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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-12
SPORTS
ENCK TO MEET
KILBANE SOON

Freddy Enck. Aurora feather
weight. after four years of fighting
has at last landed a chance at the
I title. He has been matched with
Johnny Kilbane, worlds champion OF
the 122 Founders The match is
scheduled TO go ten rounds and will
be staged at Terra Haute, Ind. scene
| OF the Mike Gibbons.Iack Dillon bat
tie last Monday, on Thanksgiving
day.
The Aurora boy received word from
the Terre Haute promoters yesterday
that he had been matched with the
champion He will start training at
once Freddie, like Spider Wolf, is
putting in his days at the Love broth
ers' machine shop and his evenings al
the Sager's gymnasium in River
street.
Enck, while he is not looked upon
by many as a probable winner over
kilbane may surprise the world in
his battle with the champion. Crit
les generally do not take into con.
sideratiOn the fact that Freddie has
been fighting lightweights for the
past two years. The local promoters
have been unable to find a boy who
will make l22 or 124 pounds for him,
and as result he has been battling
the 1875 Founders Clint Flynn.
Red Dolan and all of the other good
men the Aurora star has boxed are
1t is only about three years back
that Enck came into the limelight
In those days he was boxing boys of
his own weight and the outcome usu.
ally was a knockout to the credit OF
the Aurora boy. However, he gained
a reputation too fast and was poorly
Instead of boxing the
featherweights he went out of his
class and mingled with the light. /
weights, with the result that he has
not been knocking the big boys dead
like he did those in his own class
Enck now has the chance of his
life. The promoters and fans In
Ferre Haute think so much of him
hat they have matched him with one
If the greatest champions the feath.
'rweight division has ever known.
they saw Freddie hand out lacing
o Patsy Mcmahon, $40 pd,adsr, and
relieve that he will give Kilbane a
'attle The Aurora fans think lust
IS we'll Of Freddie, and there will be
few at the ringside on the after.
oon Of the battle.
Spider Wolf will get into action be.
ore Jimmy Reyes club at La Sale
n about two weeks. He is to be
Matched with Goats Doig or Young
stevenson, probably the former.
here is talk of running special car
rom Aurora to La Sale on the day
f the battle.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-12
AUTO RACING TO
END OCTOBER 6

October 9th will see the close of
the 1917 racing season, it being the
occasion OF the second Grand Prix
Race at the Chicago track.
President David f. Reid officially
announced that the required A. A. A.
sanction had been secured for 200
mile race, to be run in four quarters
~, 80, 30 and 100 miles. the hitherto
nhheard OF qualifying mark of lOl
miles per hour being demanded of all
entrants.
II VIII be an invitation affair. with
plots OF the caibre of Resta. De
Palma Chevrolet. milford Vail.
Lewis, Milton Alley and other top.
hotchers in the lists
Besides being the deciding race
Tor the Chicago Speedway champion.
mp, IT viii offer the last ch2nra Tor
an onslaught On sufficient of the coin
I OF Uncle Sam to stave off the coal
man, the Hour man and the income tax
collector, several OF the drivers en-.
tered having had sufficiently pros.
porous season to Justify their fears in
the above connections.
1t is felt in local racing circles that
the thoice of October 9Th as a racing
date IL happy one, 1t Is likely that
the city Will be full of baseball fans
'rr'vng for the worlds series, which
VIII In all likelihood open in Chicago
on Sunday, October Eth, the dopesters
hguring that the Sox would be dis
posed to hurry westward for Sunday
playing Impossible. In the east.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-12
Corporal Wishart,

Don't fail to be on hand at the ''ch
s9hool next Monday night to hear
Corporal Wishari's story Of the sr' It
wal lie worked al a sapper or finer
N he preparation for blowing up a
ridge in France, that required a year
to complete. This explosion was
heard by Lloyd George in I6ndon. 40
miles away An exceptional oppor.
tunity for every one to hear first
hand story Of u man who was sol.
der at the front He wen, thru gas
attacks. liquid fire and bayonet
charges. His battalion. 1,2OO strong,
went over the top and he was one of
SO to come back Don't fail to hear
hila Monday night Admission zoe.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-12
OTTAWA MARkETs.

