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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-31
OTTAWA BOY WHO
FOUGHT FOR CANADA
BACK HOME ON VISIT.
r, j. HARTkORN, WHO WENT TO
CANADA TO HOMESTEAD FARM,
JOINS ARMY WITH LAND OF
ADOPTION.

Wearing his khaki-colored Canadian
suit, his overseas cap and carrying a
pack containing his full equipment,
Private Rudolph j. Hartkorn, 2Sth
Battalion, On Division, Canadian over,
seas forces, arrived in Ottawa yester.
day afternoon to spend fourteen-day
Through with his wife, who resides
at 522 West Madison street, and his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hart-
korn, $50 West Lafayette street Pri
waite Ilartkorn has been in the service
since April, 1916, and was in the
trenches for sixteen months before re
ceiying a fractured ankle when his
dugout was blown In on him Since
then he has been in various military
hospitals in England, and sailed for
Halifax several weeks ago
His Ottawa relatives did not know
he had landed in America until he
walked in on them last night. He
has been through all the exciting
thrills life for many months in the
trenches could bring; has been buried
alive four times by bursting high ex
plosives. He was gassed and sui
fered from a bad case of trench fever
However, for all this he only made
"blightly' once, after his ankle had
been fractured
He served through the drives at
Vimy Ridge, Passchendale, Arras,
Cambria and Lens. At the last named
place he took part in the historical
battle, when the Canadian army saved
the British from annihilation. He did
not care to discuss his fighting life
much, and was only glad it was all
over with.
On his right arm he wears the in
sigma that only the bombers are per
mitted to wear, but did not have much
0 say about his life as a bomber
He also acted as a company runner
md regimcntal runner, two Of the
most dangerous posts in the army
His light method Of dismissing the
subject of his work at these posts is.
with the true spirit of a hero who
wishes no personal qualification
He told of how the English and
Canadian soldiers were SO reioiced
when the United States entered the
war and said that every Canadian or
English company that could get hold
Of an American flag raised it high on
the firing line when they learned .ha
United States had joined the fight
with them His regiment was unable
to secure a United States flag to fly.
Private Hartkorn was born in OF
tawa and resided here until four years
ago, when he went to Battle Fort
Saskatchewan, Canada. 10 take up
hon 7stead claim. It was in the
snring Of 1916 when he decided il was
his duty to join the army Of the coun-
try OF his adoption and fight with them
Tor the great cause of humanity
He was sent 20 Camp Hughes for
his military training. and went to
France and in active service early in
1917 He was only out OF the lines
for a few days at the time he was
eaSsed and had trench fever. Bes dies
his bomber's insignia Private Hart.
Eorn wears a wound bar and his over
seas service stripes
He will return to Canada at the eX-
piration of his leave aud expects to
receive his honorable discharge from
the army in two weeks. He expects
to reside then in some Part Of Canada
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-31
SENDS EMPLOYEES
BOX OF ORANGES

Employees of the Stanton specially
store received a box of oranges from
W F. Stanton, who is wishing his
wife and little son in Deland, Fla,
where they are wintering. Mrs. Stan
ton and little son, who have both been
seriously i'll, suffering from pneu-
monia, have recovered nicely, accord
ing to word received from Mr.. Ston.
ton.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-31
SOUTH SIDE ASSN.
WILL MEET TONIGHT

A meeting of the South Side I'm
provement Association will be held
tonight at S O'Clock at Shabbona
School. The political outlook for the
coming spring election will be one of
the principal topics discussed. A can
didate to represent their section of
the city on the commission may also
be selected at this meeting.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-31
PRAISES
PRAIRIE DIVISION
FOR ITS BRAVERY
GETAWAYS OWN INCLUDED IN
CITATION LAUDlNG BOYS OF
ILllNOlS--LETTER HOME TELLS
OF AN OFFICIAL CoMMuNIoUE
FROM GENERAL.

