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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-03
JOLIET PRISON TO
|DENT|FYFELONS
FINGER PRINT PLAN
WARDEN MURPHY PUTS OLD
SYSTEM BACK IN FORCE-EM-
PLOY ExPERTTo LOOK AFTER
) WORK.

Joliet, July 4-Re-adoption of the
finger print system of Identification
for all inmates of the penitentiary and
bringing the present system of identi
fication up to date was announced by
Warden f. j Murphy today.
With the announcement of the
adoption of the finger print system
Warden Murphy stated that William
McClaughry, son of former Warden
Robert McClaughry, and nationally
known as a criminOlogist, had been
placed in charge of the Identification
bureau Mr.. McClaughry had charge
of this work AT the penitentary during
the administration of his father, but
during recent years has been con
nected with the federal prison at Fort
Leavenworth.
Administration Changes in Effect.
Under the new state law placing
all of the state institutions under a
commission, changes are under way
at the prison. Under the new law
all of the old Offices have been abol
ished, so that at the present time
while former officials are still or
duty they do not know what will be
their official titles.
Under the new law the purchas
ing of supplies for all of the state
institutions passes thru the hands
of Frank ID. Whipp fiscal agent al
Springfield. 1t is provided that
acquisitions for three months
period be made out by the officials in
charge of each Of the state institu
tions However, certain privileges arc
allowed under which it is possible tC
place emergency orders each Monday
for supplies which are urgently need
ed. The first of the emergency orders
for the prison went forward this morn
ing,
Civil Service Board Expected.
1t is expected the state civil ser
vice board will meet at the prison
early during the present month tC
confer with Warden Murphy regarding
officials named for the various posi-
tons. Some shifting is expected ant
ii is likely there will be some changes
In the names of the offices, and while
the new state law provides for tho
adjustment of ali official titles, it il
expected that the ma jOrity of then
will he restored as plans are worked
out
Make Plans for the Fourth.
The celebration of the. Fourth OF
July at the institution Wednesday
will be along the same lines as were
followed during the former regime OF
Warden Murphy. A certain district
in the prison yards will be marked
off and from one and one-half to
two hours during the day all inmates
will be allowed to have recreation,
playing games.
No special spread will be enjoyed
at the MONDAY meal, altho lemonade
and ice cream will be served There
will be only necessary work about
the prison for the day.
Chapel Services Orderly.
Chapel services were resumed after
a postponement since the first Sunday
in June, following the riots and the
attendant unrest which followed the
outbreak of June s.
The services were conducted by the
Rev. Peter Crumbly, the Catholic
chaplain. The chapel service at l0:30
o'clock, was preceded by Sunday
school
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-03
Fourth Of July Flag.

The
union of lakes, the union
of lands, the union Of
states none can sever;
the union Of hearts, the
union Of hands and the
Flag of our Union
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-03

ITIpIlu,
Blinks--I beg your pardon?
Jinks+WhN when Jackson criticized
so harshly the speech that Maxson
made youlknocked him dawn.
Blinks-ies; | wrote that speech
myself.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-04

The following is a convict's
plea to be taken back to work on
the roads after he had had a trial
Of it for a while:
Oh, take me back to the convict's
camp,
Put me to work on the grade;
| like the scent of the canvas tent
And the bunk the sergeant
made.
Just take me out of this pesky
Jail
To the camp and Gods fresh
air,
Away from the shack where the
small grayback
Skidoos through my uncut hair.
Oh, take me back to the dining
tent
To feed with the bunch again.
; Where every man gets a we'll
filled pan
And eats till he gets a pain.
Just give me suit Of Kentucky
jeans
The same as you did before,
And I'll serve my time without a
whine
And chipin a few months more.
Oh, take me back to the village
of tents
Pm sick of this prison cell,
Pm an old hobo and | think |
II know
When strike a good hotel,
Please send me back today if you
can,
Just forget about your fee,
; I've been there once and served
six months
And the road mans Jail suits
me. -Ex.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-04
GUMPTION,
Which is plain Common Sense in United States
language, without Educational Fpfbelows. 4
BY L. T. T.sI1OyERN1ALE. MI
n

