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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-15
PRESIDENT ISSUES RULE
F0RBIDDING TRADE
WITH FOE
CENSOR ALL MAILS
ORDER PROVIDES FOR U. S. TAX.
ING OVER ALL PATENTS
OWNED BY GERMANS-CON
Trolls ALL EXPORTS AND I'M.
PORTS.

Washington, Oct Is. - President
Wilson's executive order putting into
operation the Trading with the en-.
emy law" added today another sub.
stantial obstacle to the German cause.
1t effectively blockages channels thru
which Germany recently has received
much laid and comfort" More than
anything else, officials said today, the
new law now made effective will EN-.
phasze to the German millionaires
and commercial caste leaders that.
the United States is in earnest in its
war plans.
Although the new law is extremely
technical. officials today stated that,
zriefy speaking, it provides:
For complete control Of all ex.
ports.
Censorship Of mails, cables, radio
and telegraph messages passing
out of the United States.
Regulation of foreign exchange.
Licensing Of insurance and re-
insurance companies Of enemy or
ally-enemy control.
Regulation Of the use of enemy
controlled and ally-enemy controlled
patents.
Licensing Of foreign language
newspapers.
DeAning powers Of alien property
custodian to act as trustee for enc
my controlled property An alien
property custodian also Is created
to be nominated later.
The new war trade board under the
law is the former exports administra.
tive board made up Of Vance McCor.
mick, chairman; Dr. Alonzo f. Taylor,
Thomas d. Jones, Beaver White
Frank C. Munson, and man to be
selected who will represent the treas.
ury department 1t will have as an
advisory body war trades council
made up of cabinet officials repre-.
senting the department affected, chair
man Hurley of the shipping board and
Food Director Weaver
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-15
PRESIDENT NAMES OCTOBER "a AS DAY WHEN WE
SHOULD DO OUR LIBERTY BOND SHOPPING EARLY

by the President of United States of America Proclamaon
The second Liberty Loan give the people Of the United States
other opportunity lend their funds their government their
country The might of the United States being modified and
organized strike mortal blow auocracy defense of outraged
American right and Of the of liberty Billions of dollars required
feed cohe the brave who going forth fight
counys battles and the nations with whom making
against foe To subscribe the Liberty Loan
perform service of patriotism
Nov, therefore, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States
America do appoint Wednesday, the 2 of October Liberty day.
and urge and advise the people assemble their
ties and pledge another and the that them
the fullest of financial support On the afternoon of that day
that patriotic meetings be held every city, and hamlet
the land under the general direction of the Secretary of the
Treasury and the immediate direction of the Liberty Loan committees
which have been organized by the federal banks The people
sponded nob the call of the first Liberty Loan with oversubscp
on of than SO Let the response the second loan be
greater and let the large that will
of unequad support hearten the who face the FIRE
battle for Let the result be and emphatic that will
echo throughout the index of what America
intends to do to bring this victorious conclusion
For the purpose of participation in Liberty day celebrations all
pyes the federal throughout the country whose
be spared be excused Il o'clock Wednesday, the 24 of DC
tober.
In witness whereof have hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed
Done the District of Columbia, this 9th day of October the
independence the United States the hundred and
second
"(Signed) WOODROW WILSON,
BY the President
"(Signed) Robert Lansing, Secretary Of State
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-15
ORDERS INTERURBAN
TRAFFIC SUSPENDED

Commissioner Helffrich, whose threat
to suspen traffic ON the C. 0. & P. dur
ing the poring Of grout in the pave
ment, this afternoon at o'clock was
put into effect, when all traffic between
Campbell's livery and the Post Office
was ordered abandoned
Persons going thru Ottawa were
forced to transfer on all cars from
the west and east to the other ter
minal The order will be maintained
for at least seventy.two hours.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-15
OTTAWA WOMEN TO
CANVAS FOR BONDS
HOUSE TO HOUSE CAMPAIGN TO
BE CONDUCTED IN EFFORT TO
AROUSE INTEREST IN NEW
FEDERAL ISSUE.

