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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-04
SAYS WIFE LOCKED
HIM OUT OF HOME;
IS GIVEN DIVORCE
OTTAWA TOWNSHIP RESIDENT
GRANTED DIVORCE BECAUSE
WIFE BARRED HIM FROM EN-
TERlNG OWN HOME.

Thirty-three years after his marriage
to Margaret Cuseck, John Hay, well
known Ottawa township resident, re-
turned one night to his home only
to find the doors locked against him.
For three years, he says, he tried to
gain entrance to his own domicile,
without success. Wearylng from fire.
luent rebufs, Hay admits he has had
to give up in despair.
| Today his desperation found express
! sion in a divorce bill filed with Cir
cult Clerk John l.. Witzeman That
he hard good grounds for a legal sep
arati0n from Margaret, is evidenced
by an order entered at the instigatiou
Of Judge Eldredge in which it was
found he was entitled to his freedom
Accordingly a decree was entered for
mally seyering the unhappy ties which
bound him to the defendant
Married Dec l, 1883, and living to-
gether until September 4, 1916, John
and Margaret covered <hree decades
Of life without any hostiiuies disrupt
ing the cOngeniality of their connub-
ial partnership. Then u rift came in
the clouds. They drifted gradually
apart The fateful occasion when
John found himself barred and bolted
by lock and key from his home came.
In his testimony before the court,
the complainant said he often tried,
but without success each time, to re-
place himself at the head Of the fam
lily circle, there to regain his position
as chief advisor and counselor for
things Hay, Affairs Of state found
him rank outsider ana he was per
mitted no such chance.
All his oyertwes for an armistca
avaiIed him nothing. Despairingly ne
threw up the sponge Today the de
cretal order makes John a free man,
but Margaret Cuseck still bears his
name.
The complainant was represented in
the legal proceedings by b, w. Heth-
rington, a La Sale attorney The de-
tendant neither appeared not had a
legal representative in court. She
consented to the divorce, and John.
left without opposition, was free to
go as far as he liked in stating his
own case, The technical claim for an
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-04
LINE Up LOCAL
FORCES VS.. ''DRyS'
WILL TAKE PART mi
COURT FIGHT TO KEEP COUN-
TRY IN WET COLUMN-FU UND
BEING RAISED.

A concerted legal battle, in an Ell
lort to get a decision holding The ma
4onal prohibition law and the presi
lent proclamation making the coun-
ny dry July |, 1919, invalid, Is to
Je made by the saloon and liquor
men OF the country.
Ottawa men interested in the trade
are to assist.
The movement is to be launched
without delay and. according to d
statement To-Day. is to be carried to
uhe highest court in the land.
Similar fights are to be staged in
every section OF the country, so that
the legal rights OF al! who will be hit
10y the law as at present on the stat,
ate books, may be protected.
The local saloon men are to sub
scribe to fund to cover the eX-
pense of the litigation, according to
word OF saloonmen this morning. OF
.dcers of the local association are to
call a meeting and put the matter up
10 them 1t was the idea this morn
ing of local saloon men that nearly
all would assist 1t is thought that
the brewers. too, will help foot the
bill and that the whiskey men will
chip in" with a contribution.
Irrespective Of what the lower court
rule, the case will go to the Supreme
Court of the United States. ultimately
t is said.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-04
SEAMAN KEIBER.
FLU VICTIM, Is
HOME ON FURL0UGH

Henry J. Keiber arrived in ottawa
this morning from Hampton Roads
Va. to spend an eleven day furlough
with his parents Mr.. and Mrs. c. VI.
Keiber. 1910 Congress street
Seaman Keiber is just recovering
from a two months illness of pneumO
MIA and influenza. and at the time OF
the crisis in his illness, several teIe-
grams were sent from the base hos,
pital informing his parents that their
son was very near death. He has
now fully recovered and intends to
re-enlist in the Navy for a period OF
four years, when he returns from his
furlough.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-04
HAS A SLIGHT LIMP
AS MEMENTO Of HIS
CLASH WITH HUNS
LIEUT.. McEVOY HOME FROM
FRANCE, WHERE HE WAS
WOUNDED BY HIGH EXPLOSIVE
SHELL SENT OVER BY GER.
MANS.

