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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28
FILMS NOT ACCEPTED
BY RED CROSS IN
BOYS XMAS CARTONS

Ottawans have been warned against
placing films in their Christmas
boxes, for the men in the American
Aypeditionary Forces. According to
the post Office department, films. are
barred In the mails and will there
fore not be accepted in the Christmas
cartons for the boys overseas.
kodaks may be sent without films
hut this is advised against, is it Is
believed the boys over there may
have trouble in obtaining films.
Flash lights are permissible.
The regulations also forbid inclosing
inside the carton any Christmas card
or letter of any kind However it Is
permissible to write Merry Christ.
mas or Christmas Greetings on
the outside cover.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28
AUSTRIA ACCEPTS
ARMlSTicE CONDITIONS
Especial Eulietir.)

Washington. Oct. 2S,--The
Austrian reply hes 4 text as
follows: THE response TO the
note addressed Oct. 1o by Preoi-
dent Wilson to the Austro-Hun-
garlan government. In corn
piiance with the decision Of the
President to determine sepa.
rately with Austria-Hungary the
condition Of their armistice
and the Austro-Hunearian gov
ernment has the honor to de-
clare that Il approves not only
Of former statements Of the
President. but also to the IDEAS
expressed in his last note con-
corning the rights of the peo-
pie Of Austria-Hungary, espe-
ciaIly the rights OF the Jugo-
Slavs. From the beginning
Austria-Hungary has accepted
all the conditions upon which
the President bases negotia-
tions upon the subject OF an
armistiee.
The government holds that
there ie rothiru row nreventir-
a YHs
the opening Of negotiations.
The Austro.Hunga-ian gov
ernment declares in consequence
that it is ready without await
ing the results Of other negotia-
tions to enter into any discus
sion to bring peace between
Austria-Hunsary and the oppos-
ing states and an immediate ar
mistice on all Austria Hungar-
ian frontiers, and begs President
Wilson to be good enough to
take the necessary prepara-
tory steps.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28
NEW SUB CAMPAIGN
MAY BE STARTED

New York. Oct. 2S.--The Germans
are starting a new submarine cam.
paign on this American coast, accord
ing to telegraphio reports which
reached here this afternoon. Several
Atlantic coast towns tell that the cam
paign started in the Atlantic waters
at identically the same time that the
peace note was dispatched to Wash.
ington by the central powers,
Waha vixen. N. j.. Oct. 2S--Have re.
port of the torpedoing of a Spanish
steamship ten miles off Barnagat last
night at 10 o'clock This steamer was
loaded with sugar and carried a crew
of twenty eight men, twenty-three OF
whom we're rescued The men were
clothed In their night garments ant
hal suffered severely from the cod
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28
BETTER HALVES
UNFAlTHFUL AND CRUEL

Mrs Helen G, Meyers Of La Sail
loves other men better than her hus.
band and as result Of her unfaith.
fulness was made defendant In ii
vorce proceedings today commenced
by her husband, william NJ. Meyer
The couple was married Nov. 7, 1911,
at Indianapolis,
Mrs Ethel Backman of StreatOr
in a divorce petition charges her hus
band. Lloyd with cruelty aud relates
how on several occasions he punched
her in the face. The couple was
married at Pontiac Sept, -, 1918
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28
KAISER NOT TO RESIGN;
ABDICATI0N DEMANDED

London, Oct. 2S.---The kaiser will
issue a proclamation announcing thai
he will not abdicate. but that II nee.
essary he vii, become hereditary
president Of the German republic
with authority like thai Of the kines
of England, Belgium and Italy" said
an Amsterdam dispatch to the Daily
Express today
The German Independent socialists
are again demanding tho kalser's alb
dication,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28
Thomas n. PlIlion.

