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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23
LOCAL YANK MEETS
OTTAWA RED CROSS
WORKER IN FRANCE.
PRIVATE RICCO, HOME FROM
TRENCHES, PAS A PLEASANT
MEETING WITH MISS SUSANNA
SWIFT AT BORDEAUX.

Private Edward Ricco arrived in
Ottawa last evening at ) o'clock. hay
ing been honorably DISCHARGED from
the army. Private RiCco has fully re
covered from the effects Of a gassine
he received in a dugout ON the front
line trenches in the Argonna woods
Oct. II. The injuries from this gas
caused him to he a patient at various
military hospitals for more than ten
weeks.
Private Ricco left Ottawa May n
with an Increment of slects for Cam
Gordon, Georgia. July 16 he sailed
from New York and landed in France
the last Of the same month. Early in
August he went into the trenches in
the Chateau Trerry sector. Except
during the time he was moved from
Chateau Thierry to the St Mihiel
sector he was in action until Oct 12
Private Ricco was a member OF
Company NJ, 6lst Infantry, 5th Divi-
sion. He sailed home from Bor
deaux on Christmas day. going on
board the transport Seppiny at 3
O'Clock in the morning. As he neared
the ganeplank he saw Miss Susanne
Swift, an Ottawa Red Cross worker
standing with large basket Of
oranges which She was distributing to
the soldiers. Miss Swift recognized
him Immediately, and, handing him
several large oranges, told him she
was going to return some Of the frnit
he used to give her in Ottawa For
many years MIR. Rjcco was in the
Bianchi confectionery and sold Miss
Swift fruit.
The boat on which Ricco sailed
landed in Now York Jan. ), and he
was sent at once to Camp Mills. Last
week he was transferred to Camp
Sherman, where he received mis- dis
charge.
Private Ricco is married and re
sides at 1908 West Main street His
wife was formerly Miss Edith Or
singer
Previous to his injury last fall no
mail was received in Ottawa from
Private Ricco for several months and
his relatives mere thought he had
been killed After entering the hos
pital he cabled he was safe, and was
then able to write. While in the
trenches he had been unable to get
any mail through.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23
PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
FOR CONFERENCE
MEETING
LABOR HAS INNING
CONTROL OF PORTS AND WATER
WAYS TO BE DECIDED, SAYS
OFFICIAL CoMMuNloUE ISSUED
TODAY AT PARIS.

Paris, Jan. 23.z-Responsibility OF
the authors of the war and penalties
will be among the frst questions con
sidered when the plenary session of
the peace conference meets again Sat
urday, it was revealed by an official
communicate issued today.
The text follows:
At today's meeting the members
of the supreme councal considered
the agenda of Saturdays pienary
session of the conference contem-
plating the following questions:
rst-lnternational Labor Ques-
tions.
Second Responsibilities for the
war and penalties.
Third Preparation and damages.
Fourth--Tnternatio regimes of
ports and control of waterways and
railroads.
The meeting will also study the
matter Of procedure in settling ter
ritorial questions.
Marshal Foch and General Diaz
will attend a meeting of the Yer
sailles war council tomorrow.
NJ Sazonon, representing most of
the anti-Bolshevik government in Rus
sia would not participate in the con.
ference because the Bolshevik GOV
ernment would be represented He
termed the Bolsheyik as outlaws.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23
MYSTERIOUS FIRES
ATTACK DOWN TOWN
BUSINESS BUILDING
TWO BLAZES BREAK OUT IN
THREE-STORY BLOCK VOLUN-
TEERS SAVE OWNER AND OC-
CUPANTS FROM HEAVY LOSS,

