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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-24
Courts to Keep On.

The circuit court, from present In.
dlcalion, will not follow its usual Gus.
tom OF "adjournng in vacation. "
While attaches of the circuit court
ane none too pleased with. the out.
look for a busy summer, they are tax
ing their disappointment with good
grace. - G0N
AT the present time there are cases
set for August and September. amony
them being the Cole will contest
which is slated to come up next month
before Judge Davis. who will come
here from Princeton to preside
Heretofore the circuit court has
closed up shop on or about The first
week in July and remained closed un.
IN the latter part Of the term
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-24
LAWYERS SUE FOR.
$4,000 SAID TO Be.
DUE THEM IN FEES.
JOHN FUNK MADE DEFENDANT
IN TWO SUITS INSTITUTED
AGAINST HIM TODAY BY l.. n.
SrRAWN AND M. N. ARM.
STRONG.

John Funk. a well known Ottawa
man, today was made defendant in
TWO SUITS FOR attorneys fees ms itut
ed against him by l.. II Strawn aud
". n. Armstrong. who represented
iilm in court litgations. Mr.. Arm.
strong asks for $2,000 and MIR. Strawn
demands a like amount.
The fees were earned. it is claimed
by both attorneys, but were never
paid &, T. Gardner represents the
plaintiffs in both proceedings
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-24
ASKS SPAIN TO ACT
AS MEDIATOR F OR
PEACE CONFERENCE
BERLIN SENDS OUT BAlT-WANTS
NEUTRAL TO CALL WARRING
NATIONS AROUND PEAC
TABLE.

London, July "a. Germany has
sent a peace note to Spain contain
ing suggestions for a conference, ac
cording to an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Amsterdam today, quot
Ing the German Socialist newspaper
Norwaerts, of Berlin.
The suggestions, the dispatch added
were as follows,
Germany does not want annex
atoms nor indemnities in The west.
The peace treaties effected be
tween the central powers and Rus
sia and Roumania shall not be ques
toned.
The principle of 'self.determina
ton" shall be settled at the round
table
Belgium's future and the Balkan
question shall be settled in the peace
conference
o-Freedom OF the seas by diSman
ding Gibraltar and the Suez canal
The fight of coalng stations fol
Germany shall be determined upon
the base Of status quo antebelum.
EXCzareVtch Dead Now.
Amsterdam, July "a The ex-c2are
witch Alexis of Russia, Gormer heii
to the throne) died of exposure q
few days after his fathers execution
Wy Red Guards. said a dispatch from
Berlin today, quoting a Moscow tele
gram to the Lekaansciger.
This is the second report of the ex
c2arevitch's death recently.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-24
PICK NEGRO SELECTS
FOR CAMP DODGE, IA,

The local exemption board has So.
lectai the five colored men who will
entram for Camp Dodge, Iowa. for ser.
vice during the five day period be-
tween August LIST and 9Th The hyc
men making up this increment will
be.
Ernest McGowen. Chicago. Chauffet
Clarence Didley, Mendoza. laborer.
Henry Pearson, Centralis, farmer.
Joe Richards, omaha, Neb., lahorer
Gordie Geer, Aurora, laborer,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-24
Great Iceland Coal FieIds.

The Iceland coal fields win supply
lS0,00000O tons equal In quality to
the Scottish coal.
- al i;;..4a. ~. .iryY.gtWt.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-24
w EATHER.

Showers tonight and
Thursday. Cooler Thurs
day afternoon.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-24
1O8 NAMES ON
T0DAY'S CASUALTIES

Washington. July 24.-One huadred
and eight casualties in the American
Expeditionary Forces were announced
today by the war department. divid
ed as follows:
Twenty killed in action, fourteen
dled from wounds, seventeen from
disease, two from aeroplane accident
i've from accident and other causes,
iory.eighl wounded severely. one
missing in action and one made prs
oner
The names Of fourteen Illinois men
appeared on the list Eight of these
men We're from Chicago and the 9th
ers from various sections Of the state
One man was from Joliet and anoth
er was from Spring Valley.
. The Illinois men We're:
Killed in Action.
Charles Glemhser, Chicago
Lee Bell, Chicago.
Harold r. Hesp, Joliet.
Joseph Meyer, Belleville.
James Papovasilpoules, Chicago.
Herman Schmidt, h. st. Louis
Died OF Wounds
John Blansius Jr., Chicago
Charles Gunsburg, Staunton.
Alfred II. Lying, Chicago.
Dominick Oberte Spring Valley
Died OF Disease.
Thomas Rodyanski. Chicago
Severely Wounded.
Robert Macklin, Benton.
PhPilip d Mitchell Chicago.
Ludwig Gotembewski, Chicago
/
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-24
129TH WILL NEVER
SAY QUITS UN TIL
It IS CUT TO PIECES
so SAYS LIEUT.. GLENN WEESE
OF OUR OWN REGIMENT
SEES OLD COMPANY (CO. C)
MOVING UP TOWARD LINE.