Thomas II. Pillion aged % years, a
Wen known young farmer of Dayton
township, died Sunday morning at 8
o'clock at his home after an illn 'as
lasting one week of influenza whiIh
developed into pneumonia,
He was we'll known for his ability
as mechanic and an electrician, and
will be greatly missed by his large
circle of frinds.
The decedent was born in Wallace
township and had resided in that vi
cinty his entire life. His marriage to
Miss Louise Schomas took place in
st. Francis church in this city four
years age.
Surviving he leaves his widow and
three small chilrren, Mari G. Alice
aud Lynn. He Is also survived by his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John PilHion OF
Wallace, ami by three sisters, Mrs
George Fosse, Miss Vera pillion and
Miss Mary Pillion
The funeral service will be held to-
morrow morning at 9:30 o'clock at
81. Co,umbas Catholic church, and
burial will be made in St COLUMBIA S
cemetery.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28
OTTAWAN KNOCKED.
UNCONSCIOUS; THEN
PLACED ON TRACKS.
JOHN kOLM, AGED MAN, AT.
Tackled AND SERIOUSLY IN
JURED BY UNKNOWN TRIO
CAUSE OF flENDlSH ACT NOT
KNOWN.

John kolm, a 7l.year-oh man resd-
ing on West Marquette street, was at.
tackled by three unknown men Sat
uh1ay evening at 1:45 O'Clock. and
after having been beaten unconscious
was laid across the tracks Of the C.,
j. & Q. Railroad between Jefferson
and Jackson street, where had a pas
serby not gone to the rescue switch
lug freight train would have finished
the work the men had started.
The three men are still at large, and
the police have made every effort to
capture them without results up to
the time the paper went to press this
afternoon. However, they have a good
description of the men AMI are work.
ing on several clews, through which
1t is thought the men will be cap
tured before long.
No plausible motive can be given
for the attack, the only possible ex-
PLANTATION for the affair being that
Mr.. koim was mistaken for some other
man. He is now patient at Ry-
burn Memorial Hospital. suffering
from a broken jaw, a dislocated shoul-
der and numerous bruises on the body
and face. which are both painful and
serious
Mr.. kom had just eft the down
town district and was proceeding to-
ward home on Walnut street when.
between Jackson and Jefferson
streets, three men approached him
| One of them exclaimed, I've got YOU
aow, and I'll get you good and struck
| him across the head After a few
| more blows the man was knocked
unconscious and his body was car
red to the nearby railroad track.
The tallest man of the trio struck
| -he blows, but after the old man had
been rendered unconscious the other
wo took part in the fray. one oi
them stamping him on the face and
body with his feet
Mr.. and Mrs. n. f. Beauregard, who
! live on the West Side and we're going
downtown, passed along Walnut
street aitd stopped to see what the
commOtion was As soon as Mr.
Beauregard noticed what was going
on he started running toward the
men. The taller of the three mer
jumped into an empty box car and
out ont the other side. disappearing
down the tracks into the darkness.
Mrs. Beauregard, thinking the mer
had cut the throat of their victim, rar
after the other two telling them e
stop and wait for the police to arrive
They told her the man was not hur
and ran on.
The fiendish trick was noe, it Il
thought, an attempted robbery, a.
none Of tho money in Mr. Kolmi
pockets was touched nor was hi
| NdNNu lfillpNtu llOlli illS NtOl' hS ld
as is known he did not have a singl,
enemy, or would anyone knowing hin
have an occasion for such an attacp
The injured man was picked by pee
pie in the crowd which had gathere
around arll was removed to Rybur
Memorial Hospital in the police an
a httl nx, lD,,,.
called to attend him
His wounds are of a very seriou
nature on account of his advance
age. Mr.. .kolm has been working g
the Fischer Hardware Company for
number of years. He resides with HI
wife and daughter on Marquett
: street. He is quiet man and is we
thought of by all who know him.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28
J. A. NICHOLSON FUNERAL
WAS HELD SUNDAY

The funeral of j. A. Nicholson who
died at Calgary, Canada, October q
took place Sunday afternoon at 4
O'Clock at st. COLUMBIA church, Dean
Quinn officiating. lnterment was in
the family lot In st. COLUMBIA ceme-
terry.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28
WIND BREAKS DOWN
TELEPHONE POLE

