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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-21
UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

List of unclaimed letters adyertis
ed, at the Ottawa post Office. for the
week ending March 90. 1918.
Cummings, Mrs. Fred.
Carlson, Mrs Henry.
Glover Leaf Casualty Co.
Funk, Mrs Catherine.
Hotkurn. Frank.
Fitzpatrick. X.
Lilies, John A.
Land. Martie.
O'kane, Miss Jane.
Read, n a.
Sutcliit Miss Carrie.
Tiitey. Donald S.
Toms. Abe.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-21

period III 1916 In September oetoher
and November. under The supervision
~ the F'oad Administration, flour pro-
duclion was ia per cent of She same
period N 1916 What this means in he
great na,iunai stlEtiioii, Nilh depleted
domestic flour reserves and clanvlring
. foreign hHyeif tan hardly sbe over
emphasized. tlgra lnoyeflentnr wheat
into primary markets has been hardly
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-21
Total Tonnage a2,ooo, coo.

Sir Eric said that the total allied
and neutral tonnage nov is - 000.DaA
tons, new construction by the United
States and seizure Of enemy ships
having substantially increased The
total
\ II was pointed out by Sir Eric that
She low ebb OF construction in the
first two years OF the war was CO.
incident With the low output of mu-
nitions. and that even before unre-
, strioted submarine warfare began
! Great Britain was 1890 900 tons he
hind.
Given ade1tiate labor and material.
Sir Eric declared. it was we'll within
the capacity OF the allied, or even the
British, yards to make good the
worlds losses. ~
When the British shipyards were
taken over by the comptroller Of con
struction, work on fifty large mei-
chant ships had been stopped because
OF lack OF men and materials.
Figures to be Regular.
Sir Eric announced that hereafter
he will publish regularly figures on
output and losses. He said the fig
ures announced yesterday included
lake craft and a large amount of small
vessels and included vessels dam
aged and ultimately abandoned He
said it would not be policy to an
n0unce total losses to date
The first lord reported that arriy-
ais al British ports last week were
2.19S and sailings 2,Sl7 Two fishing
boats were sunk.
He announced appointment Of
Baron Pirrie. chairman of the Har
land x Wolf Shipping Company. as
comptroller general of merchant ship
ping.
A Paris dispatch states that the
enemy sank 2,39S ships last year.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-21

RING last July and Au-
gusl. Willie Congress was
wrestling with Itself 10
produce a food admins
lration. and there was
M Grain Corporation,
-four production III tie
principal renterS was ~
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-21
The Best Way.

"heh argument meets ignorance II
might as well turn hack.--Los Angeles
Express.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-21
RED CROSS RHEUMATIC REMEDY

It's great advantage over other rheu-
matte medicines lies in the fact that
1t does not disturb the stomach. Many
cases have been permanently cured by
ibis remedy. This and more than one
hundred other Red Cross Remedies
sold and guaranteed only by
WHEELER & MALO, Druggists
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-21

Ahaut he same fiulr orr cooperative
elevator manager had listed shipment
with his terminal representative It
tightly reputable commission firm also
Under Grain Corporation license This
airm caught wind OF the Georgia order
aud secured permission t. sell The Mis-
.uifi wheat The second hushei was
among those poured into car and
anstled along 10 ITS destination This
Shipment did nor pass through any
criminal maiket Il moved straight
/" Atlanta. where II went between HE
oilers ~ the lnill IL M
Controlling the Jobbe,s by License
Now, he -four which came from ar
second bushel If wheat was rolling
serenely along in another direction
)tit Ne car was diverted by special or
Ter of The T. :. Food Administrator
,nd received by a large wholesale lob
,er IN New y drk city This iohter
. iisn docs business under a Food Adj
hiniStralion license, ban administered
W the distribution division q ndcr H.
ense terms he iohherS mist sell AT
fair 1foft onIy. ~i,ftfr.a ting cyact
amount of thi, profit Is nol dtiermln-
I'd, the GOOD Administration rcserViHg
HE right Ia each case 10 call hflt
When licensee has gone "the limit
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-21
TWO MILLIONS AND
A HALF TONS Of
SHIPPING WAR TOLL
NET LOSS NOTHING COMPARED
TO GERMAN BoASTS-ALLtES
WITHIN 25fT OF siNklN6S BY
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW CRAFT

london. Mar 3l.-Sir Eric GeddeS
first lord OF the Admiralty, declared
Wednesday that The German state
ment of allied shipping losses in Jan
uary was exaggerated ll3 per cent
and thar the allies were now within
twenty-five per cent OF catching up
with their losses.
Sir Eric told the House of Com
mons thar in the last quarter at l9l,
the allies were averaging within
100000 tons a month of making their
losses good and were replacing sew
enty.five per cent of their lost tom
mage
Construction in the last quarter of
1917 by all the allies was 952 .tet
tons and losses l,20C.0G0 tons. In that
quarter Great Britain lost at the rate
of 260 600 tons q month and built
10000 tons monthly.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-21
Net Loss 100000 Tons.