ance to The Republican party add,
becomes an Independent to run
for office ina Democratic county
He is not what he seems to be,
therefore, seems to be that which
he is not; consequently he occu-
pies a position which he does not
holds ANeither Republican nor
Democrats under any obligation
to vote for him. In fact, either
must boltll1is. party to do SO.
Democrats, did yousever notice
hew solicitous for the welfare of
the Democratic party the Repub-
licansI become when they want
you u bolt? How they will fair
" weep over something that has
happened that might injure Dem
ocFacy? And have you ever con-
( |sidered how foolish a Democrat
must be who listens to them?
In the race for the Democratic
Inomination for sheriff there was
|aclean contest on both sides and
no Democrat has reason not to
cheerfully support the nominee.
Fellow Democrats, if you were
seeking a man who hated your
party most intensely; who would
most readily sweep the Demo
cratic party and what it stands
for from the face of the earth,
would you look further than Mr..
Lewis? Can the camoufage lie
so spread on him that it will dis
guise the fact that he is an ex-
tremely partisan Republican? In
this awful conflict that is con-
vulsing the world and in which
our nation has entered upon the
I side of democracy and freedom
and in which Democrats and Re-
publicans alike forget their poll
tics in their zeal for country, has
any man heard the voice of this
independent" candidate except
in criticism of the national ad-
ministration, which is Democrat
ic? For a man so strongly parti-
san that he can not see any good
in a Democratic administration
to ask Democrats to support him
against their own nominee, who
is a clean man, a capable officer,
and who won his nomination fair
Ily, is a reflection upon the intel
ligence of the Democrats.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-04

H. leaving Index so A. NJ makes connection & X Junction with
Lexington Louisville leaving
and due Lexington 25 This also
Jackson with L. & train for Hazard and MclobG
Lexington Clay City
o. X Junction with No 49, Camel
City a m Caney ~ 10 and Index - 80 m.
Returning Index Can Camel City
o. n Junction with L. train No at 40
ming Man and Clay City, due Lexington 30 Passengers
old L. line between Mony and Winchester
should take this
No leaves Lexington Winchester 2 So running
Beatyve Junction with X No
20 due o arrive Camel City t6 l5pm
both and Mbe outbound and inbound
ton for Index Caney and other Caney Valley points
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-04

We are indignant that a nation
refuses to abide by is solemn OBJ
legations, yet no treaty obliga-
ton is more sacred and binding
than a mans promise to support
his party nominees when he par
ticipates in the primary nominat-
ing them. Participating in the
nominating primary is entering
into a solemn agreement or con-
tract that you will abide by the
will of the majority, and the fail
ure to do so because the majori-
ty differed from you is violating
your pledge of honor.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-04

MR. FARMER
LISTEN TO THIS!

How does that strike yeu?
Listens good, doesn't it9
II some man were to come
along with a basket full Of
silver dollars, and you knew
that they were genuine-not
counterfeit-and offer you
ZOO Of them for 500, you
wouldn't be long in making
the exchange, would you?
No, Of course you wouldn't.
For every dollar judiciously
expended upon road con-
struction and maintenance
the users Of the road will re-
alize more than two dollars.
This is no idle assertion.
1t is a demonstrated fact.
Then why not exercise the
judgment in regard to good
roads as you would if some.
body offered you two dollars
in silver for one dollar in
currency?
The principle is the same.
Think it over.
Yours truly,
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-04

