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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03
STEEL WORKERS
CUT 20 PER CENT
Reduction in Salaries Also An
nounCed by Chairman
Ebert H. Gary.
TWELVE.HOUR SHIFT TO STAY
Not Possible to Abandon 1t Completely
at This Time, Is Statement Made
Estimated Cut in Pay Roll
$780, 1000, 900 Annually.

A reduction Of about 20 per cent In
wages for day labor, effective May 16,
and an equitable adjustment OF other
rates, including salaries, at the plants
of the United States Steel corporation
was announced by Ebert II. Gary,
chairman of the corporations board of
directors. 1t is estimated that be-
tween 10000 and 175,0OO employees
of the corporation are affected by the
cut.
Mr. Gary also stated that the cor
poration had been unable to find a
donment of the 12-hOur day, or turn,
in the immediate future. He added
that the 12-hour shift already had
been eliminated In certain depart
ments and that efforts would be con-
tinued with the expectation of entire
ly eliminating this feature within the
next year.
During 1920 the average daily wage
of employees was 1896 as against
S612 in 1919, according to corporation
figures. Total salaries and wages dis
bursed by the steel corporation In
1920, with 267OO0 employees, aggre-
gated 1851, ,556,925.
On the basis of the reduction cor
pOration officials estimated the aver
age cut in wages at approximately
$1.40 per day per man. Roughly, this
will effect a reduction In the pay roll,
calculated on the present number of
employees, of not less than $150,OOO,-
900 annually.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03
ESTABLISH EIGHT-HOUR DAY
Youngstown CO., Sheet and Tube
Company Makes Change, Refer.
ring to 1t as Experiment.

The universal eight-hour day has
been adopted by the Youngstown
Sheet and Tube company, the largest
independent interest in the MahOning
valley, employing normally 1880
men. The innovation Is for the pur-
pose Of distributing work among a
greater number of employees and to
reduce manufacturing costs.
Universal eight-hour day will elm
mate the basic eight-hour day, which
later arrangement involves payment Of
time and a half for overtime beyond
the basic day.
While the change is understood to
be somewhat Of an experiment, its
permanent adoption will follow If 1t
proves satisfactory.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03
GENERAL LABOR NEWS

Spokane (Wash.) Is to have wage
earners' bank.
The textile industry engages half the
worknen in Malmedy Belgium.
The strike Of laborers at Danzig
has been settled, according to Lloyd's
dispatch from Hamburg.
In the best grade of cotton yarn
there may be found about 6SS,OOO
yards of single thread In one pound.
During the last six years the wage
increases granted to British ship
yard workers ranged from 121 to 2O4
per cent.
At Providence, r. L, ell building
trades workers quit when new wage
scale carrying a reduction of from II
to 20 per cent went into effect.
reduction In work hours from 30
to II week was announced by the
William L. Gilbert Clock company,
Winsted, Conn. The new schedule
affects more than 500 employees.
Chairman Benson of the shipping
board ordered all operators Of govern
ment merchant craft to reduce wages
Is per cent. This applies only to gov
ernment employees on the ships.
Owners Of other ships want larger
cut
Preliminary figures were issued OH
cially at London, Eng, Of the num-
bers on the live" registers of the un-
ployment exchanges. The total Is
1854, 100, made up as follows: Men,
S29, 100; women, 319,4OO; boys. 81, TOO;
girls, $1,000.
After 16 weeks of almost total Idle
ness the capmakers Of New Haven,
Conn, accepted a wage reduction and
entered into a new agreement with the
manufacturers. The workers agreed
to go back to work at reduced wages
in order to stimulate and develop
employment.
Fifteen hundred striking cattle han
dlers of the Union Stock Yards and
Transit company, Chicago, returned
to work, according to announcement
by representatives of the men and the
company who appeared before Federal
Judge Samuel Alschuler to ask him
to arbitrate the dispute. Judge AL
schuler granted their request.
A general reduction Of wages paid
carmen was announced by the Phila-
delphia Rapid Transit company. The
new schedule calls for a cut OF tn
cents an hour, and will become efrec-
tive May /. Track laborers, track
men, PAYERS, rammers, switch clean
ers and drivers will have their pay re-
duced 141a cents an hour. Approx
mately 10000 men are affected.
Between $4,000 and 10000 men, en-
ployed in more than twenty crafts af-
filiated with the Cleveland Building
Trades council, left their jobs imme-
diately after reporting for work on
building contracts controlled by the
Cleveland Building Trades Employers
association. Labor leaders say they
will try to obtain separate agree
ments with employers and return to
work as agreements are reached.
Orders were issued for the closing
of all repair shops of the Erie railroad
between New York and Chicago for an
indefinite period. More than 5000 men
are thrown out Of work. General re-
ductions in yard and road forces were
also ordered effective at once.
Seven hundred coal miners at the
Middle Fork mine, Benton, Ill., struck
following the refusal Of mine officials
to grant demands Of examiners that
they be given seven days work q
week whether the mine operated or
not. The colliery Is owned by the
United States BUal company.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

