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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-02
BIG TEN CLASHES
ATTRACT INTEREST
FROM GRID FANS

Chicago. Nov. =. -Alt'lo the Big Ten
conference football title cannot pos
sbly be packed away with the moth
balls after tomorrow's game. the fact
remains that This weeks schedule is
all cluttered up with III" battles OF The
wellknown crucial variety
Eight members of the Biz Ten will
meet in intcrconference games The
remaining two will ENGAGE IN con
tests with minor clevCns outside The
conference
The 0hio-Statc.Indiana game is the
least crucial on the schedule Tor the
Ohio outfit is expected 70 have little
difficulty in burying the llooSiers II
would cause a mighty uplieayal Of the
dope. however il Indiana Should win
ans most anything b possible on the
sridiron even tho an Indiana victory
is not likely
Chicago, where the hosts Of agg ana
the Illini will wage bite warfare
Either Chicago or Illinois is going
10 be pretty wen eliminated from
championship considcra ION Natur
ally neither teims exg'. : to elm
inatoI
Chicago looks upon the lllni game
rs he real test of its 1917 eleven
u il can take the lllini hurdle the
Stag machine will have To be- rcck
0ued as real championship con
tender.
illinois and Chicago walloped Pur.
due by the same score and their FOL.
pwCrs see IN this q basis for claim.
Ing the teams are evenly matched
Indications are that the annual strug.
gle will be thrillinet hard fought
contest
More or sss Importance also al
caches to the Minnesota-Nisconsin
game at Madison Wisconsin is vr.
tllally out of the championship run
ninc thru its befeat by Illinois while
Minnesota, with one conference vic
tory in one game played, still is very
much Of factor in the race Wis
consin is team potentially strong
and II it can find itself long enough
to slip a defeat to Minnesota. the Go.
pliers hopes OF championship will
90 cllmmerinG
Northwestern and Purdue are both
ont OF the running and have nothing to
fight for except the JOY OF winning.
Both teams are pretyt well fed up on
defeat. however, and are expected to
siavc brisk little scrap down at la
hycltc. "a iito 90 mG9 ~
alichiean will take en- Kalamazoo at
Am Arbor in game that means moth.
ing in Middle Western football ard
iowa will get into action at Iowa CIV
lsalns' the team representing the
Great Lakes Naval Training station "
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-02
GREAT PROFIT ON STEAMERS
One Vessel Sold for 100000 More
Than II Cost After Being in Serv.
ice for Five Months.

Some idea nf the tremendous al
vance In The price uf'vrS~cl properly
and the fabulous prices now hniny paid
for vessels that can he bought is
shown in the sale of the Boston steam
cr TideTatcr. which has changed own
cr>hip after running in the coaI-c?,1.v.
ing trade To This port for less than five
months, says The Boston Globe. The
hi- collier cost to build about $4,000.
and WAS sold for mere than S2.6n0 900.
4 profit If moro than S2Non.opO.
The TttlcVutrr was built at the New
York Shiphuildiug rompany'S yard.
camden. \. j.. AMI was completrd
early the present year. The vessel is
constructed Of steel. is 1855 feet long,
I12 feet beam and "0.I feet depth az
hold. Her net tonnage is :i.31t and
gross tonnage 5.2GG She was owned
by CaSiner, Currau Il Bullitt. and was
sold tn the American-ltalian Steamship
company of New York.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-02
JAZZ MUSIC FOE OF BLUES
Does Not Consist, as Is Generally Be-
lieved, Of Lot Of Noise Without
Rhyme or Reason.

