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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-12
NOTICE or PUBLICATION.
10. N. Haakinr. AtAtlneY.

no.. ~ haGltNG, attorney.
State o. illinois, La Sale County
IN The Creait Court. to June Term
A. .. 1877.
Reginald Kent. VS.. Bcatrice Kent
IL chaaeelH Gen. 80. 4l722-Div-
orcc.
AFFIDAVIT of nan-reaidonco Of Boa
fl'co Kou.. above dc en- liant, having
tacn alod IN Tie Ctcrba office Of the
C,gcuit Court 81 scid County net 9
Is The. core hereby given to The said
BcnresiGeat defendant that the COM
iapan Gic3 bis bill o. complaint in
said CoU.t In the Chancery side thorc-
o., IN The 18th day Of May, 1917 and
chat ,hcrajpcn q summons issued out
Of said Court, wherein said suit is
now pending, returnable on the sec
ond MonGay in the month of June
next, as Is BY law required,
Now, uMess you, tho said non resi-.
dent defendant above named Beatrice
Kent shah persc nally be and appear
before said circuit court, on the first
cay Of the next term thereof, to be
holdon al Ottawa, IN and for the said
County on tho second Monday in June
next and plead, answer Or demur TO
said compainant's bill Of complaint,
the sam and the matters and things
therein Charged and stated viii be
taken as confessed and decree en-.
tered against you according 30 the
prayer CT 3aid bill
JOHN L. WlTZEMAN.
Clerk
0t,awG, Ellincls, May IL, 1917.
Thos NJ iIaskins, complainant
solictc,.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-12
Are Composers Short Lived7

Many great musicians were afflicted
with physical inirmities. Mozart VIII
lived to the age of only tllrty-Gvc
led Of consumption. Schumann, VIII
lied at the age of forty six. was fo
s0me years before his death confined
Il ain asylum. Beethoven reached the
9e Of t(ty seven. but for many year.
revious to his death was quito dear
NendplSSohn died ut the age of thirty
tx, Schubert at thirty-one, Weber a.
orty, Chopin at forty. Purcell nj thir
Y.sevcn and Bellini ut thirty three
There are, of course a few exceptions
iacl, Haydn and Handel all outlivcd
heir threescore years and ten. Tho
after, however, was for some years
o.ally blind.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-12
WAR MORTALITY RATES.

An interesting sidelight on the
death risk run by Americans Joining
the army Is given by committee rep
resenting more than 40 insurance
companies which met recently in New
York This committee recommended
that all American life insurance com
panies adopt uniform type of policy
fer men entering the military ana
naval service, aud suggested mini
mum rate Of $3.50 for each 81 ,O0l
Of war risk in addition to the regu
lar premium.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-12
APPLES

How a rare thing it Is TO see the
householder in city or suburb PLANE
ing apple trees I'm his yard Many
OF the older places have apple trocs
upon them. but few new ones are be-
ing set out Why this valuable ana
beautiful tree is net widely used upon
small places is hard to determine
Apples viii grow upon any sell and
in almost aHy climate in this country.
The trees are uousige. easy to
plant and easy to care for Il taken
IN hand carly and pruned in a proper
MANNER they can > termed up in al
nest any desired shape and win add
materially 10 the artistic features Of
any home The trees grow rapidly
ana VIII begin 20 blossom and bear
fruit In from two TO six years after
setting out this ,.ne depending upon
tho age and variety Of the tree ard
the climate IN which they are grown
They arc unsurpassed Ter sh1de. and
nothing IS more attractive than an
apple tree covered with It's wonder
fully sweet pink and whitc blossoms
Of the string. particularly If il be
your own arplc tree. 10 tree VIII
furnish mere shade in shorter
larrth of time. ana because % their
low habit CT growth they DO not
obstruct tie view IRON The upper
part Of the house. nor Keep the
shineles damn.
Entirely aside from the landscape
vallc Of auela trees. their fruit Is a
very important itola. and good home
grown apnl.s ntcd no recommends.
ton. A striped Astrakau. or q Snow
apple. picked fresh from the tree
and eaten alive" cant be surpassed.
Tie hortlculmrlsts have demon.
strated that one can have good
crop OF apples every year with the
right kind cf management The Sc
cget Of the Plan IS to keep the
trees wen led and sprayed. and then
thin out the fruit as soon as it's sets.
So that tn re is only one apple to
single twig You may not get so
many apples this way. but they will
be bigger and much better, and You
win have them every year.
Potash IS the stut that makes the
apple blush Your soil contains tons
of it, bat only little is digestible,
hence il will pay to work little
suiphate Of potash into the soil
around each tree every year.
Don't neglect to spray your apple
trees. or any other trees or bush
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-12

