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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-25


Treasury Department officials be.
lieved this afternoon that the mini.
mum total for the loan-three billion
was over-subscribed by half bill
lion dollars yesterday
Subscriptions to the loan are
known to be in excess of $4,000, ,000,.
600" said an official treasury depart
ment statement this afternoon
This fact was made certain today
when official reports from all federal
reserve banks, except those at Chi.
cage. st. Louis and p iiladelphia
showed that total sales reported to
them at the close of BUSH ess yester
day were slightly more Than $2,l00..
100000 Unreported official and un-
official figures added TO this total GER
ta.nly will carry the grand total to
more than $4,000 100000"
Later the treasury issr ed this state
ment:
Many careful observers believe sub
scriptiOns total three and a half bill.
lion dollars, altho there is no official
basis for this. They estimate. how.
ever, that official returns from the
three missing districts will bring the
total to the neighborhood of $2,500.-
100000 and added to this amount that
would be subscriptions made before
yesterday which have nots been re-
ported to the federal reserve banks.
See Maximum, Not Minimum.
Washington, Oct. 25.-Maximum
rather than minimum Liberty Loan
figures held the attention of the Ma
tons chief fnanciers today. The sue
cess of yesterdays big drive was ap'
parent when an avalanche of tele
grams containing statistics poured in
on the treasury department today.
Despite the most unfavorable wealth
er conditions over good part Of the
country the subscriptions had reached
record breaking total. 1t was stated
that it probably would be late today
before the figures were available, but
there was no doubt in the minds of the
officials in charge that the origina
| figures fthree billions dollars hat
been exceeded.
AS the drive for loans goes on witt
unabated vigor, Liberty Loan speakers
everywhere following suggestions from
the treasury department today will u.s.
as an argument the figures for tn
seventh German loan
The kaiser's subjects gave him ar
other three billion dollars recently al
ter three years OF war.
Chicago Nets $50 0o0, 900.
Chicago. Oct, 2J--Suhscription {
Chicagos quota of the second Libert
Loan is believed to be assured toda
as the result of the success of tn
Liberty Loan day drive. Unoliicii
estimates are that more than $50 00C
600 worth of bonds was disposed of b
salesmen on Liberty Loan day. NAL
ing the city's total approximate
$l60. 900 600 II is believed the T.
. naming $20,956,oO0 needed to max
the maximum of SlS0950,000 will
! obtained without difficulty in the r
naming days of the campaign.
$ The pace set by Chicago in the Ii
y erty Loan drive was followed by citi'
in all other parts of the seventh fe
eral reserve district Altho oflici
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-25
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR T. D. CATLlN
NOT TO Be PRIVATE

Burial services for the late Thomas
D. Catlin. deceased president of the
National City Bank, will be held to-.
morrow morning at 9:30 o'clock at the
family residence on the north bluff
and will not be private. AT 1910 the
remains will be placed aboard the
eastbound Rock Island train and taken
70 Clinton, n Y. where they will be
Inferred in the family burying ground,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-25
UTICA LADY DIES
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA

Mrs. John Hungerford. aged 50
years, died at the family home in
Utica Tuesday night following an Ill
ness with pneumonia The funeral
will be held Friday afternoon with
services at two O'Clock and interment
at the Utica cemetery.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-25
THE WEATHER.

Fair tonight with in
cressine eloudines1 FRI
day; probably rain.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-25