Newark Building Trades Council
Meets every Thursday evening at 1880
at Engineers hall, liz East Church
street. Chas. Mercer, Pres; Frank
Wagner, Vice Pres; Barch Smith,
Sec'y; Dave Waters, Treas.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03
Roster OfLOCaI Unions

TRADES AND LABOR ASSEMBLY
Meets second and fourth Sundays,
900 a. M, at Trades Assembly Hall.
w. q. Cocanour, President; Gottlieb
Zinn, Recording Secretary, J. Oscar
Iuch. Financial Secretary.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

BRICKLAYERS UNION No. q
meets sec nd a.-d last Monday even
ings of each month at Engineers hall,
l11a E. Church street. Park Wingate,
pres; Chas. Tate, vice pres; L. j.
Premier, fin. sec.; Chas. Coffman, rec.
sec.; F. B. Norman, cor. sec.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

CARPENTERS LOCAL No. 1856
Meets second and fourth Fridays of
each month at convention room in
court house. c. H. Morgan, pres;
Stanton Hilleary, secretary.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

Inside Wiremen Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, Local No. 11O5.
Meets every Friday evening at 7
o'clock, at Engineers Hall, liz East
Church st. w. w. Baird, Pres; H. A.
Froelich, Fin. Sec. & Treas; Clarence
o. Roe, Rec. Sec, 335 Eddy ST.; A. N.
Evans, Business Agent. Phone 6371.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

l. A. T. Stage Employees, No. II
Meets first Sunday every month, 10
a. M, at club rooms over Gem Theatre
Richard Thompson, President, James
Parkison, Sec., Walter Kinney, Treas,
Frank Thompson, Business Agent.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

A. A. of st. & E. Ry. Empl. of A,
Meets second and fourth Thursdays
of each month, 1880 p. M, at Murphy's
hall, South Park Place. J. S. Alli-
son, pres; J. F. Leedy, vice pres;
P. H. Richards, recording sec'y; c. F.
Martin. financial sec'y-
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

International Brotherhood of Boiler.
makers, Iron Ship Builders and Help
ers of America, Local 80, meets first
Monday night and third Sunday morn
ing of each month at Trades Assem-
bly, Hall. C. A. Sprouse, Pres, J. B.
Mcconnell, Cor. & Fin. Sec'y, Harold
Steinman, Rec. Sec'y, E. j Miller,
Business Agent.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

BREWERY WORKERS LOCAL 1862
Meets every second Monday of each
month at Trades Assembly Hall, 1880
0. m. Conrad Redman, President,
Sam Chester, Jr., Fin. Sec, 302 Beech
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

B. & o. LOCAL FEDERATION
Meets every Wednesday evening at
$50 o'clock at Engineers hall, East
Church street. James P. Wolfe,
Pres; W. H. Pugh, Vice Pres; E. j..
Miller, Sec'y-Treas.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

Engineers Local $50, l. u. of s. & o. E.
Meets 1st, I'd and Sd Wednesday
nights and 4th Sunday afternoon at
Engineers hall 1112 East Church st.
Zeke McLain, Pres; James Banner,
Rec. Sec'y; Barch Smith, Fin. Sec'y
and Business Agent.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

