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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-11-14
RED CROSS STARTS
XMAS SEAL DRIVE

The Illinois State tuberculosis as.
sociation is distributiDg $4,000 900
Christmas seals 10 its l07 affiliated
local tuberculosis associations
throughout the state, outside Cook
county. In addition to the seals,
quantities of souvenir health bonds
and educational publicity matter are
distributed in large numbers.
The National tuberculosis aSsocia;
ton has set a quota Of Sl,0O0000 for
the United States, 10 be raised In the
seal drive, beginning Dec l. The
state of Illinois, not including Cook
county has been assigned quota OF
100000. The state association has
distributed this quota 10 the counties
.of the state,
Four regional seal sale directors
have hecn placed in the field by the
state association. each having been
assigned twenty-five counties. These
directors are Mrs. Jayne h. Kerr OF
Springfield, Mrs. Eva NJ. Stocker OF
Naccmb, Miss Ruby Flora OF Paxton,
and Mrs, A. p. Kimer OF De Kalb.
A silver cuD will be awarded the
county making the highest per capita
sale in the state. First and second
prizes will be awarded the two hish.
est per capita countines in each re,
gional group.
The state association announces
that statistics compiled By the state
department of public health show the
annual death rate from tuberculosis
reduced from 1913 per 100000 popula
tion in 1918 to S5.1 per 100000 in 1921
"a decrease OF SO per cent in tour
years,
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-11-14
GRAND JURORS TO
GET first DATA ON
HALL CRIME Thurs.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY De
clpES TO PROCEED WITH IN
VESTIGATiON o r DoU q L E
KILLING - WITNESSES STORY
plscREolTED.

New Brunswick, n. j., Nov. IA
The grand jury will. meet Thursday
TO inquire into the murders of the
Rev Edward Wheeler Hall, and his
wonder heart soprano, Mrs,
Eleanor r. Mills. Special Deputy At
torney General Wilbur A. Mott said
after conferette with Prosecutor
Beekman today
Foreman Alfred B. Gibbs was noti'
fed and summonses to the twenty
men and three women comprising the
panel win be sent tomorrow.
The proceedings are likely TO con
sumo a week. On the return Of JUS
tice Parker to the Supreme Court
Monday, it is expected he will deliver
Il special charge.
Officials repeated the grand jury
will be asked 10 iudict woman and
TWO men. Mrs. Francis Noel Ste
vens Hall, a vestryman OF the
Church Of st. John the Evangelist
and a man they declined 10 describe,
The attitude of "pooh-pUohing the
affidavit by Mrs. Nellie Russell. q
neighbor OF Mrs. Gibson, continued
today. ...
Mrs. Russell has sworn in an aft
dayit given TO Timothy \. Pteiner
counsel for Mrs. Hall, that Mrs. Glib
son was in her homo during the hour
inwhch Mrs Gibson says she was
at the Phillips farm and heard the
murder quarrel and shots.
Mott said today, We are not In
terested in Mrs. Russell's affidavit
and another official said, They Will
have 10 come back stronger to make
us doubt Mrs. Gibson"
Among the twenty-five witnesses
to be called before the grand Jury
are four persons, expected to coroo
crate Mrs. Gibson in part.
Twelve witnesses are expected &c
develop the story OF the relations be
tween the rector. and the singer
Some will say Mrs. Hall was aware
of these relations.
Mrs. Russell said she told two
Prince" was lost and returned or
September IA by Mrs. Gibson. Today
Mrs. Russell said the lost dog was
'sEula" and not Prince"
Mrs. Russellsaid she told twf
friends about Mrs, Gibsons visit
| These friends today said Mrs. Russell
spoke to them three weeks or mor'
ago about such an incident, not ";
week ago.
Harry Carpenter, cousin of Mrs
( Frances Stevens Hall, was suddenl!
stricken today and rushed to hos
pital. where he was operated on fol
APPENDICITIS. Physicians said ht
/ could not be questioned for ten days
! Carpenter has been frequently
questioned BY investigating officials
and was to have met Mr.. Mott TO
morrow.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-11-14

Nursery rhyme picture book, l.. l..
Brooke.
Hey diddle picture book, II. Calde.
colt.
Playtime book, Ia collection of old.
time nursery songs, Raymond Per.
kins.
Little Mother Goose, illustrated, by
j. W. smith.
Mother Goose, illustrated, by Rack
ham.
American animal life, by E. w.
Deming
Chicken world. by u, Boyd Smith.
Golden goose and the three bears,
l.. l.. Brooke,
Johnny. Crows garden, by l.. l..
Brooke.
Three little pigs and Tom Thumb,
by L.. H. Brooke.
Clean Peter and the children OF
Grubbylea, by Ottilia Adelborg.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-11-14

tn La Sale where they have been in
vited by the La Sale Eastern Star
to attend the initiation which will be
held this evening
:. - =
A large number of friends Of Mr..
and Mrs. Sid Weese who were just
recently married called at their home
on Columbus street last evening and
gave them a grand charivari. About
twenty people composed the party
and used all sorts Of noise making
devices in charivaring the happy cou-
pie. After they had finished their
work they were served with light re-
freshments and the ladies were given
candy and the men cigars.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-11-14
SO ESCAPE INJURY
IN TROLLEY WRECK