Live stock.li1Q.
steers--stock. per cwt., $s To 81,
lat, per cwt, $40. ,lljlt y
Calves Per cwt,S, sib.Sis.
sprinsa lambs = Per cwt, Sl25C
sli50 E.t 81
Sheep Per ,cwt., 81 I'd SO.
Hogs Per swt., $1z5O-$ls.4 40.
Produce and Poultry.
Butter, fresh and sweet, per ID. sac
Cream butter fat. per h., 44c.
Eggs Strictly fresh, per doz., SAC.
Hens, per b., 1Sc.
Broilers, per h.. zoe.
Old ROSTERS. per h.. lOc.
Ducks. per h.. Ice.
Geese, per h.. l0c.
turkeys, alive, per h.. l6hc. lsc.
Ottawa Cash Grain.
corn--.No quotations, y. .--.4-,.
Oatss- No. 3 white, 56c.
ss y~yH'dp and ,yvooL~, .
No sEhMAs RsraJl @tE NJ
No ! calf skin, per h.. 22c. y
No. l Horse hide. S. m
lllinotr-wccl per h.; <sc.-.- r.
~ lax, I slEH"psTa
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-12
Receipts and cs'lmates. =

Receipts and S.imates. y
wheat Receipts, 81 cars; estimate
for tomorrow, SO cars.
Corn--Receipts, IS cars; estimate
Tor tomorrow, rs cars.
Oats-Receipts, 1853 cars; estimate
for tomorrow, 243 cars.
Hogs Receipts, $4,000; estimate
for tomorrow, 1900.
Chicago live STOCK.
cattle-Open, steady; close, strong;
tops, $1760
Hogs-O Open, &c and l0c up; close,
DC and loo on; tops, 1880.
sheep--open loc and i5c5up; close,
s'fohg' tops. $l275. hll
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-12

The base running of four White
Sox players has been particularly bril-.
liant. Eddie Collins leads his team
with a total Of IS stolen cushions
while Leibold, Weaver and Felsch,
with. Collins. have. stolen lQl bases
betWseii them N{ M i
For the week ending Sept s the
Chicago club hung up total Of 80
stolen bases.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-12
SPEED ON BASES ~
WILL HELP S0x
BY JACK VEIOCK.
International News Service Sports


Editor
New York, Sept. l2-Base running
has been big factor in the pennant
drive of the Chicago White SOx In
fact, rival teams In the American
league might secure them OF steal
Ing" the pennant, for the latest
base running figures show Rowland's
team far In advance of the field. The
pace set by the Rowland men has
net'ed them total Of nearly 200 stol.
en- bases in games played up to Sept.
5, and they rank today as the best
base running club IN either major
league
The Cleveland Indians rank second
IN this department OF the game,
while the Cincinnati Nations are third.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-12
Work For Others.

II. you are, In doubt. about this aq'
that. worrying about yourself and ne
hopeful OF any one else and forever
restless aud anxious, go out and wor'
for others aud you viii feel the healthy
glow Of new life.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-12
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.

Yesterdays Results.
Chicago, 6; Cincinnati. 5.
Chicago. 5; Cincinnati, |.
New York, 3; Brooklyn. 2.
New York. 2; Brooklyn. /.
Pittsburgh, 3; st. Louis, 0.
st. Louis. s: Pittsburgh, 2.
Boston. 5; Philadelphia, l..
Philadelphia. .; Boston, /.
Games Today.
Cincinnati at Chicago.
Pittsburgh at st. Louis.
Brooklyn at New York.
Philadelphia at Boston.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-12

: "What l calls comfort" said Chnr.
coal Eph AZ he reached for the ham,
lis wen q man can turn down a 1--WE
doliah job kase he done got half dol
lar in his pocket Try some salt Mr.
Jackson. p Richmond Ttmss-D Dispatch
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-12
STANDING Of CLUBS
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Results.
Washington, 4; Boston. 3.
New York, a, Philadelphia, /.
Cleveland /; Detroit. 0.
No other games scheduled
Games Today.
Cleveland at Detroit.
Boston at Washington
New York at Philadelphia.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-12
CHICAGO MARKETS

Chicago. Sept. IL, 1915.
Chicago market report furnished 70
the Free Trader-Journal by w. L
Etnyre. member Chicago Board Of
Trade, Moloney Building Phone l04l
Correspondent Lamson Bros 1 c.,
Chicago.
Wheat Open High. Low. Close
No quotations.
earn
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-12
RUPTURE CURED
AT HOME