Fire Of mysterious origin last night
at $50 O'Clock attacked the third floor
Of the Carew building, formerly the
Sherwood block, corner Of La Sale
and Jefferson street, for a shcrt time
endangering one of the loops prin-
clpal business properties. Volunteers
led by Frank Sweger, member o.
the Undine hose company, saved the
building from suffering serious loss
Half dozen families were menaced
while the Peoples Trust and Savings
Bank and Woolworth store, on the
first floor, were in a position to suffer
heavy losses.
Sweger and his aids were first on
the scene, arriving there several min
utes before the department With
chemicals Sweger led his impromptu
attack over the top and soon had the
flames well under control. He ar
rived none too soon. for in another
gained such headway the fircmen
could not have reached them, while
entrance to the front of the build
ing was practically inaccessible
When the department arrived. afte
getting the wrong hunch' and goine
to the Ottawa Banking and Trust
all that remained for Chief
Boissenin and his men to do was t.
add the finishing touches and declare
the fire officially out"
While the men were in the front
Of the upper floor fire broke out i'm an
old trunk standing in the middle Of
one of the room at the rear Without
warning the trunk burst into flame.
and was under a dangerous start when
discovered. What caused the fire toI
break out there, thirty or forty feet
from the seat Of the other blaze and
separated from it by three walls an
a hallway, is mystery to members
)f the tifht fighting organization.
The rooms formerly were occupied
by the Knights of Py.hias, but uow
are used by Miss Eustis as a gymna
5ium. Materials stored in a closet
are believed TO have been ignited by
spontaneous combustion The dam
age will not exceed S10o all told
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23
CARDINAL GIBBONS
PRAISES PATRIOTISM
OF ST. PATRICK'S BOYS

John Pearce. son of Mrs. Joseph
Pearce, is a seventh grade pupil in
st, Patrick's Schoo. He is a,so a
drummer in the school fife and drum
corps Recently he sent to Cardinal
Gibbons a church calendar which was
produced by the Free Trader-JournaI
Job department having a picture of
the drum corps. underneath which
was a patriotic quo.a'ion from one of
the cardinals address. YESTERDAY hr
received a letter from the cardinal
thanking the boy for his courtesy and
praising the spirit and purpose of the
young military organization.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23
PREDICTS INFLUX
OF GERMAN SOLDIERS

Washington, Jan. % - German
soldiers and officers intend to flock
to this country as soon as the bars
are let ioWn, representative Johnson
house immigration committee today
when he appeared in support of the
Burnett bill
His testimony he said was based OF
statements made to him when he was
abroad by German prisoners.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23
SAYS PACKING LAWS
BREAK CONSTITUTION

Washington. Jan. % - Levi Mayer
council for Armour & Co. and term
ed the highest priced lawer in the
world" told the House Committee on
luster State commerce today that the
proposed bill for regulating the pack
ers was unconstitutional and cited
Supreme Court decisions in support Of
his statement.
He referred to the decicion on the
child labor bill as one argument.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23
SWELL XMAS FEED,
WRITES YANK WITH
A. E. F. IN GERMANY

Emil Johnson, SIS Superior street,
received card from his brother
Charles r. Johnson, Co b, 602nd En-
gineers. written on Christmas Day
from Salmrehr, Germany. Private
Johnson stated that the army of oc-
cupation was given a swell Christ
mas feed" and there was a slight
snow on Christmas Day In the after
noon the Yanks engaged in a snow
battle.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23
WELFARE STATION
OPEN TOMORROW

The Child Welfare Station in the
College building will be open tomor-
row afternoon from $3.50 until 4:3o
O'Clock. All mothers in the city are
urged to take their children there for
free medical examination, and mstruc-
tion in the care of their children.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23
WEALTHY SOCIALIST is
FINED FOR FLYING
RED FLAG IN CHICAGO

Chicago, Jan. william b. LLOYD,
millionaire and former 'Socialis. can
didate for United States senator, was
fined $25 and cost when arrataned he
fore Judge Graham today on a disor.
derly conduct charge.
Lloyd recently drove through Chi
cago streets with red flag nyinc
from his automCb e
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23

