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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-26
NEW BLOW BY ALLIES BEGINS IN ALBANIA; ST. QUENTIN OUTPOST
 IS CAPTURED BY. THE BRITISH

Americans Ready to Move Against Metz General Allen
 by Counts 10000 Turk Prisoners and 265 Captured Guns, While Arabs Trap Third Ottoman Army East of Jordan British Pliers Bring Down 5 Enemy Aeros Captured Letter Shows Germany Dire Needs
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-26

Advertise in The Times
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-26

FOR SALE-A FIELD OF ABOUT 5000 HEADS OF GOOD WINTER CABBAGE OF AN EXCELLENT VARIETY, AT A SACRIFICE.
 CHAS. E. WATERMAN, HILLARE, YALEsVmLE, CONN. TEL. 2e5-2.
 SC
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-26

Riddles Coverlets-or com- fortables in beautiful Dutch designs-pink and blue fig ures, new felted cotton .. $1.39 each
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-26

Lustrous mercerized Satine Bordered Comfortables, fill ed with white sanitary cot ton. Colors pink, blue, blue bird patterns ........ $6.OO
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-11-01
EMMA JANE HALL.

Emma Jane Hall was the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Marsden. She
was born in Albion, where she spent
her whole life, April 16, 1866, and died
Oct. "a, 1918.
Our sister received her schooling at
Albion and Edgerton, and on April Ia,
1887, was married to Samuel Hall and
the couple went on farm on Albion
Prairie. This union was blessed by two
children, Leslie and Sadie.
Mrs. Hall was great lover of ma
ture. She enjoyed looking upon Gods
beauty in the works of His hand. The
flowers, the trees and all parts of ma
ture held before her the beauty of Him.
She loved all that was godly. Mrs.
Hall became a Christian and united
with the P M. church many years ago.
Her faith in God was childlike. And
now she has departed. How we will
miss her. Here the patient. thought
full, loving mother died-died in the fall
as the leaves die, leaving to her peo-
pie the sweet memory Of her love. She
has fallen into a peaceful sleep. No
more sorrow, no more pain. At rest.
! The day is coming, and not far distant,
when she will hear the voice of God
and lift her eyes to heaven and say
with Stephen, "Behold, I see the heav-
ems open, and the son of man standing
on the right hand of God. !"
"There she shall see His face,
And never, never sin;
There, from the rivers of His grace
Drink endless pleasures in.
Let us sorrow not as for one without
hopes But let our lives be led by the
same spirit as hers, and meet her on
| the other side where she will be wait
ing for US.
She leaves to mourn her departure a
father, Mr.. Samuel Marsden, hus-
band, Mr.. Samuel Hall, and two chill
dren, Leslie and Sadie; also five sisters,
| Annie, Lucy, Mae, Viola and Margaret,
three brothers, Joseph, Jonathan and
Rolln, and two grandchildren, Vera
! and Ruth.
The services were held at her home
on the Prairie and she was laid to rest
in the Albion Prairie cemetery, October
81.
No parting yonder
Time and space never
Again shall sunder,
Hearts cannot sever;
Bearer and fonder,
/ Hands clasp forever.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-11-01
Max Henderson Tells of Overseas Trip.
Officers Inn, England,
September 80, 1918.

