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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-07-27
BINDING LIGHTS
CAUSE AUTO CRASH
WITH MILK WAGON"
FAILURE TO USE DINNERS BLAM.
Ed FOR WHAT MIGHT HAVE
BEEN SERIOUS ACCIDENT LAST
NlGHT-BOY THROWN TO
PAVEMENT.

The failure of an unknown auto.
mobile driver to dim his light, caused
an accident last night about 7:4j
o'clock, when Miss Grace Koenig,
daughter Of Mrs. and Judge George
r. KOeng, accidentally collded with
a buggy, driven by Charles SlapWin-
ski, Federal Plate resident. at the
corner of Pine and Lafayette streets.
Mr.. Slapwinsh, was accompanied by
his small son, Charles Jr, while Miss
kocntg was accompanied by her pa
rents, who were seated In the back
seat OF the automobile.
The accident was unavoidable, and
the blame will by no means be placed
on the driver OF the auto. Witnesses
who saw the crash, blamed it to the
binding lights of an automobile com.
ing from the west on Lafayette street.
Miss Koenig, had turned off of
Sycamore street, onto Lafayette and
was going at a very slow rate of
speed AS she neared the alley be-
tween Pine and Sycamore streets,
two automobiles, with very bright
lights appeared on Lafayette street.
Miss Koenig dimmed her lights and
slackenei her speed. Neither OF the
approaching cars dimmed their lights,
which made it impossible for Miss
koenig to see anything ahead of her.
Suddenly, as she reached the cross
ing of Pine and Lafayette streets,
she collided with the Slapwinski bug
gy, which was crossing the street, GO
ing south.
The buggy was overturned, and
young Slapwinski thrown to the pave
ment. Miss Koenig brought her car
to an immediate stop, while the
frightened horse dashed down the
street. dragging the overturned bug
gy behind it. Mr. Slapwinski hurried
after the horse and succeeded in
catching it about a block from the
scene Of the accident
By that time Judge Koenig had al
ready assisted the lad to his feet
and took him to Ryburn hospital,
where Dr. 5. w Parr was summoned
to attend him. Upon examination it
was discovered that the lad was not
injured He was removed to his
home shortly afterward, while Mr.,
Slapwinski finished peddling his
milk.
SlapwinSki is the owner of the
Sheriff Eating Dog which caused
SO much excitement several weeks
ago when Sheriff c, s. Ayers and
Deputy G. w. Campbell went to place
Mr.. Slapwinski and his wife under
arrest on charges of making moon
shine.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-07-27
OTTAWA GOLFERS AT
STREATOR AUGUST q

Yesterday the Free Trader-Journa'
inadvertently left the impression
among golfers that the Ottawa club
plays at Streator tomorrow. The re-.
turn match of the inter-club play Will
be week from Thursday. Players
who intend making the trip should
notify Lothrop Perkins at the Clegs
Perkins shop on Columbus street.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-07-27
JURY CONV|CTS LABOR UNION
MENFORATTACK ON CONTRACTOR
THOMAS LOWE ASSESSED
$100 FINE: FARRELL
MUST PAY SIS
APPEAL PLANNED

JURYMEN GIVE DEFENDANT WHO
STRUCK BLOW THE LIMIT
AFTER FEARING TESTIMONY IN
CASE TRIED BEFORE AUDIENCE
THAT PACKED COUNTY COURT
ROOM.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-07-27
THE WEATHER.

Generally fair tonight
and Thursday; probably
showers; cooler tonight.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-07-27
BicyIist's Scalp Cut.

A negro automobile driver, said to
be Sherman r Thomas, 623 State St,
and an employe Of the Conde Motor
& Supply Company driving an Oak
land touring car, Collided with ard
seriously injured Roy Goodman, ii
year old son of Mr. and Mrs Alley
Goodman, 603 Glover street, another
Free Trader-Journal carrier. last night
about $50 o'clock at the intersection
of Christie and Center streets, South
ottawa. The accident according to
witnesses was unavoidable. Young
Goodman received a severe cash on
his head, while he also suffered from
a number of bruises and cuts about
his body and arms Shortly after the
accident he was removed to his home
where physicians attended him. Three
stitches were taken to close the
wound on the top of his head.
Goodman. previous to the accident
had just delivered Free Trader-Jour
nal to the kerste residence OF
Christie street After he had placed
the paper in the doorway of the home
| he jumped on his bicycle and rode out
into the street A large farm-box wag
on was in front of him. He rode be
! hind it for several feet and then de
cided to pass it. AS he did, the large
car driven by Thomas struck hi.
wheel. He was thrown for severa
feet and alighted on the payment neat
/ the curbing. The blow on his heaC
was so severe that he lost conscious
ness for almost an hour.
Thomas stated afterwards that h,
did not notice the boy behind the wae
on. as the height of the box obstruct
ed all view. He was travelling at
moderate rate of speed.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-07-27

