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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-27
W EST BOUND.
SOUTHBOUND.

a--Daily except Sunday to Mar
seilles.
b--Joliet limited.
c--Morrs local.
d--Ladd local.
princeton local
g-Princeton limited
hLa Sale Sundays ard hoIdays
until Sept Is 1918
k-Local to all stations.
m-La Sale local.
ALWAYS BUY TICKETS AND SAW
MONEY.
TICKET FARE 2R CENTS a MILE
Train Fare or Cash Fare Paid on
Trains is Three Cents per Mile
Communication Book containing $500
worth of transportation for $3.50.
! Good for purchaser only.
interchangeable book good for bear.
er or bearer and party, containing
$1,000 worth Of transportation for
$3.50
Ticket Fares to Chicago, Ill, via Jo-
liet, III, ana Chicago 8, Joliet Elec'
trio Railway.
Effective Nov. IS. 1918.
c0 IN round trip, $40 one way.
J&.JU Return trip limited 10 ten
days
Phone gents for full information
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-27

FOR RE.NT-West half Of the double
house at 422 Congress St; fire
apartment of eight rooms; strictly
modern; immediate possession;
$27j0; not for sale; live ass long as
you like
r. b. FARRELL, College Bldg.
Tel. 6iS-W.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-27

FOR SALE--S2 acres well improved
farm. four miles Of ottawa. $500
down, balance at SO. 1t is a snap.
w. B. Pussy, Real Estate and ms
Claus Bldg.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-27
Toad's Good Service.

The toad is useful because Of its
diet. No less than 80 specimens Of
insects, mostly injurious, have been
proved to enter into its dietary. George
W. Hunter says: A toad has been OBJ
served to snap up 1928 flies in half an
hour. Thus at low estimate il
could easily destroy 1900 insects during
day and do an immense service to
the garden during thu summer. 1t
has been estimated that q single toad
may, on account Of the cutworms
which it kills, be worth $l9SS each
season that il lives.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-27
Professional Cards
n, N, ARMSTRONG

Attorney at law, 2l0-sll Aoloney
Bldg, Ottawa, Illinois. Telephones
OEne, 375-W. Residence. Il2Y.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-27

Phone gents for full intormstioa
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-27

interchangeable book good for bear.
er or bearer and party, containing
$1,000 worth Of transportation for
$3.50.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-27

Ticket Fares to Chicago, Ill., via Jo-
iet, Ill, ana Chicago & Joliet Elec'
trio Railway.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-27

Communication Book containing $500
worth of transportation for $3.50.
Good for purchaser only.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-27
Effective Nov. IS. 1918.

c0 IN round trip, $40 one way.
J&.JU Return trip limited 10 ten
days.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-27
ALWAYS BUY TICKETS AND SAW
MONEY.

TICKET FARE az CENTS a MILE
Train Fare or Cash Fare Paid on
Trains Is Three Cents per Mile
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-05
UP-TO-THE-MINUTE DIPLOMACY

KIPLl"G, poet of empire, lyricilly de-
AA manded to he told what does he
know OF England who only England
knows But now the query is reversed
What does he know of England who knows
only foreign lands? 1t has been at least
seventeen years since Sir Cecil Spring.
Rice has seen much of England Since
1900 he has been in Persia, Egypt, Russia
Sweden and this country In those years
something like a revolution has taken place
in British political, social and industrial
affairs It is only the distant reflection of
those changes that professional diplomats
have been able to see.
Trained and specialized though his staff
must he, the ambassador should be great
amateur rather than professional. lie
has to be more distinctly IA home product
than any one else. A cosmopoite who
understands every nation may not be rep
resentative of his own. II was because
Mr., Gerard was American to the marrow
end cculG not understand prussianism
except to know where to give the viper the
fatal blow, that lie was able to interpret us
so clearly in Berlin. There can be no in,
ternationalism If all diplomats are To he
internationalists. any more than there can
be "a mixture made of only one ingredient.
The theory of embassy is that each chief
executive, If free to travel, would be his
own ambassador, as the Queen of Sheba
was to Solomon. The British ambassador
is the nearest substitute for Lloyd George
that Washington can get, and the Alliance
will be greatly strengthened by the arrival
here OF Il man who is a part of up-tothe-
minute British thought and purpose and
who can voice both with authority.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-05
LET'S KEEP OUR SHOES ON

