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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-12
THURSDAY, DECEMBER Y, 1918.
BIGGEST INSURANCE COMPANY

Among the many superlatves to
which the United States may lay
claim is that Of beirs the b'esa in
surance company on earth
Ii is an outgrowth 0 tthe war The
government undertook, Immediately
after entering the conflict, to hrestall
any repetition Of old war pension eX-
periences By insurng its lighting men
on cooperative and economical
basis. the men paying very low rate
and the government itself making up
whatever losses might result insur-
ance in this company was not made
compulsory, but its benefits We're
urged with such good effect that
neary all our soldiers and sailors
have taken out policies averaging
several thousand dollars apiece
The total amount Of these policies,
it is announced. had reached approx.
mately $4G.0000000O0 up to the sign
ing Of the armi5tice
This amount is $lO,OQ0,CGjC0o more
than the total estimated cost OF the
war to the United States, As an IN
deX to the size and power OF the com
pany issuing these policies, il dwarf.
all comparison The biggest private
insurance company in the world mas
less than $4,000 g0oaQ0 in policies cut
standing Uncle Sans company ha.
literally as large volume OF lie in
eurance as oil the private insulanc,
companies in the world put together
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-12
Worth Attention Of Women.

When you feel too tired to work,
#hen dark puts appear under your
eyes, when YOU wake up weary, with
'ackache or pains in sides ami loins,
when muscles and bones ache. when
you suffer rheumatic twinges, when
Iumbago puts you down, then you
Know the kidneys are weakened OF
disordered. Mrs. T. j Bucknel. Route
!, Hardy Neb,, writes = am recoy
erins from an attack Of lumDago. By
lhe aid OF Foley Kidney Pills. They
surely have helped me-
W. d. Duncan Druggist, Ottawa, III
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-12
REDDICk'S LIBRARY
= MATTERS 8

Biology.
Porkcr- Biology and social prob
lens. Ifriet and interesting.
Cook Books.
Farmer and Huntington: Food prob,
lens.
Rose. Every day foods in war time.
There is a Soodly number Of recent
cook books at the library.
Entertaining.
GeiSter; Ice breakers. For home
parties or church social consult the
library books on amusements and en-
tortainnents.
Literature.
jarintzoy. Russian poets and
poems.
Atlantic Monthly; Atlantic classics
The best of the Atlantic Monthly es-
says.
Ward and Walter Cambridge his
terry of English literature. The most
complete history OF English itera.
uIre.
Phelps. Alyance Of the English
novel
NoSeS> Representative plays BIZ
AmeHc1n dramatists. To be complete
in hree volumes.
tlarf British and American drama
of today
Travel
Wilcox x RineS; Ency. OF Latin
America
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-12
BEAT AMERICAN PRISONER
Germans Also Kept Him for Days
Without Food, He SAYS.

WltHuut fOOuf TIC oafSs
The Stars and Stripes, the official
newspaper of the American expedition
airy force, Identifies tie first American
private soldier to escape from prison
in Germany as Frank SayieIli and de-
votes a three-colutnn article 10 his cX-
poricuccs. Sayicki, whose home was
in Shenandoah, Pa. is a Russian Pole
by birth and has taken out his first
NATURALIZATION papers.
While Il prisoner In the hands of the
Germans SayicM spent ten weeks be-
heind the German lines, where he
worked II hours daily on military
work. He then was sent to a farm.
He often went days without food and
water and was dubbed by his guards
for picking grass along a roadside to
eat. Finally he was Scfr TO the prison
camp at RaStatt, where be received
American Red Cross parcels from
Switzerland
After several weeks in the prison
camp SayicH escaped and got through
the mountains into western Alsace,
where he has rejoined his regiment.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-12

IN the days before the war Marshal
toeh WAS au enthusiastic golfer" says
the London Express, and took Spe-
cia! lessons from a professional lie
pl0yed SLOW and cautious game. with
, very useful handicap of y lie had
quite an amusing hatred Of losing
balls, and In the evening after dinner
would stroll out with bag and col
lrct amy ne could find, Once he came
In trumphantly after a long walk i'm
The dusk with quite a collection found
wiki the aid of an electric Aa>hlight.
He used TO regret that his couuuymcu
did not take to the game with any
enthusiasm"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-12
FRANCE OFFERS Her
COLLEGES A. Eff.
FRENCH NATION WOULD TAKE
THIS MTTHCD or EXPRESSING
GRATITUDE TO AMERICAN SOL.
DlERS.

