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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-23
No Need 10 Be Alrrmei 4.

James brought his pet bulldog to
the store. As the dog looked vicious.
I moved away from him Jomo' look
ed up quickly. then said; Never mind
him. he ula't hi,gous.' .'-LAchunge.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-23

IN EXcnange elegraph
dispatch from Paris to-
day quoting the Matin.
They are reported to in
cIude, first, limitation of armament;
second, compulsory arbitration.
Germany has been notified of this
action, it was said but there has been
no discussion with that country. Ger
many is in position, however where
she must accept the terms laid down.
Germany would not be admitted to
the league of nations, it is believed,
until she has paid the debts and full
filled the terms to be imposed upon
her including those for which the ex-
Kaiser was responsible.
Not Considered German Fleet.
Paris, Dec. 23.-The Amrican en-
yoys to the peace conference today au
thorized the statement that they have
not yet considered the disposition of
the German fleet.
President Wilson will confer in the
afternoon with VIM. G. Sharp, United
States ambassador to France.
President Objects to Sinking.
Washington, Dec 23,--President
Wilson is utterly opposed to the sink
ing of the surrendered German fleet.
This was revealed when recent
press dispatches from Paris, which
quoted the American delegates to the
peace conference as in favor of send
ing the war ships to the bottom of the
sea, were characterized as absurd
from highly authoritative source to-
day.
! Barred Zone Restrictions Lifted
Washington Dec %. -- All restric-
) tons against enemy aliens entering
barred zones throughout the country,
Nand regulations governing their
presence in certain prohihitive areas
were today lifted, effective Christmas
day, it was announced by the De
partment Of Justice, The order was
issued at the recommendation of the
/ Attorney General and was approved
ty President Wilson by wireless.
Russ Revolution Grows. ......
\ Washington, Dec 90 - The Russian
BuIsheyikes have started an army of
lo,Otp mel ON the Nara front ac-
cording to adyices reaching the State
department today from Helsingfors.
=. Gen. Groener Succeeds Ludendorf
Zurich, Dec. % - General Groener
who succeeded Ludendorf as first
Quarermaster general Of the German
army has sent an alteration to the
I1iber government that he will oc-
cupy Berlin unless order is quickly
restored according to information
from the German frontier today
New York, Dee. 23-Nearly 1900
. soldiers arrived here today on the
q took President Wilson and his party
to France.
, The White Star Liner Frederick
T also will dock here during the after.
, noon with 2,t72.
3o22 Soldiers Due here New Years.
Washington, Dee. % - Carrying
: 3022 officers and men including Brig.
: General Chas Zimmerman the trans
. port Riindam sailed from France on
q, December - and win dock at New
i port probably January lst General
March announced this afternoon. OF
the total number carried 9S5 are sick
!, and wounded.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-23
LACK Of STATIONERY
CAUSES YANKS NOT
TO WRITE FRIENDS
LETTER WRITTEN BY CARL MID.
NIGHT TELLS OF MANY WEEKS
SPENT ON FIRING lINE--ON
WAY TO GERMANY.

