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The Monticellonian., 1918-01-11
IT WAS REVERSE COMPLIMENT
But the stoIid Young Lawyer Got an Acquttal for Ills Client Held
 on Murder Charge.

A young lawyer, not noted for intel ligence. succeeded in getting client acquitted of murder. Meeting friend a few days afterward, the lawyer was greeted with warm congratulations.
 Yes he said, mopping his brow, '.I got him of, but it was a narrow escape
The Monticellonian., 1918-01-11

I operation and development of the roads should. during the period of the war, be wisely related to the financial operations of the government. Our first duty is, of course, to conserve the common interest and the common safety and to make certain that noth- ing stands in the way of the success ful prosecution Of the great war for liberty and justice, but 1t is an obliga- tion of public conscience and of pub lie honor that the private interests We disturb should be kept safe from un- just injury, and it is of the utmost consequence to the government itself that all great financial operations should be stabilized and co-ordinated with the financial operations of the government.
 NO borrowing should run athwart the borrowing of the federal treasury and no fundamental industrial values should anywhere be unnecessarily i'm paired. In the hands of many small investors in the country, as well as in national banks, in trust companies, in financial agencies of every kind, rail- way securities, the sum total of which runs up to some 10 or II thousand millions, constitute vital part of the structure of credit, and the unques- toned solidity of that structure must be maintained.
 McAdoo Right Man.
 'The secretary of war and I easily agree that. in view of the many com plex interests which must be safe asuarded and harmonized, as we'll as because of his exceptional experience and ability in this new field of gov ernmental action, the Hon. William G. McAdoo was the right man to assume direct administrative control of this new executive task. At our request, he consented to assume the authority and duties of organizer and director general of the new railway admin.strar ton. He has assumed those duties and his work is in active progress.
 Tt is probably too much to expect that even under the unified railway administration which will now be pos sible, sufficient economies can be af- fected in the operation of the rail ways to make 1t possible to add to their equipment and extend their ope- rative facilities as much as the pres ent extraordinary demands upon their use will render desirable without re- sorting to the national treasury for the funds. If 1t is not possible it will of course be necessary to resort to the congress for grants of money for that purpose. The secretary of the treas. ury will advise with your committee with regard to this very practical as- nect of the matter. For the present, I suggest only the guarantees I have in- dieated and such appropriations as are necessary at the outset of this task. take the liberty of expressing the hope that the congress may grant these promptly and ungrudgingly. We are dealing with great matters and will, I am sure, deal with them great ly.'
The Monticellonian., 1918-01-11

T wanted at least four years" he told Sheriff J. J. Heating. "A man can't learn much in eighteen months. A jolt like that is just so much wasted time"
 Distz explained that he had been "going crooked for a long time, and attributed his misdoings to lack of learning.
 T heard all about those free schools down at Can Quentin" he said, "and made up my mind that would like to fit myself for something better than driving grocery wagon or an auto
The Monticellonian., 1918-01-11
The Difference.

A genius can no more help being a genius than crazy man can help be- ing crazy. It just happens that when the genius does what he considers a smart thing. 1t is smart; but when the poor crazy man does his best 1t turns out to be foolish.-Ed Howe's Monthly
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gagged his own counsel.'
 T could not see what bearing the question had on the evidence" contin- ued the lawyer, but ten minutes later in filed the jury. and what do you think the verdict was?"
 "What?n asked his friend.
 Why, not guilty, on the ground of insanity"
The Monticellonian., 1918-01-11
HIS PRISON TERM TOO SHORT
Californian Reveals That He Forged Check to Get Benefit of the
 Prison School.

Joseph Dietz, Oakland. Cal, chauf- feur, according to his own story, passed bogus check in order to ubreak into San Quentin prison. so that he might "get an education"
 Recently when he drew sentence 1f IS months from Judge Edgar T. Took he was sorely disappointed.
The Monticellonian., 1918-01-11
"COMMANDANT.
N--KK MI &sI 4h4fI14t-N Lille, April, 1916." Notice Distributed in Lille.

