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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21
MILITARY INSURANCE

The insurance companies are fight.
ing the proposed government insur-
ante plan Tor our soldiers ana sailors
They profess to be greatly disturbed
by the loss the government viii incurr
on account OF the low rates to be paid
by the policy holders. Premiums as
low as $ per cent, they say, will not
begin to compensate the government
for the policies it vii have to pay
on account o ithe high rate OF casual
ties IN the service, 1t would be far
too low a rate, they argue, for men
engaged IN peaceful pursuits and Is
absurd when applied to fighting men
in this deadly war.
These objections need not carry
very great weight with congress. The
public regards the low rate as a merit
rather than defect Administration
officials explain that the government
is able to carry on life insurance bust
ness at much lower rate than pr.
waite companies, because it has no
such overhead charges as they have,
in the form OF agents commissions,
advertising, promotion, rentals, etc 1t
is evident, too that the men concern
ed constitute exceptionally good
risks, other things being equal be
cause they are picked men, mostly
young and all above the average phys.
ically. Moreover, the fatality rate
among active troops is much lower
now Las recent figures prove, than the
insurance men admit.
The government, Notwithstanding.
viii no doubt lose money in this en-.
terprlse. And suppose II loses great
deal Of money? What of It? Can the
nation which pays the bills, possibly
lose as much on scientific, carefully
administered system of payment for
injuries and death as it has lost
through the old chaotic system of ped.
sions, with its political abuses and its
recognized extravaganza?
A government insurance system will
almost certainly save the country mon.
ely as compared with the pension plan
But If it didn't, it would still deserve
support because Of its human merits
the fairness and justice it represents
Just as necessary as life insurance
provisions of this measure, perhaps
are those for the support of actual de
pendents while the soldier or sailor Is
imperllling his life for his country
II is wise and proper that the nation
should take care of the dependents
II Is only fair to them because, as Sec
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21
rotary McAdoo says:

y
when We draft the Wage-earner we
call not only him but the entire fam
lily to the flag. the sacrifice is not di-
visible The wife and children, the
mother the father, are all involved in
the sacrifice they directly share the
burden OF defense They suffer just
as much as he soldier hut in a diff
erent way; and the nation must gen
er0usy discharge as a proud privilege
the duty of maintaining them until the
soldiers and sailors return from war
and resume the responsibility.
This Is good policy, too, because 1t
tends to preserve the, morals of the
army and the public II gives the men
at the front the satisfying assurance
that their loved ones will not suffer
priyaton whether they live or die. And
1t will make the people at home con
tent in the retaliation that their SER
vices and sacrifices are appreciated
and they are partners with the govern
ment In It's great enterprise for nation.
al safety and human freedom.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21
ROCK ISLAND FIREMAN
INJURED; IN HOSPITAL

Percy Barr. resident Of tAis city,
was injured in the La Sale yards Of
the Rock Island at four O'Clock Sun.
day morning when his head was
crushed between two cars. He re.
ceiyed several bruises and cuts about
he head and face and a slight skull
fracture which caused conclusion OF
the brain He was renewed to St
Marys hospital whore some hope is
held out by the attending physicians
for his recovery
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21
WHEAT AND CORN
ON TOBBOGAN::
DICTATORS CONTROL
WHEAT DECLINED IS CENTS PER
BUsHEL AND CORN GOES DOWN
65 CENTS.

Washington u. G. Aug 21-0m
cials OF the food administration are
nc; making any claims Of we did IT,
but they called attention Today 10 the
fact that he price OF wheat in the
United States had dropped Is cents a
bushel since the enactment Of the
food law and Tat corn has dropped
81 cents a bushel since Controller
Hoover issued the decree last week
that the Manufacture OF distilled Ii
Quors from grains must cease next
Saturday night at II o'clock.
In both OF the unusual results mem
bers of the food administration see
striking examples 10 demonstrate the
effectiveness of the Hoover theory
that the food bill recently enacted by
Congress after a long and bitter
struggle, in providing for proper con
troll of food products, will result in
lowering the cost OF LIVING in the
United States without the necessity
Of resor.ins 10 drastic measures.
To Fix Wheat Prices.
TO fix a basic price for the wheat
crop Of the present year the price
fixing committee, beaded by Harry l..
Garfield. held its first meeting today
for the purpose Of organization.
10 Ching but preliminary work was
accomplished and the committee will
meet daily until it has accomplished
the task assigned to it by President
Wilson and Food Administrator Hoo
yer.
While the outlook for grain foods
in the war is growing brighter, the
food administration has not been able
to offer any rosy prediction. regard
ing meat Controller Hoover warned
the country that The world faces
meat famine
Mr.. Hoover. in statement. cited
hgureS TO prove tNdi lne Udtlon IA
tie. sheep and hogs are dwindling rap
idly under the demands Of war. and
in allied Europe are likely to be wired
out entirely
Meats to Remain High.
He predicted fabuously high prices
for all kinds of meats. both in Fur
ope and America. for the remainder
of the war. and for many years
thereafter He said these high prices
will extend to animal products, in
Guiding lard. butter, cheese, leather,
fats, oils and wool He advocated
government control of this country S
meat exports.
A committee from tho New YORK
coffee and sugar exchange conferred
wfh Mr.. Hoover to discuss measures
for stabiizing the price OF sugar, trad
ing in sugar futures already having
been stopped. Further conferences
viii be held on the subject
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21

