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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-03
REVISED RULES ON
BUILDING PERMITS
ARE RECEIVED HERE
FARMERS CAN SPEND AS HIGH
AS $1,000 FOR NEW BUILDINGS
WITHOUT GOVERNMENTS o. X.
$3.50 FOR EXISTING STRUC-
TURES.

improvements on existing buildings
and new structures not exceeding
$1,000 in value can be built under thS
Nar resources regulations, according
to revised rules received by VICE
Chairman Clarence Griggs of the sew
enth subre gion, which comprises tht
County of La Sale.
Expenditures on buildings already
built cannot exceed $2,50O, nor cal
more than 81 600 be used to erect new
farm buildings. without the oftieia
0. X. of the local representative OF
the State Council of Defense accord
ing to the following communication
from Mr. Griggs, which says.
Some days since | received
letter from Mr.. f. Roth, chairman
OF subregion No, Z, stating that
this committee had jurisdiction
over the matter Of building con
struction. | am in receipt this
morning of bulletin No. 4 correct
ing the former bulletin, in which
it is stated that this committee
has no jurisdiction over such mat
ters. As | understand circular
No. q OF the War Industries
Board, priorities division and SUBJ
seQuent bulletins, the following
buildings operations do not re-
quire any consent.
l. Necessary new buildings on
farms not exceeding 81 900 in
cost
2. Repairs Of or extension to
existing buildings involving in
aggregate cost not exceeding
$35O0.
All other construction must
have the consent of the local rep
resentative of the Council OF Ma
tional Defense, to whom applca-
ton for the proposed construction
should be made. | do not know
at this writing who such local
representative is, but will en-.
deavor to ascertain and advise
the public
CLARENCE GRlGGS,
Vice Chairman.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-03
POSTPONE RALLY
DAY EXERCISES

Spanish influenza has played havoc
with the Rally Day program which
was to be held at the Presbyterian
church next Sunday. Some of tho
children on the program are on the
sick list and therefore It was neces'
sary to postpone the exercises for
one week, 1t is expected that all the
children will have recovered suffic
iently so that the Rally Day pro
gram can be given on Sunday, Oct
13. The regular exercises will take
place on Sunday with Sabbath schoo
beginning at 9.45.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-03
Dies Suddenly.

e Mrs. George needer, nee Katherine
Glenn of Grand Ridge died suddenly
this afternoon.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-03
SLACKERS ARE GIVEN
STIFF UPPER CUTS
BY BOND SPEAKERS
NO MERCY SHOWN "TlGHTWADS"
BY LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN
ERS HERE WITH GREAT LAKES
BAND. =.

Fifteen hundred enthusiastic Amer
leans packed the high school audito
rum yesterday afternoon and enjOyer
the concert given by he Great Lakes
Band as prelude to the Liberty
Loan speakers Hon David +. Shana
han, speaker of the Illinois house OF
representatives Judge Fenton w
Booth of the Federal Court OF Claims
Washington. d. c.; Fred Dale WOOD
OF Chicago. and Lieut.. Harry Kelly
Ottawas returned hero, fresh from
the battle fields of France.
The Bluejackets, with their civilian
escorts, arrived in Ottawa at 80.
over the c., B. e. @. from Streator
They paraded the loop and stoppes
at the corner of Madison and Colum
bus streets, where selection was
played before continuing the marct
to the high school, where the tOrma
program was rendered.
The party was in cnarge of Civilian
Manager William Judson, ana was
under the leadership of Bandmas,ei
Charles Stone Thirty pieces made
up the band, They left the Grea
Lakes Station three weeks ago, ant
will be out until the close Of the cam
paign.
Upon arrival at the high school the
band played "Rajah's Sunshine" ant
"Good-by, America taken from
Leave 1t to the Sailor all of whicl
were heartily applauded The au
dience proved they were as enthu
siastic over this organization as they
were over the other two Great Lakes
bands that visited here on forme
occasions.
Between the speeches the ban,
played "K-Katy" and official NAVY Re-
view March, and +, w. Crozler, on
of the members OF the band, san
Smiles" At the close of the pre-
! gram america" and The lStal
Spangled Banner" were played. TIL
music was excellent, and each men
ber of the band was a musician O
merit who had been excellent
/ trained.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-03
SAND PIT WORKER
LOST PART OF THUMB

John Elohner corner Madison and
Bridge streets, had his right thumb
crushed last evening while working
at the Illinois Valley Sand Company.
He was brought itno the Ryburn Me-
mortal Hospital and Dr. w, II. Jami.
son was called TO attend him. 1t was
necessary TO amputate the thumb at
the first joint.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-03
Lieut.. Kelly Cheered.