Notice Distributed in Lille.
 "All the inhabitants of the houses, with the exception of children under fourteen and their mothers, and also of old people. must prepare themselves for transportation in an hour and half's time
 An officer will decide definitely concentration camps. For this pur- pose all the inhabitants of the house must assemble in front of it; in case of bad weather they may remain in the passage. The door of the house must remain open. All protests will even those who are not to be trans ported, may leave the house before s a. m. (German time).
 Each person will be permitted to take 30 kilograms of baggage; if any ones baggage exceeds that weight, it will all be rejected, without further consideration. Packages must be sep arately made up for each person and must bear an address legibly written and firmly affixed This address must contain the surname and the Christian name and the number of the identity card
 "ETAPPEN-KOMMANDANTUR.
 CLille, April 1916.)
 Belgian Address to French President. 'To Monsieur Raymond Poincare,
 President of the French Republic,
 Paris.
 "Sir: We have the honor to ex- press again our most sincere grati- tude to you for your most kind recep- ton, few days ago. of the deputa- ton which went with feelings of legit- innate emotion to inform you of the deportation of lads and girls, which the German authorities have just car. ried out in the invaded districts.
 "We have collected some details on the subject from the lips of an honor able and trustworthy person. who sue ceeded In leaving Tourcoing about ten
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peeting at the time to be caught.
 Dietz is twenty-eight years old, and has a wife. and two boys. aged four and five.
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"A narrow escape! How?"

"Ah, the tightest squeeze you ever saw. You know l examined the wit nesses and made the argument myself, the plea being self-defense. The jury was out two whole days. Finally the judge called them before him and asked what the trouble was.
 "'Only one thing. my lord replied tho foreman. Was the prisoners counsel retained by him or appointed by the court?'
 "'No. gentlemen. the prisoner is a man of means said the judge. and en-
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nothing, amid nothing. These requisi- tions in the earlier days had a more or less official seeming in that quarter masters bons were given for the things taken. The bons were written in the German language in German script. illegible and beyond the under standing of the simple natives. A bon might be given for chicken when 1t was pair of horses that was taken. But later, winch these jests palled on the German soldiers, the requisitioning was simplitied by the omission of bon. giving"
The Monticellonian., 1918-01-11
"BARpAROUS AS
 SLAVE DRIVERS"
Methods of Opponents of German "KuItur" in Carrying Out
 Deportation Order.
ADD HYPOCRISY TO CRUELTY
Officers of "Modern Attila" Gave At titude of England as Excuse for Repeating in France Atroci-
 ties Practiced in Belgium.

The course of the German armies ID France was marked Oitb tue same brutaIities thdt characterized the oc- capation of Belgium. Ample proof has been produced that the entire proceedings Were c deliberate part of the calculated system of fright fuinesS. |"
 In France the German system of forced labor and deportations, with it's horrors, was the same as in Belgium. In this article is shown the real iden- tity of German practice in both oecu- pied regions. This can be done from the official documents and from a sum- mary by Ambassador Gerard. The narrowing details may be gathered from the scores of dispositions which accompany the note addressed by the French government to the governments of the neutral powers July 9, 1916. These are on file in the state depart ment and have also been translated. along with the official documents, in "Fhe Deportation of Women and Girls From Lille" (New York. Doran.)
 German Proclamation at Lille.
 .'The attitude of England makes the provisioning of the population more and more difficult.
 ITO reduce the misery, the German volunteers to TO and work in the country. This offer has not had the success that was expected.
 .In consequence of this the inhab- itants will be deported by order and removed into the country. Persons depOrted will be sent to the interior of the occupied territory in France, far behind the front. where they will be employed in agricultural labor. and not on any military work whatever By this measure they will be given the opportunity of providing better for their subsistence.
 ''Ii case of necessity. provisions can be obtained through the German de- pets. Every person deported will be allowed to take with him 30 kilo- grams of baggage (household utensils, clothes. ete.), which 1t will be we'll to make ready at once.
 ..I therefore order that no one. un- til further orders, shall change his place of residence No one may ab- sent himself from his declared legal residence from D. m. to 6 q. m. Ger man time1 unless he is in possession of a permit in due form.
 '.Inasmueh as this is an irrevocable measure, it is in the interest of the population itself to remain calm and obedient.
The Monticellonian., 1918-01-11