Various descriptions Of iaZz music
have from time IL time appeared but
nome srsu to hit HE mark exactly
.ay~ cuuNoi>Scur of this art. The
common im.rr->inn is that il consists
of q Tot uf peculiar and noisy S0undS
without rh}.ur ar reason This is not
The c,.>r however. II consists chiefly
Of s.Ht0patiou. peculiarly accumulated ,
variations b., >our Of The Instruments 4;
iwproyi>a.iot~ hyojhcr~. mingled with
odd sound effects. Through all this
the melody of The >cIectinnS rendered
muSt be- Dis iu-uiShahle NJ all times
tin can Noises heating the life out Of
The drums, blasting hy the brass In
strumeulS is entirely unnecessary.
Contrasts between piunissimn AMI for
tj>-ilas p'~>ag"S should he shown inst
as much in jazz music rs in the class
les.
Another Wrnn. impression is that
Jazz orchcSiU> must consist of GER
tain Instrumentation. This also is not
The Ca>c. TIL" yl"ilu, cello, coruct. pi-
ano. or in fact. amy legitimate mstra-
mcnt. can hr USED. ~ jazz music i
originally Ethiopian, the banjo and
>aNnpnone are used merely ~ lend ne
gro character To it.
The number of musicians that can
faaz property Is said IL be snail be-
cruise il really requires good mus.
clans. IN must also be endowed with
Shc swing or knock of performing it.
Although many Of the cafe and thea
ter orch"straS are composed of good
those Who can lass are
scarcr. On the other hand, many of
the self-styled, JAZZ orclwstraS are mis-
representations, and cannot play the
ScmiclassicS or classics adequately.
some cannot perform it property, and
to Offset this resort. 10 noise and dis
cord in initiation lhereuf. The per-
ccntnge of musicians waio can do JUS
iice Ia the classics and also play Jazz
is consequently even smaller. This
E:ad of orchestra is exceedingly f
scarce.
Jazz music is rhythmic and inSpir- .
ny. II is declared the best antidotc /
for the blucS.-MiIwauI,ec Sentinel.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-02

An old story which is being revived
nowadays concerns two rival sausage
makers. They lived on opposite sides
of a certain street in London. and one
day one Of them placed over his shop
the legend 1--WE sell Sausages to the
gentry and nobility OF the country"
The next day over the way. appeared
the sign, I'VE sell sauSagcS 10 the gen.
Try and nobility of the whole coun-
try.' Not 10 be nitdonc, tltc rival putt
up what he evidently regarded as Il
final statement. namely: .s.Wessell.spu,
sages 70 the king Ne&t day tRfre.
anpesred oyer the doon,pf- The first
sausage maker che slmpk expression,
sf loyalty "God save the. kiag--.s %
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-02
No, You DON'T

The late John q. Johnson, the IA
nous Philadelphia lawyer, was once
engaged in Il ease where certain can
tankerous old woman bore witness for
the opposition.
Her Testimony concluded. the old
woman proposed to leave the witness
box but Mr.. johnson said: .af4 Il
Hold on, madam. I've one or two
Questions to ask you.
n The old woman. however, did not
'halt in her departure
NO, w don't" she salh. None o
,ser questions for nae. Iuu amt Oh
G-1r sidpr
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-02
Semitic Languages.

Hebrew AID Chaldce are sister dla.
lccts of a great family of languages
10 which the name of Semitic has usn-
ally been given from the real or sup.
posed descent of the people speaking
them from the patriarch Shem. Shem
was the eldest son Of Noah. born ice.
ncsis :32) when his father had at
'taincd the age If 800 years. : He was.
ninety-eight years old. married and
.childlesf nj the tilRA Of the deluge.- H.
died at the age bf six hundred years. i
Try tb. Free Trader jouFnsi sHt'Ads
~ ss..=.eas for res,,}f< AZ sss =
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-02
Buoyancy Of Ice.

The specific gravity Of ice is about
%. When water freezes /; expands
somewhat lee is. therefore. lighter
than water. and that is why il floats.
The submerged portion of n regular
~ formed iceberg in proportion to the
visible portion is rs 81 to that is.
almost nine-tenthS Of the iceberg is
under water, and onc-tcnth above
water.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-02
History Of the Bracelet.

There is nothing very ncW-faShionei
about the bracelet, According to ar
chcologlSts it was first invented ms n
badge of insanity. In time II was used
in Eastern clime> as 4 capital means
of investing money.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-02
No Wives With Officers lover There"

The war department has decided
upon a new plan OF preventing dcting
wives and mothers from going to Eu-
rome TO be near their solder-re utiveS.
Any officer who permits his mother
or wife to come To Europe to see him
Will be sent back home.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20
NOT THE TUNE TO STRIKE.