Atlantic after almost
eight months overseas,
caused every heart in Of
tawa to beat little faster and harder
this morning, and Immediately wires
became hot with Inquiries from home
folk flashed back to New York for
further particulars Of the regiments
| landing
! Only the bare announcement that
the regiment, formerly the old Third,
was in port came to Ottawa and that
! thru news agencies No means of
! getting in communication with mem
bers of the organization was available
and the Free Trader-Journal special
New York representative was unable
to get any word thru verifying or de-
nying the report that Company C had
landed.
II almost is assured however that
Company G has arrived at this port.
1t IS a part Of the 129th, and fought
with its original outfit during all the
strenuous battles of the past six
months. When last heard from by
letter, the boys were in Luxembourg,
not far from the Geman border.
None expected to start for home be-
fore early spring, hut as the army has
strange ways of doing things, there is
a possibility they were among the
first national guardsmen sent back to
America.
AT a late hour this afternoon the
Gree Trader Journal mad its repre-
sentatives working in an effort to
verify the story.
The following is the news dispatch
announcing the Thirds arrival home.
Telegraph Report
New York, Jan % Stories relat-
ing to the bravery and effectiveness
Of three military outfits in which Chi
cago and Illinois have a particular in
terest were related today by officers
VINO arrived here on board the trans
port Manchuria, bringing back 1857
troops from France,
The regiments are the One Hun
dred and Forty-ninth Fled Artillery,
the Sixth Marines. and the one Hun
dred and Twenty ninth Infantry.
Not only the one Hundred and For
tyninth Field Artillery but also the
Sixth Marines are largely recruited
from the Chicago district, while the
One Hundred and Twenty-ninth in
fantry is the old Third Illinois nation
al guard.
That the old Third Illinois national
guard like the others of the Thirty
third Division. was badly shot TO
pieces. was the assertion of Lieut..
Paul e, Boomer of 1914 North ave.
Rockford ILL.,, who returned wearing
the CroiX de Guerre with two cita-
tions, and able to speak only in
result of gas.
THE old Third was hard hit on the
Somme in July At Villors Bretten-
aux | believe there we're only two
men left in one company. Before |
left France ] heard here were only
four men left in my old company,
K From the Somme the Third went
TO Albert, and from Albert to the
Neuse and in the Argonne."
Lieut.. Broomer won his first cita-
ton by going out into No Mans land
under fire and bringing in a wound
cd French lieutenant The second
was for maintaining machine gun
Narrage over French infantry troops
under heavy fire. At the time he
was with the Twelfth Machine Gun
He was twice gassed and
twice wounded, once in the hips ana
once in the abdomen.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23
ANTI-B0lSHEWK
MOVEMENT GROWS

Copenhagen, Jan. 23 The anti
'Bolsshevik movement in Russia is
growing according to information re-
ceived from Petrograd and Moscow
today.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23
Thinking First.

If thou thinkest twice before thou
speakest once, thou wilt speak twice
the better for it.-Wiliam Penn.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23

long before we are back and you
folks will not be any glader to see US
than we will be to see you.
Hoping you had a very pleasant
Christmas and A Happy New Year
AS always.
MiCkie
P. 5. - Today was d wonderful
day here in the valley. but take a ten
minute hike and you would be up in
the mountains here, furs would feel
fine. and plenty of snow to have a
snow ball fight with,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23
WEATHER

Partly cloudy tonight
and Friday. Slightly
warmer Friday.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23

OTTAWA JOURNAL
Established 1899
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23
COMPANY C May
BE AMONG ILLINOIS
TROOPS NOW IN U. s,
Word flashed from New York with the unex-
pectedness of thunderbolt from a clear sky, that
the 18th Infantry had arrived on this side of the

Atlantic after almost
eight months overseas,
caused every heart in OF
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23

