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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
SHERIFF GETS LETTERS
ACCUSING ALLEGED
PRO GERMANS
|MPEDES JUSTICE.
REPORTS MEN OF STRONG PRO.
KAISER pROPENSlTIEs-WRlr.
ERS ASKED TO REVEAL lOEk.
Titles AS MEANS OF CRUSH.
ING PROPAGANDA.

Following in the wake Of "A repre-.
sentative of Hinton G.. tlabaughs OF.
Gee secret visit TO Ottawa in quest Of
German propagandistS, Wild and iancI'
lul romors have been alIoa' with the
result that officials are being iloodct
with anonymous reports against res
dents of the city Who are charged will
pro Kaiser tendencies.
This morning Sheriff Davis was in
receipt of communication allecln
hat Two we'll known men were 50
cOnNincingly against the governments
hey should Immediately be taken u
and intcrned The letter was unsigned
and like others of its kind that
winding their way in the court house
from day to day, was consigned to tho
waste basket.
IN an effort to -ct noarcr .bc facts
Sheriff Davis issued a statement ID
which be leplored the practice Of peo
pic comet tiny ,lielr ilentity N mat
tcrs as important as these seem to
be. "il they would only come out ann
give their names; gives us something
more tangible then iiCiiCious sigma
lure We vonld know how 10 30. about
our work" he said,
We are constantly IN receipt O
letters accusing Others. but none are
willing TO give US their names so VIC
can so to them and get prcllmlnar!
facts to work upon.
III people viii be kind enough tc
lin us of on suspects they should
be willing to tell uS who they are
in this manner We can get 1irst.hand'
cd facts aud the Office will not be
handicapped by having to dig up AL
The facts ourselves.
"An.one giving Us any tips will he
safcguardod in every manner ard Il
they desire 10 keep their Identity con
cealcd We will do everything in III
power 10 sec that their trust is not Ae
traNcd,' h. ended.
Arrest Alleged Stacker.
Looking more q youth Of ~ tlah
draft eligible. "A man giving the mann
of Walter Murray was brought to Ot
tawa from La Sale today ana locke
in The county jail, Murray claims h,
is not IN The draft as he was not oil
enough on June j TO register. lie vii
BE- held pending m investigation iut
his ease. He claims his home Is il
Iowa.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
Send 0ucstionnaires Out Today.
RAISE $17O0 TOWARDS
CITYS K. c. QUOTA

The Knights Of (o.nbUna. Who are
raising D special fund for their war
recreation centers. have been doing
some excellent work in Ottawa. The
quote for the fund in Illinois is S3,
100000. This money is used to cstab'
lisb ccnters in cantonmcnl camps and
ON he front for the men who arc
fighting.
These CentcfS contain reading
rooms, sylunasiums, shower baths
Kitchens, chapols, and all sorts OF
things to make the men more comfort
able while away from home.
The quota for Ottawa is So 3l50, a
special committee Of lifly members
has been appointed TO raise this sum
The initial meeting held for this pur
pose was held on the afternoon o
Sunday. December 9lh. Up to las
Saturday night. the fund raised IN OF
taWa WAS sl,t0e making Il record lo
subscription from the local organiza
| ton
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
STANDARD OIL HAS
CLOSED DEAL { OR
PROPERTY IN LOOP
ANNOUNCE PURCHASE OF FORM.
Halls BUilDtkG-WtlL INSTALL
SERVICE STATION FOR CON.
VENlENCE OF TOURISTS.

Deeds for the transfer OF the Joseph
Formulas property, corner OF Main
and Columbus streets, were received
in Ottawa today, putting an end to
rumors in .!rcualion Ior The r:3, feN
weeks that the Sondi "a OIL C--npuny
was angling for the corner foc 5crl.
ice station.
Annuunccmcnt that the dCGl Nal
closed came this morning from G, =
Sims. ottawa manager FOR tho Stand.
ord OIL
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
No "Shori chanqe" Here.

An automatic change calculator,
which pays out correctly the difference
between one dollar and the amount Of
purchase. Is being used IN banks,
stores, Ell cetera. The new change
maker saves time ~ well as mistakes,
for the change Is paid directly 10 the
customer. The cashier merely presses
q key marked with the amount Of
purchase.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
Listening In" in Eoypt.