ne
pc back door
8 a. m.-
a face like an
T stew, j.
hair like
plate of cold slaw, u
And feet like a M M
Couple of picnic hams,
And a shape like y
Burlap bag
Filled with waste paper 4
And then you saw her again
About 8 p. m.
You would realize
That there is nothing new
.In-camoufage.
Z y y
The above is an illustration of
what camouhage is, and, keep
\ ing the illustration in mind |
will now give a definition which
will nake it as clear as mud:
That which you see before you
you do not behold. You are not
what you seem to be, therefore
~ seem to be that which you are
not; consequently, you occupy a
position which you do not hold.
In short, it means making things
seem what they are not, or not
seeming what they are.
John Griffeth's alleged candi-
dacy for State Senator is camou-
flage. He wants the people to
think that he is the candidate
when it is said that the first
'I';faE that he had of his candi-
e was shown a
nand declaration of his
aIdacy. 1t is camouf1age, too,
when Uncle John pretends to be
{, for temperance and is ardently
supported by Mitch and Caesar.
The real milk of the cocoanut is
that Mitch and the others of the
Breathitt Republican county tick
ct wanted Uncle John on with
them to try to hold certain Re.
publicans in hne who were moi
stuck on the county candidates.
Nobody believes he will win.
Another case of camouhage j:
the ostensible Republican leader
ship in Morgan county. The mar
whose grasp Of political diploma
cy, when real craftsmanship il
required; who can WELD the clul
when meat-ax methods require
who possesses that sixth sens,
known as political sagacity tina
causes party victories, is not il
the supreme lead, but is only
precinct committeeman. Jus
what the Republican party mean
by overlooking mastery genius
refusing to recognize dazzingl
brilliant party service is NOR
than | can understand. If
were not for Republican camou
fage the glory of the greatest 0
her great politicians would nc
be wished onto others. For VIII
in all the broad domain of MOI
gan county does not recognize i
the dusty miller the Gamaliel 9
whose feet sit all the ostensibl
leaders of the Republican part!
who ranks highest in schemes {
politics, and upon whose broa
shoulders, Atlas like, rests Il
responsibilities of the party o
ganization. / assert that tn
astute politician has thought OF
and pulled off more stunts in Il
interest of the Republican part
and especially for the Doc Whee
er faction Of that party. Accor
ing to his own contentious
manipulated the subtle schen
that landed Wheeler chairman
minority vote. True, the Der
ocratic majority in the county
steadily increasing, but this
without Sherman's consent al
against his will.
y - y
Now his race for sheriff (if
runs) must necessarily be one
camouhage. To begin with h
while holding down a committe
mans job, renounces his allei
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-04
Look Here For 1t.
Things we all ought to know
but which none Of us can
remember, and often
don't know where to
look to find it.

(Of special interest to applicants for
school certificates who are not subscribers,
but who just drop in to get copy gratis.)
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-04

John Griffeth's alleged candi-
dacy for State Senator is camou-
flage. He wants the people to
think that he is the candidate
when it is said that the first
'n'i,;,ag that he had of his candi-
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-04

When Uncle John pretends to be
: for temperance and is ardently
supported by Mitch and Caesar.
The real milk of the cocoanut is
that Mitch and the others of the
Breathitt Republican county tick
ct wanted Uncle John on with
them to try to hold certain Re-
publicans in hne who were not
stuck on the county candidates.
Nobody believes he will win.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-04
"Camouflage."

This word may be old in France
but it has only recently made its
advent in the American press,
and the inquiries directed to this
column causes me to publish my
answer rather than write sepa-
rate answers to my many anx-
ious inquirers. sAnd holding that
ILLUSTRATION is better than defini-
pn, | shall give a few illustra-
MS of "camoufiage" and its use:
:, :. rs
Evening star., 1917-08-20
VOLUNTEER STAFF OF
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR
Names of Those Who Will Direct
Conservation Division Announced
by Mr.. Hoover.

Volunteers who will compose the staff
of The great conservation division of the
food administra ton have been announced
by Administrator Hoover. The list. in
Guiding many nationally known names,
follows:
DIR. Ray Lyman Wilbur. Miss Ida NJ.
Tarbell Miss Abbie l.. Marlatt. F. c. Wal
colt. Clifford Pinchot, Miss Sarah Field
Splint, Charles r. Van Hise, Miss Ger
trude B. Lane. DR.. Alice c. Houghton.
George A Cullen. Arthur H. Samuels.
James II. Collins. Miss Frances Stern.
Charles W. Holman. Miss Katherine
Leckie Mrs Alice Bond Allen. Charles E.
Raymond. J. r. Egan. George Bowerman.
F. G. Routzahn, Shelby NJ Harrison. Mrs
T.. c. Routzahn. J. NJ Bowman. Mrs. Har-
riet S. Batch. Mrs. Nina Van Wrinkle. Ell
bridge l.. Howe. F. u. Van Sicklen. DR.
Charles II. Judd. DIR. Edward L. Burchard
J. O'Hara Cosgrave. Miss Mary C. Nc
Dougal. Palmer Fuller. jr.; f. F. Wood
man. Miss Florence E. Wardell. Miss Mar
tha Van Rensselaer,. Miss Ethel NJ. Bagg,
DIR. sydney Snow. DIR. J. F. Jenness. Wen
dell p Cotton Mcneil Sayre, John X.
Tener. Miss Frances A. Keller, DR.. Earle
Whitley. James H. Nicol. DR.. Joseph
krduskopf. DR.. s. E Goldstein. DR.. D.
De Sola Pool. Rev. George A. Dougherty,
w. d. Murphy. Tim Healy, Norman Wein-
stein, c. NJ. Mcconnell. DR.. S. 2. Batten.
Oliver r. Williamson, DR.. George NJ.
Heald. A. L. Craig. Joseph A. Burkhart
and DR.. f. B. Chappell
Evening star., 1917-08-20
AMERICAN is SHOT DOWN
IN AIR FIGHT AT FRONT
Oliver M. Chadwick of Boston, Vol
unteer Aviator, in Machine Which
Drops Behind Enemy Lines.
BY PAUL AYRES ROCKWELL.
Especial Cablcgrnm to The Star ant
Chicago Daily News.)