A letter and Christmas card sent
from the army Y. NJ c. A. in France
was received in Ottawa this morning
from Carl Midnight a well known
young Ottawan, whose prolonged 81
lence had caused his Ottawa friends
to grow afraid something had hap
pencd to him The letter explains
fully the difficulty some of the Yanks
have In writing home when they are
stationed miles from a Y. NJ. c. A.
and find it impossible to secure even
a sheet of paper on which to write
to the friends When writing Mr..
Midnight was headed toward Ger.
many, in the army of occupation.
His letter reads:
Nov "a, 1918.
Dear Mother, Grandma and All.
| received two letters from you and
one from Uncle William and one from
Anna Becker, and, believe me, it sure
made me happy. | think that pic.
ture of you ami grandma surely is
good.
| am sorry to hear about Lucille and
the sickness at home. but so far We
nave not been bothered with it. Some
Of the soldiers back in the camps
have got it, suppose, but we are in
the fighting class and have been in
the field continually since about the
foro part Of October, so you see if We
get the flu we sure would have got
ten it from the Germans.
Well, | am sitting easy, writing let
ters while the guns are roaring They
have ali lost their whistle for me and
| can 60 to bed at night and never
hear them
| will tell you when the order came
to stop fighting we were right in the
front lines We had captured the
town the morning before. ! will no
try to tell you any more, just that
am well and have not been wounded
or anything else and hope | will con
tiuue to be healthy and get hom,
| soon.
1t seems funny when you think o
/ It, they stopped firing the e.evenIl
month, the eleventh day and the cley
/ enth hour.
/ This IS my first letter for quite
few weeks, but it was no fault G
mine. 1t Is impossible to write il
tle field, and if had have write
! the officers would have had no tim
60 censor it, as they have othe
things to do which are a great dea
moro important. and then again yO
do not have the paper. | walked 81
miles and back to a Y. NJ. c. A. 70
this stationery and all they gave N
was one sheet and one envelope. S
you tell uncle and the rest that the
will have to wait till we get som
place where we can get all the pape
we want before | can write them
letter.
The weather here seems nice fc
so late in the year. It gets quit
cold at night, but have plenty {
good woolen blankets and stove
the room, SO We are quite comior
able here, but may move again an
minute.
We are headed for Germany an
, don't know how long We will have
stay there It seems funny. but q
: Continued on page 3. col. 81
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-23
Daily Thouuht.

There Is n great deal of nnmapped
country within us which would have
to be taken into account In an ex-
PLANTATION Of our gusts and storms.--
George Eliot
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-23
GERMANY WILL NOT BE
ADMITTED TILL She
PAYS Allies Claims
(By International News Servlce)

London, Dec 23.-The entente powers have
drawn up set of preliminaries that may lead to
league of nations, said an Exchange Telegraph
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-23
MORE OTTAWA BOYS
ARRIVE IN j. s. SAFE
ROY MONTGOMERY, D. M. KELLY
AND FRANK .kEEFE ARRIVE
SAFELY OVERSEAS AND ARE
NOW AT EASTERN CANT ONMENT

John Montgomery, 1903 n. Chestnut
street received a telegram yesterday
rom his brother Roy &. Montgomery
sat An 1ith Artillery, {. a. Z. III
.olming him the latter had arrived
back in the United States from rance
safely and was now stationed al
Camp Mills, n. Y, but he would be
'Iome soon.
Private Montgomery has been in
france for the past three months, ne
left Ottawa on June 9th, OF this yeal
Tor Camp Schuyler, New York.
He has not been Injured as far as
mis- OTTAWA relatives know, and they
are inclined to believe his Battery
mas been sent home.
He is a son of Mrs. Ellen a. Mont
gomery.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-23
Frank keefe Home

A letter was received in Ottawa
Saturday from Corp. Frank Keefe,
a member of Co. G.. who was wound
ed in action on September 18th, an
nouncing that he had arrived safely
at Camp Mills, Va According to pre-
Wous letters received Corp. Keefe
was wounded with a piece of shrap
Mel and also suffered shell shock
For a time he lost the use of both
arms, but is now SD to have fully
recovered.
He arrived at Camp Mills on Mon
day, Dec. l6 and expects to be home
soon.
D. M. Kelly
d. NJ. Kelly who resides near OF
tawa arrived safe from France yes
terday having been sent home after ;
Serious illness of pneumonia He il
somewhere at a New York canton
ment.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-23

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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-23

OTTAWA JOURNAL
Established 1859
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20
SPANISH INFLUENZA
SHOWS BIG DECREASE
Reports From Army Camps Disclose
i,4O3 Less Cases Than Any
Recent Date.
14,153 DIE IN CANTONN{ENTS
More Than Six Thousand Deaths Re
ported Among Troops During the
Past Week-South, Middle West
and Pacific Coast Afflicted.
14,153 DIE IN CANToNAfENTs
fBy Associated rre.,.l

