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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-17
Bids For Ballots.

Bids for the printing of the ballots
for the Judicial election on June 3rd.
1918 will be received up until May
nth. at y o'clock noon BY the under
signed according TO specifications on
Gle in my office in the Court House at
Ottawa, IN.
A. Il. BACH.
County Clerk
Dated Ottawa, Ill.,, May Z, lgiS.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-17
MlSCELl ANEOUS.

FOR SALE Old papers, cloan and
folded Tied M in toe packages Can
at Free TraderJournal Office.
FOR SALI, A I3OO.li00lb. gray mare
also wagon, harness, 0ynots, and
bob runners, Cheap II taken a. once
JIM. DOugncrty. Telephone 1862.
FOR SALE Good building that can
be made into dwelling. and level lot
7OSl2o IT, In tst Ottawa, $500 W
b Puscy Claus Bldg
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-17
Professional Cards
M. n. ARMSTRONG.
PAGE SEVEN

Attorney at law, 2l02il Moloney
Bldg. Ottawa, Illinois. Telephones:
Cfice. 375-W. Residence. 212-T.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-17

FARM LANDS FOR SALE Good i'm.
proved farms $1,000 par acre. also
some crop payment farms at $500
Wild lands SSoo and upward Prices
win soon advance write for descrlp.
ton G. j. Canning, Aber n. S. y.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-17
ALWAYS BUY TICKETS AND SAVE
MONEY.

Farcs to Chicago, III. Joliet. II,
and Chicago & Joliet Electric Rail.
way
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-17

FOR SALE Several Farms, 50 100,
lfo, goo and 2i0 acres, close or
within easy distance from Ottawa.
W. h. Pusey Real Est lns Claus bldg
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-17

FOR SALE Within one mile of the
Court IIonsc, well improved
country place, about q acres, build.
ings practically new, neat and nice
price $4,000
W. Il, Pussy, Real Est ms Claus bldg
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-17
WEEK END EXCURSION

Every Saturday and Sunoav.
NicG round trip Tickets limited
1huU until MONDAY, 1900 noon,
following date of sale for return trip.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-17

WELLS FARGO EXPRESS TO ALL
POINTS.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-17

phouo gents for full lnformslios
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-15
Public Library Collects No Fines for
Time 1t Was Closed, But TO-
morrow is Dead Line
for Return.
CROWDS BEsIEGE DESK
When Library Was Reopened, People
Filled the Stair~ays and Form
ed Long Lines to Get
Books.

Now that the rush is over all
books belonging to the Keokuk pub
lie library must be returned tomor.
row to save fines.
1t was some rush when the library
reopened and the people hungry for
reading matter besieged it.
The public library looked like a. de-
partment store on marked down
sale day, the first day it opened. fol.
lowing the lifting of the influenza
ban.
The stairway and halls were crowd.
ed part of the day and in the after
noon men, women and children stood
In line, was the report to the trustees
at their meeting last evening.
The number of volumes given out
that day was 754, to say nothing of
books returned and renewals, besides
the many requests coming TO the Ii
brarians for information found in ref
erence books kept in the library.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-15
PROPAGANDA
BOOKS BARRED
The Greatest Pains Were Taken to
Junk Every Book Designed to
Affect Readers Favorable
to the Hun.
THOROUGHLY WELDED
The Entire Library Was conbed
Over Time and Again by Differ
ent People So as to
Get Them All.

All German propaganda books have
been weeded out of the Keokuk pub
lie library with much thoroughness,
It. was disclosed by a report to the
regular meeting Of the trustees last
night.
This was done first by list Of
books sent by the United States gov
eminent giving the titles Of certain
books which should be taken from
the shelves.
The book committee and the libra
rians did some wedding on their own
initiative, and later government Of
fetal came to go over the work al
ready done and to inspect the books
left for distribution.
The matter of selection Of books
has always been done pretty care
fully here, and at the time Of pur-
chase of these more than one hun
bred volumes, they seemed innocent
enough.
Events of the war developed that
they were, some of them, highly col
ored by German propaganda.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-15
True Friends of the Soldiers.

