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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-01

fatal DEDUCTIONS .......... $4,000
from these totals, by deducting the
.0tal DEDUCTIONS from the gross in
COME. he farmer would have a net
nome Of $500
nler the act providing for assess
N Mt of income taxes passed in 1916.
he following exemptions would be
made:
Spasilc exemption, provided for
IA The act ..4".... s....,.... Pf,uVu
Dividends from bank stock, not
taxable NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 300
Total exemptions ........... 800
he total exemption Of $4,000 when
allcted from the net income of &c.
80 leaves a taxable income of ST.
100. The normal tax under the 1916
eoine Of $500, which would be tax
payable OF $32.
CAuCi tiV utt, tltC tOtdi thClip
tols will be as follows.
ecitic exemption .....,.. $4,000
Dividends on bank stock ... 900
Total exemption ..a...... $4,000
'nler this act, deducting the total
emption from the same net income
$500, there would be taxable
1ne of $4,000 The normal tax of
ter cent. of the taxable income OF
40 would ln 4 payaba tax OF S32
Aa 1917 act provide or a sur to-
oa net incomes in excess d ,5,0uo
Jua dnler s. 500, which woul pe,1 IN
,ui case. $500 The GJrtax is t..
uro' at | per cent of thr amount
winch would be a payable tax OF is.
i'hn total amount he ''mcr
whose gross income, deduction and
cNpar7os re the eamc as 'hH rlrero
ns iaGrcF vNlid have ~ 9an as IN
ca,an w. I'd anouu To-
fat aUc r7'er the oct Of 1916 ...$ 81
1aA dua ln1er No f9f7 ac' tholh
normal and srrtay) ....... 81
Toe 8y N'v7b'e ........, s1t9
h ir 1917 act, provd 'ng for in.
gal a:, Tr'os m exemption
tsHee tg' 00N Under tho 1Ni7 act
b 'D rlnee r. hu4 Cor c7
a iho aboro l''NrtrH'ior would 90
~. .h '.W.g from nr .a, mler
I af d. 1e income Il 'osr
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-01
ILLINOIS BRIEFS.

Springfield Illinois has the lare
est potato crop in lis history accord
ne to estimates made hy farmers
here. And in this connection state of
dcials are ureing all housewives TO
FIJI potato bins Tor The winter By do.
ny 50, they suggest. you are helping
in the conservation Of food.
o.
Springfield State officials were en-
tertained here Wednesday night by
Governor and Mrs Frank O. I.owden
at meatless dinner 1t was the first
affair given in the mansion, where
the social was held. since being 10
paired and occupied hy The governor
week ago.
Springfield centennial con
vention of the State Christian tndtav-
Or Society will convene here July ~
1918. Prominent speakers thruoW
the state arc expected TO be present,
Three thousand delegates Will prob
ably attend.
Springfield Ii you want 10 enlist
n the navy now, you viii MOI he com
peled To pay your own transportation
o the recruiting office The navy de.
aartment has sci instructions 20 the
oeal recruiting office, stating the GOV.
1rnment will provide transportation
for recruits 10 The main station from
hCme towns,
Springfield. Francis e Blair, state
superintendent Of public instruction
$ in Minneapolis today. He spoke
1sro'e the Minnesota State Teachers
AsSooiation on Education and Prop
values Mr. Blair VIII return
q springfield Friday
cairo An outbreak Of c0ntagiou
Il eases here has placed taboo or
B loween disappearing. The mayor
has ued a prohibitiye order, claim
Iul 10 ue dangerous and would give
st.t1rtun.y of spread of the disease.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-06
POOR BOMB THROWERS
Training of Professional Baseball
Players Is Wrong.
Lieutenant Elliott of Australian Army
Expresses Himself After Morn
ing's Practice With cIeve.
, land Indians.

u hate to discourage you, but your
professional baseball players will make
bloomin' poor hombardiers, unless they
go through a lot of training" is the
way Lieut.. Lester Elliott of the Aus
tralian army expresses the situation,
following q mornings exercise with
the Cleveland Indians.
1--WE been told that American base
ball players expect to raise havoc
against the Germans because of their
training in baseball, but that training
is all wrong.
"One of the training stunts for the
soldiers in the intensive camps in
France requires that the bombers
shall throw almost without a rest for
two hours. When you consider that
each bomb weighs from ~ to 9h
pounds, rather heavier than the Amer
lean baseball, you will see the diff
Guilty facing Americans who throw
their baseball with a snap ard over
hand.
'The best motion for bomb throw
Ing is a sort of half-bowling motion,
rs used in English cricket. Seldom
do the throwers see their target. An
observer, looking through a periscope,
keeps them informed Of their luck. in
dropping the deadly bombs into the
enemy's trench. The throwers have
merely to keep the storm of bombs
going over their own parapet and into
the enemy's trench.
"After looking at the baseball play
ers tossing their light baseball around,
[ am convinced that not one will be
able to throw a bomb 20 feet. If they in
sfst On this baseball motion, they will
throw their arms away.
"Howeyer, every player with whom
[ talked appeared interested and most
intelligent. I have no doubt at ali but
that the players will soon pick up the
new motion and be quite as effective
as any other force en- the firing line"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-06