WASHINGTON, October 1o.-Spanish
influenza as AN epidenic Is subsidine
rapidly in the military camps of the
country. but among the civilian popula-
tion generally the peak has not yet
been reached.
Conditions in Eastern States. where
the disease first appeared. showed i'm
provement to-day. but reports from the
South, the Middle West and Pacific
Coast were not optimistic
New cases OF influenza in army camps
as reported. to the Office of surgeon
general OF the army to-day showed q
decrease OF 1,4o3. Pneumonia cases de-
creased 29S from yesterday, and the
number of deaths was 1So less than
yesterday. numbering 4T2.
Since the beginning OF the epidemic,
cases reported from camps total esq.,
33l. with 1853 deaths. Camp McClel-
Ian. Ala. with 344 new cases, led in the
number of new cases to-day.
The epidemic was reflected in the
weekly army health report issued to-
day. showing that during the week
ending October IL the death rate among
troops in this country was 206.+ 1000,
an increase of $50 per 1000 over the
preceding week. or the G,266 deaths
reported during the week. practically
all resulted from pneumonia and in
fiuenZa.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20
TO BEGIN BATTLE MONDAY
FOR CONTROL OF CONGRESS
National Campaign VIII BE tho
Shortest In History of Amer
lean Politics.
TO CHOOSE ENTIRE HOUSE
Thirty-Seven United States Senator's
Are Also to Be Elected, With Ex-
citing Contests in Half-Dozen or
More States.
, CHOOSE ENTIRE HOUSE

WASHINGTON. October 19.-The pc
riod OF adjourned politics. in the ma
tion has elapsed With tho completion
of the fourth Liberty loan the political
struggle for the control OF Congress
will begin in earnest on Monday. The
national campaign will be tho shortest
in the history OF American politics.
Only two weeks OF actual campaigning
remain before election day. when the
entire membership OF the House of
Representatives and thirty-seven United
States Senators nre to be chosen. While
tho political battle field will thus
cover the entire country, chief interest
centers in the senatorial contests which
will be waged in half n dozen or more
States conceded by both parties to con-
sttute doubtful territory.
III the House the actual party
strength Is divided as follows: Demo-
Gratis, PA; Republicans, 210; indepen-
dents. Z.
There are fifty-two Democrats SEN
3tors and forty-four Republicans.
OF this number. thirty Democratic
and twenty-nine Republican Senators
tion. OF the thirty-seven Senate va
cancies to be filled, twelve are regard
ed as certain for the Democrats and
three for the Republicans. at the out
strength OF the two parties in the Sem
ate is forty-two Democratic votes and
thirty-two Republican votes consid-
cred as beyond dispute.
EhiS leaves twenty-five vacancies, of
which the Democrats concede the Re-
publicans may fill eight. which will
bring their total admitted vote in the
next Senate to forty. They claim as
Democratic certainties Colorado. Ken
lucky. Mississippi, Montana and Ne
vada, which will increase the Demo-
cratic vot" To ut least forty-seven.
This leaves as concededly doubtful,
from the Democratic viewpoint. nine
states. as follows: Delaware. Idaho Ne
hraska. New Mexico. Rhode Island.
South Dakota. West Virginia and Wyo-
ming.
Both Senators Borah. Republican and
Nugent. Democratic, are candidates for
reelection in Idaho. and in view OF the
peculiar political conditions in that
State. it is considered as likely that
both VIII be returned. In this event
the Democrats would have q total OF
rorty- eight votes. and. in case OF
tie the vote OF Nice-President Marshall
would give them : majority. No deh-
mite predictions arc being made by the
leaders OF either party. but both claim
they Will control the House.
VIII III. Hays. chairman OF the Re
publican National Committee. who has
established general headquarters in
New York. Will spend most OF his time
IN wash tngton in cooperation with the
heads OF the congressional committees
OF the House and Senate. Associated
active mana cement OF the Democrats
campaign Will be Senator Gerry OF
Rhode Island, and Representative Scott
Ferris, OF Oklahoma.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20
BELIEVE LOAN HAS GONE
OVER S|X-B|LL|0N MARK
Treasury Department Officials, How
ever, Refuse to Give Any Esti-
mate Until Reports Arrive.
BILLION IN SMALL LOANS
indications Are Number OF Indi-
vidual Subscribers Will Far EX-
coed 2O,OOO,OOO and Break All
Records for Distribution.
BILLION IN SMALL LOAN!
fBy A.sociat.d Prewl