Mayor Bradford, who presided, in
troduced Lieut.. Harry f. Kelly as the
first speaker of the afternoon This
was the first occasion on which most
of the people present had been given
the opportunity of hearing the OF
tawa boy who has won laurels for
himself. and the audience refused to
be queted as Lieut.. Kelly came to
the front OF the stage.
His talk was short and decidedly to
the point He explained he would be
depriving his fellow townsmen OF
something worth while if he took up
much time from the other speakers
and declared he would talk again
some time to the people of his homa
town when so many distinguished
outsiders were not on the program.
The Fourth Liberty Loan was the
subject on which his remarks were
directed, telling that while Ottawa
had made a good start on the sale OF
| these bonds, she had not as yet gone
over the top He explained the
term over the top from an army of
iicers poin. of view. How the mer
would place their toes in the small
ledge at the front of the trench, boos
their bodies up and slowly climb int
the range OF the enmy's fire, goinl
through mo Mans Land and int,
the trenches of the enemy, where th'
real battle would take place. 2nni
over the top being only the begin
ming of the bW%tle.
He begged his fellow townsmen t
make the term mean the same in OF
tawa as in France--the benning an
not the end--to go over the top Il
the bond sale and to let that only b
the beginning of the battle for govern
ment funds, Explaining the costs c
the various shells and the drives, h
declared that any man at home VIII
holds on to his money and does nc
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-03
MANY KILLED
BEDFORD, O., WRECK

Bedford. Ohio. Oct -- A Pennsyl
vana railroad passenger train this
morning ran through a crowd Of
women as they we're getting Off
another train at the interstate En-.
gineering Company plant First re-
ports at hospitals here were that
twenty-five were killed and a large
number injured
The train did not leave the track
il is said
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-03

Continued on page .. col. ~
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-03
SAND ASSN. MAY
PICK SECRETARY AT
A MEETING TONIGHT

The Illinois Silica Sand Co., an or.
ganization composed of nearly all the
sand companies in this district, will
hold their regular meeting tonight in
the Central Life building. The mat
ter of secretary will-be discussed.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-03
COMMISSIONER OF
RED CROSS |ND|CTS
HUNS AS BRUTES
PRESIDENT WILSON'S REPRESEN.
TATlVE ADDRESSES ENTHUSl.
ASTiC AUDIENCE AT CHICAGO
RETORT & FIRE BRICK co.'s
PLANT.