The women of Ottawa will conduct
house-to-hous canvas to interest
and try to sell liberty bonds to every
woman in Ottawa. The town has
been districted with various womens
organizations at the head of each
district. The members Of these or
CARNATIONS will call upon every wo'
man in the city and make an effort
TO sell her liberty bond,
The d. A. X. will have all of East
Ottawa, and center Ottawa, north of
the Illinois river, south of Lafayette
street, and east of the side cut
The W. X. G. will canvas all Of
South Ottawa
The Woman's Club will have of
West Ottawa. west of the side cut
and south of Lafayette street.
The Daughters of Isabelle will
have the entire district of the town
laying north of Lafayette street.
The chairman of the committee in
for the sale of Liberty Bonds is Mrs
N. f. Thompson. of Rockford. Each
county has been districted with a
county chairman. Then the conntie;
! are subdivided into townships, with
Ia chairman in charge of each town
bship,
J The county chairman in this dis
ntrict are:
I Winnebago county. Mrs +. E. Bart
,,lett Rockford.
J Boone county, Mrs. Mar H. WrigM
,nBelvidere.
! Grundy county, Mrs. Billie Walsh
Morris.
J DeKalb county, Mrs. NJ, +. Carlson
Sycamore.
! Kendall county Mrs. X, F. Hoadley
iYorkville.
y La Sale county. Mrss. +. F. Burk
IN older, Streator.
ia. The La Sale county organization
rlls not yet complete bu the followin
township chairmen have thus ia
been appointed:
Bruce township, Mrs. Arthur Elliot
Streator
Ottawa. South Ottawa and Wallace
Mrs. w. w. Nash, Ottawa.
La Sale, Mrs. w. s. Mason, l.
Salle Mrs. W. s. Turner, Oglesby
Mission, Worthwhile. Adams, Seren
Mrs. Amelia Frazee, Sheridan.
/. Wallace. Rutland, Fall River. Nil
er, Mrs. r. r. Adams, Marseilles.
| Farm Ridge, Mrs Elmer William
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-15
BANK EMPl0YE ACTS.
AS SERGEANT MAJOR
OF FEDERAL ARMY
ELMER ANDERSON WRITES Al
NEWSY LETTER OF LIFE At
CAMP DODGE TO READERS or
FREE.TRAOER.JoURNAL.

Elmer Anderson. who quit his post
as bookkeeper at the First National
Bank to become a full hedged fighter
in Uncle Sans national army. Is
making rapid strides in his work Al
the present time Anderson is acting
sergeant major Of headquarters com
pany of the 339th Machine Gun Bat
talon, and II is sertainty that he
soon will be wearing the three chey
erons with the bar beneath them, be.
fore many more weeks elapse.
Anderson in newsy letter from
Camp Dodge has the following to say
to Free Trader Journal readers:
To the Tree Trader-Journal,
Ottawa. Illinois.
Dear Readers:
! am sure most of you hear great
deal about what is going on here,
and how the Ottawa boys are
holding their own" but neverthe
less | will take this opportunity of
writing a little that may be of in
terest to relatives and friends. and
perchance news to many. ! am no
literary man, nor have ! received
any special inspiration along edi.
torial lines to merit my appearance
in one of your dailies, but desire
seized me to write something to
somebody. When we left Ottawa
three weeks ago, promised so
many would write, that thought
this would be the best way Of keep.
ing my promise.
Upon our arrival here. We were
scattered to all parts of the camp.
| Out of the one hundred and four
that left Ottawa, | was the only one
assigned to this battalion. so we
were here a week before was able
to locate any of the others. BY
that time felt sufficiently sure OF
my whereabouts TO venture beyond
the immediate vicinity Of my bar.
racks and still find my way back.
Accordingly. one evening, imme.
dately after mess, started north.
ward from our barracks, and after
going about mile, found the Saith
Inf Reg, which Is made up entirely
of Illinois men. Upon investigation
! found that several of our bunch
were there. The first ones to be
found were Bert Leamy and Johr
ICnnf niunI fram pnua A
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-15
ARMY BALLOON
SEEN EAST OF OTTAWA