| FROM GENERAL.
That the 33d Division was general
used as buffer, or, in the yernacula
Of the baseball fan, as a utility hitte
in pinches, is disclosed in an ecep
tionally interesting letter from Corp
Harold Duncan of Company c, 1871
Infantry to his aunt and uncle, Mr.
and Mrs w. ID. Duncan, OF Ottawa.
For its work on the battlefelds
particularly at the Meuse and Ar
goHnc, where the Prairie Division wa.
used TO pinch hit for The French in
historic drives-the Illinois boys were
cited in a special communique dis
patched TO the commander by Gen
Pershing. Corp, Duncan, in his let
ter, tells OF this citation.
They have u lot OF castles on the
River Rhine and they have many
swell shaCks in Luxembourg, but Dun
can indicates that about the sweles;
hing he saw in all his travels in the
closely confined duchy was an Ameri
can girl-a Red Cross girl-who. he
says, certainly did stand out By her
self against these people, meanInt
the LuXemburgers.
Corp Duncan's war letters have
won distinction for their news and f0l
the interesting manner in which the!
are written The one of today provet
to he as interesting as any OF his pre-
viouS communications. fIe tod o.
Corp. julius Gerding being sent t
the hospital with crippled bacB
which prevented aim from carrying
his pack on the march
The division in which Lieut. How
ard Morley is an officer, The 26th. was
the first put in the army of occupa.
ton, but their place was taken by the
SD, and the Goth is now on the way
home The letter reads i'll full;
Ettelbruck, Luxemburg, Dec. %.
Dear Jennie:
! received your letter a couple of
days ago and surely was glad to get
it. We are in the above place for a
long stay, hope, after completing
a twenty-two-day march through Lor
raine and ali OF Luxembourg and part
way into Germany and back. This is
a fine little city, clean and wide.
paved streets and good stores, and
the people are certainly nice They
treat US great, too.
The majority Of the people talk
German here, but there are a lot who
talk French TIE German speaking
people mix lot of French in their
ak, though, making a language all
their own The fellows who can
MARBLE German are in jake here; they
get everything they want. Tho PEG
pie all dress more neatly than in
France. OF course, they have better
clothing and they also have better
food. This town is full OF hotels. 1t
is a great tourist town in peace times.
ana at these places you can get a
,neaI any, t,,,o ,rbov have o,1y rvo
hroa1 ,Iorah and n.a har,a,. for orf
fee, but they have real butter and
nm and io.l,, ana ,tont,, &c ,,t,tnos
,rd mott r,u mon, v.ir cost 20,
,no,.,,s or francs "
II l. soma ioh obaroirc Erorct aud
cor,nor Qua ,rxor,bnr, ,norovs and
oottino ahanco vo.ta.da,. a,a. .ho
Ias, do,, tbot cor,,,,r ,.,'nor ,,o,o,.
90 oooa. ,ho siIror n,oro,- ,i, .tii1
ann. Cannon, ,,,,.l.e lott, E,rou,h, ,.o,,,.
I'm. -. All Of tho cer,,a, ci,vor
r,orov boe scot, Nit ~ an tho
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-31
WANTS MILK PRICE
FIXING INVESTIGATION

Washington, Jan. 31.--An inyestiga
ton of the milk industry and milk
price fixing by the fod administration
to be made by the federal trade com
mission was asked in resolution in
troduced in the Senate this afternoon
by Senator Jones of Washington,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-31
LUXURY TAX BILL.
STANDS AS WRITTEN

Washington. Jan. 31.-iAn informal
agreement to let the luxury taxes in
the revenue bill stand as written, but
later when the bill has become a law
to attempt to pass a joint resolution
through both houses repeating them,
was reached by the conferees on the
revenue bill this afternoon,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-31
ANOTHER FIRE
CAUSED BY SPARKS

The fire department was called to
the home of John Farrell of Poplar
street this morning at $40 O'Clock,
when sparks from the chimney, which
was burning out, set fire to the roof.
The damage caused was very small.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-31
ONE KILLED IN DYE
PRODUCTS BLAST

Nyack, n. Y. Jan. 51.-One man
was killed and thirty seriously injured
by a series of explosions and fire
which wrecked the plant of the Amer
lean Analine Dye. Products Company
here today.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-31
RECONSTRUCTION TO
BE DISCUSSED AT
MEETING IN OTTAWA

A meeting of the county executive
committee Of the woman's committee
of the National Council of Defense
will be held tomorrow afternoon at
$50 O'Clock in the County Court room.
Mrs. Roy Dickey, vice chairman of
the State Council of Defense, will de-
liver the address of the afternoon on
Reconstruction"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-31

Mrs. George NJ Trimhle, Ottawa
taYorite vocalist, sang two groups of
songs. and never was her voice heard
to better advantage than last night
She was enthusiastically applauded by
the audience.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-31

Daily Thought.
A Dad ending follows a bad begin
ming -EuripideS.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-31
Noted Doctor Speaks.

