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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
CARNIVAL RECALLS
AFFAIR YEARS AGO
NURSING ASSOCIATION AFFAIR
or OCT. 25TH AND 26TH BRINGS
BACK REcOLlEcTioNs OF SIM.
LIAR EVENT OF 1890.

The women in charge Of the Mer
chants Advertising Carnival to be
held in the armory the 25th and 26th
of this month are meeting with great
success in getting the merchants to en-
ter into the spirit of the occasion. The
merchants are enthusiastic over the
carnival and the Vogue" show prom.
ises to attract the men as well as the
ladies.
From the present outlook of the
carnival it is likely to be even more
popular than the Advertising Carni-
val given in this city by the mer-
chants of this city twenty-seven years
ago. This Merchants Carnival WIS
put on by bevy of charming young
women, for the benefit of the Bap.
tst church, which was being erected
at that time. BY referring to the files
of the Ottawa Free Trader of that
year the following descriptions an
pear of three firms who are out of
business at this time which we take
the liberty of copying:
"Miss----Was tastefully arrayed in
a dress made exclusively from floul
sacks, advertising the different brands
OF flour made by Cotton & Hamilton
Of the Victor Mills. The hat was al
inverted -four sack and gave to Miss
IA drum major cast of countenance
with a sack of flour for baton"
Miss advertised r. e. Macllin
lay. She wore hand painted pane
of house, "a Home in Highland ant
her hat, cute devise represented {
house. lawn and whole yard"
Messrs Fiske g. BEEN were repre-
sented by Miss, who wore a cuta
way coat, low cut vest and silk hat
she carried cane and drummer
grip. a typical drummer as It were
The article also adds that the mer
chants were well pleased with thi
form Of advertising.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
MENDOZA HERE FOR
BIG GAME TOMORROW

The football game that is to be held
on King Field tomorrow afternoon be-
tween Mendoza and Ottawa, will prob.
ably be close contest, as the Men
dota team has the reputation Of being
one Of the fastest teams the school
will play this year. The sched-
ule for this years games Is good
one and the local team will have to do
some fast playing to keep up with
some of the teams,
The dates and schedule for the rest
Of the year are.
Dot l2-La Sale at La Sale.
Oct 19-Pontiac at Ottawa.
Oct. Bloomington at Ottawa
Fred II. Young. Bloomington. ref
cree.
Nov. 2-Streator at Streator
Nov. 10-Princeton at Ottawa.
Nov lG--La Sa'le-Peru at Ottawa
Nov. 90 game this date.
Fred n. Young, Bloomington, ref
cree
Thanksgiving.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
DETECTIVES RAID
MILK OFFICES

Chicago, Oct 5.-Twenty detectives
under direction of Assistant States
Attorney Nicholas Nichols today raid.
ed the alleged headquarters of whole,
sale and retail dealers in milk and
the Offices of the NJ ilk Wagon Drivers
Union All papers, letters, contracts
and resolutions were seized.
The places raided were the Wis
consin Condensed MIX Company
where wholesalers are alleged to have
held their sessions; Sidney Wan2er
K Sons Company and Ira }. Mix, in
both of which places the retailers are
said to have congregated. and the of
fees of the Milk Wagon Drivers
Union.
Records seized, II was declared
will be presented to the grand jury
which is investigating alleged price
fixing. boycoiting and other activ
tiles OF the MILK Producers Associa
tion.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
GARFIELD IS COOL
TOWARD COAL RAISE;
NOT|NCONTROvERSY
FUEL ADMINISTRATOR REFUSES
TO INTERVENE IN SCRAP Be.
TWEEN OPERATORS AND MIN.
ERs-MEETs MOTHER JONES.

