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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
MAN KNOWN HERE
DIES IN DETROIT

John Leroy Vctte, aged 30 years,
son of Minna and the late Charles w.
Vcttc Of Chicago and nephew Of the
late John d. Nette and Charles Hig-
gins, also Of Chicago. died of FIN
Pneumonia at his home AT J29 Gar
lanI avenue, Detroit, Michigan ON
Wednesday morning, January rs Mr..
Nctte was known By several residents
of this city.
He was born in Chicago and grew
TO manhood there. lie moved to De
troit where he bcgar his business car
Ger He joined the forces OF the lIud
ssOn Motor Car company in l9lO. His
ability in the automobile line was
soon recognized ald he was advanced
to the position of production manager
When the Essex company was organ
ICED he was retained as product ion
manager OF that company as well as
the Hudson company. He was also
sccrctary of the Essex company
which position he held at the time OF
his death.
Surviving he leaves his wife, Mrs
Lulu Ncttc OF Detroit and two child
rem. ElstOn and Barbara He alSt
leaves to mourn his death his mother
and two brothers. Walter and Ira
Funeral services will be conducted
in ictrOit
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30

lingo was coined in the Russo Turk.
ish war. The apprehension in England
over the outcome of that struggle
found vent in the patriotic song whose
refrain was
Owe don't want Ia fight but by
iingo, If We do we've got the men
we've got the ships; we've got the
money, too
THE song became popular, WAS heard
on every street corner and from every
organ grinder and was whiStIed by
every hoothlack. shortly after this the
election campdign began IN which
Gladstone. the head Of the Liberals, at.
tackled the Tory party, then led by the
Earl of BraconSfeld The Tory foreign
policy was ridiCulrd by the Liberals AZ
one of "bloodShed, glory and jingle"
Since that time The word iingo has
been used to designate an individual
or section Of q party prone 10 rush
without mature consideration, into the
horrors Of war.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
Cloth From the Pineapple.

The pineapple, naturally, gets lis
chief notoriety from its excellent fruit
hut there is another use widely known
in the Philippine islands and other
torrid lands The same species. or
perhaps near ally, can be so grown
as to produce leaves eight feet long
and containing fiber of such strength
and beauty that its cultivation has
long formed an important industry in
these countries.
But no machine has Yet been found
by which the tibers can be cheaply OK
'racted. The outer skin is remarkably
tough and n force strong enough to
crush it spells the fiber so it has to
be peeled off with "A knife and The
fihers pulled ont by hand
This is long process. and. how
ever cheap labor is. the fiber is still
expensive. But it is greatly priced
for making cloth, because of its silky
luSter. Europeans visiting the Philip
pine islands often bring back. as Il
souvenir. a piece of this pima cloth"
so greatly priced by the Filipinos.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
BRYAN TAKES HOT
SHOT AT GOV. EDWARDS

Asheville, n. C., Jan. 30.-Repiying
to statement last night by Cover
nor Edwards Of New Jersey that Viii
liam Jennings Bryan sought death
harmony in the democratic party
with San Francisco as the "morgue."
Mr.. Bryan said here today he hoped
the New Jersey executive would keep
ON talking, as mo champion of the
liquor traffic can talk long without
insulting the conscience and sense of
decency of the country
The more Governor Edwards
talks" said Mr., Bryan, "the more
ashamed Chairman Cummings will he
of giving responsibility to his can
didacy for the presidential nomination
and the more certain it will be that
prominent democrats will have other
engagements when invited to his
meetings. Governor Edwards candi-
dacy is an offenSe against the demo
cratic party and the sooner he finds
out that he is going up against IA
stone wall and settles down to com
partnership with those who used to be
engaged in the criminal business of
which he has become the most con
spicuouS champion the sooner the
party Will be able to turn its atten-
ton to the important work before it.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
Bird Migration.

For many years tn" annual migra-
ton of the birds, although perfectly
familiar fact. was Shrouded in mys-
terry, says the New York Sun Except
in the case of few birds Ike the
robin, which winters not far south Of
its summer home, no one knew whore
the song birds or the shore birds went
in the fan, or when they began their
northWard journey in the spring
Bur the subject has been carefully
and patiently studied by so many
observers and naturaIists that il is no
longer impossible To answer these queS-
tons. TIL" cliff swallows and black
poll WarhlerS spend their winters in
tropical South America: the golden
plovcr. which nests on the Arctic sea.
winters 5000 miles away in the Argen-
tine; the scarlet tanAger is 10 be found
in December and January in Ecuador
and Peru. and the boholink in south.
crn Brazil.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
MRS.L.A.CLARK, FORMER
OTTAWA WOMAN. DEAD