Mohsmnedans in Egypt are listen
ing In" The attendance is steadl.
increasing. aud one Sunday four Mo
lammedan professors were at th,
preaching service and Il Mohammedol
boys came TO the Sunday school for thu
first time. Their fathers stood outsld'
rhe window to ascertain what tn,
teaching might he. A number of then
were thus listening out Of doors, ,--rb,
Christian Herald.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
ICE HARVEST STARTS
ON CANAL TOMORROW

The earliest harvest IN recent years
tomorrow viii be begun hy the Ottawa
Ice q Fuel Company, when workmen
are sent onto the l. a NJ. canal 10 cut
thd stack away ll.inch crop that
has rcrmod over the waterway since
Tia" cold spell of the past len Lays.
The crop is said 10 be one QH The
finest Of recent years aud unless
Narm weather sets in. every effort
will be made TO illl all the houses be-
fore New Years
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
LARGE PLATE CRUSHES
FOOT OF WORKMAN

John Bodgust, o foreigner living IN
the Federal Plate settlement Is Il pa.
tlcnt at Ryburn hospital as n result
OF m accident suffered at the works
carly yesterday morning, when n
large piece OF glass dropped on his
foot, smashing one of his toes badly.
Dr. Il. p. Hatheway was called and
the injured man was removed TO the
hospital where he will be confined
for several days.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
HOUSE VOTES TODAY
ON A DRY NATION

Washington, Dee l7.-Packed gal
lcrics Was the only outward indic1'
ton, this afternoon hat the prohib-
ton constitutional amendment Was
about TO reach decisive vote. The
members themselves took little inter
est IN the dCbatc
Under the rules calling of the rule
was 10 begin at O'Clock,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
TWO PLEAD GUILTY
TO SATURDAY JAGS

Two men were up before Judge
George koenIg this morning 10 an.
swer to the charges Of drunkenness.
Frederick Thompson was lined $3 and
costs and promised TO pay up. Cedora
Hawes. Mexican, was fined So and
costs and Is serving out his fine.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
A BRITISH SHIPS SUNK BY GERMANS
enemy DESTR0YERS
IN RAlDING PARTY
London Dec. l7.-Fo urteen ships including
one British destroyer were sunk during raid by
German destroyers on Wednesday, it was Off

re sunk during a raid by
Wednesday, it was off,
cially announced in the
House Of Commons, this
afternoon.
The raid was made in British wat.
ers, il was stated,
Four German destroyers took part
in the fight.
According to official announcement.
the attack was delivered early We'd
nesday morning and 1t was presumed
hat the Germans took advantage Of
he low visibility 10 approach un.
seen
Eight of the lost vessels were mer-
chantmen The other five were trawl.
ers.
v. s. Refugees Reach Toxic.
Toxic, Japan, Dec. IA number
Of American refugees arrived here TO-
lay from Russia. They say chaos
reigns throughout the country and
hat bloodshcd and anarchy are
seen on every hand,
The fugitives said there were about
one hundred seventy Americans
stranded in Pctrograd waiting for a
chance to leave for Vladiyostock, on
he trans.Siberian railway.
Blamcs Red Tape.
Washington, Dec. Battleships
VI certain nations today Outrange
he guns OF certain Of tho fortifica-
tons of the United States. General
''rozicr chief Of ordnance today so
Informed tho senate military affairs
General Crozicr also admitted that
-ed tape methods have go choked
production OF war essentials that only
1000 900 Of the 7S.o0o.oo0 shells necd-
Vi for the mobila artillery Of tho
United States and which was TO be
IN hand by July !. next have been
delivered
Italians Hold Foe.
Rome, Dec. l7.-Oficiai advlces to
he war Office today said that the
advance Of the Auatro.Cermans in the
sector Of the Della Bcrette was check.
ed by an Italian counter front.
Japs Deny Entering v!adivostock.
Washington. Dec. 11.--Under date
VI December II, the Japanese trans.
nittcd to the State Department today
VI official denial that Japenese troops
had occupied Vladiyostock,
The War in Summary,
The new true which may extend In.
o protracod armistice was the out.
standing feature of the war news.
Dispatches from Berlin indicated
hat the actual peace negotiations be-
'vecn the Central Powers aud Rus
sia arc either under way or about
70 be undertaken, but thoy were with
out formal confirmation.
Conditions in the interior Of Rus
yia are SO chaotic that II Is impos.
siblc to got glimpse of the real situ-
alton. but apparently fighting OF
Doradic nature between the Bolshe.
Wiki and the patriotic continues.
Another lul has developed on the
British front.
An interesting dispatch vas receiy.
ID today from the international News
Service correspondent with the Amer.
lean army in France, He said that az
tompts were made to get confirmation
of German claim that a French OIL
hcer aud forty five prisoners were TAX
en- in a raid on that sector where the
| Americans were engaged In their lrSt
infantry clash with the Germans, but
none was Forthcoming.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
Espend $18, 900.