A large army balloon. carrying
aeronauts from the Government train.
ing school near East st. Louis, passed
TO the east OF Ottawa at an early
hour yesterday morning and landed
in corn field ashort distance west OF
Morris. The bag was one of the large
regulation balloons used for army OBJ.
servations and left st. Louis at l
O'clock Sunday morning. coming to
earth at $3.50 o'clock
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-15
TINES 7 L9morro'
FIGHTING ON CORN, w.,

An argument between Robert Nc
Alpine and James Mitchell, both well
known men, at the corner OF Main and
La Sale streets Saturday night. re.
suited in an exchange Of blows. This
morning Mitchell and McAlpine paid
$40 a piece for the part they played
in the disturbance Mitchell admitted
being aggressor and the evidence
showed McAlpine to have been the vic.
tor.
Neither defendant made statement
az to what caused bad blood between
them.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-15
CONFIRM SINKING
OF y. S. VESSEL

Washington. Oct DENOMINATION
of the sinking Of the American steam.
ship Lewis Luckenbach by German
submarine was received at the navy
department today from an American
consul in France. Uuoiiicial reports
were that lifeboat containing nine
persons are missing but the consuls
report did not mention this,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-15

- : -sT sparks are the only teachr-
@ho are still teaching in the HE
School and both We're present Leu
tcrs and kilograms were read from
different members of the class "a
the roll was called and althO |onl,
thirteen OF the original class coulf
be present some word or messae.
waslearned from all David Degen
OF Chicago, who has been president
Tor several years was reelected an 1
Miss Minnie Schmidt, of Ottawa was
elected secretary and treasucrer
Plans were discussed to have a re-
union every years but to hold it "A
1itlle earlier, about the last of Au-
gust. 1t is hoped that more members
OF the class can arrange their affairs
III such manner that they can
'pend a few days in the home town
t that time. The house was prettily
decorated with the class colors. pur-
pie and gold and splendid dinner
was served about noon. The menu
was.
Smolhcred Chicken.
Gravy.
Mashed Potatoes,
Bread and Butter
Sandwiches,
Assorted Pickles. Corn Relish
Baked Beans.
Waldrof Salad, Fruit Salad
Assorted Cake,
Coffee Candy. Fruit
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs
frank Funk tnee) Mildred McEvoy,
1rs. Louise Retz Lodge. of IA Grange.
nrs. Lydia Clause Heinmullcr and
daughters, of Pittsburgh. Penn.
Mr. and Mrs. Berst Strait tnee Har.
riet Suchr and five children. Mrs.
farrie Nash Hahn Mr.. and Mrs Chas.
lucas tnee) lnez McEvoy and three
children, David Degen, of Chicago.
Professor Moore, Mrs. Sparks, Misses
Margaret Clegg. Minnie Schmidt. Sar-
rie Hahn and Ethel Cody, Miss Isa-
belle Clegg and J. l., McEvoy we're
guests of the class The party lett
or their homes late in the afternoon
and all voted il TO be one of the hap.
piest days the class of 800 ever
mad.
p
/ Over four hundred people were pres.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-15
ERECT SIGN BOARD
ON COURT HOUSE LAWN

For the first time in the history of
the County Building brazen faced
bill board Is to adorn the north lawn.
To-day workmen are erecting an A No.
l board. On II will be displayed pa
triotic literature calling upon all who
see II to help the Kaiser catchers by
buying Liberty bonds
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-15

