lacey c. Zapf. Mrs.
Milton Hopfenmaier and family, Mrs
3, Blouonsteiu, ]. Mas. n. c. Bou-
tell, Mrs. Boutell and ]. W. Davidge.
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
British Get U. S. Ship
Board Plums, Sen.
Kenyon Says
by International News Service.

Three-fourths of the employees
of the United States Shipping
Board who are on overseas duty
are British subjects, Senator Ken
yon Republican, of Iowa declared
during the consideration in the
Senate of the Army Appropria-
ton bill. OF these British sub
jects, Kenyon said, one was cap
tain who drew a salary of $4,000 a
year.
The Shipping Board row was re-
newed when Senator Frelinghuy-
sen Republican, of New Jersey
urged that the board be wiped
out" to save expenses.
Senator Jones Republican, of
Washington, chairman of the Sen
ate Commerce Committee, said
that he agreed that the ships
should be turned over to private
owners, but that it was difficult to
find anyone to buy them.
The Washington times., 1921-06-08
Cabbage Hangs Head
AS Popularity
Wanes

When Kaiser Willie summoned
his faithful reservists to protect
the royal castles and fish ponds,
Americas sauer kraut manufac-
turers threw up their hands in dis
nair. The krauting business was
finished. No one was left to eat
the stuff.
Then everybody got to calling it
liberty cabbage and business pick
ed up again. But apparently things
sauer kraut or liberty kraut are
still in the doldrums, for in it's
Weekly Crop and Market Review
of June the United States Bureau
of Markets states that reduced
acreage of cabbage is reported by
some kraut manufacturers. There
is a large carry-over OF last years
make and a considerable stock of
canned kraut in the hands of
Dealers"