very mucfl. as II IS the place where
the most important work in the
whole medical organization is done.
A wounded .nan is brought into the
regimental aid post by stretcher-
bearers front the field. Here first
aid dressings and splints are ap-
Piled He Is Immediately carried,
wheeled, or taken in horse or motor
ambulance, depending upon the
character of the ground to the ad
'vanced dressing station. Here more
and better bandaging is done, and
then he goes down by motor ambu-
lance to the main dressing station.
Here he Is given tetanus antitOxin,
some surgery Is done, and he Is sent
on to the casualty clearing station.
This Is permanent hospital in
shacks and tents, and all of the ur-
gent surgery is done here. They
are then either sent Immediately. or
after few days, to the base on
hospital trains. Frequently case
will reach the casualty clearing
station within two hours of his in
jury and practically all cases with
in four or five hours, and cases fire.
quently reach the base within eight
hours of n,ury, and are in England
within twelve hours, The medical
service in the British army is very
efficient and we can profit a great
deal by studying their methods
The past few days have been
working in the operating room, and
have interested the commanding Of
ficer very much by some results |
have obtained with the TRANSMISSION
of blood. ! find my old experimental
work of five or six years back (you
remember how interested | was in
blood TRANSMISSION at that time) Is
proving very valuable now. am
sure it has saved the lives of sev
eral cases, andt he whole staff seem
quite interested; at least had quite
an audience last night when | was
doing one We had case in which
the pulse was hardly perceptible
He had been shot thru the leg ant
had almost bled to death. We pu
pint of blood from another soldie
into him, his pulse picked up, hi
color came back. and he regainet
consciousness. He had a comfort
able night and amputation of tn
lower leg was performed withou
any trouble. this morning. II it ha
not been done last night he woul
almost surely have died.
While we had this case still o
the table lats night, we were raide
by German aeroplanes and II Wa
certainly exciting for about an hou
but no one was hurt A piece {
shell went thru the roof of one {
the pavillons, but didn't hit an.
body. and another III In the roa
. opposite us. These bombs make
terrific noise when they strike an
> together with the racket of IL
, Arches" or anti.aircraft guns. II
noise IL deafening II was funr
u to see everyone in the operatil
;. room scramble The operating roo
!. is about seventy feet long and
fitted up with eight operating table
=. During the rush these eight tabl
p are going night and day in tv
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-25
GO IT, OTTAWA.

Yesterdays Patriotic Day cele-
bratIon netted $176,5O0 towards
Ottawa's share Of the Liberty Loan,
swelling Tuesdays report Of $215,.
500 to 1892, 900. A total Of s72 have
subscribed this sum- 253 making
application in the last thirty-six
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-25
Evacuate kronstadt.

petrograd, Oct. 25-EvacuatiOn of
the fortress of Kronstadt by the ci.
william population 1t was officially an.
nounccd today Kronstadt is the chief
fortress defending Petrograd and the
main Russian naval base In the Bal.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-25
The Reading Habit.

II you like to read, and have many
books, be careful lest you read too
much and think ton itt'a.---Exchsnye.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-12-28
Empire Theatre

Tomorrow's program includes The
knight of the Trail, with William >.
Hart, The Lost Express, with Helen
Holmes and Cactus Nell, Keystone
comedy. You'll miss a lot of fun II
you fail to see Jackie Saunders, the
clever, popular little actress tom ooy OF
the screen next Monday in Betty be
Good, rollicking i've reel comedy
drama.
Two Little Imps, the first William
Fox film starring Jane and Katherine
Lee, will be shown Tuesday, New
Years day. This picture shows the
five and seven year old Baby Grands
at their best. They have been seen
by motion picture followers many
times in photo-plays in which others
have been starred, but here they bios
som out as fullfiedged STATS them
selves
William Duncan and Carol Hol
loway in Vengeance and The Woman,
a high powered photopiay serial that
in every episode will cause the red
blood TO lea D through your veins, sc
rial crowded with action that rings
true, that's real, that imperilled lives
IN the making-thats Nengt nee and
The Woman, Greater Nitigrsph's new
est and best serial. See it Wednesday
Earl Williams in the Greli Mystery,
a powerful drama of mystery and
love will be the five part feature on
next Wednesdays program. adv
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-12-28
WOODSTOCK CATS
JOIN RED CROSS
Intelligent labbieS AiII the Rats That
EAT The Grln That Hoover Wants
Conserved
Doias Their 81 Including Sunday snd
HOLIDAYS