The high wind yesterday tore up
one Of the large telephone poles at
the corner of Adams and Center
streets. The uprooting occurred just
after noon, in the driving rain The
pole was tipped over without being
damaged, but the. wires attached to
the insulators on the pole were
broken. Only a slight Manage was
ca,setl.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28
"Let Co." Once In a While,

Half the Joy Of life is In ''letting go"
every once in awhile, and, II you let
60 twice every once In awhile, II seems
that you have just that much more fun.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28
Austria Also Accepts

12. 30 Austria fully accepts Pre-
dent Wilson's peace terms accort r
10 dispatch to agency radio.
London ? p NJ, - Austria in her
reply to President Wilson's septt
peace note accepts all the president
views in the American note Of Oea
li, and states that the Austrian cH
ernment is ready without aw@tar
other negotiations to negotiate perez.
and an immediate armistico of 4l
governments says news agency
division from Amsterdam This after
noon Tho reply came from Cona
Andrassy.
Amsterdam The foreign minister
from Vienna, according to an agener
dispatch said that replies are ol
such a nature Us to assure that pean
is u certainty at an early date.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28
r. M. LYONS PASSES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS

+ NJ Lyons, aged about 81 years
died this afternoon at $50 o'clocE .
The home of his son, c. c. Lyons ol
Poplar street, following a long iIlna *,
The decedent resided in South l"'
kato and came to Ottawa In Sep.t..
Der to say with his son.
He is survived by two sons, e e..
Of this city, Frank of South Dat.t
and one daughter, Mrs. Blanche N.
len of Texas
The funeral services will be
nounced later.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28
445 MEN FOUND FIT.
!! !! BY I've.
MEDICAL EXAMINERS
DURING THREE DAYS OF EXAM ,
NATIONS LAST WEEK ALMOST
81 PER CENT OF THE NUMBER
OF MEN EXAMINED WERE
FOUND 100 PER CENT PERFECT.

Four hundred and forty-tive men
were placed on the records Of the
local exemption board, as physically
tit and ready for immediate service,
Saturday evening following the three
days examination of the men in
Glass | of the 10 10 81 division OF
the Is to 10 draft. Five hundred and
fifty men were called during the
Is to 40 draft Five hundred and
fifty men were called during the
three day period. but only 479 We're
able to come, the others being sick,
either with influenza or pneumonia
There are enough men in the
class to fill calls for several months.
They will be called for service as
soon as the q year old 1918 registra-
tion is exhausted
Saturday afternoon 167 men re-
ported for examination, only II be.
| ing unable to be examined. Out OF
| this number llS were accepted for
general military service, 13 were ac-
cepted for limited service, Il were
rejected and Is We're referred to the
medical advisory BOARD for a final
decision in their cases.
/ 1t is likely in the II men of class
/ j. who have not yet reported for eX
animation. 90 will be accepted for
general service, which will bring the
number of men in this division OF
the draft who will be ready to re
port for service anytime within thf
next few months to 800.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28
Time Not Received for Camp Waco
Entrainnent

The local board has not yet receiy-
ed entrainment orders for the l2i
men who will go to Camp Macarthur,
Waco, Texas in responce to the can
celed call received several days age
for 25 men The men who will make
up this increment are anxious to be
off, and are holding themselves in
readiness for entranment orders.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28
SUNDAY TOLL Of FLU
DEATHS DROPS TO 5;
EPIDEMIC ON WANE
THOMAS PllLlON, CARL ELZER
AND MISS VIOLET DEFORE VIC
TINS OF PNEUMONIA-DANGER
ALMOST PASSED OF FURTHER
DISEASE SPREAD.

The death toll Saturday night and
Sunday from influenza and pneumonia
was only three, two men and a girl,
which is far less than during any 9TH
er forty-eight-hour period in Ottawa
since the epidemic started. Many
improvements, and not many new
cases were reported today by the local
board of health. Several relapse cases
and number Of new pneumonia cases
developed today, however.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28
Violet /. before.

