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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-09
Two Dependents.

A petition was filed in the county
court today to have Donald and
Marian Mckay, children of Mr.. and
Mrs Donald Mckay, of Peru. declared
delinquent The charge is made that
the parents failed to rear their chill
dren properly and did not furnish
them with suitable parental care. 1t
is further alleged they refused even
to send them to school.
This morning when the case came
up for hearing the parents were given
custody of the children until they
proved to the satisfaction of the Judge
that they were not competent to have
their children with them longer.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-09
BOY TO
ST cAARLESSCHOOL
PERU BOY ON WAY TO STATE
INSTITUTION FOR SECOND
SCHOOL.--WAS UNMANAGe. LIE

Peter Niedicki, of Peru, today is
starting his second grind at st
Charles Peter. aged 12, this morn
ing was found to De a delinquent when
he was tried on charges preferred
against him by Judge Dauber. OF Peru,
and was ordered sent to the state
training school for boys
According to testimony before the
court the lad would not go to school
neither could he be managed by Of
ficials or an older brother with whom
he made his home. Both his parents
are read and Peter was taken charge
Of by his relatives, who, after trying
his best to raise his properly had to
give the task up as futile one.
He is also charged with having com
mitted minor depredations with the
result he obtained police record
When he was taken away to the jail
Peter wept eopious tears but all to
no avail
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-09
$4,000 IS SOUGHT.
AS COUNTY'S SHARE
OF Y N c A FUND
CAMPAIGN Ie FORMALLY OPENED
IN TAWA-PUBllC MEETING
TO BE HELD MONDAY NIGHT
At HIGH SCHOOL,.
The Y. Nj. G..

The Y. NJ. c.
A. campaign In
W h / C h it is
sought to raise
sufficient funds
in La Sail e
county of ap
prOx m a t e ly
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-09
OTTAWA LADIES Of
D, A, R. SEEK SWEETS
FOR FIGHTING MEN
CAMPAIGN Is lNAUGURATEO FOR
TRENCH CANDLES-BOx TO RE-
CElvE PAPERS PLACED IN FREE
TRADER-JOURNAL OFFICE.

The d. A. r. of this city are col
lecting a fund to send chocolate to
the soldiers in Pershing's army. En-
yelopes have been distributed around
the city for several weeks for the
collection of such fund and these
envelopes are to be turned into Miss
Georgia Eichelberger, chairman of the
committee of the chocolate fund.
From Ottawa the money will be sent
to Washington to the Adrienne d'La-
fayette chapter at Washington ID. c.,
where it will be turned into a fund
that is being collected by the National
d. A. r. for the purchase OF this choc'
olate. Mrs James Coates is chairman
OF this national committee and has
signtied her willingness to 90 to
France to personally distribute this
chocolate II she is needed.
Anyone wishing to contribute to
this fund can leave their donation
with Miss Georgia Eichelberger.
Want Trench Candles.
Mrs. Charles Hook is chairman Of
the committee in charge of the max
ing of trench candles in this city
These candles are made from ole
newspapers, tallow and paraline anG
when finished will burn for severa
hours, keeping the soldiers in tn,
trenches warm.
When these candles are roller they
can be turned in at the office of the
Free Trader-Journal where a box has
been placed to receive them, and after
being collected they will be taken by
the committee in charge to the San
ders Bros factory, where they Will
be cut. The officers of the Boat Club
have agreed to dip all candles in par
afne and after being dipped they vii
be packed and sent by the committee
from the local D. A. X to Washington
from where they will be sent to the
soldiers at the front
Candles in the course Of making
and candles that have been completed
will be on exhibition at the Free
Trader.Journal Office and anyone de
string to see them, or not understand
ing just how they are made, Is in
vited to call at any time and inspec
them
The complete directions for maklni
trench candles as furnished by lht
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-09

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Continued on page 81
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-09
EATHER.

.onight and Satur.
IQmeWhat warmer
Evening star., 1917-11-25
The Naval Relief Society.

