Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-07

tIol " ulIpiu tNlthtS' IHt 'lbN H.
inst getting into the spirit OF the oc.
casion, quickly dispersed under the
aeating doWnpour, which continued
late into the night. with only an occa7
ional intermission, AS soon as the
ain let up the throngs were back on
the streeAand at it again, giving them
selves wholeheartedly to the celebra-
ton.
Police Do Good Work.
The orderiness OF the crowds,
which everybody commented uroH,
was dlre largely to the efficient man
ner in which Chief Grove and his men
Iced the loop. Special officers were
sworn in to lend a hand in keeping
the enthusiasm from waxing too
warm, and that they succeeded i'm
mensely is shown by the clean rec
ord at the station this morning.
At & o'clock. when word was sent
from Leland that the Automobiles
were there and would be home with
in the next hour, the police cleared
The loop streets OF all vehicles, and by
parade time there not not an auto
mobile to be found within the re.
stricted zone, save those used by the
tower girls. Barriers were erected at
all street intersections with the line
3' march and a guard placed there
to keep cafs out of The closed area.
This foresightedness gave everybody
a ffty-tifty chance TO see the parade
without valuable space being used up
by the hundreds of cars which usually
mack the thoroughfares on such oc-
CasiOns.
Morris, Streator and Marselles.
Morris, Streator and Marseilles sent
loree units of celebra ors to the home
coming Each of those cities had boys
in the company, and their folks and
friends made the pilgrimage here to
Join in the festivities. Morris sent
down its uniformed drum corps, which
played around the loop until the rain
forced them to quit The corps ar
rived a little late for the parade but
what they lacked in promptness they
made up in coed music later in the
evening. The Streator relatives of
Company c members cheered Justify
and applauded until their hands ached
.,s the veterans loomed into view Mar
settles big delegation merged itsels
with Ottawa and hip hip hoorayed
itself hoarse just as the Ottawans did.
II was a grand night-rain excepted
and Ottawa can we'll feel lot OF
pride in the way it took its boys back
IT, 0 the fold.
More Flowers Sent Out.
Gold start parents of Company {
were today made the recipients OF
second bouquet Of flowers in honor
of their brave sons who lie buried in
France, when Miss Agnes Rigden. Co
lumbus street florist, dispatched large
boxes of Russell roses and fieur de
lis to the home of dead heroes. Thurs
day the first bouquet of the same
flowers was sent out by the Lohr
greenhouse.
Surprise for One Mother
Ore Company family was given
an unexpected surprise last evening
). .en lnelr son. who was sick in the
hospital at Fort Sheridan and could
not receive his discharge yesterday,
arrived in town with the bunch, on a
fort y-eight hour furlough. The soldier
was private George Jobst, son of Mrs.
Henry +. Walking of West Main
street.
Mrs. Walking was at the cars, as a
member of the reception committee
of the w. r c. but did not see her
sol nor was she informed until later
in the evening that he had arrived
Pvt Walter Walking a 5tep-brother
of Pvt Jobst who recently returned
from overseas. and is still wearing his
overseas uniform. was at the place
where the company was forming
greeting bis old friends, when he