If a warrant is served on the gov
ernor today either at Chicago or
Springfield, it is presumed that he
will permit himself to remain in Gus,
tody while habeas corpus proceed
ings are instituted to bring the case
to a quick issue by requiring Brun-
dage to show proof why the COVER
nor should submit himself to a Grim,
inal trial Governor Small and Att
torney General Braundage are both in
Chicago
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-07-27
State issues Bulletin.

Increase of infantile paralysis il
various sections of the state has oc
casiOned the state health department
to issue a bulletin describing tn,
symptoms of the disease and warn
ing parents to call a physician at the
first sign of illness of a child.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-07-27

but every parent should be on the
alert and anyone can suspect the
presence of the disease if a child be-
comes i'll and has any of the follow
ing symptoms:
Tells Symptoms.
Cries when you hold him in your
arms or when taken up, or cries when
you bend his body forward has fe-
yer and is very irritable, or is drow-
sy or has headache,
"a child sick one day and appar
emily well the next, and sick again
the third day" the bulletin reads
should have careful examination in
view of possible infantile paralysis.
Any muscle weakness developing in
any part of the body even after a
mild illness, should call for attention
at once.
No Age immune.
at is to be remembered that no
age is immune, though the majority
of cases are in children under five
years.
THE medical profession should be
warned that we are in the midst of
threatening IllltS lOi IHIS particular
disease that many cases are over
looked and that much can be done
to prevent the child from serious
after effects if cases are recognized
early.
The state department of public
health has a service of assistance in
diagnosis for physicians needing it,;
early after treatment advice and lit
erature for physicians in need of
same is available
Any case of infantile paralysis dis
covered in Ottawa should be reported
Immediately to local health authori-
ties as the state death department
demands an immediate report of
cases of this disease to be forward
ed to Springfield.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-07-27

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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-07-27
ALLEGED BANDITS
HELD TO GRAND JURY

James Nangle and Eugene Heath,
accused of holding up John MalioJ
last Saturday night, were given a
hearing efore Justice K0enig this ait
ernoon. Each was ordered held TO
the garnd jury under $500 bonds. They
were returned to Jail after the hear
ing.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-07-27
INF ANT PARALYSIS
CLAIMS Sd VICTIM
WITHIN THE WEEK
SON OF MR.. AND MRS. WILLIAM
RlEL, 922 PAUL ST, DIES or
DREAD DISEASE, SAME DAY
LITTLE FELLOW WAS TAKEN
ILL.

Another Ottawa child has paid the
toll of the dreaded pOliomeylitis. Last
night at 10 o'clock Herbert Earl Riel.
aged 2 years and 8 months, passed
away after an illness OF less than
tWenty-tOur hours of the disease at the
nome OF his parents Mr.. and Mrs
William Riel. 922 Paul st. The child's S
Illness was definitely diagnosed as in
fantile paralysis late yesterday after
noon and the home was placed under
quarantine
The little boy. who was the only
son OF Mr. and Mrs Riel, was not feel.
ing well on Thursday of last week and
his mother becoming frightened sum
moned physician. The medic was
not alarmed over the babys condition
and by Friday he had apparently com
pletely recovered. On Sunday he
was suffering Of slight cold and a
physician was again summoned. The
child was not i'll enough then to show
any signs Of disease or for his sick
ness to create any alarm. Monday
he had not recovered but was not ac-
tually sick.
Early Tuesday morning he COM
planned Of his throat feeling sore, and
inside short time he was violently
i'll. The disease affected him in the
respiration and after short time
paralyzed his lungs
The baby was born in Ottawa Oct.
/, 1918 and has made his home here
all his life. He was an extremely
bright yOungster and his passing has
created vacancy that will be hard to
| fill in the Riel household.
| Surviving he leaves his parents and
two sisters Mildred, aged IA years and
Annabell, aged 5. He is a grandson
| OF II. +. Baker Of East Main St
/ Private funeral services were held
family home and burial was made in
/ the Ottawa Avenue cemetery.
The death of the Riel child is the
| second to occur in ottawa since Fri
day besides the one which occurred
early Saturday morning in Deer Parl
State Issues Bulletin.
Increase of infantile paralysis il
various sections of the state has oc
casiOned the state health department
! to issue bulletin describing tn,
! symptoms of the disease and warn
ing parents to call a physician at the
first sign of illness of child.
45 Cases In State.
/ According to the bulletin receive,
forty-five cases OF infantile paralysi
were reported during the first 81,
months of 1921 There were twenty
six cases of the disease reported dur
ing the first two weeks of July.
'Inasmuch as this is the time 0
year when we expect unusual preva
lence of infantile paralysis" the bul
letin reads, mot only the physician
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-08-27
n ailStormS.