Washington. Oct 5-Fuel Admins
traitor Harry A. Garfield refused, to-
day, to intervene in the controversy
between coal operators and miners
over wage advances,
A committee Of the operators ask.
ed him to recommend to them a
course Of action. He declined to ex
press any opinion upon whether he
believed the operators should make
further concessions or whether the
miners should meet their proposal
He urged them to continue their
conferences with the miners and
make every effort to reach an agree
ment without his intervention.
Prior to the talk with Mr.. Garfield
the operators stood pat on their re-
fusal TO offer an advance Of more than
81 day and S cents a ton. The
miners continued to insist upon in.
creases of $3.50 a day and 10 cents a
ton The joint conferences will be
continued tomorrow.
Mr. Garfield in an interview made
lit plain that he did not propose to
be placed in the position Of agreeing
to an increase in coal prices In ad
vance of an agreement between the
operators and miners.
Mother" Jones, national figure in
the labor world conferred during the
day with Mr.. Garfield She discussed
with him the unrest among miners in
the West Virginia field. She told
him that she had exerted her infu
ence to keep down the temper of the
men Mr. Garfield has asked Goa
miners and operators Of Beckley
w. Va, to confer with him on Mon
day.
The fuel administration today de
clined to suspend the retail profits
limiting order at the request OF Chic
cago and New York dealers, who de
INJURED at compliance. Coal retailer,
are expected to respond patriotically
to the administrations effort to solve
the serious coal distribution problem
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
FORD AND BUGGY IN
WRECK; CAR TURNS
OVER; RIG SMASHED
FRED DRAEGE, OF WALLACE, AND
WILLIAM CANTliN, OF EARL,
HAVE SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON
COUNTRY HIGHWAY.

A collision between buggy driver
by Fred Draege, aged "a years anC
William Cantln, a farmer residing
near Earlville, who was driving a
Ford auto, last night resulted disas
trously for automobiles and horse
men, but fortunately enough for the
two men, both escaped without any
serious injury.
The mishap occurred on the Terra
Gotta road in Wallace township about
10 o'clock, while both rigs were travel
ing in the same direction. Darkness,
combined with the absence Of light
on the buggy and sufficient light on
the Ford combined to make the
smash-up possible When the crash
came Mr.. Draege, who works as a
farm hand for Philip Corcoran, of
Wallace, was thrown from the buggy
and Cantlin, in trying to turn his cal
too abruptly turned the machine over
on its side.
With both men spilled along the
road, their vehicles smashed and ov
erturned, the job Of strengthening out
the tangle in the darkness was an
exceedingly difficult one. The two mel
however managed to pick themselves
up and by main force managed to Sc
/ the Ford back on its four wheels
Cantlin complained of hurts but wa,
able to continue on his journey Il
Earlville.
Draege succeeded in holding hi
horse and as he was only a short dis
tance from home reached there with
out further mishap. This morning h,
was brought to Ottawa and given
careful examination by doctor. !
was found that one side was badl
bruised, but there were no internal in
juries.
Cantlin in explaining the accident t
Draege said he could not see the bug
gy ahead of him as he was comm
down the road, until he was almost III
on II. 1t was then too late to avoi
collision, tho he did his best [
veer his car quickly in a hope G
missing the rig ahead.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
ANOTHER OTTAWA
YOUTH IN SERVICE

Ottawa young men are continuing
to enlist at the La Sale recruiting
station. Joseph l.. Pray, well known
young man from this city, left yes,
terday Tor the training camp, having
enlisted for service in the medical
department a few days before. His
travelling companion was John Grad
isar. of Depue, who had enlisted for
field artillery service This brings
the total Of young men who have gone
from this section during the first -four
days of October up TO six. and sevora,
others are planning to leave during
the next few days.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
OTTAWA YOUNG LADY
Welded TO AURORAN

Miss Mary Newtson, a well known
ottawa young lady, and Richard
White, of Aurora, were quietly mar
ried at the Baptist church in Aurora
last Sunday night. The couple were
attended by Mr.. and Mrs Bass Hamp.
son who acted as best man and ma.
tron of honor.
The bride was gowned In a purple
travelling suit with hat to match. She
is the daughter of Mrs. Emma Newt
son, who resides at 1913 Canal street
In this city. The couple are now al
home to their friends at COG Front
street, I'm Aurora, where the groom
is manager OF an automobile concern
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
ADD NEW CHAPTER
in LITIGATION OVER
c. SCHMIDT ESTATE
kANGlEY SEND REPRESENTA-
TiVES TO OTTAWA TO TAKE
PART IN PROBATE COURT CON.
TEST TODAY.