Copyright, 1917, by the Chicago Daily News
Company
PARIS. France, August 1S.-Oliver NJ.
Chadwick of Lowell. Mass. an American
volunteer aviator who went to the front
several weeks ago and has been fighting
with the French squadron No 10. is re-
ported to have been shot down in an aerial
combat Tuesday morning and to have
fallen back of the enemy's lines in Bel
GUM. He was member of an early
morning sky patrol. over the lines in
the region of Routhulst forest his COM
rade lost sight of him.
Some hours later French observer in
balloon telephoned that he had seen a
French machine in combat with a German
biplane and that after bitter struggle
the French plane fell headlong into the
German lines. Considering the time and
the place where the aerial battle occurred.
it is feared it was Chadwick who was the
Teuton flyers victim.
Chadwick was about twenty-five years
old and a former Harvard student. He
started in the war driving a Red Cross
ambulance. but soon became imbued with
desire to fight for France and entered
the aviation service. He had the reputa-
ton among his comrades of being ex-
cellent and spirited pilot.
Evening star., 1917-08-20
Organization in the q. S.

A similar organization is being form
ed in the United States The Ameri-
can ambassador. William G. Sharpe,
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid and Robert Bacon,
the former American ambassador, are
honorary presidents, and Robert W.
Bliss of the Paris embassy is one Of
the members of the managing commit
tee
\ letter has been sent to various no =
table Americans signed in behalf of
the committee by the Duchesse Cler-
mont-Tonnerre. the Countess Du Nun
Rene Viviani and Marshal JofYre. which
reads in part:
Your entry into the war has filled us
with great joy. 1t inspires US today
with a very earnest wish to bring
about a closer intimacy between the
distinguished men and women of our
two nations SO we'll fitted. to under
stand and hold each other in affection
and TO strive together in fastening the
advent of the society of nations called
for by youS eminent President. To at
tain this nothing is SO good as direct
contact"
The new organization which also will
strive to unite all the countries of the
alliance will publish fortnightly
ma ga zine. send eminent Frenchmen to
the United States upon special mis-
sions such as art exhibitions ana lee
turing tours. and cultivate the study
of English and French and the ex-
change of collections of books between
the respective universities and libra
rieS.
Evening star., 1917-08-20
GERMANY FACING STRIKES
IN MUNITIONS FACTORIES
Workers Demand Ten Pounds of Po-
tatoes Weekly, and Get
Only Eight.

LONDON. August 20.-A strike of
workers in the Essen and Dusseldorf
districts is threatened. according to
dispatches from Amsterdam TO the Ex-
change Telegraph Company. The work.
ers demand ten pounds of potatoes
weekly. At meeting arranged be-
tween labor delegates and the war food
department it was declared that 1t was
impossible to give the workers more
than eight pounds of potatoes during
the next twenty weeks.
To make up for the shortage in pota-
toes q slight increase in the bread and
meat rations might be granted. the
labor delegates were informed. The re-
ply of the workers has not yet been re-
ceived. Agitation favoring strike in
the Rhine provinces is increasing daily.
according to the dispatch.
AMSTERDAM. August 20.-.The Lokal
Anzeiger states that several hundred
worknen employed in krupps' Magde-
burg plant have gone on strike owing
to the arrest of one of their leaders.
The workmen considered this a dis
ciplinary measure and sent a deputa-
tion headed by the reichstag deputy.
Herr Rrondes, to the deputy COM
mander-in- chief asking him to release
the leader. The deputy commander-in-
chief Informed the deputatiou that the
man under arrest was suspected OF
high treason because he had distributed
hand bills melting workers to a gem
eral strike.
Evening star., 1917-08-20
CANADIAN, HELD PRISONER,
STILL. AWAITS RESCUERS
Former Postmaster General of Do
ninion Believes He Will Be Re-
leased From Germans.