Mrs L. a Clark Of Chicago for
merly prominent resident of this
city. who resided for a number OF
years at 9lS Ottawa avenue. died sud
denly yesterday afternoon at her
home in Chicago after brief illness.
When living IT, Ottawa Mrs. Clark
whose husband was former sheriff of
the Coulty. was well known. well
liked and very active in church and
social affairs about the city.
Surviving she leaves two daughters
ard two sons, Mrs. Harriet Olmsted
of Chicago, Mrs. Albert kilhy of OF
tumwa. Iowa. Edward Clark and 4. l..
Clark of Chicago,
The remains will be brought to OF
tawa for burial The body will be
shipped to this city and will arrive on
the HE train Sunday morning. Bur,
ial ceremonies will be conducted di-
rcctly from the train to ottawa ave
nue. cemetery,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
LENTEN SEASON TO
OPEN FEBRUARY 10

ont will come in fairly early In
1920 for the social season will close
the coming of AaSh Wednesday, Feb.
IS. February will produce another day
OF Interest to the general public and
that will be Sunday, Feb. %. For 1920
will be Leap Year, but unfortunately
the tWcnty-ninth does not happen to
fall on Il week day this time. so some
OF the usual merry making will be
omitted
Easter will come early on April 1.
which will make the dates of the two
accompanying holidays Good Friday
and Easter Monday, fall on April .
and >.
May 30, 1920, will come-on Sunday.
School children will be interested
in the fact that Labor Day, the first
Monday in September. will como or
September 6, for the public schools
in the city ordinarily reopen on the
day following Labor Day
THANKSGIVING dag will come on
Thursday Nov, %
Christmas, 1920. will fall on Satur-
day.
The almanac announces that there
will be several ecIipScs, both of the
sun and the moon
Two OF these will be visible in the
country, total eclipse Of the moon
on October q, 1920, and Il partial
eclipse of the sun on November 10
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
For historians to Worry Over.

Was Joan of Are burned: The
question will throw a bomb into hu-
man thinking. Documentary evidence
Of the most authoritative character
completely negatives the story of her
being burned shows that She was alive
and happily married several years
after the date of her "eNeCution' in
ROueyH, 1881. These Documents are in
the registry of the city of Maycncc.
They show she came thithpr in 1856
Her brothers, Pierre and Jean. recog-
ni2ed her. Her marriage contract to
Robert It AmhroiSe, knight. and bear.
Ing her name Jeanne d'Arc. Ia pucclIe
d'brleanS. has been discovered. What
does il all mean No question is
more Interesting save that perennial
one-did Shakespeare write Shake
speare!
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
BANDIT PAYS PENALTY
FOR HIS MANY CRIMES

Ossining, \. Y, Jan 80. The bod,
of Gordon Fawcett Handy, notorious
murderer and bandit, who was cleo
trocu.ed in Sing Sing prison late last
night for the murder of two officials
OF q Brooklyn savings bank in Dccem-
Der, 1918. will be buried in a local
cemetery today. No one claimed the
body and the mystery surrounding his
parentage, which he had studiously
guarded, remained unsolved An IA
topsy disclosed that the brain OF the
youthful criminal was normal and
well developed.
Handy maintained his composure
to the las, smiling as he was strap.
ped to the chair and making a brief
oral statement to the warden and
witnesses just before life was snulied
out.
As he left the death house he called
out to his companions:
Goodbye, follows. / always likcI
To try everything once
The murderer gave three letters to
the warden, asking him 10 mail them
and keep the addresses secret.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
Fltt,ro a Bear With New Teeth.

\ grizzly bear may wear ont his
teeth, Just the same rs a human be-
ing When he needs new ones he gets
them. particularly in America. More
animal dentistry has npen done here
than in any other country. once. when
an old pet bear belonging to the owner
of Wel-knoNn menagcrie WAS fitted
was necessary to que TN" plates to
the bears mouth 10 keep them In
place.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
Chain Store Manager