Tho expense OF the purchase rails
ing Of the old aud erecting the ncv
station will entail an expenditure o
between $4,000 and 100000 accord
ing to Mr.. Sims. Only small portion
OF the lot viii be required for the
building and the rest will be graded
and Handicapped by professional art
It's. A driveway will be mrdc into
and from the station.
The changes viii loayc the entire
north of the block from the Rose es
rage on Main street, clear Of obslruc
tans giving clear view OF the hlgt
school and arlnOry.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
Wreck Old Building,

The threc-story brick structure oc'
cupyinE the corner. and used for
years by lill 4 Formulas for their
wagon shops. together with the old
wooden building standing to the east
OF it, will be raized to make way for
a service station similar to the ones
in use IN many cities Of Illinois Just
when WORK Of destruction will begin
on the old buildings Mr.. Sims was
not prepared to state this morning
but gave it as his belief that no more
time than necessary would be wasted
getting the improvement under way
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
Spends Big Sum Here.

The purchase Of the loop real estate
together with the completion Of The
plans for the south side warehouse
and storage building, Nill bring the
Standard Oil expenditures IN Oltawi
to approximately $4,000, plans ro'
which are now being drawn so tha
work can be started in the spring,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
LAWYERS ARE GWEN
CHANCE TO AID IN
QUESTIONABLE TASK
JUDGE ELDREDGE 70 RELEASE
LAWYERS FROM COURT DUTIES
SO THEY CAN LEND SERVICES
TO DRAFT BOARDS,

By cXemptiuE lawyers from Circuit
Court service while they arc aiding
draft boards With the Questionnaircs,
Judge Eldrodgo in the Circuit C0ur.
throw down the barriers for free vol.
untCcring Of members Of the county
bar to aid in this very important
duty
a general order, covering the Situa-
tion WIS entered Is Of record bJ
Judge Eldrcdgc, in the following.
The engagement Of counsel on
legal advisory boards will be dccm-
ed good cause for postponomcnt of
cases while they are so engaged
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
Value Of NappinesS.

Make persons happy and there will
not be half the quarreling or o tenth
par OF the wickedness there Is.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
Releases Lawyers.

Judge fldrcdgc's action in rclcas-
ms attorneys for this service gives
many members of the bar chance to
serve their country in a most crIcc-
tive manner. Several were fearful Of
Offering their aid unless they be
called TO try cases in the very midst
Of the government work. but NOW that
they are exempted from court duties,
thcro will bc n general response from
the legal fraternity to help men fill
out The blanks.
Send 0ucstionnaircs Out Today.
Five per cent Of tho queStionnaircs
were sent out today and this plan will
be continued until every man of draft
age has received his pamphlet.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-17
THE WEATHER.

Partly cloudy tonight
md Tuesday with rising
temperature.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-01
SOLDIERS ARE NOT
MADE IN SCHOOLS
Training 10 All Countries Found
to Be Only Preliminary
in Character.
FOUNDED UPON PATRIOTISM
Uncle Sans Investigators Find That
II Is Not Regarded as Substitute
for Physical Training, but as
Solely Preparatory.