The government will find that more work has
been cut out for it if railway employees make
a formal demand for a large increase IN wages.
President Wilson intimates that he will be pre-
pared to act if executive action is required IN
the general interest This intimation the
part of the president points to government con-
troll of the railways should conditions warrant
such course.
1t is said that one hundred and seventy thou
sand conductors and brakemen on all the roads
of the country are voting secretly on proposal
to ask for an advance of more than one hundred
million dollars year. 1t is understood that
strike vote will be taken if the proposal is APP
proved by the men voting and the roads refuse
to give what is asked. That enactment OF the
Adamson ''eight-hour'' law did not settle the
railroad wage question is shown by the pres
ent movement. Granting what is proposed
would mean increasing, wages by total almost
twice as large as the brotherhoods secured
through the Adamson act.
Figures presented by the railroads to support
their appeal to the interstate commerce COM
mission for higher rates make it clear that the
carriers are in no position to grant what Is pro
posed by the conductors and brakemen. Ii
proposal be followed by demand, the govern
ment will be called upon to take a hand in the
settlement The situation today is different
| from that which existed when the Adamson act
was passed. As pointed out by railroad off
cial Immediately after this country entered the
war the carriers put themselves at the service
4 of the government. Under the direction of the
railroad war board the transportation system
is operated as an arm Of national defense.
i The government cannot permit any interior
Ience with train operation at time when it de
IImands and must have all the service the rail
roads are able to give, and this is fact to be
considered by the brotherhoods before they re
sort to strike vote.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20
LET US FACE THE FACTS
Substantial Proof Of the Atrocy Submarine
E Camp Belgian Prince

ing In a stormy sea, $50 miles
from land, with that Quilted life
boat for refuge"
ll was a life boat that was seized,
and it was from a life boat, and not
from a fighting ship, that the fresh
water was taken and salt water put
into the water casks. In the whole
record of Apache warfare on the
Arizona border not a single atrocity
can be cited to surpass in fendish-
mess this one crime against human
nature.
Now these things are not by lndl-
vidual Villains Natural criminals do
not come to the command OF SUD
marines in a great military machine
like that of Germany. A submarine
commander must be picked man
and a submarine crew picked crew.
1t is the most dangerous and most
expert branch of the military service.
These things are done by the pick
and flower of the German navy and
are done in pursuance OF a deliberate
plan of naval warfare. 1t is in the
light of such things that we can
better understand; the advice OF the
kaiser to his soldiers in China to re-
vive the fame of Attila, the Hun, and
it is in the light of such things that
we can appreciate the feeling of
John Hay when he wrote brutal in
every mention he made of German
militarism.
Mr.. Frost is travelling in the Unit
ed States with the sanction of the
government nj order that the people
may know at first hand in an official
way of what is going on in European
waters. His story corroborates the
worst that has yet been told, just as
the stories of Americans who have
visited the devastated parts of Frasce
and Belgium corroborate the worst
that has yet been told of German
brutality on land. We might just as
well dismiss all notions of civilized
marfare here in America when we
speak of the German advance, and
recognize, however reluctantly, that
Germany is bent on war of con-
quest and determination. When the
record is made up it is going to
appaIl and dsihearten the world.
Let all future discussion of this
war be conducted on two foundation
facts:
Germany began this war just as
Prussia began the war of 1870, for
conquest.
Germany is pursuing this war by
the most brutal methods human in.
genuity can devise to make it so hor-
rible as to shock the humaneness of
the other peoples and take the fight
out of them.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20

exact amount of postage stamps.
Mr.. Burleson, early in his admin
istration, did away with special par
eel post stamps, although their use
would have furnished way OF keep
ing track of the parcel post business,
som ething very desirable at the out
set of such an experiment. He
argued that requirement of special
stamp would be the source of much
inconvenience, just as the old re-
quirement of a special delivery stamp
was That was abolished after Champ
Clark tried to send a special delivery
letter one Sunday and could not buy
special stamp. We may expect
similar inconvenience from the new
regulation, together with much con-
fusion over cancellation.
The ruling does not give conclu-
sive reasons as to the requirement.
The extra postage on letters and post
cards is likewise revenue measure.
1t is not obvious why a special sys-
tenn Should be used for the parcel
post. Whatever advantage it may be
to the government in accounting will
be more than offset by the inconveni-
ence 1t will cause the public.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20
DO NOT STRIKE NOW.