The loss of the Chauncey. a torpedo
boat of the United States Navy. as ths
result of a collision in foreign waters,
going down with a loss OF twenty-one
or more OF its crew, suggests the pos
sible needs of the Naval Relief So
ciety. which has the privilege of car
ing for the dependents OF naval Of
hcers and men who lose their lives in
the service.
the war insurance act, has enabled the
men to make provision in a financial
way for their families. but while this
is enough to keep a roof over theiv
heads and to put food in their mouths,
1t leaves much for tho society to do in
a kindly and sympathetic way for
their friends who have gone from the
service. With a loss like that of the
torpedo boat secretary Of the society,
Capt. f. J. Dorm, L. S. N, retired i'm
mediately investigates every case
through local branches. and each case
receives such personal relief. financial
or otherwise, as it needs.
1t takes a lot of money, but friends
of the sailors have responded freely,
and with their combined efforts the
society will be able to meet all ex-
pected calls.
The Boston. Chicago and other
branches have contributed liberal
at the Hippodrome in New York city.
realized for the treasury. One program
sold for $3.50. but it bore the auto
graphs of the President and the
cabinet officers
Evening star., 1917-11-25
War Plans for Cavalry.

The Secretary has announced that the
War College has under consideration
plans for the organization of cavalry
to the extent of complete division.
No details are available. except that an
appreciable number of regiments are
included in the scheme.
There is no call for troops of this
arm in the trench warfare on the west
ern front; and it has been the theory
of the high command" that it was
wiser to transfer the cavalry of the
Army to the much-needed branch of
field artillery, in pursuance of which
plan all the mounted arm of the Ma
tional Guard and some of the mounted
regiments Of the Regular Army have
become artillerymen. 1t Is doubtful
whether these troops can be intended
for. the Italian front, for several rea-
sons-the first, that this country would
have to be in opposition to the Aus
trians; second, because questions of
when the burden of carrying men and
forage across the sea is considered;
and third, because by the time this
force could be organized and trans
ported the crisis on the Italian front
will have taken on an aspect qSite diff
ferent from that now confronting the
allied forces
1t seems more than probable that
some of the regiments to be formed
will be those to meet the corps organ
ization, and that others will be found
before many months doing duty on the
border.
Thus far no announcement has been
made of any change in the organiza-
ton of the cavalry regimets or bri-
gades, and, as far as known. each will
contain about 1900 men and officers,
including field artillery and special
troops.
The sources from which these mount
ed men will be derived has not been
divulged. There are many good horse
men in the federal armies and excel
lent cavalry officers are to be found
who are capable Of developing them
Evening star., 1917-11-25
Engineer Held a. Alien Enemy.

EASTON. Pa. November 24-otto A,
Banner, a German. was arrested to-
day as an alien enemy He was COM
mitted to jail and later will be in
termed. He was employed as q me-
chanical engineer for the Ingersoll-
Rand Company. Banner was ordered
arrested by Attorney General GregorY,
He once served in the German navy,
Evening star., 1917-11-25
News of the Army and Navy

into efficient forces. even though the
American system of cavalry drill is
quite different from that approved for
European armies. But 1t all takes
reason why the plans for this organ
ization are being made now, to enable
the development of these mounted men
for whatever use may arise, here on
change in the aspect of warfare in
Europe.
Standard Military Trucks.
The new military trucks to BE s;a;..,,..
by standardized methods for the use of
the Army have successfully met every
test that a well behaved vehicle can be
asked to submit to and orders have
been given for the construction of the
standardized parts. The motors and
axles-the difficult parts of the ma
chimes to be manufactnred-have been
be easily obtained.
Up to late the names of only two of
the assembling plants Of the new
trucks have been announced-Gram :
Motor Vehicle Company-but others
will follow. 1t is the expectation of
the bureau that more than fifty auto
mobile makers will devote a part of
three-ton war motor truck known as
class B. and that deliveries. expected
to begin in January. will increase SO
rapidly that after a short time the
monthly supply can be made almost
any number Gen. Baker. chief of the
transportation division. asks the trade
to let him have.
This truck is really capable of haul
ing Ave tons. instead of the three from
which 1t takes its name. and 1t will be
the main dependence of the Army for
transportation purposes. but for con-
venience a second truck, with only half
the capacity of the other. is about
manufacturers for the first estimates.
Since these trucks have shown that
on good roads they can run 125 miles
a day. their presence In large numbers
will mean that on the western front.
where the roads are excellent, troops
can be moved to points of attack with
great celerity, and in a certain sense
Evening star., 1917-11-25

