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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-07-19
African Witch Doctors.

Africa Is Il sick cOunuy--onc of the
sickost IN the world. Malaria, tuber-
cuosiS and pneumonia fill the swamp~
aud forests with death. The fear of
death Is 80 constant companion Of
the black people that they have come
to consider their native witch doctor
as more important than the ruling for
eign government or the chief of THEFT
own tribe. Put once the white man
sets trot on the fever trail the witch
doctor might just as we'll throw away
his crazy medicine. IN his heart he
knows he Is a humbug- Christian
Herald.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-07-19
Keen Up "Good 77NoA"

Keeping interested does not Just
point toward the serious side of life.
1t points to recreatonthn absolute
ly necessary constituent or sane,
healthy living. Set yourself in the
swim of good tines" times that Will
make you laugh and forget your trol-
bles. There Is nothing easier than TO
slip out of the way Of having good
times as we get older and yet the ca.
pacity for enjoyment never dies In us,
though in our morbid perverslty OF
mental vision we insist to ourselves
that Il hne 'cf' 80,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-07-19

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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-07-19
MILITIA MEN SAVE
N MOTHER AND BABE

Springfield H., July 19.--Members
of the Eleventh Infantry, Illinois re.
serve militia, rescued bed ridden
mother and her two days old baby
from burning house near the camp
ground here. The men worked I'M.
der the direct supervision of Col Jas
T.. Stuart. Augmented by six hundred
more soldiers, they soon removed all
the furniture.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-07-19
CHICAGO TEACHERS
GET SALARY BOOST

Chicago. July 19.-Increased salar-
les for all Chicago school teachers
have been provided by the public
school trustees. The resolution Gre
ates a minimum salary of $1,000 and
blanket wage increase ranging
from 500 to $225, with back bonus
collectible from January /, 1919. The
city must borrow about a million and
a quarter dollars to meet the advance
benefit this year. A further increase
next January is expected.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-07-19
CHICAGO CARMEN BY
50 TO |, VOTE TO
co our ON STRIKE
BNLLCTlNG HEAVILY IN FAVOR
OF WALKOUT - TRACTION
CHIEFS PREDICT SETTLEMENT
BY MEDIATION.

Chicago, July lefty to one for
strike.
This was the statement yesterday
of members of the executive commit
tee in charge OF the poll OF street
car ana elevated employees IN the
question of a strike for higher wages
ana shorter hours.
More than 14,500 men and women
cast their ballots yesterday and up
ward of 90 per cent of them, their
leaders asserted, as the work of
counting the ballots was begun. are
for immediate walkont unless their
demands for fiat increase OF " per
cent are met by the companies.
Polls at Two Places.
The IL" employees voted at $50 w.
Washington street, and the surface
line employees at Car Mems hall, Van
Buren, street and Ashland boulevard.
local officials estimated $500 had cast
their ballots last night. About 4,4Oo
elevated employees voted before the
polls closed at 0 p. m.
From the time the polls opened
there was a steady stream of en-
ployes filing into the two polling
places. The rush started at a. m.
and reached its height at 8 a. N.
when he rush hour crowds were
deposited in the loop. When the day
crews came off the surface lines at
p. m. the men were lined up for a
solid block in front of Car Mems hall,
waiting TO vote.
There were no secret formaities
surrounding the balloting. An en-
ploye's union card for July was the
credential. In place of booths small
tables were scattered about the rooms
where the voter could mark his bal
lot. Any one who care to watch did
so, and it was noticeable that nearly
every man voted to strike. Women
turned out in force at the IL" voting
place. The women are asking for
1901 instead Of the present S3o5.
Women Solid for Strike"
ave women are solid for strike"
said Minnie Nelson, an IL station
cashier, as she voted. Were glad
the men voted us the same ratio OF
increase as they asked, and in return
ycnll find the women workers will !,
back the men to the limit in their
strike"
A Herald and Examiner reporter
watched thirty-seven men and women
mark their ballots. Not one voted
against strike
Officials Of both unions lowered
close to the voting places all day and
late into the night There was not a
single case of disorder The first six
men to voted at Car Mems hall were
Alex j. Mcguire, Ole B. Olson, James
Fahcy, William Slominski, Carl An
derson and Thomas Mcmahon, who,
with Charles Oswald, Andrew Redi-
can, Patrick j. Fleming, James
Moore, William Ackerby, Patrick
Walsh. David Reed and Robert Wood
hum, acted as judges for the ballot
ing. Martin Johnson and Albert Neid-
daiski We're in charge at the Il" EN-
ployes hall.
Oldest Employe Voted "Yes."
John McLain, the oldest man in
point Of service on the surface lines.
voted carly and to strike. His an.
nouncement was greeted with cheers.
Another who voted early and for a
strike was James Winham, fifty
years in the service McLain has
been with the street car company
fitty-three years.
The executive committee members
seemed highly pleased with the big
vote ri1nt1 m hy tho man
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-07-19
ARE YOU A SUFFERER
| Treat The Following Conditions