A big leilw eat with long whit,
whiskefs Wa the first and now lher,
are two trordntelligent tsbhy cats In
the to"not Woodstock enrolled =,
members lie Woodstock Auxiliary
OF the kef oss. And there are red
stars Tor ten In the windows Of the
homes tofoS their membership fees
nave oeeoah in the coin of the realm
but they I've been given no buttons
MS they dtot care tor them.
And vi shonld't they join, these
cats that u the rats that eat the
grain, hAtoover wants conserved?
Ihey "oFhIie others sleep -nd they
do not re0ize sundays or holidays.
All cats eligible whether yellow,
black, wnor maltese and the chair
man VIII glad 10 add TO the trio
now hold the especial honor of
being the In the country To enroll
A citizSf Woodstock has seven
persons ms family, including the
hired girl the hired man. Fvsty.
one had Jfh the organization. His
cats were nging in rats from the
large oarnshe rats had been eating
the grain ain is high and every
rat less me so much more grain.
Inis was Wy OF consideration and
from the fpoint of conservation
entitled t1htmals to recognition
They got and in sending their
memoershtes to the chairman of
the Woodst auxillary the following
note was sen explanation:
encioAo dollars TO add two
members q family to your order.
they want ? their bit. They are |
refer ran 4itientoes. AS near rs
| can makefrom their cat talk they
will protect grain To earn their
money ana will work Sundays
and holidays send their subscrip
tons oeforeAary first. Please send
the two erose let them see that |
have done IuFt.
In sympstith your good work.
Sincerely.--
II the catsfhompson, Putnam
and fomifeteh comprise more OF
Putnam diSutsould emulate their
brothers anders in the patriotic
town OF nck, the Red Cross
fund would oatly Augmented and
the grain in trmers' bins would
not be wasteded for rodents Cat
membership bllar per eat. we be
lieVe, will be BED at headquarters
or at any OF thillaries, just as has
been done IN stock. At last re-
ports Peter M Mittentoes were
spending mostheir time in the
barn and aroue corn crib and any ,
rat that over over the top never
goes back TO 70 of devastation. '
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-12-28
Chinese Get-Rich- Quick Scheme

The superstition of the Chinese PEG.
| pie gave II man at kiriva North China,
an opportunity to make fortune. He
established himself at the temple and
started selling water to the pilgrims
AT one cent an ounce. He told them
each To bring small bowl and piece
OF red cloth to cover It, On receiving
the water they were directed to cover
the bowl with the red cloth md burn
incense before the shrine. The news
spread rapidly through the city and
country round about. and ne was able
TO make a big haul, as thousands of
people In carts. on horseback, and on
foot resorted thither daily Many have
protessed themselves cured of divers
ailments. The water supplied had no
medicinal properties, but took on
slight pink color from the cloth cover
Ing the bowls. Finally the magistrate.
probably fearing trouble II he arrested
the man. and wishing 10 discourage
superstition. sept out police aud de-
stroyed the temple.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-12-28
The Value o,obv.

II Is not only EaledT by an
cient praetice 10 she memory
of great and worhas the hest
thanks which poste nav them
but all the examn t-tue are Of
more vigor when 1 Tins con-
tracted into indiyh < the SIM
beams, united In glass Ia a
point, have greater han when
they are darted fr9nunerhcles
so the virtues aTH az man
drawn together Die glory
strike upon our III bnger and
more lively impress si the scat
tered relations of neaand many
actions and by the enns thar
they give US plea ar ford ms
pr0nt' 700 te reader
Is more concerned aan's for.
tune than those of Iaha wrIter
likewise, is more caps,akin1 a
perfect work II he cSnself 10
this narrower eoinptsen.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-12-28
SEES DOOM oLDEN LOCKS
StatistIcian Extinction Of
faIr-Haireo n, as a Species,
Within Ne,o Centuries

1t is gravelyuneed that tb,
bright glory nd hair, locks OF
pale spun gold, as the Lorelej
coInped with alden comb, are
doomed TO dlsalentirely. A sta
tIsticlan has II ghe whole matter
out, and he is solemn warning
that In two pith turies the poets
(who VIII suli It's nevertheIess)
must cease TO sAlessed damosels
with hair likek oru. except. of
course, retrospN or paving tri-
butte knowingly triumph of the
chemists art.
Inc reason ~ minution Of the
number OF falI1 the final ex-
tinction OF the Ps given By the
statisticlan With emnity proper-
ly belonging td rofession md
province, says York Evening
Post. 1t is tha1 lbaye been OBJ
served to be less d to marriage
tiian Their dafKeis. They are
thus condemning .eIyes Ia the
Fate which must ~ little over
mke them ana rVtorld Of some
lining the world vt willingly be
bereft of.
For the benedtose who are
~
added that red heinot count as
blond. 1t is sui iend has stay
Ing qualities as Ip, that of the |
brunette type.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-12-28
Bradley Theatre

