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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-04
Four Years Since Failure.

More than four years have elapsed
since that memorable day in Noyem-
ber. 1913, when the ToniCa bank
closed its doors, and HartcnbOWer and
George d. Hihabrand We're precipi
.ated into bankruptcy at the conniy-
ance of few Of their friends 1t has
been more than two years since their
conviction and sentencing to three
years term at Joliet for accepting
deposits after they knew their bank
was insolvent,
Four years after the actual commits,
sion of his, crime, all of which time
he was at large enjoying the freedom
Of "A law-abiding ci izcn, is considered
by States Attorney Wiley and Sheriff
Ayers as long enough for Harten.
bower to have had to himself They
now want some action and all lega,
pressure will be brought to bear to
obtain that action
Judge Makes No Recommendation
The mittimus ordering Hartenh0w
er's commitment at the state prison
is being prepared by Circuit Clerk
Witzeman today. II bears all the
necessary signatures to make his con.
fnement binding and will be turned
over for execution TO the sheriff to.
day.
Unlike States Attorney Wiley. WIZ
has sent a recommendation to the de
partment of public welfare that Har
tenbower be given the limit, Judge
slough, who presided at the trial
offers no suggestion to the state penal
board as to what they should do with
the defendant In his brief Of the
case, which will be attached to Har
tenbower's record, Judge Slough
merely makes a resume of the crimes
committed and the later attempts o'
Hartenbower to keep himself out OF
prison Mr.. Wiley, besides covering
the case step by step, suggests to the
board that they give Hartenbower tho
limit of three years, without any
good time" for good behavior judge
Slough says:
One John +. Hartenbower and
George D. Hitabrand were part
ners. conducting a private bank
at the village of Tonica, in this
county for great many year.
I'm to November, 1913, at which
time they procured three of their
friends to put them into bank
one-half million dollars and their
assets nctted less than 10 per
cent. At the June, 1914, grand
Jury Of this county there were
over 100 indictments returned
against them for received depos-
it's after knowing themselves to
hbe insolvent, and deposits bcc0m-
M ,.'>st to the depositors. They
,re piac, ed on trial in our Cir
II Court Q n Jan. 2S, 1916, be,
70 % Hon. S. !A'C. Slough, the pre-
ang judge and were tried on
O Of the .ctments. Said trial
laed d 81 nth ani th,'y were
ab defent I'd. They were found
guty anf -aeined sl2S each and
wen ord ~sl committed to the
penientia= ar three years each.
The dt ats then carried
their cash, - &Appe!late Court
of the>l Il Nrict on writ
of err ION pace a;s said court the
iudg- Fr;dSoidia frmed, after
Jus fr9O IN .----------
&C E,..a; s3, col. 3D.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-04
1000 TROOPS HOME
BOUND 0N CRUISERS

Washington. Feb. More than
7.0n0 additional troops are homeward
bound of the United States cruisers
Charleston and Seattle. it was an
nounced by the war department today.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-04

WILL Use TROOPS
To PREVENT CLASH
0FCzECHSAND Poles

Paris, Feb. 4-The supreme inter-allied
council today decided to refer the territorial
claims OF Greece to an expert committee COM
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-04

FRY the Free Trader-Journal Want Ads
for results,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-04
BONDSM{N ORDERED TO TURN
BANKER OVER TO AUTHORITIES
WORD SENT OUT TODAY
HARTEMBOWER MUST
BE CAUGHT
MAY Be IN CHICAGO

MORE THAN -FOUR YEARS HAVE
ELAPSED SINCE TONGA FlNAN.
THAT LOST QUARTER MILLION
IN DEPOSIToRS' CASH.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-04
~ EAThEH

Fair tonight and Wednes.
day; not much change in
temperature.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-04