man raid on hospitals had dreamed OF
equipping hospitals with anti-aircraft
guns. so the Germans few low, dropped
accurately and had their own way.
But 1t was not wanton cruelty that IN
spired the deed. Too many men had been
coming back to the firing lines of the all
lies after suffering from German wounds.
These men were coming back because
the hospitals Were near the firing line. and
in three hours or so the average wounded
man had been treated for gangrene. which
is the one deadly plague of the wounded in
this war: being quickly treated for gan
creme it did not develop, nor was a seri-
Gus amputation needed. and soon the SOL
dier was back in the line fit as fiddle
That meant that German powder and shot
were being wasted because of allied hos
pital efficiency. That in turn meant a
longer war, more Germans to starve at
home. in mines and mills making rather
useless German powder and shot; so bang
went the bombs from the bombing cars
on the. hospitals. 1T was military neces-
sity. unrestrained by the Christian con-
science that has held men to prohibitions
against firing upon the Red Cross for four
generations. 1t was German vanity and
the materialistic philosophy that might
makes right. To say it was blood lust or
vengeance or national peevishness Is silly.
Germany does nothing for such senti-
mental reasons,
Evening star., 1917-11-25
Horrors of Hun Warfare
TeutOn Idea for Centuries
SLAUGHTER of Innocents, Pillage and Rapi1e Par
ofGerman Plan for Conflict of ofFrightfulness.
Crucify Men, Burn Girls Before Troops.

ness with which she is accused by the
world. Germany is not wantonly cruel
She is merely scientific in her warfare
scientific without mercy. scientific with
out the restraining Christian conscience
which has bound humanity together In
certain accepted conventional kindnesses
more or less for thousand years, Ger
many has abandoned the common re-
straints upon barbarism which the hu-
man civil conscience has erected during
the Christian era. Germany knows in
stead of these restraints only military
necessity. The military conscience has
replaced the civil conscience in Germany
not merely in Junkerdom. but through
the nation. The small group of protest
ing German pacifists does not affect the
actual conduct nor the accepted beliefs
of the nation.
Evening star., 1917-11-25
When.
When.
BIZ MRS. ELIPHALET FRASER ANDREW
We ehall know our tardiness

We shall know our tardiness,
See our apathy sin.
Shame US for our soullessness.
When the lists O. the lost come in.
Suddenly shall awake,
Millions, with a single groan,
And this nations heart will break,
When the names o. tn dead are known.
killed-or sing-wounded-Iost-
Every house shall pay Its toll;
Every heart shall share the cost
OF that awful honor roll.
Evening star., 1917-11-25

they make up for the lack Of cavalry
In the United States Army as far as the
matter of mobility is concerned.
Evening star., 1917-11-25
French Physicians Testimony.

Nor can one question the veracity of
the French doctor who declares he saw
this during the early days of the war:
A German troop with a machine gun
battery occupied one end of a street in
a French village. The houses rising
from the narrow street were stone
houses, and to dislodge the machine
guns it would be necessary to charge
down a stone canyon. The battery, with
fifty men. could stand against division
artillery. The Germans held the lines
approaching the town. The only way
to them was down the stone canyon
to certain death. The French came up.
saw the machine guns and stopped The
Germans bantered them, dared them to
come on. called them towards, hooted
ana 5eered at them. To give the order
to go forward was to wipe out the regi-
ment- The French paused. waiting for
reinforcements. But to get the French
20 charge upon the machine guns the
Germans went into the houses behind
their lines. brought out a group of
French girls, built a fire and tortured
the girls for half an hour. burning some
OF them to death before their country
mems eyes. while the Germans jeered
rather than condemn his men to death,
was given medal for bravery by his
deeds Of the war. 'ess
But as a result Of 1t the French chas-
esurs have continental re9asasion for
the small number Of German prisoners
they bring In. The Austrians went into
battle with the Italians carrying great
elubs-iron-s spiked At the end-with which
they killed the wounded in the trenches
There can be no doubt of the fact that
the deliberate Turkish massacre of half a
mihon Armentans was with official Ger
man consent and approval before and
after the deed.
Evening star., 1917-11-25
Bombing Of Hospitals.