! Cornelia Meigs, 81; n n. Pyle. 81;
So: o. w. Absolute. 81; G. q. Nico-
demos, 50; Mrs. Edward K. john
stone, So; Peter Swinehart, 81; Ed
ward Kiedaisch, 81; Mrs. Alice Tyler
Butler, 81; Agnes Trimble, So; Mrs.
Myrtle F. Baker, So; G. d. Scholl. 81;
Vernon Mandt. 81; Russell D. Buss,
81; Miss Pelagie Renaud, 81; Mrs.
George Hill, s2 Miss Florence Hill,
+ So; Mrs. Eftie Merritt, So; Miss Anna
J. Gage, 81; Miss Florence Backus,
81; Mrs. T. F. Baldwin, So; Miss
Martha Baldwin. 81; Miss Caroline
Baldwin, ST. Mrs. William Philip,
Montrose, Iowa, So; Mrs. Frank NJ.
Fuller, 81; Anne B. Davis, So; Mrs.
John N. Irwin. So; c. f. Skirvin, 50;
George A. Hassall, 81; Mrs. ]. w.
Peterson, So; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Mollers, Summitville, Iowa, 50;
Lucretia Huiskamp. Sc; Miss Ada F.
Conrad, Scranton, Ind, 81; Katherine
Winger, So; Elizabeth Winger, So;
~. Wilson Winger, So; Ira w. Wills,
50; Mrs. Ira w. Wills, 81; Mrs. c. NJ.
Cook, 50; Mrs. Lees Ballinger, Sc;
Ida Gordon Howell, 81; Mrs. Ralph
Brownell, 81; Maude G. Off, 81; Mrs.
Laurence McNef, So; Miss Mary M.
tombstone, So; Miss Margaret Mary
Hughes, So; Miss L. l.. Hauptmann,
81; Miss w. A. Wirtz, So; nurse Ora
ham hospital, 81; Mary C. Jackson,
81; Mr.. and Mrs. G.. D. Streeter, So;
Mrs. Roy H. King, So; Mr. and Mrs.
George F. Collier, $40; Mr. and Mrs.
H. Boyden Blood, So; George Moli-
tor, 81; e. E. Entler. 81; Mrs. E. G.
Singleton, 81; Miss Ruth e. Smith,
Orange, N. J., 81; Mrs C. W. Lantz,
ST.. B. Van Pappelendam, 50; DR.. j.
r. Wedel, So; Miss Norma Peters,
81; Miss Rachel Oleson, So; Mrs E.
Carroll Taber, $40; Mrs. j. J. Chap
man, 81; Miss Ida Kiedaisch, 81;
Miss Emma We'll, 81; Mrs. w. N.
Sage, $40; Beatrice Buss, 50; Mr..
and Mrs. w. j. Fulton, 81; Elsie C.
Buck, 81.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-15
mo CHRISTMAS
FOR SOLDIERS
Most Of Them VIII Get No Christmas
Gift Box from Home, as Things
Stand Now In Their
Home Town.
KIEDA1scH IS THE MAN
If You See Him Within Few Days
You Can Cause Some Soldiers
of keokuk Overseas to
Have Santa Claus.
KIEDA1sCH IS THE MAN

There are lot of American sol
diers who are not going to get a
Christmas package from home, be-
cause some of them haven't any home
folks, and great many more are not
going to get their label back home
in time, if it gets here at ALL to mail
them package by next Wednesday,
November 20, which is the last day.
The Lonesome label plan is going
to provide for all such, and the Red
Cross is to be Santa Claus.
One package filed to the top with
real, honest-to-goodness Christmas
presents, with tissue paper red rib
bon and Santa Claus seals costs SO.
Below are the names of the people
who have given money to the chair
man of the committee in Keokuk, j.
Albert Kiedaisch, for those Lonesome
label Christmas boxes.
If you want to give Christmas JOY
to some lonesome doughboy you'll
have to sign the subscription list at
the Wilkinson Drug store before Sat
urday night, for the subscriptions
close then.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-15
The Work Was Doubled