The address OF me evening was
made by Dr. Francis ". Shepharlson
Of Springfield head OF the department
Of education and registration. Or
ShoDardson was introduced 10 the au
dielce by Attorney Woodward who
explained how the department of edu
cation and registration was con
structed to include all normal school,
and al departments of vocational
work which does not have a separate
department 1t is one of the largest
and most important departments OF
the civil administration code.
a Polished Speaker.
Dr. Shephardsun is a polished ana
convincing speaker and spoke with
the broadened views Of one who .ha.
Travelled much and come into cOntac
with many people He told Of in
stances where monuments had been
erected by living persons, monuments
OF service, which have stood for hun.
dfeds of years and will continue tC
remain as a constant reminder of the
faithful service Of individuals through
countless ages.
Men in the present form came on
earth more than IA million years ago
he declared geno0logists had in
formed us, and dIring this time the
only ones who are remembered or
live in the lives and minds of the later
generations are hose who have
erected living monuments. He de
scribed trips to different parts Of the
world and told Of monuments erected
by worthy deeds Of unknown men in
many differant countries. These have
stood for countless years TO honor che
men who had the power to be Of serv
ice to their countrymen.
Service, he said, is the one greai
thing in life II makes no difference
what the service is, or where it is car
ried on. it is the thing that people
are made for, and the only thing thai
withstands the wear on centuries.
Reconstruction Period.
DR.. Shephardson spoke of the re
Mobilization and reconstruction perioC
the world must pass through follow
ing the world war. Because tht
United States entered the war lat,
and suffered light casualties the re
hablitation here is small compare,
with that which the countries Of Flu
rope must pass through There is
however, a great deal of reconstruC
ton work which must be done in tn,
United States
He told how more than 100000 o
the 2,O00, coo selective service mel
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-31
WEATHER

Fair tonight; lowest
temperature about freex.
ing. Saturday partly
cloudy.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-31

Continued on page 5, column 80
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-31
Reconstruction Period.

Continued on Page 81
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-31

OTTAWA JOURNAL
Established tsse
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1919-01-01
North WoICott

Raymond Hastings returned to P. A.
Monday.
Miss Beatrice Denton is at home from
Peru, N. Y.
Leon Andrus has been spending few
days at his home.
G. W. Griffith has had a telephone in
stalled in his home.
Miss Mary Russ is unable to return to
p. A on account of illness.
Geo Churchill and family spent
Christmas day at W. B. Russ.
Mrs Alma Burnell is helping at Glenn
Bailey's while Mrs. Bailey is away.
Pvt. Archie Stoddard of Camp Merritt,
N. j., has been home on a furlough.
Miss Bernice Child from Montpelier
Seminary was at home oyer Christmas.
Max Moulton spent Christmas at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. @.
w Monitor.
Clayton Dickerson ane wife have been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D.
w Flanders.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1919-01-01
WASHINGTON

The railroads are completing plans
for a fight to the finish against the adj
ministl'atiOn's program for extension
and enlargement of federal control. A
program setting forth in detail the po-
sition of the railroads is being COM
pleted for presentation to the Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee.
The senate will not object to the in
clusion in the peace treaty of some
statement that the American govern
ment favors the working out of a plan
for preserving the future peace of the
world through a league of nations, linn
itatiOn of ornaments or otherwise
Twelve destroyers were ordered to
sail for home from British waters.
Immediate legislation authorizing re-
sumption of army enlistments is urged
in a letter to Mr.. Dent chairman of
the House Military Affairs Committee,
written by Newton d. Baker, secretary
of war. Mr.. Baker says demobiliza-
ton threatens to leave fewer troops
than are actually necessary for garri-
son and guard duty.
Mexican laborers brought into the
United States because of war cOndi-
tons will not be depOrted, says Will
liam B. Wilson, secretary of labor.
Wildcat stock schemes to be check
ed by United States, and Secretary
Glass will ask congress for restrictive
legislation.
A new synthetic process of making
glycerin by fermentation of sugar in
quantity at low cost has been devel-
oped as a result of the.war. The pro-
cess, government officials say, will rev.
OlutioniZe production.
General Pershing, in a cablegram
made public, expressed his thanks to
the State Department and the War
Trade Board for their services in pro-
curing supplies for the army.
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SPORTING