Another chapter in the Conrad
Schmidt will case is being added to-
day in the Probate Court before
Judge Gregg and jury of six men
who are called upon to decide the
validity of three notes given Louis
Bradner, claimant against the de.
ceased Kangley mans estate.
II. M. Kelly for the executor and
A. Fl. Shay for the claimant, are op-
posing one another in the contest.
jury was selected at 10 o'clock with
almost the entire village of kangley
in court to hear the evidence or to
testify for either one side or the
other.
Bradner claims that before his death
Schmidt gave him three notes-one
for Sl20, another for $500 and a third
one for $2OO--in return for moneys
advanced him at different times. The
estate claims that Schmidt did not
give the notes and that they were OBJ
tanned in some manner by Bradner
without the knowledge of the signer
Witnesses this morning testified that
they saw Schmidt subscribe his name
to the document and one man testi-
fled to having seen an exchange of
money between Bradner and the de-
| ceased.
| The Schmidt estate has been In lit
igation almost since the decease OF
/ the testator. At the time OF his death
he was known as an habtual drunk
ard tho possessed Of 400 acres of ricl
land that had been acquired by hin
during his lifetime His housekeeper
a Miss Bradner. sister of one of the
principals in todays proceedings
was decided large part of his prop,
erty and an effort was made to ad-
Just this matter in court.
The defense contends that undue
influence was used in getting
Schmidts signature to the notes,
The claimant asserts they were made
in good faith so the matter was left
up to the judge and jury to decide
At the time of his demise, Schmidt,
who never married, was considered
one of the wealthiest bachelors in
the county
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
SOME FIGURES FROM THE
SESSIONS RECORD.
By ROBERT B. SMITH.

BY ROBERT B. SMITH.
International News Service STAFF Cor
respondent
Washington, Oct. 5.-When the Six.
ty-ffth Congress adjourns tomorrow
until December it will have concluded
the most remarkable session ever held
by legislative body in the history Of
the world. For importance of work
accomplished and for the stupendous
total of money appropriated, the war
session eclipses everything on histor-
zeal record.
Perhaps the most extraordinary rec.
ord set in all the record smashing
was the voting of more than $21,.
goo goo for the first year of the
war without dissenting voice in
either house. A Stacker congress"
as it has been unjustly characterized
at times since the declaration of war
has supported the administration war
program and responded to every de-
mand for legislation and money with
a harmony not to be found in any
foreign parliament, not even in the
German Reichstag.
Beginning with the adoption Of the
resolution declaring war on Germany
early in April, Congress has in rapid
succession passed the draft bill. the
enormous bond bills, the staggering
appropriation bill, the epionage bill,
the food control bill, the trading with
the enemy bill, the soldiers and sail
ers' insurance bill, and the war rev.
enue bill
All of these measures slid thru the
House like CREASED lightning and
while they were subjected to careful
discussion in the Senate, they were
passed with unparalleled rapidity in
the upper house.
With only one exception, the ad-
mlnistration has had its way all thru
the session Every important mea.
sure passed by large margins. The
only exception was the censorship
provision of the espionage bill. The
| Senate declined to follow the admin
! istraton in its insistence on control
over the newspapers In war time.
Three stubborn fights were staged
in the Senate. The first of these
was on the draft bill The fight CEN
tered about the effort TO amend the
measure to compel the administration
to follow the volunteer system in rails
ing an army against Germany. The
bitterest Of all the contests was over
the food control bill Senator Reed.
of Missouri, led fight lasting more
than eight weeks against the measure
and succeeded In forcing radical
amendments,
The revenue bill designed as the
corner stone of Americas fiscal po.'
ley in the conduct OF the war, was the
object of bitter attck on the part ot
the progiessives on both the Demo.
: cratic and Republican side OF tho
; Senate. but It's supporters forced its
acceptance,
: The Senate found time In the n,idst
Continued on Pase 3D.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
ATLANTA IN THROES
OF RAILROAD STRIKE

Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 5-The Yards of
the Nashville, Chattanooga and st
Louis railroad and the Western At
lantic railroad were completely tied
up here today by a strike of yard
clerks. The strike Is becoming gen
eral along the line according to ad
vices this morning.
The men demand more pay and the
privilege of organizing. General Man
ager Speiden of the N. r.. and st
Louis Is hurrying to Atlanta from
Nashville to attempt settlement be
fore the freight traffic of the road be
comes badly congested.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
GIVE OUT PROGRAM
FOR |. \. TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION MEET
CONVENTION OF INSTRUCTORS
OCTOBER 1919 WILL BRING
$500 VISITORS TO OTTAWA FOR
TWO DAYS GATHERING.

