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The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
Men Who Work
Hard and Live Long

tn an article called Have Yon
some Imaginary Troubles which
Che N0vem Der American Magazine
prints be author says
Gladstone WAS another one or
those bard workers. with no breads
with regard 20 WORK. turning from
political ~ ponsibilifies ~ Zoe heav
iesf io Greek. for recreation. and
living his fourscoTe years and more
lust ere Pope Leo XIII turned 70
Latin poetry for his relaxation from
Uoriiw WIDE burdens. and lived on
beyond fourscore and ten. living 90
hopefully hat when. al the little
dinner given him on his ninetlefh
hubdat ono OF Tho cardinals said
.u proposing toast 20 him Here's
fhei rI may live TO be a hundred
holt father the old ponun replied
fH nh init mo 20 q hundred
Trer werc contemporaries ~ Ran
re ta German historian. who al
'he an 0r al proposed 10 write ?
msfarv W the world In o. volumes
orc oiume 20 be- completed each
yetr ari actually lived ] believe
f0 complete nearly half ~ BE- Thr Q
mon hsd no breads bur they a.
hrlr energice to work on.
wfho sn fear ~ eAhausting their
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
Yes. Shameful To Say,
The AtrOcity Reports Are
Based On Hard Facts


In spite of Overwhelming testimony
there are thousands OF Americans VINO
only half -heartealy oeleVe ma lfe stories
OF German atrocities.
They are inclined 10 ascfloe these not.
ror tales 10 the work OIL IeN lffes o.-
uf t,,4,,1,f,.Fe f,..cri..r.t.I in tho
n'V'1
telling
NJ ,oo,,fe lfnvev.e5 ir * tpfy- rrei~fn.
iNf
Pan-teTmani- I'm ANA oiNei iltie ot
llo,,l lo,gtlire.. ~ .larfl- iu9pr- Ihla that
''''"
the responsible oIl'cels oi d e'erI '''-
e ,,L;t. mon, rouf4 s.uetiuu tro er1uc,
~ wiz
attributed 90 me Hefhah army
vat .t,ch f. ia. ,haucfu. taifh-a
-,.tt.
truth "h''N H'''''
pressed Oh lie '.'','' '' ''''' vans
are as yet i''creuuio0S'
Fof the dement, ~ s'''. .N'',si ,'''''
are gong 70 plln' "'' eau ''1' l'0,'' 3
ter received lrom " young man "ilo " s''.
over with the ilfs1 aIaoIai.S "''o '''
has seen the "ofA o. 'i'e nun - i''S
manu-
ms man Was no "etiil"loi'
entered the ranks because "iie'l '''l'''"
went H. ne thousH1 ~ ms NO''
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
The American Way
BY Or. FRANK CRANE
tcopyrtght 1915. by Frank Crane)

In North Dakota there is a farmer 10y
the name Of A, c. Townley. Ills main
crop was flax. This was what happened.
quote from Eleanor Taylor in the Sur
vey
In order 90 buy new equipment, seed
etc, he borrowed large sum of money
from group Of interests which controls
not only the credit offered to the farm
err but also the transportation and mar
ketng facilities of the state When his
crop was ripe il necessarily passed thru
the hands OF. this group to be put on the
market. They paid Mr.. Townley. as they
did many of the farmers. low price for
his flax. and sold il for high one. Their
price TO him was SO low that he found il
impossible TO make the required payment
on his mortgage. The mortgage was
foreclosed. therefore, and his farm taken
TO liQuidate the debt
"Townley saw other farmers in almost
similar predicaments. In spite of hard
and intelligent effort they were so at the
mercy Of food and grain spectators that
they barely made both ends met He
gathered few together, therefore, talk
ed the situation over, and out Of their
conference grew the North Dakota Nom
Partisan League with today a member
ship OF 10000 farmers and an annual
income Of about 81 GOO, 600"
Very soon the combined farmers saw
that they could not do much toward re-
lieving their economic troubles without
going into politics. The old parties. both
Republican and Democratic, had been
slde-stepping in their usual way. The
farmers put their own men in the pri-
maries The l9l6-l917 elections seated
their candidate in the governors chair,
and got them three supreme court Judge
ships and los out of the 1873 members
of the legislature
The labor unions have co-operated with
them
The point I want TO bring out in all
this is that this is a fine sample of the
real way % run a democracy
Instead of standing about berating
your country and mourning the injustice
of the laws, why not get busy and create
a majority to remedy the bad conditions?
Why complain of politics? Why not
60 into politics. clean things up, and get
what you want in a straightforward
American way?
If you don't like the parties on hand,
start a new one
Anything that will break up the old.
traditional political alignments, that have
come 20 mean nothing but phrase-mak-
ing, is welcome. Perhaps Townley and
his co-workers have shown ms the way.
ktthe recent convention he said THE
farmers control 35 per cent Of the vote
Of this country; labor controls about 27
per cent; a combination Of these two ele-
ments would make itself felt thruout the
nation"
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
From Another Point of NeD
BIZ c 7. S.