Star athletes and professional
coaches belong to the past, declared
DR.. James r. Angel of Chicago, in
urging the National Collegiate Associ-
alton to adopt a bigger, better and
more enduring athletic system.
Prof. Frank Clark, who was prom
inent as a boxer under the London
prize ring rules, died recently in Cleve-
land. Clark appeared in numerous
bare-knuckle contests in England and
in this country. After he retired from
the ring he devoted his time instruct
ing in the art.
Word comes from France that
Georges Carpenter will not get out of
the army for some time, and it may be
a long while before he will get q
chance to visit America
Charles A. Comiskey decided to take
back to the Chicago White Sox Joe
Jackson, who quit last season to Join
the Shipbuilders' Baseball League.
Cornell and Pennsylvania divided
honors in the first round of the TWEEN
tieth annual tournament of the Trian-
gular College Chess League.
Captain "HObey' Baker, noted ath-
lete, is killed in the last flight he in
tended making in France and after a
successful career as an aviator in the
American army.
II. B. Kaltenbach of Princeton caus-
ed surprise in the national junior in
door tennis championship by defeating
Harold l.. Taylor, the outdoor title
holder
Miller Higgins, the energetic man
ager of the Yankees. is still raking the
major league ranks for material to
his club for the coming
season. Higgins, who
completed a clever trade with the Bos-
ton Red SoX, is aiming high having
made offers for Ty Cobb of Detroit,
Happy" Felsch and Joe Jackson of
Chicago and several other American
League stars
Dean William Mcclellan, chairman
of the University of Pennsylvania, has
proposed drastic changes in college
with the object of eliminat-
ing the spirit of professionalism
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Lieut.. Fletcher Writes Home
MERscH, LUXEMBOURG

MERscH, LUXENBURG,
J Nov 2S, 1918
Dear Dad, Mother and Heen:-
This is Thanksgiving Day and am up
here in the stale of Luxenburg, in the
town of Melsch, inhabited by mixture
of French and Ger mans. Our division is
a part of the great army of occupation
and of course we were on the march.
The third day of the hike, was ordered
to take a detail of twenty-five men and
one other officer and come up here to
guard sc-cllled railhead, place where
raIions and supplies come in to be divid-
ed among the different outfits. The
other officer is a lad from Oregon and we
are just now sitting in dining room at a
nice house near the railroad yard. We
sleep on the floor in this dining room, as
every bed in town was already occupied.
Ny men are sleeping in four nice rooms
in factory. which is not running. We
have another room in railroad store
| house and have a stove there-regular
kitchen range. We found also rolling
kitchen and I picked out couple of
cooks and We have a regular mess
This noon we will have beefsteak, mashed
potatoes, bread, jam and coffee for our
Thanksgiving. am feeling fine.
presume you hear direct from Grover
l have been moving so that l haven't lie
ceived any mail yet, but look for some
every day. surely miss my letters.
Am trusting that you are all well and
that Lula and Laura are o. K. and their
families. am expecting letters from
you, from Grover and from Mabel.
We made our trip up here in truck,
and a good share of the trip was in the
rain, but saw quite bit of the country,
l have my guards through the railro ad
yards and l have some good ones too.
They have heen fighting Germans and
have plenty of sand in them. We are en-
joying the work. l don't know how
long we will be away from our regiment,
but send your letters to the company
and l will get them sometime.
bet Grover is fine, he and Serg't |
Clifford had some fine nurses and proba-
bly, Grover will fall in love again.
Look on the map and see where l am.
About ten miles north of the city of
in the state of LuXem burg,
German territory.
Love aud kisses to you all. 1t won't
be long before will see you but Grover
will get home first.
LIEUT.. w. ALLEN FLETCHER
Co. F, 6lst Infantry, A. P. o. 745.
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Methodist Church

The prayer meetings this week will be
held at Homer Kneelaud's and Maurice
Hills. Let us begin the New Year right
by attending one of these services.
There will be a Centenary Training
Conference in our Church Friday after
noon and evening for the benefit of our
own and neighboring churches. The pro-
gram is as follows:-
Afternoon at Two o'clock
Survey, Rev. B. G. Lipsk" nf Barre
Organization,
Rev. Stead Thornton of Montgomery
Evening at 1880
Stewardship,
Rev. F. A Wood worth of Swanton
Spiritual Interpretation of the Centenary,
Rev. G. A. Martin of st. Johnsbury
Let all orr people plan to attend these
meetings on Friday.
At the morning service next Sunday
the Sacrament of the Lord Supper vii,
be observed, and all the members of t. a
Church are expected to be present
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1919-01-01
WATERVILLE

