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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
The GREAT BARGAIN

The Fourth Liberty Loan will be
raised of course. IN innate sense OF
justice and radical haired of the
gutter no doesn't do his share Of
the work will put It over
We ate urged every where to buy
bonds to back up the boys ard that
alone is uficient reason for buying.
The plain advantage to the buyer. be
the war long Or short mould act IA a
further Uput If one Is necessary.
Not ,he high rate Of interest. but
the security depends upon the intrin
sic value Of the property back Of it
and the honesty OF the people hand
ling It.
The value Of the property back d
the Fourth liberty Loan is inestima
bic. for II ia the soil of the United
States and everything in and upon II
Standing on this sol is uncut tim
her worth more than $4,000. eco aec
There was raised upon It last year
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 70, 1918.
WARMER CLOTHING.

One of the easiest ways there is to
conserve fuel is ny wearing warm
clothing When improved methods
Of heating made a summer tempera.
ture possible in the average home
the year round 1t was natural enough
10 dress to suit it, Then the thin
clothing became so thin as to demand
higher than the average summer tenn
perature indoors no matter what the
thermometer said outside the door.
The summer clothing was pleasanter
to wear-,there is no question about
that. But this is Americas winter of
sacrifice. Warmer underwear and
heavier outer clothing are called for
by the situation.
Americans as a nation love luxury
ana are willing to pay for it. They
love 1t enough to work hard for it,
But no nation, at rock bottom, ie Of
sterner stun than this one. II will
not give up it's comforts unnecessarily
But if sacrifice is called for the Amer
lean nation is prepared to GO the lin
it,
One Of the trifing sacrlnoes now
demanded Is that of living in cooler
houses this winter. Cooler home,
means warmer garments.
Warmer garments therefo,o arl
the style This ear. The transparent
Diorsad tema.e, the male who hug
NE hea'er clad in his b. V. D.s is
slaeter,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
Cut This Quit Is Worth Money.

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
Slip, enclose with sc and mail it to
Foley & CO.. 2S35 Sheffield avenue,
Chicago. Ill, writing your name and
address clearly. You will receive in
return trial package containing
Foleys Honey and Tar Compound,
tor coughs, colds and Group; Foley
Kidney Pills, for pain in sides and
back; rheumatism, backache. kidney
and bladder ailments; and Foey's
Cathartic Tablets, wholesome and
thoroughly cleansing cathartic for
constipation, biiiousness, headache
and sluggish bowels.
w. D. Duncan, Druggist, Ottawa, Ill
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
TRACING Use OF Liqhtshlps.

The first lightship the More, was
established in England in 1872, at the
mouth of the Thames. The first in
this country was stationed in 1920 in
Chesapeake bay, Off Willoughby Spit.
Sandy Hook, now Ambrose, light YES
sci was established in 1923. A light
vessel was placed off Cape HatteruS
in 1924 and was driven ashore In
1927, and n ship was not established
again in this dangerous position un-
/ til 1897, after unsuccessful attempts
mad been made to build II lighthouse
on Diamond Shoal
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
A RIFT IN THE Lutte.

l love 10 see the sunshine
APPLYING on the wall;
| love TO see the little kids
That do not care at all;
love TO see the green. green grass
And vegetables grow.
And watch the birds and buds and
things
And think OF all I know.
TEen when the husky sun is high.
Euhamed lis brutal breath.
Hove 10 srasp the graceful birch,
And hcat a rug to death.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
REPORT is MADE
ON ILLINOIS CROPS