Boot and Shoe Workers Union Local
286, meets the last Tuesday in each
month at p. M, 81 Hudson avenue.
All members are requested to be
present. J. M. Broughton, Pres;
Paul Fatig, Vice Pres; VIM. Fish
baugh, Fin. Sec'y and Treas; Frank
Fishbaugh, Rec. Sec'v. Phone 52O7.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

IRON MOULDERS UNION No. 152
Meets first and third Monday nights,
Redmen's hall. R. Wellspring, Pres;
W. Linderman, Sec'y, Paul Danner,
Corr. Repr.; John Seidell, Fin. Sec'y,
90 Dav ave.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

Ama!gamated Sheet Metal Workers
Local No. 25O, meets second AMI fourth
Tuesdays at 1880 p. m: at Engineers
hall. Herb. Freiner, Pres; Charles
Oatman, Rec. Sec; Thos. Young, Fin
Sec'y; John Mcconnell, Treas.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

Blacksmith, Drop FOrgers and
Helpers Union No. 323 meets every
second and last Tuesday at Fromholtz
hall at 7 o'clock, o. m. Oral King,
pres, 33 Curtis ave.; Geo. Plummer,
Rec. Sec, 800 Union st.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

Moundbuilders Lodge No. 7O5, B. 4.
C. of A., meets 1st, 3rd and 9Th Friday
of each month at Trades Assembly
Hall. o. E. Armentrout, Pres; Alex.
Robertson, Secretary; ]. 81. Shoe
maker, Financial Secretary; w. II.
Wilson, Treasurer.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

AMERICAN FLINTS No. 80
Meets first Saturday Of each month,
.. NJ, Woodmen's hall. Victor Walk,
president; Gottlieb Zinn, secretary;
John F. Maurer, fin. sec.-treas.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

LICKING LODGE No. 80. L A. of n.
Meets first, third and fifth Tuesdays,
Trades Assembly Hall. Joe Church,
Pres; Roy Lentz, Sec'y.; J. P. Wolfe,
Business Agent.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

MUSICIANS LOCAL 1922, A. F. of M.
Meets at C. L. CANDLES furniture
store, 80 S. 3rd st., third Sunday each
month, $50 a. m. w. M. Morgan,
Pres, E. A. Barber, Sec'y, c. F. Metz,
Tin. Sec'y, Otis Riggs, Treas.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

Plumbers and Steam Filters, Local
No. 271. Meetings every other Friday
at 1880 at Druids hall, South Third ST..
Pres, Guy Nutter, 76 Mound ct; Vice
Pres, Lawrence Rickus; Fin. Sec'y,
Theo. Ruff; Rec. Sec'v, MI Litten.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

GLASS BOTTLE BLOWERS ASSO.
No. 81, meets every second and fourth
Monday evenings at 7 o'clock, at Red
Men hall, West Park Place. John
Moruney, Pres, F. P. Berndt, Sec'y.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers,
Local No. 522, meets 1st and Bird
Tuesdays at 6:30 p. m. at Engineers
hall, 111a East Church street. w. v.
Workman, Pres; o. D. Baughman,
Rec. Sec'y; L. R. Mallonee, Fin. Sec.-
Treas.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

[cewagOn Drivers and Helpers Local
No. 263, meets I'd and 4th Thursday
evenings at 1880, Trades Assembly
Hall. Robert Williams, President,
Rolla Bear, Sec'y-Treas.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

ELECTRICAL WORKERS No. 172
Meets first and third Thursdays,
Trades Assembly Hall, c. II. Marsh,
Pres; Sam Alsdorf, Sec'y-Treas.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

PAINTERS, DECORATORS AND
PAPERHANGERS UNION No. 356,
Meets every End and 4th Friday
evenings at Trades Assembly Hall,
Carl Graef, Pres; H. F. Bassett, Rec.
Sec'y and Treas; E. A. Barber, Fin.
Sec'y.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

Plasterers and Cement Finishers
Local No. 303 meets first and third
Tuesdays, 7:30 p. M, at Engineers
hall 111a East Church street. ]. D..
Myers, Pres; C. D. Fleming, Sec.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

[NTERN'L MOLDERS UNION 2O5
Meets second and fourth Tuesdays
Trades Assembly hall. VIM. Selby,
Pres; Chas. Frease, Rec. Sec'y; John
Robe. Corr. Rep.. Earl Howell, Treas.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