Cedar Rapids Republican: Remem.
Der that if you have not everything
that you think you ought to have,
this is no time to go on a strike. We
are in a state of war and it is not
the right of any one to tie UP any
part of the business of the country
merely TO crafty what he may consid-
er his rights. Let's win this war
first and after that we can fight
some things out among ourselves: In
many of the strikes-and we are told
there have been five hundred sep
arate actions since the war began.
you will find some alien influence
operative.
Strikes are one of the ways in
which the pro-Germans are going to
help the real Germans all that they
can Any disturbance in industries
is a contribution to the enemies of
this country, and nothing else can
be made of it. Neither wages nor
hours are going to be the sole con-
siderations in this country in the
next few years. We may all be called
upon to work more hours and 10 get
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20
PARCEL POST WAR TAX.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: The
postoff1ce department has ruled that
the tax of l cent on each postage
charge of % cents or fractional part
thereof on parcel post matter is not
an increase of postage and cannot be
paid with postage stamps. Special
internal revenue stamps will be re-
CURED. These stamps must be can
celed by the sender placing, or
causing to be placed, thereon his
written or stamped initials. together
with the date upon which the stamps
are attached or used" The third
assistant postmaster general, in MAX
ing this regulation public, issues a
special warning against the sender
canceling any of the postage stamps
affixed to parcels. together with an
exhortation to care in putting on the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20
SALEM.


! Mrs. Mary Lewis. who had reached
| the ripe age of more than ninety-fiye
years, passed away at the home of hel
| son. Charles Shriver at Mt Pleasant
+! Wednesday morning. Funeral was
/ held Thursday. Interment in Salem
East cemetery. For many years the
deceased was an esteemed resident
and faithful member of the M. E.
church OF Salem. Besides the son
with whom she resided, there survives
! two sons and one daughter John
Lewis of Pennsylvania: Frank Lewis
Mt Pleasant; Mrs. Helen Simkin
Salem.
Mrs. Isaac Pidgeon and daughter
Angie, who have been guests of Salem
relatives and friends the past two
weeks, departed Wednesday for their
Zone at Los Angeles, California. They
we're accompanied by Miss Mary
Pidgeon, who will spend the winter
with relatives in the coast state.
Mark kirkpatrick and wife, Mrs.
Rachel Cough and daughter Leda,
were guests recently of their relatives
Mr.. and Mrs. Miles Cough at Ash
burn, Missouri. They made the trip
in the Kirkpatrick car.
large crowd filled the opera house
Thursday evening and heard the pat
r1otlc and interesting address of w P
kopp of Mt. Pleasant. The drive for
the Y. M. G. A army fund started
and has been met with fine success.
Born November 10, to Mr.. and Mrs.
VIII Spray of Renwick, a son. The
mother was Miss limo McMasters The
parents. before their marriage. were
residents of Salem.
Mrs. Martha Dilts accompanied her
son, DR.. w. A. Dilts and wife to their
nome at Indianola, where she will en-.
Joy visit with relatives.
/ Peter Knight and daughter Laura
nave gone to spend the winter with
the formers grandchildren. the Rhode
family at Keokuk.
Wednesday Miss Florence Baker
returned from Washington. where she
was called by the death of her friend.
Mrs. Hotskish
Hiram Pickard and wife enioyed a
VISIT with the formers daughter. Mrs.
Dollie Mcdaniel of FIT. Madison.
Mrs. Tones is home from visit
with relatives at Mediapolis
John Long is having his cellar en-
larged and cemented
w Nj. Campbell and Isaac Farris
or Denver, Missouri, are VISITING rela.
tives here.
school superintendent Hawks and
VIE, Misses Kate Mathews. Mary Tvn.
er and Maude Collatt spent Saturday
az Burltngton They made the trim in
Miss Mathews car. :.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20

Des Moines Register: From the
moment when the authenticated
stories OF the sinking of the Belgian
Prince were told no intelligent per
son has been in doubt of the sys-
tematic atrocity OF the German sub
marine campaign.
1t was from the Belgian Prince the
reader will recall that the crew was
taken, the life preservers thrown
away, the life boats sunk, and then
the submarine submerged, leaving
the hapless crew to struggle in the
water and drown. Two survivors
picked up far distant from each other
told identically the same story. 1t
has not been questioned.
1t is in the light of single in
stances that whole civilization is
frequently revealed. We need to
read of only one Indian torture to
know the nature of Indian warfare.
Single instances mislead only when
in the heat of sudden passion things
are done that later are bitterly re-
pented, and Immediately disavowed.
The drowning of the men on the
Belgian Prince was in cold blood,
after the lapse of hours, with no
battle fought, after assurances of
safety had been given or implied. It
was not a homicidal maniac who
conceived that crime and executed it.
1t was an officer in great navy, the
product of a system, the type of a
civilization.
1t is not necessary to multiply
these instances, and yet that is done
in almost endless sequence by Mr..
Frost. for years our American con-
SUI at Queenstown, on the Irish coast,
where the wreckage of the subma-
rined vessels is brought to port, and
where most of the survivors come to
tell their pitiful story. Citing the
record by page and paragraph he
arrays a damning proof of brutal
atrocity that when made part of the
permanent record will be one of the
blacklist pages of history.
Take a single instance from the
official records Of the American con-
sulate:
"a lifeboat of the Cairnhill
was seized, and its nineteen men
placed upon the submarine deck.
Then the Germans entered the
lifeboat and threw overheard the
food, the water, the sails and
even the bandanas full of little
trinkets which the seamen wish
ed to save. To add point to their
hideous joke, they even filled the
sweetwater cask with salt sea-
water. The submarine went
quickly below and submerged at
| once, leaving our boys founder
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20
A JUDICIAL CHRISTENING PARTY.