The day the library closed, $50 vol
umes were given out. An average
days work at the desk is to issue 300
books. which with all other calls is
considered good days work.
BY special arrangement patrons of
the library were allowed to take books
to be kept during the period in which
the library was closed, and were
charged no fines.
viii you be sure to say" said Miss
Fulton, the librarian, to The Gate City
this morning, that all books must be
returned by Saturday of this week as
fines will be charged after that day.
There are many books out now
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-15
rhere Are Others

Aberdeen News: The ST. Paul Pho
neer Press refers to the Minnesota
election law as "our fool election
law" The Pioneer Press should cheer
up Wait until it reads the election
law South Dakota has just adopted.
Middletown transcript., 1918-02-09
DECISION OF WAR COUNCIL.
To Prosecute War Until The Pres
sure Produces Change Of
Temner In Encmv

To Prosecute War Until The Pres
sure Produces Change Of
Temper In Enemy.
London.-The Supreme War Coun-
Gil, which met at Versailles, finds no
approximation in the German Chan
cellor's and the Austro-Hungarian
Foreign Minister'S speeches to the
terms of the Entente Allies and has
decided to continue the vigorous pros
ecution of the war unit! peace can be
obtained based on the principles of
freedom, justice and respect for inter
national law"
This official announcement was
made here. A summary of the official
report of the War Council says:
1.-THE council! was unable to find in
Won Hertling's and Czernin's recent
utterances any rea! approximation to
the moderate conditions laid down by
the Allies governments. Under the
circumstances the council! decided that
the only task before them to meet
was the vigorous and effective prose-
cution Of the war until the pressure
of that effort produced a change of
temper in the enemy governments,
justifying the hope of the conclusion
of a peace based on the principles of
freedom, justice and respect for in
ternational law.
"The council arrived at a complete
unanimity of policy on measures for
the prosecution of the war"
Middletown transcript., 1918-02-09
RED CROSS REPORTS
ORGANIZATION ACCOUNTS FOR
MONEY ENTRUSTED TOT. :
To Date S7e, Asa, 727.s5 Has Been Ap-
propriated for Relief Work.
Criticisms Answered.

Washington, Feb. 4.-What the
American Red Cross has done with the
| vast sums Of money entrusted to it by
the people of the United States is
stated in detail! in a report just issued
by the national headquarters. To date,
$79,450.727.35 has been appropriated
for relief work in this country and
abroad.
For foreign relief $44,657,795 has
been appropriated as follows: France,
| $3O,519, 259.60; Belgium. $1.999.631;
Russia, $751,94O.S7; Roumania, $751;
1876; Italy, s3,146,016; Serbia, $751;
1906; Great Britain, $1,703.642; other
foreign countries. $780, 800: Ameri-
can soldiers who may be taken pris-
oner, s343,627.
The foregoing appropriations are
from the time the United States en-
tered the war until April 80, 1913. For
the United States the Red Cross has
appropriated $2,612,532.6O and the rea-
son this sum is not larger is because
the government provides nearly every
thing our army and navy needs, and
besides, there is no civilian distress in
this country of any considerable pro-
portions.
The great variety of the military
and civilian relief work being done by
the Red Cross is indicated briefly in
the following list: Canteens that af-
ford food, baths and sleeping quar-
tiers for men at the front; rest sta
tions and recreation centers for sol
diers in transit and at port of arrival
in France; care of destitute children;
furnishing supplies to 1000 hospitals;
teaching mutilated soldiers new
trades; reconstruction of villages;
bringing together families of soldiers
scattered by the war; farms for con-
valescent soldiers; sanitariums for
tubercular and other patients; food,
clothing, medicine, and shelter for
the homeless and destitute; and other
activities too numerous to mention.
It is stated by the national war coun-
Gil that all salaries and administrative
expenses are paid out Of membership
dues. so that every penny given to the
Red Cross war fund has been spent
for relief This answers the rumors
that have been circulated about the
expenses of operation.
Out of 255 executives In the fourteen
divisional offices of the Red Cross in
the United States, SO per cent. are
women. The policy is to select the
most competent person regardless Of
politics, sex or religion.
Middletown transcript., 1918-02-09
RUSSIAN PREMIER
SHOT At AGAIN
Second Attempt Made to ASSESS
mate Lenjne.
FIRED UPON IN HIS OFFICE
Reported That The eoIsheviki Have
Attacked A Polish Division And.
Heavy Fight Has oe-
CURED.

