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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-29
MARINE CORPS RULES
TO AVOID FLAT FEET

Washington, Oct. 29.--Owing to the
number of otherwise splendid appli.
cants rejected from the United States
Marine Corps for fat feet, Marine
Corps examining physicians have is.
sued the following simple exercises
and pointers, which if followed. they
say, will remedy that ailment.
During exercise at all times. turn
the toes in
Walk with toe of each foot point
ing to the front; in straight line. il
rossiblo
Stand with toes turned in; raise
body on toes. slowly, as high as pos
jible. Rest second, then with
weight of body borne on toes, lower
slowly down to floor and repeat.
When in the house in stocking feet
walk on toes; heels not touching the
hoor, and toes turned in.
When sitting. cross the legs. the
DOT always resting on the outer side.
The wearing of broad toe shoes.
with the metal arch supporter" abso.
iutely abandoned. also is advocated.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-29
HEAVY MEAT EATERS
HAVE SLOW KIDNEYS
Eat less meat if yon feel Backachy OF
have bladder trouble-Taks
glass Of Salts

No man or woman who eats meat regu.
larry can make a mistake by flushing the
kidneys occasionally, says a well-known
authority. Meat forms uric acid which
excites the kidneys, they become over.
worked from the strain, get sluggish and
iall to filter the waste and poisons from
the blood, then we get sick. Nearly all
rheumatism, headaches, liver trouble
nervousness, dizziness, sleeplessness and
urinary disorders come from sluggish
kidneys.
The moment you feel dull ache in the
kidneys or your back hurts or il the
urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sedi.
ment, irregular Of passage or attended By
sensation of scalding, stop eating meat
and get about four ounces OF Jad
salts from any pharmacy; take q
tablespoonful in a glass Of water before
breakfast and in a few days your kidneys
will act fine. This famous salts Ia made
from the acid Of grapes and lemon Juice.
combined with lithia, and has been used
for generations 10 flush and stimulate
the kidneys, also to neutralize the acids
in urine 80 II no longer causes irritation,
thus ending bladder weakness
Jad Salts is Inexpensive and canno,
injure; makes delightful effervescer,t
lithia-water drink which everyone
should take now and then To keep the
kidneys clean and active and the blood
pure thereby avoiding serious kidnsy
complications.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-29
MODEL MINING TOWN
GROWS UP OVER NIGHT

Knoxville, Tenn. Oct. 29.-Like
towns built in the West during the
I Wild gold fever rush OF the days of
'49, model mining town has literally
grown up over night in the center of
the virgin field in Harlan and Letcher
counties, Kentucky. ~
4 Sixteen hundred houses will be
J. completed within fifteen months. say
+ officials of the United States Coal and
Coke company. subsidiary of the
! United States Steel Corporation, which
3 is behind the project.
At present 100 eight-room houses
'are under construction After these
are completed the building of the
others will begin Forty-eight million
feet of lumber altogether will be re-
duired.
A total of 250,OOO.O0O feet of lum,
Der was bought this week at a cost
OF approximately $l50000.
A temporary commissary building
24O feet long by &c wide, Is also now
being erected The permanent com.
missary will be constructed after the
construction of the l,600 houses is
completed II will be of brick and
viii cost between 100000 and SIPS,
GOO
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-29
DENTISTS OFFER
SERVICES TO u. S.

The following communication has
been received by the local exemption
board, and is published at the request
of the board:
october 10, 1911.
ITO All Governors:
Most of the members of the dental
profession of your state have volun-
teered TO give free dental treatment
TO all men accepted for the national
army. The dental surgeons propose,
as far as possible, to place in order
the teeth of each selected man before
he reaches the mobilization camp
This service is TO be performed under
the supervision OF the Office of the
Surgeon General L. s. Army.
Under the law, only one dentist
per thousand is permitted in the army
One dentist TO thousand is not sutfi
Glen TO care for the dental needs of
the new army before it is ordered to
foreign service. The patriotic offer of
these members of the dental profes
sion, is therefore of great value, not
only to the comfort, but to the eff
cheney of the national army.
1T is desired not to add to the many
labors which local boards are already
performing. Therefore. it is suggested
haN hoo l.
notices of this opportunity to their
selected men, but that they be urged
20 give the widest publicity locally to
il, and that they be encouraged TO co.
operate and lend assistance when
their local dentists ask for the names
end addresses of accepted men.
e H, CROWDER,
Provost Marshal General"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-29
Naval Battles OF The World War
BY Ray Spencer.