A Chicago circuit judge has established a
precedent in the matter of applications for
citizenship which might, if generally followed,
have far-reaching effects. Many of the names
Of men who would forswear their allegiance to
old-world monarchs and cast their lot with the
great republic contained bewildering plural
ity of consonants, some of them fairly bristling
with combinations Of rs and ks. Men who as
pired to be Americans, declared Judge Hard,
should have American names, and he therefore
held what might be called a judicial christen-
ing party in which he simplifed the foreign
patronymics into pronouncability- One or two
of the applicants protested against curtall-
ment of their cognomens as high-handed inter-
ference with their ri ghts, but most of them
grinned with pleasure at the change, and
walked away, chests thrown forward and heads
q little higher, proud Of their improved names.
There is no doubt that Gersiher Woralowski
and Sam Israel Wiloczszonsl will become
Amercanized the sooner and get ahead faster
and further in life as Harry Warsaw and Sam
Vile. Their old names handicapped them and
their children. Such collections of consonants
called for everlasting photographed explanas
ton. Men who bore such names were liable to
be called anything; and in the matter Of sign
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20
To greater or lesser extent us the chame-
leon partakes of the color of it's surround
ings, so men reflect the spirit of their age
Edgar Dewitt Jones.
EVERYBODY IN TT.

The issuance of war savings certificates will
begin next month. They will be small in de-
nomination, will run for about five year at
four per cent. interest, and they are intended
to attract the small investor. Every man,
woman and child in the United States should
be encouraged to invest something in these Ger
tifcates. By so doing a partnership with the
government in its war is established, and the
frugal and industrious part of our population,
the backbone of the republic, will, as the in
vestment of their savings in these war certifi.
Gates increases, take an intrest in the manner
in which the war is being conducted. Once the
great mass of people possess financial inter.
est in the conduct of the war the demand to
know what is being done with the money and
who are responsible for its proper disburse-
ment will compel the administration to render
an account Of its stewardship, an accounting
which as yet it has not made.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20
Washing Won't Rid
Head OF Dandrutf

The only sure way to get rid OF d Ian
ruff is to dissolve it, then you destroy y,
entirely. To do this, get about i, ~
ounces of ordinary liquid arvon; Apply a
at night when retiring; use enough ~.
moisten the scalp and rub 1t IN gem
with the finger tips. -
I! Do this tonight, and by morning mu
! if not all of your dandruff VIII pc eo -
and three or four more applications s.r ",
completely dissolve and entirely oes M
every single sign and trace OF 1t, no s''
ter how much.dandruf you may haye :,
You will find, too, that all itching a.
digging of the scalp will stop at ons
and your hair will be fluffy; lus i g.
glossy, silky and soft, and look ana =
a hundred times better. t.,
You can get liquid arvon at any o. =.
store. 1t is inexpensive and never 10
to do the work.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20

boards alone-when they attained that dignity
would be subjected to needless expense. Un-
less man IS past is calculated to confer dls-
tinction on him the sooner he breaks with II the
better; and outlandish names are lmpedlments
in the race Of life. Names that are distinctive
have value, and so do historical names which
suggest honorable origins or achievements
Men try to live up to these; while name WIN
a low or Infamous connotation is OF the nature
of a brand which is not easy to live down.
Therefore it seems entirely fitting that our
melting pot should first Of all melt away all
such grotesque names which only linguistic
expert can pronounce or spell.