Over four hundred people were pres.
mt Saturday night at the regular re.
Ieption and dance, held at Willis
Dancing Academy This was The rec
lrd.breaking crowd Of the season. A
lluesday night reCnptlOn and dnncn
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-15
CAPT. JAKA,FORMER
0TTAWAN, WRITES
TO LIEUT.. PETIT
BOTH ARE SOMEWHERE IN +,
FRANCE" WITH UNCLE SANS
FIGHTING FORCES-DR. PETIT
IN CASUALTY CLEARING HOUSE. |


somewhere in France. is describe
by Lieutenant Roswell Petit in hi
Attest letter home. Among Othe
events of interest occurring to the OF
lava doctor he tells of getting int
communication with Captain Wallac
Jaka, former member of Company c
and native OF Dayton township, VIII
Is now paymaster for the division.
DR.. Petit says:
Dear Father:
think it is just about a week
since | have written to you.
have had a most exciting week.
Last Wednesday | believe Git is
hard to keep track of the time)
| got orders to report at Cas-
ualty Clearing Station about forty
miles from where my unit was
stationed. | went over the same
day in an automobile and have
been here ever since and probably
will be until the rush is over
My address is still No. % Field
Ambulance, British Expeditionary
Forces, France, however, and con
tinue to address me there.
A big offensive started Wednes-
day night, and we have been work
ing night and day in two shifts
ever since, but today things began
to slack up, don't know how
many patients have been through
this station but about a thousand
should Judge There have been
eight operating teams working
continuously aside from the cases
that are not urgent and merely
dressed and sent on to the base.
All sorts Of operations are done
opening up wounds. extracting
bullets, shrapnell, bits of shell,
etc, amputating limbs. and many
other things. | have been on
nights and have seen so many
cases my head is in a whirl One
night | know examined over 1876
Today have been working on
cases with wounds Of the chest
Some of them are in pretty bad
shape but it is surprising how
cheerful they all are
We have also had quite few
OF cases that have been gassed.
This, to my mind, is the most
horrible thing | have ever seen
How these poor boys fight for
breath 1t is such an insidious
thing, this gas, and frequently
the patient does not realize his
condition until six or eight hours
after he has been affected, and
then it is frenquently too late.
The great menace is gangrene
and even insignificant wounds may
cause great damage. Every man
that comes in is given tetamus
serum and lock jaw practically
never occurs
| met Dr. Cushing, with whom
was associated in Boston, the
other day who Is also here work
ing and doing lot Of head sur
gerry. We have had over a hun.
dred wounded German prisoners
pass through our hands and they
are rather scrubby lot, some of
them cant be more than l6 or II
years old.
am sending you my pay check.
When designated you in my
voucher, got a letter back from
the paymaster over here saying
he was an old Ottawa boy living
up to Buck Creek, north of town,
and left Ottawa with Company G
to go to the Spanish-American
war. His name Is Captain Wal
lace J. Jaka. He was anxious
to know all about Company c.
| have written and told him |
would send him the Ottawa papers
when | received them.
Love to all at home, and write
often and keep on sending the
papers.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-15
THE WEATHER.

Partly cloudy and some
what colder tonight ana
Tuesday.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-15

(Contniuel from Page a.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-15

A marriage icense has been issued
to Miss Mary X. Bayer, aged II, and
Jerry Latino, aged 20, both of Otta.
wa. The bride-to.bes father consent.
cd to the wedding.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-06-15
Little vnyiaia Sslih
Dies at Altoona