Tbe 94-page booklet "German War practices," published by the commit tee on public information deyotes one seetion to extracts from German war dfaries among them being the follow ing:
 "As shell burst near the Eleventh company. and wounded seven men, tbree very severely At five o'clock we were ordered -by the officer in command of the regiment to shoot all tbe male inhabitants of Nomeny, be- canse the population was foolishly at- tamnting to stay the advance of the German troops by force of arms. We broke into the houses, and seized all who resisted, in order to execute them according to martial law. The houses which had not been already destroyed hv the French artillery and our own were set on fire by LIS, so that nearly the whole town was reduced to ashes. If is a terrible sight when helpless women and children, utterly destitute, are herded together and driven into France" (From the diary of Private Fischer. Eight Bavarian Regiment of Infantry, Thirty-third Reserve Divi- sion)
 Copies of this booklet may be se- cured free of charge by application to the Committee on Public Information 10 Jackson Place, Washington, D. c.
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and dates. The following is a sum- mary of the charges made:
 That thousands of unoffending civi- Hans, including women and children, were murdered by the Germans.
 "That women had been outraged.
 That the custom of the German sol diers immediately on entering town was to break into wineshops and the cellars of private houses and madden themselves with drink.
 That pillage had been accompanied by wanton destruction and by bestial and sacrilegious practices"
The Monticellonian., 1918-01-11

Plans for caring for members of the expeditionary forces who may be returned from Europe unfit for further service include, beside the necessary surgical and medical attention, in- struction in the use of injured and ar titicial limbs, and vocational training. The experience of Canada and Flu ropean allies in this work has been of great value to the United States gov ernment in arranging its plans.
 Equipment for heat treatments and electric and hydro therapy will be pro- vided gymnasiums will furnish oppor- tunity in the use of joints, muscles. and nerves which have been affected in service; in curative workshops the man will perform useful work which at the same time will bring those parts into activity.
 The aim will be to return every man into civil life able to be self-support- ing and useful, and not dependent merely upon the pension he will re- ceive from the government.
The Monticellonian., 1918-01-11
Daily Thought.

A single grateful thought turned heavenward is the most perfect prayer. --Lessing.
The Monticellonian., 1918-01-11

Men at the cantonments buy many articles at the post exchanges for less money than they would have to pay in their hometown stores. And the post exchange manager is authority for the statement that 10000 men make tre- mendOus demand for fiye-cent pack ages of candy. About four o'clock in the afternoon there is a general rush for apples, sweet crackers, and coffee or milk, despite the fact that big din- ners will be ready a couple of hours later.
 The problem of supplying the men in army cantonments with small neces- sittes and luxuries which the govern ment does not furnish is met by the commission on training camp actiYi- tiles through these post exchanges They are to be found at each canton ment, there being as a rule one ex- change for each regiment. Each car ries an average of $10,000 worth of goods.
 Business is nearly all done on credit basis Men obtain books of five and ten-cent coupons and pay for them at the end of the month Post exchanges average Sf ,000 day in sales, and there are about 250 in op- eration, the yearly business will aggre- gate many millions of dollars.
The Monticellonian., 1918-01-11
EFFICIENCY FOOLS
 CONTRACTORS
UNEXPECTED CONSERVATION OF FOOD LEAVES LITTLE GAR
 BAGE IN ENVIRONMENTS.
VALUE OF POST EXCHANGES
Men Enabled to Buy Many Articles for Less Than in Home Town Stores Planning for Care of Disabled Sol diers.

Q'rom Committee on Public Informauon'l
 Nashington.-In some army ana National Guard camps contractors who undertook to dispose of garbage at a price based upon the amount they eA- pected to get are threatening to throw up their contracts because the amount is so small.
 The surgeon generals office and the quartermaster's department are coop erating to secure the best nutrition of soldiers with the least waste. Officers of the food division give instruction in food values balancing of menus and methods of cooking and serving At one camp q conference of this sort was attended by 750 cooks. mess ser geants, and mess officers.
 The allowance provided by the army regulations is liberal and permits of considerable savings. These accumu- tate to the credit of the organizations if there Is careful management.
The Monticellonian., 1918-01-11