Small
Expense! GIN
Easy @X|
payments
Since 1893 have made the treat.
msnt Of rupture my speciality. vow
need not lay or from work 40 ! uss
neither knife nor injections. Ny
treatment cures oil. forms Of rupture.
II ruptured on one or both sides. see
me this visit, No matter how long
you have been ruptured. l will help
YOU. Do not neglect your rupture II
Il is small and does not annoy you,
because YOU are In danger Of strangu.
|ation. Remember, large ruptures
were once small. hence the sooner you
begin treatment the quicker a cure
can be effected, Itsyou prefer to wear
truss for comfort and safety wear
Or. Browns
WUNDERTRUSS
Without leg straps. elastic bands or
torture springs, guaranteed to hold
after all others fall and much easier
than other trusses. Twenty-four years
In Illinois, Endorsed by thousands
many h this city
No experimenting. No oussswork.
Cali Dor free trial or write for book
and culture datss to as West s4th st..
Nsss-Votk CITY. N 4r,Fgt
NH. BRO OWN, M. D.
Nsst vl!ls q Ottawa,
Clifton hstel, FrldAy, Sept. 18th
l.e-esr -. N. 70 3 pm, r-.' ..-.. =
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-12
NiNETY-SECOND SEMI.ANNUAI
STATEMENT

OF the Ottawa Building, homestea
q Savings Association,
September I, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-11
Women Who Give Their Lives

The one hundred ammunition workers.
mostly girls" who we're killed near PhlIa-
Gelphia yesterday will help to bring home
70 Americans lesson already abundantly
learned and digested in England and IN
France. Modern warfare. in which a whole
nation does battle. in which fighting IS not
a simple combat between selected war
riors. but a complex competition Of indus
tries and farms and railroads, has vastly
broadened the field Of courage and the
test Of physical endurance.
As the Prime Minister Of England, alike
with his predecessor, made clear, the Great
War is being fought not alone by the men
in the trenches, but equally by the great
armies Of workers, men and women, IN the
factories. The peril in the trenches Is
gravest: but the peril in the munltIon
plants is real and constant. The strain
on physique, on stamina and courage and
nerves is less. but very great, and far be-
vond what had been thought to be the nat
ural limits of women's capacity. As the
men of England have learned through the
war to see women IN their true stature so
shall we. It is neither extraordinary nor
a long chance that the first considerable
sacrifice of American lives in the war
should he mostly girls
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-11
Ancestral Prophecy

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sr: ln looking over an old bound volume
of "The Gentlcmau's Magazine Of London
containing the issues Of l755 Vol ANN), !
was struck By the following instance Of a
most remarkable ancestral prophecy" In
The issue for November Of the year mentioned,
under the general head Of "Poetlcal Essays
occurs this title:
ODE on DrAru. Translated from The French
Of the King Of Prussia.
The whole poem consists Of twenty stanzas,
If which here transcribe vcrb0iim the
thirteenth TO seventeenth, inclusive.
Go on. uubridlcd desperate band
Scorn rocks gulphs, winds, search sea and
land,
And spoil new worlds wherever found.
Seize. haste to seize the glittrirg prize,
And signs, and tears. and pray'rs despisc,
Nor spare the temples holy ground.
They 90, succeed, but look again,
The dcsp'ratc band you seek in vain,
Now trod in dust the peasants scorn
But who that saw their treasures swell,
That heard tn insatiate vow rebel,
Would Ger have thought them mortal born
See the worlds victor mount his car
Blood marks his progress near and far;
sure he shall reign while ages hy
No. vanishd like a morning cloud,
The hero was but just allow'd
To fight, to conquer, and TO die.
And is it true, ask with dread,
That nations heap'd on nations bled,
Beneath his chariot's feryd wheel
With trophies to adorn the spot.
Where his pale corse was left to rot,
And doom'd the hungry reptiles meal?
Yes fortune wcaryd with her play,
Her toy, this hero, casts away,
And scarce the form Of man is seen:
Awe chils my breast, my eyes o'crfo",
Around my brow no roses glow,
The cypress mine, funeral green.
Tie king of Prussia" who wrote the poem
WAS. Of course. Frederick the Great. Utter
w contentious of the German literature
and language. he made French the court
tongue and spent many of his leisure hours
in COMPOSING French rondels and odes. The
present example of his pseudo-ge carries
with it a ghostly significance, when his great
great great grand nephew has already full
filled a part Of the terrific prophecy OF fright
fitness and hovers on the edge OF the doom
foreshadowed by the royal ancestor.
LOWELL c. FROST.
New York April ., 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-11

