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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-14
Armed Body Guard.

Brest March l3.-t Night.) )-fVia
Paris. March 14D President Wilson
4et foot ON French soil on his second
rip to the peace conference at 9:45
o'clock tonight and shortly after II
o'clock was speeding to Paris upon a
special train
The President had already cleaned
lp all of his work and is all in readi-
Tess for resuming his peace tasks.
When the liner George Washington
asst anchor the presidential party was
aiken Oh board the naval side wheeler
fudno and transferred to the dock
Mr.. Wilson was the first up the gang
)lank while the band played The
Star Spangled Banner" All hands
aluted and the President 3offed his
lat in acknowledgment
The special train bearing the Pres-
lent and Mrs Wilson and the rest
}f the party is due to arrive in Paris
.4t II a. m. tomorrow
4 number of American military p0-
icemen and French sailors bearing
ifes with fixed bayonets served as
suard Of honor to the President
The pier was brilliantly lighted and
vas suikingly decorated with Amer
can flags and the flags of the allied
nations
Name German ENJOYS
London, March II A dispatch
from Copenhagen today said that the
~erman cabinet at Weimar had ap-
proved the appointment of the fol-
owing German peace ENJOYS
Or. Rantzau the foreign miaisetr,
yr. Edward David, former president
Of the national assembly, DR.. Adolph
Mueller Professor Schucking and
Ierr Gejsberg
Four Peace Conventions.
Paris, March II That the Ger
mans may seek to eyade the obliga-
ion Of the peace treaty after it is
ieued, was the opinion expressed to
lay by Andre Tardieu, one of the
French peace ENJOYS.
There will be four individual peace
conventions for the powers making
Up the former German alliance and
NOT one geug'a' treaty as originally
believed, it was revealed ly NJ. Tar
lieu for the FIRST time
he does mon believe that the prelim-
uarg treaty. fIt Germany viii he
ready for signature by March 20. but
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-14
SOLONS ASKED TO
REVISE RULES TO
CONFORM WITH LAW
CONSTABLE AND JUSTICE OF THE
PEACE FEES BRING MOTION
THAT CHANGES BE MADE IN
METHOD or PAYING BILLS.

Revision Of the rules governing the
beard Of supervisors, particularly as
they conflict with the statutes govern
ing payment OF fees to consta bes and
justices of the peace, was discussed
at some length this morning during
the session OF the solons.
The proposition was brought up
when bill submitted by La Sale
constable was sliced in two when the
statement was for travelling expenses
to and from Ottawa with prisoners
In the discussion that followed il de-
yeloped that the law fixed the fees
and the supervisors had usurped the
authority OF reducing them whenever
and wherever they pleased under the
present rules.
Supervisors Hall OF Streator and
Charley of La Sale espoused the
changes and there was no negative
deba.e against their proposal of call
ing the rules committee together and
revising the rules to conform with the
laws governing such matteds
Painting Bills Presented.
l.. j. Rigden OF La Sale presented
two bills to the board, one for paint
ing the Shippingsport bridge and the
other for painting the Peru bridge.
Mr.. Rigden ciaims his contract on the
Shippingsp0rt bridge was for $3.50
and S239 on the Utica bridge. Bo
claims We're referred to committee,
f. f. Johnson treasurer of the
Mineral Grinding Company of Utica,
petitioned the board to reduce tne
taxes ON his company's plant, which
he says. are - per cent too high"
Petitions for relief under the blind
act We're fled by Roda A. Lyle, aged
- years and Joseph f. Miller. aged
81.
The committee recommended the
county pay SIS into the welfare fund
for purchase Of braces for infantile
paralysis victims The money will be
spent under the direction Of DR.. A,
J. Roberts, county physician
The board approved Probate Clerk
Flicks petition that the extra" help
now a part of the working force be
made permanent The committee
recommended that the two clerks be
employed regularly, as the work Of
the office warranted and required
more helpers.
Bills aggregating $912,95 were or,
dered paid state charitable institu-
tiOnS.
Claims aggregating $3,339.76 were
ordered paid at the recommendation
Of the court house and Jail commit
tee.
Miscellaneous claims amounting to
$955.GS were presented and ordered
paid.
Pauper Claims $tt,148.t0.
The county Golfers We're hit a hard
wallop during the past three months.
when q great mass OF pauper claims
We're sent in for payment They
reached the grand total OF $l1,14S10.
The claims show La Sale leading
streator next and Ottawa third. They
are as follows:
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-14