Miss Fredia Darrah has returned to
Burlington.
Communion will be observed at the
Union Church Jan. 5.
Miss Bessie Tillotson returned to her
school at Orleans Monday.
Rev. and Mrs. Geo. G. Westcott visited
relatives in town the first of the week.
Miss Lou Davis spent the Holidays
with her parents, Mr., and Mrs. Warren
Wright.
The Cemetery Association will meet
with Mrs. Abel and Mrs E. A. Carpenter
at the home of Mrs. Carpenter Jan. 8.
The funeral of Mrs. Sarah (Hitchcock)
Patterson, widow of the late Williams
Patterson, who died of a shock, following
which she lived only few hours, was
held at her late home in Watervile Dec.
IS Size was 65 years old. She is sur
vived by seven children five daughters
and two Mrs. Mathew Mcclure,
of Bethel, Mrs. Irving Patterson of Fair
fax, Joe Patterson of St. Adams, Mrs <.
D. Leach, Mrs Nancy Montgomery, Mrs.
Archie Irwin and j. R. Patterson of this
place. Also by one sister and four broth
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Ticks and Flashes Which Bull
Ietin in Condensed Style the
News of the World.
TIMELY HISTORY PARAGRAPHS
Events at Washington Which Loom
Large as Crucial Happenings.
Industrial Activities at
Home and Abroad.
PEACE BULLETINS

President Wilson spends five hours
in conference with David Lloyd
George, British premier, and Arthur
BaIfour, British foreign secretary on
the big issues Of the Paris peace con-
greSS. 1t is said a virtual agreement
was reached and that President vii
son may give some mixing Of it in his
speeches. London crowds waited hours
for a glimpse of the President and
cheered frantically when he appeared,
bowling and smiling.
President Wilson is enthusiastically
welcomed to England At Dover he
makes brief address in response to
official greetings. King George and
Queen Mary go to Charing Cross sta
ton to welcome him to London, and
great thrOngS clamOr outside Bucking-
ham Palace until the President APP
pears and says a few words. While
Mr.. Wilson talked Mrs. Wilson waved
the Union Jack.
President and Mrs. Wilson are
oheered by thousands of American SOL
biSIS vi JllClI dlllNdl at OilduIllOuI "
spend Christmas with the army. The
President makes an address to a dele
cation that greets him at the city hall
and reviews 10000 troops before he
left on a special train for Calais to go
on board a warship to England.
Delegates from redeemed Italian
provinces in Paris memorabilia Presi-
dent Wilson, asking his aid in having
provinces reincorporated with Italy.
Count Won Bernstorff says Germany
points and will grant principle of self
determination to the different clinical
groups.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1919-01-01
FOREIGN

Mulhausen, returned to France, his
been renamed Mulhouse.
President and Mrs. Wilson ar
guests at state banquet at Bucking
ham Palace. which provides one OF tho,
most brilliant spectaC!Cs London his
ever seen. All the royal family. tn
heads of the government. the diplo-
matte corps and other important per
sOnages are present
The British warship CALYPSO has
captured two BOlShevist destrovers I'm
the eastern Baltic, one of which was
engaged in bOmbarding lighthouses
near RevaL Their crews were made
prisoners.
Prince Albert of Monaco has given
to the Associated Press a remarkable
letter he has addressed to one finn
Emperor William which promises Il,
rival the notable revelations made nv
Prince LichnOwsky, German ambassa-
dor at London at the outbreak of the
war and DR.. MuehlOn, formerly Krupp
director.
The American Red Cross has already
sert relief expedition to the RaIkans
to distribute food and supplies to Rp-
mania, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia
and Greece.
A German was arrested In a Paris
hotel when he asked for a room. lie
said he was member of the Interna-
tiOnal Armistice Commission.
Canadian field crops are valued at
81 ,3S3OO0OO.
Russian leaders in Paris are discour-
aged at the decision Of the allies IN
send no more troops to Russia, but
hope for hearing when the Peace
Congress opens.