Landlord Good morning, sir Just
dropped in to sec If it's convenient for
you to pay your rent.
Tenant--Glad you called. want to
complain about the doors; none Of
them will shut
New house, you know, sir
takes time to settle.
L--Ah! then guess I'll follow tho
houses example. Good day. sir. Call
again.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-12
Not So Wrong.

A Russian applicant .for naturalizh-
ton papers was asked, What is the
constitution Of tho United States?'
Rugged and hra thy he answered.
nf course there ism 'lar&h. 'ut stu ne
said something. Washington Herald
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-12

Rock Island ILL.,, May ~ Four
thousand men now are engaged in
manufacturing munitions of war in
the new munitions factory which has
been opened at Rock Island arsenal
About one hundred ana fifty men adj.
ditional are being put on each wee,
as the plant Is being gradually enlarg
CT, Col George W Barr commandant.
says. Alright shift has been put on
in the small arms department.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-12
ILLINOIS BRIEFS.

Springfield, H., May IL Members
Of the Illinois Grain Dealers Associa.
ton say they're iinNed Each year
they pick wet town in which to mold
their convention and yet they nave
never met in city whore liquor can
be Bought The saloons went out Of
Springfield fortnight before they
arrived there this year
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-12
Muslin Underwear
CHICAGO MARKETS

Chicago market report furnished 10
the Free Trader-Journal by ". f..
Etnyre, member Chicago Board ot
Trade, MoIoney Building. Phone 1911.
Correspondent Lamson Bros e Co.,
Chicago.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-12
DOG TAGS

Dog TAGS will be offered Tor saic at
the police station or al the city Of.
fees by w w. Curtis, City Clork. Dogs
withaut tags win be shot after May
#.
GEORGE ZURICH,
Chief oil Police.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-12
Player Piano Rolls,

Sayaphono arrangement, hand played
and song rolls, at the Smith Music Co.
S21 La Sale St. next to Gayoty en-
trance.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-12
CALENDAR or ILLINOIS HISTORY

Nav ~. ,Sig-Cholera in Chicago
twelve dtt.hs on SATURDAY May H.,
1919
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-12
Sanders Bros. Wfe.Co.

TO close out our Carlo
Steel Posts, Wire Fencing and
Gates we are offering the fol
lowing at the special prices
named.
40 Rods 40 inxl2 in. stay.
all Ne. wire, at, per
TOu ............ .'...''s' toS
70 rods AZ in.xl2 in. stay,
all No wire, at per
lOu '.'.''' = 49, Wv
$50 rods SO in.xl2 in. stay,
all No. 8 wire, at per
rod ................. .3oc
20 rods rs inxl2 in. stay, all
No. 0 wire, at per rod. .45c
GO rods 30 in.x6 in. stay,
all No. 8 wire, at per
10 rods rs in.x6 in stay,
all No 8 wire, at, per
Z Standard 72 in. Carlo Steel
Set posts, at, each ..... .23c
720 Standard 70 in. Carlo
Steel Drive posts, at, each 23c
AS Standard rs in. Carlo
Steel Corner posts, 100
lbs. each, at, each -. $500
5.14 II. GAINESVILLE" Steel
Gates, ut, each ...... $3.50
1-12 II. GAINESVILLE" Steel
Gates, at, each ....... 600
ia IT. pittsburgh" Steel
Gates, at, each ...... $50
ia 1T. "Rolfe' Steel
Gates. with s IT steel
end post, at, each .a... 500
2-3 It. GAINESVILLE" Steel
Gates, at each .....,... 2.25
Also full stock of LUMBER,
LATH, POSTS and SHINGLES.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-12