Dear Mother: The journey overseas,
or at least the greater part of it, is
Psafely past. 1t took US twelve days to
cross, and by the time we finally sight
cd land it was getting pretty monot-
onous.
There was scarcely a man seasick
| on our boat throughout the voyage, due
| to the fact that for the first days the
sea was as calm as it ever gets to be
and we became accustomed to the roll
of the boat After that it became
rougher day by day until about the last
| two days it was verltable storm. One
day it was so bad that five enlisted
men were washed overheard. One of
them drowned, though the other four
were picked up by the destroyer.
Spanish influenza broke out and the
doctors were mighty busy. | had the
disease and so did everyone else on
board before we reached England, but
it did not last long.
About the time the sea was toughest
and the ''fiu" most disheartening, the
ships cat jumped overheard. Right
then and there all the superstitious
members of the crew swore never to
make another voyage in that ship.
There wasn't sign Of submarine
any of the way. The food was mighty
good, and we got quite bit of fun out
of amateur vaudeville attempts and
just lolling about upon the deck.
1t seemed really glorious to stretch
our legs on dry land at last. We
spent the whole day at the port of de-
barkation, taking our first look at Eng
land and waiting for our train. In
hotel there | had the good fortune to
run into lieutenant who was my Royal
Flying Corps pal at Benbrook, and he
showed me around the place and put
me wise to lot Of customs and places
to go.
Also, driving one of Henry Ford's
ambulances to the dock, found Itha-
mir Sloan. He is just as self-important
as ever and was too busy at the mo-
ment to more than say hello. It's
darned small world.
From the port we all made an all
night journey in one of those dinky
British trains to Crest Camp" The
country is beautiful. Everything is so
green and conservative and well kept
up. There is symmetry in everything
and attention to the minutest details
1t is the country of the Clowns" and
drips history from every square inch.
We are to cross the channel in a
couple of days. = 1t is only two-hour
trip, then we shall be located perman-
emily at last, I hope. If the French
people are as delightful as the British
have been to us, one could ask nothing
more in the line of true hospitality.
Will write more soon and send some
postals For some reason we are not
allowed to tell the name of the camp,
but are allowed to send postals which
convey the very same information.
Love to you all, MAX.
Lit. James M. Henderson, Air Serv-
ice, A. E. F., France.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-11-01
Notice to Parents.

The state and federal laws provide
that all children under the age Of sew
enteen shall be in regular attendance
at school. Any child under seventeen
must attend school regularly or must
have secured permit to work. Such
permits can be secured where it can be
proven that it is absolutely necessary
that the child assist in the support of
the family.
That the school officials may not be
compelled to report cases of violation
of the law, parents are urged to have
children under seventeen years of age
in regular attendance at school or to
have secured permit before the re-
opening of school. The city superin-
tendent, under the law, will be required
to report all violations. The first re-
port is to be made turing the coming
week
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-11-01
Obituary
ALEXANDER WHITE.

The passing of Hon. Alex. White,
whose death occurred from apoplexy at
his home in the town of Porter, Oct.
23d, Rock county loses one of its pio-
neer citizens long prominent in all the
| activities in his community. He was a
native of Scotland, born in Fifeshire
county, Feb. 5, 1885, being a son OF
John and Jean White. manufacturers
of linen goods. The family emigrated
America in 1841 and year later set
i tied on homestead in the town Of Por-
/, ter. For some years the father and
sons operated the grist mill at Fulton.
| Mr.. White was united in marriage to
Miss Amelia Pyre of the same neigh
borhood, March 10, 1865, and settled on
a 200 acre farm on section IL which has
since been their home. To this union
| five children were born, all of whom
preceded the father to the grave. Har-
riet, the eldest, was united in marriage
to VIM. F. Ely Jr. in 1888. The dark
! est shadow cast upon the lives of Mr..
and Mrs. White was the death of their
| little son Alexander, bright boy of
five years and the pet of the family,
who was most brutally murdered by a
degenerate farm hand in 1879. The
crime aroused the whole county and the
| culprit barely escaped lynching.
| MIR. White was an important factor
in all matters pertaining to the ad-
| vancement of the community. He was
| held in such high esteem that his adj
| vice and counsel were sought for on
most public questions AS town clerk
and chairman of the town board for
several terms and member of the Wis
consin legislature in 1903, he fulfilled
the expectations of his friends as a
trustworthy citizen. For years he has
| served as one of the directors of the
| Tobacco Exchange bank of this city
and was also a member of the Masonic
order. Closing long life of useful
ness where he enjoyed the respect and
| confidence of the community in which
he lived, he leaves behind him the
pleasant memories of good man gone.
He is survived by his son-in-law,
| VIM. F.NEly Jr., and two grandchil-
dren, Lieut.. Alex. Ely, now serving his
country in France, and Mrs. Frank
Pease Jr., residing on the homestead;
also two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Earle
and Mrs. John Copley of this city, and
brother, Charles White of Porter.
Funeral services were held from his
late home in Porter Friday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. L. A. Parr of Eau
Claire. The pail bearers were the di-
rectory of the Tobacco Exchange bank
of Edgerton.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-11-01
MRS. Johnson NC GIFFIN.

Mrs. Harry Ash received a telegram
Friday announcing the death of her
sister, Mrs. Johnson McGiffln, which
occurred at Los Angeles on the oath
inst. The deceased, who for many
years was a resident of Edgerton, was
rs years of age. She is survived by
her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Kit
tie Dever and Margaret, and son,
James, all of whom live in Los Angeles,
Cal. The family removed to that state
about five years ago.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-11-01
Frank Devine Recovering From His
Injuries.
Base Hospital No. Z,
Sept. 10, 1918.