DO-BOY FOOD PRODUCTS COM.
PANY, operators of chain stores. will
open n chain of ten stores in Ottawa
and adjacent territory, Require the
services Of good business man as
MANAGER and SUPERVISOR of all
Of them. young man prdferredl
Previous experience not essential. but
applicant must be competent to han.
die large amounts OF money, hire and
handle help, organize and check re
CciptS of stores Must assume duties
at once; 81 ,OOG required fully secured
The Stores offer the public pure foods
under conditions that are meeting
with instantaneous appeal and both
stores and products are taking the
country by storm.
New ideas. now proposition which
will attract and hold the interest and
APPROVAL of every man. woman and
child for all time. Opening Of stores
will be heraldcd by one of the most
intensive advertising campaigns ever
conducted in this section. This OPP
porfunity will present itself but once
in a lifetime. Fivc-year contract bas-
cd on commission with earnings run
ming into many thousands per year
to party with ability to develop EN-.
ploy"s, and keep each store striving
to lead. Accepted applicant will be
required to come to Chicago at once
for few days training. Unless your
local reputation is excellent and I'M
less You have the money do not an.
swrr. But if you can fin the require
n
position you are looking for, write
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
ALL GRIPPE CASES TO
BE ClASSED AS FLU
lContiEued from page l.,

fy any great degr/c of confidence in
pfOphy!actic yaCCincs. While such
vaccines seem to be rclativeSly harm.
less and possibly have some protect
i've value, they are not proven to be
Of real worth in preventing tho dis,
ease and cannot be relied upon as
factors in preventing the spread of
the disease in the community. The
vaccination of the individual cannot
be accepted as evidence that he is in
any sense immune or that hs is not
carrier of disease
''Thc policy relative to closing pub
lie schools, churches. and other places
of public aSscmblagc adopted by the
department during the epidemic of
191S-l9l9, still appears to be sound.
Schools. churches and other places of
ordinary public assemblage should
not be closed unless in the opinion of
the local health authorities, this be
comes necessary to minimize con.
tact y
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
Had Barnums in Those Days.

The love of mo" StroSti"S, which are
usually mere freaks of nature, is still
common but II would appear 10 have
been more popular in the good old
times. In the year 1872 crowds fire.
auented the Mitre. Charing Cross, Lon.
don. to view "the largest Thames
monster. or miraculous man-cater that
was ever I'm the world As n boy was
washing his mop this surprising mon
ster caught hold Of It in his mouth,
and had very like pull the hoy into
the river. hut no calling out for help.
several men came to his assistance.
with great difficulty dragged this mon.
ster out, and he lived four hours after
on shore"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
LOCALE77a|
NEWS III

George WeStcOtt went To Chicago
today On u business visit.
Elmer Levy h attending the auto
mobile show in Chicago.
Roy Mottaz is visiting Chicago
friends.
George Brecn of SlrealOr visited o.
taNa friends last evening
Albert Griffith visited friends ir
Marseilles last evening.
Miss Sophia Gundcrson Of Second
avenue went to Norway today TO at
tend the funeral of Nels FINLAND.
Miss Helen Orsi of Marseilles was
an Ottawa visitor yesterday.
John McE!roy visited friends il
Marseilles last evening
Lyle Green Of Dayton transacted
business in Ottawa today.
Misses Pearl and BerniCe Olson
were Marselles visitors last evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert II. Green OF
StreatCr, former ottawa residents
visited friends here last evening.
Misses Josephine and Anna CORR
gan or Ransom are visiting friends in
thi; city
Nj. and Mrs Louis Douin Of Grand
Ridge are visiting friends in Ottawa
Attorney Charles w. Helmig OF
Peru transacted business in Ot:aWt
today.
Miss Helene Hitter of West Main
street was MarseiIles visitor last
evening
W. 5. Little, manager Of the Ohio
Mercantile Company, who has been
confined to his home by illness, is
able to be out again.
Miss Stella Hartkorn Of West OF
taWa visited friends in MarSeilles last
evening.
Miss I.ottic Ryg OF Harding was an
Ottawa visitor yesterday,
Ray Schiling visited friends in
Marseilles last evening.
Mrs. Albert Coler Of Serena visited
friends in Ottawa yesterday
Robert Shalot visited friends in
MarseiIleS last evening.
Mrs, II. G. Thorson and daughter
Clara OF Harding were Ottawa Wis,
TORS yesterday.
Miss Amy Barnum, who recently re-
signed her position as teacher in the
O II. $. TO accept one in Pittsburgh.
left this afternoon for Chicago. From
there she will go directly to Pitts
burgh,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
Whale Oil From SWordfisr.