The foremost gun crews of the
Broke were now reduced from twenty
to seven men. Midshipman Harold
Giles wounded seriously in the eye,
was able to maintain all the fore
guns in action. In the meantime
considerable number of crazed Ger
mans swarmed over from their own
boat and swept to the stern of the
Britisher. With a splitting automatic
the midshipman met the attack of
the shouting mob With the aid Of
one seaman the midshipman receiver
the full force of the German attack.
AS the German attack came aft the
men methodically began to drop as
the automatic deliberately cracked
out its contents Then, with cut
lasses and bayonets slashing in one
mad orgy of blood, breaking bones
and crisping knives being wrenched
in enemy muscles. the onset was
gradually conquered The invaders
feigned death and were taken pris
oners.
Two minutes sufficed for the san
culinary action. The Broke now
wrenched herself free from her sink
ing adversary and turned to ram the
last of the three remaining German
boats. She failed in this object, but
in swinging around, succeeded in hit
ting the boats consort on the stern
with torpedo. Holly engaged with
these two fleeing destroyers the Broke
attempted to follow the Swift in the
direction she was last seen but shell
struck the Broke's boiler room. dis
abling her engines
The enemy then disappeared in the
darkness. The Broke, altering her
course, headed in the direction of a
destroyer which few minutes later
was seen to be heavily afire. and
whose crew on sighting the British
destroyer, sent up cries for mercy.
The Broke torpedoed the German
amidships and rescued the surviving
members of the crew.
Meanwhile the Swift continued her
pursuit, but sight injuries which she
received earlier in tn action pre-.
vented her from maintain full speed.
so she abandoned the chase and sought
fresh quarry She sighted the dim out
lines of crippled enemy and warily
drew up to her AS she was about
to launch a torpedo the German sud
denly began to plunge bow first under
the surface The engagement was
ended
NO other enemies remaining in ac-
ton the Swift cyan the difficult work
OF rescuing the few survivors of the
enemy crews. While engaged in the
work, the Broke, which had been try.
ing to locate her sister ship, glided
INTO the scope of the Swift's SPOT
light. The most dramatic moment of
the battle then occurred Each had
thought the other lost. The crews
cheered each other till they were
hoarse. =
Captain Evans Of the Broke, Is the
noted Arctic explorer and was the last
man TO look upon Scott when they
parted l45 milas from the South Pole
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-29
COAL TAKES JUMP.
Of ACC A TON TODAY;
PUBLIC PAYS BILL
GOVERNMENT PERMITS OPERA
TORS TO COLLECT FOR WAGE
INCREASES GIVEN MINERS,
FROM CONSUMERS.

Chicago, Oct. 29-The American
public will start this morning to pay
As cents a ton more for btiuminous
coal. President Wilson late on Sat
urday granted mine operators a min
crease OF that amount for coal at the
mine month. The increase was grant
ed to allow the operators TO meet the
miners demand for higher wages,
Fred Upham. president of the Con
sumers company, and Amedee ], Ca
sey, editor of the American Coal Jour
nal, official trade paper, both agreed
yesterday that the consumer must
pay.
THAT order means that the consum-
err pays 40 cents more ton for coal,
said Mr. Upham fatty. There is no
way around that The fuel admins
tration has set the price for which
the operator must sell his coal 1t
has told the dealer what his gross
profit shall be- Both those actions
were taken before the increase was
granted, so they can't do otherwise
than simply change As Gets ton more
for the coal they sell.
"The Consumers Company is sell.
ing coal right now at a gross profit of
$215 ton. According to the ruling
of the. fuel administration, which al
lows dealers gross profit of 30 per
cent more than that of the year 1915,
we would be allowed a gross profit of
1925 We are satisfied with $215,
however,
Mr.. Casey declared better results
might have been obtained by the funel
administration, had the heads COM
mandeered railroad cars needed by the
operators and left the coal situation to
take care of itself.
"The presidents order means that
As cents ton will be added to the
price of coal" said Mr.. Casey. '"rhe
prices were fixed according to stand.
ards which prevailed prior to the in.
crease, and so the dealers will not be
expected to shoulder the added bur.
den.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-29
FOUR DAYS IN
AFRICAN JUNGLE
BRITISH FLiER is MENAcED BY
LIONS AND LEoPARDS.
officer Falls in a Beg and Suffers
Aganies Until Rescued by
Band of Natives.