Geneva, Aug. 2l-Counr Won Bern.
storf, former German ambassador to
the United States who has Just been
appointed AMBASSADOR to Turkey, Will
leave for Constantinople at once, said
"A telegram from Berlin today II
added that the German press com.
ments fayorably upon the appoint.
ment
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21
Frank Gegan Cuts Way Out of Pen.

Joliet, Ill. Aug 2l.--Frank Gegan
serving le for the murder of Patrol
man James Keefe, at Chicago in 1904,
SAVED his wa ythrough the bars of his
cdl during the night and escaped, pen
itentiary Officials discovered today
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21

New York. Aug 2l--The police to-
cay arc searching for six surviving
members Of q gang of gunner who
late last night shot up d saloon and
q drug store in Harlem resulting in
the death Of their leader and the
wounding of three persons.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21
CALENDAR OF lLL,AoIS HISTORY

August 81. 1Si9.-IIecker and other
gallant Germans. who had gone to Eur
one from this state. are on their way
back, the hores for freedom in their
Fatherland having been crushed for
the present.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21

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What we think causes more lndigrs
ton that what we eat Christian Her
aid.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-19
AN EYE.OPENER FOR DIETIsT
WoefuIIy Discouraged When He Sees
Array Of "Eats" Consumed In
"One.Arm" Lunch.

The man who reads all the good
health stories in the magazines and re.
CARDS himself as an adept amateur
dietist ate lunch recently in a "One'
arm hash house, downtown, says the
indianapolis News. Usually he eats at
home, and the experience was a novel
adventure for him.
Nearby, filling his own chair and
encroaching on TIL. arm of the chair
next him, sat big man, hale and
hearty, consuming piece of apple pie,
three doughnuts and big cut of cake.
Opposite, galloping through q cut OF
roast beef, mashed potatoes, q cheese
sandwich and stewed prunes, was a
young fellow, bookkeeper's stoop
launching his shoulders and an indoor
pallor spread over his face.
Tall, bOny and ascetic, the man In
the long, black coat dabbled in a bowl
of chicken broth and a plate Of waters,
while the plump little stenographer at
his elbow ate plate of beans and a
French pastry with relish. The capable
office manager of woman's employ
ment bureau, who sat near the door,
was carefully nasticating boiled hon.
my, chicken sandwich, q lettuce salad
and q dish of fresh fruit while con-
versing on Office management with the
vice president of an insurance COM
pany who was getting away with raw
oysters, sausage and sauerkraut and
strong black coffee.
Finishing his most carefully select
ed lunch, the amateur dietist left the
lunchroom with baffled expression,
paused on the curb, shook himself to-
gether and muttered to himself:
swell, I'll be jiggered! Irving Cobb
sure said something when he wrote,
what is the moral Of 1t all2 You can
search me! ="
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-19
FREE AFTER IL ATTEMPTS
Russian War Prisoner Spent Many
/ Weeks on the Road in
/ Germany.

Winstersyr, Netherlands.-The rec.
ord in escape from war captivity would
neem to be held by Russian prisoner
or war who has crossed the frontier
near Winsterswyk. This was his
twelfth attempt at escape.
Three times he fed in the direction
OF Luxembourg, twice he made for
Switzerland, on several occasions he
took the road to Poland and again to
Denmark, but in every case without
success.
This was the first time he had tried
his luck In the direction of the Neither.
lands frontier, and after being two
months and twenty days on the road
success crowned his perseverance.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-19
SOLDIER SAVES LIFE
Lack Of Car Fare Brings Him to
Rescue Of Man Hurt by
Train.