OTTAWA FREE TRADER
Established fS4s
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-06

being allowed to go to France with an Army Division was, it may be stated on the authority of an Ameri can citizen who was in Berlin at that time, shared by Emperor Will helm of Germany To this American the Emperor is declared to have stat ed the funniest thing that he could conjure in his imagination was the sight of Theodore Roosevelt wearing a gas mask.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-06
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

others in an athletic way, as it is not recorded that he made" the baseball and football teams, but his puny body had undergone a meta morphosis and before graduation he became one of the champion boxers of the college. This remarkable physical development was emphasized by something which took place short ly after he left Harvard in 1880 He went to Europe, climbed the Matterhorn, and as a result was elect ed a member of the Alpine Club of London-an organization of men who had performed notable feats of ad- venture.
 A few months after graduation, Roosevelt married Miss Alice Lee of Boston She died in 1884, leaving one child, Alice, now the wife of Representative Nicholas Longworth of Ohio In 1886 Roosevelt married Miss Edith Kermit Carow, of New York, and to them five children were born-Edith, now the wife of Dr. Richard Derby, and four sons, Theodore Jr, Kermit, Archibald and Quentin
 His Public Career The public career of the man wno was to become President began not long after he left college. His pro fession was law but the activities that were to come left him no time in which to practice it. In 1882, | 1883 and 1884 he was elected to the New York State Assembly where his efforts on behalf of good government attention. When the Republican Ma tional Convention of 1884 was held l in Chicago, he was chairman of the New York State delegation.
 After this experience he dropped out of politics for two years. Going West he purchased ranches along ! the Little Missouri river in North Dakota, and divided his time between outdoor sports, particularly hunting and literary work. Here he laid the l foundation for his series of books t"The Winning of the West" which was published from 1889 to 1903, ant of other volumes of kindred charac : ter
 Returning to New York he became the Republican candidate for Mayor [ in 1886. He was defeated. Presi dent Harrison in 1889 appointed hin a member of the United States Civ il Service Commission and Presiden . Cleveland continued him. in this of flee. which he resigned in 1895 t' become New York JGity's police com missioner.
 "A thing that attracted me to thi office. Roosevelt said at the tim' he accepted the appointment, .'wa
 that it was to be done in the hurly burly, for don't like cloister life
 Honesty was the watchword of hi
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-06
WAS YOUNGEST PRESIDENT

Colonel Roosevelt's career has left such vivid impression upon the people of his time it is necessary to touch but briefly upon some of the more striking phases of his varied interesting and strenuous" life to recall to the public mind full details of his many exploits and experience es.
 Called to the White House in 1901 after President McKinlay had been assassinated, Col Roosevelt, 42 .aars of age, became the youngest Presi dent the United States has ever had Three years later he was elected President by the biggest popular plurality a President has ever re ceived
 Thus Roosevelt, sometimes called a man of destiny, served seven and a half years as the Nations chief mag istrate. In subsequent decade the fortunes of politics did not favor him, for, again a candidate for Presi dent-this time leading the Progress sive party which he himself had or ganiZed when he differed radically with some of the policies of the Re publican party in 1912-he went down to defeat, together with the Republ can candidate, William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson, Democrat, was elected
 RnnCnvnlf'y at,n tnc as with his friends that his life, his character and his writings represent ed high type of Americanism.
 Of Dutch Ancestry
 Of Dutch ancestry, born in New York City on October 27, 1858, in { house in East Twentieth Street, tbj baby Theodore was a weakling. H, was one of the four children whC came to Theodore and Martha Bul loch Roosevelt. The mother was O Southern stock and the father o Northern, a situation which durinl the early years of Theodore Junior, boyhood was not allowed to interfere with the family life of these childrei during the Civil War days.
 So frail that he was not privi legged to associate with the other boy in his neighborhoad, Roosevelt wa uttered privately, in New York ant during his travels on which his par ents took the children abroad { porch gymnasium at his home proyid ed him with physical exercise witt which he combatteds troublesom asthma. His father. a glass import CT and man of means, was hi constant companion; he kept diary he read as much history and fiction al books of adventure that he wa known as a bookworm; he took bo, ing lessons; he was an amateu naturalist; and at the age of F h entered Harvard University. Thert he was not as prominent as som
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-06
DEATH WILL AFFECT 1920 CAMPAIGN.

discussing the ehect Of
 b o Roosevelt 1920 All agree to ue statemnt candidate for Pe- drt bas going regarded bmb AS the prospective Republican nominee
 His death radical change in the campaign plans o part
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-06
DEATH OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT
 CAUSED A VERY DISTINCT SHOCK
(Continued from Page One)