Chronic Diseases of the Nose. and
Throat, Bronchial Tubes and Lungs.
Indigestion Dyspepsia. Const iImtlon,
Liver Diseases and Stomach
and Bowels, Bladder and Urinal
Troubles, Neuralgia, rheumatism,
Skin Disorders, Headache, bropsy.
Ola Sores, Ulcers. Nervous Diseases,
Blood Poison, Female Diseases.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-07-19
BURY LAST OF ABE
LINCOLN'S BODY GUARD

Springfield, H., July 19-Thc re-
mains of Charles Rollin Post, last sur.
vivor Of Abraham lincoln's body
guard and father of the late c. w.
Post, Postum ma2nate, We're sent here
from California for burial
The Irish standard., 1919-03-01

Voice Demand For heland's independence
Brilliant Assembage Distinguished
Protestant and Jewish Rabbs Catholic Pre
Heartily in the Denonstr

and Cds United n Call
o
Gibbons Personally Resolution hlad Freedom Alion
Well eclaat;a Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09

heavy shells, one of which wrecked
of the hydraulic pumps, the anx;l;s-
wireless Office and the medical s..-
causing heavy casualties amony =,
wireless and medical staff. Tho A..
age done by the other hits was raa
paratively unimportant. VIII
The Malaga was hit eight times n,
siren steampipe was fractured ans "e
large shell wrecked the galley can. ANY, a
on the gun deck and smashed an
mounting of one six-inch gun, Tue sns
of the hits caused large hole ha,SO0
the armor, flooding the adjacent cavu
partments. A heavy shell bulged III.
roof of one turret without explod;n"'
but put the range finder out of as'
ton. at
The Valiant was not hit in the sr..
part of the action. but at aho,, .'s =
o'clock in the evening was strnct H. ~
two heavy SHELLS. Both perforated W.
slx-inch armor and did considerahee
damage, tanning the helm hard snort
and causing the ship to turn in circlss
While thus circling the Valiant w.
hit twenty-eight times, sixteen Of .Ss
hits being from big guns and inflic.inS
more or less serious damage. Tae
guns were put out of action. oro
she'll tore a large hole at the water Nv
and another under water below tho
armor betting, but the casualties ws sre
light. WIZ
The damage to cruisers and DESTROY
ers will be announced later.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
Transport in Distress
Reaches Virginia Capes