Washington, Dee. Andre Tar
dieu. high commissioner of Franco
American affair." has cabled Secretary
Baker Offering 10 place tas sdeca
ticpI resources and facilities Of tbs
French government a the disposal o.
the American army OF occupation ana
Of those soldiers who win he DELAYED
in returning home through the nau-
raj difficulties OF transportation
Special opportunity o learn French
would be Afforded an American suE
diers Secretary Baker has not ge,
replied to the offer.
The French government said NJ
Tardieus message knows the care
ycu have taken of the intellectual aul
mora. interests of your army TN,
efforts Of the y NJ G. A. and o All
the organizations which have devote.
themselves 10 The comfort and moral
welfare o. the American soldier, have
been "a source OF inspiration 30 ali
Freucnmen Who nave watched heir
results
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worthy of attention in any commun

worthy of attention in any commun
IT'S.
Effective sanitary surveys are gen.
orally too little prosecuted The re
moyal Of the source Of any disease OF
epidemic is the only sane method Of
combating IT,
We shall never be truly eivilizee
until wo learn that preyenta6le Dis
ease is Synonymous with disgrace
and points untrringly to culpahle neg
lecl by he individual on. in case g.
epidemic by the authorities hayiri
the public health in charge.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-12
MORE FATAL THAN AUTO


Anlmal-drawn vehicles caused more
deaths in Massachusetts during the
past year than did automobiles.
The annual report Of the state in
du,triul accident board, just issued,
states that there We're 10 fatal acct
dents, Of which % were caused by We
hicles drawn ny horses and 70 by those
self propelled,
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NOTICE.

State of Illinois, La Sale County. SIS
n the Circuit Cont. to January Terra
a. d. 1919
Daniel C. Drost VS.. Ann L. Drost
n Chancery- Divorce Gen No
.26ll.
Affidavit Of nou-resideuce OF Ann
Dr0st the above defendant. having
1een filed in the Clerks office of the
Gircuit Court Of said county. notice is
therefore hereby given to the said
nonresident defendant that the com
plainant filed his bill of complaint in
aid Court in the Chancery side
hereof on the llth day of December.
1918, and hat thereupon a summons
issued cut Of said Court, where said
suit is now pending, returna0le on the
second Monday in the month OF Jan
Iarf next, as is by law required.
Now, unless you, the said uon-resi.
lent defendant above named Ann l..
Jrost, shall personally be and appear
before said ,Circuit Court. on the first
lay OF the next term thereof TO he
loden at Ottawa, in and for the said
county on the second Monday in Jan
nary next, and plead, answer or
iemur to said compliments bill Of
complaint, the same ana The matters
md things therein charged and stated
sill be taken as confessed, and a de-
cree entered against YOU accordina
% the prayer Of said bill.
JOHN l.. WlTZE,iAN, Clerk
Ottawa, Illinois December 18th
1918.
ROBERT CARR, CompJs Sol.
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Tine Best Of the New Books.

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Tag at nome 5nt Abroad. me best IT.
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Ei"',1. Aoailizing woman power.
'r'-l, if'm me ShoaiaeF account OF
The part Women have p.ayt1 since the
beginning Oh ne war III EASIand'
FRANCE Germany anu America
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Would Express Gratitude.

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country desires to associate hersel
with the educational WORK which has
been conducted with such success in
your army.
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he as follows.
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givan accass as frealv 80 r,oesjbla IN
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The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
Soviet Assembly
Pulse Of Masses

The soviet is at once the pulse
and the heart of the Russian
masses. The All-Russian AS
sembly of Soviets which meets
at Moscow today to ratify or re-
ject the peace treaty with the
central powers may be best
likened to the Electoral College
which does the final choosing OF
the American President.
The whole OF Russia is divided
into soviets. There is a soviet
in every city, town and province.
The AIl-Russian Assembly of
Soviets is the reflector of the
votes cast by the millions of So
Wet members throughout Rus
sia. In it the Petrograd and
Moscow soviets have a powerful
voice because OF their numerical
strength. Virtually every party
is represented in the soviets.
The Bolsheviki dominate. with
the Socialist-Revoluti a
strong rival
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
CHINESE MISSION SEES
BELGIANS In BATTLE
Generals from East Impressed with
Aviation Fields.

Announcement that a Chinese mil
itary mission is inspecting the Bel
gian front was made last night by
the Belgian Legation. following re-
ceipt of the following official dis
patch from Havre:
THE Chinese military mission has
just made a visit to the Belgian
front Among the members of fhe
mission were Commandant Hosin, of
the general staff, and Gen. Tseng-
whang, of the general SAN OF the
Chinese Republic.
THE visitors made a study of the
working OF the Belgian general staff
and its various sections. They af-
terEards visited two aviation fields
and the serial Photographic service,
and went through some sectors of
the trenches. The mission was much
impressed by what they had seen and
also examined attentively the serv-
ices OF the rear zone. including the
railway service"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
SOCIALISTS FACE
ESPIONAGE CHARGE
Victor Berger and Others to Offer
Bail for Appearance.