Last summer the Germans began a sys-
tematic and thorough series of air raids
on the base hospitals Of the allies. Every
moonlight night the ''boche" came over and
dropped bombs on the hospitals. killing
scores and scores Of doctors and nurses,
and killing hundreds Of wounded soldiers
some OF whom were Germans. At Vadlin-
court the boche came earl in the evening
and dropped his first bomb A German air.
man taken prisoner the day before died of
fright when the first bomb came for he
knew what to expect. An hour later they
came again, dropping more bombs-some
Of the bombs being tncendiary bombs
Soon the hospital was ablaze. Again the
boche came and dropped more bombs,
and again until o'clock In the morning
Then he dropped a lot of handbills warn
ing the allies that II they did not want
their hospitals bombed to move them
farther from the trenches.
The vadlincourt hospital was then about
seven or eight miles from the front. That
hospital was about 500 feet square, built
around a compound, and inside the COM
pound was a great Red Cross about ninety
feet square made of red canvas and white
washed stones. Also each wing of the
hospital carried on 1t a painted red cross
fifty feet square. All the other bombed
hospitals were similarly equipped. hut
this hospital was the most clearly desiE-
mated Of all. The Germans desired to
take the most clearly designated 90 that
there could be no mistaling their inten-
tion. OF course no one before the Ger
Evening star., 1917-11-25
Prisoners Well Treated.


English and the French chasseurs, one
VINO travels up and down the western
front OF the allies finds no talk of hatred
Ior the German soldier. Indeed. the Eng
Hsn Iommles are prone to fraternize. with
German prisoners too much. The Cana
dams are kind to prisoners once they
come behind the lines Of the allies. and no
one ever heard OF French chasseur lift
ing hand against German in prison
camp-if he obeyed the regulations And SO
Tar a. that goes the German Is generally
glad enough to be prisoner and does his
work well In France one sees him swing
in the morning or coming home at night
soldierly, well set up man, generally
marching in squads. sometimes in troops
ana never heavily guarded. Those hand
some fellows are OF the old draft-men
war.
The draft today is a scrubbier lot. It
marches poorly: 1t doesn't do good days
TorH-not because 1t II ugly about it.
Heaven knows it Is docile enough, but the
work isn't In It. i. Yet this draft, composed
OF the iandstrum. and the boys and the
oeiectfves Is treated decently by the allies,
ana IN spite OF the bitterness of the peo-
pie back Of the firing line for the Hun.
even the imprisoned Hun. fares well. The
resentment Of the allies against the Hun
In not against the German soldiers. though
as agents OF German ohicialdom German
soldiers have done all the awful deeds
which have turned civilization away from
Germany in revolving horror. In Europe
at least men draw mark between Ger
many and the German soldiers. The Ger
mans are the Huns" The German SOL
dier is 'Fritzie" or "the boche!" And
neither term carries poison with 1t.
But how Europe does hate Germany =
not merely the kaiser; not even merely
the Hohenzollerns: not even the Junkers
alone: but Germany-aI Germany. the
docile. stupid. hypnotized Germany thai
celebrated the sinking of the I.nsi,ania
that indorsed the submarine: that stands
Tor the enslavement of captive French and
Belgian civilians; that applauded the
rape OF Belgium: that has backed uu
every atrocity of the war lords for three
years That Germany is the Hum whose
name Is anathema all over the civilized
world Therefore it may be we'll to ex-
plain to Americans just entering this
bloody conflict just what the Hum Is
ana "ny.
Evening star., 1917-11-25
Dominate German Mind,


To begin to understand Germany one
must understand Germany's mind. Two
traits dominate the German mind-a vast
ter1al philosophy. Vanity and material
ism have worked out a Babylonian con-
cett and a Babylonian ruthlessness. At
every crisis Germany reasons thus: Ger
man civilization Is not merely the greatest
civilization in the world: It is the only
civilization IN the world.
Tho second proposition is that to spread
that civilization in the world is the chief
end OF man: to deny 1t, to oppose il to
question the shining superiority Of another
civilization. to hold that another ciyiliza-
tion 10 even tolerable. Is a moral infrac-
the fact always In mind that this is not
the kaisers cult alone: that this is not
the creed exclusively Of the military feud-
Alism Of the Junker class, but that this
doctrine fs the handspring which has held
Germany together for three years Of bitter
through death at Veriun. behind the
stupid crown prince. smiling; has made
Germany send the best she breeds to tire
aoAmble9 without wincing; has made
Germany stalk unQuestioning through,
famine which Is cutting OF the old peo-
pie IN windrows as scythe and is wither-
ing tho babies like a plague
Monumental conceit for German civil.
zation and moral sense blunted to ac.
cept any deed which would seem to heIp
that civilization, these are the KEYS te
the interior situation in Germany. They
unlock the German heart and reveal fts
depths of spiritual degradation And vet
strangely enough. this very knowledge
OF .thD German heart must. acQuit Ger.
many OF the national cruelty, the bar
bartc blood-lust, the unspeakable wicked
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-18
SHOW THEY
WERE BUSY
ON JOBS
Supreme Court Commission Presents
Schedule in Response TO Request
Mad1 by Senator O'NeilI
BY United Press.

