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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07
TOO MUCH LIKE KAISER BILL
Ex-Sheriff OF New York Town Has
MADE II Plain That "Potsdam
Points" DON'T Go.

Ex-Sheriff James Merritt, whose
mustache grows ms a sheriff's mustache
should. has established a mustaehe
censorship and outlawed the PotSdam
points. according To Port Chester cor
respondent ~ the New York Tribune.
Until few days ago scarcely an
hour went by that the argus-eyed for
mer sheriff patrollinc the streets did
not find at least one sky-polntins mus
tache Of the kind made notorious by
Wild Bill HOhenzollern. The tactics
Of the former sheriff upon spotting
such one were rs tactful and as un-
varying as those If collecting agency.
Placing himself in front of the wear
&c, he would fix a pale and unappreci-
alive eye upon the offending muStache
and stare and stare. Either the staree
wilted or became curious or helliger-
ent. Former Sheriff Merritt was ready
for either result.
At the first evidence Of embarrass-
ment he would nod mutely toward the
nearest barber shop, follow his victim
until he entered and remained on post
outside until he emerged without his
mustache. If the mustached one In
qulred civilly what was wrong, the
former sheriff would start as If awak
oned from Il daze and explain that hi
thought he was confronting his ole
friend, "pewter Cup Bill the yachts
man. If the recipient of his stare
wanted to know what was biting the
former sheriff, Merritt went just rs fal
with the inqulsitive one as was ncces
sary to persuade him into a neat Goa
| ~ Iothnr
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07
PIGS PLACE IN MYTHOLOGY
Black Swine Considered Evil Because
II Was identified With the
Black Clouds.

If we add an Irish "bulP' to the
story Of the Roscommon pig the vision
of the small girl Beirne might be de-
scrbed as an echo Of certain events
that occurred more than sixty centu.
ries ago, when mankind was laying the
foundations of civilization and its be
liefs for all time. 1t carries our minds
back to the mythical SOW that is re-
puted to have sucked King Minos of
Crete and the infant god IeuZ-Dlony.
slus; to the sacrifcial pigs which the
initiates into the Eleusnian mysteries
washed in the waters Of the Aegean !;
to the evil swine that determined the
fate of Osiris, Adonis, Tammuz and
Diarmd; and to n still earlier phase
in the groupings after light and con.
ISOLATION when the SOW was identified
with the Great Mother, the creator OF
all, who, in her capacity as the moon
and the sky, regulated the universe
and controlled the destinieS of man.
kind. Hence the pig was fate, and
the black pig was evil because it was
identified with the black clouds which
obscured tie light, at first in the purely
literal and physical sense, but after
ward In the ethical and moral accep
tation of the phrase. 49, Manchester
Guardian.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07

Oct. 5.
There sure were a good many boys
lost at Chateau Thierry was there
At that time and it was sure pretty
we'll shot up.
We had two Of our gassed patients
lie in the past couple Of days. Be-
ieye me, would a great deal prefer
20 get piece Of shrapnel or some
bullets or most anything in preference
70 getting badly gassed. We feed
them oxygen you know, and use up
tank after tank Of ii on Them. but the
gas is too much for most OF them.
They get that rattle in their throat
md chest and just seem to drown in
hat excretion that forms in their
ungs. The stuff they cough up is 50
;trong that It would burn your flesh
so you can see what mustard gas is
md a good many others just as bad
We get shelled here plenty these
days and nights, too Last night
woke up and could hear the Germans
guns go Bang" then a SIS, wham
Eight outside here on the hill II is
'unny to hear the German guns &c
off and TO hear the shell whistle over
our head and then have it explode
o close, That shows that they are
5ery close and that the range is alsC
very short. But | never hardly pa,
my attention to them unless the!
wake me up in the night and then
% right back to sleep They shele(
field hospital little ways from
lere and killed all the patients (l0t
II more.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07

Amsterdam, Nov IA semi-otliciaI
bulletin from Berlin states that order
has been restored at kiol, but tina,
tho garrison there is encounterine
great difficulty according to Central
News advices.
Reports Of disturbances in severn
German cities are being received here
They state that councils OF workmer
and soldiers have been formed an,
lists OF grievances drawned up al
Dresden, Hamburg, Lucberk and Other
cities
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07
Card Of Thanks.