Under Handicap, Metro de Luxe
production with Harold Lock wood, Is
the special feature attraction for New
Years day, This is an eight reel su.
perfeature and is a typical Lock wood
picture "a picture in which brave
young A mericanism triumphs against
corruption and heavy odds "A red
blooded story of the west. Pearl
White in a thrilling episode OF The
Fatal Ring will also be shown on
New Years day, one show afternoon
At $50, evening one show starting at
7 80.
Two exceptionally strong feature at
fractions will De seen on next Thurs
days program. Heading the bill will
be America sweetheart of the screen
Mary Pickford, in the Aircraft super
feature, Rebecca of 3unnybrook Farm,
a six reel superior photoplay from the
play by Kate Douglas Wiggin and
Charlotte Thorn pson.
The Benefactor, an educational mo
ton picture In four reels showing the
achievements OF .our great inventor,
Thomas A Edison, will also be shown
Thursday. aaV
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-12-28
GAVE WORLD TRAINED NURSE
Be One Of Proudest Triumphs of
Modern Civilization.

one OF the proudest trlumphs oi
present civilization is the trained
nurse. refer to the real thing-eom.
petent, big-brained, mereiful, fearless
under fire or In the operating raom
| prompt To act in the efficiency of her
own knowledge and, withal. n true
woman, endowed with character and
grace that qualify her 30 meet the best
mentally equipped men aud women
on earth, writes julius Chambers In
The Brooklyn Eagle.
Florence Nightingale founded the
Order of Nursehaod." but trained
nurses are an American creation. We
taught Europe the difference between
the amateur nurse, however sympa-
thetic, and the expert director of sick
room or hospital ward.
The trained nurse is an offspring of
democracy
The European aristccrat could not
realize that Il skilled nurse stood ON
the same plane with the physician
WIS often II more valuable guide 10 re-
caNery. The notion among men and
women in France and England able to
employ her WAS that the trained nurse
was merely superior order of serv-
ant.
Even servant may be loved, but
her status is unchanged But In
Alnericn this snobbishness never ex-
listed. Her authority in the absence
OF the mlnistering physician is recog-
nized as absolute. As she sits al the
bedside. of n suffering plutocrut or of
n president of the republic. she is his
equal
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-12-28
Meerschaun in ASH.

Meerschaum mining is an important
business in Asia Minor. Pits are first
dug, and as soon as vein Of fneer-
schaum is struck horizontal galleries
are laid out. These galleries are often
very long, and they vary In length
from 70 10 $50 feet. The crude meer-
schaum. which is called hamiash, Is
yeliowish-white In color, and red
clay coat enyeiops it, The blocks are
sold on the spot at from s25 to 5000
cartload. according to their quality
They are then soft enough 10 cut with
knife, but they are dried before be-
ing exported
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-12-28
MEANEST MAN
OUT OF So
Dog Hill Citizen a Big Noise Says Cap
tain RYAN
Quintette OF Saturday and Sunday
DRINKS Disposed of

"He made more noise than ali OF
the 523 men arrested by the depart
ment in two years and is the meanest
man smong them ALL wes,what was
reed into the record against Eugene
Coffee of Dog Hill Monday morning
after he had plead guilty to drunken
ness and breach of the peace
The statement was made by Captain
Ryan who told the court that he ar
rested the Dog Hill citizen under our
new Front street bridge at $40 O'Clock
Sunday morning. He said that Coffee
was down there to buy Christmas
presents but the stone wall abutments
were not paying attention to him and
he WAS shouting his head oil. This
noise he kept up until late in the af
teruoon at the police station. The
captain also said that Coffee threaten.
ed to "gel" him and the judge If he
was sent TO JUL.
Judge Fuller told Coffee not to take
revenge on the captain as he WAS do
ing his sworn duty He said that if
he wanted to see anybody when he
got out TO call on him..
A sentence of 40 days and costs of
$40 09 WAS imposed
Because he accused the man who
Was trying to do him Il good turn
Felix Larock had $1,000 less TO spend
for Christmas than he might have
had. He plead not guilty to being
drunk.
Officer Mayotte said he found the
man at 3:l5 Sunday morning on Main
street. He had money but all of the
lodging houses were closed The of.
ficer told Lnrock he would put him
up ct the station house and let him go
in the morning. AT the station La
rock accused the officer of taking $40
from him. Larock admitted that he
had S26, all the money that belonged
10 him, but said that a yellow backed
bill had changed to green. The of
ficer said the man was "falling all
over himself in the police, station and
he booked him for a drunk.
Lsrock was found guilty and paid
n.o.nine.
Stanley Wood, a man from Elm
vile, was out for Christmas holiday
and started To celebrate early. He
Will pay the city clerk s12.09 for the
time spent in Putnam, where he was
picked up for drunkenness.
Leon Raveneaut brought South
bridge jag home with him and was ar
rested. He went TO the Bay State
town to make a payment of $50 on
little cottage house he owns. In ob-
servance of the event he took some
drinks and came home by trolley. He
was too drunk to get to his lodgings,
William Reed II BslIouville forfeited
bond OF $50. He was the fifth whose
name was called He WAS in court
last May and drew 30 days SO was
taking no chances of spending the
holiday in Jail.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-12-28
WAS ALRIGHT ON HONEYMOON
sut wife Objects When Hubhy's I'm
poiiteness, Used as Ruse TO Fool
onlookers, Becomes a Habit.