Further proof that Company and
the remainder of the 129th Is right up
where big things are breaking, is in
dicated in letter received today by
3Dr, and Mrs. w. f. Weese. from their
son, Lieut.. Glenn Weese, of the l29th's
supply company.
Lieut. Weese is close enough to the
front line to hear and see all that
lis going on and for two nights be
fore writing the letter home was un
der a couple of German raiders, who
ilew above dropping their regards"
every now and then. From the lines
IN the letter it is presumed the ct.
tawa and rest of Northern Illinois
pride is somewhere in the vicinity of
a very active part of the west front.
Glenn refers TO having seen his old
company 80 by They all yelled at
nm. But that's in the letter Here
il is:
Dear Father and Mother:
When | reached the little town from
where ! am writing, | found twenty
Aetters from you besides about thirty
others, 50 | have had some reading
matter to enjoy Your letter No. 30
was among the lot, so some have
been lost, probably through subma.
Tlne operations or other destructive
agencies. | got the letter and en-.
closure mailed to Camp Upton. as |
1old you in my last letter. | had hop
ed to find an American Express Co.
or Postal money order but realize Won
lad some doubts about me ever getting
the letter, A man near the front has
good chance to get his mail if It
gets across the Atlantic. because that
stun comes right through The com.
, 'N "'o''iS HUN N"'iolial
tha, ',o'''',' ,.',' ''ro ~, VI Npee'al ui'i's
n1 "''0o "'o h'slaho
ana II never catches up with them,
., ''','', a., INNING our way
'"e man anu the
,ha.a '.I. ,,''',. ''o''' '''e SAME lra'" II
,i.D .,.s'..' .',n 81, 'ie'i 'ne hfihs
w ,.,.S' - w." So '''ei' man u on can
.,.,n i. " - ''''"' ~ '0 ." '"e i'he
ra,,,nt.., -,''..' ~ P'o''9 U! "n'l lhe
.ha a,,a..,. - 'u,"' ,, - e'''''i"a'eu oy
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han, -, '"'"'e u
,a,' W ' '9 0"''' l." S"e'' p''
= ,ioaa -, -. '''.Ns ~, w se' d o'fH WIN
..,n, va '''''''' game up
thirty mile march. These roads are
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-04
WAR HELPS ARGENTINA.
Financial and Economic Conditions
Strengthened by War Situation.

Buenos Aires, April 29.-Argentina's
financial and economic condition ap-
parently is being strengthened as the
war drags on. The republic recently
signed convention for financing the
sale of several million tons of cereals
to the Entente Allies, which really
amounted to a huge loan, and there
have been no other events in financial
circles which show that Argentine
credit abroad and confidence at home
are progressing hand in hand.
The fact that is being most widely
commented upon by the Argentine
newspapers is that confidence at home
has become so strong that stocks of
the National Mortgage Bank, known
as "credulas hipotecarias' are being
quoted at par for the first time in
their history. These credulas are look
ed upon in financial circles as baro-
meters of the nations condition, for
they are shares in bank which is
backed by the government and they
fiuctuate with the improvement or
weakening of government credit.
Usually they are quoted around "a
to Sc and they have never gone to par
even during the boom seasons when
everything else was being sought by
investors.
Now there is an animated compe-
| tit.on on the Stock Exchange for
these credulas and large blocks OF
them are changing hands daily
which the newspapers take as an
indication that the publics conf
dence in the Irigoyen government
has become so strengthened that it
| at last, is willing to invest in govern
ment shares the large surplus of mon
ey which has been lying idle in saw
ings banks ever since the war began
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-04

ming the elevators most satisfactorily.
Eighteen males who make their living
shining shoes were listed as non-es-
sential workers upon the theory that
neatly polished shoes in Athens, Ga.
do not h>lp the American army break
through to Berlin, whereas these
eighteen strong men at work in the
fields to produce food will help us to
win-the Athenians shining their own
shoes the while if necessary!
And so the survey continued
through various classifcations- USE
less deliverymen, soft drink dispens-
ers, surplus servants. And farmers
not far away desirous of labor to
produce war crops?
Will our town do as Athens Ga.
declared it would-turp n-essential
town workers to an activity that will
really amount to something i'm this
war r?-Greenville Piedmont.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-04
WAGES IN GERMANY.
Salaries Have Increased Fifty Per
Cent-Iiving Expenses Three
Hundred.