terway are to be $50 feet bottom
width, which will mean top width
of from 200 to 300 feet The minimum
depth of earth sections will be eight
feet, the same as the 1915 bill. To
avoid future objections the minimum
depth through rock sections is fixed
at ten feet and over initre sills of
locks at fourteen feet These dimen-
sions are in acccrd with the genera
pan of navigation improvement tor
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-14
Barcelona Under Martial Law.

Washington. March 14-Martial
law was proclaimed at Barcelona
Spain, on March l3, because of labor
troubles. according TO adyices to the
state department today.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-14
Uncle Eben,

"Some men is so tremendous po-
lite, no matter whut happens" said
Uncle Eben. "dat dey kinder gives you
de notion dat mebbe dey's jes' a lit.
tie hit deceitful."
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-14
s., 7,68S.l3I.2G


I0tal ...... ........S ,66A, 3I.21
This would make a total OF $64a.Gs
deposited for each man, woman and
child in the cily4
The extremely prosperous year
among the farmers is said to be re.
ponsibie for the large increase in de-
posits The Workin4men have also
been drawing large wages during the
war and banking part of their earn
ngs tach week This, tog her with
he spirit Of general thrift which fol-
lowed the sale OF the w :. s. and
Liberty Loan bonds, has caused the
Golfers OF each bank to bulge with
cash.
The general impression since the
Liberty Loan campaign We're first in
augurated vas that the deposits OF
the banks would gradually decrease
and that there was local shortage
Of money as a result of the liberal
manner in which the Ottawans have
been contributing to these bond saels
In reality people who We're never
known TO save before have been say
ing since the bond su.es. and the
banks have passed through their most
prosperous year
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-14
Nine Prison Camp

Washington. March III
in German prison III
American soldiers
this afternoon.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-14
HIGH COST OF DYING
is SHOWN SOLONS
BY CO. MORT|C|ANS
COUNTY ASSOCIATION IN PLEA
FOR INCREASED RATES FOR
PAUPER EURlALS SHOWS EX-
PENSE or 1919 BURiALS.

The high cost of dying was brought
to light this morning at the meeting
OF the board Of supervisors when the
La Sale County Undertakers' Asso-
citation presented a petition asking
that the cost of the burial OF paupers
be raised from $40 to $50 The cheap
est burial that can be made in La
sale County at the present time
without any profit whatever to under
takers or any pay for embalming q
body or without any charge for a
conveyance to a cemetery is now SAC
The sDnkesmen for the undertakers
were E. f. Gladfelter of this city and
Louis Pfeffor of Seneca, Both men
We're OF the opinion that it was uniah
for the undertakers to have 10 gn
down into their own pockets to bury
the poor of the county or for them Il
have to ask aid from certain indi
viduas before the poor people Of the
county could be buried
Mr. Pfetfer gave price list Of che
lowest wholesale prices fer the ar
ticles needed for burying a person
without any profit or charge for sery-
ices on the part of the undertaken
His figures were based on the price
lists Of three wholesale firms in Chi
cago and We're:
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-14
WILL SOON DECIDE
UNDER CROSS FIRE FROM THREE
ANGLES, SUCCESSFUL CANDI.
DATE WILL MAKE KNOWN,
PROBABLY SATURDAY, HIS
FINAL DECISION ON WITH.
DRAWAL.


The mayoralty race assumed the
off again, on again, gone again
phase today with the announcement
from Attorney Robert Carr, nomt
mated candidate, who Yesterday wa
deeply considering Withdrawing thai
he is almost determined 20 stand pat
and run it out down to the wire, eiec
tion day.
Mr. Carr made this statement = a
representative of the Free Trader
Journal after he had been intefro
gated upon his plans for the tueure
Certain developments have aris
en-" said Mr.. Carr, which make ne
feel today as though will stand pat.
but as Yet ! am not prepared TO give
any definite statement upon The mat
ter AS soon as | reach conclusion
as to what course | intend purauul
| will make my decision known to the
public
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-14
w WEATHER.