The government crop report was
issuel on Oct s and shows Us of
Oct. | the condition. probable pro Iuc.
ton, etc, OF the various crops The
following, prepared in the office OF he
field agent for Illinois. give the more
I important facts contained in the re-
[ port for both The state ana for the
[ United States:
Corn-The condition OF the corn
crop in Illinois as given III the re-
port is ~ per cent of the normal
showing d slight Improvement during
the month of September ami iniicat.
Ing a probable production OF 349.1tS-
0U0 bushels. This is smaller than The
crop of last year which was osfi-
mated as 4lS.0oo0oo bushels The
quality, however, Of this years grain
is much better than Chat Of The last
crop and It's feeding value will prob
ably be fully up to that of the crop
Of last year. The total crop of the
United States as indicated by the re-
ported conditions, CSC. is 271171j.0o1
bushels
0ats-The average yield per acre
Of this crop in Illinois has run high
this year, being reported as 4l5'
bushels This is smaller than the
yield of last year. which was esti
mated as - bushels but is much
higher than the 1O.year average Il in,
dicates a crop OF 2l3,i01o0l bushels
The quality of the rgain is excellent
The average yield per acre Of oats
in the United States as a whole is.
estimated at BIS bushels. indicating
a probable crop Of l.5S7 2SG09a bush .
els.
Spring wheat-This crop has yield F.
ed heavily in the state this season, the
report showing an estimated yield per
acre Of 26.9 bushels. This indicates a F
crop of 100000 bushels. For the /
United States the average yield peri
acre is estimated at ISL bushels .
which indicates a crop OF 362195,0o0 /.
bushels, as compared with an est .
mated crop OF 232.75S 600 bushels har +
vested in 1917
Barley This crop has made an
average yield in Illinois, as estimated .
by the bureau, OF 81 bushels This in /
dicates crop Of 3.5S9.00O bushels
For the United States an average .
yield Of 26 bushels is reported which /
indicates a crop Of 236, 72S,0o0 bushels
as compared with 2oS,275.00Q bushels
harvested last year
The commercial apple crop-The !
apple crop In Illinois this year is
small and the commercial crop is re.
ported as being 3l000 barrels. as
compared with 1474.000 barrels gath.
cred in 1911 For the United States
the commercial crop of this year is
estimated as 100000 barrels as
compared With 22,5l9.0c0 barrels in
1917.
Alfalfa seed in This state has made /
an average yield per acre OF 90
bushels and in the United States OF
bushels Cabbages have made an
average yield Of tons per acre in !
Illinois and of 80 tons in the United
states 1t is also estimated that
onions have yielded an average of 100
bushels per acre in Illinois and POI
bushels in the United STAGES, and the
broomcorn has made an average Weld
of ESQ pounds in Illinois and Of 1918 |
pounds in the United States.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

For the sure protection OF linemen
handling live wires 4 pair Of gloves
inside and one outside of the rubber
gloves have been recommended. The
woven fabric inside glove takes up per.
sniraticn and shields the rubber from
the finger nails and a leather gauntlet
over the rubber glove. protects from
outside mechanical Injury, aids in
grasping tools and keeps the hands
warm in winter.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
RAISED Els IDEALS.

Joshua Sile has awful high ideals
Of wimmen. Won't pay no attention
10 any Of the girls round here.
Abuer-I know it. The blamed gil.
leyll set an admire the pictures Of
s.rls in the corset advertisements Ter
hours at time.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
A LEAD PIPE ClNCH.

Nistress--So you are 10 be married,
Bridget? May you be very, very hap
~,
Cook-Shure, Mum, it's a cinch'
lie gifts twinty darlers wake and
weighs forty pounds less n | dol
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
PROTECTED BY ART.

Mrs Horse-I can see that We are
losing prestige daily.
Mir Horse Nonsense, What would
an equestrian statue on an automobile
look like?
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
THE Me PiIAID

Goodness" exclaimed the mer-
maid peulently. Il can't 50 MUCH as
look out OF The water without my hair
coming out straight"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
Prison Pathos.

