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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04
CATCH RUNAWAYS
IN OHIO VILLAGE

Word announcing the capture at
Ravenna. Ohio, of Magdaena ponzi,
Ottawa runaway. and Philip pondolh.
ller aDdnctor, was received by ottawa
authorities today, and steps are now
being taken to bring the couple back
to face Toni and Mrs. ponzi, irate
father and prostrate mother of the
girl, both of whom are now, 1t is said
willing TO forgive and forget.
Magdalena and Phillip eloped Mon.
day night while Mr. and Mrs. Ponzi
were asleep. They We're atiianced but
Mr.. Ponz objected to the marriage
while his daughter was so young
She is just sixteen years of age, ac.
cording to a statement given the
authorities.
1t was known that Pondolh and
the girl were headed for the small
Ohio town and messages were sent
to intercept them. Last night they
appeared there and were taken in Gus
tody This morning Mr.. ponzi who
operates north side grocery, made
preparations for bringing both back
TO Ottawa He says the elopemeni
has gone too far to stop and that he
will swallow his betrayal II Pondolf
has married his daughter
Mrs. Ponzi has been bordering upon
nervous collapse since the couple d IS
appeared, but was calmed consider
ably when word reached here tha
her daughter had been found.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04
NURSING ASSN TO
GIVE ADV. CARNIVAL
ARMORY WILL BE SCENE OF Al
GALA EVENT THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY EVENINGS, OCTOBER
25TH AND 26Th.

The Ottawa Red Cross Nursing
Association have almost completed
plans for their big advertising carni-
val to be held in this city Thursday
and Friday evenings, October 35th
and 26th. The armory has been Sc
cured for this event and as the board
of the association have been planning
the carnival since carry in the spring
it is certain to be a big success in
every particular,
Not many large social affairs are
to be given this year and Ii is hoped
by the committee In charge to make
this the croWning function of the sea
son. Over two hundred merchants
are expected to be represented each
night by as many charming young
women dressed in costumes represent
ing the merchandise sold by them.
Some unique and original costumes
are being planned by the young
ladies fortunate enough to be chosen
by the merchants to represent them.
1t is the plan of the committee to have
all costumes kept secret until the
opening night OF the carnival.
After promenade drill by all the
young ladies' interspersed with vogue
ladies who will invite you into the
land of vogue" and let you see such
a revue of fall and winter styles as
were never displayed by the local mer-
chants before. the armory will be
turned over to the audience for the
rest of the evening for dancing. Hen
trichs orchestra will furnish the mu
sic during the evening.
Everything used during the evening
will be furnished by home merchants
and all the money made will be spent
by the Nursing Association for the
public health nurse here This is IA
worthy cause and should be supported
by all merchants, who are guaranteed
more than value received for theiI
money.
The committee in charge of the car
nival are Mesdames w. r. Jacobs,
George Yentzer, James Catlin, Il. H.
Butterheld f. f.. Palmer, Clare Lock
wood, Charles Taylor, W. f. Raetz p
]. Clune and Misses Susanne Swift
and Helena Trumbo.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04
MINE SWEEPERS
NAB TWO BUNS

Two hoaters, Robert Bessa and
Andy Jordan were brought before
Police Judge Koenig this morning.
The Judge after giving the men a
chance to speak for themselves gave
them their preference to leave town
in one hour or go to Jail. They took
the judge at his word and got out of
town before their hours time was up.
The arrests were made by the city's
official mine sweepers, whose otiicia,
duties are to guard the peace and
wheel of the populace against hoaters
and buns.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04
Directors Meet Tonight.
CATCH ST. LOUIS
ROPE BANDIT

st Louis, Oct 4--The rope band
It" Is dead.
Edward Wilson. the negro who has
attacked several women here in the
past week, binding and gagging their
men escorts and forcing the women
to disrobe, was shot and killed last
night by Joe Cipolli. one OF his vic
Tins.
Just before he died the negro said
i've got even with lot of those
white folks who killed my relatives
in East St Louis. I've got their
women"
For several days police detectives
have been promenading the streets al
night In the garb of women to trar
the outlaw
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04
DEATH Of c. !. LUTz.
SHOCKS CITY; HOLD.
BURIAL TOMORROW.
PASSING OF PROMINENT DRUG
GIST LEAVES VOID IN ClTYS
BUSINESS LjFE-FORTY YEARS
IN ONE STORE ROOM.