WASHINGTON. October le.-Over-
subscription OF the fourth Liberty loan
seemed assured tonight. when the
three weeks campaign closed.
How far the total viii! run above the
SC.oo0.00o,o00 goal officials would not
attcmp, to estimate tonight. II all
depends. they said. on whether big a.
nancial interests at the last moment
tile the big lump sum subscriptions cx-
pected of them and whether the num-
ber OF smaller subscriptions by indi-
v!duals is found 10 meet expectations.
New subscriptions entered during the
payment OF the 10 per cent installmen-
probably Will amount TO $500, 600. 900
for the entire nation, it was said. Be-
fore business opened this morning, "a
osS.tly.t5U had been reported 20 Fed
cral reserve banks.
Indications are that the number OF
individual subscribers will far exceed
tribut,on of war bonds for either this
nation or any other.
The honor roll OF bond buyers will
include many who have not participant
ed m the first, second or third Liberty
loans. officials said. II will bear the
names of subjects OF other govern
ments. neutral and belligerent, through
ou, the world. Germans interncd in
camps In this country and others whose
sympathy Is not with their native land
viii be enrolled.
The latest Official reports fcom dis
tricts, including almost none OF to-
days business. were announced TO-
night by the Treasury as follows. the
nrst figures being the quota and sec
end SuDsCriusiun.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20
BELGZAMS OUTLAWS
GHENTEROiNNOR7H
Eight Hundred Square Miles Recovered
From Prussians During Past -Four Days

WASHINGTON, October 19.-Eisht
hundred square miles have been re-
covered from the German army In
four days by the Americana fight
Ing shoulder to shoulder with the
French. according to abatement
mnde to-dny by General March.
chief OF stair. This IL the most ex-
tensfve uren yet announced NJ the
prize of the policy OF General Foch.
General March repeated again to-
day that the French comm ander r-tn-
chief II continuing his pressure upon
the enemy at all points, giving him
no rest whatever. Announcement
was also made that the retirement
OF the Germans from the Oise, near
I.n Fere, leaves the entire HInden-
burg line I'm our hands, nnd General
lsh troops have reached the frontier
OF Holland. opposite BruEes. In n
general review of the military sttu-
alton, General March pointed out ON
the military maps that while on Sat-
uIday Inst the Germans were re-
treating on n sixty-milc front, they
are now going back on n front OF
250 miles, making desperate resis-
tnnce apparently only I'm n small
salient of hftecn miles.
Describing In detail the operations
on the various fronts, General March
said: ~While our American army In
lighting its way across the Ixricm-
hide line on the wooded hills be-
tween the ArHonno and the Meuse.
despite a strong concentration of
enemy divisiona, the enemy has re-
treated rapidly from the st. Gobain
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20
WOMEN DO EXCELLENT WORK
DIrHING ENTrIii. INMDAIGN