Ch'caeo, NJ. May ~. 1917.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

tia. In the Asiago plateau region bat ties of almost unprecederte violence are taking place, the Teutonic allies using great array of guns and count less thousands of men in their efforts to overcome the Italian resistance. On the Meletta sector the enemy made some slight advances but only through the sacrifice of large numbers of men, the Italians resisting determinedly, foot by foot. To the east an enemy attempt to carry the Italian line of defense in the upper Brenta valley met with repulse and heavy casualties.
 The Berlin war office in a com nfunication announcing the taking of the Meletta positions says that in the new offensive of the Teutonic allies Il 900 Italians have been made pris- oner and that more than sixty of their guns have been captured.
 From Berlin comes the announce ment that an. armistice of ten days, to begin Friday at noon, has been ar ranged for the entire Russian front. In verification of previous reports that the Rumanians were not seeking an armistice with the enemy is a Ru- manian official communication saying that attempts made by the enemy to fraternize with the Rumanian troops were put down with shot and shell. Denial also is made that the new Ukrainfan government had opened ne gotiations for a separate peace with the central pOwers.4-z4-=-e=
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
CONFERENCE OF FOOD
 CONSERVATION OFFICERS. Hearty Approval for Home Gardens of
 Connecticut.

Hartford. Conp., Dec. 6.-Home gar Gens and increased acreage of wheat and rye for Connecticut received hearty approval at a conference held here today by state and federal food conservation officers. Reports of the state committeeman showed that dur ing the past summer backyard farms had done much to relieve the food sit uation and recommendation of many more similar gardens for next year was passed. It was also urged that professional growers be advised to raise much more grain the coming season to supply the mills recently put into operation in many sections of the state for the purpose of grinding flour.
 Federal Food Administrator Robert Scovill placed before the conference the great advisability of grangers unit ing in buying supplies collectively that they might get the benefit of lower prices and more efficient service. He particularly urged the pooling of pur- chases of grains, Livestock and poultry through farm bureaus.
 The questions of farm labor. more systematic marketing and the securing of agricultural credits in city banks were also discussed.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

The carefully laid plans of General Byng to withdraw his troops at vari- ous points on the Cambrai salient to more tenable positions have been car ried out in perfect order and appar- ently without the Germans even hay ing Knowledge of the movement.
 The falling back was made neces- sary by wedges, driven into the salient last week by the Germans, which on several sectors threatened disaster to the British should they continue to hor1 their positions. From an arc ex- tending from Cambrai a distance of about eighteen miles the new British front has been lessened to a length of about ten miles with the bases resting in the north in the region of Moeuvres and in tn esouth near Gonnelieu.
 As result of the backward move ment, the Germans claim the reoccu- patton of Graincourt, Anneux, Noyelles and the woods and heights north of Narcoing, and that their uncontestc q gain has been to a depth of about two and a half miles over a front of six and a quarter miles. The Berlin was office asserts that since the Ger man offensive in the CarIbrai region began British prisoners in excess of 5000 and 148 guns have been taken.
 On the Italian front the Austro- Germans are making frantic attempts to break through the Italian positions and debouch upon the plain of Vene-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
Advance Payment
 on Munitions
ASKED BY OFFICIALS OF BETH
 LEHEM STEEL co.
FROMU. s. GOVERNMENT
Assert Work on Government Contracts
 cial Aid.

Washington, Dec. 6. - An. advance
 payment on munitions and other con-
 tracts for the government was asked
 today by Charles M. Schwab and
 Eugene Grace of the Bethlehem Steel
 Company, who conferred with Secre-
 taries Baker and Daniels and told
 them the calls could not be expeited
 without financial aid as they were un- able to obtain adequate funds from the
 banks. The request was taken under consideration.
 Enormous increases in the size of it's
 plants have been undertaken by the
 Destroyer's Program Not Involved.
 involved. These and all other con-
 tracts made at a cost plus ten per
 cent profit basis already have been
 taken care of by the government un- der it's authority to advance up to
 thirty per cent. of the amount of an order for the purpose of aiding the contractor in preparing his plants for quick deliveries.
 Contracts Causing Trouble. The contracts with which the Beth lehem people are having trouble are those awarded on @ fixed price,. Some of them antedate the outbreak of the war. They include a vast amount o1 ordnance for both the army and navy and the request of the company for ad- vance payments has been referred tc the Ordnance Bureau or the navy de- partment and m odrnance board in the war department for consideration. Prompt Answer Probable. It was indicated that some of the co7S-acts might be in such form that they could not be considered as com ing within the act providing for the thirty per cent. advance to contrac- 1 tors. Government officials expect to make their answer without delay, how ever. and if their powers are made uuate and the situation disclosed bX the company threatens to delay ord nance production seriously, congress ! may be asked to amend the act. New destroyer plants of tho Bethlehem ane other concerns are being erected witf government aid, and tho attitude oi l the administration has heen that sim i liar aid must be provided whenevel necessary to hasten the output of wal Imaterial. -aZ
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
MEANS TESTIFIFS IN
 HIS OWN DEFENSE
Accused Was Cool and Told His Story
 in a Confident Manner.