London.-Another unsuccessful at
tempt on the life of Premier Lenine
was made according to the Petrograd
correspondent of the Daily News. A
young man in a students uniform en-
tered the Smolny Institute, the Bols-
hevik headquarters, and fired shot
from a revolver at the Premier with
out hitting him. The Red Guards sta
toned outside the Premier's room
were arrested and will be charged
with neglect of duty. An attempt
was made to assassinate the Premier
January 16. With number of friends
the Premier was going to the Smolny
Institute in an automobile when sew
eral shots were fired at the car. Lenine
was not injured.
Owing to the break between the
Bolshevik government and Rumania
the revolutionary committee OF the
Black Sea feet has resolved to con
fiscate the means of transport belong
ing to Rumania, according to an Ex-
change Telegraph dispatch from Pet
rograd. About 40 steamships and
several warships have been seized in
Black Sea harbors.
The Polish Legion is reported to
have declared war against the Bols.
heviki.
Both the German and Russian
armies contain divisions made up Of
Poles. The Germans had organized
a Polish Legion, but it was disbanded
several months ago to make way for
a Polish National Army. Minsk is
behind the Russian lines, which
would indicate that the Poles in the
Russian Army have revolted against
the Bolsheviki.
The report of the Polish Legion's
action is also forwarded by the Pet
rograd correspondent of the Ex-
change Telegraph Company, who says
that according to a telegram from
Minsk the Bolsheviki have attacked
a Polish division under General Of
tapovitch. Heavy fighting occurred.
The Polish commander-in-chief tele-
graphed the commander on the West
ern front that a state of war existed
between the Polish army and the
In the ancient Tartar capital Of
representatives of the
Crimean Tartars have held a Con-
stituent Assembly and issued a decla-
ration of the establishment Of an au-
tonomous Crimean republic. The en-
tire population Of the Crimea and the
soldiers and workmen's deputies are
said to have acknowledged the new
republic. An epidemic has broken out
In Crimea.
Middletown transcript., 1918-02-09
PILOT AND CAPTAIN HELD.
Former Blamed For Collision That
Wrecked Halifax.

WTcCkeo 7aJ11aX.
Halifax, N. S.-Blame for the COL
lision between the French munitions
ship Mont Blanc and the Belgian relief
ship limo, resulting in the explosion of
the former vessel, which destroyed a
large part of Halifax on December 6,
was placed upon Pilot MacKay, of
Halifax, and Captain Lamodee, of the
French ship, in judgment announced
by the government commission which
investigated the collision.
With the announcement of the COM
missions judgment, Pilot MacKay was
arrested charged with manslaughter,
the commission having recommended
that he be criminally prosecuted and
his license Cancelled.
The commission also recommends
to the French authorities the cancel
lation of the license of Captain LAM
odec and that he be dealt with ac-'
cording to the law of his country"
Captain Lamodec was also arrested
charged with manslaughter.
Middletown transcript., 1918-02-09