Commissioner Luther B. Wishart,
Of the American Red Cross had the
right kind Of an audience to talk to
this noon when he addressed the
two hundred or more employees Of the
Chicago Retort 4 Fire Brick Company
Mr. Wishart is a man who deals right
straight from the shoulder. With
him spade is spade-and a hun
a blackguard, His audience were in
perfect accord with both his senti.
ments and his way of doing business.
Dressed just as they had left the
kilns and mixing rooms, some of them
with great beads of persipration still
sparkling on their foreheads, the au
dience that heard Commissioner Wis
hart arraign the Germans in terms as
indicting as they were caustic and
truthful, was the best and most at
tentiye that ever lent ear to public
speaker. The Free Trader-JournaI
makes a sweepstake OF this statement
and bars no entries.
Classifying the kaiser and his
junker dupes just as he had founl
them from first-hand experience, Mr.
Wishart confined himself to no ki(
glove handling Of anything German
ish, pro-German or pacitstic The
kaiser was relegated with a sweepins
stroke to the dirty dogs the
damned dogs the hell hounds,
the "doubledyed brutes,' the "galls
Of hell and so on ad Hneum unit
the whole category Of proper nouns
for William Hohenzolern was thor
oughly covered.
While the commits sioner told O.
some actual experiences Of German
depredations ana atrocities in Bel
glum as uncovered by him as the per
sonal representative Of presiden
Wilson, he confined himself princi
| pally to urging the war industries 0
| America 60 extend every help to tn,
boys over there.
He related a visit he had with Gen
Pershing. He and his Red Cros
workers were in the official uniforms
| He told how he felt in the presence
of the commander of the American
army and those doughboys in thei
fighting outfits. but was soon set a
ease by Gen. Pershng, who told hir
/ that the United States was a yeritabl
network Of trenches in which wer
fighting men and women
Your grain fields, your gardens an
your factories the general sal,
are the trenches at home. We cannc
fight without our men back there, an
they are nobly rallying to our supper
The work they are doing, meanin
the industrial worker, the agrcultu
ist and men and women of all walk
Of life, is just as important as ours
Mr. Wishart then cold the ChiCag
Retort men how important their wor
was in this greatest Of all wars.
You know he said, there ca
never be a piece of steel made wit
out your fire brick. No big cannC
can be built to defeat llunism. \
, ships can be launched. The VI
/ would soon be lost were it not Il
A men like you.
0 Are you willing to do your bit
a he asked. With that every man a
+. plaudeI and the room echoed wi
;. ayes as eyes flashed positive pro
a that the workers meant what thu
said.
Mr. Wishart traced history from I
, inception as far as America Is &C
cerned and found In all save our oy
civil war some trace of German trio
Continued on page 3, column 81,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-03
w WEAThER

Fair tonight and prob
ably Friday. Somewhat
warmer Friday.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-03
Turkey To Sue.

UTNtJ % 0Nti
London. Oct. Turkey has no.
tilted Germany of her intention TO
make peace. according to a Dispatch
to the Daily News today. Germany's
reply. which was described as long
manscing and pleading promised
Turkey that Bulgaria soil would be
occupied
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-03
Huns Can't Hold Turks.

Berlin, via London, Oct I'VE
have evacuated Lens and Armentiers
on the Flanders 'front.' the German
war office announced today
The evacuation was carried out
without fighting,
On Tuesday night We repulsed at
tacks northwest of Roulers
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-03

london, October Australian
troops operating in Palestine advanc-
ed Il miles. northeast of Damascus
on Wednesday capturing 1900 Turk
ish prisoners. two guns and forty ma.
chine guns. it was officially announced
today
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-02
FRENCH PEOPLE
 ARE ADOPTING
 AMERICAN WAYS
(By Associated Press)


 A PORT IN FRANCE, Feb. 2 (by maiD As far as it is possible to Amerieanize any French city, this base of the American armies has undergone the process since the first troops ar rived last June. Collectively it talks English quite fuently-much more so than the visitors speak French, at any rate-and it's shops have taken on an American air.
 Likewise the months have quieted the exuberapce that expressed itself in jammed and crowded streets and cafes, noise and exhilaration at the time of the arrival of the first American troops This in part can be laid to the fact that about nine-tenths of the city has been placed "out of bounds" for all not equipped with special passes so that the dives and other undesirable establishments that at one time threat. ened to spring up have died of mani ton
 Scarcely store now but aaunts it's wares with tags and comments ir Eng fish, and the storekeepers have prof ited by the constant succession of American customers to learn a fair brand of English. Nine out of ten of them at least are able to conduct sale in English, while not one of ten of the customers could get what he wanted ii he had to rely on French.
 Some of the English, of course, is ragged, and a compendium of the signs displayed in the main street shops would furnish an excellent basis for a treatise on English as she is writ ten" There is, for example, the "house taking charge of parcels; every enc get a received, which lies adjacent to the store featuring a model warmly clad in what the proprietor fondly be- lieves is a "tranchs coat" Thus a ldI lAOIIOil anu CuI IO SIOIS, SlIudICu on a corner, has painted both facades to represent a double American flag, with a single centerpiece containing the stars over the door at the corner The topmost stripe on both sides bears the inscription, Souvenirs, Don't For get Her" Occasionally the advertise ments do not say quite what was in tended, even though they tell the truth as for instance the sign over a store which reads, Money taken here"
 Such announcements as American Breakfasts, to a. m.," and "Ice Cream" appeal.
 The naval element is perhaps most conspicuous by its absence. In June and July the streets swarmed with naval officers and sailors from the bat tleships and cruisers that formed part of each convoy.
 More and more the city has come under the viselike control of the Amer ! ican authorities. No resident ever may send telegram to any point il France without submitting it to Ioca censorship that has been created d
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-02