Rain tonight and Satur-
day; rising temperature
Saturday.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-14
Edgcomb is NoncommittaI.

John Edgc0mb. who lost the nomi
nation to Mr., Carr by three votes l.
noncommittal on all points concern.
ing his acceptance or rejection Of the
nomination in case Mr. Carr decides
to pull out of the contest. leaving the
plum subject to his bidding His at
titude is pronounced by friends as the
only sportsmanlike course to pursue
in view of present circumstances. He
could not be acused of inAuencine
Mr. Carr's decision in any way by fol
lowing out his adopted course on this
momentous municipal question.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-14
HAVE YOU S64O.60?
BANK REPORTS SHOW
HIGH DEPOSIT MARK


In spite Of the LtSerty Loan bonds
and the numerous war relief funds
Ottawans have been called upon to
contribute 70 during the past year. the
deposits in the local banks were
larger yesterday than at any time
during the history Of the city There
was IA total of $TGsS, 1920 deposited
in The four city banks, divided as fol
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-14
Pauper Claims $f1,148.10.

The county Golfers We're hit a hard
wallop during the past three months,
when great mass of pauper claims
We're sent in for payment They
reached the grand total Of $l114S10.
The claims SHOW La Sale leading
sreator next and Ottawa third. They
are as follows
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-14
Under Cross Fire.

Mr. Carr, political leaders aver, is
under cross fire from three different
angles. His home and family pulling
the strongest, draw him one way. and
as claimed by Mr. Carr himself. there
is Justification for that influence over
him.
Then his cohorts and henchmcn
men responsible in the frs, place fol
his entering the primary as candi
date-dO not want him to draw down
his name, and are bringing what pres
sure they can bear to make hin
stay in to the finish.
Thirdly and the one reason thai
has given him almost resolute de-
termination 10 finish in the finals. Is
the report from political enemies he
is being forced to back down q
avoid defeat April Is. These stories
which are accredited to rival camps
though stOutly denied on all sides, are
responsible for Mr. Carr's looking at
his proposed withdrawal from a dif
ferent ligth. Within the course oi
the next tWenty-four hours he will de
termine just how far these report
have Influenced him
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-14

OTTAWA JOURNAL
Established 1880
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

same appearance also be produced in
another way. The moon does rotate. not
on its own, but about an axis passing
through the centre Of the earth, the true
and only one.
The unfalllng test of the spinning of
a mass is, however, the existence of energy
of motion. The moon is not possessed of
such Wis viva. If it were the case then a
revolving body as NJ would contain me-
chancal energy other than that of which
we have experimental evidence. Irrespect-
i've of this so exact a coincidence between
the aXial and orbital periods is, in itself,
immensely improbable, for this is not the
permanent condition toward which the sys-
tenn is tending. Any axa rotation of a
mass left to itself, retarded by forces ex-
ternal or internal, must cease. Even ad
hitting its perfect control by tides the
coincidence would still be miraculous But
when we remember that most of the satel-
ltes exhibit this regularity, the probabil-
ity becomes infnitesimal.
"Three theories have been advanced for
the origin of the moon. According to the
oldest, suggested by the great German phi
losopher Kant and developed by Laplace In
his monumental treatise 'M6canique Celeste.'
the planets have been thrown off from
larger central masses by centrifugal force.
Nearly forty years ago Prof. George H.
Darwin in a masterful essay on tidal fric-
tion furnished mathematical proofs. deemed
unrefutabe, that the moon had separated
from the earth. Recently this established
theory has been attacked by Prof T. ]. J.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

traverses the earth. The former propagate
with the speed of light and their energy is
unrecoverable in the circuit. The latter
proceeds with the speed varying as the
cosecant of the angie which radius drawn
from any point under consideration forms
with the axis Of symmetry of the waves.
At the origin the speed is infinite but grad
ualy diminishes until a quadrant is
traversed when the velocity is that of light.
From there on it again increases, becoming
infinite at the antipole. theoretically the
energy of this current is recoverable in its
entirety, in properly attuned receivers
Some experts, whom have credited with
better knowledge, have for years contended
that my proposals to transmit power with
out wires are sheer nonsense, but l note
that they are growing more cautious every
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