Although each European nation pos
sesses its own system of military
training of school youths, adopted to
the specific conditions and purposes Of
the movement in each particular In
stance, q certain similarity of origin
and organization of these movements
may be observed, according to experts
of Uncle Sans bureau of education,
who have recently looked very care
fully into this matter as being Of spe-
cial interest to educators of the United
States at this time.
In most cases 1t was found that the
source of the movement could be
traced to the department of education
and patriotic organizations Of citizens.
Where military instruction is not an
obligatory part Of the public school
curricula, it is promoted In the form
of student organizations under the
leadership of patriotic clubs and aid
ed by government grants and by the
lease Of government property. In
those countries where the governments
are not directly active in this work 1t
often arises spontaneously, 1t was
found, under the guise of semi-military
clubs.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-01
COLONEL HOUSE, WILSON'S
FRIEND NOT A MYSTERY

him daily into the places where men
throng. If one wants to know about
him through motives other than those
Of the ldleness of curiosity he can see
him and talk with him, and the
chances are that he will be told every
thing concerning the subject of his in
quiring curiosity that any ian of
modest mlen and inclination naturally
would be willing to tell. Colonel House
Is genial man who seemingly never
has sought to define for personal use
the meaning of either of the words,
coldness or austerlty. He has a sense
Of humOr well developed, and a tenn
peramental warmth.
Secret Of His Power.
In Houston, Texas, in the year 1853,
Edward NJ. House was born. He was
educated at the Hopkins grammar
school, New Haven, Conn.,, and at
Cornell university. He has been active
all his adult life in Democratic politics,
but never has been a candidate for Of
fee.
Add to these admittedly meager de-
tails one fact and unquestiOnably you
will have the secret of this mans pow
er to attract other men to him for the
purpose Of consultation on really high
public matters. From the day that he
was old enough to undertake serious
study, Edward NJ. House has been deep
In the books Of politics, economics and
legislation. He has marshaled in his
mind all the greater events which have
happened in these three words. More
over, he has the men, the things and
the motives connected with each case
constantly in procession before him.
He is quick to trace a cause to an eff
feet, or to go the reverse route. He
has been student of human nature
as 1t has shown itself in many of the
great problems of human life. This
means that he has in him, or at any
rate men believe that he has in him,
the qualifications which go to make
up sound diplomat.
Through successive administrations
in Texas the governors of the state,
one after another, consulted Colonel
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-01
ARMY MEDICAL CORPS GROWS
Has More Than $1,000 Enlisted Men,
as Compared With $500 Just Be-
fore Beginning Of War.

The medical department of the
army now has an enlisted personnel
of over $4,000 men, compared with
$500 just before the Outbresk Of the
war.
In organizing for war work the
surgeon generals office has Gdded Sec
tions on internal medicines medical
officers training camps; medical mill.
tary instruction; psychology; neurOl-
ogy and psychiatry; surgery infec-
tious diseases and laboratories; head,
ear. eye, mouth and brain; military
orthopedics; special hospitals and
physical reconstruction; gas defense ;
food; office development and filing sys-
TEN.
The surgeon generals Office now has
over 500 clerks and messengers and
more than 100 officers, compared with
40 clerks and messengers and 10 Off
GERS which made up it's personnel in
March, 1917.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-01

House on public matters. How deep
an impression he has made on Texas
Legislative history never may be known
definitely, but there is enough salient
to make Texans know that they are
right in attributing to him many Of
their public welfare acts.
Though not accounted wealthy In
these days of huge fortunes, Colonel
House is quite well fixed financially
and Is not engaged in business Of any
kind.
Has Studied Hard.
have talked to Colonel House and
have learned things which make me
feel that 1 Shall not go wrong when I
try to put an Interpretation upon some
of his methods of doing things. He is
free enough to say that he has studied
hard at economic, political and leRts-
lative subjects. He probably even
would be willing to admit that he
thinks the results of these studies con-
tinued and their results retained, have
enabled him to be Of some service
when men were seeking information
concerning events in the past which
have relation to events in the present
or events expected in the future.
Therefore, there is here man who
has held what he has studied, who
has cOllated and correlated the hap
penings of history, who has drawn
lessons from them, who takes an in
terest as deep in the living present as
he does in the dead past, and who men
believe is able to make his knowledge
serviceable, for old as it is let US say
it, history repeats itself.
woodrow Wilson did not meet his
friend Colonel House until the days
when he was holding office as COVER
nor of New Jersey. 1t is said by
friends of Mr.. Wilson that almost in
stantly he came to understand why
the, Texan had been of service along
constructive lines to some of the gov
ernOrs of the state in which he has
lived most of his life. For six or seven
years Mr.. House has been the conf
dant and the counsellor of the presl-
dent Of the United States, and SEEM
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-01