The Kaiser appears TO have the Rus
sian situation 90 and 10 have decided
that ne doesn't want any of that kind Of
peace.
Last year for Thanksgiving we had
turkey with cranberry sauce. It looks as
if we will be lucky this year if We get the
cranberry sauce.
Fuel Dictator Couzens asks Detroiters
TO burn soft coal They will if he will get
it for EN-.
Just a word fo Detroit Young men
Who 10 rank and tfle aspire
There's chance IN the aviation corps
TO go higher and higher and higher
TX T.
Burglars entered the home of Thomas
Edison. which fact. we smmise did not
interfere to any great extent with the in-
ventor' sleep
Maybe. though. when they get things
shifted around in Russia. Russia caviar
will come from there.
-ao6.d SOMEONE come 10 me and saw
granted for todss
supper ther rd b.Er
foa val. Tor "Nko"
and ue oned Reehe Krause
'ai holer
Ilf
Iaose
Yaa
81 rp rG o. street.
We ans ba
fr
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
Study Local History
nv o. AnDINGroN nWUCr
Author - rhc EfdIIc of Person
bIitt .rluluEy and
Nnr.urE t.f (csc

What do you know abou, ne h.s
tor, of the ground cora which our
nome stands
To Vhsf r.lcn' arc you familiar
"i.h iae historic past of the eencr1t
'ocalliS where you h>c and go busi
uts-
ASK thcso questions because I
hoye observed frat MANY mon stl
dom lifr lhuuEhf t0 local history
some ono the' MAS have lived Years
ln % place. arc ignorant of oven it-
iilnt'pa' historic landmarks
lhrlf rNcn-a III chat thD, aIt ZOO
busy fo thnh of the pst Their
personal faifs are varied aud
ufeent ana demand AN their alton
uon
lct Che past take care of tsoH. IS
what thes virtually say LIVING n
tno pres their Thought and effort
must Dr. for ihc present
Ihle Sounds Uldusihic But the
fae l1H Familiarity with the past
makes l0r better and more effective
achievement In the prasent
Even from sordidly selfish
hrna no butter point of view. This
hvll. rIc
the mau who IS intent only on
m1tine money Will find his none,
making ability Increased ihru curl
Walton oi an interest Fen history. and
uat' IruIariy the history OF his home
town
Gead.rs sbou' thf history ~ this
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
The Success of a Great
American Institution Is
Hereby Duly Explained