The first lord stated that forty
seven shipyard> with 2ea berthS We're
now engaged in building ocreanaoine
vessels. He explained thar ship
building was completely diSorsanlzed
during the first two years of the war,
but chat since then there had been an
enormous and increasing accomplish
ment
The British construction in the
fourth quarter OF 1917 was i2upao
tons, as against 21S,o00 tons in the
last quarter OF 1916 and i20oo IONS
in the final quarter OF 1915.
The worlds tonnage. exclusive Of
enemy vessels. Sir Eric said had
dropped 2.5000o0 tons since the war
began and up to the end OF 1917 He
said the amount of tonnage sunk in
the last year was 6,oN0.0o4 instead
of the 9.500o00 tons claimed by Ger
plany
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-21
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MARKET WAS STRONG.

New York, Sept 0.-Substantial improvement in both tone and prices, together with an increased volume in trade, created distinct change in the stock market today as compared with yesterdays listless session. Vigorous buying, inaugurated at the opening, with steels and equipments as leaders, continued almost without interruption except for fractional proft-tal1ing dur ing the final hour, and the closing was firm with prices showing advances of one to three points in many instances
 The issues commonly called war and peace stocks responded alike to the upward tugging, although in some in stances the improvement was attrib- uted to special influences U. s. Steel's s rise of 1 3-S points to no 1-2, 8 new high since the current upward move ment began, was associated with ex- pectations in some quarters that gen. eral higher trade prices would be granted by the government; and sharp advances in equipments. as Baldwin Locomotive and American Car, with anticipation of large new contracts. Rails responded to the general ad- vance, which again found encourage ment in the propitious war situation. Sales were 215,000 shares.
 Recessions in Liberty As and 1 As were ascribed to preparations to sub scribe to the forthcoming new loan, and similar influences were responsi- ble for the saaling down in values of the general bond list. Total sales, par value, were S,400, 900.
 [. S. bonds, old issues, were un- changed on call.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-21
Lee & osgood Go.

league season in April these players
 who reported at the ball parks have
 gone into the service of Uncle Sam:
 Eddie Collins, Ty Cobb, Pipp, Wamgs-
 ganns, Heilman, McMullen, Thomas,
 Risberg, Shannon, Gerber, Picinich,
 Hoblitzell, Faber. Shocker, Erickson, Shawhey, James, Myers, Geary, .Kauf,
 Schmandt, Regan, Krueger, Marquard,
 Grimes, Bressler. Cruise. Allen, Shy
 Ger, Stengel, Whitte1, Rehg, Hickman, Kelly, Caton, Powell, McGafigan,
 May, Anderson, Benton, Barnes, c. Ward, A. Ward, Lamar, McGraw,
 Hamilton, King, Rice, Dumont Sick
 ing, C. Walker, Dilhoefer, w. Mitchell. c. Mitchell, Cunningham and others. Including the players who joined the colors in 1917, it is estimated that at | least 200 major leaguers LOW are in | the army or navy.
 Sam Langford comes forward with the belated explanation that his fail l ure to meet Harry Wills at the Jer- sey- City ball grounds recently, was ] due to a girder falling across the rail-
 road tracks and delaying his train six hours.
 Although the hand of war has plucked major league baseball bodily
 from our national life, the sport may i flourish next season on a somewhat limited scale. It is likely a semi-pro- | fessional league with a national cir cult may be organized to replace the
 majors, and already baseball men in | Cleveland and Chicago are preparing l to-1aunch the scheme.
 | The battle between Benny Leeonard and Ted Kid Lewis at Newark next
 Monday will bring together boxers who 1 employ similar style and methods in action, and while there appears little chance of a knockout. in eight rounds there is every reason to believe the
 match will be one of the most fiercely contested in which either ever has participated.
 Fred Merkle has long had a su- i preme ambition-to be on world 1 championship winner. When, in the fourth inning of the Wednesday game ! at Boston, he hit home the last tally l that will be scored in professional ball for perhaps ever so long. he came as l close to realizing his ambition as he | has approached. But again, he lost 1 Merkle is one of the very few play CTS who have been in five world se-
 ries, and the only one who has rep
 resented three different clubs. On the day mentioned he was playing in his
 27th game of the classic, thereby top ping Eddie Collins mark by one and | that of Jack Barry by two. Possibly | no other player ever will figure in so
 many world championship contests.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-21
LAWSON MAY BE CANDIDATE
 FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR

Boston, Sept. 20-ln consequence of the enthusiastic efforts of Mrs. J. F. Lord, daughter of Thomas W. Law. son, indications tonight were that the financier's name would appear on the ballot at tho election on November ,, as an independent candidate for Unit ed States senator. Mrs. Lord person. ally obtained nearly 1000 signatures from nomination papers. Additional names were turned in by other work CTS. One thousand signatures cer- tifed by the election commissioners, are necessary.
 The time for filing papers with the local election commission closed late today. The commission tonight exam ined more than half of the papers fil- ed by Mrs. Lord and certified 800 sig natures. With additional papers to be examined here and in other cities, Mrs. Lord expressed confidence that the 300 names still necessaryA be certified.
 Senator John W. Weeks republican, who seeks reelection and Former Governor David I. Walsh, democrat are the candidates in the field.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-21
HUMOR OF THE DAY

DO you believe ir prohibition ?8 I'm not able to judge. I've always lived in Main."-Life.
 ''This is the stadium"
 ''F'ine Nov take us through the curriculum. They say you have a good one here" e."-Ka1sas City Journal. "The world owes me a living"
 ''Mister, nowadays that is all changed. You owe the world a year or to in ele trenches" s."-Detroit Free Press.
 "Oh, for the wings of dove" sighed the poet.
 "order what you like" replied the prosaic person. ''but I should prefer the breast of a chicken. .'-London Tit Bits.
 whats your mules nameT'
 'He hasn't got any reg'lar name. It sort O keeps us both interested for me to think up what to call him as the provocation arises. es.'-WGshington Star.
 Patience-You know Peggy is going into the United States service during the war
 Patrice-Oh, have they extended the age limit for women, too?-Yonkers Statesman.
 Flows politics? ?'
 Looking up Three gentlemen can didates are doing my reaping for me and a couple of lady candidates are helping mother put uD preserves. - Louisville Courier Journal
 "Are you fond of country 1ife?"
 "I never saw any"
 "But I thought you were going to spend your vacation in the country"
 So I did, but I found there only a bad imitation of city life!"-Augusta Chronicle.
 "Well, I've got my winter supply of coal in, anyhow"
 ''Is it paid for
 Say, why do you always insist on bringing up something disagreeable when a fellow is trying to be opti- mistic ?'-Boston Transcript. WinfalI-I want you to build me a swell garage.
 Architect - How many cars have you, George?
 Winfall-Let me see-oh, about a dozen I guess.
 Architect-Are you certain you do not want car barn ?-Bufalo Ex- press.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-21
THE KALEIDOSCOPE

The Japanese are advancing rapidly in the manufacture of special steel by electricity.
 Scotch kilties uniforms arg worn in the trenches. but of late. by neT regula tion, a khaki apron IS worn over them in action.
 Throughout the Andrean plateau potatoes are cultivated at attitudes where even the hariest grains and vegetables will not grow.
 The shortest tree n tie world is the Greenland birch, wnieh grows less than three inches in height, but covers a radius of twu or tkree feet.
 Veazle, Me, boasts that there is not a male of draft age left in the town, all having gone into the service, either through enlistment or by the draft.
 Rafts hinged to the sides of life boat and which spread out when it is affoat to give additional buoyancy form a recently invented device for safety at sea.
 The Pere Marquette railroad is making preparations to bring in a large number of southern United States negroes to train for the duties of firemen.
 A resident of Venezuela has applied for a patent in that country upon a new dry process for recovering tan ming extracts from the fruit of the divi-divi plant.
 Henry Arnold, a Civil war veteran, who died recently at Granville Center, O., was blacksmith by trade and was the man who forged the shackles on Jefferson Davis president of the Southern Confederacy, at Fortress Monroe.
 Tom McGinn. erstwhile drillmaster to Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig and General Sir V. H. H. Allenby at &nd- hurst college, is back in the British army again, having enlisted at Chicago at the British Canadian recruiting mission.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-21
BASEBALL DRAFT
OPENS TODAY