Washington, April 29.-Increases in
wages paid in Germany have utterly
failed to keep pace with the increas-
ed cost of living says the April bull
letin of the Department of Labor.
The average increase in wages has
been so per cent. while the living
cost has gone up 800 per cent. The
greatest increase in wages has been
received by Prussan metal workers
who are now getting SO per cent. more
than they formerly received. In
creases as low as 16 per cent. have
been reported and some women are
still being paid less than $3.50 per
week.
The purchasing power of money has
dropped one-fourth it's value before
the war according to the bulletin
German workingmen, it says, are be-
ing underfed. One egg per week is
their allowance. Oleomargarine is
limited to an ounce and half for a
family of four.
Sugar is more plentiful, the fam
lily allowance being one and one-halt
pounds. Coffee is practically unob.
tainable. Potatoes are the heaviest
item in the ordinary diet,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-04
REFUGEES FROM PARIS.
People Who Have Been Caring for
Fugitiycs From Northern France
Now Seek Safety In Southern
France.

Paris. April 2s.-Many Parisians,
after harboring refugees from north
ern France for three and a-half years.
have become refugees themselves.
So many of them have fed to the sun
ny south that most Of the resorts are
reported full to overfiowing. This exo-
dus Is attributed to the airraids but
II Is by no means an indication that
Parisians have been terrorized by the
Gothas. The circumstances connect
cd with the casualty lists show that
the victims were not frightened
enough. many deaths resulting from
rash imprudence.
The average citizen is so proud of
the share he takes In the general dan
ger In these raids that he regards the
fugitives to the south as deserters in
the face of the enemy. Thus has been
opened a debate as to the propriety of
people OF means abandoning the city.
The majority agree with the philoso-
pher. Emile Boutroux, who holds
that the rich especially are in duty
bound to stick to their posts as an
example to those who are unable to
leave.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-04
HOLLAND YIELDS TO HUNS.
May Transport Sand and Gravel in
Limited Quantities.

Londor, April 29.-Holland has
yielded to Germany's demands con
corning transport and the supply of
sand and gravel. although it is un-
lerstood that the amount of sand ana
gravel will be limited instead OF un-
limited, according to dispatch from
The Hague TO The Daily Mail dated
sunday II is added that u general
understanding will be required from
Germany that the sand and gravel
will not he used for military purpos-
cs
Rumors are current i'm the Dutch
capital, the dispatch adds that Dr.
John Lon Ion. minister of foreign af-
fairs. will resign. These. il is said
are based on the supposition that he
could not retain office now that his
respecting the gravel mus,
lie revoked.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-04
Cut Out Useless Work.