Dear Grace: Nothing to do but lie
around. I've read everything in the
ward twice and started over again.
Haven't any clothes so I can't go out
doors. No mail for over a month and
even Nature is against me, because it
has been cold and rainy the last few
days. No cause to kick t cause
I'm getting good rest nty to
eat. You people back i, States
must have produced Ormous
amount Of beef and lot o. .pples be-
cause that is the main diet for the A.
E.. F. Corned beef and apple sauce
one day and for change, apple sauce
and corned beef the next. Of course
we get other things too, but somewhere
in every meal you will find one or the
other. They fix everything up good
and put out some mighty good meals.
One thing that the A. E. F. has that
you don't is plenty of white bread. No
other kind is issued and we get all we
want of it. The French eat more
bread than we do but it's made of
mixed flour. It's good tho and no mat
ter how old a Frenchman's bread is it
never gets dry or hard.
Things are going fine with me. Never
felt finer in my life. They still dress
nv shoulder but the dressing has been
removed from my cheek and you would
never know was hit except for little
scar. Have you heard from Rollie
lately? The last time I heard from
him he was all right. Haven't seen
nor heard from Ken nor the rest OF the
fellows since August 80, the day they
got me. Heard reports about Chas.
Bunker going back to the States. You
probably know more about him by this
time than I do. | ran across lot of
things up at the front that would make
good souvenirs to send home, but there
wasn't any chance to get them back
with me- | could have picked up any
number of German helmets, revolvers,
or any article of equipment that the
boche carries-even to dead Germans
themselves. Il was all there in large
quantities. There wasn't much time
to pick up things because | was pretty
busy picking myself up most of the
time If the shells and bullets don t
come near enough to knock one down
the inclination is to drop down anyhow;
that is, at first. After you have lodged
a few you get used to it and don't mind
how near they come as long as-well,
as long as they don't come too near. |
consider myself and the fellows that
came to the hospital lucky. Some OF
the old boys didn't need the services of
a hospital, but there weren't many OF
them.
Germany must be pretty hard up
now. You may not believe it, but I've
seen prisoners being brought in and
some of them weren't over fifteen years
old; others at least fifty. One bunch
had several women among them. They
had been found chained to machine
guns that the Americans were attack
ing. Sounds fishy, don't it? But there
are lots of things going on over here
that you wouldn't believe if you didn't
see it yourself.
The boche fights all right when ne
knows he's got you outnumbered, but
| never saw one yet that would tight
man to man. They are born towards
trained to fight. That's one of the rea-
sons why they'll never win this war.
FRANK.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-11-01
Norwegian Lutheran Church.
E. A. GREFTHEN, PASTOR.

In case the board of health permits
public gatherings by next Sunday,
there will be Sunday school at 1000 and
services in English at II 100 Sunday
morning. Unless the ban on public
gatherings is lifted, there will be Meth
er Sunday school nor services.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-11-01
Card Of Thanks.

We wish to express our deepest ap-
probation to our friends and neighhors
for their many, many kindnesseS dur
ing the sickness and death of our be-
loved wife and mother; also for the
cars, flowers and beautiful music al
this time.
Mr.. Samuel Hall and Family,
Mr.. Leslie Hall and Family.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-11-01

For SALE-Modern nine-room house
and household furniture. Also Ford
couplet. Inquire Of Mrs. C. S. Horton.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-23
TO REDECORATE ELKS
HOME AS WELCOME
FOR RETURNING BOYS

For the first time since It's com
pletion and occupancy the home Of
Ottawa Lodge b. p. o. +. is to be en-
trely redecorated on the interior.
This was agreed upon at the last
regular meeting of the lodge $500
being voted for the purpose.
Contracts for the work have been
let to Charles Biegel q Son, who had
charge of the decorations at the time
the home was erected six years ago
When the proposition was present
ed to the lodge 1t was passed unani.
mously. emphasis being placed on the
early return Of the lodges members
who are now in the service. 1t was
the concensus of opinion that the
home should be placed in the very
best OF condition to welcome the
boys home when they return from
the battle fields of France.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-23
ENGINEERS PREPARING
ACTS TO GO BEFORE
LEGISLATURE
|. & N. AS A FEEDER
CANAL WILL BE RESERVED FOR
STORAGE, DOCKS AND TO GIVE
ACCESS 70 INDUSTRIES.