NEW BEDFORD. Mass. August 2o.-
DR. Henri S. Beland. former postmaster
general of Canada. who was captured
In Belgium when the Germans invaded
that country, still believes there is an
organized campaign in Canada to res
cue him, according to a letter received
here.
The letter was from a French Cana
dian offieer. who met an Englishman
named Charles E. Mellor.. who had been
released from the prison camp where
DIR. -Beland was confined. He said the
former Canadian postmaster general
had nearly lost his reason when his
wife died some time after their i'm
prisonment. but that he had shown
rare courage and had never given up
hone of regaining his freedom.
Mr.. Meller said that DR.. Belands hair
had not turned white during his con-
finement. as had been reported. but
that his face was drawn and he.weighs
now only 40 pounds. Mr.. Meller said
that much longer confinement would
place Dr. Beland's life in jeopardy.
Dr. Beiand was living in Antwerp
when the war broke out, His wife whom
he had married a short time previously.
was q Belgian. $1,000. ----.-
Evening star., 1917-08-20
WOUND THEMSELVES
TO EVADE THE DRAFT
Chicago Exemption Boards Report
Many Sudden Injuries to Those
Called to Military Service.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Spec1Al DlSpatCn 10 Inc STAR.
CHICAGO. August 20.-Many cases of
seh-inf1icted injuries among mem who
wish to escape service in the new Ma
tioual Army have come to the attention
of surgeons of the exemption boards
of Chicago
Information of such practices has
come In the news dispatches from other
cities throughout the country. Exemp-
tion board physicians have been warned
to be on the lookout for such frauds
!. Lieut. Col Jacob Frank. surgeon gem
erai of Illinois troops. who has made a
study OF such practices. has pointed
out the most common injuries of this
kind inflicted in European countries
many of which, he believes. are being
put into effect throughout the United
States
Hernia" said Col. Frank has proved
the most common complaint with
which the physicians of Chicago ex-
smption boards have had to deal
Having the teeth extracted is COM
mon way of escaping service. Unless
the teeth are too bad now, however.
Provost Marshal General Crowder has
ruled against exempting a drafted man
whose mouth can be tinkered by a dem
tist.
European slackers often have their
fingers contracted by Sitting the ten
dons in the palm of the hand or in the
wrist: A discharge from the ear and par
tial deafness are caused by dropping
causrfC OF carbolic acid into the ear.
The appearance of diabetes is pro-
duced by eating inordinately of sweets
and is cured later by a return to nor
NAL diet. Counterfeit bright's disea Sc
Is produced by placing egg albumen on
the glands and jaundice by picric acid
Partial blindness of a temporary
Character Is superinduced by dropping
caustic or atropine on the pupil"
Evening star., 1917-08-20
FINDS LOYALTY AGITATION
WAS NEEDED IN COUNTRY
National Security League Declares
Experiences Have Justified Its
Campaign for Pledges

The National Security League. in re-
cent statement. declares itself satisfied
that the manner in which its efforts for
an accounting of patriotism Of German
Americans has been received by German
Americans justines the agitation which it
started and clearly shows the need for
the loyalty accounting asked.
Its attempt to obtain expressions of
loyalty to the United States from German
American editors has met with even less
success than its circularization of German
American organizations. the league an
nounces. 1t is announced that letters are
being received by the league daily from
all parts of the country in which loyal
citizens commend its campaign and urge
that further attempts be made along this
line with view ultimately to obtaining
suppression Of disloyal and anti -Ameri-
can utterances in the German-American
press.
While many of the German America n
organizations answered the league in re-
plies generally abusive. most of the news
paper editors did not reply at all to the
suggestion Of the league that they declare
answering loyalty to the United States
number of these replies have been made
public by the league