Though professional baseball sus- bends until after the war. the Nation al Commission in it's wisdom contin- ues to guard rights and privileges for the future. This is indicated by notification that the privilege of the draft can be exercised as usual this fall. Major league clubs, it is stated. can make their selections and deposit notes for payment to the minor clubs from which players are claimed, such payments to be made when the play CTS have reported and been in service Of the drafting club for twenty days. The commissions notice relative to 1918 drafts is as follows:
 From September 20 to September 25, inclusive, the National commission will receive and pass on the selection of players from minor league clubs by major league clubs. in accordance with the methods and regulations prescrib- cd in the national agreement and the commissions rules supplementary thereto. Notices Of selection may be filed with the secretary of the com mission by mail or in person.
 Because of war conditions the se- lecting club will not be required to pay the draft price for the player un- til he has reported to and been in the service for twenty days, but in lieu thereof shall deposit with the secre- tary of the commission it's pron1is- sory note for the amount for collec- tion and payment to the interested minor league club in the event that the player joins such major league club and is retained by it for twenty days.
 All drafts not cancelled by proper notice to the secretary of the com mission by or before Sept 25 will be valid
 Until the close of the worlds war and the restoration of the game to a peace basis, the 1ini ation in the number of players a major league club can, reserve is S suspended. but clubs are warned thar the commis- sion vii lcarefully scrutinize each list before formally approving it.
 In accordance with the commits sion's ruling of August 1. fin re player and territorial rights of Suspended minor league clubs a major league club is permitted to perfect it's title to a player of a disbanded minor league club to whom it has given em- ployment since the premature close of his original 1918 clubs season on pay
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-21
SPORTING NOTES.

The appeals committee of the United States Football association the highest committee in this coun- try that sits to hear appeals of local leagues that are dissatisfied with the decisions of their associations, is this season consisted of a powerful list of soccer moguls. They are: George Healey, Detroit. Mich. George W. Reiger, Philadelphia, Pa; David c. Adamson, Pittsburgh, Pa; James w. Riley, Methuen, Mass; George H. Kirk Of Chicago. III. It will cost quite a little money to get this committee to- gether and I guess that the bulk of the business will be transacted by correspondence.
 Penn State, which has obtained Hugo Bezdek. former crack coach of the Oregon State elevens, to put it's teams in shape. has begpn the hard est kind of work and is looking for ward to playing both Dartmouth and Cornell, despite the recent tales that travelling will be frowned upon by the military authorities.
 Since the opening of the major
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-21
CHICAGO A. A. TAKES FIRST
 IN NATIONAL EVENTS

Chicago, Sept. 2o.-Scoring in eleven of the nineteen events. the well-bal anced team of the Chicago Athletic Association carried off the junior championships Of the National A. A. U. outdoor track and field events which completed a three days carni val at the Great Lakes naval training station today.
 The Chicago team piled up total of thirty -four points, with the Pelham Bay naval training station team of Pelham Bay, N. Y, drawing up in second place with thirty. The Great Lakes team bagged twenty eight points for third place and the Illinois Athletic Club twenty two for fourth. The Meadowbrook Athletic Club of Philadelphia scored ten points for fifth place,
 One of the most remarkable races of the day was the victory of Earl Johnson, a negro from Camp Upton, who won the five mile race from a big field in 27:22. Johnson Jagged be- hind the leaders nearly the entire dis tance, but in the final lap displayed q sensational burst of speed and fin- ished fifty yards Tn the lead. The pace set was so hot that Ted Johnson, the Denver Marathon runner, was swept off his feet
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-21
POETRY
READY TO HELP.

rse just a plain ole darkey,
 Alvin way down South, Ans gettin' kind of feeble,
 Nah teef hab left nah mouf, But ah shooly ken remember.
 Nah eyes dey still ken see. Dem days so long CT comin'.
 An ah got nah liberty. An ken see de ole plantation,
 An de little cabin dere, Wid de pickaninnies pIayin', ? ,Wfar de roses scent de air, An ken hear de banjos ringin',
 Massa he war good ter me, But ah's mighty glad en joyful
 That Ise got nah Liberty. And the day the Yankee sodgers
 Came marchin' through de street, How de darkey folks came running
 Dem boys in blue to greet. How ah grabbed nah huntin' rife,
 A-standin' by the tree, And jine de boys from Yankee lam
 Who gabe me Liberty. Once more ah hear de beat ob drums
 De boys dey march away, An see no No-thern suit ob' blue,
 An see no coat ob gray. Devs all alike in khaki brown,
 Dey look just fine ter me, An cross de seas dey's gwine ter fight
 Ter gib us Liberty. Our Uncle Sam he needs us all
 It's up ter you en me,
 De fight for Liberty And eff nah dear ole Uncle Sam Ken use dis grateful nfgger, Ise mighty sartin he will find
 An still ken pull CT trigger Earl P. Beddoes.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-21
GRoToN IRON WORKS