Concern, N. C.. Dec. 6.-For six hours today Gaston B. Means testified in his own behalf before the jury which is trying him for murder in Car yarrus County ckurt, but at adjournment to- night he had not brought his recital down to the time when Mrs. Maude A. King was shot and killed after she had gone with him tZ Blackwelder Springs, near here, the night of last August 29 He, will resume the stand tomorrow and attorneys for the state were pre- pairing to put him through a vigorous cross-examination when his direct ev- idence is completed.
 The defendants testimony today dealt with German plots he discovered while working for a private detective agency's German clients and with his financial transactions during the years he acted as business agent for Mrs. King. Throughout his long oc- cupancy of the witness chair, Means was cool and told his story in a con- fident manner,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
TELEGRAPHERS WIFE
 DANGEROUSLY INJURED,
Communication Was Cut Of When He Left His Key When News Reached Him.

 : New York, Dec. 6.-At 10 o'clock tonight there was a sudden break in the story of the Halifax disaster com ing into the offices of The Associated Press over the wires of the Canadian Press, the only one in operation into that city since the explosion Efforts to raise Halifax were intellectual. An hour later it was learned that the operator who had been sending from the stricken city had left his key when messenger brought him news that his wife had been dangerously injured. While sending the story he had expressed the fear that something must have happened to her because she had sent him no message since he went on duty.
 The regular Canadian Press operator at Halifax has been missing since the explosion and his place was taken by substitute. Sending of further de- tails Of the disaster was perforce suS- pended pntn second substitute was f0und-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
MEMBERS SIXTH CAVALRY
 CHARGED WITH MUTINY.
Fifteen Are Charged With Refusing to
 Obey Orders to Drill.

San Antonio, Tex, Dec. 6.-F'ifteen members of the Sixth cavalry went to trial before a courtmartial here today at Fort Sam Houston on charges of mutiny growing out of an alleged re- fusaI to obey an order to drill Sept. 25, when they were stationed in thu Big Bend districts.
 The personnel of the court is the same as that which tried the sixty three negroes of the Twenty fourth in- fantry for mutiny in connection with the Houston riots, and Colonel J. A Hull is acting as judge advocate.
 u is alleged the men refused tc obey the orders to drill, saying that they were worn out after a long si0S9 of guard duty.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
1a AMERICAN ARMY
 ENGINEERS WOUNDED
Second Lieutenant Gone and Twelve Enlisted Men.

Washinetor Doc. 6.-Second Lieu tenant Allie l.. Cone and twelve e. listed men of the American army en- gineers have been wounded in ac- ton. General Pershing today reported to the war department.
 General Pershing gave no details except that the men were wounded on November 30 the day on which American engineers working with the British army assisted General Byng's forces in stemming a German assau . near Cambrai. Cable despatches said some of the engineers were killed but General Pershing's report contained no names of dead.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
SOUTH WINDSOR TAX
 COLLECTOR $15,547 SHORT
Town Meeting Votes to "Let the Law
 Take Its Course.