Miss Violet l.. before. aged Is
years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Il.
before, 1900 Kansas street, died Sat
urday night at 12:45 O'Clock at the
emergency hospital, following a short
illness of influenza and pneumonia.
Miss before was born in this city
and had resided here all her life For
the past few weeks she had been
working at the Fisher garter factory
Her grandmother and aunt were
called to Ottawa from Indiana. and
Yesterday the grandmother received
a message informing her that her son
had died at the family home there
after short illness.
Surviving she leaves her parents
and the following brothers and sis.
ters: Robert Ethel Jean. Cassie,
Alice and Florence Her mother and
! her brother Robert are both IL, suf-
fering from influenza.
The funeral services will be held
tomorrow from the family home
! Carl Elzer
Carl Elzer, a well known cement
worker, aged Is years, died Saturday
evening at his home, 1929 Phelps
street, following a weeks illness Of
| pnuemonia. which followed an attack
/ Of influenza.
Mr.. Elzer was born and raised in
ottawa. He is survived by his widoV
and two small. children.
The funeral services were held this
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the fam
lily home, ami burial was made in thy
Ottawa Avenue cemetery.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28

Try the Free Trader.Journai Want Ads
for results.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28
ARMISTICE (;oNDITIONS
ARE Accepted BY
cEmTRaL E MPIRES
The German government has taken cogniz-
ance of the answer of the President of the United
States.
The President is aware

IN iNoiN&Nllt 10 a W q /. =
of the far-reach hin g
changes which have been
carried out and arc beng
carried out in the German conssit,,-
tionai structure, ard that peace neao-
tIations are being conducteS by a pao-
Pies government, in whose hands
rests, both actually and constitution.
ally. the power to make the deciding
conclusions. The military powers aga
also subject to it.
"The German government now
awaits proposals for an armiHice,
which shall be the first step toward =
just peace, as the President has de
scribed it in his proclamation.
(Signed.) SOLE
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28

London, Oct. 2S, 4 p. rl.--The arn,h-
tice terms for Germany decidedly cal
ed for the evacuation OF Alsaco-Lsu.
raine and other conditions that arg'
contrary to the German interests, 4.
was learned this afternoon. Il is
expected that the terms will pro
acceptable, but ii is believed thai t
political situation may force the J
arcpDtancc
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28
WEATHER

Probably showers tonight
and Tuesday. Not mucr
change in Temperature
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28

OTTAWA JOURNAL
Established 1889
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28

took place In Berlin concerning fha
electioneerina meetings of indept
dent socialists, it was learned tod
This party demands the removal ,
the Kaiser and the privileges OF
German people.
Falling Back on Belgian Line.
London Oct. %, lis p. MT q
Germans began to fall back upon hi-l
ground near the Belgian frontier u.
great movement brought a fiveM
trench advancement over the G0u
frontier.
Ludendorff Changed His Mind.
Copenhagen, Oct 2S.--Gen. Luz =.
d0rif's resignation as first quar-
master general of the German 8P
was due to civil rights being c".
cr0achd upon by his military 8.
according 10 Hindenburg.
Afterwards Hindenburg decl3'
mat Ludendorff first advocated an -
mstice because he considered a
German position desperate Late
Iiindenburg said, Ludendorff chan
his mind
London, Oct est was learned
rom German source today that F.a'
Marshal Won Hindenbure had orlcol
General Ludendortf to appear before
court martial.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-28

OTTAWA FREE TRADER
Established te4o
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-19
BELCICKE PRiMORi VYKLIZENO.
NEMECkA VOJSKA MA VSEOBEC-
MEM USTUPU K LINu ANTWERP
NAMUR-SEDAN.