OTTAWA JOURNAL
Established 1890
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-04

posed Of two representa-
tives each from the Unit
ed States, Great Britain,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-25

those far-reaching matters. Undoubtedly, as
Mr.. David Lawrence has pointed out the
business men of America, especially those in
tere-ted in the sale of cotton and other COM
modities to Central Europe, would wake up
to a realization that before an American
could sell goods in Europe he practically
would have to get on the right side of the
ReparatiOn Commissioners of other countries
and do all his bargaining with Germans
through them, and it is unQuestionably true
that they would have products OF their own
to safeguard and transactions OF their own
peonIe to advance
These are but a few among myriads OF
instances in which we should find our ma
teriaI interests-the interests of farmers and
wage earners as we'll of merchants and
manufacturers -gravely imperled, II the
treaty situation should continue as the SEN
ate left it upon adjournment last week ana
what of those higher interests OF national
duty and honor. and international prestiee
and good will? Does any one imagine that
the United States would have a friend LETT
if at this critical juncture of world AFFAIRS
we turned our back upon the co-detenders
Of freedom and the co-workers for stable
neace? Such a course is too alien to all that
is best in American character for us ever
to contemplate it's adoption. Such course
was never approved at heart by any faction
of the Senate, although in the blindness OF
prejudice and anger some members did place
themselves in a most unfortunate ana un-
worthy attitude. Let us hope that, one ana
all. they will resume the task in December
with spirits purged of partisansh1p and with
an eye single to the nations interests and
honor. In that happy event we may be sure
that reasonable reservations. leaving the
principles of the treaty and of the League
covenant unimpaired, will be agreed upon,
and that soon we shall have peace both
honorable and secure.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-25
SaUmg Many Millions
By DeUelObing Roads

I'm discussing Minnesota's projected plan Of
seven thousand miles of trunk high
H. WAYS. to be constructed with State
fund and supplemented by so-caled feed
er'' roads built by the counties, the Min
neapolis Journal says that a system Of this
extent and quality would serve to develop
the internal commerce of the State almost
beyond belief"
at would add to the income of every
citizen by reducing the cost of trans
portaton; a cost that is paid by taking
from the receipts of the producer and
by adding to the cost of foods to the
consumer. And be it remembered that
every hour and every dollar unneces-
sarly spent in carrying produce to mar
ket and purchases home, a dead loss
of wealth without salvage or recon-
pense of any description"
The people of Georgia can rightly appre-
ciate the force of this statement, both as to
wastefuIness of poor roads and the economy
of good roads. Millions of dollars have been
lost on their cotton crops, and millions on
other farm products as a result of excessive
hauling costs and inadequate market connec-
tions. City folk have felt the i'll cOnse-
quences along with their country neighbors,
for whatever Obstructs distribution swells
the consumers bill. In counties, on the
other hand, where farms and towns are
linked by well-kept roads, production has in
creased, land values have enhanced, wealth
has multiplied and all conditions of living
have improved. The gains are beyond reck
oning in terms OF dollars and cents; they
extend to the rarest and highest ranges OF
the peoples life.
1t will be observed that the construction
which Minnesota has in mind calls for a
Statewide system of main highways rein
forced by a network of good roads in each
county. Only through such a system. as
distinguished from unco-ordinated segments,
can the larger economies and larger values
of road service be obtained Georgia. it is
deeply gratifying to note, has at last adopted
this sound plan.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-25
20, MEN OF AMERICA"

o Of America, countrymen
just your heroes
Too just
Too just not deed
To those lads in France who their lives
TO their hearbroken fathers and mothers wives
To their little children with trusting
Robbed of the king of their youths paradise
That you IL finish the work which those lads began
o men of America, sign, sign,
Sign the League of All Nations sign while can!
o Of America, If you sign not in time,
the the world, twill be branded crime!
0 America, if you delay
With their lives dear lads will
o of America you're true-hearted men,
Sign the League of All Nations that again
Any brother of thine the brand of Cain
o of America countrymen mine
Whose Clean souls have paid at Lbertys shrine,
for and worked for and sought for
all have bed for ana prayed for and fought for
o OF world home and free
For chi,dren-nOt just and
struggIers before it's too late,
o Of America there's time to wait,
rule the world, all hatred is past
Sign League All Nations sign quick and fast
Keep faith with the world--and God-to the last.
STEINHAUER WOOLIF.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-25
X-RAY PROGRESS.
BY H. Addington Bruce