ASIDE from what we may term tho
"A grand" purpose Of tho Presidents
several addresses to Congress, there Is
usually found IN each one Of Them some
incidental declaration Of supreme impor.
tance. We find In his address of yesterday,
for instance, tho statement that "it is
clearly In tho public interest also that
tho ordinary activities aud the normal in.
dustrial and commercial life of tho country
should be interfercd with and dislocated
as little possible and tho public may
rest assured that the interest and convcn-
ience of tho private shipper shall bo as
carefully served and safcguardcd rs II is
possible to serve and safeguard it In the
present extraordinary circumstances
In the present circumstances there is
nothing moro extraordinary than the
strange belief that business should cease N
function because there Is n war Oh our
hands. When q man has a great sickness
In his family. with enormous bills and fees
to pay, he works the harder to enhance
his income and meet the strain The bust.
ness that gets In the way of the bellgercnt
process we shall outlaw and sweep out Of
existence. But we must put n drive behind
all business that does not get in tho way
of the belligerent process The whole
machinery of the nation must 60 at top
speed, not the war part Of it only, for the
nation Is titanic workshop and general
business may be thought Of as the part of
the works that generates the power-that
u.s. the money. We've got to have tina, and
P'ehty OF 1t to win through We do not
want to get to the goal in II fantlnG con-
dition; we want to get there with our
shoes on
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-05
Tom Days Column
THE VILLAGE POET

THE VILLAGE POET
Whenever | get thinking of our awkward
situation
In this matter of the scarcity of coal
An observe the inclination to the
strictest conservation
In these parlouS days of Government
control
| grow fearful of the fate that waits
some future generation
An ] wonder how it's going to warm
its soul.
IL mas panied me much to notice how our
people have been tchin'
for the use of electricity CT gas,
An l very greatly fear me that the red
M, heart of the Kitchen,
"hich our fathers knew an loved, is
doomed to pass.
How J hailed that humble haven when
the nights were cold an stormy
An what waves of CHEEKY comfort it
would bring!
oh' the thought o that dominion brings
ole Mammy's" form before me
An ] hear the simple song she used
TO sing:
Amt berry many people w'atll listen
to niggah.
Or low dey's any sense in wat he say,
- H"h'c W give uc Sperlence oh
NAH feelin's an fggah
Dat deys quite smart oh people
thinks nah way.
W en- man begins shoutin' bout de
-, good tings dat he's missin'.
.hlckin kase dey amt fo'tune in his
job, ~ MO
Let him go home to his kitchen an set
- down while an listen
10 de slngin' OBJ de kettle on de hob.
"Oh, de rich man kin inhabertate n
palace eff he wishes
WI chiny-ware an pixtuahs on de wall.
An kin lay on velvet sofers an eat off'n
golden dishes.
but ! ! sIfS wouldn't swap NAH kitchen TO-
70 IL wouldn't seem laik home to me, but
-, ceptin' ] could listen,
while ! puffed upon de baccy in nah
cob, ~ man
An de good Lawd seemed a-sneak;,,
oh a home-like kind o. blessin'
Through de singin' OBJ de kettle on de
hob" VII ''
mat is why, when | get thinking of our
awkward situation
In this matter of the scarcity of coal.
An observe the inclination to the
strictest conservation
IN these parlous day of Government
control
l grow fearful of the fate that wa;ts
some future generation,
An ! wonder how it's going to warm
its soul.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-05
THE PACIFISTS OF 1864