In France are correct the German staff
takes the new American army very
seriously
eve have every kind Of worker in
France. every kind Of expert. There
is no department of human activity
which is not represented. We are
building almost everything we could
at home. from machine shops to bak-
cries. from railroads to barracks !
would sentence all pessimists to. steve
doring for Pershing in France We are
not losing the war. We are winning
the war;"
Middletown transcript., 1918-02-09

officer and man who Is in France.
1.-TWO pictures come to my mind in
clear cOntrast-the one Of John Per-
shing. the builder. resolute and de-
termincd. at his desk at headquarters.
or on his inspections. He has no time
for pessimism. Officers who indulge in
it in his presence soon find their mis-
take. The other picture is the hotel
Hobbies in Washington. where gloom
has of late been the fashion and fed
by whispered tidbits Of pessimistc ru-
NOR.
IF the reports which come to US
Middletown transcript., 1918-02-09
SPAIN ASKS PREPARATION.

Demand Upon Germany For Sinking
OF A Ship.
Madrid.-The Cabinet met under the
presidency of King Alfonso and decid-
ed to send a strong protest to Ger
many demanding reparation to Spain
for the sinking of the steamship
Giralda. The note will not be sent
through Prince Won Ratibor, the Ger
man ambassador here, but will be
telegraphed direct to the Spanish am.
b-ssador in Berlin.
Middletown transcript., 1918-02-09
NO PESSIMiSM IN FRANCE
Head Of General Pershina's Intelligence
Section Says All Are Confident Of
Ultimate Victory.

Mai. Frederick Palmer. head Of the
intelligence section Of General Per-
shing's staff. corrohorated the state
ments of Secretary Baker. before the
executive committee of the League for
National Unity. He said in part:
1.-THE outline of ship is burned on
the heart and brain of every American
Middletown transcript., 1918-02-09
FIVE YEARS IN FORTRESS.
Radical Socialist Dittmann Punished
In Germany.

Berlin.-Wilhelm Dittmann, the rad
ical Socialist deputy, who was tried
by an extraordinary court-martial on
the charge of melting to high treason,
resistance to public authority and
transgression of the prohibition
against participating in the direction
of the general strike, was sentenced
to FIVE years confinement in a fort
roSS.
Middletown transcript., 1918-02-09
REDS IN FINLAND DISARM.
RevoIutionists, However, Continue TO
Hold The Capital.

London.-The situation in Finland
is more reassuring, according to the
latest reports received at the Finnish
Legation at Stockholm and trans
mitted by the correspondent of the
Times The Red Guards have been
disarmed or are Willingly surrender
ing their arms all over the country.
The revolutionists still hold Helsins-
tors, the capital.
Middletown transcript., 1918-02-09
HUNS SENTENCE 2 eRlTIsHERs.

Amsterdam-Two captured British
airmen, the Tages Zeitung, of Berlin,
says, have been sentenced by a Ger
man court martial to ten years i'm
prisonment for dropping a hostile
proclamation in Germany.
Middletown transcript., 1918-02-09
FINED FOR PRoFITEERlNG.

New York Grocer Charged ID Cents
For Sugar-Pays U. S. $500.
New YOrk.-The first fine for viO-
lation of the rules governing the sale
Of sugar in this city was imposed on
Michael Rosenberg, wholesale mer-
chant, who handed over $500 for hav-
ing charged II cents pound for sugar
wholesale. twas said the money will
be turned into some var fund to be
designated by the Federal Food
Board.
Middletown transcript., 1918-02-09
NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE.
Five Americans Held In Belgium BY
The Germans.

inc 0eVmdnS.
Washington.-Five Americans in
Belgium have been denied by the Ger
man authorities the right to leave that
country and go into Holland. The
Spanish minister at Brussels sent such
Information to the American minister
at The Hague, who telegraphed the
State Department. Inquiry into the
detention is being made.
The case is the first of its kind re-
ported to the State Department It.
is believed the German authorities in
Belgium. under the impression that
Germans are being detained in the
United States, have taken the action
as a retaliatory measure.
Middletown transcript., 1918-02-09
TWO FIRES IN NAVY DEPOTS.

