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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-05
DAN McGRAW IN
COMMISSIONER RACE

Dan McGraW, one Of the city'S well
known men. today formally anlounc
ed himself as a candidate for the OF
lice Of commissioner Of Highways OF
the town of Ottawa. Mr. McGraW
VINO IS running on the Independent
ticket, in deciding to enter the race.
acted upon the insistence of his
friends that he start for this very i'm.
portant Office
Born and raised in the country,
where he gathered a wide knowledge
OF road building and road repair work.
Mr.. MCGrdw is one Of the most fitted
men to hold the Office, of all the as.
pirants who so far have entered the
race. He possesses a personality that
commands the respect of men. and
having wide acquaintance turnout
the township, he should make a form
ldlbIe candidate At the polls on clcc.
tion day-April 6.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-05

NEWS III

Miss Vera Ludwig of Elgin. l.
| spending a few days At the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs f. + Johnson. IN Pau
/ street.
Irwin Kay of Morris, was an ottawa
visitor last evening.
! Miss Eva Sewers returned to hrI
home in Strcator this morning after a
visit with Miss Margaret Fox in thie
city,
Lester Go@lin Of Strrator WAS an OF
tawa visitor today.
Attorney Oscar IIoohcrg Of Peru
was an Ottawa Visitor today.
Arthur Moore OF Morris visited OF
tawa friends last evening
James SoIin Of Strcator was AN OF
tawa visitor yesterday.
Miss lora Garncttc of this city was
"a La Sale passenger this morning.
Emmett Kelly spent last evening in
La Sale calling on friends.
Virden Hearty q. Streator spent
yesterday in this city on business.
Michael Carr OF Ottawa called on
friends in ,Irria last evening
Kenneth Sapp spent last evening in
La Sale
l. l.. Williams of Joliet spent ycstcr
day IN Ottawa on business
l.. II. Stohor of Aurora is spending
the day in this city.
President Charles T.. Woodward or
the constitutional convention j., pend
ing a few days at his home in THIS
city
Miss Olive Sampson left today for
nome lni ,,ft . - l.
her mother, Mrs. Ellen Sampson. on
Second avenue
Mis-. Maurice Wolfe of North Ott,,
wa was a Grand Ridge visitor yes.
tcrday.
Attorney f. e, Van Hoorcbckc OF
Marseillcs transacted business in o.
tawa today
Mrs. Burton kirkus of Earlyillc
spent yesterday in Ottawa.
Mrs, Ward Condo of West Main
street was IA Grand Ridge visitor yes.
terday.
Misses Alice and Grace Kltteson
and brother Hiram have relurno to
their home in Earlville after attenG.
ing the ampson-Kittleson wedding in
this city
Mrs, Ben I.ipsey OF Marsoilles was
an Ottawa visitor yesterday
Maynard Clark. Milton Formulas
ana William IWanzig of this city
spent last evening in La Sale.
r.. W. Miller OF Chicago is an o.
ava bushes, visitor toda,'
s. H. Sheppard OF Earlyile is cal..
ny on friends in Ottawa today
W. j. Charley OF La Sale trans
'cted business in Ottawa toda.,.
William Hearty OF t>,reatot as an |
DttaMa visitor to-day
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-05
METH0D|STS MAKE
PLANS FOR BUYING
MERR|F|ELD HOME
OPTION TAKEN ON CENTRAL o..
TAWA RESIDENCE WHERE NEW
PARSONAGE WILL Be LOCATE
COMMITTEE Appointed TO
SECURE FUNDS FOR TIE PUR-
CHASE.