On April 10, 1913, the Victor Talking
Machine Company, of Camden, \. j., an
nounced to its employees that upon the
death of any employee of iv years or
more continuous service, it would pay to
his family the sum of $500, providing
the deceased employe was at the time
of his death a member of the Victor Co
operative Beneficial Association
On January /, 1916, the company an
nounced that the death benefit, provided
entirely at the company's expense, would
be increased from FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS to SEVEN HUNDRED AND
FIFTY DOLLARS.
1t has now been decided to extend the
scope of the plan so that the death BEN
efits provided without expense 70 en-
ployes shall be as follows
In the case Of employees Of moro
than sixty DAYS and less than one
years service -....-........ llHNH
In the case Of employee OF more
than year and Jess thau iwu
years service n
In the case OF employee of more
than two years and less chan ft
years service .....s...
In the case OF employees of more
than five years and less than ten
wears service ....-+.---. l-aNH
IN the case Of employees of more
than ten years and less han az
teen years service ......... Iaooao
IN the case OF employees ~ more
than fifteen years and less than
twenty years service ........... $4,000
ln The case OF employees of more
than twenty yers service ....... 21pHn0
In its latest announcement the COM
pany says
This change whereby hc group or rm
ploycs for who's, laniic. thie protection
provided b. enlarged f0 cover pracfiralf
the entire working force and deifh benefit
payments ara increased tu torrrs pond With
She length ol service b. mstiD because. fth
management of th- compare faei fhaf Na
past efforts have been aclsfrd and Itst
through lhis plan Pas BEEN enabled at
ford comfort and 10 mutcrIa'i 'Hr
families ~ deceased empnyf sf he r0o
their trials were greatest
The Times S pleased go announce lhat
this is but a new indication Of the broad
and generous policy of the Victor COM
pany that is i'm Sc large measure re-
sponsible for the company tremendous
success.
Breath like this in business Is the very
thing that is going lo Hasten that etler
understanding between workers and their
employers and give uS the condition ami
the arrangement for the war between
capital and labor which President Wilson
has just emphasized as So necessary.
The Times has words of praise boz re-
serve for all business institution, and all
employers whom it may dnd cmuhng
the both human and wise policy oE the
Victor company.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21

The Incubation period for the d0-
ease has been established some
whore between tVo and h-ee
weeks
on DO frs' or second day ~ 3D.
ness. which is manifested ia hs
form or slight rise Ia temper.
AZURE and sore Throat fhere appears
on Tho 'hfoat a ro~e-re1 eruption
somewhat resembling tbat of
measles Tho color l- marh rich
~. however. than fh2r of fhe
hiofcd-s which appear in case on
measles
The rash quickly invade 'te
face and finally spread 'n fhe chest
and me- whole body Within f
tours whore q appears rs ra1rd
or oval shaped sroi which mar
sorm patches slightly raised above
.he skin
Tho rah aeeally evident 'or
swo or hr days and tsu a
lowed hy soue SLIGHT hrmny p.e
,nz OF scaling
IN some fberc sors 'h~elt
,bu' more frequently theTo an
early eniar-eu gent OF .he -'auG "
.he neck ar in severe cases t.n
GLAND l0 various part W fhe bod
.uat be- ENLARGED
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
Fitted the Specifications

Im very much afraid that Jim.
mie iant irving enough wrote an
arz' ous m0 her 70 The teacher.
Sou are quite wrong wrote
tacs na Urrd teacher Jimmie is
ftr most fr ng boy I'm the class"
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21

Having your IN 81
or
as4ertlsp u sorla us 9 he ~ r go
especially 90 ne msnplctar these ls use dnerent
Initials
question emphatcary
chess bckache head
purify
he ~ "a
fuunf medical advertisements these
reference whatever 20 Brshts disease and diabetes Why
states and in the British Isles viii give us an insight into ne reasons be-
hind
combination
a
Discoveries these TED Journal
Medical
"a
on
10
"a
a 81 20 o. Is Il 4nd - rl
o.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21

TTNHs DEPARTMENT msintansd
found The Times
tystIp
Address. Ad.Mrror The Times. Detroit Mich
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21

NJ one Of the training camps
"Ill bet any one here n box
Lieutenant A.. that can fire
fwenty-one shots AZ 200 Yards
and tell without waiting for tho
marker tho result Of each one
corrcctly
Done ?" cried Major = And
the whole mess turned out
early The next morning 20 wit
mess the experiment
The lieutenant hred
Miss, he announced. calmly
Another shot
Miss" he repeated.
a third shot.
Miss
Here. hold on" put IN Majo
you irving To do7 You're not a
got
"Of course not" was Tho COO
firing for those cigars
While Chopin probably did
Minute Waltz 10 exactly sixt
audltors insist that " lives up ~
HHa a
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21

one ~ her tours played the
Minute waltz" "a an encore
frat telling her audience what
ii WINS Thereupon n huge man
in a large riding suit took out
an immense silver watch. held
70 open almost under her nose.
and rravely proceeded 20 time
her The pianist's fingers few
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21
Laugh With Us