By United Press.
Oklahoma City Jan. Respond
ing to charges made on the floor OF
the senate, members of the supreme
court commission today prepared a
schedule showing the workof each
commissioner serving from April l to
January 1.
1t is inteded also for this list to
serve as a reply by Clerk William
Franklin to the senate resolution Of
fered by Robert Burns and by Sena-
tor Thos. J. O'Neill, of Chickasha,
which asked for the greatest detail on
work Of the court proper and also the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-18
Live Topic, Live People.

Live Topic, Live People.
President G W. Austin of the o. G.
w has accepted an invitation to ad-
dress the congregation at the Congre-
gational church next Sunday night at
1870 Prof. Austin has not announced
his subject for the occasion, but those
who know him have no doubt it will be
a live one. And Judging by reports Of
the Sunday evening gatherings at this
church, the audience that greets Dr.
Austin is likely to be a live one. A
live speaker with a live subject and a
live audience should insure a lively
ime at the Congregational church next
Sunday night.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-18

vita special scenery done in the black
and white combination. None of the
girls are in blackface, which is a pleas
ing Innovation. The work Of the com
edians and soloists elected much IA
voiablc comment The first part is
staged in the traditional manner and
with none of the old time fire and gin
ger lacking.
The clio consists Of eight vaude-
vile acts in which dancing, singing,
talking, juggling and instrumental mu-
sic I~edominate. The young ladies'
are al performers Of the highest pos
sible type.
& women cen stage a show like this
and az popular prices, then male ao.
tors had letter look to their laurels.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-18
InactIvIty causes cOnstIpatIon

Lack of exercise In the winter is a
frequent cause of constipation. You
feel heavy, dull and listless, your
complexion is sallow and pimply, and
energy at low ebb. Clean up this con
dition at once with DR.. Kings New Life
Pills, mild laxative that relieves the
congested intestines without gripping.
A dose before retiring will assure you
full and easy movement in the morn
ing. 25c at your druggist. d-w-1-mo.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-18
introducing Corn

with View to introducing elm
coin Wonder Corn" into Grady county,
claiming for it great vahe for feeding
purposes, s. S. Gaddie Of HodgenviIle,
KY is here today in conference with
County Agent Cooper. The stalks are
said to have from two to five ears on
them at seasons when other corn has
but one or two.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-18
j. L. PORTER DIES

Officials at the Chickasha National
bank have received a telegram from
Foster Porter informing them Of the
death q his father, J. 4. Porter Of
Chico, California
The Porters were former residents
oil this city
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-18
Theater Party and Tea.

Mr.. and Mrs Richard Lamar Nose
ley Of Pine Bluff, Ark, who have been
visiting their parents, Mr.. and Mrs r.
7. Moseley Of this city, will leave on
Saturday on a visit to their sister, Mrs,
l.. 7. Volz of Oklahoma City where
they viii attend a theater party given
in their honor. Another event arrang-
ed for them will be a japanese tea on
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-01-18
ALL-GlRLS SHOW AT GRAND
is BEAUTIFUL NOVELTY
From Tulsa World.

From Tulsa World
An all girl show, with the smut re-
moved, but nevertheless full of pep
was seen at the Grand opera house
last night by surprisingly large au-
oience, considering the fact that on
account Of a confusion in dates the
attraction had but one days billing.
Polly Primrose and her Merry Min
strel Maids" is the title of the offer
ing. Il IS a popular priced attraction,
but dnIike most % and 80 cent road
shows that play the Grand it is a mer-
iioldous production.
It opens with a minstrel "first partV