Minneapolis.-If Frank BriclSley, pr.
vate with the First Minnesota hos
pltal corps, had had five cents Emil
Drefahl, 131 Bunker street, st. Paul,
would probably be dead.
Drefahl was struck by Chicago
Great Western train at Wyoming
street and the railway tracks. His left
arm was mangled four inches from
the shoulder.
Shortly after the accident, Private
Brickley, who was walking to barracks
from South st. Paul. because he did
not have car fare, met Drefahl, bloody
and staggering, at Lucy and Concord
streets.
He applied tourniquet to the arm
above the injury and stopped the flow
Of blood, probably saving the mans
life.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-19
NEW SLANG WHICH IS OLD.
Chaucer Said "Come Off," and Shake
speare Wrote Good Night."

A new slang phrase is sprung and
sweeps the country. If it is apt and
pat you will hear It on the street. from
the pulpit and in the schoolroom. Then
apparently without reason, its vogue
vanishes, aud it is added TO the worlds
collection of antiquities.
Perhaps one reason why a new slang
expression is short lived Is because
some Investigator finds that it really is
not new, but merely revival Of q
phrase which in its day was not slang
ut all Ii has remained for Professor
Il. p. Utter in Harper's Magazine TO
throw light on the expression Good
night !" meaning finality. The vaude-
vile entertainers who first used IT,,
thinking they were originators, should
be trifle crestfallen to find that 1t
belongs to one William Shakespeare.
Get out Fart /. of Henry ~" You
will read there:
II he fall in. good night! Or sink or
swim.
But that isn't all Come Off" and
go sit down" have had their day, but
We all thought they were new until
Professor Utter found them both in
Chaucer.
And Not IN it, and "Cut II out"
both striking American slang phrases,
come from English literature Of the
highest type. Shakespeare used "Not
In it," and Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Incorporated "Cut 1t out" in one Of his
plays.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-19
THE MOTHERS
CHRISTMAS GlF

1t never comes to Christmas but think
about the times
We used to save our PENNIES and our
nickes and our dimes,
And we punched them all together,
even little baby brother
Put in something for the present that
we always gave to mother.
We began to talk about it very early in
December,
Twas very serious matter to us chill
dren, remember,
And we used to whisper nightly our sug-
gestiors to each other,
For by nothing cheap and tawdry c)u d
we show our love for mother.
Hers must be gift of beauty, fit to
symbolic her ways;
1t must represent the sweetness and the
love that marked her days.
1t must be the best our money, all COM
bined, had power to buy,
And be something that she longed for;
nothing else would satisfy.
Then it mattered not the token, once
the purchase had been made.
1t was struggled home and hidden and
with other treasures laid,
And we placed our present proudly in
her lap on Christmas day,
And we smothered her with kisses and
we laughed her tears away.
1t never comes to Christmas but think
about the times
We used to save our pennies and our
nickels and our dimes,
And the only folks envy are the sisters
and the brothers
Who still have the precious privilege of
buying for their mothers.
American Boy.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-19
HILL ITEMS

Mr.. and Mrs. Rob Wilson and chill
dren, of Dayton, Ohio, came Monday
night and are at Mr.. Wilson's parents
for the present. They have come here
to make their home.
Frank Noble, who has been in Louis
vile tor several weeks, is at home.
Miss Annie Allen, who has been sui
fering with rheumatism. is improving
Mrs. Sam Wheatley returned from
Evansville this week where she visited
her daughter, Mrs. Pryor who is i'll.
Mr.. Mattingly and two children, of
Owe nsboro, arc guests of his sister,
Mrs. Steve Wilson.
Harden Kinder moved on the hill
Friday into the house vacated by w.
L. Arnold.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murray Pryor arrived
Wednesday to spend the holidays with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Wheat
ley.
After two weeks visit to friends in
Dayton, o., II, l.. Stader arrived home
Wednesday.
Miss Mary Perkins and Mrs. Sable
were in Louisville last week. Their
work for the soldiers gives entire salts
faction. Miss Perkins thinks arrange
ments will be made to have the sewing
sent from here to Louisville and save
the expense of her going.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-19

Who is able to help Ii not yet poor:
who Is able to love Is not yet old.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-19
KELLY U.BOA1
CHIEF IS JOKER
Commander Of German Subma-
rine Shows Vein Of I'm.
German Hum0r.
IS HERO OF MANY STORIES
When Not Laying mines He Pulls
Franks That Anuse American Sea-
men-Pays Two-Days' Visit
at Dublin Hotel.