The subject % rife shooting often crops up
NJ one OF the training camps.
"I'll bet any one here box OF cigars" said
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21

Ter taking tho namtA of tho
people who saw tho lady lose
her balance. "thaf womcn viii
vote. and that they'll have
political party ~ their own and
q convention and q platform
And then whM
And that thcy 10 advocate
capital punishment fOr any
body who gets off The platform
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21

along Tho keys. and her anxiety was rewarded
WHOM Tho man closed The watch With q loud
slap and said In a booming voice Gosh shes
done %"
Judge (about 20 sentence prisoner) You have
used this poor halfvittcd fellow very unmercI
fullt YOu have benton him
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21

cruelty
Prisoner fsurlily) re az.
tackled mo first Resides. he h.
q rascal and gave me no end
Of trouble on the farm And
he is downright idiot. my
lord
Judge fseverely) You
should remember. prisoner.
The Detroit times., 1917-11-21

IHII I0III8- HIINT 1T N" mon IK0 YOU and NO
\N hone" said thd car conductor pSpdyeU ar
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-09

Wilie-Ive been married five year.
and got n bllshel of children. james
IIows that: Willie My name Is Peck
I've got four children. Don't fon
pecks make Il bushel? - New iorl
Times.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-09
MISS ETHEL ALLISON
BRIDE OF CHlCAGOAN

This afternoon at 1880 o'clock at
the BAPTIST church Miss Ethel Allison,
daughter of Mrs Joseph Allison OF
4O7 Clay street, became the bride or
James J. polkinhorn, son of Mr.. ana
Mrs, James A. Polkinghorn, OF Chica'
90 Rev Chessman 0flicated.
The bride was charmingly attired
IN n black and white check travelling
suit and carried bouquet of sweet
peas. Miss F'lossie Allison. sister OF
the bride, acted as bridesmaid. The
bridesmaid wore a blue travelling suit
Charles Connel. of Chicago, was best
man
The bride Is one Of Ottawa's wei
known young ladies'. having been EN-
ploved as a stenographer by the Cen
tral Life Insurance Company. She II
graduate of the ottawa high school
class of 1913, and is president of th'
Amateur Musical Club The groom i
an auto salesman being engaged Il
business at Iowa Falls, Iowa.
The young couple left immediatel
following the wedding ceremonies, TO
Iowa Falls, where they will make thei
home.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-09
HOSPITAL PLANS
SHOWN TOCOj0NC|L
WILL COST $4,000
ARCHITECTS DESIGNS FOR KING
ANNEX ARE PRESENTED TO
COMMISSIONERS THIS MORN
lNG--WiLL START WORK SOON.

Plans for the King annex to Ry-
burn hospital found their way into
the city council this morning, As was
published exclusively in the Free
Trader-Journal Saturday night, read
ers were informed of the work being
done towards the erection of the an
mex.
Under the plans now under cOnsid-
GRAFTON, there will be Is private rooms
including five from the old hospital
and thirteen in the new. In the ward
there will be 26 beds There will be
five twobed rooms, and l6 beds in the
wards. There will be two semi-prvate
rooms with two beds,
One room will be used for children
another for newly born babes. There
will be confinement room and an
emergency room 1t is planned to util-
ize as much of the space in the old
hospital as possible.
Expend $4,000
Clarence Griggs, speaking in behalf
of the King estate, stated that $15, ,00t
would be spent on the building, leav
ing the remainder for equipment.
There will be plenty of room lef
for the nurses home in the old hospi
tai. Architect Hanlfen was presen
at the meeting and explained all o
the plans.
The plans were approved by all o
the commissioners and motion mad'
that the architect be instructed to pre-
pare specifications before ADVERTISING
for bids on the work No contrac
will be let without the joint approva
of the council and the trustees OF tn
hospital
Commissioner Meagher presented
motion asking for the advertising c
bids for the installation of 635 feet
water mains on West Lafayette stree
The motion carried
The ordinance for holding futlll
sessions to be held on Tuesday, wf
adopted.
Timothy Creedon's request for tn
transfer of the saloon license
I, the Clifton bar to his name was NJ
! voted upon owing to a few mistake
: in the application. II will be vote
u upon at tomorrow's adjourned mectif
of the council
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-09
FLOYD D. SMITH
DIES AFTER LONG
ILLNESS; BURIAL HELD