Instead OF building on The lot beside
the church he First Methodist E,iN
copal church has taken an OPTION o,
the l., W. Mo.rilteId residence in lei
ter Ottawa, al the northeast corner
OF Po { and Lafayette streets. for d
parsonage. II has been the plan t,
build during he present season, and
a canvass for funds Was made early
last summer The canvass met With
a cordial response. but when it DO
came unadNiSablc to build ON account
ol the advanced cost Of labor and ma
terialS, tho canvass was discontinued
with approximately half the sum need
"a provided Jy good pledges
I ne official members of the church
have held several meetings. conSi Ter
ms all lIaSc$ Of the present situation.
When 1t became known that the Mcr
riiield residence could be purchased
the property was visited b. severed
members Of the board, including the
! dstor. Although the residence has
been Guilt several years. it is in OK
cellcnt condition throughout. In ad
dltlon to the eight comfortable room.
there is a large attic. and the base
ment is divided into laundry, furnace
room, coal bin, fruit cellar. and a neat
garage stands on tac rear Of the To-.
a committee consisting OF II. ".
Johnson, Dr.. A. J. Roberts, George F.
bills, {. NJ. Pool and W. \ Hendors
has been appointed by the official
beard to have charge CT the canvass
ana to have general charge Of the on
terprise. A letter is being mailed to
the members of the congregation tell
ing OF the action taken and asking
them to be ready with 2cncrou.
pledge when approached by the can
NasSers in the near future The
Jropos ton meets with general favor.
rs II has been in the plans Of the
hurch tor many years 10 provide a
mere modern home for their pastoc
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-05

tanned from certain fungi. which are
dried and ground. mixed With cement
md consolidated by pressure In
Norway Il process has been patented
TO enable carbide 10 be- used for driv-
Ing motors In p"nmarN a company
has been noated 20 max" hriquettes
from heather. These have II higher
heat value than peat Experiments
are being made to rs" chalk mart, cs-
peciaIly that which comes from the
Limhurg mines. rs n fertilizer,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-05

British America, which consists of
Cnnadn, Newfoundland and n number
Of islands. has an area Of $50. 900
square miles, While The totnl area of
the United States and its possessions
Is 3,I43,iI6 square miles Thus Britain
has little more territory, but it ia
largely so far north rs to be of com.
Uara'jyely little value.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-05
MOVIE MAGAZINE
CARRIES BIG STORY
OF LOU REARD0N
OT TAWAS ONLY FILM STAR is
GIVEN TWO.PAGE .WRITE.UP.
WITH FULL PAGE PICTURE, IN
THIS MONTHS ISSUE OF PHO.
TOPLAY."


The April number of "rhotoplay" a
mapazino for ,,oyio ,,ns ,.o,t,in,. two
,.hn,a
''e'' " - '''''' ''''''' '''''
pictures OF Lou RiOrdan. known 10 the
screen world as Mildred Rcardon, the
we'll known Ottawa Girl who il MAX,
inc go,d i, ,,t, .,,,,,.,.,,,
''''
W 'ie"'eh' 'h'a''o '"' "h''h ran III
me free Tradcr-Journal. advertising
Lou In "1he Sheriff. and showing her
name IN large type, with the names
OF the world famous stars, Marguerite
idrh ana F"tty Afhuckle, IN smaller
lc''erlhs below. was part OF the story
me pictures OF Miss R"ardon in the
magazine are some OF the most at
'ractlVe ever made of her
The story is reprinted in finn he
low:
arm como h,c, horo ,,r,on.
of these DAYS" said ,G,nar,nId MA
red Rcardon whom sbo ,,id nn,L NV,
to the FOLKS Al tho station .t o,t,,,..,
H. three vears ,gn A. ,ho, $780, ~
her namc wac o,, H;o,Ian ~, '''"'
W. .r 'S.'''''ls was due TO lhe difficulty
VI 'o''' people IN learning That Rior-
u'n was as hlu'h heardon as is Rear
"on an" 10 tne aaaltIohal TACT that
10y ~ SeheJ'l'y used as a male appel
'","'n'
-. y, any rae, Lou or Mildred, shook
'n' ""S' u olta"a from her dainty
ru,'po an" N''t !" lh' Dig city. VIZ:
nr"Eo. hfou&h the good Offices of
- ''"" sue So' Job in a MIN comedy
n'n''''E at 'nree'a.ld'a'hall a day Be
ing informed that she was to wear
p"J'"''S /" Tue scene, Mildred invest.
w 'no mug sum OF twenty dollars in
sun ol SIX hlShtieS, The first scene
, o' comedian heaving a
''a' J. PIE a. 'h' newest girI on the
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-05
Strange Names Popular

IL India names are likely to change
as a result OF conversion 10 CHRISTI.
altity Fer instance. Mr. \n>purichn cd
becomes Mr., Servant of Jesus. Mr.
ReGsar, Mr.. child Of the Church, and
Mrs. She Devil Mrs. Happiness.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-05

boys composition "Tobacco wa.
invented by Walter Raleigh and who,
Vhe people first saw him smoking they
thoueht II was steamboat or loromo-
ove. and AS they had never heard OF
those things they were greatly fright.
ened."-Boston Transcript
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-05
Docs Double Duty

III" weight "f The taes 5..cc,diny
South African mine j. used ia uro.
due" power hy pulling u cabIc wound
around Il drum That drives Il gen.
orator.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-05
For SUPERVISOR.