II You never heard q prisoner say, 81
want to go home there are infinite
depths of pathos to which You are II
total Stranger. -- Lcuvenworth New
Era.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

Cupid is a sorry leader. After lead
ing people into trouble he leaves them
to fight it out themselves.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

1t Is aWfully hard to generate any
respect for a man who wears lot OF
rings on his fingers.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

It's small consolation TO a man to
know that his neighbours wife is less
eXtrayagant than his own.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

II Is odd how easily ones memory
fails Oh the things which might make
him some money.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

Most persons are apt to question
Tho quality Of the virtue that clam
OTIS for les reward.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

A gentleman who fights with his
wife should not think himself en-
titled to a service flag.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

1t doesn't pay to stick your nose in
to other peoples business unless you
get a fee for SO doing.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

Many persons have just enough re-
ligion to know that 1t has failed
them In an emergency.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

MINNEAPOLIS REPRESENTATIVE
S. C. Theis Company. zoo Lincoln Bid
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

The Freq Vrader~5ourna. may be
found at the sews fepots OF Wheeler
& Malo, KneulAi ; ros., and Megafnr's
Cigar Store.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVES,
s. C. Theis Company. S64 Monadnoek
Block.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

Notice: After expiration date of
subscription no papers will be mail.
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advance, This is a ruling laid down
by the War Industries Board Of the
u. S. Government
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12

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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
Reputation o. Kaiser Hoped.

While the o-teusi5le reason ad-
ranced for the emperor's call to his
puppets is his desire 10 confer with
Them before the dispatch OF an an
swer TO the President. officials be-
ieye, nevertheless that the present
need for extreme haste on the part of
Germany indicates that the rep.y will
no pc held up.
III diplomatic quarters in the capital
it was intimated that the kaiser's
action may presage abdicaion pro-
y.diug an opportunity is afforded him
to perpetua.e his dynasty
A precedent for this already has
been established during the war In
the case OF Gear Ferdinand who all.
dIcate1, and whose son, Boris, sue.
caeded TO the throne
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-12
Ersatz" Went Fool Allies.


gress The state department. VIII, as
q matter Of coarse. communicate 10
the President. VINO is now in New
York, the official text cf the Germ n
message Immediately upon its receipt
Wilson Won't Talk Further.
While dispatches from neutral eom
tries received here are To the effect
hat the German public believes the
Presidents inquiries will pave the way
for further parlegs or conversations
regarding peace, officials reiterated
that there will be no eqniyocdtion OF
delay In the matter. The President
will act eXpeiit0usIy to put an end TO
all the conjecture that has arisen
and the greater part OF it, it was
saii yesterday, has been in the Sen.
ate
Other adgices from abroad indicate
| THAI Germany will counter on the
question pertaining TO an armistice
BIZ demanding that the allies return
the German colonies and leave these
parts Of Turkey they now occupy in
return for Germanys evacuation Of
all occupied territory
Germany Must Show Faith
If this be g. correc, Interpretation
The German peace plea now may be
consideed al an end it was sail Foi
/ f is up TO Germany, without any
questions wha ever 70 show whether
or not any good faith remains within
her boundaries
Another dispatch from Berne com
manting on the reports than thl
kaiser will abdicate, puts the matte
in this light,
Rumors regarding the abdieatol
OF the emperor on behalf Of Prime
! EiieL his second son. who Is sup
! posed to hold liberia! opinions, az
even spread about This artifcia
scenery is pat up to make the en-
tente governments, and PresideA
Wilson In particular, inclined to
cept in Favorable way. Germany
answer TO the American note
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-25
URGENT NEED FOR MAN.PowER
General crowder Says Plans are Made
For Registering 13,000, 900.

For Registering 100000
Neutrality-suspicious. Marshal Gen.
eral Crowder announced August Is
that plans already have been made for
registering the 100000 addit, onal
men which he estimates will be
brought under the selective service law
when congress enacts the pending bill
extending the age limits to include men
between Is and As years. From this
number approximately 100000 quail
fed for full military service are expect
ed to be secured.
So urgent is the need for additional
man-power, General Crowder said, that
the draft machinery is being put into
shape for the great task ahead without
waiting for final action by congress.
Men of the new draft will be needed by
October and in order to get them
registration day will have to be held
not later than September Is, and, If
possible, September Is will be fixed
as the day.
When the 100000 men are enroll
ed, nearly 25,OOO,00O will have been
registered since the United States en-
tered the war. There were some 10000
600 enrolled on the first registration
day, June 5, 1917; another 100000
last June 5, and several hundred thous-
and more are expected to be enrolled
August "a.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-25
McADoo BEHIND UTAH PLANT
Recommends Advance Of $4,000, cot
For Steel and Iron Works.