We desire to thank our friends and
neighbors who so kindly assisted us
during our late bereavement and fol
the beautiful floral offerings given.
Mrs. Oscar Herberster,
Irving Yost,
Fred Yost.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07
Sicker Than Ever.

What makes a kid the maddest is to
get sick so he won't have to go to
school, and then to find out that the
teacher was sick on that day and that
there wasn't any school.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07

When Baby was sick we gave her
Cast0ria.
When she was Child she cried for
Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to
Castoria.
When she had Children she gave them
Castoria.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07

not but Ed Griffith and Red Carpen-
ter stopped to see me for a few min
utes few days ago. They were go
ing into the trenches just few hun
dred yards from here. | have not
heard from any of the fellows from
the 129th infantry but any way they
are going out of the lines tonight for
a rest and it is almost time after four
months of the trenches.
The Americans surely fight a whole
lot different from the Germans, Brit
ish. etc They believe in digging into
dugouts forty five >or fifty feet, but
our protection is 4 piece of canvas.
They don't believe in staying on top
Of the ground if they can possibly ge'
few feet under
| am up all night tonight again and
have had very little sleep for several
lays. but am willing and satisfied to
do anything to help win this thing
quickly
Your loving son,
ALAN w. JACKS.
Field Hospital No. 1870.
10Sth Sanitary Train, 33rd Division.
Companion Is Killed.
Joseph Farrell in a letter to his
folks tells Of the death of Herman
Klopp Of Blue Islan1, who was well
known in this city. The letter fol-
lows:
France, Oct. 70, 1918.
| received your letter and was Ger.
tainly glad to hear from you and that
everything is fine am fine and feel
ing good. | was with Dick Flynn for
the last few days for he was only
couple of blocks from where we were
stationed | saw Buckeye White from
Zoloo and Wicker Dyer. You know
that Dyer girl that was at our house
when Nell died He is feeling fine
/ White IS cooking fJr the officers. He
said pretty soft, Tor he got the best
of eats.
The Germans are still rctreating
The British seem to be able to land
on them pretty hard now. and we are
moro than pushing them back. They
don't stand much chance with us at
all. don't think it will hardly go
until Christmas They lob over a few
high explosive shells once in a while,
and they came pretty close to getting
me, for they killed my parmer that
| was sleeping with on one side and
killed a mule ON the other side !
guess it must have been my lucky
day or they would have got me- The
fellows name was Herman Klopp.
You will probably see his name in the
paper. He was from Blue Island and
a dandy fellow TOO bad | never
got marked; must have been a mira.
Gle.
You were saving that they might
call the other bunch. don't think
they viii ever call them, for ! don't
think 1t will last ong enough for them
to get over here. JOE
Plenty to Eat.
Elmer Anderson in a letter to hi.
parents, Mr. and Mrs Owen Anderson
says he is well and that they are get.
ting papers and letters at intervals
/, and plenty to eat He says; Il wish
you could take a look at things her,
once in while. am sure you
would he interested in seeing where
We are CHARTERED, how we get along
We are having lots Of experience and
a lot of fun We had a fine dinner
yesterday. mashed potatoes, roast
beef, nice gravy pickles, bread AMI
butter and rice pniling. We have d
few eggs occasionally They are only
SO and 30 cents per dozen
Il had SOME chocolate candy the
: other day II is the first candy We
. have had for so long that we truly ap
! prcciaied It You can get candy any
time YOU want It, but cant realize how
L. 4 /. T. -. a., a.. M, .,p,.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07
BANDITS ROB BANK.
AND ESCAPE WITH.
$500 IN CASH
FOUR AUTO BANDITS ROB NILES
CENTER BANK - OVERLOOKED
$4,000 LYING IN PLAIN VIEW.