got my feet over the edge of the berth
and switched on the electric light
Even as I stood thus, my hand still on
the switch, someone ran swiftly across
the deck directly overhead, and a voice
| wavered out:
Port, sir! Hard aport-my God!'
There was a startling crash forward,
the awful sound of crushing iron and
spllntered timbers. I was flung head
long against the partition, barely saw
ing myself by outstretched hands. but
falling bruised and helpless to the
deck. The electric flashed out instant.
~, but a dull CLEAN from without
streamed through the glass of the port.
1t was a CHASTITY green light, and
recognized it at once as the port lnn-
tern of the ship which had rammed us.
Before l z could get to my feet even, SIN
dazed and trembling from the shock,
the CHASTITY green radiance began TO re-
cede. Rage took the place Of fca.-
the dirty murderer was backing OIL
was leaving us TO sink! I clanscd Iay
way across the s%tateroo1l, seeking to
gain view without, but cou!s. perceive
little. The glass was diiamcd with
moisture, and through It I could SEQ
merely the circle of green light reveal.
Ing the outline Of a high bow. No
other CLEAN was visible, but above me
a man cursed hoarsely, ana tim
screamed out some order, which
could not distinguish.
All this was the work Of an instant.
What had occurred was as clear to my
mind as though I had actually wit.
messed the scene from the deck above.
A great steel steamer, q tramp, no
doubt, from its darkened decks, had
plunged out of the blackness, and
rammed her bow straight into us. The
contact must have been we'll forward,
near the bridge. We were going down
by the head; already I could perceive
the list, the deck nnderfoot was tilt.
Ing; the engines had ceased to throb,
as though the inflow OF water had
reached the boilers. Feet scrambled
along the dack, overhead voices yelled,
and ] could hear the creaking OF boat
tackle.
Working desperately In the dark,
scarcely able now to keep feet on the
slanting plppks. hnstily drew on what
VII
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-06
SEVEN SONS FIGHTING KAISER
Mrs. Tisdali of New York, One OF the
Greatest "War Mothers' in Whole
United States.

New York.-Clicking her knitting
1eedles over a heavy gray sweater in
~Hoboken, just across the Hudson
'iver, sits Mrs. w. J. Tisdall, one OF
the greatest "war motherss' in the
country.
She has sons, all married, all
With from two to six children, and
all in military service. Another I'M
usual thing, every one Of the seven
was an electrical engineer before he
heard the call to arms.
But this is not all. Mrs. Tisdall has
six daughters, two Of whom are do
ing hospital work. IT can only sit
home and knit for the army myself
modestly said Mrs. Tisdall.
The seven sons were born in Dublin
Of ~Scotch-Irish parents.
The eldest son, John, forty, and Ell
ward, twenty-seven, having both lived
some years in Canada, enlisted in the
Canadian forces and have come
through many months service in
France unscathed.
Victor, twenty-six, left his home, in
Hoboken, three months ago to joiq
the gallant Canadian Scots. His wife
is studying nursing and hopes to be
sent across with a Red Cross unit.
Henry Tisdall, thirty-eight, has been
In the British army five years and
holds the rank of colonel.
Trevor Hastings Tisdall, twenty.
five, is a member of the engineer corps
Of the Eleventh regiment, New York
which has been in France two months
The two remaining sons, William
thirty, and Mark, thirty-four, both res
idents of Connecticut, were taken in
the recent %selective draft and have
passed physical examinations. Boil
have families, but will not claim ex.
emption.
"My father, Thomas McCurdy
fought in the English army with Wei
lington at Waterloo, when Napoleon
came to such an ignoble end" said
Mrs. Tisdall. "My brother fell in the
battle of Alden in Egypt in 1870. My
husband was an officer in the British
army until his death 16 years ago.
while I am glad, of course, that
my sons have followed the precepts
of their forefathers so faithfully, I am
proudest of them for having risen by
their own efforts to such positions
that they r now able to leave their
families well provided for; which is,
after all, the s%reatest duty a mar owes
to his country"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-06