Chicago, March 1.-THE five So
cialists, with the possible exception
Of Victor Berger. who lives in Mil
waukee. under indictment for viola
ton Of the espionage law, will appear
before Judge Kenesaw NJ. Lands Co
day. prepared to offer bonds Of $4,000
each for their freedom.
]. Louis Engdahl. former editor OF
the American Socialist, one of the
men indicted, declared the charges
are unfounded. He said they are
similar to those brought against
Adolph Germer last October on ac-
count OF some poetry he wrote.
Besides Engdahl, Berger and Ger
mer, the others under indictment are
William F. Kruse and Irwin St John
Tucker. both of whom are prominent
in Socialistic circles.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
GAIN
ADVANTAGEIN
LOCAL FIGHTS
Legation Here Issues State
ment Showing Offensive
on Dixmude Front.
CAPTURE HUN DUGoUT
Shoot Down Enemy Flee
ing from Shelter; Check
Foes Advances.

Belgians have taken the offensive
against the Germans along the Dix
nude front in numerous local ARRAYS,
and have gained considerable ad-
vantages, q statement from the
Belgian Legation claimed last night.
One summons by the Germans to
Flemish troops to come over and
join them was followed by a raid
which cleared out a Teuton trench in
vigorousa fashion.
The statement in full follows:
The Belgian Legation has today
received a cable describing continued
activity on the Belgian front, fol-
lowing the brilliant action OF the
Belgian cavalry last week when they
crossed the flooded country on their
front, routed the enemy and captured
LIS German soldiers, FIVE officers and
twelve machine guns.
The cable states that on the night
of March Z the enemy made a dash
against the farm known as Grand
pore. near Kippe, on the road from
Dixmude to Steenstraat. The Belgi-
ans were momentarily driven from
their trenches. but Immediately made
countcr-attack and recovered their
trenches. which were filled with Ger
man dead. Three Germans were
taken prisoners.
"A shelter containing a German Of
ficer and about thirty men and
which was protected by three feet of
concrete sand, also by some thirty
yards of flooded district, was furi-
ously attacked by the Belgians who
lost five killed. and seventeen wound
ed, without succeeding in taking the
shelter. On the following day. March
s, however, this shelter was bonn
barded by the Belgian 220-caliber
mortars with such accuracy that the
Germans were compelled to attempt
to escape. Most of them were shot
down as they attempted to flee. Dur
ing the night the Belgians renewed
their attack and re-occupied the
shelter where they found only a gar
rison Of eorpses.
'At another point on the Belgian
front near Sieuport, March S. the
Germans, continuing their vain ef-
forts to separate the Flemish from
the, Walloon population. put up q
large proclamation inviting the Flem-
ish soldiers af the Belgian army TO
come over ana surrender. The in
vitation was promptly accepted. but
not in the way expected by the Ger
mans for that same night the Belgi-
ans made three simultaneous raids on
the German trenches. In one trench
which was strongly held. to the west
Of Nieuvendam. near the Paschen-
daele Canal. the Belgians took twenty
two prisoners and left behind them
thirty dead Germans. In Vthis raid
the Belgians had only a few of their
own men wounded and none killed.
Tho German trench west of the
Union Bridge across--the User was
taken and cleaned up from top to
bottom. Finally. the third trench,
west of Lombartzyde. was taken
without striking a single blow. All
the occupants Of the trench had been
killed except three who promptly sur
rendered and were brought back into
the Belgian lines
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12

who in turn, If the name is accent
able, makes such recommendation to
the President.
II the secretary's Recommendation
meets with executive approval, the
candidates name is sent forthwith to
the Senate for confirmation. There
upon the nomination is referred to
the Military Affairs Committee,
where a searching Investigation is
made, and its findings for or against
the applicant for commission is re-
ported to the whole Senate, which
votes either to confirm or reject, as
the case may be.
1t now develops that the National
Guard here has been absorbed by the
Federal service, and has no actual or
prospective existence. On the con-
trary 1t is claimed that the Chamber
lain bill now pending in the Senate is
Of negative character inasmuch as
its provisions relate more to the crea-
AZ CONTINUED ON PAGE FoUR q.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
TOO BUSY FOR DRAFT,
HAS GONE TO LOOKUP
Pennsylvania Man Arrested for
Failure to Report.