LONDON, England. expe.
riences of British aviator who came
down in an East-Afrioan jungle are
described by him in letter just re
ceivad by a relatives here.
The aviator, Lieut.. q. Garwood.
went up 10 bomb a German ambush
on the Rufj river. but through en-.
CINE trouble had to descend in the
bush. the machine landing with a
broken propeller in bog. 1t took
him four days to make his way 10 a
place of safety.
lie tells how in the dusk he was
confronted with an ugly black animal
about four feet feet high with vicious
tusks. He climbed tree and pyepar-
ed to put in the night there. Later he
opened his eyes and saw something
like two green electric bulbs about
thirty feet from the tree. They moved
round in circle. This continued for
forty-five minutes.
The tension was unbearable," he
writes. Il wanted to scream. shout
and yell all in one, but instead | burst
out with The Admiral's Broom" and
with a full-throated bass reared out
the three verses. No applause. but a
reward-the leopard skunk away. Why
had not thought of ii before?
Il went through my repertoire. l
laughed as | finished Two Eyes of
Graw.' 1t seemed so ridiculous. Then
l got on to hymns. remembered four
verses of % God, Our Help of Ages
Past, and sang the Amen too. The
whole thing had its ludicrous side
Next morning while swimming a
river he passed seven yards from
crocodles mouth. but just reached
the bank in time. Without food or
arms--his only weapon of defense his
nail scissors-his progress through
the awful bush was about one hundred
yards an hour His clothing was in
ribbons, and his flesh exposed to the
thorns, sword grass and flies.
He swan seven more rivers that
day and sank down exhausted against
a tree He could hear a lion roaring
about 500 yards away, and, somewhat
nearer, the grunting of a hippopota.
mus.
Being exhausted, | more or less
lost consciousness for perhaps half an
hour or so. Nothing short of hippo
charging could have made me climb
tree. Am afraid life had little
to offer about that time
1t was while lying here that the
lieutenant had the annoying expert
ence of surveying two large balloons,
the size of a small man. quarreling
over his trousers, now in threads, and
among the tops of fortyfoot trees.
II was not until he had passed an.
other horrible day and equally terrific
night in the bush that he at last was
picked up by some natives.
Their eyes seldom left me-" he
adds. Undoubtedly was a strange
sight--my legs bare and bleeding, my
short vest sodden, dirty and torn. no
trousers, of course, just dirty sun
helmet, a short stick in my right hand
and with four days growth of beard
on my dry face"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-29
AT War With Yourself |!
HELP NATURE TO DEFEAT TINE
DISEASE IN YOUR BODY.

Keep up the fight do not give up.
Nature Is trying to serve you in conquer
ing the wrongs that may exist.
Red blood, vim, courage, vitality. all
seem lacking. No wonder you are nerv-
Gus and discouraged.
Why not call to your aid strong,
dependable ally? Dr. Picrces Golden
Medical Discovery has for nearly fifty
years proven its merits as most power
nj tonic and blood builder to the many
thousands who have been returned to
good health by its use.
Clear the coated tongue. get rid of
linslghtly skin trouble. Let this remark
able remedy rid your body Of the i'm
purlties OF the blood, let IL tone and
strengthen you. 1t often cures the linger.
ing chronic cough
DR.. Perce's Golden Medical Discovery
Is absolutely herbal tonic, free from
alcohol or dangerous habit forming
drugs All druggists. Liquid or tablets.
BLUFFS, ILr.-"For q great many years
| have been troubled with nervousness,
stomach and heart trouble. took several
kinds Of patent medicines and dOctored
with five different doctors but nothing
seemed 70 do me much good. About eight
years ago | had bad spell; my heart
would hntter and thought was going
to die. My folks sent for doctor and he
came and left me some medicine and told
my folks that had but q short time to
live. 1 took his medicine for while and
IT did me no good, so told my husband
TO 60 TO town and get me some OF Doctor
Perce's medicine as thought that would
help me. He went and got q bottle Of
Golden Medical Discovery and bottle Of
favorite Presentation and some Pellets
l commenced to take them and In q few
days could see that they were helping
me, 30 l kept on taking them for several
months. don't know how many bottles
| took but ! got so much better that
could do oil my housework and washing
and ironing. Now when feel bad get d
bottle Of the Discovery and take ii, and
helps mo right away" = Mrs MARY
II. BAILEY.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-29