We all know, in a general way, that
some men are engaged in nonessential
work in every town in the country.
In Athens, Ga, census was taken to
find out the exact wastage of muscle
that could be turned to war work. It
was found, according to conservative
reports, that the non-essential house
servants alone, in that town of 10000
| people, could furnish the labor for
cultivating enough land to produce at
moderate yield $1,000 bushels of
corn.
| There Is only one test to apply to
any human effort today for the de-
termination of it's value--and that is,
| Does it help win the WARP"
| Usually within few hours ride
OF towns where men are engaged in
work that is utterly useless from a
war-winning standpoint there are
farmers seeking laborers to produce
crops-crops that will help win the
war---crops without which we cannot
win the war!
In every town local public senti-
| ment can cause these essential
workers to go to farms and help win
the war!
DO you suppose Hindenburg is los
ing sleep over the surplus servants
in Athens, Ga? Do you suppose the
kaiser worries because a town of
10000 keeps enough useless house
help to produce $1,000 bushels of
corn-IF they were OH farms? But
when Athens, Ca, actually has 49,
900 additional bushels of corn to
show for the work of the useless
servants-when every town in this
country has taken husky men from
such jobs as running elevators.
standing in liveried glory in front of
hotel DOORS checking grips, waiting
on tables in hotels and restaurants
driving taxicabs and doing score of
thlngs women can do Or the public
can do without or individuals do for
Ghemselves-then the blasphemous
oraggart of Berlin and his companion
butchers will find in Athens. Ga.
something fearful and foreboding-
something to give them the dread
that comes to all beasts when they
sense the real arousing of q superior
foe.
Our town is Athens, Ga. Every
town is Athens, Ga. That particular
place is named here merely for the
sake of illustration, because it hap
pens that Georgia extension workers
took careful survey there and the
figures are available as substantial
ION OF general statements applicable
TO practically all towns in the coun-
try. You know we can't win the war
without food; you know food can't
he produced without farm labor.
AS long as our town continues to
employ men in non essential work
while farmers in the county need
help, YOU haven't gone to war! You
may buy Liberty Bonds and give to
the Red Cross, but you are not at
war when farmers seek help and YOU
continue husky men in needless work.
>our windows may fly proud service
HagS' nut YOU are contributing to the
nun effort to crown with sombre
crepe those brave banners.
After the survey. Athens. Ga. was
asked these questions:
IiaVe YOU n boy i'm camp or fight
ing in France? He is washing his
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-04

own clothes, perhaps, doing his own
dressing, cleaning up his own place
of abode and working many hours
per day in the midst of danger. He
is doing these things without useless
servants. Are you better than your
boy? Do you want him to do your
fighting and be his own servant, and
at the same time go hungry, because
your surplus servants were not sent
20 farms to grow food for him?"
You must answer that. Our town
must answer it.
Apply the acid test: Is this work
of war value; can the man now doing
this non-essential work do valuable
work on farm? On that basis
Athens, Ca, found between 800 and
500 men uselessly employed in a town
of 10000. For example, the survey
shows forty licensed chauffeurs, with
the conclusion that thirty-five are
non essential. Women could take
their places or owners could drive
their own cars. These men handling
farm tractors would be really help.
ing to win the war. Eight men were
running elevators, all of farm quail
| fications and all listed as non-essen.
tial, because in another office build
ing in Athens girls are already run,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-04
SHIP BUILDERS RESPOND.

Washington, April 29.-Ame1ican
ship builders have responded TO the
shipping Boards urgent demard foi
speed in production. In the week end
ing today they launched 41.1O5 tons.
making a total of 100000 tons
launched since the building program
Sot under way. Nearly $4,000 IONS
OF completed ships were delivC red
during the week
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-04
LETTER FROM FRANCE.
Lieut.. Joseph ID. Edwards, II. NJ. c.,
Writes to His Mother.

The following letter from Lieut.. Jos.
IL. Edwards, now in service in France,
gives vividly the point OF view and the
spirit OF the American soldiers who
are lighting for humanity shoulder to
shoulder with the soldiers of France
and England. Lieut.. Edwards is from
Ridge Springs. s. c.. and is a brother
OF Mrs. jamie Cuttino OF this city:
U. s. A. p. G. ZIG.
Somewhere In France,
." April 7th, 1918.
My Dear Mama: Your letters Of
February 10th and 21st just received.
and from the tone of them 1 fear you
are O. little blue. Now please get the
Idea out of your system that we are
heroes by getting into this war. We
certainly are not. TO kill a snake
does not make a hero. and God knows
that Is all we are doing. when we
polish n bayonet on the insides of
Fritz I say this with due apologies
to the snake. please understand. 1
long for the time for one big blow to
be made that the Kaiser will realize
was from the u. s. A. hate no hu-
man being. but they are not human.
don't know how our people in the
States look at 1t. but feel sure every
man In the army was proud when
Gen. Pershing told Gen. Foch: Take
me and my men and all / have AMI
Will have and use us as you see fit"
You wonder at the bravery of the
French perhaps. 1 do not AS go
about my duty oftimes over roads Ma
poleon has been. and those perhaps
Josephine's footprints have made
sacred: the lands where Caesars
mark Is still visible: the land whose
history Joan of Arc has made sac
red as each road and chateau has its
own peculiar story of bravery, / no
longer wonder at Frances heroism.
She could not be otherwise. Can the
bravest of the brave beget towards? /?
No. you no longer wonder when you
have been here and know them. The
spirits OF Napoleon and Joan Of Arc
still lead on and guide this people In
the right. and the men who gave their
all at verdun taught the world a new
lesson In bravery.
pray God that America may
realize the glory OF the privilege Of
fered her to save the world.
Each soldier. regardless of poll
tics. for there is no such thing in the
army. Is proud of President Wilson
and realizes full well his wonderful
grasp Of the situation. Each man
here echoes the desire. "and we won't
be back till its over. over there"
We are proud that we are here. and
looking unto God as our guide. we are
prepared to cheerfully wade through
hell to restore right. justice, humanity
and mercy. I am well, reasonably
happy and doing my part to the best
OF my ability.
Your devoted son.
Joseph B. Edwards.
LIST Lieut.. NJ. Il. c.. France.
y. y. When blue read Psalm 81.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-04
DISLOYAL PERSONS MUST BE RE
PORTED.
Gov. Manning Issues Proclamation
Urging Citizens to Do Their Part.