there I do not know-but it gave me
fcothold, enabling me to kneel.
"aere, Mccain, climb to my shoul-
dcrs," l ordered, "and take down the
lantern. Quick now; I'll hold you all
right
His face was CHASTITY, and he obeyed
as though he moved in his sleep. Ev-
cry muscle in me felt the strain, but
l ED him, STRENGTHENING out my body,
n balancing myself, until his uplift-
ed hands gripped the light.
"liave you got it?"
"Yes; let me down slowly"
All right; hang on to it for your
life-now.'
My arms gave under the strain, and
a sudden surge of the sodden wreck.
but he held to an end Of the overturned
piano, the light still burning feebly,
threatening every instant to flicker
out. 1 caught and steadied it, turning
up the wick, and casting the faint
glimmer along the passage leading to
the stewards pantry.
1 sllppeu down., gripping the lantern,
the dim, smoky glow of which made
the passage visible. The pantry door
stood open; indeed, I doubt if it had
a door, but everything else was closed.
McCann was just above me, and l sung
out to him to hold fast; then, the Ian
tern wire gripped in my teeth, 1 low
cred myself the full length of my arms.
This brought the water to my knees,
While the lodged chairs were a foot or
two below. AS 1 hung there, dreading
the plunge, my eyes were directed op-
posite the pantry, and the CLEAN of the
lantern glittcrcd on the blade of a
Ratchet just inside the door. Never
was a tool more welcome.
Hold tight above there" I managed
to calculate through closed lips.
What are you going to do?"
Swing in toward the door on the
rlght-~there is a Ratchet lying there"
With feet braced against the oppo-
site wall, l forced my way across, max
ing three efforts before my fingers
finally grinped the Ratchet handle.
ClinSing with n hand, I thrust the
tool into my belt, fully prepared now
to let go.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-06
4EINIE ZIM AT HIGH SPEED
Most Brilliant Third Baseman Of Year
on Form misunderstanding
Every Kind of Play.

One of the leading experts connect
ed with the summer pastime calls at
tention to the play of Heinie thinner
man in listing third basemen.
The Eminent Tim has drawn his
share of ups and down, but at pres
ent he is undoubtedly playing the
greatest game at third shown in either
league.
Not even the immortal Collins or
the equally immortal Bradley at their
BEST had anything upon the Bronx
Firefly as he is now moving along
Heinie is no beardless youth. He was
IN the old days of Cub greatness. But
Heinie has never played the ball be-.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-06
Nap Lajoie.

the way, and the club has been pros
porous. Hence he isn't figuring very
heavily on leaving. The amount of
money offered him fof'> his work as a
big Lacquer, however, is expected to
have its effect. And there are clubs
which are ready to put up a big price
for the Frenchman's services.
Toronto is expected in baseball cir
cles to have a. American league club
before many seasons pass. In fact, it
is confidently expected the transfer
will be made this winter. IF Lajoie
could be given the managership of this
aggregation, or even if he were given
n berth as a player, he probably would
be satisfied.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-06
WIN ExTRA-IMNING AFFAIRS
New York Yankees Fortunate in Grab.
bling off Games That Go Beyond
Nine innings.

The Yankees may never win a PEN
hant, but they are strong in the extra
inning league. Their 14-inning victory
over the White Sox on July 20 was
the seventeenth they had played this
year. OF these they have lost but
three, two others going to a tie score.
They should have had this game with
the White Sox In nine innings, as
they started Off with a four.run lead.
cullop pitched great bali, with rotten
support. lie did not give n base On
balls In 10 innings.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-06
NAP LAl0iE IS SUCCESSFUL.
Several Major League Clubs tiavs
Expressed Desire to Secure
Services os F%renchman.