the suggestion of the Americans. The censor is the local police commissioner. and he passes on all French messages that are doubtful. Likewise his stamp is obligatory for telegrams in English, but he will not wield the stamp until the American authorities have passed upon the matter.
 No single individual leaves the city by train without submitting to an ex- animation. Papers of Identification, in many cases written official permission to leave are necessary. The civilian falls inevitably into the hands of the jealous French who are cooperating with the Americans, while the man in uniform, especially the American khaki wearers, are handled by our military police.
 Early last July the French, at the suggestion of the Americans, laid down ] exceptionally severe rules for the cafes, limiting to the lowest conceiy- able point-for France-the hours dur 1 ing which men in uniform might be allowed in all public houses.
 Later in the summer the French gov ernment issued rules governing the sale of spirituous liquors for all France. The two combine by chance in such way that drinking for the soldiers is virtually out of the question at any hour-even for those limited few who are able to obtain passes to come into the "out of bounds" portion of the city that comprises all of the cafes
 1 The soldiers are on the whole in tensely popular with the inhabitants They arc, for one thing, extremely kind to the French children. which strikes a responsive chord in the breasts of the mothers, particularly since it is not a French male custom , to fondle and make much of the young sters.
 Then, too, number of the military organizations have clubbed together and have given entertainments for French charities which not only have netted lot of money but which have been novel and interesting. The latest of these was a negro minstrel show, ., which brought in more than $500 for the war widows of the port
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-02
DEALERS IN AUTOMOBILES
 HAVE THEIR TROUBLES

, VISALIA, Cal, March 1.-Three hun 'dred delegates from all parts of Cali fornia will attempt the solution of problems in the automobiles trades business in California arising from the present war situation at the semi,an- nual convention which will be held in this city two days, March 2S and %. The automobile trades of the country have met with several peculiar prob lems that have grown of the war with Germany and the inability of many au- tomobile manufacturers to make sui ficient deliveries to care for orders while dealers in accessories and sup plies have met similar conditions.
 The gathering is expected to arrive at some uniform solution agreeable to all for the proper handling of the busi- ness through this stringent period in the trades.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-02

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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-17
CATHCART MAKES A KICK
Councilman Declares Street Cars
Are Badly and Improper ly
Crowded

Harry p Cathcart. Chairman ol
Councils Health Committee, has made
vigorous Kick against what he terms
criminal" overcroyding Of the city S
street cars, particularly in view OF the
inhuenza situation
With every agency and person work
ing hard and trying to offset the IN
fluenza epidemic. there doesn't seem TO
be any move by the traction company,
or it's conductors to do even a small
thing 10 check the plague Mr. Gathcart
saVs
The overcrowding on tho street cars
now is something criminal OF course
| do not desire 10 put the blame upon
the traction COMPANY, as ! realize that
the conductors themselves are much 10
blame but il the company gave out
binding notices 10 its conductors not
TO overcrowd the ears. II seems rea-
sonable that such Il condition would not
again he found, almost any night. on
almost every line IN the city
As TO where he noticed such COR
dItionf. Air Cathcart mentioned the
Fourth street and Darhv lines IL
also gave stories of similar conditions
on the Front street and Boulevard and
Washington street lines
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-17
MILFORD BOY FLU" VICTIM
Richard S. Truitt Succumbs at
Officers Training Camp
Lee. Virginia,