| to LOcke'S Human Understanding"
and from this latter book of "dismala-
ties" to the lighter minded reader,
down to everything heavy and semi
heavy which was published to the
week Of bis death. Senator Hoar kept
his mental condition balanced by turn
ing not merely from the heavy to the
light on occasion, but to the actual
featherweights of fiction. He read
Mick Carter"
Woodrow Wilson, it is Said, turns
away from the studies of states, past
and present and In prospective to the
reading Of what the English call penny
dreadfuls, and what the Americans in
the old days called yellow backs. 1t
Is said that the speaker of the house
! Of representatives, Champ Clark, stops
frequently his mental digging into all
kinds of history to lake up for relief
purposes books OF the kind which
make boy happy.
Reads Good Fiction.
In the library of Colonel House
there is plenty Of good fiction. He
does not turn to Nick Carter, nor to
''The Hidden Hand" Of Mrs. f. D. E.
N. SouthwOrth, nor yet to "Owl Face,
The Pawnee" Of Beadle dime novel
fame, but he manages to keep the men
tai balance even by an evening lamp
hour or two with the writer's of flc-
ton who can lay claim to what the
book reviewers call literary merit.
Today Colonel House is entering up
on the work Of preparing material
which one day, perhaps far in the fu-
ture, will be serviceable to the Ameri-
can commissioners at the great peace
conference. Another has written this
concerning the choice by the president
Of Colonel House for this work: "He
is peculiarly qualified for it by his dip
lomatic experience of recent years, by
his study Of political problems which
the war has raised and by his integrity
of mind and character
sherlock, will you take on the
House Mystery Case?"
"Mystery2 my dear Watson, there
isn't any,"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-01

ingly time enough has gone by and
things enough have been proved or
disproved to give certainty to the
word that Woodrow Wilson has found
Edward NJ. House an advisory asset.
There hardly can be much of real
mystery about a man who twice since
this great war began las been sent
abroad as special commissioner FOR
the president of the United States. Col
Onel House has been twice in Berlin,
five times in Paris, and frequently In
other of the great European capitals.
Some day 1t may be that Woodrow
Wilson will write what may be called
an photographed review OF his ad-
mlnlstration. If he does II Is entirely
likely that the part taken by Colonel
House In the shaping Of some OF the
policies Of the president may be given
the page place which many men De-
lieve that 1t deserves.
No Mystery There.
While living in New York Colonel
House resides in an apartment not
very far uptown. It is a homellKe
place where good books are found and
where good friends may come. 1t Is a
genial place and no curtain Of mystery
hangs over the door of any one of It's
rooms. Men go there and are well
come. They go and they talk. Man
learns as much from man as he learns
from books and more perhaps If we
believe the ancient saying about the
proper study of mankind.
I asked Colonel House what his rec
reatiOns are. He said, "Friends, read
ing and walking" His library shelves
show the kind Of books that he has
read, still is reading and will continue
to read, for those in the book cases
are made the companions day by day
Of the others as they come from the
hands of writer's worth while.
No man probably can read politics
legislation, economics and history con
stantly without getting some Of DIR
Dry-as-DuSt's characteristics. So 1t Is
that Colonel House does not read the
four fOrmidables constantly. He turns
! to fiction and here one finds something
of possibly more than passing human
/ interest.
: George Frisbie HOar of Massachus
etts was one of the scholars in politics
1t was said of him that he had read
: everything from Aristophanes' "Frogs'
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-01

The truth is, the notion that an in
tellectual recognition of certain dog
mas is the essential condition of saliva
tion lies at the bottom of all intoler-
ance in matters of religion. Under this
impression, men are too apt to forget
that the great end of Christianity is
love, and that charity is it's crowning
virtue; they overlook the beautiful sig
niticance of the parable of the hereto
Samaritan and the orthodox Pharisee
and thus, by suffering their speculative
opinions of the next world to make
them uncharitable and cruel in this
they are really the worse for them
even admitting them to be true.-Whit.
tier.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-01

No more undeserved derisive nick
name was ever visited upon an organi-
zatiOn than that of the Fourteenth
Hussars, commanded by Colonel Ham
ilton. Several companies of it were
once compelled to retreat before an
overwhelming force and the whole
regiment was branded as "Hamilton's
Runaways." Here was regiment
which was one of the bravest ever in
the service of Great Britain; it had
left it's dead on the battlefields in all
parts of the world: it had brilliant
record for valor and yet was it known
even to Its comrades In arms by an In
sulting epithet.