Chicago, Nov. - A bank robbery
which carried with it more comedy
than the average movie plot and in
which there was =: dosprate though
bloodless battle was staged yesterday
at the Niles Center State Bank.
Three robbers shot holes i'm the
ceiling. choked a pretty stenographer.
knocked down and kicked the cashier.
inadvertently locked themselves in
the vault and finally escaped with
$500. They overlooked s2190l. ~
ing in plain view.
While all this was doing inside. a
fourth bandit sat in their stolen car.
shooting with two revolvers at the
citizens. while they pelted him with
brickbats. One man fired two shots
at him. Nobody was hurt. Six win
dows were broken.
Pass Up 500 Bills.
The employee victims were Miss
Emma Harms, stenographer; W. !
Galtz cashier, and Robert Hoffman
assistant cashier Galtz was forced
to open the safe and the robbers
seized a big pile of 81 bills. They
1eorned a much larger pile, which
contained $50 and sl00 bills
Taking the larger stack, they shov
ed their weapons against Galitz anc
forced him to open the vault and re
lease them.
Meanwhile three patrons had dodg
ed out Of the bank and gave thC
alarm as the bank entered The pis
tol and brick battle followed
Albert Aft. a saloonkeeper, wht
seemed to have the only revolver il
Niles Center except the bandits
weapons, ran into the street and free
two shots and got a bullet through
his hat in return. He had no more
cartridges.
Finally the chauffeur's conrad
ran from the bank and leaped int
the car The driver sped away. A
Crawford and Lawrence avenues tn
robbers stopped Stanley Kaureck.
i, chauffeur. and took his machine
. leaving him the one in which they hat
fled from the bank. It was late
identified as one stolen on Tuesda,
night from n. j. Nelson. 1920 Ard
more ave.
The robbers left Kaureck's car a
Wilson and Lincoln ayes. and hoarC
ed an elevated train. They wer
e all young and unmasked Their ner'
BUSINESS and methods stamp them a
amateurs
A 500 bill was picked up in TN
Abandoned car and about s5e0 wa
found scattered on the ground /
} front of the bank.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07

We wish TO thank the friends who
assisted us during the death of our
brother and son.
MIR. Lewis Schomas, brothers and sis
tiers.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07

OCl. &.
We have moved again and believe
ne We are really what they call a
ield hospital. | thought we had seen
some real warfare up on the Somme,
)ut this makes it look like a game
If tiddley-wnks. G Furthermore
would like to know what Sherman
new about war.
We have our field hospital pitched
1ut in a bunch of shell holes. We are
what was No Mans Land last week
ma believe me it is true to its name.
1t took us over ten hours to get
Up here in trucks and it was only a
eW miles trip. 1t was also a real
'xciting trip as we had Jerrys foy
Town on our train of trucks and open
Up on us with machine guns. There
we're five of them brought down with
half an hour or so right along there
where we Travelled.
The towns all around here are no
more. lhey are mass OF ruins. The
round is mass of shell holes. shrap-
1el. dead horses and so forth, so you
AN imagine the desolation.
We get shelled here regularly and
dong with the shells be thrown over
| few gas shells and it sort of dis.
urbs your sleep to have to wake up
very 50 often in the night and put
IN your gas mask.
think this will all be over before
very long. We get papers here (New
York Herald-.Paris edition) every
lay dropped from an airplane and
,hings look very prmosiing.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07

Said the near cync: Next to OBJ
serving al the traffic regulations, the
hardest thing IS to remove a tiShbone
from the mouth on yer fork"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07
Degrees OF Do,nu,

Tie who is something vii; do some
thing; he who is more will do more;
and he Whc is most will do most
James Freeman Clarke,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07
CHICAGO MARKETS

Chicago market report furnished to
the Free 1rader.Journal by w. l..
Etnyre, member Of Chicago Board OF
Trade, Moloney building, phone 1O4i
Correspondent Lamson Bros. & Co.,
Chicago
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07
Fre>h Oysters,
80 cents pint Call Pat Slattery.
Notice.

Don, forget. ReOpening of juvenile
class at Willis Academy at o'clock
Saturday, Nov. g. Regular school and
reception Saturday evening"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07
REPORT BAD BREAK
BETWEEN RUSSIA
AND THE GERMANS
GERMANY DEMANDS WITHDRAW
AL OF ALL RUSSIAN REPRE-
SENTATlVES AND RECALLS
OWN ENJOYS.

Stockholm, via London. Nov. T.
Diplomatic relations between Russia
and Germany have been broken. it is
reliably reported here. The Russian
ambassador to Germany, NJ. Joffe. has
left Berlin.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07


A farewell reception was held on
Tuesday evening Of this week in the
board rooms Of the high school by tho
members Of the faculty in honor Of Dr.
A. j. Roberts who leaves next WeeI
for Rockford to assume his duties in
tie medical department at Camp
Grant DR.. Roberts was presented
with a wrist watch by G. II Kmgman
in behalf Of the members of the fac
ultN For several years Or Roberts
has been a member of the high school
board
&, Z, u
The Willis Dancing Acailemy will
reopen Saturday afternoon for the
juvenile dancing class after q vacation
Of several weeks The Saturday eve
ming class will also be opened attel
being closed for four weeks
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07

Primrose Rink at Morris will open
Nov .. Good music and good floor
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07
Kaiser Recalls ENJOYS.