Ottawa today failed to recover from
the shock left by the sudden death Of
Carl j. Lutz following fortyeight
hours illness of pneumonia. At his
place Of business, where almost forty
years of active commercial years were
spent. on Monday of this week, Mr..
LutZ did not surrender to the illness
until Tuesday morning, when his lera-
tiyes induced him to go to bed. The
end yesterday afternoon stunned the
multitude Of friends who had no init
nation that Mr.. Lutz' condition was
as serious as it was.
Born in Ottawa December |, 1858,
Mr.. Lutz spent his entire life here.
Since his boyhood days when he en-
tered the pharmacy business as an ap-
prentice with Dimmick Bros, who
then conducted store on the side of
the c., o. q p. station, he was assO.
ciated with the drug business
Energetic, ambitious and imbued
with the idea that success lay in OF
tawa, Mr. Lutz did not spend many
of his years as an employe. In 1878
he went with Forbes 4 Gehring, sue
cessors to Dimmick Brothers, and
since then was in business on the
same site for himself His first ven
ture as proprietor was made when
he formed partnership with Mr.
Briggs, after purchasing Mr. Gehring' s
share of the business. This deal was
consumated in January, 1884 In
1892 Mr. Lutz bought out Mr.. Briggs
and became sole proprietor of the
pharmacy, which now bears his name.
For the past two years he has been
ably assisted in the management of
the store by his son. Carl Jr.
While actively engaged in the con
duct of his store in the Armory block,
Mr. Lutz took leading part in the
lulIieS tHdt INFANT lUI UelleT OltdWd.
He identified himself with all forward
movement, but was unpretendious
about all the good he was doing His
going will leave a void that will be
hard to fill in the city's commercial
life. AS mark of respect all phar
macies of the city. it was announced
today. will close during the period of
the funeral
Surviving decedent leaves his wife.
Lena Formulas LutZ. whom he mar
ried in Ottawa, August Is, 1856, one
daughter. Miss Vida and Carl W.,
both of Ottawa
Funeral services will be conducted
Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at
the residence, 903 Ottawa avenue,
Burial at o'clock will be private in
Ottawa Avenue cemetery.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04
PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSING ASSN
MOVES ITS OFFICES

The Ottawa Public Health Nursing
Association is moving its Office into
the Gayety building. The organization
have rented part of the room occu-
pied by the Singer Sewing Machine
Company and expect to be established
in their new quarters by the last of
this week
The new visiting nurse will arrive
next week and the years work will be
established at once on the former
basis Since moving from the library
two months ago the headquarters
have been in The old high school
building
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04
PLAN NUPT|AL FOR
COUPLE WHOCONCUR
TO SPEEDY WEDDING
NEITHER BRIDE NOR GROOM
WERE ADVISED UNTIL ALL PRE-.
PARATiONS WERE MADE FOR
HAVING THE CEREMONY PER.
FORMED.

For the first time in the history of
Ottawa marriages groom was in
formed by friends of the day and hour
of his wedding without being advised
in the matter until all preparations
had been made for him.
Thomas +. Thompson, prominent
carpenter n Sanders Bros. factory,
occupies this unique position. Yester.
day morning he went to his work
without any knowledge that hy night
he would be happy bridegroom. This
morning he is benedict with blush
Ing bride. all because his friends took
matters into their own hands and
fixed up" the ceremony for him.
Burton E. Moniot, Beloit College
Glee Club leader, is given credit for
being responsible for the happy event.
He arranged all the particulars pre-
pared feast fit for a king, announced
to Miss Lydian Mottaz, daughter Of
A. Mottaz, of Utica, that by night she
would be bride and then informed
the groom Of all that had been done
for him and won his consent to an
immediate marriage. Moniot even
had taken the precautions to get the
license In advance of informing his
surprised victim" of what had taken
place
The surprise wedding was the cul
mination of dinner and variet,
shower given by Mrs. Olive Monio
for Miss Mottaz yesterday afternoon
at her home on Douglass street. Dur
ing the course of the function will
about twenty-five ladies present, somt
one conceived the idea that the day
was good one for the wedding
Others voiced the same sentiment and
Miss Mottazs consent was secured to
have the service read that night
At o'clock all was in readiness for
the ceremony. Rev. Carl Stackman
was secured to pronounce Miss Mot
taz and Mr.. Thompson man and wife,
which he did in the presence of more
than fifty guests who had been hur
riedly summoned to the marriage
During the service Miss Pearl Dolder.
of Somonauk, played Mendelssohn's
wedding march and Burton II. Moniot
sang. Then followed banquet and
a reception that fairly sizzled with
happiness and good cheer.
MI and Mrs. Thompson will reside
on the west side where the groom had
prepared home for his bride.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04
OPERATORS FAIL TO
AGREE WITH MINERS
ON WAGE DISPUTE