Of tyranny and won for liberty not merely
few square miles Of French territory
but a victory which makes answer to the
German idea that the world can he recon
s;ructed without regard to the spirit OF
man. merely by material force.
Our entrance into the war should make a
new bond between the Canadians and our
selves. One fraction Of the Western world
has answered the call Of imperilled liberty;
a continent on which the Anglo-SaNon set
tiers sought to build a new structure dcdl'
Gated TO humanity justice. freedom, has
sent back its first regiments TO assist IN
preserving in Europe the ideals 1t has
served in America. Let US trust that the
time will not he long before our own trac-
ton of America carries our flag TO trench
lines behind which. at bay barbarism IS
making its final stanG and tyranny still
keeps the field. Canada has spoken-t
remains for the United States TO DO It's
nart in a common cause.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-11
A Holy War
Wanted: Battle Hymn of Democracy
to Express Our Faith

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: By common consent the President and
Mr.. Root are recognized as our two greatest
minds.
Now that Brazil is about to start the A B
G anthem which is TO swell the universal
chorus against the common enemy of man
kind by declaring war against Prusslan mill
tarism. permit me to call attention to an ut
terance Of the latter made at Rio de Janeiro
ten years ago. which seems almost seer-hke
in the light of present events. IL comes
back 10 US like a ground-swell, to reinforce
the spirit of supreme conservation that ami
mates the Presidents war message, especially
that part OF the message which declares that
the world must be made safe for democ-
racv." At Rio de Janeiro, in 1907, Secretary
Of State Root said to the people there and
through them to all the American republics
embraced in the Monroe Doctrine:
NO student Of our times can fail 20 see
that not America alone but the whole civil
lied world is swinging away from its old gov
ernmental mornings and intrusting the fate
If its civilization TO the capacity OF the pop
ular mass to govern. BY this pathway man
kind is 10 travel, withersoever il leads. Upon
the success of this our great undertaking
the hope OF humanity depends"
Democracy means government regulated BY
public opinion, guaranteeing equality OF OPP
portunity TO develop what God endowed US
each with That is what we are fighting for
That j. why this is a holy war. The man
who is too mean TO be willing to die for such
a cause is not fit to live. Won't somebody
who has talent that way whether he or
she be Latin or North American is not i'm
portant-get up battle hymn OF democ-
racy? There is plenty in the Presidents var
message and Mr.. Roots Rio speech 20 sug
gest the ground tone. J. II. BLOUNT.
Washington, d. C., April 8. 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-11
The Mine Menace

There is no peril more difficult to provide
apainst in the conditions prevailing about
the British Isles than that which caused
the disabling Of the American liner New
York. 4 reasonable measure Of security
against direct attacks by submarines IS az
forded by the arming of merchantmen, but
the menace of the mine is no less serious,
and it is menace that has not been dis
posed Of or even considerably mitlgated IN
proportion to its growth.
As far as is known there is at present
bat one way of dealing with this danger
and that is by repeated and asslduous NINE
sweeping. The fleet Of mine sweepers has
been vastly enlarged since the war began.
but the difficulties to-day are far greater
than they were when the Germans had to
depend entirely on the use of surface craft,
including neutral vessels. To-day Subma-
rincs are used, too, and it is possible for a
minc-laving submarine to follow in the wake
of the mine sweepers and lay new mines
as fast as the old ones are swept up. The
most industrious sweeping cannot lnVarl-
ably overcome this difficulty, though hun
dreds of mines be swept up every day. The
extent of the danger was indicated by the
First Lord of the Admiralty when he men
toned that mines had been laid as far out
as the Cape Of Good Hope in the Gulf of
Alden and Colombo.
The mine problem, in fact, is one for
which Germany's enemies were almost
wholly unprepared It does not appear to
have been considered seriously enough,
though the danger was sufficiently APP
parent at least as long ago as the Russo
japanese war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-11
No Halfway War