Floyd u Smith, only son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Il. A. Smith, died at his home
219 f. Campbell street, Saturday evea-
ing at $50 after lingering Illness OF
a year and half duration. at the age
of 10 years. He was born In Ottawa,
but left here about nine years ago
with his parents and had resided III
Aurora the past few years, having re
moved back to Ottawa with his par
ents year ago last May. His rather
is engaged in the piano business il
the Gayety building,
He leaves surviving his parents ant
sister, Vera.
Funeral services were held at The
residence at two o'clock this Afternoon
and interment was made in Ottawa
| Avenue Cemetery
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-09
RECALL PETITIONS
SIGNED BY 1904,
FILED IN CITY HALL
ClRCUlATORS OF PETITION HAVE
MORE THAN ENOUGH NAMES
MAY BE PUT TO A VOTE WITH
IN SIXTY DAYS.

With fifteen hundred and four
names, the petition for the recall of
the commission form of government
was filled this afternoon at / o'clock
at the city hall The petition was
presented to Mr.. Curtis by James j.
Conway, attorney for the anticom-
mission fighters.
Only 1850 petitioners are required
by law to put the matter to a vote.
The law requires that vote be taken
within so days from July g. the date
when the petition was filed.
During the regime of the present city
commissioners much good work has
been accomplished. but warning fac.
tions over the questions of the en-
forecement of certain ordinances, is
said to be responsible for the attempts
to oust the present form of govern
ment
Pavement Cause?
Agitation for the recall of the pres
ent form of government here found a
responsive chord when differences
arose over the pavement in the north
district. People who wanted re-sur
facing job of pavement, 1t is said, be
came enemies of the commission form
when their petition for this sort Of al
Improvement was not acted on in ac
cordance wit htheir wishes.
Even should the city decide to GUS
the present form of government,
would be more than year before tn
present office holders would lose thei
offices.
The following is list of the name
of people who circulated petitions 10
the recall of the commission form
Harry Langan, Henry j. Becker
John Illinich, Jr., Edward Murra,
Robert j. Mcdonald, Peter b. Wrinkle
VIM Hemmerle, James A. Fox, Wi
liam Colwell, Fred j. Erb, Michae
Kerrigan, Elmer Jobst, George Vey
Timothy J Dinneen, Mrs. kathry
Hoffman, Albert Wideman, Mrs. Pau
ina Mates, Engel Legner, S0phi
Hartkorn, Mrs Victoria Doerr, Ere
G. wilhelm, Joseph Il. Lowe. w. I
Hughes, William Kerrigan, James 4,
Conway
The list takes 60 pages some G
which have twenty-five names to
sheet.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-09
Ottawa Township.