The starting point of a hailStOrm is
a layer of air laden with water-vapOr.
This passes rapidly through varying
degrees of temperature, which first
freeze the particles of water and then
melt them and re-freeze them, adding
other particles as the journey cOntin-
ues. HailstOnes, in falling, are some
times carried below the central part
of the storm which gave birth to them,
through successive layers of rain or
snow, which, accounts for the fact
that the resultant stone is formed of q
number of distinct cOatings, like the
skins of an onion. 1t frequently hap
pens that considerable quantity of
this frozen vapor is whirled by the &C
ton of the storm into the center of the
tornado. Then, when the force ceases
abruptly or the particles become too
heavy to be supported by the wind,
they fall to the earth in an almost SOL
id mass. The connection between hail
storms and thunderstOrms is because
of the rapidly shifting degrees of tenn
perature which accompany the latter
fact which also explains why hail
storms occur usually in the spring or
summer, when the majority of thun-
derStOrmS take place.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-08-27
CITY OF SQUAL0R
Filth and Vice Chief Characteris-
tics of ConstantinopIe.
Turkish Capital Is an Excellent
Place to Avoid.

ConStantinOple is not a pleasant
place, to judge by the account of f.
Holmes, writing from that city in the
London Daily News.
Often in my dreams" he writes,
"there comes back again suddenly the
strange, sickly odOr, and 1 glide again
over the thick, oily, muddy waters
dotted with the bloated bodies of dead
oxen and asses, with here and there
two-legged corpse instead. We land
again in Tophaue quay and plunge
into what I verify believe and sincere
ly hope to be scene which, for flth,
sordidness, squalor, misery and ia
grant and outrageous vice has no
parallel elsewhere in Europe.
1.-The rough cObbled streets are
thickly strewn with decaying garbage
of every description, and upon this
filth the vegetable vender heaps his
wares. Passing the butchers shops In
summer the handkerchief flies instinc-
lively and in mere self-defenSe to the
nose; the color of the meat, so far as
it could be discerned for flies, was
green. Every second shop III the Rue
de Galata is a so-called Bier haus';
where the more fortunate sailor is
merely drugged, robbed of all he pos
sesses and flung out into the street TO
be picked up by the patrol. The less
fortunate is not flung out and is never
heard of again.
"a verminOus, villainOus multitude
of every nation under heaven passes
continually up and down these streets,
squabbling eternally. Women of all
nationalities, united only by the COM
mon bond of universal vice and uni
versal disease, Turk in their thievish
corners. Disease of every kind RACES,
of course.
Looking at the city from the sea,
the eye Is generally caught by certain
curious slate gray patches. They are
the burnt-Out areas. Two or three
times a week during summer the city
is lit by a huge blaze. AS nearly all
the houses are of wood and the fire
brigade is bad joke these fires usual
ly destroy five hundred buildings or so
before they burn themselves out. The
government has now created hOuS-
ing problem by forbidding the croa-
ton of any more wooden houses. The
population solves it after its man
ner: The Turk squats in the ruins of
his burnt hOuse-in the cellar if 1t is
intact; if not, in any stone founda-
ton that may remain covered in with
boards and old clothes.
"Such is the Christian quarter of
COnstantinOple."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-08-27
Old Scottish Sunday Dinner.