Four injured At Navy Yard IN EXpI0-
sion-Warehouse Destroyed.
Norfolk, Va. Fire at the United
States Naval Base at c, ,rrystone, Va,
destroyed large warehouse contain
ing food and clothing. A relief vessel
carrying supplies has been sent from
Norfolk
Washington.-The explosion of
gacoline torch at the Washington
Navy Yard resulted in the slight in
jury of four workmen.
Middletown transcript., 1918-02-09
FINDS "BoMs" IN COAL I'oLE.

Government Employs Thought PJayfnQ
Hero.
Washington.-Ther was a small
bomb scare at the Civil Service Com
mission when a charwoman found q
small nickel shaving-stick box in the
coal hole, filed with a mixture OF
dynamite and giant powder and with
a fuse at the bottom. The police said
that had it exploded some windows
might have been broken an expressed
the opinion that some employee who
expected promotion by discovering"
It, was responsible.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-06-06

being duly filed in this Court, repre-
senting that Samuel Somerville, then
"a resident of the County of Stearns,
State of Minnesota, died on the 2A+l
day of May, 1918, leaving last Will
and Testament which is presented to
this Court with said petition, and
praying that said instrument be al
lowed as the last Will and Testament
of said decedent, and that letters tes-
tamentary be issued thereon to him
the said John P. Galbraith.
Now, Therefore, You and each OF
you, are hereby cited and required to
show cause, if any you have, before
this Court, at the Probate Court
Rooms in the Court House, in City OF
st. Cloud, County of Stearns, State
of Minnesota, on the 18th day of
June, 1918, at nine o'clock, a. M, why
the prayer of said petition should not
be granted.
Witness the Honorable j. B. Hirn.sl,
Judge of said Court, and the Seal of
said Court, this goth day of May, 1918.
]. B. HIMSL,
fSeal) Judge.
L. L. Kells. Attorney for ePtitioner.1-s
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-06-06
PLENTY OF PROOF
From People You Know-From Sank
Centre Citizens.

The greatest skeptic can hardly fail
to be convinced by evidence like this.
1t is impossible to produce better
proof of merit than the testimony of
residents of Sank Centre, of people
who can be seen at any time. Read
the following case of it:
Ed Northrup, retired farmer, S.
Birch ST., Sank Centre, says: "My
kidneys were disordered. The kidney
secretions passed too frequently which
was very annoying, because had to
get up several times every night. ]
also had a dull ache in the small of
my back and through my loins. Doan's
Kidney Pills relieved me in just a few
days and when I have had any of
that trouble since, they have always
given me the same, good results"
Price Coo at all dealers. Don't
sinnpl ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Northrup had. Foster ilburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, NJ Y.-adv.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-06-06

ana IN September the French govern
ment reduced their household ration
to 13 2-10 pounds year, or bit over
pound Of sugar month. Even this
meagre ration could not be filed by
the French government It was found
early In the fall. America was then
asked for 100000 tons of sugar and
succeeded In sending $1,000 tons by
December /. The French request was
granted because the American house
hold consumption was then at least 90
pounds per person, and 1t was consid-
cred the duty Of maintaining the
French morale made our course, clear"
Today the sugar situation may
be summarized by stating that II
America will reduce its sugar con-
sumption 10 to IS per cent. this
nation will be able to send 200, 900 I
more soldiers to France.
Sugar today sells at seaboard re-
fneries at SIPS a hundred pounds.
The wholesale grocer has agreed to
limit his profit to 25 cents hundred
plus freight and the retail grocer is
supposed to take no more than so cents
a hundred pounds profit. This regu-
lation was made by the food admins
tration, which now asks the housewife
to reduce sugar consumption as much
as possible, using other sweeteners,
and also reminds her that she should
pay no more than cents pound for
sugar.
r p
Control Of Cane Refiners' Profits.
Immediately upon the establish
ment of the food administration" Me.