magnifying the force of the impressed i'm
pulses. The receiving devices are SINH
larly conditioned and in this manner the
amount of energy collected in them vastly
increased.
The Hertz wave system is in many re-
spects the very opposite of this. To ex-
plain it by analogy, the piston Of the pump
is assumed to vibrate to and fro at a terrific
rate and the orifice through which the fluid
passes in and out of the cylinder is re-
duced to a small hole. There is scarcely
any movement of the fluid and almost the
whole work performed results in the pro-
duction of radiant heat, of which an in
tinltesmal part is recovered in remote
locality However incredible, it is true that
the minds of some of the abest experts
have been from the beginning, and still
are, obsessed by this monstrous idea, and so
it comes that the true wireless art to
which l laid the foundation in 1898, has
been retarded in it's development for twenty
years. This is the reason why the States
have proved unconquerablc, why the wire
less shares of little value and why the
government has been compelled to inter
fere.
1--WE are living planet of wel-nigh
inconceivable dimensions, surrounded by a
layer of insulating air above which is
rarehed and conducting atmosphere Gig
81. This is providential, for if all the air
conducting the transmission of cec4
trical energy through the natural media
would be impossible. Ny early expert
ments have shown that currents of high
frequency and great tension readily pass
through atmosphere but moderately
rareied, so that the insulating stratum is
reduced to a small thickness as will be evil
dent by inspection of Fig. 6, in which a
part of the earth and it's gaseous envelope
is shown to scale. If the radius OF the sphere
is 12l2", then the non-conduc. layer
is only 1864" thick, and it Will be obvious
that the Hertzan rays cannot traverse so
thin a crack between two conducting sur
faces for any considerable Distance with
out being absorbed.
"The theory has been seriously ad-
vanced that these radiators pass around
the globe, by successive reflections, but to
show the absurdity of this suggestion ref
arence is made to Fig. in which this
process is dagrammaticaly indicAted AS
sumng that there is no refraction, the
rays, shown on the right, would travel
along the sides of polygon drawn around
he solid, and inscribed into the conducting
gaseous boundary III which case the
cngth OF the side would be about 400
miles. AS one-half the circumference
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

part of that year, at the Chicago Worlds
Fair, I had the good fortune of meeting
Prof. Helmholtz, to whom l explained my
plan, illustrating it with experiments. On
that occasion asked the celebrated physi-
cist for an expression of opinion on the
feasibility of the scheme. He stated un-
hesitatingIy that it practicable, pro-
vided ! could perfect apparatus capable
of putting it into effect, but this, he antici-
pated would be extremely difficult to ac-
complish.
IL resumed the work very much encour-
aged and from that date to 1896 advanced
slowly but steadily, making number of
improvements, the chief OF which was my
system of concatcnated tuned circuits and
method of regulation, now universally
"Imagnc the earth to be bag Of rubber
filled with water q small quantity Of
which is periodically forced in and out o.
the same by means Of n recprocatinr
pump. :. IT the strokes Of the
latter are effected in intervals of more than
one hour and forty eight minutes, suficen'
for the transmi ssion of the impulse through
the whole mass, the entire bag will expand
and contract and corresponding movements
VIII be impaired to pressure gauges or
movable pistons with the same intensity,
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
The Illusion of The
Axial Rotation of
the Moon

mon to hoth bodies would have to turn
simultaneously in opposite directions. This
can be experimentally illustrated in the
manner suggested by using, instead of one,
two overlapping rotatabe washers, as NAV
be conveniently represented by circles M
and M, and carrying them around CEN
ire as L, so that the plain and dotted ar
rows are always pointing toward the same
"entre. no further argument is needed to
demonstrate that the two gyrations can
not coeXst even be pictured in the
imagination and reconciled in purely ab-
stract sense
"lhe truth is the sQ-called 'axial rota-
tom OF the moon is q phenomenon de-
ceptlVe alike to the eye and mind and de-
void Of physical meaning 1t has nothing
IN common with real mass revolution char
acterized by effects positive and unmistak-
able. Volumes have been written on the
subject and many erroneous arguments ad-
vanced III support Of the notion. Thus, it
IS reasoned that if the planet did not turn
on Its axis it would expose the whole sur
face to terrestrial view; as only one-half
is visible, it must revove. The first state
ment is true, but the logic of the second is
defective, for it admits of only one alterna-
tive The conclusion is not justified, as the
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