Clad in olive drab, wearing an over
seas cap and walking with a slight
limp, the second Ottawan to be
wounded in action arrived home late
yesterday afternoon. He was Lieut.
J. $. McEyoy, who was kept busy all
last evening receiving the congratula
tions OF mis- friends at his home, 43J
First avenue,
Lieut. McEvoy was wounCed in the
St Mihicl drive in September. when
high explosive shell hit his horse
in the knee and a small fragment Of
the shell landed IN the Ottawan's
knee breaking two llgamcnts. After
receiving this wound Lieut.. McEvoy
worked for two weeks, until the
wound grew 50 bad he was pat out o.
the fight permanently.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-04
Beginning of Pittsburgh.

November - is the anniversary of
the raising of the English flag over the
ruins Of Fort Duquesne in 1854. The
place was then named Pittsburgh. in
honor Of Britaiu's famous prime minis
ter. 1t owes its great growth to its
proximity to coal aud iron fields OF
vast magnitude
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-04
FORMER OTTAWAN
DIES AT SHERMAN S. D.

Word was received in Ottawa to-
day announcing the death at Sher-
man, S. D.. of William Kuchenmeis-
ter, we'll known former Ott&Wan. Mr.
Kuchenmeister who lost his sight
aeyeraI years ago, made his home
with son, William Jr, since leaving
ottawa. He was aged about So years.
Burial viii he tomorrow in the South
Dakota city.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-04
SERGT. GUALMO MEETS
LOCAL GIRL IN PARIS

A card was received in ottawa this
morning by Joseph Gualano from his
son, Sgt. Fortunate Gualano, who is in
overseas service. telling of a trip to
Paris to visit relatives there.
While riding on a metropolitan
train in Paris, Sgt. Gualano. met Mrs.
Mrs. Lucille lrfon Ryan. a former OF
tawa girl who is a Red Cross Nurse
Aid in France.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-04

--c4iNA OA ~~0' Co5A N5NS
ing $4,000 men and off
GERS have been assigned
to return to the United
States on the first available trans
ports, General March, chief of staff,
announced today.
These troops are the first combat
soldiers of the American armies that
have been designated for return
home
Included in this total Of returning
combat troops is the Second Corps
headquarters of the American Expe-
ditionary Forces, commanded by Maj,
Gen. Geo, W Read.
This organization operated with the
British in Flanders The combat di-
visions assigned to early return are
the both, 37th and 91st.
General March stated that the total
number of men now designated for
discharge in the United States was
l0094CD. Those designated for early
convoy from France, not including
those who have already sailed is 292,-
600
Adding $4,000 Of the combat division
total of 1,379,000 is designated for
discharge. The number of men re-
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-04
Stomach Trouble,

Edna. four. was going next door to
her auntie. She was told by her moth
err not to eat anything while there as
her stomach was upset, When she
came in she said, "Auntie, mamma said
/ shouldn't eat anything because my
stomach has tipped over"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-04
he WAS A SHE
BUT IT FOOLED ALL
FRIENDS IN OTTAWA
GIRL MASOUERACES IN MALE AT.
TlRF WHILE EMPLOYED ON
FARM lIERE-DRAFT LAW THE
CAUSE OF HER DISCOVERY
NOW BACK IN PETTiES AND
FRlLLS.

Quite a few around the city vii. re-
member a lithesome, gay and reck-
/ less youth who last summer worked
in and about Ottawa. Jack Kreiger
was the name Wen, Jack, whsse last
/ employment was on a farm near Sc
reua, is not Il Jack at all, but a plain
/ pettieoated Anna. The draft laws in
the recent war caused Jack to be
turned into Annie. and heres the
story Of how it happened as printed
in this mornings Chicago Tribune:
Residents Of Dixon, H., will be
/ surprised to Know that thai hand
some young fellow who was quite
the rage thero a white back who
danced 80 nicely with the girls and
was the pet Of mothers is a girl
THE sedate citizens Of Serena. Ill.,,
/ will be shocked to know that che
/ young fellow Who got q job on farm
near by and whipped one by one.
about every boy in the vicinity - a
girl
Down in Ottawa it was muc,. the
same
Miss Anna Bahl's career as a boy
started about two years ago, when, at
II, she chopped of her long hair and
put on boys clothes,
Her first job was with the West.
ern Union in Chicagu, where she ran
messages. She TOOK the name Of Jack
Kreigner and learned TO shoot craps
play billiards, ball, dance with the
girls and otherwise qualify as a reg
ular guy She got along fine.
Seeks Varied Fields.
Finally, seeking new fields, she
drifteI to Ottawa, III She worked on
a farm for three weeks.
From there she Went to Serena,
where, She admits, she knocked the
serenity out of things. Some Of the
boys objected to the popularity of the
new Teller with the city ways
Though she weighs only III
pounds and is but five feet tall, she
knocked their objections into a cock
ed hat She had learned to scrap as
, an \. ID. I. messenger in Chicago.
Next she showed up-still as a boy
at the Darlington Hotel. 400 North
Racine avenue
Here Jack got job as bellhop
and watcher of the telephone switch
board. Everybody liked jack he
was 50 quick and kind. He was
still a regular fellow His tech.
nique with a cigaret was convincing.
He could. if occasion arose, urn 4
neat little swear word.
Maybe It Was the Draft
up around Wilson avenue he shot
/ a wicked cue ball or raked in the pot
with the best when he made pass,
! Well. these are technical times. Pos.
sibly it was the draft. Up at the Oar.
lington, which was his Waterloo,
they absolutely won't talk, they say.
Have a heart said the manager.
Anyway. very secretly, her case
passed through the hands of Judge
Mary Bartelme and the young lady,
Jack went out to Elgin voluntarily
She was placed under observation.
She rather hated it when they in
sisted on having her trousers ana her
cigarets.
"'Perfectly sane was the verdict
yesterday, the observation ended.
But you must so out OF here
dressed as a girl she was told. TC
This she replied:
" Honest, now. | just can't veal
EN-"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-04
In Many Gas Attacks.