C1oME peoplc cherish tho notion that con-
~ temporary wartime diplomacy and in
trlrue are hrand-new things. They speak Of
.'uacfsts" as though there had never been
such compromsers in former wars. The policy
of buoying up home sentiment by promis-
ing split In the ranks OF opponents Is
as old as the hills What false dawn OF nope
Kent the South fighting through the winter
Of 1864? The belief that the North could he
divided. that the Copperheads Cor pacihsts'
as we would call them) would divert Lincoln
from his course on October II, 1864 the
Macon (Ga.) Confederacy said editorially:
"The retreat of General Johnston. aban-
donment of a large area of territory and the
lass of Atlanta have occasoned a great deal
of discussion among the people of certain
sections In reference to the course that should
he adopted for the purpose of bringing the
war to a close.
men TO contemplate any course OF action
short of the entire discharge OF their duty.
We lay down the proposition that
no man should dare even think OF ending
this war In any other event than the recog-
milton OF our independence, for Just as GER
tain as we begin TO say that In such and such
events this, that or the other compromise
could be effected and lead the public mind In
this channel just so certain will some Of the
measures he adopted As an evidence of this
fact. there are men in this country 1.-THE
SOUTH today who are speaking and writing
In favor OF a convention Of all the States
fNor1h and SOUTH. 10 take Into cons!dera tion
the issues Involved in this war, and TO adopt
CONS pseasures looking 70 ~ rsttiement who
NO. ~ W. peyp llseeRe1--
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-05

oversight of business. have not failed to pro-
vide for and admit of the appointment OF
thousands of new employees whosc services
and ramifcations extend into every state and
Territory of the Union.
Apart from these departmental bureaus are
a number Of new boards and commissions,
floating Kidneys" they are sometimes called.
which are answcrable to the President direct
or to Congress- They include the Federal
Reserve Board Of which Mr.. McAdoo is
chairman, This board has already made its
influence felt In banking circles. Then there
is the Federal Trade Commission. an induis-
ltorlal body which is now investigating the
meat packers. and the United states shipping
Board and the United States shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation. to which up-
ward Of 81 ,ooO. 600 600 has been appropriated.
Th"y are under inquiry themselves at the
present time, but they have the power TO COM
mandeor ships and shipping. and they stand
for both Government ownership and control,
They make contracts 10 pay salaries and
give employment to labor at rates which
may compete with private yards, II need h".
New Creations Come High
The committee on Public Information dhe
treel cnmmittce) is another of the new crea-
tions. as are Mr. IIoover's Food Control
Commission and tho United States Fuel Ad-
minStration. Mr.. Garfield, administrator
The United states Tariff Commission is new,
as Is the Hour Commission, tho Coun-
viSory Committee for Aerouautirs aud the
Committee on Priority of Transportation,
which has been taken over by Mr., McAdoo.
In addition may he mentioned the Federal
Board for Vocational Education. the Alien
Property Custodian, the Air craft Board,
tho War Trade Board and the United States
Compensation Commission.
If any one wants 10 know what becomes Of
the money which Congress raises by loans
and taxes. the answer as to part of 1t may
he found i'm these new bureaus. boards and
commissions Some of them were created
before the war and were supposed to shave
been advantageous politically. Many Of them
We're made necessary because of the war, but
the facts they have appeared to individual
members of Congress and as developed in
congressional Investigations tend to show
that many of these new bodies are over
tapping each other and that they are building
up "A terrific payroll which the Government
must meet II Is common gossip that some
Of the departments are crowded with SUPER
numeraries that swivel chairs are more nu.
merouS than eflltient, ard that SO long as
appropriations come easy easy berths" will
continue.
Occasionally one hears Of determination
OF some of the big chiefs to inaugurate a
wedding -out process for the sake of economy
and efficiency, but thus far the whole drift has
heen to increase the number of officeholders
rather than To reduce them With some of the
inquisltorial commissions the desire to prove
up has resulted in inspections more or less
cNaspersting to the officials Of navy yards
arsenals and other Government institutions
Until recently this sort of inspection was con-
fined chiefly to manufacturing and business
establishments, j. HAMPTON MOORE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-05
WHERE'S THE SPELLING BOOK7 ,