Nap Laioie's success as a manager
In the International league and the
recovery of his batting eye are al
most certain to drag the veteran back
into the big league.
Sever! clubs are known to have ap-
preached the baseball powers With a
view to getting Lajoie, and at least
one club has made him a tentative Of
fer to manage it next year.
Lajoie is satisfied with his lot in
Toronto. He is well-liked there. His
team has been in the pen1lant fight all
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-06
CHAPTER w.
The Wreck Of the Esmeralda.

me WFeSk OF the ESmeralda.
We passed the greater part of the
day below, and long before night came,
q heavy, sweeping rain set in and kept
us there. l never recalled a more blind
ing, disagreeable storm at this season
OF the year, and in those waters, al
though there was very little wind or
sea accompanying it. The smother,
however, made it safer to proceed at
half-speed, and the lookouts forward
were doubled.
1t seemed a long evening, as / was
in no spirit for cards, and discussion
was altogether about the war, and
the projected copper pool. Darlington
received several messages in further
proof that the affair was already well
Under way, but he made no other at.
tempt to arouse my interest. BY ten
thirty l had retired to my stateroom.
Yet even there, and when partly dis.
robed, a temptation to explore the
decks again assailed me. l unscrewed
the port and glanced out, the cold rain
driving hard against my face. Nothing
could be seen; | stared into an impen.
etrable black wall. There. was evi.
IDENTIFY nothing to do but remain where
L~was, and I closed the port and lay
down in the berth.
l do not know what aroused me, but
sat up suddenly, wide awake, q
strange, ill-defined fear clutchinNg al
my heart. What was it l had heard1
a cry? a blow on the deck above? Had
Il really heard anything, or was il
merely the echo of a dream? This
stateroom was dark as Erebus, but ]
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-06

The war promises to bring the Bel
gian hare out Of retirement once more,
but 1t is doubtful If 1t will v e again
rank with an Arizona copper mine or
a Mexican rubber plantation as an in
vestment.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-06
HfL LADY ofAeNoRTH." rAlD efAe FOREST" ETC

TO know for what she stood. CARING
ton pointed out into the blank mist.
There goes one of your bulldogs
now" he said. "That fellow has his
orders already. In five hours more not
a German liner will dare leave New
York"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-06

With the experts disagreeing as to
the number of calories needed by a
soldier, some contending for 1900 and
some for only 5000, there are still
countless well-informed people who
couldn't tell you for the life of them
what a calory is.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-06
MORIARITY STARS AS UMPIRE
Former Detroit. Tiger Getting Along
Well With Players and Exercis-
ing Fine Judgment.

George Moriarity is getting many
compliments for lis work as an UNI
pire. He is now getting along We'll
with the players and covering all sorts
of plays we'll, at the same time exer-
cising fine judgment. Moriarity gives
every Indication of developing into a
star umpire.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-06

Tho refusal Of a British, peer to pay
his wife's debts shows that the nobil-
ity isn't yet ready To reverse oil tho
ancient traditions.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-06
INDIANS AND THE ARMY.

Chief Three Bears, from his tepee
up by Glacier lake, makes an eloquent
appeal to the president that an Indian
army be conscripted to patrol the Mex
lean border during the time of the a
Some Of the big chiefs grandiloquent
assertions might deceive the casual
reader. One Of these is that his peo-
pie know the horse as no white man
eve did. This may apply to the cay
use, whose capacity for and predilec-
ton to cussedness have never been
fathomed, but not to the horse. The
red nan had neve seen a horse until
the white nan brought it hither. More
over, the white has beaten the red man
at every point of his game, in peace or
war, on the trail or in the camp. AS
to the Indians share in the war, Ca
madam regiments are full of Indians,
while on u side of the border hun
dreds of them are regularly enlisted
In the state troops of Nebraska, the
Dakotas, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and
Washington. They will get full chance,
to do their bit alongside their white
brothers, but no good reason is shown
for forming them into separate COM
mands, says Omaha Bee. Three Bears
makes plain that the Indians under
standing of the art of camoufage, e
bal as well as material. is not diving
out.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-06

A writer says that any man who eats
corDed beef and cabbage these days
q feel rich. Any a who eats G.
and c. these days Is rich.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-06
INUr0I0.

CHAPTER Robert Hollis. ne.time
sea captain, who tells tho story, is a
guest. on Gerald ~Carrington's yacht. Es-
meralda. It is supposed to be q stag
ing. a woman who evidently wishes to re-
main unknown, aboard.
CHAPTER II-Hollis, the next night,
succeeds in having an interview with the
woman. She merely tells him her name
Is Vera.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-06

fore that he has played this season.
He has been at top speed, executing
every variety of play known with Won
derful Ease and dash. On his form
shown SO far he is beyond any debate
the most brilliant third baseman Of
the year.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-06