Sunday afternoon on Ashland Park the fast Groton Iron Works team are the visitors. The Iron Works team is composed entirely of leaguers. For the Iron Works Fortune will pitch and Slliff will catch. Mellon and Jor- dan of New London Eastern League, Kelly of the Southern league and Smullen of the International League will appear in the Iron Works line up. Manager Carpenter of the Ash lands states that he will have one of the fastest lineups of the season for the same. In the last game between these two teams which was played on Plant field the Iron Works won by the score of 1 to 0, Manager Carpen- ter is out to even things up this time and the game promises to be one of the fastest of the season.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-21
Brooklyn Fair.

Next Tuesday, September 24th, is the opening day of the Brooklyn Fair, which will run, as usual. for three days.
 The Brooklyn Fair is an event that hundreds in this section look forward to each year. and would not miss for a great deal.
 Some of the fastest trotting horses in the state are entered for the races which promise to afford some exciting finishes.
 Beside the regular exhibits of crops, live stock. handiworll and so forth, there will be two large feature exhib- it's this year. by the State Council of Defense and the State Trade school that will undoubtedly attract much at- tention.
 One is always bound to meet many cid friends at the Brooklyn Fair-so make your plans early to be there.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-21

raine. Sept. 20. 11.45 a. m.-(By The A. P)-Although it is only a week since the Franco-American forces de- livered the St. Mihiel salient with its more than 15N square miles, from pos session of the enemy. a slender stream of former inhabitants of the region al ready has begun to flow into the Gb- erated territory.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-21

Starting the heating plant for Autumn often causes a FIRE THROUGH defective hues, etc-see that we IN- SURE YOUR property BE- FORE this happens. Expert service.
 ISAAC s. JONES
 Insurance and Real Estate Agent Richards Building, 91 Main Street
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-21
THE FLIGHT OF THE HEART.

The heart scars up like a bird From a nest of care; Up, up. to a larger sky, To a softer air No eye can measure it's flight, And no hand can tame; It mounts in beauty and light In music and flame. Of all the changes of time, There is none like this: The heart scars up like a bird At the stroke of bliss. The heart scars up like bird. But it's wings soon tire; Enough of rapture and song, The cloud and the fire! Its look, the look of a king Of a slave, it's birth. The poor. tired, iSpotent thing Sinks back to the earth, And the mother spreads her lap, And lu1ls it's pain; "Oh. thou who sighed for the sun, Art thou mine again!'
 Dora Read Gooda1e
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-21
THIRTY KILLED, 20 HURT
 IN FRENCH TRAIN WRECK

Paris, Sept. 2o.-(Havas.) .)-(By A. persons were killed and more than twenty injured yesterday in a train collision between Dion and Laroche. Three cars filled ttith pas sengeIs, who were mostly children re- <1rning from their vacations, were tel escoped. American soldiers lent viz orous assistance in taking out the
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-21
SCOTTISH TROOPS OVERCOME
 RESISTANCE OF GERMANS

London, Sept. 20.-Scottish troops Friday morning finally. overcame the resistance Of the Germans still in the village of Moeuvres. west of Cambrai, where there has been much violent fighting recently and completely cap tured the village, according to Field Marshal Haig's communication to- night
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-21
HEAVY RAINS DELAY RACES AT COLUMBUS

ment to it of. the draft price accord ing to its classification
 Payment of the draft price for such player if he is reserved, however. will not be required until the player re- turns to the service of tho interested major league club after the revival of professional baseball and renewal of the major league pennant races.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-21
KIECkHEFER RETAINS BILLIARD
 TITLE AGAINST OTIS

Chicago, Sept. 20-Aug;e Kieckhe- fer retained his title as the worlds three cushion billiard champion by de- feating Charles Otis,, of New York, tonight in the third block of their match by a, score of 50 to AS, in 64 innings. The score for. the third nights play was Kieckhefer 150; Otis