MRS. GRICE. Of the Home and School
League, charges that the public educa
'ion system OF the city Is dominated by
one man. who thinks in terms of fifty years
ago II that is the case. it is natural for
the New Century Club to protest. II an.
pears however, that "A school system predi.
Gated on methods in vogue fifty years ago
would set great store by the old-fashioued
spelling book and insist on rigorous incul.
cation OF the principles of ordinary arith.
metic' There is a gulf somewhere between
the charge and the fact
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-05
Answers TO Yesterdays Quiz

I. Sir Cecil sprins -Rire haI been Ambas sssdor
from the Court OF 81. James to the Unit I'd
States for several years, lie is on the
eve OF recall to other diplomatic assign
ment.
q. sofia Is the capital Of Bulgaria.
Z. New York IL sometimes referred 10 as Gotham
Z. Elizabeth Tudor. OF ENGLAND Is called "the
Virgin Queen"
o. Daniel Willard, president Of the BaItImore
and OhiO Railroad, II mentioned for n
United States post corresponding 10 that OF
the Britlsh Minister Of Munitions.
O. Adam was\a cabinetmaker Of the eighteenth
century whose work established u light and
graceful type Of furniture. "
Z. Lord Reading Is the British Lord Chief J,,s
tlee. 80
=. President william Henry Harrison was knoyn
as Old Tippeennoe. Ia allusion 20 his VIZ
tory over the Indians In the battle Of like
name. -
y. The srtlln N ycry early biO0u,ins sprIna
plss't. sansetlnes called The nquilI.
~ rhl'ls2 :ssc'fshs;s ~ Is1asy 4 ~ Cor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-05
ROUGH STUFF

&fPLIOMATs the Germans are far
NJ Fighters than the Turks and
~ and far inferior TO the poilus and
They certainly have to hand
hose Russian ENJOYS at Brest-
Who, rs they started for the train
grad, jeered at the German re.
~ western Russia.
lure1 the Germans, asking whether
M ~ take Pelrograd and feed
m ~ folk. or ~ disxrm =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-05
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

QUIZ
met:
=. Name the author OF "The Man With the Hoe -
3. What Is Twelfth Day and when?
4. Identify "The Land OF the Midnight sun"
3. What Is n typhoon:
@. where II Hog Island?
!. Who is Francis }. Heney?
". What IL viyandere?
o. What Is volapuk:
10. Give the meaning Of piuchbcck.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-05

The Pope, 1t is said, charges the Cen.
trail Powers with breach of faith In having
bombed Padua. Maybe when they made
the pledge they did not know there were
any children there.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-05

These burnings of army trucks ana
Hog Island trucks may be accidental, but
a bird In the bush is suspicious.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-05

We are interested. of course, in the
argument as to whether or not those
directing the public schools know any
thing, but the real test Is this; Do those in
the schools know anything?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-05

The Lafayette Escadrille shows the
rue homing instinct by flying into the
United States air service.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-05

This newspaper is ranked as some.
thing Of an authority on the quiz" but
we cheerfully accord the palm to Mr..
Heney.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-05

Still, the nation breathcs a trine
easier because the President did it first and
told Congress about it afterward.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-05
We trust-that Mr.. Ferris

We trust-that Mr.. Ferris will not bet
heavily on his theory that Hog Island will
not deliver any ships during 1918. As the
man who has been photosraphing the work
tbeze qalR ~ contlaencs q the general
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-05

The Kaiser is asking the Bolsheviki
for new deal, but it will be noticed that
he does the shuffling.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-05