When he was wounded Lieut. Nc
Evoy was in charge of his battery OF
the 18th Field Artillery For the last
three weeks he was in action Lieut.
McEyoy Went through continuous gas
attacks, but today declared the gas
never really injured him.
He makes light of his wounds and
declares they amount to nothing, anC
he will De out and perfectly well in &
very short time. He feels certain tha,
the slight imp which is noticeable il
his walk now Will be entirely gone il
a few weeks time.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-04
WAR CHIEFS NAME
fighting DIVISIONS
FOR EARLY RETURN

Washington, Jan. 4. - America fighting
men are coming home. Three combat divisions
of the American Expeditionary Forces, aggregat-
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-04

Subscribe -er the Free Trader journal
for results.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-04
Awaits Honorable Discharge.

Tomorrow he will 90 to Fort Sher
idaD, where he will enter the military
hospital to remain until he receive.
his honorable discharge
Lieut.. McEvoy entered the seryic,
Sept. "A, 1917, with the second mere
ment Of selects to leave Ottawa fol
Camp Dodge, Iowa He was squaC
chief of the 104 men who were en-
trained on that date He was first
placed in the 3l2th Engineers, anC
was transferred few weeks later tC
the detached service Of the war risl
bureau and sent from one camp t.
another to sell insurance to the sol
diers. Early in 1918 he entered the
third officers training camp at Camp
Dodge Iowa. anG upon graduatln.
from that school was given a second
lieutenant's commission.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-04
Sailed in April.

| OdlitO IN Npfll.
In April he sailed for France, where
he was stationed with the 10Th Field
| Artillery.
| Before entering the service Lieut.
| McEvoy was in the Insurance bust
ness with his father, the late Albert
! :. McEvoy, whose Offices were in tn,
/ Central Life building. Lieut.. McEyoy
vii resume this business as soon a
| he receives his discharge.
Lieut.. McEyoy landed in France in
| April and on Aug 20 went into ac
tive service in the St Mihiel drive
| He fought continuously until Sept. %
when he was sent to the base hos
pital in Bordeaux.
While in Bordeaux he saw Capt
r. c. Woodward, who was in charge
of a company of men in the debarka
ton camp; Lieut.. Edward Heating
who is stationed with the quartermas
ter's corps in Bordeaux, and Andy
Claus, young man from West OF
taWa, who is a member of the eng
neering corps. These were the only
Ottawans he met all the time he ives
in France.
On Dec. II Lieut.. McEvoy sailed
for home and landed in the UniteC
States on Christmas eve.
Deceived Relatives.
When he first entered the hospita
he wrote home to his relatives. say
ing he had been slightly gassed
This was done to keep them from
. worrying. Other letters were received
in Ottawa from boys in France, say
ing he had received a bad shrapne
wound in the shoulder as well as thu
knee. This was not correct, Lieut.
McEvoy stated today, and declared
his shoulder had never been injured
nor had he been hit by shrapnel.
Did Excellent Work.
The manner in which he dismisse
the subjec5 OF his injuries is typica
of the characteristics which have al
ways prevailed during Lieut.. Nc
Eyoy's entire life and letters received
in Ottawa from other Ianks tell o
his doing some very excellent worI
before he was put out by the HUI
shell.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-04

Unsettled, with rising
temperature, tonight and
Sunday; probably light
snow; above zero tenn
perature.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-04

OTTAWA JOURNAL
Established t8eo
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-04
One in Hospital.
Accident This Morning.