Al woman's club, this was over
heard
Would you think asked club
member, that my husband and I
would be taken for bride and groom
when we make little tripY"
Why Of course you might, dear Z"
answered two or three. You neither
one OF you show your age, and"
Thank yau for yaur paliteneSS.
went on the lady. hut wasn't fishing
for anything like that was merely
Introducing topic When we were
married-l6 years age next month
We figured out way 10 deceive the
train people and the hotel people ana
the strangers. | carried big grin. of
which my husband never attempted to
relieve me; and he read the morning
paper at breakfast This ruse We CON
unued during our entire honeymoon
Was IL SucceSsfulY"
"oh, yes-fairly so. But thar isn't
the question. The next trip we made
lit was year later-my husband
was Still afraid that We might be
taken for bride aud groom
Again carried the baggage and
again he ignored me in favor Of his
newspaper, at the breakfast table. l
didn't enter into the spirit of the
thing quite so readily on that occa-
sion.
but the custom had been estah- |
ished. We went TO New York last |
] carried the hand bag |
;age. When | protested. my husband |
aid What's the matter-do you want |
1eople TO mistake us for honeymoon
COUPLER
wv hat | want to know Is this: How
Id do we have to be before Ii will be
afe for my husband to begin 10 be
'olite to me?" Cleveland Plain
lealer.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-12-28
How to Amply Gum.

BY means Of printed notice attached
10 each bottle Of gum. H. NJ. stationery
office thus instructs the government
offielais In the use Of that substance:
In ordinary use. the best ane most
nearly Immediate result is obtained
by using only such an amount Of gum
as will just uniformly mOisten the sur
face without leaving any obyions ex-
cess to delay drying. the condition to
be aimed at being that Of gummed
postage stamp just moIstened as ordi-
nartly applied TO a letter" Which is
Just another way Of saying. Apply
lightly. London Bits.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-12-28
GAIA. a Place of Trade.

In almost every particular the mod
ern GAIA is an Egyptian rather than
Syrian town Ii is full of rich vege-
tation, and its many glistening nina
rets show up against the dull green Of
innumerable olive trees. GAIA is still,
as of old, place of trade, Of camels
and caravans, and its bazaars are loud
with traffic and filled With merchan-
disc.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-12-28
Where AmerIea,s Heart LES.

Wherever The standard of freedom
and Independence has or shall be un.
furled, there Will Americas heart. her
6enedicti0ns and her prayers be But
she goes not abroad In search Of mon
sters 10 destroy. She Is the well-wish-
er to the freedom an I Independence Of
all. She Is The champioR and sindica.
tor oniy Of her own.-John Quincy
Adams.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-12-28

There 10 more CatarTl ..,,o,
of the country than elss...
put together. and for ~ go
posed to be ineurable D.ersssa
local remedies, and by c,ai1sns
20 cure with local treatne,,naaS
IT incurable Catarrh b,saa.a
greatly influenced by c0 -
ditions and therefore rGs,1,,,
tional treatment HaiFs 49,
cine. manufactured By - q
Co. Toledo. Ohio, Is r,ionsI
remedy. Is taken intsr 80.
thru tbs Blood on the 49,
OF the System. One Hun
ward Is offered for AMI (Tatr.
Catarrh Medicine fails - -
circulars and testimonial
r. J. CHENEY & CO.to
Sold by Druggists. l5c so'
Halls Family Pills for
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-12-28
SUGGESTIONS

Horse Shoes, Calks, Pike Poles, longs Pals,
Chums, Baskets, Lanterns Washboarda. Han
dies, Oil Heaters, Coal Holds, etc
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-12-28
Pumr With No Valves

For pumping heavy liquids Welsh
inventor has designed combined pis-
ton and rotary pump with no valves
that can be easily e.0zseG.