kde franko-americke silly dora
zeji ma Nemce smerem k Mezie
res a Sedanu. Vcera America
ne zlepsili sve postaveni u
Grand Pre- v udolf reky Airy a
Francouzi postoupili dale "a
Aisnu.
Nemci vsude mali znacne
ztraty ma muzstvu a rovnez re-
servy sve maji jiz vycerpane,
takze puvodnich hlavnich
armad ma frontu Antwerp -
Sedan neb pripadne Mety, do
stane Sc jen mensf cast.
Nemcdm dochazi stfelivo hru
be drobneho kalibru a nekte
re mem plukys sodniraii4sp sposlud
most velitelstvf. Hindenburg
pouzfva opesale jfzdy ku proti
1tokum, kterazto nutnost mem.
kavalerii Sc nelibi. Vcera n6ko
lik oddilu mem. dragounI VIDA
10 Sc dobrovolne.
Tisice BelgG a Franconzd i
"a vcerejsiho spojeneckeho po-
stupovanf bylo vysvobozeno z
jarma mem. vetrelcd.,
V Makedonii voiska spojen-
cu jsou rovnez zdarem prova-
zena. Recka Makedonie byla
Teutonu jiz lplne zbavena, z
Albanie. utikaii posledni houf
ce Rakusanu V Srbsku spOjen
ci kvapne postupuji ma Belle
brad.
V Syrii briticka vyprava ge
nerala Allenbyho priblizuje Sc
k mestu Allepo, kde $4,000 tn
reckych vojaku pod komandem
mem. generala Sanderse je O.
cekava.
V Archand6lsku ma Rusi an
glo-americky sbor okupoval
mesto Kadis a postoupil 6 XII
lometru podel drahy k Volog-
de vedOuci.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-19

Belgicke primori nalezi ope1
Belgicandm. Zeebrugge, dlle
Zita Zakladna mem. submarin
ocitla Sc v moci spojenci brzy
po okupaci Ostend, a jine dlle
Ute mesto We Flandrech, Thiel1
obsazeno vcera vojsky fran
cOuzskymi ma Ghent tahnouci.
mi.
Nemci ustupuji vsude z Elan
derska a to ma svou zalozni o.
brannou linii, bezici cd Ant.
werp k Namuru a dale k Seda
nu, odkudz chteji prodlouziti
svdj zakopovy system az ku
hranicim Svycar.
Nepritel opustil vcera Brug.
gy, Turroing, Roufaix jiaa ne
sta flanderska a We SVEN cou
vani ma tax zvanou tfeti Wota
novu linii specha, ably unikl "a
skoceni neb zahnanf ma hol-
landske uzemi, kde by jej od-
zbrojeni, intenovani ocekava-
10.
Ustupujici jsou tisneni We w
seku mezi Severnfm morem a
rekou Lys a ponevadz mali ma
SVEN pozadi pomerne malo ze
leznic, treba Jim prekotneho
spechu.
We Francii, vychodne Cd po-
hranicniho mesta Lille az ku
Cambria, briticka armada spo
lecne Americany a Francouzi,
zene Huny "a mestem Journal
a nektere angl. oddly stoji jiz
u bran jndustrielniho stredu
Valenciennes, kde nepritel je
tisnen v uZkem sektoru.
Ma linii Bohain-Le Cateau
bust do nepritele americka ar
mada dale u Laonu, mezi Oh
sou a Serre francouZska vojska
zatlacujf zvolna Huny "a boji
zvlaste krvavych.
Podobne je Champagne,
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-19
DVE: STE AMERICKYCH AEROPLA-
NJ BOMBARDOVALO NEPRA-
TEL SKE POSICE..

Pariz, 18. rijna. - Dve ste
americkych aviatiku. podniklo
vcera velky vzdusny najezd ma
nepratelske posice u Verdunu.
Slo o nejvetsi a nejsilnejsi toho
druhu vypravu nasimi letci kdy
vykonanou. V hlavni eskadre
letelo lao aeroplani, kdezto "a
loha pozGstavala ze sedesati
strojG. Americane vznesli Sc
mad mem. linii jako mracno, pre-
kvapivse Huny dplne. Teprv
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-19

kdyz hlavnf bombardovani by
10 jiz vyrizeno, priletela mensi
mem. eskadra s niz Americana
svedli kratky boj. Deset mem. a
viatiku sfitilo sc do hlubin
nekolik nepratelskych strojd
poskozeno. Americane ztratili
jeden aeroplan druhy byl Jim
poskozen. Naproti tomu HUI
Mum rozbito nekolik vojen-
skych vlakI, vypaleno nekolik
skladist' streliva a vyvraceno
cetne polnfch opevnenf.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-10-19
Y Praze vyhla$eno osvo-
bozeni -s|ovenskych
zemi z jaFma H habsburki.
Heslo proklamace: "Verim<
v demOkracii -avefirne We
..- svObodu~- We sv0bOdu -.
ma veky!''