The heads of 100 average swordtiSh
will yield 81 gallons of an oil that has
high market value Refined and sun
hleached. it is indistinguishabe from
whale oil. and commands the same
price. In fact commercially. it Is
whale oil
Whale oil Is obtained on much
are treated In the same way as the
swcrdfiSh heads--cooke to pulr
with steam and pressed. A shor. ton
Of them will yield 40 gallons of oil
Boston and Gloucester, Mass, an.
nuslly produce 1000 gallons.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
Mockirg Bird Is a Fighter.

The hooking bird is the only bird
have ever seen drive away a eat: he
will peck and dart about SO fast anG
Overwhelmingly that the eat becomes
confused. and seems not To realize that
her asSalant is mere bird. hut hnr+
rieS off in a panic 10 escape such dan
Cerous foe. He even distruSts the
clumsy old TURKEY buzzard. who has
lighted down in the ward Ia investi
gate the garbage can 10 see if by any
chance the cover has been left off. AnC
the hlz21rd, like the eat. never tries
to defend itself. hut sideStnps and
lodges and finally fees from its small
euemy-never seeming tn think that
one sweep of its big wing would GRIND
il to dust
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
VERY LAST Chance
TO Be COUNTED IN
DECIMAL CENSUS
FINAL APPEAL is MADE FOR &C.
CURATE AND COMPLETE RE.
PORT ON GETAWAYS POPULA.
TiON-NOTE OF WARNING is.
SUED ~ SUPERVISOR.

A final appeal for all Ottawans VINO
were skipped by the census enumer'
ators to get into the records before
the books are closed was made today
for this district The public spirited
citizens who have not been listed as
among those in Ottawa have one
mora chance to help swell the city,
population and from keeping the tow II
from being so estimated as il was i 1
the 1910 census.
In spite of the close watch kept on
the enumerators by the local Chamber
of Commerce 1t is rumored that Il
great many homes were skipped when
the nose counters pounded their beats
compiling the records One day this
week the wife Of "A prominent attornee
called the Chamber OF Commerce of
nee and reported that her home had
never been visited by the cnumerator
This morning Miss Mcnamara sent
an appeal to Wallace Run, local postal
clerk, asking him to get in touch
with the local papers and have every
family who had been skipped send
their names and addresses at once to
the office of the Ottawa Business
Mems Association, These names will
be forwarded 20 Miss Mcnamara.
This was done to help the super.
visor make good her promise made
to the Ottawa people at the beginning
of the campaign that 'aS far as with.
in her power Ottawa would have
everything tina, was coming to her in
this census She is keeping that
promise. and il is now up to the PEG
PIE of the city to either let the OF
fetal rating he sent in correct or %
be greatly undercstima, ed, as in the
past.
Miss McNamara's letter to Mr.. Ruiz
follows:
The enumeration of your city has
been completed, and We are now en-
gagged in checking over the returns
before forwarding them to the direC
tor of census at Washington for con
firmation. But before sending them
in as official want to make sure that
Ottawa is accurately enumerated and
would ask as a special favor to this |
office and to the people Of Ottawa
that you ge' in touch with the local |
news papers and secure as much pub |
licity regarding the census as possible |
and ask to have all the people of OF |
tawa who have not been enumerated |
to send in their names and addresses
TO the Business Mems Association to
be forwarded to this office. do not |
want 10 return to Washington figures |
that do not show up the City Of OF |
tawa. and it is the duty of, the people !
OF your city to help out in this work !
am going to give ever zone up there |
chance to help your city get its
right quota, Also # you or anybody |
in the city knows OF any discrepancy
in the work of the cnumerators | wish |
you would report same"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
QUINCY WOMAN IN
TRANCE" TWO WEEKS

Quincy, H., Jan. 20. An investiga-
ton by the state board of health il
10 he made into the mysterious illness
Of Mrs. Sadie Dewitt OF this city.
whom local health authorities believe
is suffering from sleeping sickness, of
which bu iiity.thrce cases have been
reported in Illinois since its discovery
IN Africa many years ago. Mrs. De.
witt has been in a trance for two
weeks, sleeping continually. Her long
period Of lethargy has been broken
by few moments OF half conscious.
ness, at which time she has partaken
Of little food She recently came
here from Cairo. Ill.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
In Memory OF Nell GWynn

There is always an orange IN plato
placed on Il chair near the door in the
Savoy chapel. in London, on the sun.
day after Christmas. The custom l..
very old. don" IN memory of Nell
Gwynn, who, when u wellntgh home
less child. sold oranges in a little court
near Drury Lane, At all times she
was generous gjycr to the church
and 20 the poor even If her life was
gay and immoral While she lived il
on the plate.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
NEW GIVEN 10
YEARS TO LIFE