Newark Lodge No. 463, l. A. of M.
Meets first and third Monday, p. M.
Engineers hall, Church st. Kenneth
Jones, Pres; J. H. Alspach, Fin.
Sec'y; M. M. Leedy, Rec. Sec'y.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-06-03

secure good Refrigerator at very low price
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-17
Baptist Church
Employs New
Associate Pastor

The FIRST Baptist Church has en-
ployed John E. Turner of Chillicothe,
Mo-, as Associate Pastor and director
Of music. This was decided at a bus
mess meeting of the church congre-
alton Wednesday night.
Mr.. Turner is a recognized evange-
listic singer Of unusual ability. His
speciality is work among young peo-
pie and musical work. He was par
ticularly employed to take charge of
the large junior choir of the Baptist
Church. He is we'll known in Mexico,
as he directed the singing last week
at the evangelistic campaign Of the
church here, He was also here seven
years ago when a similar campaign
was conducted by the Rev. Arthur E.
Burch. He has been in this kind of
work for about fifteen years.
It is probable that Mr., Turner and
his family will move to Mexico about
thelast of this month. He will take
up his work at the church April 1.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-17
8 A WAGE
GUT WITHIN
SHORT Time

The Chicago G. Alton Railroad ac-
cording to dispatches, will take steps
within a short time to reduce the pay
of its employees, W. G. Bierd, president
has announced. The reductions will be
made to bring about an ultimate re-
duction in freight and passenger rates,
which now are more than the public
can BEAR" iBerd said. This will affect
a large number Of C. & A. men in
Mexico.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad recently held a conference
with representatives Of its 10000 un-
skilled employees with the view of
bringing about wage reductions, Hale
Holden, president, announced. The
conference adjourned until March %
to allow the roads propositions to be
placed lidectly before the employees
themselves. The road proposed reduc-
tions of approximately 81 cents an
hour, varying in certain districts,
Holden said. This would make the
pay Of unskilled men approximately
40 cents an hour, the present rate be-
ing on an average of 48k cents an
hour, he said.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-17
Enjoys The Ledger.

the following letter has been re-
sFed from Mrs. S. B. Martin of
Hand, Mo-, formerly Miss Ardine
znberjt Of Mexico:
though negligence I have failed
hit for my weekly paper, so
ed find check for which please
ep my paper coming. I do not want
iss a single copy, for it is equal
letter from home. I'll admit that
j been some fifteen years since
wed there and most Of the business
as have changed somewhat, but
I enjoy reading Of the progress
Hear old Mexico. The letters from
ner residents are also an import
factor. ! was glad to read the
er from Prof. j. N. Cross. ] have
ught Of him and his family several
les and wondered where they were.
We have enjoyed q delightful win
and everything il in the harness
ady for spring work. Most Of the
rmers are through oat sowing and
e breaking corr ground
! sWith best wishes to the Ledger
Gree and all Mexico people, ! am
Respectfully,
MRS. s. B. MARTINI
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-17
WILL HAVE Revival
Christian Church to Begin Meetings
Next Sunday-SOng Leader to
Be Roy Jarman.

Plans for a revival meeting to begin
next Sunday were approved at a
meeting of the church board of the
Christian Church Sunday afteroon.
Committees to organize the work were
appointed. The Rev. Roy Jarman, a
song leader and evangelist, who has
been pastor of the Christian Church
at Bowling Green, Mo-, for the past
year, has been asked to have charge
of the music during this campaign.
The Rev. F. w. Emerson, pastor Of
the church, will preach at the meet
ings. Members of the congregation
are enthusiastic over the prospect and
successful results are hoped for.
Attendance at both the morning and
evening services Sunday was large.
The attendance at the Bible School
was AL, lacking only nineteen of
reaching the goal attempted.
The Rev. Emerson's family will ar
rive in Mexico from California about
Easter. DR.. Emerson expresses HIM
self as very much pleased with the
outlook in his new field of work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-17