Richard ; Trutt. the only son ot MIR
and Mrs ; NJ Tnntt of Milford, and
nephew at II Rodney Sharp o. the du
PCnt Company, died AZ rhc hospital at
Camp Ice, Va at $40 IN. on SUNDAY.
Death was due to pncumonia. which set
IN a week before hs death following an
attack Of the Spanish Influenza
Nlr Tr,utt who was ; wears old st
tprl. was graduated from the Milford
High School in the class Of 1911 and from
the Eillip Exeter Preparatory School,
Exeter. \ II IN 1917
IT. enlisted last Nlay and Was sent
10 Camp Meade from which place he
Mas transferred 20 Camp NicgS. near
Naohnrtcu - G. where lr was pro-
mot,d ~ tun sergeant Ilc later became
Il candsdatc tor the Officers Training
School at Camp Icr. and reported there
last tugu~t
\, first lie expected to rcrclvc bus COM
mission the last ot November. Int he,
with eleven others. uui II TIM class nt
cilhtS ~lN Won their commissions about
.h,u weeks ago aud WAS ~ have graduated
a- second lieutenant on Iursial
evening la-t
rc~rdo- b~ parents IT, i survived by
oI,e sister Miss Mildred Iuutl The
iunrial vt)l hc hcld from hc homo ~ his
par,it .oiov .np The arr,.d n thr hndy
ifon 4 aup leo
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-17
POSTPONE BEAGLE
TRIALS THIS YEAR
Lack of Interest Leads Officials
20 Take Such
Action.

The poard Of Governors Of the Dels.
ware Setter and Pointer Club have de.
cided 10 suspend for this year the annual
field trials and the following explanatory
letter has been sent TO members:
Owing To- the apathy existing IN
every community toward any form OF
non-essential endenvor, especially IN our
section where every man is either engaged
in rnunition manufacture or shIpbulding,
the Delaware Setter and Pointer Club
decided at n meeting of the Board OF
Governors, held on October II that the
annual field trial would be suspended
and the members urged to support with
their presence and entries the trials Of
neighborng clubs.
This action IS taken with regret
and is not to be construed as condemnmg
the practice of holding field trials during
the existence of war, for each sportsman
at home should redoiible his efforts to
keep up the high standards Of sport
existent in the lovers n the hunting
dog, especially since 50 many Of the
fraternity are IT the front
Local conditions are such. however,
that the board thought II would bene-
ft the cluhs generally to concentrate
on few trials rather than scatter our
energies over number Of local meets
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-17
SAVE SEED CORN"
WORD TO FARMERS
Need Imperative for Bumper Crop
Of Finest Variety Mex
Year.

Agricultural authorities u.4.t that
i i imperative Tor ne .arincr II select
and To save al adequate supply d. seed
corn. slnce the camlnIgl. lor greater food
production, no chance should Ac taken
II To the quality 1t seed corn.
The oniy way to b.. ~.ire that seed corn
viii grow i to husk il before freeing
weather and place IT. . drl Vcl!-yeu-
tilatcd room where Il should remain
ntjl quite ar-ir1 seed eaf- should
4et be placed IN bins boxe> Or barrels
,ut hung III, n suef manner ttrlt hr
sar~ Vii uOt touch While dENlu4 Hence.
- hu.king progresses each farmer should
select and preserve Al lea- tWHcc a.
many -.ed car IL ull III required fer
hIS planting next sprung
lie should ia this far Iuo reasons
FIRST. the larger number oi cs,f~ NH.
anabie him - make q rto~'! ~rlor5ou
.or the better type 81 ears tot planting
Second. he RlIl have ~,,inr cztra seed to
sell III the spring Iherc Is aINal- more
OF less oi $ IocsJ demand fnr seed corn
and Dcias are p4yed /, 1erx important
part III relieving tho seed corn ~hprTae
Of 1917
Another object IA selecting -gc8 corn
early i 10 provide cars In suitable condi-
tion Ior exhibition purpose At the
annual state { orr snow i il often noJiccd
thai Iuanv of the samples are fnInutt mi.
a condition which prevents the sample
from taking i premium lhe winners
q the state Corn Show h:tyc Usually
been those u h5 have. paid citt-e. attention
t. the selection and maturit< If I'LL seed
I;.F~.
Th~ car The 1nclfn annual state
Corn Show Will be held il BrldgcsIlc,
Januart lf-I7, III conjunction with the
Peninsula Horticultural society. Owing
10 the national demand for greater food
production this will be thr most inn
portant agricultural meeting III The state
and ii j hoped that ,vcrv grsin grower
ullI IL nifest hIs interest fl thc campaign
hy entering one Of more sample of corn
or other gram