Los Angeles, Cal, jan 30 Harry
s. New Jr. convicted here of murder
in the second degree for shooting
treda Lesser. was denied a new trial
yesterday. He was Immediately sen.
fenced to serve not less than ten
yeas, with maximum of life impris-
Cnment at San Quentin prison.
New drove 10 the police station here
one morning in July last bringing the
body of Miss Lesser in an automobile.
He signed confessions admitting that
he killed her because she refused to
marry him, although she was to be.
come the mother of his child
News attorney secured a stay of
execution Of the sentence until next
Tues day. He limited he may appeal
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
HERMAN SCHLAGETER
WEEDS STREATOR NURSE

'5treG.Gr, H., Jan. 3O.--EVer since
Herman Schagtcr'B brother George
beat him 10 the matrimonial altar last
fall Herman has been IL bit "peeved'
because his brother had acquired,
among other things, matrimonial
distinction that Herman did not en-.
JOY, but Herman is catching up this
afternoon. for Il 3 O'Clock Herman
took unto himself bride, namely
Miss Ida Ladkow, "a prominent nurse
in this community.
The ceremony took place at the
home of the brides mother, Mrs. Der.
tba Ladkow, 102 Harrison street. Rev.
August Decker performed the cere.
mony in the presence OF Il lew init,
mate friends and relatives They
We're attended by Mis-, Meta Ladkow,
sister of the bride. and John Ander-
son The bride wore a gown OF blue
tatfcta and Corsage of Ward roses
Her sister wore d dove colorcd geor.
gctct gown and COrSagc OF roses
After the ceremony a wedding STRIP
per will be served to thirty friends
and relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. l>chlag-
eter will live at 1904 North Blooming
ton street, where they have furnished
their home already for their occu
pancy as soon as they re,urn from
their honeymoon,
Mr.. Schlageter is the son Of John
SchlaGeter OF Ottawa and IA brother OF
George SChlageter, who last Summer
married Miss Anna Marx Both broth
ers have been in charge Of the Auto
Service Company and Will soon as.
sumo the management Of the Strea
tor Garage. Herman is a keen, indus
trious business man, wide awake TO
tle progressive interest Of mis- com.
pany and his town, and hosts OF
friends about town are congratulating
him on this last venture.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
Land Worse Than Worthless,

The desert Of Cobb in central Asia.
where hone-dryness has been the
fashion for thousands of years. is also
difficult place 10 obtain a drink.
lis largest streams either vanish in
the sand or empty into salty lakes,
Caravan routes from China to Russia
are still important trade channels, for
the Russians insist that Il sea voyage
destroys The flavor Of tea. This great
400 miles deep and the almost rainless
years since antiquity have parched its
sands 10 tn" dryness that drifts
In gyrating sand waves and snufts out
vegetation with its hot hreah.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
hncicnts Used SlanI,

An ancient us" Of u modern slang
idom, was mentioned 10y r. +. peet
the lecturer in f,syptoIngl At Manche>-
ter university. according to III, Man.
chester Guardian. He said that the
Egyptians always used the verb "tn
do in referring to Il visit Ia ,'uun
of doing" Paris or London After
this it viii not surprise US to learn
that Hannibal considered hi> cxpedi.
tons rs nothing more than stunts
er annoyed when julius Caesar Vas
"drnc IN"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
USE UNCLE SAM
AS DRY CARICATURE
,By the Associated Pre- ss.


London, Jan. ga caricature OF
Uncle Sam with an elongated pro,
boScis bearing the word "prohibition
is soon to app ear on labels pasted on
every bottle, kcg, cask and barrel OF
beer, wine or Whisk., sold il Great
Britain. The labels, five millions OF
which have been printed. bear this in
:CrtrtiOn:
IF prohibition wins here will be no
more beer"
Some dealers objected to this word
ing on the ground that better class
customers might consider it vulgar, SO
It second label has been printed for
use by sruccrs bearing sketch o.
an inverted pyramid designated Pro
hibitiCn' and the warning, Local OPP
ton is the thin end of this wedge.
Don't let them drive it home,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-30
Many Neglect Their Heirs.

one who is at all curiouS in such mat
ters cannot fail to he amazed at the in
consequent fashion in which men trans
the work and savings of their lives.
Death like BIRTH is an inevitable fact
in human experience; yet the average
man lives as though he were to he
the one exception To the common rule
and might confidently expect to live
forever. In nine cases out of ten he
does not take even the rudimentary
precauton of making Il wll.-Coller's
Weekly.