Mot quite quarter of century ha; passed
v Since the discovery of the X-rayS by he
famous scientist. Rontgen. II. this short
period remarkable progress has been rude in
turning these marvellous rays to practical &C
count.
Of foremost Importance, of course, IS the aid
that medicine and surgery have drawn from
them.
They have been found to exercise benefit
cent effect in the treatment OF skin disea and
the destruction Of certain abnormal bodily
growthS. Sufferers from tuberculosis of the
bones and joints have been numerously helped
by them. BY their aid 5roken bones hive been
induced to knit faster and more surely.
And, because of their unique ability to pene-
trate opaque substances and to reveal on the
bile to the eJe, the X-rayS have given to the
diagnosis of disease a certainty undreamed be-
fore their discovery.
Any structural dsorder--as bone curvatures,
ent on the X-ray Photographic plate. Diseases
OF the aimentary canal, of the stomach liver,
gall-bladder, and of the civic organs, may be
definitely detected tn oush the X-rayS.
Today it even is possible through the taking
OF stereoscopic K ~ raphs, to ascertain
the depth of a foreign substance in the body.
Such photographs are made by slightly NOV
ing the X-ray tube Setv cen two exposures of
a Photographic plate. The finished photograph
is then looked at in Stef~scope
The X-rayS hav- SIMILARLY been turned to a
great variety of commercial and industrial uses.
They are used to detect blow-holeS and
flaws in steel pla-S and copper ingotS. Ship
builders are using them to make sure of the
Solidity of reinforced concrete ships.
During the war III s. wonderful rays were
found specially helpf | for inspecting the fin
IShed products of gr at anmuT ion factories.
Also they were used t. detect contraband OF
when X-rayed, to contain contraband rubber,
the hidden rubber casting tell-tale shadow on
the Array plate. In single consignment of
cotton contraband rubber VS. thus detected in
upward of two hundred bales.
And further, it i been discovered that the
X-ray is infallible IS a detector # paste dia-
mondS X-rayed side by side - genuine
gem, the imitation betrayS itself by giving a
very different Photographic image
So, too, since I, disct 'ery of tn X-rays.
the tedious work of opening oyster shells to
ascertain whether hey contain pearls, as been
done away with. If a We ri is present in an
oyster, the X-ray will uerringly maize it's
presence known
Finally, guardian of public safety are be
ginning to lind the X-ray unexpectedly helpful
in the examination of alleo Internal ma
chimes. Instead of opening Suspicous-looking
packages, dependence is being placed on he
lar 5 dangerous ethod of X-ray photography
to the trve character of their contents
f.CocS tbs by any h.eanS exhaust the cat
aio8ue OF practical X-ray applications But it
is surely enough to justify the claim that sell
dom, if ever, has science given to the world
any discovery of more 1"red possibilities than
hot a"''oYuA r" 2on>oaY
Copyright, 1919, by the Associated N9wSpaperS.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-25
OUIPS AND OUIDDITIES