"The time is now opportune for the
consideration of the deep waterway,
according 10 Sackett, superintendent
of waterways, who, together with
Frank Bennett, commissioner of pub
lie works, has been conducting some
Investigations in this vicinity re-
Gently, preparatory to the drafting Of
new amendments To the Dunno deep
waterway bill which will be pre-
sented FOR adoption at the coming
meeting of the legislature.
The Dunno measure, of course.
would not be satisfactory TO the pres
ent administration, and it will have
To be changed in order to lose the
Dunno earmarks The framework OF
the law will not be changed and II is
for the purpose of whipping this
measure into shape to conform 10 the
ideas Of the government engineers
that the department of pubic works
Is now bending it's energies
There are some very serious onci-
neering blunders in the Dunno law
This was demonstrated here three
winters ago, when the food level was
two feet above all protecting barriers
as provided in the deep waterway
bill
1T is this engineering fault, based
on lack of sufficient information, that
we are now seeking to correct" ac
cording to Mr.. Sackctt.
The federal government wants the
Improvement and will assist in every
way possible Engineer Barnes, Wha
prepared the plans for the Panama
works, has charge OF engineering and
he gives the assurance that the water
levels at Ottawa Will be lowered and
controlling works superior to those at
Keokuk will be provided to regulate
the height of water in the Ottawa
basin.
IL Is the intention to use the river
all the way except where some work
such as at Marseilles, will necessitatt
a change to the Illinois and Michigan
Canal or to an entirely new channel
The improvement Of the river doe.
not mean that work is to be aban
doned on the Illinois and Michilat
Canal. Work will be continued o,
the canal and it will be used as az
auxiliary to the river route Ii vii
serve for storage, provide more suit
able docks and give access to indus
tries that cannot be reached by wa.
of the river.
The construction of the deep water
way, the improvement Of the lllinOi
and Michigan Canal and the construC
tion of federal and state aid roads !
part of the program of industrial de
velopment outlined for the closini
two years of the Lowden administra
ton.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-23
NEWARK BOY LISTED
MISSING IN ACTION"
|BY THE WAR DEPT.

Mrs Minnie Way of Newark re-
ceiyed "A telegram from the war de.
partment yesterday informing her
that her son, Julius t. Way, Com.
pany c, SiXty.lirst Infantry had been
missing in action since Nov. 6.
Mrs Way received a letter from
her son recently written on Nov /
at which time he was confined to a
military hospital having been wound
ed in action. She wired to the wal
department, informing them of thi,
letter. and asking for full information
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-23
ENGINEERS At WORK
ONSOUTHS|DE ROUTE
START SURVEY ON IVY Way
FEDERAL ROAD TO BE CON.
STRUCTED.

Federal and state engineers are
now engaged in making the survey OF
the Illinois Valley way between OF
tawa and La Sale along the south
side of the river, At the present time
they are working east from Dimmick
Hill and will reach Ottawa in abOu
one week.
The Illinois Valley way will be fol
lowed by the federal road all the way
through La Sale County, which is a..
together different from what bunch
Of surveyors recommended which was
sent out from the highway depart
ment about a year ago. These par
ticular engineers did not advise them
selves as to conditions, but got in
touch with one member of the com
mittee on state aid roads, surveyed
and recommended the north parable
route all the way from La Sale tC
Joliet, missing Utica, touching the
north city limits of Ottawa, missing
Marseil'es, Seneca and Morris
1t was a very rude shock to tho5,
unfriendly to the valley towns whel
the department Of public works de
clined to accept the engineers report
Residents Of South Ottawa are yer!
grateful to know they will get a STATE
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-23
DAYTON FARMER DEAD
AFTER WEEKS ILLNESS

Clare w. Ulrich a farmer residing
in Dayton township died yesterday
morning at BIS O'Clock after a weeks
illness Of influenza which developed
into pneumonia.
The decedent was born near Som
onauk. 2G years ago, and resided
there until about five years ago, when
he came to La Sale county to make
his home
Surviving he leaves his wife and Two
small children. Mrs Ulrich Is also
III suffering from influenza.
The funeral service will be held to.
morrow morning at 9:%o o'clock at
st. COLUMBIA church in This city.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-23
FORMER OTTAWA GIRL
Is CRITICALLY ILL

Mrs. n. L. Miller of East Washing
ton street left last evening for Mar
shalltown, Iowa, in response to a mes
sage informing her that her daugh-
ter, Mrs William Light formerly Miss
Stella Miller of this city, was critic
ally i'll with pneumonia. This morn
ing a message was received in OF
tawa announced Mrs. Lights death
but later 1t was found that this was
not correct, and that she was slightly
improved.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-23
Child Run Over by Truck.