Kodan, 18. Tina. = Cesi jsou pany Prahy, die ber-
linse depese za.lane lstu Berngske Tdende. obshu
sou ceske penize a mad zamkem ma Hradcanech vlaje
Seska vlajka.
Bazilej 1s. rijna - DIE doslych videnskych IL
stu poda rakousky mnistr zahranicnich zaezost ba-
ron Burian svoji resignaci.
Washington, 18. fijna -Dnes byla jmenu cesko
sovenske prozatimni vlady uznane z drive Spojenym
Staty spojeneckym mocemi, vydana proklamace eesko
slovenske neodvisosti. Ceskoslovenske odtrzeni cd
Austre asns nazna6ue pfist osud dynase habsburske
cisaTskeho rodu Hohenzolern, ktery uskutecn je-
Ste drive nezl Amerka spojene nj narody zarazi
mec do pochvy.
Ceskoslovensky statn pfevrat pfise nahle neoseka-
vnas jsa ajen ak Bilym Domem tax cleny prozatimni
vlady ceskoslovenske Dnes jest znamo ze americkym
ssrodatnym kruhGm znamy byly vsechny odstavce pre-
kvapujiciho prohasen ze provsorni eeskosovenske
Wade dostao pneho ujistsn spojenecke podpory pro
hnut, namifenemu proti centranim mocim
Podminky deklarace jsou zaruceny velmocemi, jez
eeskoslovenskemu narodu podaly pomocne ruky aby
sutecnsny byy stalete eho sny samostatnosti narod
nj snahy ceskosovenske ably stay zavaznym odstav-
Gem pFi sestroeni budouciho bohda trvaleho miru.
Veera uvefejnsny plan Rakouska premsnit Rakou-
sko Gtyry federani staty pnou autonomi ale pod
svrchovanosti habsburske dynastie by jen zoufalym
pokusem zachrant Sernozluou monarchii pred napro-
stou zkazou Bourani stare rakouske rachotiny zapo
Gallo.
Ceskoslovenska deklarace vzbudi velkou pozornost
enotlvych skupinach vacicich narodG dyse repu-
bikanskym duchem stav prot monarchistickym via
dam kdekoli tyto panuji
Jest to historicky document, kterym navrhuje O.
svobozeni cee sfedni Evropy ktery slime pfpomina
amercke prohasen neodvislost velke revoluce De-
karace jez odmta kazde pfislusenstvi Rakousku a
trva zfizen republkanskem, vydana byla Pafiz
Opis je dorucen by presidentovi Spojenych Stata Will
sonovi J. Cisarem, Slenem ceskoslovenske rady.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-30
OLSON-WIKNIAN.

Miss Esther M Wikman, daughter of MT. and Mrs. John Wikman of 1877 Park avenue, will become the bride of Charles B. Olson, at the home of her parents, at o'clock this evening. The Rev. A. P. Emgstrom will perform the ceremony. The bride will be attired in white crepe de chine and will carry white chrys- anthemums to match her gown. She will have as her maid of honor, her sister, Miss Eleanor Wikman, who will wear a yellow silk dress and will carry yellow chrysanthemums. Miss Agnes Olson, a sister of the groom. of Georgetown, will be the maid of honor and will wear pink georgette gown with pink chrysanthemums. The bridegroom's attendants will be Marcus Larson and Axel Johnson.
 The bride will be given away by her father. Nearly 100 guests are expected to be present from this city, Georgetown and Washington, D. c. After a reception at the home of the brides parents, the bridal couple will leave on their wedding tour, the des- tination of which has been kept a se- cret. On their return, MT. and Mrs Olson will reside for a short time at 1877 Park avenue.