The complete program for the Hi,
nois Valley District of the Illinois
State Teachers Association that is
to be held in this city October Is and
10. arrived in this city this morning
Teachers from all over this part Of
the state will be in town for the two
days meeting. Ii is estimated by the
officers that at least 500 visiting
teachers will be in Ottawa then.
The meetings will all be held in the
auditorium of the high school. The
program will be extremely interesting
and some very noted men in school
work will be heard at this time All
the schools in the entire district will
be closed to allow the teachers to at
tend
The officers of the association who
will be in charge of the meeting are:
president-T j. Mccormack, La
Sale
Vice President-Della Baker, Gen
eseO.
Secretary-W. A. Paxson, Hennepin
Treasurer w r. Foster Ottawa.
Executive Committee-W r. Cur.
It's, Kewanee. chairman; George O.
Smith. Princeton; Miss Marian Hoad-
ley, Streator
State Committee. b. McManus.
La Sale. legislative; l.. A. Mahoney.
Moline. appropriation; f. c. Curtis.
Rock Island. resolutions.
The complete program for the en-.
tire convention will be:
GENERAL SESSIONS.
Thursday, October 1s, 8 p. N.
II ohShgcio
High School Auditorium
Invocation Rev. G. w. Chessman,
pastor Baptist church.
Music Orchestra Ottawa high
school
Address. "The War Situation as it
Now Appears" s"-Hon. s. G. Fess, Ohio
Folk Dance Seventh and eighth
grades. Ottawa public schools.
Friday, October 10. 9 A. N.
Armory Building.
Musc-Chorus, Ottawa high school
Address, THE Part the United
States Must Play In the Great War"
Hon. s. c. Fess, of Ohio.
Chorus--Seventh and eighth grades
Ottawa schools
Address. What Shall We Teach?"
State Supt. n. c. Schaeffer, of Penn
sylvania
Friday Afternoon. 1:00.2:30.
High School Auditorium
Annual Business Meeting.
Report of committee on resolutions.
Report of auditing committee
Treasurer's report.
/ Miscellaneous business.
Friday, October 10, 7:3o p. N.
ArmOTy bullulnS.
/ Music - Orchestra, Ottawa high
/ school
Presidents address--T. J. McCor
mack
Military drill--Ottawa high school
Address, "The School and the War
N. c. Shacffer
SECTIONAL MEETINGS.
Friday, October 10, 2:30-4:o0 p. M.
Note.-All sections should begin ant
close promptly Chairmen shoul,
carefully observe the time schedule
BE sure to announce automobile sight
seeing trip at close OF session
HIGH SCHOOL SECTIONS.
2:30.4: 30 p. M.
EnoIieh.
Board Room, High School Building
Chairman-Supt G. f. Collins, MAJ
selles, ILL.,
l. High School Dramatic Produt
tions--Miss Marie X. Kapps. La Sallt
Peru toWnshin high school
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
BELGIAN ARMY
HOLDS SMALL. LINE

London. Oct. 5A strange mixture
OF land and naval warfare is being
fought along the extreme northern end
OF the western front where the rem.
nants Of King Alberts gallant little
Belgian army IL holding the line.
North Of Dixmude and south Of
Nieuport, the Belglans out cut the
dykes in Oct, 1914, and all the coun.
try today Is great sea. across which
shells whine ceaslessly by day and by
night.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
PASSES THRU PERIOD OF
GREATEST ACTIVITY IN
NATIONS HISTORY !
QUITS SAT. NIGHT
LAWMAKERS PREPARE FOR Ap.
JOURNMENT-MADE TOTAL AP.
PRoPRlATlON OF $21,3se, 900 600
TO COVER COST OF WAR.
IMPORTANT MEASURES

Washington, Oct. 5.-The deciar-
alton of war resolution.
The draft law. calling 10000
600 men for military service.
The espionage bill including the
embargo act.
The food control bill establish.
ing food dictatorship.
The soldiers and sailors war In.
surance bill.
The trading with the enemy act.
The war revenue bill, expected
to raise $2,535,000, 600.
Appropriation bills totaiiino
many billions.
Bond bills totaIIing S1s,53s, ,00o,-
600.
SOME FIGURES FROM THE
SESSIONS RECORD.
Total appropriations and author
izations, $2t,3sss 100000.
Total revenue provided BY bonds
and taxation, SIS, 400 ,o00. 900.
Loans authorized to allies. a..
100000 900.
Money provided for the army,
$4,000, ,000, 900.
Money provided for the navy,
1 $1,75o,O00,o 600.
New taxes imposed, $2,535 ,o0o,-
900.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05

Continued on Page Five.)
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05

THE WEATHER.
Fair and cooler tonight
with frost in north and
central portions; Satur.
day and Sunday fair.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
MUNDAY MAY ASK
FOR A NEW TRIAL