Washington, Oct Goal operators
and miners of the Central Competitive
area will this afternoon appeal to DR.
Harry A. Garfield. fuel administrator
In their wage difficulties.
Opertors were in conference during
the entire morning and failed to
reach an agreement to accept the de.
mands of the miners. They went in
to conference with a subcommittee of
the miners to discuss the demands.
Confidence was expressed by both
sides that Dr. Garfield can settled
the dispute.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04
TO ENLIST LODGES
.0F CITY IN LIBERTY
BONDS CAMPAIGN
FRATERNAL ORDERS CALLED
UPON TO SEND OFFICERS TOl
MEETING IN CHAMBER OF COM.
MERGE HEADQUARTERS.

Ottawa's Liberty Bond campaign
opens in dead earnest at the Cham
Der of Commerce headquarters In the
Central Life building tomorrow night
when every lodge, society and indus.
trial organization will have represent
atives at meeting called today by
Secretary James F. Farrell
For two days Mr. Farrell and Miss
Margaret Connolly, his office assistant
have been preparing notices to send
out to secretaries and executives of
all fraternal organizations, calling up.
on them to attend the conference to.
morrow night. They were put in the
mails this morning and will be re.
celved either late this afternoon or
early tomorrow.
Ottawa has been called upon to sub
scribe to three-quarters OF a million
in Liberty Bonds. Statisticians claim
this figure to be none too high and
with the whirlwind campaign that is
under contemplation it is expected
the drive will be effective enough to
secure the required amount in a short
time. Every detail will be planned at
the Saturday night conference and on
Monday morning missionaries will be
sent out to muster volunteers to the
financial cause of the great world
strife
Factory chiefs will participate in
the meeting and with every depart.
ment of the city's social and industrial
life represented the Chamber of Com
merce officials confidently believe that
when the drive closes Ottawa will be
in the front line of American cities
that have done their bit
Directors Meet Tonight.
This evening there will be a bust.
ness meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce directors to consider Mr. Eli
Doud's proposal to erect a $l50,000
packing plant in Ottawa, Mr. Doud
will be present at the meeting and
will give detailed outline of his
plans for financing and completing
the venture.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04
Asks Warrants for Two.

Accusing two men of assault Nels
Nelson this morning had warrants Is
sued for the arrest Of Otto Niebergall
and Tom noolan. Nelson says he was
attacked by the two men last night
and severely beaten. The disturbance
occurred In the loop district at late
hour.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04
What he Wanted to Find Out.

At a certnIn wedding the happy paIr
were about to retire, when the younger
brother Of the bride struck his glass
with knife and said. Ladies nnd
gentlemen, as the young couple nre
about to leave us, will cut my re-
marks short. | invite each and all of
you to tnke up your glasses, rise to
your feet, and-see II one Of you has
not been sitting Oh my new hat!
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04
Open keet Baby Trial.

Marshlield. Mo-, Oct. A special
panel Of seventy.tive men for the
Kee' Kidnapping trials have been
summoned to appear In the circuit
court here Monday morning.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04

Pearls having an average total vnln
of S2,OOO,0OO are exported annually
from La Paz. n seaport In the gulf o
California, near the southern end .
Lower California. Exchange.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04

That which Is termed rice paper
made from the pitb of n tree grow,
rrormosa, not from part VI the q
olant. ~ many suppose. j./
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-04
THE WEATHER.