New York. March 11.-Herbert Lo-
rentzen, who comes from Armstrong
County, Pa, was arrested yesterday
at the Municipal Lodging House on
the charge of failing to appear be-
fore his local board for examina-
tion for the draft army.
Why didn't you report for exam
ination?" asked Policeman Halpern.
Il didn't have time; I was too
busy" said the man.
He was locked on the charge of
violating the selective draft law.
Charles Diedrich, 6s years old,
whose home is at the Municipal
Lodging House, was arrested yester-
day for falling to register as an
alien enemy. He said he had been
in this country forty-three years
and that he did not know anything
about the necessity for registering.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
Wherever Hindenburg May
Launch Infantry, Tommies Be-
lieve 1t Cannot Penetrate.
SAMMIES RAID TOUL TRENCHES
They Fight Brilliantly in the First Large
Hand-to-Hand Scrimmage-
"Cleaning Up Well.

London March 1.-The whole fury of the German big guns on
the British front concentrated tonight bOmbarment against
the dominating positions which Hags troops took during last years
fighting The Paschendaee Ridge subjected to fierce drum
ming Up to late this evening infantry actions had been recorded
but the expected break loose any moment The manner
which the Tomm the concerted infantry tus launched
by the Bavaan northeast of Ypres days ago
still further heightened confidence of all Brhers that no matter
how hard Hndenburg will strike he break through
Fhe British executed successful raid of ST. Quentin
and pused German northwest of Lbassee Berlin claimed
penetration of the British lines the Amentees region BY Ger
raiders.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
COAL BROKERS
WILL OPERATE
UNDER LICENSE
Garfield Opposes Govern
ment Operation of Mines.
Some Lose Money.
RULE AIDS INDUSTRY
Safeguards Thousands Who
Earn Living by Selling
to Consumers.

Coal brokers will be put under
license, according to an announce
ment made late yesterday by DR..
Harry A. Garfield, the Federal Fuel
Administrator.
This action follows protests that
have come from many sections OF the
country. particularly New England,
since 1t was ordered by the Fuel Ad-
ministration that brokers would have
to look to the coal operators for their
commissions.
Almost Forced Out.
1t means that thousands of men who
have been making their Nving on
the handling of coal from producer
to consumer will not lose their mil
lions OF dollars heretofore collected
by them in commissions. Before the
government announced the order.
practically shutting down on the
brokers. the operators received about
$40 for their coal at the mines. The
brokers added their margin and col
lected from the retailers or from the
consumers where delivered direct.
The government a month ago issued
rule that brokers must look to the
operator, fixing a price at the mines
that took care OF the brokers' margin
of approximately Is cents a ton and
also an advance for increased wages.
By this order. the protesting
brokers maintained. the operators
were given the power to eliminate
the broker entirely and take the
margin themselves. or to demand
that the broker accept a smaller
commission. ]. ]. Starrow. the New
England fuel administrator, will
come here today to take up this
phase OF the coal distribution with
DR.. Garfield. 1t is expected that a
formal notice to all the coal men
will be issued within the next few
days. announcing that they will be
permitted to operate under license.
Against o. $. Ownership.
DR.. Garfield put himself on record
yesterday as against government
ownership OF the mines. He de-
clared that in some sections OF the
country the mines were not being
operated in an economic manner.
that it is costing them more to pro-
duce the coal than the miners re-
ceive. He attributed It to bad man
agement. When askedpif the gov
ernment could produce coal there
more cheaply or whether govern
ment ownership would be a good
thing he replied:
IN cases where the coal mines
are operating efficiently, the gov
ernment could control. own and
operate them at an advantage; but
where the coal mines are operating
at a loss. government ownership
would not give the incentive to
make them successful"
DR.. Garfield said that in some
parts of the country the mines
would have to operate more eco
nomically or close down. as some of
them already have done.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
Increases Are Lacking,
Lighthouse Men Leave

Lighthouse keepers, without a raise
In pay for years, are deserting the
service and leaving the coast of the
United States inadequately guarded.
according to testimony before the
House Interstate Commerce Commit
tee.
Heads Of the various grand divisions
Of the country informed the commit
tee that the men who did stay on were
doing so at great personal sacrifice.
So far no station has been left wholly
unnamed. "A bill increasing pay is
expected in few days
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
Appointment of Simms
Is u. S. Militia Precedent
New Head of District of Columbia Guards
Named by President Without Confrma-
ton by the Senate

A peculiar situation has arisen in
connection with the appointment by the
President of r. D. Simms to be briga-
der general Of militia for the District
without confirmation of such appoint
ment by the Senate. Members Of the
higher branch of Congress hint that
it would be establishing a dangerous
precedent and that it is without any
proper legal authority.
The claim Is made that the appoint
ment of Gen. Simms was under the
operation Of laws governing the execu-
tves of various States in the appoint
ment Of adjutants general, and in
the absence of a governor for the Dis
trict the President is entitled to exer-
else this function.
Usual Procedure.
Those in a position to know declare
that the usual procedure is for the
proper bureau in the War Department
to select man qualified for advance
ment, and then recommend his ap-
pointment to thS secrstary OF War.