NORFOLK, Va, March s. The
transport Buford, carrying more than
1000 officers and men, reported help
less off the Virginia coast, passed in
the Virginia Capes late tonight. Re
ports to the naval base wireless sta
ton said the transport was proceeding
under convoy to Newport News
The first wireless distress calls from
the Buford were picked up at Newport
News. The messages said the transport
was being steered by hand
The troops aboard the transport in
clude a detachment of the 9th Coast
Artillery, for Fort Logan, Colorado; q
detachment of the 9Th Heavy Mobile
Ordnance Repair Shop, for Camp Grant
Illinois, and another for Colubus
Ohio; casual companies for Arkansas
Illinois, Minnesota, Tennessee and
Texas, part of Company NJ, 345th In
fantry, S7th Louisiana, Mississippi
and Arkansas) Division; a negro casual
company, for Virginia, and scattered
casuals for Illinois and Ohio.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
$1O,O 600, 900 Courthouse
Is Dowling's Proposal

Borough President Frank L. Bowling
announced last night at dinner of
the Upper Manhattan Property Own
ers' Association at the Hotel Aston, his
plan for the utilization Of the court
house site at Chambers and Centre
streets.
1t was his intention, Mr.. Bowling
said, to have the city build s1O,000,-
600 structure there "instead of one
costing S25,000,000," and to house in
it the criminal courts, the various parts
of the Supreme Court. the County Court
and the clerks offices. All of the build
ing thus vacated except the Criminal
Courts Building, Mr.. Bowling would
sell and have the funds used for the
new courthouse.
He would use the Criminal Courts
Building for some other city purpose,
he said, and abolish the Bridge.of Signs
entirely, substituting for it a tunnel
connecting the new courthouse with the
Tombs. His plans were not complete
yet, he said, but that was the general
idea. The courthouse site is now used
by the government. Barracks have
been built there for the provost guard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
Private Reynolds
Tells How He and
Pal Captured lo4
STAFF Correspondence

STAFF Correspondence
CAMP MILLS, March 8.-Like Ho-
ratio Ayers farmer, who always car
ried in his wallet the receipt for the
thousand dollars that lifted the mort
gage on the old homestead, Private
John Il. Rawlinson, formerly of Kings
Vile, Tex, now of Company K, 106th
Infantry, has a soiled, thumb marked
scrap of paper he has carried around
for almost six months.
1t has been in the pocket of his
olive drab shirt since September 81,
1918, and is a receipt for ffty-two live
Germans. The tifty-two were members
of a party of 104 Rawlinson and Pri-
vatc Eugene c. Reynolds, Of 248 Grand
Avenue, Brooklyn, also Of Company
X. captured.
Reynolds, whose gallantry that day
won a citation from Major General
Organ, told the story in Company K
barracks here to-day.
Jack and | never started out to
capture 1O4 Fritzies," he said, "but
on September %, after we'd gone over
the top, we got tangled in some barbed
wire and got separated from our
crowd. We got mixed up with some
105th men in captured German
our party. He noticed supposedly
empty trench that looked suspicious
and sent out party to investigate.
1t never returned. SO Jack and
who didn't belong with the 105th any
way, started out on our own.
eve twisted through the communi-
eating trenches and all of sudden
came on party Of nine 'Heines,
their arms stacked, busy packing away
bread We fired into them, dropped
couple and began yelling. The other
seven turned tail and scurried away
like rats.
They headed for two big German
dugouts. We were bawling all the
while The gang inside must have
heard the racket, for stream of
ferries came pouring out, yelling
'Kamerad! Kamerad!' They must have
thought the whole A. E. F. was down
on them. We went through with the
thing and marched thems back to the
rear. When we counted them we
found we had 1O4.
Half an hour after we'd captured
them these ferries were carrying our
injured men back of the lines on
lltterS"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
Peace League
Is Not Enough,
SaysGen.Wood
Universal Military Training
and Preparedness for ar
Necessary, He Insists
He Talks to Methodists
Tells s140,ooo,ooo Drive
Workers We Need Intense
Spirit of NationaIisrn