Fair tonight and FRI
day. Somewhat cooler
Friday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30

weight for weight. lou could pay
several thousand Of these Confeder-
ate dollars for the boots, and many
moro for the suit Of clothes.
What was true in our Civil War
has apparently been true of almost
every prolonged war. You are
aware. Of course, that even English
bank notes were at heavy discount
during the Napoleonic wars, when
gold payments we're suspended; and
every one IS familiar with the flood
of paper money issued during the
French Revolution. The GssigIldts
came TO be practically worthless, and
were finally cast into the discard al
together.
One might imagine that with
financial history written so clear no
modern statesman would resort to
the FOLLY Of a grossly diluted cur
rency. Yet, as you know, that is ex-
actly what happened in Russia, and
probably was one Of the causes Of
the chaos which prevails in that
country now. At the beginning OF
the war Russia had the second larg-
est war chest in Europe, and her
issue Of bank notes, through the i'm
perial bank, was backed by an equal
quantity of gold. She had issued up
TO the collapse of the Kerensky gov
crnment something like sixteen
billions of paper rubles, and the
value of the ruble, both at home and
abroad, had fallen accordingly. The
exchange value of the ruble in Lon
don and New York now stands at
about 70 per cent discount, and has
been even lower.
Now, a great many people imagine
that this sort of thing can happen
only. in benighted countries, like
darkest Russia, and would be as
tonished to learn that more or less
Of the same thing, under a slightly
altered guise, has taken place in
most Of the warning countries, and
is now taking place in the United
States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
Russia Worst
Offender at Present

Practically speaking. when the
war broke out gold payments ceased
in all the participating countries.
and the nations went upon a paper
basis. It is computed by "The Econ
omist" that the issue Of paper
money in the principal countries of
Europe has increased, roughly,
about five times; or, if you exclude
Russia. which has been the worst Of
fender, somewhat over three times.
In Germany the increase has been
over two and half times, in France
about the same, and in England, sur
prising as it may seem, the total in
crease, including treasury notes, has
been still higher, rising from about
scyenty-fve million pounds before
tho war to about two hundred and
twenty-five millions in October last.
Il is only because the total issue has
DceD SO SHELL lldI VIC NilCNb nos NV
been greater. Nevertheless, Pro-
lessor J. Shield Nicholson, one Of
England's most distinguished econo-
mists, has recently presented an in
teresting paper showing how closely
the rise in commodity prices in Eng
land has followed the issue Of Treas
ury notes; and Professor Nicholson
was even able to show that this rise
followed at an almost constant in
tcrval Of about three months from
each new Offering of Treasury bills.
Now, spoke a moment ago Of the
war in Europe presenting a kind Of
laboratory experiment in economics.
Ordinarily in the highly developed
commercial life of the day price
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
Wage Farmers
Are Eating More

/ will offer a guess that in spite
Of all the food saving campaign the
actual per capita consumption Of
food in the United States is to-day
greater than when we entered the
war and greater than in any period
in our history. Who are those who
save? The rich and the well-to-do
And If we count as among the rich
all Of those with incomes exceeding
$4,000, these, if we may trust the in
come tax returns, do not include with
all their dependents more than 3
or 4 per cent of the population.
While the high cost Of living has
borne heavily upon those with moro
or less fixed or stationary incomes, It
has meant relative affluence TO tens
Of millions more or less dependent,
upon a daily wage. If 20 or 30 per
cent are saving, 20 or 80 per cent
are eating more, buying more, spend
ing more, than ever before IN their
lives. 1t is grotesque to assume that
the coal miner or munitions worker
or carpenter receiving now from 81
TO SO a day, or perhaps twice what
they have ever known before, IS
going TO spend less and not more on
food, clothing and the like.
In England, on the testimony Of
distinguished Socialist, Mr.. Sidney
Webb, the British workman is now
better fed, better housed, in better
health and in every way IN better
condition than ever before. We
know that the retail drygoods stores
Of London and Of Berlin, for OK
ample, have in some cases doubled
their sales and their profits since the
war began. Professor Patten, In
Philadelphia the other day, stated
that more jewclry had been sold ID
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30