Bernard j. Shanlcy announced him.
self as candidate for the Office of
Supervisor subject TO The Democratic
town primaries
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-05
FLOUR UP 25CTS.
A BARREL TO-DAY

Minneapolis. Marcn improve
ment in the local wheat situation was
reflected In an advance in flour Of 2Jc
barrel here today.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-05
AGNES CA<AZ IMERS

+ NEW YORk-Miss Agnes Chal.
mers, member OF the Grand Rap.
eds. Mtch.,, board OF education and
a close friend of Lady Aston, has
returned to the United States
after q visit to Lady Astor's home
1t Clemdon. Eng. She Is the au-
thor Of THE Kings Cuppearer.'
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-05
Notice,

Tomorrow closes the Y. ". e. A..
campaign. Please leave all uupaid
donations at Corbus drug store.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-05

Try the Free Trader-Journai Want Ads
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-05

FOR SALk-A porch rug. porcn
table, wash boiler and board, iron.
ing board and kitchen utensils. Phone
945-k.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-05

BOLOGNA, ,taly--Another OF
mans disease enemies has sur.
rendered to science. Professor
ArnaldO Maggiora of the Institute
Of Hygiene here, has isolated the
germ Of sleeping sickness aud is
busy preparing a serum to combat
the malady. The sleeping sick.
ness germ was one of the most
elusive in the history of Dacteri-
ology.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-05

&, \, CROWEEN.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
MRS. MILES PoINDEXTER.
Sfsre IlJFEbIHrS

In the parlance of the day, he
started to rush" her right away.
but Miss Page through . mutual
friend had heard SO much about
the young Southerner. fresh from
Washington and Lee University.
who had come West to seek his
fortune, that she felt q certain
disappointment in his long. lanky
appearance. and didn't tumble"
as easily as it had been thought
she would.
However, she had to admit there
was a charm about his you ALL"
his Southern drawl and his ease
OF manner. and as II developed
that the young giant also loved
the big outdoors-to ride and hunt
and fish-Elizabeth Page and
Miles Poindexter soon found that
they had much in common. II
was not long before they became
fast friends. which friendship
ripened into love. After a few
months courtship they were mar
ried. but not before Miles Poin-
dexter hod planted his feet on the
legal ladder and started the clint
to success. his election as prose-
cutting attorney coming a few
months later and landing him
eventually on the Superior Court
bench, where he remained until
nominated for Congress.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
First Ladies Assume Ne1o Importance Under Suffrage Regime

Both the Poindexters are prac-
ticai farmers. They lived on a
farm In Washington state. and
Mrs. Poindexter owns and operates
today wheat farm out In Oregon.
She 10 Patron of Husbandry, and
member of the Spokane National
Grange. Their son, Gale Poin-
dexter, now u lieutenant In the
navy. never took to the soil. how
ever. Like his mariner grand
father, he hankered after the sea.
Mrs. Poindexter siw which way
the wind lay years ago, and gaye
up trying to make him a farmer.
She Gays that one very hot day
when Gale was q small boy, she
came out on the porch Of the
farmhouse and found him COM
Portable ensconced, enjoying a
good book and the cool, while his
father was wedding onions In the
garden.
on to swlmming Hole.
why, Gale" she expostulated.
aren't you ashamed Of yourself
to sit here and watch your poor
father out there working in that
heat? Go and help him this
minuteg
Jaw, mother" he replied, Il
can't be bothered with wedding
onions. Besides, I've got an en-
gagement to go swimming at IL
o'clock"
About an hour later Mrs. Poin-
dexter heard a low whistle from
the onion patch, and before she
could take in it's Significance. saw
father and son disappearing down
the hill in the direction of the
swimming hole.
In telling me the story, she
said: 81 don't know but what
Gales philosophy was the best.
Today ne is sailing the high seas.
while his father-well. his father
is still wedding onions"
But the senstor6till manages
to steal away from his Senatorial
onion patch and go swimming. OF
fishing as the case may be. and
Mrs. Poindexter always goes with
him. She says that as practically
every rented boat on the Potomac
leaks. it is really necessary for
her to go along to keep the boat
bsled out while the Senator at
tends to business.
Be that as 1t may. it's a pretty
safe bet that the woman who can
60 fishing with her husband af-
ter nearly thirty years of mar
ried life will make the right kind
of running mate" no matter
What the Job is they're after!
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11