II was the night of April 30, 1917,
The waters of the English channel
tapped and slapped the sides of two
stern little destroyers pursuing a
westerly course at fairly slow
speed off Dover The night was in
tensely dark but calm An unusual
condition preaviled. there was no
wind and the air actually seemed
mellow.
There were other scouts abroad in
the channel that night. squadron
of six German destroyer units was
making a laundering patrol of the
channel.
As fate ordered il, the two little
hotillas met out on the black waters
AT 600 yards the English units sight
ed the mysterious enemy vessels. who,
one their side, made out the British
at the same moment and immemdate
ly opened a hot fire. The British
observed that while outnumbered in
separate units, their two boats were
in size. about twice as large as the
enemy forces The English destroy
ers engaged were the Swift and the
Broke.
Searchlights were stahbing the Jet
with nervous rays of light. No soon
er would light be fixed on a vessel
than a stream of shot followed with
precision and accuracy on account of
the short range. The boilers pulled
and the stokers groaned and bells
rang and hoarse orders were given.
pandemonium of sound assailed the
ears of all the crews. And the prows
Of the destroyers ploughed over great
white burrows tinted yellow under
the CLEAN Of the spotlights
As the Germans let loose their hail
Of projectiles, the Swift replied, and
dashed at tie leading enemy in an
attempt to ram. She missed ramming,
but shot unscatched through the entire
German line while torpedoes impotent.
ly slid past her stern and before her
prov She turned and let loose a
torpedo at p convenient German 1t
found its mark The boat exploded
amidships and foundered. The Swift
again smashed out after her first quar-.
ry which fed precipitately with the
Swift in hot pursuit
In the meantime the Broke had
launched a torpedo at the second boat
in the line, which hit the mark. and
then opened fire with every gun she
could bear. ~
| The remaining German boats were
Broke swung round to port and ram.
med the third boat fair and square
abreast the after funnel Locked to.
gether thus the two boats fought a
desperate kand-to-hand struggle The
enemy's decks were swept by the
Broke with every gut she could bring
to bear. Her main ornament. IMaxms
pistols, rifles and pom.poms at point
blank range, cleaned the enemys
decks.
Three of the other German units
now began a terrific fire into the
Broke The Brtisher was larger and
stood high out of the water and pre-.
sentcd spectacle somewhat resem.
bling moose attacked by the wolf
pack.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-29
CATS ARE UNPOPULAR
IN MIlKlESS CITY

kankakee, H., Oct, 29.-Kankakee.
ans are getting rid of their cats. and
incidentally making reprisals on mem
bers of the Milk Producers Associa-
tion IN this district because OF the
price OF milk being raised two cents a
quart The citizens declared that they
could not afford to feed the cats on
milk, SO they took the felines to the
farmers, who are members of the milk
association, to feed.
one farmer had eight cats left at
his door last night.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-29
First Women Voters.

The first experiment IN woman suf.
frage was In New Jersey, which or
gnnized rs an independent srate two
days before the Declaration Of Inde.
pcndence, with constitution that Of.
lowed universal suffrage, male and fe.
male, without regard TO color. This
constitution was not changed until
1914, when suffrage was restricted to
males on the alleged ground that
women, as a class, did not cure for It
or exercise 1t.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-29
The zine Art of Smjljno.

Why do We not always smile when
we meet fellow being? That Is the
trGe recognition which ought to pass
from soul to soul. Little children do
:a's involuntarily. The honest-hearted
peasant does 1t. 1t is the magical sun
light all through that simple land, the
perpetual greeting on the right hand
or the left between strangers as they
pass each other never without a
smile. This, then, is the fine art Of
smiling'--like all fine art, true art
perfection Of art, the simplest follow
Ing Of nature.
FOR QUICK RESULTS TRY TIL
WANT" ADS. IN THE FREE
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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-29

No man can do his best when suf.
torlnS from backache, rheumatic
pains. swollen joints, sore muscles OF
other symptoms Of kidney trouble, b
II. Stone, $40 n. I'd st., Reading, Pa
writes: u contracted a most severe
case of kidney trouble. | gradually
grew worse and for months was un'
able TO attend to business. ] began &c
use Foley Kidney Pills and soon found
the pains we're gone and | have had
no aches since, They have been
worth their weight in gold to me,
For sale by w d. Duncan
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-29
Cid Theory Exploded.