With continuance of the war, in the next year at least 10000 nurses will be needed in the army hospitals at home and abroad Of the S0.000 graduate nurses of the country only $500 have so far been assigned to duty in army service, and of this number 1,500 are In France.
 An army nurse must be a gradu- ate of training school for nurses and must have served for two years in a hospital They are assigned to duty in the United States or abroad, and preferences are granted when condi- lions permit. Nurses who prefer not to have service abroad will have their preferences respected.
The Monticellonian., 1918-01-11

Answers of registrants on the se- leetive draft questionalres relating to health and answers under the head dependency" with the exception of the names and addresses of persons claiming to be dependent, will not be open to inspection by the public with out the consent of the registrants.
 Imprisonment for not to exceed one year will be the penalty imposed on anyone connected with the administra- ton of the seleetive draft law who shall make this information public.
The Monticellonian., 1918-01-11

More than half of the 1850 colored reserve officers training camp at Fort Des Moines Ia., have been commits stoned as officers in the army Near ly 100 colored physicians and sur geons have received commissions as officers in the medical reserve corps. A full fighting force of 30,OO0 colored soldiers, including representatives in all branches of military service. will constitute the Ninety-second division, to be detailed for duty in France un- der General Pershing.
 Among the speakers to be heard in the war conferences, which are to be held in every state in the Union dur ing the next few months, a-o Secre- tary McAdoo, Secretary Baker, Vice President Marshall, Henry J. Allen, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Bishop Charles D. Williams, and Lieut.. Paul PerigoTd of the French army.
 In five years the portion of the worlds gold monetary stock (cofn and bullion used as money) held by the United States has increased from one fifth to more than one-third
 In it's campaign for the saving of coal the fuel administration declares the average American home is super heated. Eminent American physicians are quoted as saying that a room above 6S degrees Fahrenheit is too warm for health and exposes the oc- cupants .a catarrhal diseases and pneu- monia.
 The woman's committee on the coun- cii of national defense has arranged to furnish badge to every woman who registers to work in cooperation with the committee.
The Monticellonian., 1918-01-11

Many officers of the Marine corps and the navy are members of a class receiving instructions at Washington in defense against the use of gas.
The Monticellonian., 1918-01-11

No postmaster's pay will be in- creased during the war, according to an order by the postmaster general.
The Monticellonian., 1918-01-11

La Libre Belgique the publication issued somewhere In Belgium,s which the Germans have been unable to SUD- press, thus defines it's official loca- tion:
 "Fhe editorial establishment being no place of repose, a cellar on wheels has been found more convenient"
 Business being at a standstit un- der German domination" it says, i've have suppressed the page of advertise ments and advise our readers to save their money for better times."
The Monticellonian., 1918-01-11

Work of the woman's committee of the council of national defense has already been started in Porto Rico, and plans now made include it's in- troduction into every territory in the United States.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-21


Mrs. Ida Smith spen, the latter part
OF the week with Mrs. lrma Petit
grew, Of Roanoke From there she
went 70 visit her sister, Mrs. Taggart.
%. Bloomington.
Harley Rose was shaking hands
With friends here Thursday.
Az rhe last meeting OF the W. II. C..
Mrs. Fuseil was taken in rs new
member. ~
Mrs. ] " -Transeau spent the week
in Ottawa with her sister. Mrs. Rugg
Rev, Jones is entertaining Mrs.
Jones and mother. OF Bonfeid.
Miss McIernott. OF Campus, is a
guest At the A. D. Brady home.
Mr. aud Mrs Robert Herbert, OF
Forest PARK. H., have moved 10 Ran.
some They will make their home
With her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. 7.
Liant.
w II. Smith and wife and Mrs. II.
G. Smith, of Evanston visited at the
home Of Mrs. Il, n Gorsuch, Of Pax.
ton, few days last week. and while
here drove to tho aviation field at
Rantoul,
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred khort. Miss
Myrtle khort. Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Hates and Mr.. and Mrs. l.. c. Swiss.
helm, attended the funeral OF Edward
Shecdy.
Alfred kanuth Is here on o short
furlough
Miss Lulu Solsberger wasJ confined
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-21
TO OPEN SALVATION
ARMY WAR FUND DRIVE
By GFNE BYRNES