Recommends Advance Of $4,000 COO
For Steel and Iron Works.
ChicagO.-Secretary McAdoo of the
treasury department has In hand full
plans for the proposed development Of
iron and steel resources of Utah, and is
ready to put the project squarely up
to the war finance board with the rec
.0mmendation that the board advance
$40 OOO, 900 for the enterprise, to which
will be added $1O,O00,O0O to be ad-
vanced by western capitalists.
The project will also call for the
building of a twenty-mile railroad from
Cedar City into the iron fields. The
United States railroad administration
will be asked to make that extension of
its lines. Erection in Salt Lake of a
steel plant with 1900 tons capacity is
included IN the gigantic industrial
plan, and there will also be establish
ed merchant bar mill and by-prod-
ucts plant on the shores Of Utah lake,
If the war finance corporation ap-
proves the project.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-25
ENGLAND's HEAVY LOSSES.
Lord NorthcIiffe Reports 100000 Men
Killed During War.

London.-Lord Northcliffe on Friday
entertained at luncheon number OF
Canadian, Australian and American
editors and q number of statesmen
and prominent citizens of the domin-
ions.
Lord NOrthcliffe criticised the Sc
crecy of the British censorship, by rea-
son Of which, he said, the world had
ncver realized the magnitude Of Great
Britain's silent efforts. The best proof
Of what has been done, he said, existed
in the casualty lists, which the censor
did not permit to become known to
the people Of Great Britain or her
allies, but were known by the Ger
mans, to man.
1--WE have had 100000 men killed
during the war;" Lord NOrthcliffe said.
"Last year our total casualties were
more than 100000. These figures are
sufficient answer to the German propa-
ganda stories that England was read!
fight to the last Frenchman, Italian.
American or man from the dOminiOns.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-25
GERMANY''S LOSSES
PLACED At $4,000.
FEARFUL SLAUGHTER Or HING
IN RECENT BATTLES ON THE
WESTERN FRONT.
Seventy thousand Prisoners and Sew.
enteen Hundred Guns Taken by IN.
Allies Since July 18.-Germsns
Using Boys to FIJI. Gaps.

Paris.-The Huns are not only holm,
driven back, but are losing heavily in
men and munitions. Our booty in nris.
oners and guns, which now is official
" reported at 10000 men and 100 can.
non since July Is. is recognized as the
biggest haul the allies have made since
the war began, and there is every rea.
son to suppose that the tale of cam
lures is by no means ended. The Ger.
man losses since FOch launched his
blow on July Is are estimated at 300.
900 men killed, wounded and prisoners.
The belief is growing that the Ger.
mans are much nearer the end OF their
tether than the rest of the world has
been allowed to guess. 1t is known
that to make up for the awful wastage
IN the Aisne- Marine salient and on the
SOmme the Germans have had prac.
ideally to empty their depots in the in
terror, and that many thousands of
youths belonging to the class of 1920,
which still are only in the training
stage, have already been drafted into
garrison work.
Using Up Man Power.
There Is now little doubt that the
Germans have thrown in every avail
lble reserve division on the Sonme,
hoping to avoid thereby general re-
:reat along an extensive section of.
heir line.
So far as can be seen ut present.
heir resistance on the Somme cannot
possibly continue much longer, in
which case their retreat, when it
comes, will prove all the more costly
from its delay and all the more dis
istr0us, because they will be still less
II Il position to stand the still heavier
osses it will Involve.
The key to the situation, according
% opinion here, lies very probably in
Russia. In his Unsuitable greed fol ex-
3ansiOn at other peoples expense the
German has, in vulgar but expressive
phrase bitten off more than he can
swallow, and his boosted "conquests'
n Russia are bidding fair to prove his
ruin on the western front.
Russ Situation a Mystery.
The entire Russian situation, how
ever, is for the moment admittedly a
mystery. Many people here incline t."
he view that the Germans, in view of
heir critical shortage of man-power,
are deliberately seeking breach with
he MaXimalists in order to have a pre-
text for Selling PetrOgrad. which
would give them an excuse to with
Draw their troops from the interior Of
Russia and take up shorter line
pearer home. On the other hand, there
S a great probability that the Germans,
IN the face Of the opening of the allied
campaign in Siberia on the White sea,
ire preparing to accept the inevitable
md fall back, because they are unable,
through sheer lack of men, to under
lake fresh Russian campaign with
my chance Of success.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-25
WILSON CALLS FOR
MAXIMUM EFFORT
Determined TO BRING WAR TO
FUSION BY coNCENTRA-
TloN OF FORCES.
Nearly Two Million Men Must Be Sent
IA France in Next Eleven Months
to Carry Out Present Plan OF
War Department.