Twice as the grower SLOWLY wended its way
up the steep hill the door opened and slammed.
At first the man inside paid little heed, but The
third time ne demanded to know why he should
be disturbed in this fashion.
Hush" ;autiol the driver. Don't spake
SO loud He'll overhear US"
who'll overrear ISi"
"The boss Spake low Sh re Dim deSavin
the creatur Ever ime ears the door close
he thinks Someb ody is gettin' dom o walk up
tn, hill, and that sort of ,hilks i'm up bit"
Toward the END Of Nat Goodwin's series of
marriageS-while h, VIZ for The moment W
out wfe-he was biiFed one dav to answer
put down the anSwe ., until he cam. to one
which read: care you married single or H.
vorced'
He pondered over this for some time
FirallY, his look of w. It vanished Oppo-
site the queStio' he wrot. the answer. dyes"
When Mr. Chi.lchn r, urned home from
business the other day h found tic wife lying
worn out upon tie So'a.
Nothing wrong, hope?" he exclaimed
am afraid to STOP tina, tonic he doctor
prescribed for Tommy" Mrs. Chinchin family
murmured.
"Why? Isn't he any better'" asked Chin
chin.
"Oh, yes; but III Xix the tonic must Re too
invigorating Why he has slid down the ban
lamp, two vases a wafer jug and a looking
glass tied tin can % The cats tai, and scliN-
bled his name on the drawn z room payer. Of
curse, it's very gratifying, but ! don't feel
could stand much mo re. SO think I'LL stop
the tonic"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-25
THE FORUM
By DR.. Frank Crane

BY DR.. Frank Crane
President Wilson turned a happy phrase
when he called this "a government by DIS
CUSTOM He also said, discussion rational
ICES everything it touches"
This is the basic idea of the Open Forum
movement. forum is meeting where, aft
er the address OF the chief speaker the
audience discusses the subject.
It is the most satisfying kind of meeting,
as much better than the ordinary lecture or
sermon occasion, where the listeners have
no chance to talk back, as Thanksgiving
dinner excels the free lunch in the late la
mented saloon.
The forum idea should be furthered. Ev-
cry witty and village should have gatherings
where the citizenry can air their views.
Churches are substituting the open forum
for the evening service with good results.
Colleges are experimenting with the plan.
We have noticed recently forums held at
Delaware College and the University of
Minnesota.
Last summer successful forum assemblies,
financed by the city, were held the COM
mon in Boston, with such speakers as John
Haynes Holmes, Louis F. Post and Beatrice
Professionalism.
Many cities and towns throughout the ma
ton have been trying out this idea.
1t is a good sign. What we need most of
all is to Get Together and Talk Things
Over.
Why would not a forum be an excellent
thing in factory or steel mill, or among
miners, railway men, lOngshoremen, post
office and express employees, or the workers
in any large concern? If teachers and preach
ers and doctors have their conventions to
discuss affairs, would 1t not be equally as
beneficial for other workers?
Regular assemblies of workers, where each
is understood to be at liberty to say what
he thinks, would let off a deal of the pres
sure that now explodes in strikes.
Talk, in it's place, is a great medicine es-
pecially for incipient grOuches. Let the meet
ings be free. Give the Boshevik, the anar-
chist, the flee thinker a chance Nothing
turns the apostle of protest and unrest in
to menace so much repression, silence
and broodng. And nothing cures the crouch
micro5e like plenty of air.
Let the intellectual horned toad the
crooked stick speak his piece; for when he
pronounces 1t and it becomes objective, it
may not be SO dangerous after all. More than
likely it will be funny.
Free speech is essential in a democracy.
1t alone keeps the air pure.
Let the legislature authorize, the forum;
this, as Clifford Pinchot says, would pre-
vent suppression of free speech by thick
! headed police authorities" Such suppress
sion, he rightly Observes makes for the
spread of rad:calism by the multiplication
of martyrs, in that it causes people to SYM
pathze with fallac.es which need only to be
voiced to come to a speedy death.
If you are interested, write to Miss Mabel
B. Try, &c PembertOn Square, Boston, Mass.
She is secretary of the National Council of
the Oren Forum, and will give you par
ticulars
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-25

~ can let you have room on the top floor,
sir, if you don't mind sharing it with another
gentleman" said the boarding house lady.
"All right. But do you suppose the gen
and don't want to be disturbed"
''You'll probably be able to get good
nights rest before the gentleman comes in,
sir He's been stopping with us every Sep
tember for six seven years, and this is the
first time he's ever made the trip without his
wife"
"Propinquity is what brings about marriages"
declared the father of three single daughters.
EYES," murmured his wife.
at works this way. From among the men
who call most frequently at a house the daugh-
tiers of the house naturally select husbands"
"In that case" said the mother, sadly, 81
fear our girls are doomed to marry bill col
iectorS."
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-25
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-25
ROUGH TRAVELLING IN TURKEY