In letter of Sir Walter Scott, dated
in 1924, he describes a typical Sab
bath in Edinburgh 100 years ago as
follows:
Il have always been intimate with
the FOrbeses from my infancy, since
the excellent old lord with his wife
and family used weekly to dine at my
fathers always on Sunday, and on
the same bill of fare, which would now
be thought a curious one to invite a
nObleman to. In the first place there
was sheep-head broth and said
sleeps head itself, the reason being
that the sleeps head, which requires
much boiling, was put on the night be-
fore, and the dressing of the beef
steaks occupied the least possible time,
and thus the necessity of employing
servants on the Sabbath day was
diminished as much as possible. Then
there was q bottle or two of special
wine, which no wine merchant had fit
ted for the market, and there was a
sermon read during which one part of
the children We're sleeping and the
other pinching and kicking them TO
make them keep awake. And then
there is an old Sabbath for you i'll
Edinburgh"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-08-27
HOW COOLlE SAVES HIS FACE
Chinaman Is Amusing and Ingenious,
but His Little Tricks Do Not
Always Work.

Chinese WOrkmen would rather en-
dure any amount of physical pain
than to lose face, writes Sam Dean in
Asia. ! made that discovery through
an experience we had with our gate
keeper soon after my arrival in
China. We had dismissed him be-
cause he insisted on collecting 10 per
cent on some goods we had brought
into the courtyard to bale for ship
ment to America. When | came home
one night, shortly afterward, l found
him mounted on the horse block in
front of the gate, haranguing several
hundred listeners. He told them
how he had been cheated and dis
charged, and then, Tightening a loose
ly knOtted cord that encircled his
neck, he went to the front door; tied
one end of the cord to the brass
knocker and sank down till he was
half strangled Then he arose and
addressed the assembly still further.
L had seen enough. l rushed into the
hold and told a friend who had been
in China longer than / what was hap
pening. He ran out, gave the gate
keeper a shake and said: eff you
hang yourself at our door, 1 will kick
you to DEATH" The crowd burst out
laughing, and the old man, who had
hoped to make us lose face, lost so
much himself that he Sneaked away
as fast as he could. 1 remember an
other and more amusing case when
the crowd laughed no less heartily
at the expense of the foreigner. He
was a whale of an Italian contractor,
and he was in charge of the rebuild
ing of the Picking south gate. In one
spot the coolies were using a tamper
made of a large round iron casting
with ropes attached. They held the
ropes and, throwing their bodies back
ward and forward in time with a song
they were singing, they raised and
lowered the casting. Meanwhile, how
ever, they We're losing face with the
crowd for the Italian was laying on
pretty vigorously with the cane, and
so, to retrieve their honor, they be-
gan to sing with all their might:
"Old foreign devil, old foreign devil
Beat, beat him, beat him in the earth :"
The Italian did not understand, but
the crowd did and laughed heartily !;
the foreigner was giving the coolies
blows with stick. but they were hit
ting him a mental crack that made a
fool of him.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-08-27
Safety First"

The following Rules of the Road
have been forwarded by an English
resident in Japan who has copied
them from the central police station
at Tokyo.
At the rise of the hand of the pO-
liceman stop rapidly.
Do not pass him by or otherwise
disrespect him.
When a passenger of the foot hove
in sight, tOOtle the horn; trumpet at
him melOdiOuSly at first, but if he still
obstacles your passage tOOtle him with
vigOr and express by word of the
mouth the warning Hi, Hi"
Beware the wandering horse that he
shall not take fright as you pass him
by. Do not explode an exhaust box
at him. Go sOOthingly by.
Give big space to the festive dog
that shall sport in the roadway.
Avoid ENHANCEMENT of dog with
your wheel spOkes.
Go sOOthingly on the grease mud as
there turks the skid demon.
Press the brake of the foot as you
roll round the corner to save the col
lapse and tie-up.-LOndOn Punch.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-08-27
Tractor Hauls Gun Over Water.

In line with similar experiments in
France and England, a submarine trac-
tor has been developed in this country
which is capable of travelling through
water to a depth of ten or twelve feet
By the simple expedient of eQuipping
the carburetor with periscOpe, air is
insured for the gasoline mixture The
seat of the driver is high enough so
that ordinarily there is no particular
danger of his taking an involuntary
bath. Provision is made for the
mounting of a small fieldpiece on top
The vehicle is shown by full page
illustration in the August Popular Me-
chanics Magazine.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-08-27
ERUPTION of Flames on the Sun.