Magnificent work III tha rive was
done by :he women OF Ricrnlorl. who
made sales .aggregating s1.i0f. 100. ac-
cordinS 70 the announcenlent last night
by Mrs. W. 81. Iiabliston These fig
ures. however, We're Incomplete, and
ala not include certain sales that We're
made yesterday and last night. Sales
among members OF The W9men's Muni
tion Reserve aggregate sGS.9O0 accord
ing to a report from Airs. James T..
cannon, chairman of this work. The
women's organization leading in sales
yesterday, with their booths on the
streets remaining open until late at
night, were the StenOgraphers' Assoc.a-
ton of Richmond. The booths in Muir
phys and the Richmond Hotel also re-
ported heavy sales during the day and
able.
Under the plan to obtain as many
subscriptions possible. the commit
tee tee designated the closing day as one
tichmond were asked 70 talk nothing
but Liberty bonds. That the move
meht was 4 success is atteSted by the
large subscription despite the fact that
In many respects yesterday was the
greatest day OF the drive and many
were staged. The day
opened with the individual canvass and
ton Depot Brigade Band from Camp
Lee. In charge of Major Dc Camp. ar
rived npd began a series of concerts.
Its first stop was In front OF the Fed
eral Reserve Bank on Main street
where several hundred people gathered
CONCERTS GIVEN BY BAND
FROM CAMP LEE DOWNTOWN
This band is regarded as tho best at
Camp Leo and has won an cnviablc
reputation throughout tho state, hay
Ing made FREQUENT pIlgrimages over
Continued on Page Three, Part Threo.)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20

heights and the Chemin d es DANES
and the Champagne as far M the
HundinR line, reiinquishinE 500
square miles In the sector ln four
days. This developed IA sharp salient
In their line mt the st. Quentin ut
the fork OF rivers near that point.
Attacks by British and French
duJ forced the enemy back from his
positions on the enNt bank of the
Sellee, adding TO the danger OF nn
advance on Aulnoye md the Ose-
Serre salient longer and narrower,
and the enemy gave UP nil attempts
to hold and retired to the nOrthennt.
"From lie Cntenu nOrthsvard the
British have reached, but have not
yet attempted to cross, the German
defense line, which there follows the
east bank OF the Sellc River up to
the Sensee marshes.
'SThe drive In Flanders, renewed
with EigOr by belgian, French and
Bridsh troops on Monday, spread
rapidly radially toward Bruges.
Ghent and TurcoinE at m increas-
lngly rapid rate and forced the en-
cmy to evacuate Ostend and Zee
bruERc and to draw back from the
dangerous salient around Lille and
Douni. This retirement La stiu In
active progress. British troops are
reported to have reached the from.
tier OF Holland opposite BruEes.
Gin the enst the SerbiAns, since
the reOccupktion OF Nish. have ad-
vaneed In both directions along the
Constnntinopie railway and now
hold II for q distance OF about sew
cnty-hve mflen. They are advancing
northward toward BeiErude.s
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20
CONGRESS REACHES DECISION
ON ITS PLAN FOR RECESS
Final Announcement of Agreement
BcinE Reached Loudly Cheered
by Members.

WASHINGTON October l9.-By
agreement between leaders OF the
House and Senate both houses OF Con-
gress will declare u recess beginning
october 80 and continuing until No
vember II. Final announcement of
the agreement was made in the House
to-day by Majority Leader kitchin and
the announcement was greeted with
applause as the great majority OF the
members are anxious to got to their
homes for the closing days OF the
campaign.
the recess or the House is already in
effect as business will be trans
acted between now and the day set
for the Joint recess. Every three days
until october 29th, the House Will be
called 20 order and will at once ad-
;ourn without transaeting any busi-
ness.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20
BRUGEs REPORTED
CLEAR OF ENEsAdis
[By Associated Preas.l IS