President Clarence Griggs, ot tn.
Chamber Of Commerce, and abou
every other citizen, both male and fe
male, with red blood in their veins
are back OF the movement Every
priest and every preacher in this city
/ Is supporting the Salvation Army in
this great work, They are doing more
good than any other agency for GER.
tain class of soldiers who look to then.
for aid.
Envelopes Will be distributed or
Saturday, and ii for any reason YOU
are overlooked. the city mail carrier
will have a supply and will furnish
you with one at your request The
envelopes will be collected and il is
urged and hoped that every home
will have its quota for the number ,ot
rooms OF their homes nn the basis
.et ten cents a room. or Us much more
az they may choose TO give. -.
Capt S H. Williamson. from the
Chicago territorial headquarters, rep
re senting the war work of the Salvc
ton Army as authorized and direc'e |
by the War Department aud thu Ma.
tiOnai and State Councils OF Def use
together With Ensign Frank ketohanl,
who Is one OF the Workers who has
put Stroator on tho map, a.,, arfan. &
ing Il drive for y $4,000 war fund
which quota has been allotted to Of
tawa, and both Nthese gentlemen .eel
little difficulty VIII be had in raising
this amount.
The Ottawa drive has been PIE
sented to A. j. O'Conor, chairman OF
the County Council of Defense, who
has with his committee endorsed the
same, Some time ago the matter was
presented to the Ottawa Rotary club
Tor their active backing and mma
date action vas taken by them in
appointing a committee Of Rotarians
to conduct the local campaign. The
same has also been endorsed ana IL
receiving considerable cooperation
from the Chamber Of Commerce and
the Business Men 5 Association.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-21

the Charles Mccullough home the
frts ofsthis. week.
Rev. Bowers of Chicago occupied the
pulpit OF the Presbyterian church in
stead oi Rev Edwin White, regular
pastor.
Mrs. VI. J. Baldwin of S,reator was
an over night caller ii the home OF
Miss Sarah Crawford. Saturday.
The Good Will club will hold its
next meeting az the home OF Mrs.
T. j. Weber. southwest OF the village.
Rev. James Foster. rector OF ST.
Andrews Episcopal church is in Chi.
cago this week.
The Misses Marie and Jessie Nc.
Cullough viii be hostesses to the j.
u. club a, their, home, on Saturday
afternoon
Mr. and Mrs. George Woolenhaupt
entertained relatives from Dwight
Sunday evening.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-21
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SERENA.


Private Delber. kember was home
on a short Through the latter part of
the week. He expected to stay untll
Tuesday hut was recalled to Camp
Grant Saturday afternoon and will
soon join his company at Camp Han
cock, Georgia.
r. }, Marshall attended supervisors
meeting in Ottawa last week.
Mrs. f'an Emerson and children OF
Genoa, Illinois visited relatives here
last week
VIM Mundort called here Friday.
Mrs. Edward Jacobs of Ottawa is
visiting her sister, Mrs. T. g. Arn,zeu.
A large crowd attended G. A. Der.
nard'S sale Saturday.
7 + &. Anthem is again under the
care Of trained nurse.
Several from here attended the fun.
eral OF Private Louis Yeosle in Sheri.
dan Thursday
There will be. no meeting of the
Red Cross this week. In two weeks,
March % II will be held with Mrs.
Henry ScheDpler.
Iont forget the BIG carnival and
supper In the Se'eua hall March %.
supper from : to s. AT members OF
the Red Cross are requested to do.
nate an article 10 be sold in the coun.
try store. Proceeds for Red Cross
and homo bows knitting fund.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Leech are visiting
the la ter's parents, Mr. aud Mrs. r.
h. komper.
Louise Wolfe. Hazel Bickart and
Marshall Wolfe attended the st. Pat.
rlcks dance In Ottawa las, Friday
evening.
Or Phelps district superintendent
will preach In Serena Union churh
Sunday. March a, at ;:'n p m.
Adolph Capse OF Clarion. Ia. spent
Friday and Saturday visiting old
trends Ia this vicinity
Matte Temple called on friends In
Ottawa Saturday.