Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-22
SHER|FFS LEAVE ON
ON SIGHT SEEING
TRIP DOWN RIVER
BOAT RIDE AND VISIT TO HIS.
TORIC SCENIC SPOTS INCLUDED
IN ITINERARY TODAY-OINNER
TO BE SERVED AT STATE PARK.

The party OF visiting Illinois sher
IFS, forty strong, who are in OttaWa
to attend the state convention left al
! 10 o'clock this morning on board a
beat for Starved Rock, where they
Will spend the morning and the early
afternoon. Luncheon will be served
at the Starved Rock Hotel. after which
| the party will take autos for Deer
| Park. where they will spend the time
exploring the park. They will return
| late in the afternoon. IL be on hand
for the annual banquet which will be
served in the French dining room Of
the Clifton Hotel at $50.
President Peters will act as toast
master and the following program
will be given:
Solo, Justin Jaeger, Ottawa
Address. President, Peters. Cook
County.
Address Mayor George V. b.
Weeks.
Address, Hon. Lee ONeil Browne,
Ottawa.
Address, Senator Essington. Strea-
tor.
Solo, Justin Jaeger, Ottawa.
Address--R. S. Soderstrom, Strea-
tor
Address, William Seaman, Peru.
Address, Col Clemins.
Tomorrow morning the men will
visit the county home, the detention
home and the Federal Plate Glass
Works to see the process of making
plate glass A short. informal session
will be held tomorrow afternoon, after
which the men will depart for their
homes.
The session yesterday afternoon
was given over entirely TO business.
The election OF officers will not be
held at this meeting, as all officers
are elected to serve for a two-year
term
Sheriff Charles w. Peters of Chi
cago. president Of the association, de
livered a short address. saying in
part:
We are passing through serious
and critical times. when race riots.
strikes and industrial unrest exist
everywhere, not only in this state or
the United States. bur all over the en-
tire world. More disrespect for law
has been shown recently than any
other time in the history of this coun-
try. ''''
The people are looking to us at
this time to stand geOnsly and
firm, and il behooves us to stamp out
the hysterical foreign agitators, an
archiSts and bolshevists. They have
no place in this country Of ours. They
must be taught to respect the law or
be driven back from whence they
came II is only by vigorous prosec,.-
ton of these offenders that respect
for the law can be maintained Where
laws are enforced and swift punish
ment dealt out mobs are impossible
This is a reconstruction period,
and if the people would only keep cool
and obey the law things will regulate
themselves in time Above all things,
the law must be rigidly enforced or
otherwise our democracy is a failure"
The following men have registered
in Sheriff Ayers office:
T.. A, Shoenholtz. Dixon.
George W. Tegard, Eureka.
A. G, Alber,s, Lincoln.
James T. Newkirk, Joliet.
G. +. Watson, Galesburg.
Roy j. Stewart. Woodstock.
T.. A. Pctriee. Bellevile.
w. r. Wea,heriord jacksonville.
John G. Miller. Jacksonville.
j. T. Fleming AledO.
John G. Hayes, Freeport
Gean D. Kigon, Toulon.
Charles w. Peters. Chicago.
George w. Little. Edwardsvle.
Julie G. Blake, Edwardsville.
Red Williams, St Louis.
William T. Davies, Chicago,
William \. lIextell, Yorkyille.
lust TO show that they were regula,
fellows, some Of the visiting sheriffs
gave the rest of the bunch the shake
and hicd off TO La Sale last evening
to attend the prize fight.
Peters Brings Family.
Sheriff Charles W. Peters of Cal
cago. George W. Little and julie G..
Blake of Itdwardsvile and Jailer WIZ.
liam r. Davies Of Chicago all motored
to Ottawa to attend the convention
bringing their families with them
The families are enjoying their time
In Ottawa quite az much as the men