The statement may be right that AZ
per cent of the coal comes from Pennsyk
yania, but our own belief is that 100 per
cent OF 1t goes out.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-05

Archeologists are already predicting that
excavations always prohibited by the Turks.
WI reveal more about the Jerusalem OF
thrists time than we have ever knowr
Sixty feet of debris cover much OF truth
PROBABLY news almost twenty centuries old
IRON the Holy city. will not be held I'm hv
our singular censorship Brooklyn Eagle.
Whcn the war Is over a more tractabIe
tered fortunes and economic pressure 30.
pe necessary To make her admit that con.
science mas place In the world Never sl,ce
this war began has Germany indicated n,,v'
~,n,sres. ~ IN non-Gerlnan world. u may he|
p'ousht 10 her Attention IN " way thai r,,<-.
can comprehend. namely, cYn,Li,,rd 49,
, noln'H .p''esyl''s,- i<es Ana>at> }l>@u,nr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-05

Governor rennypsoker will continue his d,scv..
sion oi the Salus- GRADY bIII in Nond.~ >.
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER '
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-28
SHALL JAPS STEP IN
TO HELP THE ALLIE,2 2
Exchanges Of Opinion Toward an
Understanding Concerning Cam
paign in Siberia.
y Associated Press 70 Every Evcning

by Associated Press 10 Every Evening
Washington, Feb. y Japan move TO
develop the feeling OF the Allies toward a
proposal for Joint military operations in
SibeEia 10 keep the vast stores at Nladl-
vostok and the Trans-Slbcrian railway
from falling into the hands OF the German
invaders Of Russia. Was widely discussed
today among diplomats and officials, but
All were reluctant 10 give opinions for
publication
Opinion IN London that the declaration
hv the japanese Foreign Minister. Count
MotOno, In the Japanese Diet could only
be interpreted as a declaration that Japan
was about to intervene, was regarded as
further evidence Of the negotiations now
proceeding between the co-belllgerents
10 make the action Of an international
character, probably including the particl-
nation Of American forces
While all officials here are silent and
disposed to minimize discussion Of the
subject it is known that exchanges Of
opinion are going on with the object Of i
perfect understanding between Japan, the
United States and the other co-belligerents
which would make the plan of Joint action
wholly acceptable to all and thoroughly
define It's extent and duration.
Russian representatives here oppose
action by the japanese IN Siberia, but the
co-belhgerents are thoroughly alarmed
lest the vast quantities Of supplies piled
up at Nladiyostok, bought and paid for
with American cash, should fall into the
hands of the Germans
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-28
12-OUNCE LOAF
MAY HELP SOLVE
BREAD PROBLEM
In View of the Fact That Some
Families Do Not Require
More.
LEEWAY is PERMITTED

Investigations recently conductesi by
the food administration led to the con-
viction that in several of the large cities
of the country there are many families
whose daily consumption OF bread Is
less than one pound.
The one pound loaf has given these
families more bread then they could eco
nomically consume, and the twelve
ounce loaf is now announced III order
that bakers may produce unit better
fitted to the needs Of such city dwellers
Individual loaves of the new unit
may weigh thrce-quarters of an ounce
under or thrcc-qIartcrs of an ounce
over the prescribed weight, but an average
of twenty-five loavcs must weigh not
less than twelve ounces. l4oaves OF this
weight may be baked either slngly or IN
twin form that is to say, two IN n pan,
and their manufacture is subject to the
same rules as to ingredients rs all other
bread The price of the thrcc-quartcr
pound loaf should be relatively lower than
that Of the one-pound loaf,
II is expected that city bakers will
take advantage of this rule, but in many
sections of the country the demand for
loaves weighing less than one pound ls
not large enough to warrant the adoption
Of the now unitd which will not displace
the ono pound loaf, but may be baked IN
addition Ia IL and the other weights that
have heretofore been allowed The
new ruling takes effect AT once.