Amsterdam. Nov. 1.-Germany has
demanded the withdrawal OF all Rus
sian representatives in Germany, a
Berlin dispatch announces The Ger
man representatives in Russia. il is
added have been recalled. An official
report from Berlin says;
1.-THE Russian diplomatic representa-
tives will leave Berlin early today by
special train Tor Russia"
The discovery of Russian reyolu-
tionary pamphlets. printed in German,
in the baggage of courier OF the
Russian embassy at Berlin, probably
Is the cause of che breaking OH of
diplomatic relations between Ger.
many and the Russian soviet govern
ment
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07
129TH INFANTRY HAD
ORDERS TO LEAVE
TRENCHES OCT. 10
CONTINUED from page IL

lose OF gas and it is all up in a great
many cases.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07
Germans Leave Moscow.

Washington, Nov. An official
dispatch from Switzerland received
here stated that what remained of tho
German legation staff at Moscow had
returned 60 Germany.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07
DEMOCRATS LOSE
HOUSE BY BIG LEAD
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC HEAD
QUARTERS ANNOUNCE TODAY
THEY HAVE LOST-REPUBlIC-
ANS CLAIM AT LEAST 23o MEM
BERS OF HOUSE.

Washington. Nov. THE Demo
cratic national committee today CON
coded the loss Of the house as a re-
suit Of Tuesdays election, but refused
10 Indicate what majority they be-
lieved the Republicans would have.
Republicans later claimed they
would have at least 230 OF the 435
members Cf the House, and possibly
2io A membership of 800 would rep
resent a gain of eighteen seats for the
Repuhlieans.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07

FOR RENT-A fiat at C0S Columbus
ST., near PAM Bickers barber shop
Inquire at shop or at 5lS West JET
ferson ST.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07

Frech Oysters,
30 cents pint Call Pat SlUterr
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07
Ohio Is Dry.


Ohio Is Dry.
Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. Tn the
face of returns available this morning
Ohio seems to have elected dry Re-
publican state legislature, Demo
cratic governor publicly noncommit-
ted on the wet-dry issue, Republican
to all other state Offices placed the
Buckeye State in the dry column with
a 1900 majority, will send fourteen
Republican ana eight Democratic con
gressmen to Washington, and has
adopted, by a large majority, the ref
erendum amendment, initiated by the
/ vets, TO the state constitution.
| The idrys claim majority in both
/ the state senate and house, Unof-
fetal returns ON the prohibition
amen lment vote from 5,6O2 of the
5,156 precincts in Ohio show the fol-
lowing vote:
For, 43l $50; against 415,74; dry
majority, 1896.
Unofficial returns from 5,614 pre-
cincts give for governor; Cox, Dem.
ocrat, 472,l75; Willis, Republican,
55,73G; Cox's majority, 1910.
Champ Wins.
St Louis, Mo, Nov. Complete
returns from the ninth congressional
district give Champ Clark a victory in
his race for reelection to Congress
with majority of 2,4O0 over his Re.
publican opponent. Clark, who was
reported defeated upon early returns,
asserts he has been returned to Wash
ington by greater majority than
two years ago.
Boise, Idaho, Nov. IA count of
$1,000 of $4,000 ballots cast indicates
that Senator Nugent of idaho, CON
trary to earlier indications, will de.
feat Frank Gooding Republican, for
his seat. AT the latest estimate, Nh
gent had a lead of over 500 votes in
the race and will probably win.
Santa Fe, n. NJ, Nov. 7.-Indca-
tons are that Senator Fall, Republic
: an, has been reelected to office by a
l plurality Of 1850 votes
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07
Socialists Revolt.