During the rush Of The Christmas
shopping this afternoon at $3.50 q
Weisomayer child about 3 years Of
age, was run down by the Geiger gro
Gerry truck at the corner OF Main and
La Sale streets The child was taken
to the Ryburn Hospital but It is said
he was not seriously injured, The
child lives in West Ottawa.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-23
PHYSICAL TEST FOR
ALL CHILDREN WHO
ENTER CITY Schools
PLAN AGREED UPON AT MEETING
OF SCHOOL AND CITY OFFlCl.
AIS WITH RESENTATiVES
OF STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.

Thoro examination Of every child
in graded. parochial and township
nigh schools of the city, for traces OF
influenza were agreed upon Satur-
day night at a meeting of city and
school officials with DR.. Winner OF
he State Board OF Health.
Monday morning, Dec. 30, when the
schools are opened. doctors will be
posted at each school to inspect the
students principally for temperature,
They will also be interrogated for
symptoms of the malady that may
manifest themselves without indica
ton of fever.
Arrangements of this order were
the outgrowth of complaints register.
ed with the state board to the ad-
ministration. Admission was made
Yy Dr. Wenner that the State Board
)f Health had received protests
alleged neglect in Ottawa burt would
give out nothing to indicate who his
nfOrmants were.
The neglect" he said was blamed
upon a lack of proper precautionary
methods" of checking further spread
| )f the disease. Closing the schools
his informant claimed should be one
Of those precautionary steps
Attending the meeting Saturday
| we're Mayor Bradford, Dr. w. A. Pike
city health commissioner, Judge
Henry Mayo, president Of the cit,
chool board Superintendent C. J
| Byne, Principal c. II. Kingman 0
the Ottawa High School, Rev. Dear
| Quinn and Father EIackettt, repre-
senting the parochial schools Al
.hese men agreed with Or. Pike tha
conditions in Ottawa were such tha
here was no warrant for again clos
| ing the schools because Of the flu
| A strong refutation Of the charg
| was made by DR. Pike, who has KEEP
IN constant touch with the situation
here by building up organization tha
kept him in touch almost at ever
minute Of the day with the situation
| He showed there was a steady dr
crease In the number of cases, an
that at the present time the diseas
iswell In hand-not more than ha
a hundred persons being i'll Of tn
malady.
2 Presented with facts Of such an il
, iisputable character Or. WennC
, agreed there was no need at III
/, present Of closing the schools, bl
recommended that when they open
rhe conclusion of the holiday pcriC
4 che examination be conducted for u
\ purpose Of wedding ont possible su
Q poets and sending them home for II
mediate treatment After the docto
O have made their tests the prOpositlC
n Of looking after the scholars will thC
be turned over to the teachers, VI
y will be instructed in the use Of Il
4 thermometer Each day while Il
menace Is eXlstant the teachers W
cake temperature and notify the heal
officer Of all cases where chiIdr
show signs of fever. Or. Pike tn,
q will personally take charge or el
detail one of his colleagues to hand
the cases.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-23
JOSEPH PIERCE DEAD
IN HAYDEN. ARIZONA

Joseph Pierce former Ottawa resi-.
dent, died Thursday at his home in
Hayden. Ariz, after an illness Of apo.
plcxy He was the father of Keener
Peirce Of 704 Catherine stret The
decedent was we'll known In this city.
He was member Of the Undine Hose
Company for thirty years.
He is survived by his son Harry
of Hayden Ariz.. and keeyer of this
city, also two daughters.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-23
ONLY HALF CAR
SUBSTITUTES HERE

Ottawa retailers and wholesalers
have not car of wheat substitutes
on hand and in order to get rid Of
what they have 1t will be necessary
to join with Streator in filing car.
The state food administration has
been advised that Ottawa merchants
will turn over all their food substi
tutes at the prices quoted by the
government.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-23

The length Of the night Mt any time
Of the year may be found by multiply
Ing by two the time of the suns rls.
ing. Doubling the time Of It's setting
Wlll give The length of the dag.