Continued next week)
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-07

Boston, March s.-Dicls Hobiitzea. first baserfaan Of the Boston Red Sox. who knows something about dentistry, says that he will earn his living in his brothers tooth factory in Cincinnati this year If President Frazee doesn't meet his salary demands It appears that Hoblitzel received $500 last sea- son and that when he recently re- quested an Increase over those figures Frazee shocked him with an offer of S, ,000. Hoblitzel disdainfully spurned this proposition and declared that he would never play ball for such paltry sum.
 But Frazee didn't appear to be, alarmed in view of the fact that the Red Sox have at least three other first basemen-Del Gainer. Harold Janvrin and Forrest Cady. the big. catcher, who. can play the bag in a pinch. Hobhtzel was on the down grade when Charley Herzog, then manager of the Cincin-s natl Reds, secured waivers on him in 1914 and sold him to the Red Sox. It was a stroke Of good luck for Hoblitze1, who promptly received a fair trial at the hands of Bill Carrigan.
 Hoblitzel made good in American league company, but he couldn't hit left handed pitching, for which reason Gainer has been kept on the payroll ever since. Frazee says that Hoblitzel will not gain his point and is at liberty to quit the game.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-07
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MARKET WAS sRe AD. T Most Substantial Gains Were Made by Shippinas and Muni,ionS.

New. York. March 6.--T!re upward movement of stock mal ;set prices which began with the expiration Of lcongress. continued today on broad CT and more impressive scale. Tech nical conditions, especially the drastic ihQuidation of recent motths and an fattenuated bear position, C nduced
 measurably to the further improve
 ment. in which rails. .a;most alone. failed to share.
 Most substantial gains were made
 by shippdngs, munitions and a wide
 variety of equipments, as well as spe-
 cialties which must inevitably benefit
 by prevailing conditions at hsme and
 abroad -Coppers made furrher> upward
 progress on reports that orders for the
 metal have been placed into the final
 quarter of the year, s.,s.ase- s.ls sas
 to Washington advices fo, ecast1ng the
 intention of the government to carry
 ont the policy of armed ne itrslity. At
 iantic, Gulf and West Indies made an
 extreme gain. of ', to 105, W tn 4 1-4 for Marine preferred at 77 S.4. and
 1-2 to 4 1-2 for Marine common,
 United Fruit and Pacific Mail United States Steel was again sthe central feature of the indus,ria' group. figures for February, to be issued next Saturday, are expected to approach high records of the month. immediate ly preceding. Bethlehem Stac s added to T6CeuL I0COVeT1GS, Cile O1u SlCCk d0- vancing to 147, with 3 to 8 1-2- for the new issue and subscription rights. Other noteworthy movements includ- l led Central Leather, Lackawanna Steel. Pressed Sreel Car, Great Northern Ore, Motors and Papers, at advances of 3 to 4 points. Cuban-American Sugar rising to 16e.
 Pressure against Lehigh Fsliey on reports affecting the stability of the l dividend reacted upon oth.%. rails. in cluding Pacihcs, despite 9 favorable decision of the interstate commerce commission on proposed rates. east of Minnesota.
 Profit taking caused irregular reces- sions from highest levels Tn the final dealings, but the closin@ was strong. Total sales amounted to 9S0 900 shares. Movements in exchange wefL irreg- ular, r11bles and fires ma king some re- covery, with slight concessions in ster- ling and marks.
 Bonds were steady and without fea- | ture in the international group. Total sales (par value), $2,125,000. United States bonds were unchanged on call.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-07
MIRACLE MANS CAREER
 ALMOST SPOILED EY JOKE.
eriff's Twister Nearly Finisted Braves
 Pilot.

One of the flaming bees incidental to the recent big league meetings in New York developed a story about how Manager Griffith nearly ended Georgs Staflings' baseball career in Boston. According to the New York Globe. the pilot of the Brat es tells 1t this way:
 "That fellow Clark Gr.ffith came within an ace of costing me my job in Boston It was on the day that we dedicated the new Braves field. two years ago. Griffith was asked to come over and attend the opening cereIno- nies.
 There were 45,ooo or more people in the park. Someone conceived the brilliant idea of having Grifith pitch the first ball across the plate. while stood in the catchers position to re- ceive f..
 T fell for the idea. I went out in my street clothes, with a catchers mftt on. Griffith stroile6 to the box in uniform. expected him to lob one over To my astonishmen. and con- eternation he cut loose with a fast curve!
 T hadn't caught bah in a dozen years If he had kept it a bit lower I never would have caught this one. just did reach 1t and clung to it for dear life. If I'd missed it, with 45 900 rams looking on, I would have been kidded out of Boston.
 Tt seems the whole thing was g plant. My players got Griffith to warm up for five minutes under the grand stand. just to throw that one ball and make a sucker of me-