Base Of American Flotilla in British
Waters.-There is a German submarine
commander who is known throughout
the American fiotilla as "Kelly." His
real name is something quite differ
ent, but the American sailors promptly
dubbed him "Kelly of the Emerald
ISLE" and the name will stick in the
songs and stories Of the navy as long
as the great war Is talked about.
kelly" earned his name by his dis
play on various occasions of a rich
vein Of quite un-German humor. He
has become the hero Of numberless stO-
ries told In forecastle and on quarter
deck. Not all Of these stories are true,
and probably most of them have grown
In the telling.
"KelIy" Franks Tantalizing.
"Kelly" commands a mine-laying u
boat which pays frequent visits to the
district patrolled by the American de-
stroyers. When he has finished his
appointed task of distributing his
mines where they will do the most
harm he generally devotes few min
utes to prank Of some kind. Some
times he contents himself with leaving
n note flying from buoy scrubbed in
schoolboy English and addressed to his
American enemy. On other occasions
he picks out q deserted bit Of coast
line at night and goes ashore with q
squad of his men for saunter on the
beach, leaving behind placard or u
bit Of German bunting as a reminder
of his presence.
His most audacious exploit, how
ever-if the legends Of the fOrecastle
are to be believed-was trip which
ne made several months ago to Dublin,
hotel, afterward joining his U-bOat
somewhere up the west coast. He is
said to have informed the British of
his exploit by leaving his receipted bill
attached to one of their buoys.
Still another of "Kelly's" more re-
flag on an eminence on the coast line.
1t was the first time that the British
and Americans knew just where he
and his men had set foot and they
shared the excitement of the village
folk, who awoke one morning to find
a new kind of flag flying from their ma
tive soil. At first they could not make
out just what it was.
Fishermen Burn German Flag.
But when they made sure that it was
the German cOlOrs they were furious,
for 1t so happened, so the story goes,
that the fisherman along this partic-
ular strip of coast had suffered much
from submarine raids. U-bOats had
shelled their boats, Germans had stO-
len their fish-their only means Of live
lihOOd-and left them empty handed
after a weeks hard catch of mackerel.
These poor fisher folk were in no mood
for this latest display of German hu-
anOr, so they, according to report,
promptly burned the flag and set
watch for kelly"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-19
PARENTS SHOULD HAVE
TWO NAMES FOR BABIES

Indianapolis, Ind. = Because
parents haven't always got a
name for their baby when 1t Is
born, the state of Indiana Is
spending $50 a month more
than necessary, according to DIR.
]. N. Hurry Of the state board
of health.
"The state is spending about
$3.50 a month in writing to
homes, from which physicians
have sent in reports Of births
without the names of the babies
attached.
Parents ought to have two
names ready, one for a boy and
one for girl. Sometimes both
can be used"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-19
Wants Doll and Buggy.

Dear Santa:-I'll write YOU while the
snow is deep. / can't go to school, am
FIVE years old and would like to 60 to
school fine Please bring me doll and
doll buggie and lots Of good things to eat
bring little Edna Mae teddy bear Good
bye. Your little girl.
Glen Dean, Ky Mabelle Jarboe.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-19

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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-19

Bladys Roxton-And the duke is SO
brave. papa! Why. he declares he in
tends to become an aviator. Papa
HIM! He does. Ell? Wants to visit his
castle. I suppose?-Puck.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-19

Think and investigate for yourself
the value OF good roads. Don't listen
to some demagogue who Is ALWAYS
talking something he knows nothing
about.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-19
England Needs Roads.

London.-It will require approx
mately s150.0O0O00 to reconstruct or
strengthen 1900 miles of roads In
Great Britain after the war In order
to enable them to carry the growing
motor traffic. says an official estimate
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-12-19

Pike. Bell and Franklin counties are
elated over convict labor for building
roads. These are the only counties
where convicts have been worked
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-05
AMUSEMENT NOTES.
AL H. Wilson and Company in New
Irish Song Play, "My Killarney Rose"

"My Killarney Rose" is the character
istic title Of the new Irish song pay in which
Sidney r. Ellis is presenting that gifted
character singing comedian, AL II. Wilson,
this season and which Will appear at the
opera house tonight.
Mr.. Wilson does not require any ex-
tended praise as a clever entertainer for
he has earned his proud position by
making good" and his large following
of admirers hold him at the head of his
profession from their love of an artist
who has delighted them so often.
This new offering, "My Killarney
Rose gives promise of being the best
of plays in Mr.. Wilson's career---for both
press and public have proclaimed it
SUCH Tom Carey, the leading role, is
wonderfully suited to Mr. Wilson's per-
sonality and comic abilities--beng Irish
in them one can imagine the wit and
romance Astounding in the lines and sit
uations, and such is the case--and the
result is performance, for varied de-
lights rival1ing any other before the
public to-day. OF course one of the
great features are the songs, and they
are of nature that reflects the atmos-
phere of that green little isle. They are
entitled, MY Killarney Rose" "The Love
/ Give to YOU" MARY Houllihan,"
"Where the Shamrock Grows" and "'rhe
Yodel that Stole My Girl Away."-adv.