Neutrality-suspicious. million Ameri-
can soldiers can defeat the German
army in the belief of General March,
chief of staff, and present plans OF the
war department call for more than that
number under arms next summer, with
some 3,2OO,OOO of them, or 80 divisions,
in France by June 30.
These and other important facts con-
corning the nations effort In the war
as given to the senate military commit
tee by General March, Secretary Baker
and Provost Marshal General Crow
der, were revealed by Chairman Cham
berlain in presenting to the senate the
administration man-pOwer bill extend
ing the draft ages to include all men
between the ages Of IS and 45 years.
President Wilson is determined to
bring the war to a conclusion by con-
centrating all forces on the western
front, including Italy, Secretary Baker
told the committee, and General March
supplemented this by stating that 1t
was the purpose to end the great world
struggle quickly and decisively. For
the nation not to put forth its maxi
mum effort at once, the chief Of staff
declared, would be but playing Ger
many's game.
Thirty-ons American divisions, or
approximately 100000 men, now are
in France, with as many more in
camps in this country as reservoir.
Secretary Baker said that the accele-
rated program of troop movements
overseas, which has enabled General
Pershing to organize his first field
army of some 1,25OOOO men, will be
continued because of the generous &C.
ton of the British government in sup
plying shipping.
To carry out the present program of
80 divisions overseas by June 30,
nearly 100000 men must be sent to
France in the next eleven months.
General March told the committee,
according to the report to the senate,
that he was in favor of young men for
the army and that the youths Of 18
registered under the new draft law
would be in France by June 30. He es.
timated that some 100000 men quail.
fed for full military service would be
secured from the new registrants, and
he outlined the calls for the next year
or more as follows:
August, 25O,OOO; September, 100000
October, $4,000; November, 10000
December, 10000; January, 100000
February 100000, and 100000 monthly
thereafter until the end of next year.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-09-25
POISONED GAS. USED
IN U-B0AT ATTACK
HUNS INACCURATE INGENIOUS
MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST.
Six Men In Coast Guard Station and
Lighthouse Overcome BY Gas Dis
charged on Water BY German
Submarine.

Washington. = Gas from oil dis
charged on the water by the German
submarine operating Off the Middle
Atlantic coast overcame six men in
the coast guard station and lighthouse
on Smiths Island. N. c., the navy de-
partment was advised Monday by the
commandant Of the sixth naval dis
trict.
If the gas attack were deliberate, as
most officials believed, it constitutes
a new and Ingenious form of "fright-
fulness," and so far as has been re-
ported, was the first direct effort of
the German raiders to harm persons
or property on American shores.
The gas was said by the command
ant of the coastguard station to have
much the same effect as the mustard
gas used by the Germans on the west
ern front. The men were laid out for
more than half an hour, but appar-
emily suffered no serious after effects.
The dispatch relating the gas at
tack was one of a series concerning
German submarine warfare off the At
lantic coast received during the day
by the navy department. One told of
an attack on submarine 100 miles
east of the Virginia coast by an Amer
lean destroyer, which discharged sew
enteen depth charges where the raid
err was seen to submerge. The result
Of the attack was not determined, but
after oil had appeared on the surface
of the water, two bombs were dropped
on the spot and the submarine was not
seen again.