Last Sunday about one O'Clock
p. m. little Virginia Smith, age
fifteen years. surrendered her
body 10 ravages Of death and her
soul to the God who Ave 1t. She
was born 1t Alleyghsny Springs.
Va. in the year 1908. Was .
member of the 9Th grade Of the
ElkridRe graded school Virginia
WAS sick Tor four months. She
professed religion . year ago and
became united with the Algoma
Baptist cs..s. -6der PASTORAL
supervision Of Rev. L A Wat
kins- Before she died. although
apparently conscious of the up
proach Of death. told her mother
and father not to grieve after
her that she was going 70 take q
long journey. Then it Was that
she suddenly began to sing the
song, I'm Going to Walk With
Jesus" Virginia Was q Chris
tian little girl and lived q life OF
practical innocence and WAS Low
ed by every body who knew her
especially by all her class and
school mates. Fdneral services
were conducted by Rev. Watkins
Monday at 2 O'Clock and her re
mains were laid to rest In Algo-
ina cemetery. She leaves 3
mother and father. two brothers
ADD . host Of friends and rela-
tives to mourn their loss. Her
school mates followed her bod )
to the grave with q large flora
tribute.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-06-15
FIRST BAPTIST CHUBCH
OF AnAWAlT
Only Private Piece Of
Church Property IN
akin District.
Postmaster GRAHAM. Modern Mos e.
isesh and Rev. r. v. Banks =
dale, Prstor, Doing Great Work.

Auawalt, . email town almost at the
extreme end Of the Tug Fork branch line
Of the n. Il w. Railway Co., ia specially
noted for it, thrift, industry. economy
and business activities. The man most
popularity known and most courteosly
respected 10 the Postmaster. Hon. II. T.
Graham. who 10 also Superintendent Of
several :coal operations. HE generally
square dealings with the pubic has mer-
tied for hlm the confidence and applause
of everybody even from the humblsst to
the highest in life. Mr.. Graham de-
serves the happy distinction Of being .
modern Moses and . nth century Abe
Lincoln to lead Q downtrodden people
,ut Of the wilderness Of superstition and
q benighted race out Of the bonds Of
chsttel and wage slavery. While he 10 q
great big white man, he 10 too big and
toov ublic spirited 70 be little or TO do q
little thing.
Rev. X. v. Barksdale, q successful
business man, = good citizen, . man alb
solutely clean, conservative, straight
ward, honest and at all times industrious
- we'll as economical, has won the hap
~ distinction, honor and credit for hav-
ing the only church undergoing erection
that 10 absolutely free and unincumtered
~ the claim OF q single cent becanse Of q
ease. lie has the only private peice q.
church property in the entire Adkin Die
rict.
The people in Anawalt are all doing
| ~eii and making me ney. Peace. friend
hip and . general understanding pre-
vail. Mr.. Graham with that magnetic
pswer Of peace, goodwill and friendship
is to be complimentsd for the unselfish
part he is unthouehrfully playing in this
great work. And Rev. Bsrksdsle, the
esder Of the race OF which he 10 q part.
10 allowing no grass TO grow under his
feet ehsrgsble against him for indosence.
seltshness or crooked dealing; but on
the other hand 10 measuring arms with
all that is noble. upright, just and true.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-06-15

VEGETABLE
CALOMEL

Vegetable calomel, extract of the
root Of the old-fashioned may-appls
plant, does not salivste- As a liver
stimulator, it's great It's . per-
feet substitute for ordinary calo-
mel (mercury); In fact, it's better,
because it's action Is gentle instead
Of severe and irritating - and it
leaves no mean, disagreeable after
effects Physicians recognize this
and prescribe may-apple root (po-
dophyllin, they call ~ daily.
Combined with four other stand
ard, all-vegetable remedies, may
apple root may now be had at most
any druggists In convenient sugar.
coated tablet form by asking for
Sentanel Laxatives. II you forget
the name. ask for the box that has
the picture Of the soldier on it.
These tablets are small, easy 70
take and are really wonderful lit
tie performers
They quickly clean out the poi
sons that are causing you head
ache, constipation, sour stomach.
biliousness, dizzy spells, bad breath
and coated tongue.
They are mild. They never
grippe And they are q bowel tonic
n well rs q cleanser and liver
regulator. A 10c box should last
one several weeks. A Physicians
trial package a doses) will be
mailed you free II you write men,
toning this advertisement The
Sentanel Remedies Co, 602 Madi-
son Ave, Covingtons Ky .
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-06-15
HOUSTON 6. YOUMG TO
DIRECT WORK OF BOYS
d Named Head Of Boys Working
Reserve IN West Virginia.