The car was bound from Spring
Valley to La Sale with people who 20
from that city to the latter to work
II was due to leave Spring Valley nj
S:45 o'clock, but was travelling a few
minutes late.
Smashed to splinters, the car is a
complete loss to the interurban.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-04

OTTAWA FREE TRADER
Established 1s4e
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-20
New York

NEW YORK, Dec. 20-Led by oils,
I;.otors. steels and equipments at ex-
nlegatns OF two to 1G points yester-
day ftcck market gave . demonstPa-
zion "a underlying strength.
Tie movement @: oils was featured
By Mcxit'H and Pan-American petro-
lstInis ? issues showing great &C.
tftity IN connection with the merger
plano while steel and affiliated shares
derived their support from highly ia
gcrable trade conditions.
Demand for finished steel and iron
ef all descriptions at mounting price
schedules Is said to be 80 large as to
make necessary an elimination of the
Usual year-end suspension of opera
.tlons at the mills.
Continued ease Of call money, which
ruled at SIX per cent through rising
~ 8 per cent IN the last hour, and the
further stability of foreign exchange,
especially the rate on London, were
among the factors which contributed
to the confidence manifested by spac-
Native interests,
Slltoplngs, toh" eco, and the usual
MISCELLANEOUS 81 \ allies participated
moderately in til DAVIS activity and
eoppers rallied from their early hGav-
iness with rails. the latter strengthen
ing toward the close On buying Of
Tacific aid trunk lines Sales amount
Cd to 1,1250n0 shares,
Trade reviews touched upon the rec
ord BANK clearings Of the country, due
largely TO unprecedented holiday bus
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-20
FINANCE, OIL AND Gas

...,ss and improvements in the labor
situation was reflected in the increas.
I'd production of various finished com
luodii;es.
The enc division of the financial
markets which offered little encour-
agemeni was the bond market. Lea1-
INK Issues were steady at best. while
Liberty bonds manifested further reaE
tionary tendencies with some giH7edg-
ed rails and industrials. Total sales
(par value) were $26,5O0,000.
Old U. S. Bonds we're unchanged on
cali.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-20
GOVERNOR CLING
TO FARMERS WEEK
He Will Make a Speech on
Friday Night-Cther
Features.

MORGANTOWN, W. Va, Dec. 20
Arrangements have been maua for the
West Virginia Agricultural Associa-
ton, which is composed OF the three
hundred tss"2rts Ia the W. V. U. Co.
lege OF Agriculture, to have full charge
OF The "Ga "a On Monday night, jan
uary <, VIII Gil VIII be the opening
eYe..t OF Farmers Week at the JIM
yers.ty. Le5idls the Program as pre-
y.Gu annC.lced The University
School, Of Muse will give short mu-
Steal programs en- tuesday and Wcu-
nesday evenings o. that week. On
Friday night, Governor John ]. Corn
we'll will speak aud concert will also
be given by the University cadet band
"Ihe Place of the Rur.I Women III
Rural Life is TIE subject on which
G. j. Galpin, economist CT the U. S.
D T2r,ment OF Agriculture, will SPEAK
G.: Wednesday, night AL tIis promises
10 be an CsreGiauy strong address as
lie IS Gec Sl:::+l as one of the great
o5t living experts on rural life. He
42.s had long and active school life
experience and is member o. the
;ommattee c. country churches Of the
Federl. III Council Of Chit 'chcs OF
Christ in America, and was secretary
81 the VISIONS Country Life Con
,ererce from 1911 to 1917. He has
.raYeiod extensively in the British
isles, Re7ma~i. Norway and Sweden.
he is the author OF Rural Life"
which is known as one of the most
-e!iab'e studies of country life yet
Fritten. lie is graduate of Colgate
University and holds IN Masters De-
gree froln Harvard University.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-20
Personals.