Roberta Dixon grew up in an at
mosphere q, bit different from the
average girl. Accustomed to dis
cuss the weightiest matters from
early childhood. she was a seri-
ous-minded. well-balanced young
woman when the time came for
her to go off to school, and select
ed Swarthmore College, the coed
ucational institution established
by the Friends.
Here she sat at the same table
with William c. Sproul and his
roommate, Mitchell Palmer, who
became very much interested in
the clever young Southerner. A
strong attachment developed
among the three, and while rumor
has 1t that Sproul and Palmer
were rivals in love just as they
are in politics today. ] have 1t on
the best authority that such was
not the case, and the warmth Of
personal friendship existing be-
tween the two men to this day
would be still further proof.
Took Six Years to Choose.
At any rate, Roberta Dixon
looked over the head of a future
governor into the eyed Of a posi-
BILE future President. and made
her decision in favor of the latter.
as any woman would. But Qua
kers are very deliberate in every
thing they do. and il took her six
years to say the word that made
her Mitchell Palmer's wife in the
Friends Meeting House at Balti-
more.
They went to live at Strouds-
burg, Pa, a town of 1000 or 5000
inhabitants in the Pocono Noun
tains. where Mitchell Palmer had
grown up and pursued his law
studies in the office of John B.
Storm, and later became his law
partner.
The home which they establish
ed there was as noted for lis hos
pitality as North Bend" for Mrs.
Palmer is distinctly a home maker,
and has that rare gift of not only
creating the home atmosphere
wherever she goes. but of making
her guests feel a part of it.
In Washington the Palmer home
is not the usual formal abode of
the Cabinet officer. The library,
with its soft bronze and brown
tones, it's book-lined walls, big
easy chairs and couches, open fire
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11
Three Centuries of Span.
ish Exploitation Fail to
Make Appreciable Dent
In Vast National
Resources.

hero in Admiral Grau. who was
killed in battle some months after
sinking the Chilean naval hero.
Captain Arturo Prat. That war left
one of the worse sore spots in South
America, the Tacna question. The
peace treaty gave the province of
Tacna to Chile for ten years. when
further possession was to be de-
termined by a vote of the inhabi-
tants. But no agreement has been
reached as to who shall vote, or
when, or how the ballots are to be
cast. Nobody knows which way the
vote might go. for many Chileans
now live in that region and there
are complexities of investments and
property to be dealt with.
Has Had Many Revolutions.
Since that war Peru has had sew
eral revolutions and coups d'etat,
the worst of which occurred in lS@i.
with fighting in the streets of Lima
and the latest last Fourth OF July.
when President Pardo was displaced
and exiled. These affairs now take
place between warning political rae
tions, without involving the people.
There Is a special apartment IN tne
Lima penitentiary where presidents
of Peru sometimes find themselves
confined, perhaps with the caplhet'
and on occasions a few guards nave
been hurt or killed in changing the
administration by force. But num-
an life is a good deal safer during
a revolution in Lima that strike
in New York, and politics do not
interfere with the progress OF the
country.
The present President of Peru Is
Augusta B. Leguia. He held the OF
fice from 1908 to 1912. In 1909, how
over, the palace guards were AZ
tackled. the President seized ana MS
resignation demanded at the point
~ a revolver. He refused to sign
and was rescued. In 1913 political
onnonents exiled him from the coun-
trv Five years later ne returned.
and last July seized President Jose
Pardo. with several OF his minis
ters. who were imprisoned. There
was no bloodshed, Leguia was Presi-
dent-elect and would have taken OIL
f,ce in another month. His action
was taken in fear that a hostile con-
rress might annul his election, and
also because the administration hao
seized a newspaper favorable 10
him. Senior Leguia's record during
his first administration was excel
lent. He carried out public works,
settled boundary disputes, prevented
hostilities between Peru and Chile
and was thoroughly capable and
progressive. He was a soldier In
the war with Chile, and after that
a business man, being at one time
general manager OF the New York
Life Insurance Co. in Peru. Ecuador
and Chile. and then organized one
of the largest sugar companies in
the country, which he managed un-
til made President.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11