Major General Leonard Wood an
peared before distinguished assem-
blage Of Methodist Episcopal church.
men and laymen at complimentary
dinner given him in the PENNSYLVANIA
Hotel yesterday and championed the
building up of IAN intense spirit of
nationalism' for every man. woman
and child.
The veteran general aroused the
diners to prolonged applause, espe-
cially when he vigorously reiterated
the lone flag, one language" policy Of
Theodore Roosevelt
The luncheon was for the purpose
of launching the $4,000, 900 campaign
of the combined forces of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church for missionary
funds, domestic and foreign. the next
five years. 1t was announced that the
local quota would be $S,35O.27O for
New York City, northern New Jersey,
Long Island, part of Connecticut and
part of New York State extending to
Albany.
Bishops Estimate of General Wood
f. NJ McBrier chairman of the New
ork area. acted as POSTMASTER, and
Bishop Luther b. Wilson addressed a
brief appeal to the churchmen, then
presented General Wood, as one "who
always made the field on which he
stood the field of honor"
General Wood began with a protes It
against the manner in which the nation
is receiving its returned soldier heroes.
The streets of your city, the streets
OF st. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago, are
full of men without places to sleep,
without food, without occupations" he
said "They are wearing the uniform
of our country, when is as sacred as
our flag. The whole country put itself
behind the movement TO give these men
soul, to send them abroad with a
feeling that they were crusaders in a
holy war. They fought with q courage
which has put them on the level with
the best in our country's history
"They are coming back from the bat
tie to which we have sent them with so
much enthusiasm and we are not re-
ceiving them with that practical kind
We sort of unconsciously have forgot
ten that the war is not over"
Some Things He Has Seen
General Wood described conditions
in which he said uniformed men were
ociiilS newspapers ana something
money in the streets, and he urged the
churchmen to organize along practical
lines to reach every soldier, through
every agency, in order to provide AIDE
quate labor. He added, "They have
done their work--let us do ours"
Referring to the development of the
best possible type of Christian citizen
ship, General Wood said:
1--WE want to impress on our peo-
pie the significance of the home. These
are dangerous times, there is radical
ism and Bolshevism, everything that
pulls to pieces everything that we hold
true. We want sound teachings in
our schools, truthful teaching Of our
country's history.
eve want to build up, of course. an
intense spirit of nationaism. We want
every man, woman and child to believe
IN his own country and to try to be
100 per cent American. You cannot
have a nation that is half American
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09

and half something else. AS I see it,,
what we want is an America properly
educated, made up Of decent men and
women"
There was a sudden burst Of ap-
plause and cheering when General
" God said: eve want but one flag in
TINS country, and that is the American
flag. l am simply repeating the words
OF one who is dead. 1t was one of his
expressions of faith
The red flag is trying to get into
America and break up Our nation, gust
as the free lovers and light thinkers
are breaking up the social structure
There is only room ii this country
for one language, and that is the
English language, the language OF
America. Give US only English ia the
grade schools, although the modern
languages and others, Of course, later
Gu for culture, science and literature.
eve ali believe in arbitration, IN
anything that will control war and re
duce it to the least possible amount;
but if we want to live as a nation, If
We want to be an influence for good, do
not let anything, whether it be a
league Of nations or an international
court or Hague tribunal or anything
else. replace rational and sane pre-
paredness on our part.
eve don't want war; there is no one
in the world that wants 1t less than
the soldiers, and no group of soldiers
wants it less than those coming back.
Of we had been ready years ago the
chances are there would have been no
war If England had been ready years
ago the chances are there would have
been no war 1t was nearly four years
after the war started before We were
hard at it at Chateau Thierry, and W.
must never be found in that condition
again.
General Wood concluded his address
with an appeal for universal military
training. suggesting a six months pc
Rod for every man.
Following the address Of General
Wood, the work for the campaign was
outlined by DE-. S. Earl Taylor, execu-
tive secretary of the Methodist Cen
tenary. The remarks of r. L. DifFen-
dorfer who directed survey Of the
missionary field in this country, con-
cluded the meeting. He explained that
$40,000,000 was to be used in America,
$4,000, 600 abroad and $4,000 900 for
reconstruction work in this country.
The Methodist Episcopal Church
South, it was announced, estimated
35,000,000 as its quota for both home
and foreign work. These sums total
100000, 600.
This is the first time the Northern
and Southern branches of the Metho-
dist Church have joined in any pro-
ject since the Civil War
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
III. Nj. S. Valiant
Was Hit q Times
In Jutland Fight
German Shell damned Helm
and Ship Ran in Circles at
Mercy of German Guns;
Losses Are Announced