Serial
Number
14S7 Howard s. Arnold.
1883 Vaughn b. Baxter.
1889 Levi c. Baxley.
1890 Albert II. Ballou.
l491 George NJ Bell.
1892 Paul s. Beard
1493 George +. Bissell
1494 Bruno Bianchi.
1896 Ernest Gordon Browne.
1896 Samuel j. Burrows.
1497 John c. Butterfeld.
1893 Howard S. Bussor.
! 1899 Harold A. Buffers.
! 1900 Sylvester p Butte.
! 1901 John Ernest Buchner.
| 1902 Albert y. Buchner.
| 1903 Robert Cushman Carr.
1904 Howard Il. Clayton.
1905 Frank f. Cooper.
| 1906 n. Ward Conde.
1907 Joseph II Count
| 1903 William B. Clegg
1899 Clarence Il. Croker.
1910 John Danna.
l511 Geo. G.. Doris.
l512 Peter Charles Doris.
1913 James Dixon
1874 Charlie Facer,
I15l5 Claude w. Farley.
Il5l6 George p. Fisher.
l5l7 Toilet Antonio Fortunate.
I151S Eddie Fourge2os.
.15l9 Jessie II. Furr.
1929 Alvin Texas Fishman,
1924 Bert Firstein.
1922 ]. Melvin French,
1893 John j. Futterer
1924 Philip II. Godfrey
1925 Emilio CAM.
1926 Louis n. Caring.
1881 Watson w George.
1928 Frederick John Giehler.
1929 Hubert l.. Gerdlns.
1880 Carl Thomas Gerding.
4 1854 Jos. c. Goodnetter.
I 1889 Walter Hahn
i 1888 Russell O. Hanson.
!, 1884 Willis M. Ham
1535 Jerome h. Heath.
= 1886 Burt NJ Hertzner.
u 1887 Talbert Leroy Hoganson,
o 1898 Albert Atwood Holmes.
d 1899 John l.. Hoif.
l5iO William H. Johnson.
- l54l Charles p. lrion
h 1912 LeRoy r, Jeffery.
l. 15l2 John Manley Jordan.
l5ll Harry f. Kelly,
i 1545 Nicholas Peter Katsonis.
y y 1916 William y. kobold.
s 15i7 Louis Clyde Kilgore.
II MEAS Jesse Warren Leonard.
15i9 Axel T. Lindstedt,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-09
SECURE s. IN THEFT
At GOODMAN BAKERY
POLICE START ROUNDUP OF
LOCAL TALENT in EFFORT TO
APPREHEND THiEF-ROBBERY
DISCOVERED BY EMPLOYEE.

Another robbery was reported in the
loop district today when thieves last
evening. or early 6iiis morning. en-.
tered the bakery of Signor Goodman,
and secured SS from the cash register
While there is no indication that
food stuff in the building was taken
police are inclined to believe that the
robbers carried away good amount
of bread, cookies, cakes and pies
The thieves gained entrance to the
place by breaking door at the rear
of the alley off La Sale street. The
discovery Of the robbery was made
this morning by Mr.. Haxie when he
came to open up the place. Police
authorities today started the roundup
of local talent, believed to be respon.
sible for the robbery.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-09
|. N. S. ADDS NEW
AGENCY FOR VERY
LATEST WAR NEWS

Readers Of the Free Trader-Journal
will hereafter be given faster ana
more complete service than ever be-
fore. The notable beats Of the Inter.
national News Service in the early
period of the war, such as the sinking
of the battleship Audacius and hun
dred others of like importance, Will
be duplicated from day to day, thru
the connection with this radio agency
In addition TO this. news from Eur
ope will come from the regular Inter
national News Service staff in Paris
headed by Charles +. Bertilli from The
international News Service CORES
pondent in Rome, Camille Cianfarra
and from Daniel Dillon, of the Inter
national News Service Washington
staff, who accompanied General Per
shings army abroad and who is nov
4 located at the base of the American
/ troops in France.
New York, Saturday Arrange
ments for a service of news from
\ all over Europe which will be
easily compete with anything
that has been seen in the United
States, have been completed be
tween the international News
Service and the Agence Radio OF
Paris
Beginning today the lnterna
tiona News Service will receive
from Paris by special cable the
news of the great war and of the
whole continent of Europe, which
Is gathered by' the Agence Radio.
. This French organization which
has behind il the powerful ana
most influential men in France,
has been in successful compeli-
j. ton with the Havas agency OF
! France. Nearly every one of the
[ great Paris newspapers rely to a
( large extent upon the Agency
\ Radio for its news and the radio
$ has scored many notable beats
@ since the beginning Of the war