the present needs. the equipment
must grow, and. six months ago.
a citizens national committee. COM
posed mainly of its alumni, headed
by the Secretary of War. Newton ID.
Baker. was appointed to raise an
endowment of s1.OO0,OO0. The COM
mittee includes so many United,
States Senators that il they were
to attend a committee meeting.
there would hardly be a quorum left
in the Senate: so many ambassa-
dors. college presidents and profess
sOrs. judges and other dignitaries
that it's list reads like condensed
Who's Who"
After President Henry Louis
Smith had passed the nat and got
100000, he told the Rockefeller
General Board OF Education about
it. and the board said: when you
can show us 100000 we will give
you 100000 more" That required
him and the committee to add $780,
900 more to The first 100000 al
ready raised.
McCormicks Give S2OO,OoO.
Just a few days ago, the McCor-
mick family of Chicago gave the
entire 100000, which validated the
boards offer. In addition. driblets
have brought the total sum now to
over 100000, and the goal OF ST.
900, 900 does not seem unattainable.
The great gift of the Mccormick
family is In honor of Cyrus McCor-
mick, who was q trustee of the
university. When he invented and
first demonstrated his harvester, IL
was upon the field adjoining this
institution. and In the presence of
several of it's professors.
There is a great endowment OF
S2,0O0,0O0 coming to the university
eventually from the Doremus estate,
but it Is not available during the
lifetime of Mrs. Doremus.
With the new funds, buildings
costing about 100000 are TO be
added. of which one is now under
construction. There are about 600
students attending. which taxes the
present capacity.
p. v. COLLINS.
The Washington herald., 1920-04-11

il. Then, with a couple of hundred
men. Pizarro landed at Tumbes,
marched to Csjamarca, met the Inca
Atahuallpa, massacred his court fol-
lowing. took him prisoner, executed
him, and made Peru the base for the
Spanish conquest and rule OF South
America. Pizarro was past fifty
when he realized his dream, could
neither read nor write, and carried
out his plans with the slenderest
equipment. From some standpoints
he was a genius. and from others a
Hun. But 1t is obvious that seizing
an empire Of ten to twenty million
people with one company Of soldiers
called for some rough stuff. Ten
years later he was killed by politi-
cal opponents and buried in Lima.
the city which he founded. Latin
Americans are very fond of monu-
ments. but, rather oddly, neither
Lima nor Peru had a monument to
Pizarro, nor even a tablet.
Then came nearly three centuries
of Spanish exploitation, first Of the
Indians, who were worked to death
getting out gold and silver. and
later of the Spanish colonists them
selves, who were held in Spain's
tight little protective system OF
trade and industry. Among all the
viceroys and politicians Of those go
years nobody stands out particular
ly. The chief notables were writer's
like the Padre Las Cascas, champion
Of the Indians. and Garcilasso de Ia
Vega, whose father was Spanish and
his mother of royal Inca blood. and
who has left the best account of the
Inca civilization. From 1850 right
down to 1913 Peru had a healthy in
QUESTION. which burned and fiogged
hcretics. In 1850 a descendant of
tho Incas. Tupac Amaru. led an in
surrection Of the Indians, but was
caught and executed.
lHe next nOtdple3 were Peru
liberators, San Martin and Admiral
Cochrane. from the south. and Boil
var, from the north. Most OF the
seeds of revolution in South Amer
lea were planted by the Spaniards
from Peru--prohibitions on colonial
industries, prohibitions on trade
with other nations. suppression of
printing and education. long dis
tance government. the inquisition.
and SO forth. And Peru was also
the last section of South America to
be freed from Spanish rule. San
Martin and o'Higgins worked in the
south. liberating Argentina and
Chile. and Bolivar in the north,
freeing Venezuela and Colombia.
There could be no permanent inde-
pendence for these countries until,
Spanish power In Peru was destroy
ed. So. in 1890. San Martin landed
at Pisco. 122 miles south Of Lima.