See in remarkable work on the 'Evolu-
ton OF the Stellar Systems in which he
propounds the view that centrifugal force
was altogether inadequate to bring about
the separation and that all planets, nclud-
ing the moon, have come from the depths
OF space and have been captured Still
third hypothesis of unknown origin exists
which has been examined and commented
upon by Prof. w H. Pickering in 'Popu ar
Astronomy Of 1902 and according Co which
the moon was torn from the earth when
the latter was partially soldifed, this ac-
counting fer The continents, which might
not have been formed otherwise
"Undoubtedly planets and satellites have
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

modified. Thus in Figure the positive
charge of the cloud induces in the earth
an equivalent opposite charge, the density
at the surface of the latter diminishing
with tie cube of the distance from the
static centre of the cloud A brush dis
charge is then formed at the point of the
rod and the action Franklin anticipated
takes place In addition, the surrounding
air is ionized anu rendered conducting and,
eventually, a bolt may hit the building or
some other object in the vicinity. The vir-
tue of the pointed end to dissipate the
charge, which was uppermost in Franklin's
mind, is, however, infnitesimal Careful
measurements show that it would take many
years before the electricity stored in
single cloud of moderate size would be
drawn off or neutralzed through such
lightning conductor The grounded rod has
the quality of rendering harmless most of
the strokes it receives, though occasiona ly
the charge is diverted with damaging re-
suits. But, what is very important to note,
1t invites danger and hazard on account
Of the fallacy involved in its design. The
sharp point which was thought advantage
Gus and Indispensable to its operation is
really defect detractng considerably from
the practical value Of the device. have
produced a much improved form of light
ming protector characterized by the en-
ployment of a terminal of considerable
area and large radius of curvature which
makes impossible undue density of the
charge and ionization of the air These
protectors act quasi-repellents and so
far have never been struck though ex-
posed long time. Their safety is expert
mentally demonstrated to greatly exceed
that invented by Franklin. BY their use
property worth millions of dollars which
is now annually lost can be saved"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

of way in the air? How far will the
jurisdiction of country apply to lines
internationally used?
But there are other no less connpii-
Gated problems. What qualifications
will be demanded from commercial
pilots? Will a pilots certificate issued
in one country, be accepted as valid in
another? This question involves the
safety not only of aerial shipping itself,
but also that of the population above
whose heads the shipping passes.
Will there be a Standardization Of
machines? This is an important ques-
ton, as i. pertains to the safety of traffic
and to the facilities of relaying and re-
pairs.
What about aerial customs regula-
tions and policing?
1t is comparatively little known that
as early as 1910 an international con-
ference was held in Paris to consider
some of the above outlined questions.
Difficulties of military character. how
ever, prevented reaching an agreement.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

lay. The latest objection to my system ia
found in the cheapness of gasolene. These
men labor under the impression that the
energy flows in all directions and that
therefore, only minute amount can he re-.
covered in any individual receiver Bpt
TINS is far from being so. The power is
conveyed IN only one direction, from the
transmitter to the receiver, and none of it
Is lost elsewhere. 1t is perfectly practicable
to recover at any point of the globe energy
enough for driving an airplane or a pleas
ure boat or for lighting a dwelling. l am
especially sanguine in regard to the lighting
of isolated. places and believe that mora
economical and convenient method can
hardly be devised. The future will show
whether my foresight is as accurate nav
as 1t has proved heretofore"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

over the earth's surface, first with infinite
and then gradually diminishing velocity
until at distance of about 5000 miles it
will attain its true speed in space. From
there on it will proceed with increasing
velocity, reaching infinite value at the op-
posite point of the globe. 1t hardly need
be stated that this is merely an illustration
and not an accurate representation in the
astronomical sense.
'The exact law will be readily understood
by reference to Fig. 8, in which transmit
ting circuit is shown connected to earth and
to an antenna. The transmtter being in
action, two effects produced Hertz
waves pass through the air, and current