~cumstantial, and emphatically assert
ed that Mrs. Luckie was a woman Of
very high character, Of culture and
refinement, a faithful wife and a low
ing and devoted mother
"Her children were her pride and
joy and for them she lived" Mr..
Hayes declared.
MANY Of Mrs. Luckie's neighbors
in Harlandale have been consistent
since her arrest in maintaining that
she was innocent, asserting, like Mr..
Hayes, that she continually gave
every evidence of being an unusually
devoted mother to her children.
"The list of those who signed Mrs.
Luckie's bond after her examining
trial is as follows: Joseph Kendall,
R. Kendall, Frank Cunningham, B. o.
McCreless, H. J. Hayes, Elmer Alb
hey, George M. Mayer, W. H. Bitter,
Paul Scholz, R. P. Schermerhorn.
John Anthony, Herbert Wallace, W
s. Hamilton, J. P. DeLesdernier, John
F. Fentiman, George T. Howard
Henry T. Matthews, B. R. Webb and
Charles E. Schoff."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-17

CHICAGO, IN, March f0-Live
Stock Exchange urges minimum ~
ceipts Of all live stock at the stock
yards because Of unsettled labor con-
ditiOns likely to develop next Mon
day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-17
c. Of C. Road
Fund Nearing
the Goal Named

TIC OUdl VdmCt
The Audrain Chamber of Con
lerce is nearing the goal Of $1,0t
ct for its road fund. The COMMITTEES
re still active where all who are e,
coed to give have not subscribed.
The Rev. F. W. Emerson, the ne
astor of the Mexico Christian churc
TENDED the meeting and made
hort talk.
The following are the road fur
ubscribers to date:
GARAGES
w. S. Doolin
j. B. Default
Ed Pearl
Ebert Motor Co.
Summon Motor Co.
Middleton & Burnett
Baily & Towles
R. S. Montgomery
Haskell Bros.
Smith Bros.
Perlie Oliver
Orpheum Garage
Hoxsey & Shrout
Orpheum Garage
Mexico Battery Service
Audrain Service.
RETAIL MERCHANTS
Dallmeyer D. G.. Co.
Pitchers Jewelry Co.
Fredendall & Wilkins
Monroe Candy Co.
Dry & Sappington
E. A. bearing
Wilkins & Brown
Robertson Hardware
w. L. Craddock & Son
A. W. Prussing
/. d. Taylor
Ragsdale Cash Store
Abby & Adams
Fred Morris
Graham's Store
Meyer Reib
Morris & Branstetter
NARROW & Cox
Mexico Hardware
Taylor Music Co.
Guthrie & Son
LIewellyn 8 Son
w. H. Sword
s. P. Emmons
L. Y. Moore
McPheeters Bros.
Alamo Drug Co.
F. A. Sannebeck
Chas. Claybrook
Davis Shoe Co.
Joseph Barth Co.
Zim's Rexall Store
HI. H. Allen
Sam Morris
Busy Bee
Mexico Music Co.
Miss Clara Jurgenson
Johnson's Variety Store
Ragsdale's Harness Co.
BANKS
North Mo. Trust Go.
First National
Southern Bank
Mexico Savings
CONTRACTORS
G. E. Elliott
Towson Bros.
MANUFACTURERS
Gallaher & Streif
international Shoe Co.
Coco Cola Bottling Co.
Arctic Ice & Storage Co.
Missouri Utilities Co.
HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Hoxsey Hotel
Dobyns Bros.
Mrs. Guthrie, Tea Shop
LAWYERS
r. D. Rodgers
J. w. Burlington
Frank Hollingsworth
E. A. Shannon
G. A. Barnes
A. G. Whitson
Fry & Fry
Stocks & Stocks
Bryan Wilson
WHOLESALE
Haas-Lieber
REAL ESTATE & INSURAN
w. NJ Silliman
Edgar Richardson
J. O. Roberts
Joe Lakenan
Williams & Sharp
John Lane
@. "A. Witherspon
Clark & Cauthorn
John Kemp
H. E. G. Tucker
Rutter & Son
Fred Kent
Garrett Barnes
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-17
McCAII.

Administrators.
Attested by me this 1st day Of
March, 1921.
(SEAL) E. A. SHANNON,
Pat Judge of Probate Court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-17
Colonel White at Board Meeting.

