Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-11-09
DRUKS WITH LOADED
GUNS OR REV0LVERS
TO BE ARRESTED
WILL STOP DISORDER
MUCH DAMAGE DONE TO PROP.
ERTY DURING THE LAST MIS-
GUIDED CELEBRATION.

Chief Eurick of the local police
force announced today that a curb
would he placed on the using of re
volvers and shotauns in The future as
means of celebrating in Ottawa.
Damages which mounted up into hun
dreds of dollars have been caused b.
the using of guns at both former peace
celebrations, and the Ottawa police
are afraid that someone will be Sc
riously injured by the use Of these
weapons.
Young boys and intoxicated men
have been using firearms, making il
unsafe for people to be on the street
during the celebrations. As far as i
known, no one has been injured A.
either peace celebration.
At the celebration Thursday one e.
the cables of the telephone company
was shot, causing damage of So
for this company. This shooting 0C
Cured at the corner of Madison an6
La Sale streets just across the stree,
from where the cable was shot at the
Oct celebration, which caused
damage Of a like amount
The window in the Office of the Wid
mer & Mills law Office in the Malonet
Building, was shot through on Thurs
day, causing damage Of several dol
lars, and had anyone been standin
in front of the window it is likel!
they would have been injured.
Numerous minor damages have beer
reported in various sections of the
city by the reckless use of firearms.
One man on one of the downtown
streets who was so intoxicated he
could hardly walk was shooting a
doube-barreled shotgun into the
crowd across the street Fortunately
no one was hit by his unreliable aim
and several men standing near hur.
riedly took the gun away from him,
Orders were given TO each Of the
local police this morning to see that
guns were not used in future celebra
tions.
Ottawa is being made the laughing
stock of the state for its two prema-
ture peace celebrations the last OF
which was made in a drenching rain
and has resulted in the development
of number of new flu and pneumonia
cases.
The publication Of rumors without
verilcation by the United Press mean
an irreparable loss TO business inter
ess Of the country They published
a rumor that peace had been signed
given out by some sea admiral whc
had no business in the first place tC
really been so. For twentyfour hours
the United Press stuck to its story
and charged the government censor,
with holding up news because thel
were not willing to let 30 all a
once This brought out the condemna
ton from President Wilson contained
yesterdays dispatches.
The Paris dispatches carried by III,
International NewS Service say tha
orders to cease firing were issued b,
the Germans in the sector where the
penipotentiaries were scheduled &
cross the French line. The armistic,
is not signed, terms of the allie
have not been accepted by German
and the war Is not over The intima
tion that the allies have so far az
cepted Germany's position as to ceas
firing Is calculated to defeat the pres
sure of the United States and It's asst
ciated nations.
The Associated Press yesterday d
1874 p. m. sent out the following bu
letin.
New York, Nov. New Yor
News Bureau, which is affiliated wit
the Central News, sent out dispatc
on its financial tickers this afternoo
under London date as follows.
"At 1880 o'clock this afternoon I'll
foreign Office announced that it ha
no confirmation of the report that &c
many had accepted the armistiee co
dltions.'
This cablegram was the property
the international News Service.