BY Associated Press. .ssi
WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES yTS,
FRANCE AND BELGIUM. October Is.
-,Bruges was reported late this even!
ing to have been cleared OF the enemy
The Eelgians are pressing on beyoht
the city, closing the neck OF the bot.
tie reaching to the North Sea, but the
bulk OF the Germans undoubtedly have
escaped from the coast. ~
The progress elsewhere includes thn'
capture of TeInpleuve. mile from thA
LScault River. northwest OF Tournai.
In the snarp lighting here the Brittshl
are driving the Germans faster than
they want to go. ~ g..
North OF tho Escault the villages Of
Bouchin. ReulN and Abscon have besn
captured and the advanced troops hgHS
fought their way into the western outs
skirts OF Denain along the Reul1-De- j.
main railway. ls~.sl
Saulsoir has been captured and 100.
civilians liberated. Douchy also has
been captured and 5000 civilians resE.
cuea after hard lighting. Bezeul, esat
OF La Cateau. has been cleared OF tfIA
enemy after hard nghting from house
TO house and In the streets. and the
Germans have been driven east OF the
town. 80
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20
RETAIL FOOD PRICES
ADVANCE q PER CENT
nurcnu OF Labor StntI.ticinns Give Fig
urcs, Showing Increases in
Several Periods.
,By Associated Press. l

WASHINGTON. October 1e.-Retau
trices OF food increased per cent from
August IL 10 September Is: Il per cent
from September. 1917, 20 September.
l.lS, and - per cent from September.
1913. 10 september. 1915, the Bureau OF
Labor statistics announced to-day. The
increases were determined from reports
nE retai! dealers on twenty-eight ar
tclcs of food.
Only two articles showed 4 decrease
FOR the period between August Is and
september 10. onions dropping 9 per
pork chops and ham showed the great
est increases. Sirloin steak. rib roast
ana chuck roast increased less than
Aour and potatoes show no change In
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20
TROLLEY WRECKS HEARSE
Injuries Undertaken nnd Driver at
Entrance to Wilmington
Cemetery.

WILMINGTON. DEL. October To-
Slippery rails were held responsible for
collision between a trolley car and
Il hearse which contained the body OF
Mrs. Madeline Chestnut, OF 407 Tatnall
Street, and that OF her Infant early to-
day. The driver of the hearse. Rich
ard Campbell, sustained fractures OF
both legs. and Undertaken William f
Lynns legs were injured, both men
being thrown from the hearse.
The accident occurred just as the
hearse was entering the Cathedral
Cemetery. The caskets were thrown
Into the street and broken open. but
tho trolley car was not. damaged and
tho crew was not injured.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20
TO CELEBRATE JUBILEE
Cardinal Gibbons VIII lie SignaI,y Hon
orcd at ST. Mary's Seminary
Sunday.

BALTIMORE. MD, October 1e.-Car
Ginal Gibbons will celebrate the golden
jubilee OF his elevation to the episco-
pacy tomorrow at ST. Marys Semi
nary. where he was educated for the
priesthood.
Among those attending the celebra-
tion will be members OF the French
mission, led by Bishop Juliene of Arras
and the British mission. led by Bishop
keating, OF Northampton.
y set OF vestmentS was presented 70
the cardinal to-day by the Catholic Ia
dies of Baltimore. 4 beautiful silver
crucinN was the special gift of Pope
Ecncdict- This gift was brought by
Honsignor Nicola, secretary OF the
apostolic delegation in Washington.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20
Branch Extends Thanks
to Liberty Loan Workers

The following statement was
issued last night by John Kerr
branch. chairman OF the Richmond
Liberty lOnn cOmmitteei
"RfchmOnd went over the top In
the fourth Liberty roun campaiEn-
just Ike Itichmond. Her quota WINS
SfD.StU,S0O nnd her snles were ST.
003.BDN. Every citizen should feel
proud Of our city's rcspOnsc to our
cOuntry's call.
"COrveyinE grateful appreciation
to every man. woman and child who
participated In the loan, particularly
10 those rendering pcr.Onnl assist
ance TO the fourth Liberty loan COM
mittec, I am.
"SOurH very sincerely,
"JOHN I<EHH BRANCH
"Chnirman.r