Paris in the last year than ever be
fore. And | presume you know that
in the six months following our entry
into the war the Ford company sold
= larger number Of automobiles than
in any previous six months, reach
ing in October the fantastic figure
of three thousand cars per day. !
presume you are likewise aware tina:
something like four out of five of all
the motor cars in this country have
been made and sold since the war be-
gan. And as we possess now five
times as many motor cars as all the
rest of the nations Of the earth put
together, this is true for practically
the whole world. There are Western
states like Iowa where, on the aver
age. every third house possesses an
automobile, and in Pennsylvania
they tell you the coal miners are
buying automobiles in which to ride
to work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
War Treats Economic
Science Kindly

What has taken place, then, IS a
heavy increase in the consumptive
demand, with the high prices which
Invariably follow. But whence the
effective demand? The bankrupt and
the beggar may have great longing
for fine raiment and fine food. But
they cannot give effect to this de-
sire without coin Of the realm. And
so with all Of us. You cannot have
increased trade and high prices with
out more money, or faster rate of
circulation Of that money. This,
then. is the immediate and invariable
cause of all high prices: an excess of
money; an initiation Of the currency.
Have we the unacceptable proof?
There is this marked difference be-
tween what we may call the physi-
cal and social sciences, that in the
physical sciences there is room for
endless repetition and veriication'
The chemist knows absolutely that
water is made up Of two diverse
gases. because he can take the water
apart and put it together again, II
he chooses. thousands or millions OF
times. The astronomer knows abso-
lutelv tho distance and weight or
density OF the moon or the sun, be-
cause over and over again he can
apply the verifcation.
This is rarely true in economies
But the war, so disastrous from
other points Of view, has been kind
TO this latter science. In Professor
Fishers happy phrase, it has offered
a sort Of laboratory experiment. /
think We are now entitled to say
that the direct and cumulative in
Auence of money upon prices is now
proved up to the hilt. In the eXigen-
cies Of the Bryan campaign in 1896
2 great many excellent and able men
were led to deny that any fixed rela-
tionship could exist, because there
were apparently, in history, so
many discrepancies or variations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
Disastrous Effects OF
Paper Money Initiation

But we knew that in our Civil
War there was a large issue Of
paper money, and that there was a
great depreciation in the exchange
value Of this kind Of money, as COM
pared with gold, so that there was
very much greater rise in paper
prices Of commodities than Of gold
prices. We knew, too, that in the
Confederate States there was very
much greater issue Of paper money,
and n far greater depreciation, so
that n pair Of boots or a suit Of
clothes came to be worth very near
the paper the money was printed on,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
War Destruction OF
Capital n Myth

Now. if all this be true--if there
is no shortage in the normal sup
plies Of food or coal or steel or other
staples, why should we be suffering
and the whole world be suffering
from very high prices and very high
cost of living? War. we are told,
necessarily means a lessened number
Of mouths to feed because it involves
q terrific loss OF human life, and 1t
would seem as if it should mean also
Q lessencd consumption, If it be true
that war is a time of vast destruc-
ton Of property and capital.
In point Of fact, we know that war
is none Of these things, and it is
time TO have done with the nonsense
that has been written about it. The
less Of life, terrible as it IS to con-
template, is still slight. ! doubt il
any nation at war has in three years
and a half yet lost 3 per cent Of its
population in killed and died of in
juries. And Of the wounded re-
ported anywhere from GO to so per
cent 90 back 60 the firing line. As
for the destruction Of capital, it IS
myth. War is a period Of vast man
ufacture Of capital, and still more Of
credit. 1t is a period of markedly
increased production, and you cannot
sharply increase production without
increasing real capital. ] am going
to ask you TO consider that it is this
increase Of capital and credit which
alone makes possible this colossal
world war; that such an expansion
Invariably brings with it a period o.
extravaganza, waste and high living,
and that this and not a shortage o.
supplies is responsible for the pre-
vailing high level Of prices.