Ots F. Martin OF near Moncngah
WIS visitor here on Friday,
Mrs. l.. NJ Kuhn Of Monongah Wal
a,cn5ing to business here on Thursday
Mr.. and Mrs. P. II. Skinner Of Kill
arm were sharpirg in town on F:j-'
day
iss,rh ". Douglos made business
TIP II 7'c-[ee.0ort, Pa. on Tridav.
s J. Sturm was business visitor
IN Fairw0nt on Wednesday
Mr.. fn1 Mrs. cl1rence M. Tetri"k
Of H9rter Hill were shopping in iowa
on Friday
Nlv Martin of Arpab7il' wos trans
ael'ne tusirc-s tere on Friday,
Mrs. E'si, Hcs7 was shopping n
Fa'r'-nt IN Friday.
Srs. J,lia Revr0lds Of Hutchinson
> ~ Nv -frcss e"'ler ''ere OF Friday
Co'. g. w Prize vs. tu'ines3
visitor in Fairmont on Friday
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schrader-oouaIass.

Miss Bessie /. Schrader Of Dillon
5gale, Ohio and Ralph B.. Douglass of
iClarksburg, two we'll known and pop
Mar young people were united in mar
1919, at the parsonage OF the Meth
odist Protestant church at Dillonvale,
Rev. D. @. Wees officiating. They
we're both former residents of Worth
Jngton, but Mr.. Douglas has spent the
past year with her parents at Dillon
Fale. MI. Douglas was with the Amer
lean Hu2aditonary forces in France
beng a member Of the S0th Division.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-20

returning here in June last Since that
time lie has been engaged in rig build
ing in he Texas oil field. The newly
married couple hive net yet decided
where trey viii locate, whether ct
NJ "Iieesport, Pa. or in Texas The
best wishes of their manv friends go
With them wherever ttey my SO.
They returned here on Thursday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-20

lftiss Mary b gzIea Il Is sting
IL Mclnttfe store during the h9Ilisay
rush.
Howard n. Martin Of Monongah WIS
business caller here on Friday,
+. H. Stevens a prominent resident
Of Hartec H5ll section was transact!rs
business in town On Friday.
Mrs. PLUMB Beescn was doing some
Christmas Shopping III Fairmont or
Thursday.
Mrs. A. D. Ire'ard was shopper
in Fatrmcnt cn Thrr~ary
]. D. Warfield, store manag
Carolina mines was s.or in town
en- Friday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-20
Grain and Produce,

CHICAGO, Dec. 2O.-GosSip that
Canada and New England were re-
selling TO the west discouraged buyers
Of corn yesterday, and led TO late
decline in values. The close was un-
settles quarter to y cents net lower
with January $1.SS9s to $780, and
May S1.34% to S1.34Ts. Oats finish
ed u net lower to u advance. In
provisions the outcome varied from
~ cents decline to rise of cents.
Articles. Open. close.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-20
Degree Work

Loyal Sisters Rebekah Lodge No
1888 are preparing a large class of can
Sildates for initiation but the date has
not yet been selected, The Degrees
Staff of No. Ga Fairmont will confer
The degrees. 1t is hoped that all who
,contemplate becoming members get
ready for taking the degrees at this
ltine
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-20
BENNETT FUNERAL PLANS.

The funeral of William f. Bennett,
an aged resident of this city, whose
death occurred at his home in Emer-
son street on Friday evening, will take
place on Sunday afternoon at two
O'Clock from the residence and intar-
ment will be made in Woodlawn GEM
eteTy by Undertaken Eli Musgraye and
son.
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sPECTAL NOTICES
5r0CNHOT.ONRs, NlGTlNl

5T0CNHOTONRS' E-GNTlNG.
re annual meeting of the stock
holders Of The First National Bank
of Huntington will be held at its
banking rooms in illumination. w.
Va. on Tucsday.E@AQary IL, 1920.
between thel156rs of 4 and 8 o'cloc!;
n. H., fof>fhe purnJse Of electing
directors to serve hr the ensuing
year, and the TRANSACTION Of GRgrother
business that m1 legGnH come be-
fore said meet g
Signed Z. GAN1TJN. Pres.
GUY s. FURBEE, Cashier.
Dec. 13-2O-97; Jan. $40
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A Social surpcr.

: The members of Worthington Lodge
No. 179, I. o. o. F., and the Loyal
Sisters Rebe:zah Ledge No. 1873 are
for supper at Odd Fellows
Hail on Wednesday evening, Decem-
her 21st tn which all Odd Fellows, Re-
sbekahs and their families are invited.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-20
Worthington
Underwent Surgical Operation

UnocFNent surgical Operation,
Edgar Lane Bryan, young son of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl o. Bryan was taken to
st. Mays hospital at Clarksburg on
Friday morning where he underwent a
eurgicai operation for the removal Of
his tonsils. He stood the operation
worry well and was brought back to
his home here on Friday evening.
Miss Frye professional nurse is
caring for him.