Charleston. W. Va, June 12.-
Houston g. Young. secretary of
state, today received announce
ment Of his appointment from
the department Of labor, a.
Washington. Is state director OF
the Boys Working Reserve. of
the United States. Mr.. Young
was recommended for the ap-
pointment by the state council of
defense.
The purpose of the Boys
Working Reserve 10 to get every
boy in the country enlisted In
the work OF producing something
for the support of the soldiers
at the front. The federal and
state organizations will CO oper-
ate in the work.
Mr.. Young said 1t was his
purpose to give considerable
time 10 the work and that he will
organize the boys of West Vir
Rinia, using the precinct IS q
unit and make 1t thorough
throughout the state.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-06-15

- PseaVay - 7:9o ,. -, h sgnin
took - sonDd ond I'D for hb nat Acn
l:s ison which - isssssd until - vsrs
hllsd With ~ holy spirit We nuss
certainly ~ shas b ia noble spsaksr
snd ersss Pssschsr. We learn h ~
. viAkn b. his sxpaanssioa al Code
word We welcome you sgain 10 Glen
whis
In ths athsrsooa - O'Clock. the
Ohildrsa's Day program %. oas "a sne
b. svss rsndsrsd here.
Mrs. r. r. rhornsou h on the sick
liz.
Kew. q. W. Smith vss in town Sun
day.
Mn II susson Lowe hsi returned from
Biasield whers she attended the COM
msoosmsos exe.cis Of B. OIL.
Rev. DR.. Bosdsn ssill dsals IN Ord~sy
fiapl<s-
Mr.. r p. Roth. Ohisf Engineer Of the
E. T. White Goal Oompany. imported 70
~ On Saturday that plans vsrs comples-
cd Tor our new church building and that
they wouid b ready 70 break erosnd for
The foundasioo Monday. The increase
in Wages bring with is . new church.
ochool and ball. We cannot praise the
praise ~ management too much for in
inesu6st in our people.
Mr. Edward Dudley hes returned from
Bedford County, We. where be visited
bis father.
Mr.. VIM. Hilton visited Trscefork on
last Saturday and returned on Sunday.
We look for this gentleman 70 need q
horse soon.
Mr.. VIM. Lewis 10 able 70 be out again
after being indispossd for about . week.
Mr. Anna Carroll. Of Lester. was in
the town Sunday. Come again.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-06-15
Death Of Mrs. Clara Payne.

The death of Mrs. CLARA Payne. moth
er Of Hons. w. Burbridge Payne, re-
moves one Of the oldest and most infiu-
entail women from the county known TO
day. Mn. Payne wss apparently in good
health and had just recently returned to
her home 1t Bradshaw from WEIGH
where abe had been Visiting her son,
BurbTidre. She got wet and having the
Asthma already, she Wa taken with
Pneumonia. She only lived . short
while alter reaching home. She was IS
years OF age Funeral was held wedDes-
day and insernens in the family Gene
terry, which We witnessed by . host OF
friends-' Undertake. J. w. Luther had
charge Of the body.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-06-15
Glen Whit6

Rev. w. X. Woodson Was called TO
SALISBURY on sunday TO assist Rev. s.
Davis in rally.
Rev. Hughes. of Montcslm, preached
. soul stirring sermon an Sunday morn
ing morning. Promptly 81 III O'Clock.
shis able divine ascended the rostrum.
He text va Isaiah 62:l6, subject. Lift
mp Standard for the people" He Ger
calmly opened the way 10 ne Of lifting
mp the christian and moral standard
tigher. Our very souls burned within
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-06-15

Ii 10 very gratifying 10 learn that Hon.
II. T. Graham, Of Answslt, postmaster
and successful coal operator, bas been
appointed on The Board of Equalization
for this county. Mr.. Graham 10 . high
tone gentleman and being Of extrsordi-
nary inseiiieence, means that the people
can expect nothing bat justice ct bis
hands.