E. C. Kennon, of Laddonia, was
elected acting president of the board
Of managers of the Fulton State Hos
pital at a meeting of the board in
Fulton Thursday night. A perman-
ent organization was not effected on
account of the absence of one of the
members. Those present at the meet
ing were: R. M. White, of Mexico;
Fred D. Williams, of Fulton; ]. B.
Hereford, of Odessa.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-17

J. c. Ringo
Nettie M. Stephens
S. P. Cunningham
John Gatson
C. P. Arnold
Ed G.. Offutt
PUBLISHERS
Mexico Ledger
Intelligencer
Mo. Printing Co.
Jackman Pntg. Co.
THOMPSON
Considine & Wales
Bank Of Thompson
Judge Bledsoe
James Wiginton
J. H. Childers
J. D.. Pulls
F. T. Pulls
RETAIL MERCHANTS
Zimmerman's Bakery
OTHER DONAToRS
Mexico Typewriter Exchange.
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-17
Mrs. Jane Ratekin Dead.

Mrs. Jane Ratekin, Of Fulton, died
suddenly at the home of her son P.
E.Ratekin Tuesday afternoon. Mrs.
Ratekin was 81 years old, and was the
oldest woman in Galloway County.
She was born in that county. She is
survived by her son and four grand
children.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-17
SAM ANTONIO
BELIEVES IN
MRS. LUCME

Advices from San Antonio, Texas,
show that opinions are general there
that Mrs. Elizabeth Luckie, charged
with poisoning her two children, was
not guilty and that the poison came
from another source. No poison con-
tainer has been found in the home
and no druggist in the city can be
found who sold Mrs. Luckie any
drugs The opinion there is that she
did not lose her mind until after she
was accused of murder. The follow
ing letter from Ran Kendall, of this
city, who is in San Antonio will be
of interest to Mrs. Luckie's many
friends here:
Il don't believe Mrs. Luckie killed
her children. And most everyone /
have talked to is of the same opinion.
1t looks to me they were hasty to
arrest her in the condition she was
in. Lots of the people here are sore
about her arrest. Just think of it
take a sick woman on a cot to court,
not able to sit up. During the trial
she never moved a hand or foot all
that time only when they held her up
to sign the bond. Joe and l were
the first to sign the bond. There
were 18 in all wko signed it. Twice
as many more would have signed it
had there been the space. In fact
every mar in the court room seemed
anxious to sign it, and would have
been just as anxious had it been $780,
600 instead of $4,000. The only state
ment she made after the trial was
that she couldn't stand to be accus-
ed"
The following from the San An
tonic, Texas, Daily Light, regarding
the arrest and later the death of Mrs.
Virginia Luckie, will be of interest to
her friends here and shows she was
fully as highly thought of in her new
home as she was in Mexico.
"From the time the frail little wo-
man was put under arrest until by
leaping from the porch of the roof at
the Lakeside Sanitarium to her
death Friday night, she made no
statement to officers bearing on the
death of her children, except, 4 don't
want to be accused She made that
statement February "a, just six days
after the deaths Of the children, while
being questioned at her home.
"Mrs. Luckie's husband and family
friends, who are many, some Of them
being among the most prominent bus
mess men of the city, are steadfast
in the belief that she is innocent OF
the charge Of having poisoned the
children. They say that her silence
and her death emphasize her limo,
cence. They say that her love fol-
the children was great and that she
was in capable of administering stry'
chime to them.
physicians who have observed tht
woman as to her mental condition die
not complete the examination, and
made no report upon that phase Of
her condition. The she was frail ant
in i'll health physicians were agreed
Herbert j. Hayes, who has known
Mr.. and Mrs. Luckie for ten years.
stated Saturday night that in his OPP
inion the charge that Mrs. Luckie
poisoned the two children was wholly
untrue. He pointed to the fact that
all the evidence in the case was cir,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-17
200 Troops Drown.

RIGA, Letvia, March 11.-Bolshevik
forces attempted to reach Kronstadt
from Sestroretsk acress the ice, but
were repulsed,. according to Moscow
advices.
Shrapnel broke the ice and it is re-
ported that 300 of the Bolsheviki were
drowned.
Many wounded have been brought
in to Kronstadt.