When one gets bevond the cities, travelling
in Turkey becomes matter of endurance. TIE
village houses are generally Of rough-hewn
stone one-Storied low and wndowlesS with
earthen roofs having a hole in the center to
serve for both light and exit TOR smo"e.
There are no INNS but each village has its
gueSt-house-an earthen platform at the end of
a stable. The traveller sleeps with his horse
and carries with him folding col, beddins.
candles and provisions Hosp .ality is considered
by the villagers as religious duty, but in view
of the. arrangements one feels that the duty Is
not OnerOuS
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-25
RAILWAY TRAVEL IN CHINA

The diSgruntled traveller who objected to
the delays and inconve ii ices incident to the
war ought to take jaunt through ChiLa and
view the Oriental calmneSs under discomfort
1t is a salutary lesson to the impatient One
English traveller in the Chinese country OBJ
served on open box-ca filled with cattle, sheep.
pigs, men, women and children, ana dozen
huge hooded hunting eagles. all journeying
together without apparent suffering or even
annoyance
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-25
CURRENT EVENTS OF INTEREST

United States Senator John K. Shields,
who is under sharp fire of criticism i'll
Tennessee because Of his support of reserYa-
tons to the League of Nations, announced
last week that he will not resign as demand
ed by the Memphis Cotton Exchange, but
that he will be candidate to succeed him
self for another term.
The United States Shipping Board has sur
rendered the giant steamer lmperatOr to the
British ministry of shipping, and the vessel
will sail in few days for England. 1t will
be operated by the Cunard line.
The Pan-German friends in Bremen. Ger
many, of DR.. Karl Helfferich IN" T"~r"ar law
man vice chancellor, have telegraphed him
800 marks with which to meet the fine i'm
posed upon him for his refusal several days
ago to answer questions propounded by the
Subcommittee of the national assembly which
is inquiring into war resi- onsibilities.
Bremen citizens regard your affair as the
peoples affairs" said the message accom-
panying the money.
Six persons were injured last week in At
lanta, when southern freight train col
lided with Forrest avenue street car at the
corner of Boulevard and Tenth streets The
car was thrown from the track and practical
ly demolished.
Socialists are leading in the election re-
turns still coming in from the Belgian cleo
lions. Already Socialists and Liberalists are
assured OF 1O4 seats in the chamber Of repre-
sentatives and other parties 70.
partial eclipse of the sun, the first since
1908, occurred Saturday, the sunlight being
Hartly shut off by the moon throughout most
of the United States.
Great Britain cannot continue IN hear +be
burden Of feeding central Europe. Premier
Lloyd George told the British house of COM
mons last week
While the premier expressed hope the
United State will come to the aid OF starving
central Europeans, he said Great Britain
would bring no pressure to secure such
American relief
Beer of 2.75 per cent alcoholic has
been declared to be Notwithstanding in de-
cision handed down by Judge Pollock of the
United States district court, in which he
granted a temporary injunction restraining
United States District Attorney Hensley and
Internal Revenue Collector Moore from en-
forcing the wartime prohibition act against
st. Louis brewers.
Jean Longuet, leader of the extreme wing
of the Socialist party, has denied that his or
ganizat'on is planning drastic steps as a re-
suit of the recent French elections
''The Socialist party does not intend to
start revolution" he said to the Associated
Press. "The revolution was scare-crow by
which our adversaries tried to stampede the
voters. AS result of the new system fol-
lowed in the elections they robbed us of
great many seats in the chamber of depu-
ties, but did not stampede the voters. We
pulled 100000 votes, an increase Of coo, 900
over the number cast in 1914"
al II,