 South Windsor, Conn.,, Dec. 6.-It was voted to "let the law take it's course" in town meeting this after noon when the taxpayers met to dis cuss what they should do with Harry s. Powers, formerly tax collector, whose accounts had been found to be S15547 short. Powers himself made known the confused state of his if nances at the October town meeting but in spite of this he was reelected, as it was thought the shortage might have been a matter of bookkeeping. Auditors went to work on the town books. They found in brief that the amount of cash collected by Powers and not turned over to the treasurer was about $5.754; the amount mark ed unpaid but which had been paid according to receipts held by citizens, ss.409; additional amount classed as a shortage about $500, and taxes due tke town by Powers $Ss3, making the total about $15.547.
 Powers made an offer of settlement through friends. but the meeting deemed this to be conditional only and rejected it. voting to let the courts settle the case.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
MONEY RAISING CAMPAIGNS
 FOR GERMAN WAR ORPHANS
Branded as "Blinds" to Help Fill the
 kaisers War Chest.

Cleveland. O., Dec. 6.-Money raising campaigns flor German war orphans were branded as blinds" to help fill the kaiser's war chest, in a statement of defense filed in court today by Emil Spang.
 Spang had allowed a New York book concern to obtain judgment by de- fault for $100, said to be the amount of a contract he entered into to buy twenty volumes of the Great German Classics of the 18th and 20th Cen turies." proceeds of the sales of which were supposedly for the relief of Ger man war orphans.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
STER-GENERAL
 BURLESON AUTOcRATIc? Accusation by Secretary of National Federation of Postal Employees.

Washington, Dec. 6. Thomas F. F1aherty, secretary treasurer of the National Federation of Postal Employ es, in a statement tonight, takes is- sues with Postmaster General Bur1e- sons statements in his annual report regarding postal organizations. He at tacks MT. Rurlesons administration as autocratic, denies that postal employ es have threatened to strike and states that by referring to the organized em- p1oyes as S"potential revolutionists," the postmaster-genera 'is seeking to discredit them and cast odium upon their present agitation for a badly needed wage increase"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
POUNDED DEBT OF STATE
 IS REDUCED s5,s47, ,5ss.27
The Net Debt on September 30 Wac
 $2,6o7, ,ess.o6.

Hartford, Conn.,, Dec. s.-OrdeF8 drawn on the state treasurer by Comptroller Webster for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1917s amount to s9,739, ,62s. This. is less by s472,5475O than the. amount of expen- ditures given in the Eeasurer's re- port
 The funded debt of the state. on September 30. 1916, was $S,255, ,5ss.33. At the close of this fiscal year 1t was SIP, 2,535, 100 but By deducting the amount in the sinking fund and cash in the civil list funds the debt of this year is reduced $e,927,120.s4, leaving a net debt of $2,607, ,9S9. .O6 or S5,64T,- 5ss.27 less than it was in 1916
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
U. s. SETS AT REST
 NETHERLANDS ANXIETY
By Assurance That Swiss Neutrality
 Will Be Respected.

Washington. Dec. s.-FormaI assur- ance by the United States of it's in tention scrupulously to respect Swiss neutrality has given the keenest satis- faction in Switzerland, according to despatches reaching Washington
 The declaration by the American government was regarded there as having completely neutralized the in sidious efforts of German propagan- dists to lead the Swiss people to be- lieve that the United States intends to send troops through their country to attack the German flank.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
BRITISH RETREAT TO
 STRENGTHEN LINE
The Falling Back Was Made Necessary by Wedges
 Driven Into Their Line by the Germans
WITHDRAWAL WAS MADE IN PERFECT ORDER

The Germans Have Reoccupied Grancourt, Anneux, Noy eles and the Woods and Heights North of Marcoing- On the Italian Front the Austro-Germans Are Making Frantic Efforts to Break Through the Italian Positions Which Are Defending the Venetian Plain-Berln An That Armistice of Ten Days, to Begin Fri day Noon Has Been Arranged for the Entire Russian Front.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
FURTHER MOVE AGAINST
 BLACKLESTED FIRMS
To Prevent Them from Receiving
 American Merchandise.

Washington, Dec. 6.-Further pre- cautions to prevent American mer- chandise from reaching blacklisted firms abroad were taken by the war trade board today in an order re- quiring American merchants shipping to their branch houses in foreign countries to use a special form of
 The agreement is intended to keen American merchandise shipped to branch houses from going indirectly to enemy firms in cases where licenses for direct shipment to the blacklisted concerns would be refused.