There was recently the biggest dis
turbance on the sun that astronomers
have ever happened to observe. 1t
seems to have been an enormous erup-
ton. during which masses of flames
were thrown to a height of hundreds of
thousands of miles!
A gigantic arch of fire. spanning
large section of the suns edge (as
seen through the telescOpe), rose, up
held, as it were, by two columns, one
at each end. Rising still higher. it
finally broke, assuming thereupon a
spiral form. The arch was at least
100000 miles high, and lasted four
months before it disappeared.
Another eruption of flames, which
attained a height of 100000 miles, &C.
Cured soon afterward, stretched like
q rubber band, the middle part ris-
ing rapidly and the sides straighten-
ing so as to form almost an isosceles
triangle.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-08-27
Fashions in China.

Notwithstanding the popular west
ern fancy that fashions never change
in China, the Chinese woman is pains
takingly particular as to the exact
length and fullness-or scantiness-Of
her coats, skirts and trousers. She is
carefully precise about the width of
bias bands or braid or lace that she
uses for trimming, the number and
arrangement of fastenings, the shape
and height of her collar. All of these
details vary as tyranically from sea-
son to seasOn-under Shanghai guild
ance-as certain style features do
with us under the leadership of New
York or Paris. Moreover, as against
our four seasons. the fashion devotee
of China takes account of eight.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-08-27
Safety and Safety Zones.

Her parents had driven up to visit
her and they were driving about to
see the city. They wished to do
few minutes shopping, so they hunted
for parking space. Finally they found
it in front of a department store.
Returning a few minutes later she
beheld a sticker notifying her to ap-
pear in court next morning. She
turned to the corner trafficman:
What, what had she done to vio-
late the rules? They'd only been gone
ten minutes and she had been very
careful to see that they parked right
in a safety zone, and so she had
felt safe-sO what-?'-Indianapolis
News.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-08-27
LAND Of BEAUTY
Traveller Writes of Art Treasures
in Old Mexico.
Among Them, Cathedrals and Churches
as Fine, or Finer, Than Any
Found Elsewhere.

The guileleSS tourist who thrOngS
European picture galleries. because he
is told it is the proper thing to do, will,
some day, when he has got it out of
his head that Mexico is a nation entire
ly inhabited by murderers. find
that there are artistic treasures just
as worth while only little way across
the Rio Grande. There are a hun
dred great churches and cathedralS
more beautiful than any yet dreamed
of in his own country: there are pyr-
amids that rival Cheops and bas-re-
liefs as striking as anything Nineveh
could show; above all, for those in
search of beauty IN common things,
there are a dozen handicraftS, the
products whereof would drive collec-
tors mad with rapture if they were
bought in Naples or IShpahan. The
blanket serapes worn by the men are
familiar, chiefly through machine-made
limitations; less so the rebOsOS worn
by the women; of a special interest
as showing the blending of East and
West is the native pottery. as for eX
ample, the beautiful Talavera and
Mudejar ware. Although the intro
duction of this is usually ascribed to
the Dominican monks, its Spanish or
Arabic influence is. in actual fact,
merely Overlsid upon the very much
more ancient native craft of which
examples are still preserved in the
National museum and elsewhere.
1t is safe to say that not one in
hundred persons if asked to name the
three finest equestrian statues in the
world would know that at least one
of them is to be found in Mexico. 1t
represents King Carlos " of Spain
and is said to have been the first
bronze statue ever cast in America.
1t is without any question the finest,
ranking second only to that of Bar
tOlommeO COlleOni in Venice, yet
mention it here, less for what it is
than for what it represents.
The Mexican people unfortunately
for their reputation live in country
of unparalleled fertility and wealth.
Were they only more enterprising and
business like they would long ago
have sacrificed its beauty to the bene-
| fit of their own pockets and thereby
gained the admiration of their neigh
bOrS. Their cities today mines of
| beauty in which you cannot walk
| 100 yards without passing some noble
church or palace fit for the Sleeping
| Beauty" or quaint detail of quainter
public life. would be rectilinear night
mares where skyscrapers and factor
| les and elevateds and smOkestacks
| fought with each other which should
| most openly show its contempt for
mere humanity. Perhaps if the advO-
Gates of progress and efficiency at the
| expense of your neighbOr have their
| way, that day may still come. 1t will
| be a bad day for Mexico; it will be
an even worse day for the rest Of the
western hemisphere, for it will herald
| the final victory of materialism in the
new world and the permanent disap-
pearance of that religion of beauty
which is called art.-Oliver MADDOX
| Hueffer in the North American Re
view