BALTIMoRE Jan. William Jennings declared tha impression the bought his generation
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-06

the consent of the War Department
 to establish an Army Division Whlch
 he was anxious to take to France.
 This Division was to have included
 many of the Rough Riders who were
 his associates in the campaign Tn
 Cuba, and younger men Of the same
 strenuous habits. The necessary per
 mission for the formation of such a
 force was not forthcoming even
 though Roosevelt expressed willing ness to accompany it as subordln- ate afficer.
 One of Roosevelt's participations in public affairs took him to Wash ington in January, 1918, when he conferred with United States Senator George F. Chamberlain of Oregon and other members of Congress who were critical of the Administration
 methods of prosecuting the war Roosevelt on this occasion announced his support of the proposal that a | War Cabinet be organized to take over the conduct of the war.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-06
LIBRARY AGAIN OPEN

The Juneau Public Library re- opened again today.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-06
Denied the Privilege

Denied the privilege of fighting for his flag, Theodore Reoseveit's interest was centered on his family's participation in the war. His four sons and his son-in-law,, Dr. Darby, carried out a prediction made by the former President before the United States took up arms--that if war came they would enter the service, Theodore, Jr. became a Major and Archibald a Captain, both in France; squadron, later transferring to the American Aviation Corps, and was killed last Fall in an encounter with Hun fighting machines over the bat | tie lines in France. Kermit, failing to pass a physical examination which would admit him to the United States Army. received a commission in the British Army and was soon in Meso. potamia.
 Roosevelt took keen pride in the service button he wore with its five stars. Talking with newspaper men | some months after his boys had gone abroad, he told them privately | hat Theodore had written him that he had been in action and that bull let had struck his trench helmet and glanced off; Theodore wrote him his father said, that he regret ted he had not been wounded just for the experience. At the time of this conversation. public announce ment had just been made that Ar chic" had been jumped in rank from Second Lieutenant to Captain. Roose- welt confided with glee to his listen
 CTS that "Archie" had led a raiding party out into No Mans Land at night, and that the promotion had been won by gallantry under fire during this raid. The Colonel dis closed further that Kermit, fighting with the Anglo-1ndian forces had al so been under fire, as the leader oi "a troop of Whirling Dervishes." In dian cavalry.
 Rooseyelt's disappointment at not
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-06

One of the most dramatic incidents in Rooseyelts life occurred during
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-26
PULLMANS IN THE AIR

New York Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch.
 The aeronautical exposition which is
 to be held the first two weeks in March
 will give New York an opportunity to
 see the early types of Pullman planes" and will also illustrate what European
 nations have done to make travelir g
 by air more comfortable than by any
 other means. The airplane in all it's
 stages will be shown. As in the case
 of the automobile, the first endeavor
 with the Aairplane was to insure pro-
 lection by windshield. The motor car
 has developed into the luxurious limou- sine, but the airplane of tomorrow
 advanced types of which will be ex- hibited at the show-will be more of a Pullman character. The first steps in this direction have been to make the passenger compartments of the fuse- lage air tight, save for ventilation pur- poses. and the noisy explosions of the engines are untitled for the cabin pas sengers. Electric lighting systems run through the ships" Comfortable chairs, in place of pilots little stool. allow the passenger to rest, for the smooth progress of the airplane is far different from the swaying. jerking movement of the express train.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-26
MYSTERIOUS PASSENGER.

M l EItlOOo How do you like running an ele- vator?"
 Tt aint bad job,' said the young woman in khaki 'But there's one man in this building who has me guessing. He's been riding on my ear for year and he's never opened his mouth"
 "But he calls the number of his floor doesn't he?"
 "No. He's got an office on the top floor. He just rides up and gets off"
 MISDIRECTED SMILES.
 Cant anything be done to prevent the fair defendant from smiling at the judge?'
 'T'm afraid not She's either born coquette or she isn't familiar with court procedure" H- .1s
 'Yes?" ,.....,~
 "Ill acknowledge that the judge is a better looking man than any member of the jury, but her fate lies in the hands of the jury