! have known vast quantities of
nonsense talked about bad men not
looking You in the face. Don't trust
that conventional idea. Dishonest
people will stare YOU out OF counter
nance any day in the week If there
is scything to be got by it.--Dlckens.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-29
Daily Thouuht.

DO not dare live without some clear
intention toward which your living
shall be bent. Mean to be something
with all your fight. Phillips "raots
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-29
Mortgages.
Beautiful buenos Aires.

There are in the city Of Buenos
Aires ~ parks, promcnadcs, and plazos
With total area Of about 10,72T.OOO
square meters (about 2G00 0cres).
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-29
ILLINOIS BRIEFS.
@

Athens Robert Webb. the man
brought the first threshing machine
10 Illinois is dead He was % years
old and born in Cadis. O., bringing the
now much used farming implement
to this state when he came here in
his early youth from the Ohio city.
Springfeld-A city wide campaign
on dirt and disease is on here. Armies
Of children have been formed to wage
the war for cleaner and healthier
Springfield The workers are called
The Open Air Crusaders"
Peoria. Orders received at the 10.
cal army recruiting station say dar.
ing Gas Flame Regiment" is being
organized by the war department in
washington Recruits are wanted
rhey may apply at any enlistment sta.
tlon, The order says the new regi.
m9nt viii cross the Atlantic before
Thanksgiving
o.
Springfield Farmer ORGANIZATIONS
in Illinois will not file complaints
VITA the war department against TAX
ing farm labor into the draft army
The step was decided on at recent
between farmer organizations
and Charles Adkins, director of The
state board Of agriculture.
%
Woodside. Stop raising fowls to
ny This is the advice of the lnde.
pendent Poultry Club here. who dc.
clare 1t food conservation measure.
Egg production may be maintained at
a greater rate, If this Is done they de.
clare.
Springfield, Many Springfield house
wives are carrying their own gro
ccries home, AS Il war t,mc lea 4.
ure' the retailers have decided 20
abandon free deliveries on groceries
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-29
REAL ESTATE TRAN 'FERS.
Warranty Deeds.

W"IIdnty CCcuS.
Adelia Wilson and husband 10 John
T. and Dora Aldrich, ac sc fri a,
20 "a 4, Rutland, s1475o
Mary l., Jacks and husband to Lam
bersonHunt Co, Its 3 II Streator,
$1,000
Mortgages.
Peter Aiielt and wife to Eureka b,
Assn, II b Marquette St add, La
Sale. $500.
+. NJ. Griggs and wife to Union b.
a. l.. Assn, II 10 b s Streator. 81 500.
Jos. T. Iohner and wife to Ottawa
b. II. a. s. Assn, Il Norris add,
Ottawa $500
VIM. T. Howard and wife to same,
Its & b 2 Birchlawn add Ottawa,
5000.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-29

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Forecast Eurther[R etreat,

Paris, Nov. 13.-The premier, N.
PainIeve, has returned from his visi.
with Grench and British officials II
the Italian front.
A meeting of the war council wa
held and the cabinet was later in Sc
sion. A semi-officia1 note confirme !;
the news of the b!ishment of :
permanent inter-allied staff under Ger.
erals Foch, Wilson and Cadorna, to
sit at Versailles.
The Matin says 1t was decided at
the conference in Italy that France
and Great Britain would increase TIL
armed support already given 10 Italy,
the effort to be shared equally by IL >
two powers. The United States ais
has been considered, 1t stated in plan
ming cooperation.
It had been hoped, the Matin con-
tinues that the Italian withdraw J
would end at the Piave river, but thai
is now impossible, inasmuch as thu
invaders by debauching from the Tren-
tino will compel the Italian army 10
withdraw at least to the Adige line.
This plan. which General Foch az,
proves, is to be put into effect, and
1t IS probable that if the Italian troops
continue to display satisfactory mo
rale the Adige positions will permit
the offering of sufficient resistance.
(Between the Adige and the Piava
are Venice and Padua)
In the meantime not only has 1tai-
ian resistance stiffened materially, b.
at some important points the Italia
troops have taken the offensive, no.
ably near Asiago, on the Trentino
front, where they recaptured lost pc
sitions and took 100 prisoners.
In the Sugana valley also they took
an enemy and advance guard.