LONDON, March THE damage in
ficted by the Germans on British bat
tleships participating in the great
naval battle off the Skagerrak, in the
North Sea, between Jorway and Jut-
land, May 81, 1916, is described by
Reuter- Limited to-day as follows:
A torpedo struck the Marlborough
flooding one boiler room and killing
two men. The Marlborough was not
hit by shellfire.
A 12-inch she'll struck the super
structure of the Colossus, causing a
fire. Another shell burst short, its
splinters wounding three men and in
hicting unimportant damage.
The Barham was hit five times by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
Credits Established

By nations, the credits established
and the balances still subject to draft
are as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
Future American
Credits to Allies
Limited to Billion
France and Belgium Expect
ed to Get Rolling Stock
and Warehouses Owned
by United States Abroad

WASHINGTON, March 8-Future
American credits to the Allies are now
limited to S1,158,0 100000, the unused
portion of the $4,000, 100000 appropri-
alton, according to report issued to-
day by the Treasury. Until peace is
declared this balance can be lent for
any war purpose, but thereafter for a
year and half credits may be extend
ed only to enable the Allies to pur-
chase American property in Europe or
elsewhere, and to finance Allied pur-
chases of wheat, the price Of which
has been guaranteed by the United
States government.
Offered for Sale
The War Departments liquidating
commission. now in Europe, is expect
ed to report soon the approximate
value of railroad materials, army
equipment and other property which
the United States will have for sale in
Europe. This report will shed some
light on the volume of postwar credits
which may be expected. France and
Belgium will be the biggest borrowers
for these purposes, since they are ex-
pected to acquire most of the railroad
rolling stock, warehouses and other
States
Since Congress failed to approve the
Treasury's recommendation that it be
permitted to use the uneXpended por-
ton of authorized credits as postwar
loans to the Allies to finance exports
from this country. this function will be
limited to the War Finance Corpora
ton, which has an appropriation Of ST.
000,O00,000 available for advances to
exporters.
Eleven Allies now are debtors of the
United States. Credits have been estab-
lished amounting to $S,S41 1857, 900,
but $410,939,000 of this sum, although
subject to draft, has not yet been
paid out Of the Treasury. Great Brit
ain borrowed nearly as much as all the
other Allies combined.
Credits Established
BY nations, the credits established
and the balances still subject to draft
are as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
Three Per Cent Bill
To Senate Tomorrow
Local Option Feature and Other
Changes Have Been In
serted in Measure
Special Correspondence

SYRACUSE, March 8.-Onc Of the
legislators who drafted the so-called 3
per cent beer bill announced tonight
!. would be introduced in the Senate
Monday night, and after being na a."'d
mere would be sent to the Assembly
Two new provisions have been add-
cd. In addition to abolishinr the "a
ioon and making, other radical changes
n the present law, as published in Thc
Tribune, the bin will contain a local
option feature. 1t will 20 in as an
enforcement measure.
1.-THE measure VIII define 3 per cent
beer as a notwithstanding beverage !"
aid one Of the draftera Of the bill.
and as such, Of course, there is no
reason why every corner grocery store
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09

is to be abolished and the drug stores
made the only licensed sellers Of the
spirituous liquors. Every community
Will have the right to vote whether
drug store licenses are to be continued
and whether the sale of the beverage
is allowable. SO there will be only two
questions for voters in local option
elections to decide"