London, Nov. Z 1880 pr. Ebert. Ger
man Socialist leader, has notified
Chancellor Max that if Germany does
not accept the allies armistice term
the socialist members of the govern,
ment viii withdraw and laborers will
revolt. said a dispatch from Amster
dam to the Daily Express today
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07

Oct. IL.
1t is now about 1870 o'clock a. m.
Maud, believe me, this staying up all
hght is not the most pleasant thing
n the world. My feet are like a
'ouple OF pieces of ice now, and no
place to warm them. Not much like
home.
This is just about the darkest night
ever saw and it is fierce trying to
walk around shell holes, mud. etc. so
YOU maybe can imagine what it is
Ike. jerry is sending them over quite
regularly tonight as they are whist.
ing over our heads here all the time.
nope they keep whistling over too.
| saw Oscar Seiffert the other div
lie is Just a couple of rods away
rom mere or was then He was look.
ing fine and is the same old Oscar.
| guess | told you that our Cant.
Reed was killed. He was such a
me fellow too, but it seems that the
good ones are the ones that get it.
The report out now is that Ger.
many Is to evacuate her troops back
INTO Germany don't know whether
IL Is true or not, but hope so. II
don't look much like peace tonight.
Oct. Is.
rms Is beautiful rainy night and
40 nope it finishes tonight as we have
orders to move in the morning. We
move so often that it is getting ia
De habit, but then it is in the wa,
game so we do not kick.
we are now corps hospital for So
Verely wounded and we receive some
awful cases. Each one makes one
feel more bitter toward the low.dov,
nuns. The poor fellows we get have
very little chance and good many al
them die on their way to us or IN tbs
operating table. We are taking car,
OF the severely wounded from 81,
divisions and that means plenty ri
work. Our division goes out of tn,
llne tonight, but 1t is our luck to b,
acting as a corps hospital 80 we sta,
on We have been in the lines now
Tor over four months without a relief
0ut are all willing to stay in until IN,
end of 1t.
This is without doubt the most desc
iate country | ever hope to see. TIL,
ground is nothing but bunch q
NILS pitted with she'll holes and lined
up with trenches and barbed wire on
tangleVents. You can find huma,
legs arms, skulls, etc, sticking up GU
OF shell holes only partly bureid al
most any place you go around here
Dead horses and mules are strewl
around almost every place.
! don't know whether told you o,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07
Notice

W.T. = W.T. y
81 cents pint can Pat Slat'ery,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07
German Fleet Mutinee

The whole German high seas fee
at Kiel the chief German naval base
has been taken over by revolutionaries
says an Exchange Telegraph dispatcl
from Copenhagen.
The greater part of the naval uni
at Schleswig has been sliced by
mutineers also, the dispatch adds.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07

Fresh Oysters,
81 cents pint. Call Pat Slattery.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07
GERMANS IN PANIC.
ON FRENCH Front
Germany Knows Terms.
BY JOHN EDWIN NEViN.

international News Service Stlh
Correspondent
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-03
Topics of the Times

The Armenians were a little slow in
starting to fight but perhaps they
hadn't anywhere to store their packs.
The Davenport Democrat says the
ticket is one that the democrats can
rally on; but they'll never rally on it
as they rallied to the support of a
republican last time. The incentive
isn't there.
Another outdoor sport highly recon-
mended as healthful and excellent for
men of all ages is gardening. Instead
Of keeping an eye on the ball you keep
play.
Mr.. Coffin may now rewrite that
charming article on the manner in
which We were to sweep over Germany
in hocks and flock of airplanes.
The fact that the big long range gun
women and children mainly suggests
that one Of the kaisers boys is playing
with It.
The general impression is that the
powers granted should be put into
good working order before asking for
wider throttle.
Marshal Reed is in Des Moines and
| talking strong on what he is about tC
do in the vice clean up there. But the
returns are not yet in from the first
precinct and lot of people will wait
and watch while they listen to the
marshals program. Somehow pro-
grams seem to have a trick Of falling
far below the announcement in these
halcyon democratic days.
80
The early news of the Wisconsin
election bringing assurance that Ber-
ger was showed under and that Len
root has lead is good news for the
country Lenroot had a hard row tc
hoe between the hatred of the disloyal-
ists and the interference OF the ad.
minBtration with state politics. If he
wins it will not only be victory fol
disloyalty but over the administrative
partisan ship applied to advantage Of
a democratic candidate in seriou.
national emergency.
| 80
American shipbuilders have beer
called upon for an explanation Of why
the March schedule fell down. They'll
have the explanation all right. Tht
shipbuilding. aeroplane building, ma
chine gun making all seem to be pro
vocsa..i-e of debate rather than results
The conviction of a lottery worke
should bring back to some older folk
the days when the boys used to CHI
in ON a ticket in the Louisiana