If q man is attacked by a thug he does
lot stroll casually into the fray. leading
of with a few. mild taps and slowly III
creasinq his attention and oXcrtion. There
is only one way to fight, and that is 10
fight hard. with every ounce Of alermeSS
and energy. from the drop of the hat That
is the one safe way, that is the one way
10 win. and that is the pith of Mr.. Roots
plea to the American nation.
"No half measures is his text. We
must not pause and look about TO see VINO
NAV propose peace We must not try a
little volunteering and then little con
scription and then a little something else.
We must utilize every lesson learned
through bitter experience by the democ-
racies Of Europe and put our every effort
into the war forthwith. We must act
with wisdom and a rounded plan; but
we must act.
That. incidentally. is the American way
Of doing things. Our governments often
work ON sluggish lines. But, individually
I'M orr industries. in our sports. we are
neither half-heartcd nor unadaptaDle nor
vabbly. Mr.. Roots plea Is simply that we
shall fight the war in downright American
fashion. as if it were a bridge to build or
a game to win.
I'm this vigorous warfare Mr.. Root nat
orally urged as one thing that ought to be
done at the earliest possible day the send
inc of IAN American army great as 1t may
he or small if it must be, to the battle lines
Of France and Belgium We must mobl-
lie our every force at home with all speed.
But this necessarily slow process Of our
factories and farms and training camps
must be made visible and real to our allies
and enemies on the firing line by the pres
ence there of our flag and representative
force The numbers are unlmportant.
Not until 1918 and 1919 can our man
power really count in the trenches OF hu-
rome But as a sign and symbol that we
are coming. our first eXpeditionary force
would fire shot heard, like that of a
handful of Americans once before. round
the world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-11
Make Our Army Democratic

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: | was much interested in the letter
Of David Darrin on democratizng the army
in to-day's Tribune.
General Sheridan once stated in effect that
the reason he was able to accomplish what he
did with his army was that he took care Of
his men. meaning. as | understood, that they
we're properly fed, clothed, sheltered and
treated with respect, as far as he could Sc
cure such results.
Discipline is all very WELL but il does not
require that a man who enlists out OF patriot
ism thereby signs away every one OF the
rights and privileges that have induced him
20 risk his life for his country
New York, April ., 1917. OBSERVER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-11
Lafayette
Our Long Standing Debt of Honor IN
That Name
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: April was Americas day IN France
and the Stars and Stripes were flying all
over Paris Minister Ribot referring to
America. said: "Our hands shall join and our
hearts shall beat in unison"
These stirring words call naturally to our
minds the name Of Lafayette and his faithful
service beside our heroic forefathers IN the
Revolution. II also reminds us OF his last
visit 20 the United States, when IN Boston,
in 1925. Daniel Webster spoke so eloquently
and General Lafayette laid The cornerstone
Of Buifker Hill Monument Also, how after
ward. at a banquet, the general offered this
remarkable toast, "To the 18th Of June. 1928.
It shall see the formation Of the United
States Of Europe" And surely, now that
America. the oldest Republic, has taken her
place in this worlds war beside Russia, the
Youngest thus making i" alliance OF world
democracy against autocratic Prusslanlsm
General Lafayette's prophecy may indeed De
realized.
I'm the words Of President Wilson's force
full message, we arc now TO fight Tor democ-
racy. for the right Of those VINO submit 10
authority. 10 have n voice in their own gov
CrUmentS. ana lot Il uHl'ti""i N"'"'''''
right as shall bring peace and safety TO all
nations and make the world itself at last
free" Have we not good reason to believe
that this remarkable message Of our Presi-
dent forms an indictment which. backed by
our great nation, shall ere many months tol-
low Prussianism 20 its grave?
And now another word about Lafayette and
the debt we owe 10 France. Permit me AZ
this opportune time TO remind those earnest
ratriots here in New York who have planned
so successfully for the purchase from the
present Marquis de Lafayette of General
Lafayette's birthplace that they, 1t seems 10
me. have omitted to arrange FOR the pur-
chase also of the valuable autograph letters
possessed BY the marquis and TO have made
some honorable provision for his aid now IN
his declining years. The chateau IN which
LAFAYETTE was born was so heavily mort
raged that the present marquis gained moth
ING from its sale. As ! understand, MS
means are much restricted.
His picture lies before me as he appeared
and spoke at n patriotic meeting held under
the auspices Of the Empire state Society,
Sons of the American Revolution, in front OF
the Lafayette Statue in Paris in 1912, and
though inauimatc this picture spcaks to me
with no uncertain voice that now indeed
there Is a priceless opportunity for US TO
paw. out of our billions. to France, IN THIS
her hour Of greatest need, our long-standing
dcbt of honor JOSIAH G. PUMPELLf.
New. York. April :. 1917