Columbia, April 29.-Members of
the State and county councils of de-
tense are ,adjured in a proclamation
issued today by Gov. Manning to re-
port all suspected cases of espionage,
sedition, traitorous conduct and deser-
ton from the army and the navy to
the chairman or the secretary at the
office of the State council in Colum-
bia. Every such case reported will be
thoroughly investigated by the agents
Of the United States secret service,
and when they are true the suspected
persons will l|be prosecuted.
The proclamation of Governor Man.
ming is one of the incidents in the
general drive to bring disloyaI persons
in this country to justice. There has
been "a general awakening in South
Carolina and the people will not coun-
tenance anything that smacks of Sc
dition, disloyalty or treason. The trou-
BILE heretofore has been that people
have not known where to report dis
loyal acts and utterances, but on the
face Of the governors proclamation
that difficulty has been obviased. The
council of defense suggests that when
there is an apparent act Or word Of
disloyalty the suspected person be re-
ported to the chairman Of the county
council of defense in which it occurs.
This chairman then can investigate
and, if the case appears to be authen-
ticated from the facts, he can notify
the Columbia office, which will turn
the matter over to the federal author
tiles.
Text of Proclamation.
The following is the text of the
proclamation:
In order that the laws of the State
and nation against espionage, sedition
traitorous conduct and desertion from
S'S @AAiuy oiu NAVY OI united states
may be more thoroughly and promptly
enforced, and in order that the people
Of Souh Carolina may know that in
every locality there are agents of the
government whose duty it is to take
cognizance of, and promptly report all
violations of law affecting the nation
al security;
Now. therefore, I. Richard |. Man
ming, governor of South Carolina, do
hereby especially charge all members
of the South Carolina Council of De-
fense, all county chairmen and all
members of the County Councils of
the State, to take cognizance especial
ly Of the above mentioned offenses
against the State and Federal laws.
reporting same to the chairman or
Secretary of the State Council of De-
fense at their office in Columbia.
In testimony whereof, have here
unto set my hand and caused the
great seal Of the .tate to be affixed at
Columbia, this 29th day Of April in
the year of our Lord, 1918. and in the
142d year CT the independence of the
United States Of America.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-04
ENGLISH SHIP BUILDING.
seventeen Standard Steamers Turned
Out This Year.

London, April 29.-An official an
nouncement states that IL standard
ships have been completed I'm Great
Britain OF which one has already
been lost.
SeVenty-seven ships damg Eed by
submarines were under repair i'm Brit e
ish shipyards on March 1. and five
more were awaiting repair facilities.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-04

New York, April 29.-There are
10000 women employed in the
Prussian railroad service. The Prus-
sian Railroad minister, Won Breiten-
bach in so announcing in the Prus-
sian House of Deputies, said it was
astonishing to see what the women
could do.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-04

Washington. April 3O.-Contra cts
nave been let for the manufacture of
tallic fastened field shoes for over
seas use, ut an average price per pair
of $7,75 and two million pairs of field
welt shoes at $3.50 pair.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-04

Montreal. April 29.--SamueI Comp
ers president of the American FEEDER
alton OF Labor. was taken suddenly
ill while addressing mass meeting
of labor representatives here tonight.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-04

Washington. April 30.--Dr. Carlos
Marie Depena. minister from Cru-
Euay. died at hospital here today
lie has been minister here since 1911