Springfield ILL.,. Oct. g. Charles b.
Munday, charged with wreeking the
La Sale Street Bank, will probably
seek a new trial as result of the
State Supreme Court today denying d
rehearing Of the petition of Attorney
General Edward Brundage.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05

Continued on Pase 81
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18

There are 2,5GO,0O0 freight GERS in
the country, and their average lie rs
about twenty years.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
). ..s,EHE .coRpE1.E DISPATCH, coRDELE, GEORGIA
- Y4Ft FFKFNEhN " -
Jones & BUSSEY
new LAW FIRM
A. S. BUSSEY OF ASHBURN HAS
BECOME ASSOCIATED WITH J.
GORDON JONES IN PRACTICE IN
CORDELE.

A. S. Bussey, formerly partner
with John B. Hutcherson in the Hutch
erson & Bussey law firm at Ashburn,
has recently become associated in
partnership IN The practice Of law with
Mayor j. Gordon jones. The style
of the new firm IS Jones & Bussey.
While he IS looking after the firm
business in Ccrlolc, Mr.. Bussey has
not vet located hero with his family,
though expects to dc so az soon as his
business affairs can be arranged prop
erly at Ashburn. Mr.. Bussey is one
of the most prominent attorneys in
this section. and has been Identified
with a number CT large undertakings
for the advancement OF south Georgia
in industrial and political develop
ment
Ccrdela friends heartily welcome Mr..
Busccy and family as citizens.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
GAMBLER FAVORS NIGHT
TRAINING SCHOOLS

Atlanta, April 17-PlanS have been
launched by Mayor ASA G.. Gambler
OF Atlanta, who sent several nephews
to the Mexican border in the National
Guard and WHO is intensely antipa
cifst Ill his patriotism, to organize
nislt training classes for the business
rlen o. the city, similar to classes now
drilling in other cites over the coun
try.
In Atlanta as elsewhere there are
hundreds of men with businesses to
look after and families to support who
would probably be rejected by the
government at this time, because they
are needed more in the countrys eco
nomic than in it's military establish
ment, but who are anxious to get
themselves in good physical trim so
that they would be prepared to go on
short notice if the country should
need them later i'll crisis.
The night training classes are or
gained to meet just this situation and
to inspire just this sort Of patriotic
loyalty the government. Already
the plan has been generally Endorsed
in few days the city armory and the
wide streets will be filled every night
with drilling citizens.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
GREATER FooD-cRoP
PLANS VIGOROUSLY PUSHED

reaching nature to secure the produc-
ton of enormously increased food
crops in the south were launched yes
terday in Atlanta at two big con-
ferences attended by representative
farmers, merchants, bankers and 9TH
ers from practically every southeast
ern state, embracing the territory
from North Carolina to Mississippi.
Carl Vrooman, first assistant secre-
tary of agriculture, addressed the
state conference held in the morning,
then formally opened an agricultural
institute in the state capitol promot-
ed nv the women's clubs, and after
wards addressed the southeastern
food conference held in the afternoon
Mr. Vrooman has been special assign
cd nv President Wilson to the cam
naign for increased food crop produc-
tion in the south and made a very
strong impression upon his hearers.
AS a result of the conferenle, both
of which held for the same purpose, a
systematic campaign will be launched
to secure the planting of food crops
in the southeast in the next two weeks
in order that the south will be able
to feed itself when the United States
goes into war. The national govern
ment, foreseeing the plans OF south
ern farmers to plant every fence cor
ner" in cotton, is exering all its moral
influence to persuade them to plant
less cotton and more food crops The
supply of food in the west is barely
sufficient to feed the west, the non
producing sections of the country the
Allies and the army Of 1,OOO'OVO OF
more men which the United States IS
preparing to raise, There will De
practically no food next fall for the
south to buy at any price. ~
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-18
BILL FOR ARMY OF FARMERS.

Washington, April 17.-Representa,
tive Mccormick, Of Illinois, today in
troduced a bill for volunteer agricul-
tural army during the war based on
the plan worked out by the University
of Illinois, approved by the confer
ence Of agricultural experts at ST. Lou
is last week and endorsed by Secre-
tary Houston.
1t would enlist volunteers above mil
itary age, men of military age, but
physically unfit for service and boys
over IA, if physically fit for farm work,
for serving on private farms and Oh
government operated farms.