Aurora. Nov 14.-Fifty passen-
gers were thrown from their seats,
Jared and frightened, and six men
we're slightly injured when a three
car train of the Chicago, Aurora &
Flgin. railway ran into milk train a
short distance west OF Wehaton yes
torday and was derailed.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-11-14
GOVERNMENT BOARD
AFTER COAL DATA

washington; Nov. 14.--Public hear.
ings by the federal coal fact finding
commission will be started in Wash
inston about December IS. John Hays
Hammond, chairman of the commits
sion announced this decision today.
He also said special investigators re-
tanned by the commission would be
sent into the coal fields to gather
first hand Information within a week
or ten days. T
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-11-14
Elk Ambassador storer Dead.

Cincinnati, Nov. 14.-Ballamy Stor.
or, of Cincinnati, former congressman
and ambassador to Austria Hungary
Spain and Belgium died in Paris last
night, according to cablegram re.
ceived here today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-10
LESS WASTE, PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY,
NEED OF FARMERS, STATES AUTHORITY

leads in egg production, having an
average of about 20 eggs bird This
county produces 1,948,660 dozen eggs
year, the census figures show, and
the eggs together with inc poultry
are valued at more than a million dol
| lars.
The cost of producing bushel of corn
diminishes steadily as the yield pei
ace increases, according to the Elk
tension Service, Ohio State university
The yields on 81 farms in Greene. Har
din, and Portage counties last year
varied from 25 to IS bushels an acre
while the cost per bushel decreased
from 81 to 43 cents.
Aecordin gto the records kept on
these farms, the cheapest corn was
produced at 33 cents for 5S-bushel
crop, with a 72-bushel crop. costing
IS cents bushel to produce, close
second. On one farm, % bushels was
produced at a cost of $1.OS a bushel
while on another 38-bushel crop cost
the same
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DISCOVERS REPTILES
WITH FEET AND HAIR,
EAST OF CREENvILLE

GREENVILLE. Ohio, April loo
slah ingram. an old fisherman residing
east OF Greenville, made a queer dis
covery recently while fishing along the
creek.
Inc fisherman states that he was
slttlng along the creek bank fishing
,or suckers. when just behind him he
heard a queer kissing noise. and en-
making an investigation he found in
a ground hog hole in the bank a den
OF queer looking reptiles. They WEI e
green with red stripes along side, and
had two queer little feet under the
oody about two inches from the head.
Inc rest of the body of the reptile was
ike an ordinary garter snake with the
exception of ring of fuzzy hair on
me TIP of each snakes tail.
ingram states that he was unable
10 catch any of the snakes as they
cfaWled back into the hole when he
made an attempt to capture them. but
ne says that he will go to their den
later and dig them out.
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move of the colonies to free them
selves from the British crown was. as
every school child knows, the Decla
! ration of Indep endence. issued July
4, 1776. 1t was not until March
1873, that the Constitution went into
effect. During the years between, the
infant republic was struggling to bind
the several states into one whole
which would stand the test of time
and trouble
A committee was appointed by Con
gress to draw up the Articles of Con
federation at the same time the com
mittee was named to draft the Decla.
ration of ndependence-June II. 1875
The Articles were adopted on Novem-
Der Is, of the same year, but were not
ratified by all the Is states until
March l, 1881.
Because the legislatures of the new
states ratified the Articles of Confed
GRAFTON, but the people did not do so
by direct vote, it was felt in many
quarters that the instrument had no
binding force. Some states failed to
comply with all of the provisions.
Some encroached on the authority OF
the Federal Government, newly SET
up. States treSpassed on each others
rights. Commercial conditions be
came desperate. There was no ade-
quate Judiciary, especially for settle
ment of disputes between the states.
Congress found itself unable to collect
certain taxes it had levied The states
were flooded with paper currency OF
little value which speedily became
worthless.
States Acted Independently.
Some of the states were negotiating
separate treaties. Others were carry
ing on private wars with the Indianss,
The states maintained their own ar
mics. The credit of the new republic
was very bad. Every social expert
menter was shouting his favorite rem.
edy from the housetops. Not a few
We're clamoring for a monarchy. In
this grave situation, Alexander Hamil-
ton suggested convention to revise
the Articles of Confederation. Con-
gress ratified this suggestion on Feb.
ruary 81, 1887.
When the convention met, George
Washington was chosen as its chair
man. The work got under way slow
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Plan for a Governed World
BY FREDERIC J. HAskIN

WASHINGTON, d. C. April 10. =
Dating almost from the time of the
signing of the armistice, PRACTICAL,
the whole civilized world has had its
attention turned to the question OF
combination of the powers of the
| world for the prevention of future in
ternational clashes. Woodrow Wilson
shocked great many people by Ieay
ing the country of which he was then
Chief Executive and going to France
to try to put through the league of ma
tons. He succeeded in this abroad
put met an insurmountable obstacle al
home in the United States Senate
But a few days ago the last of the
treaties negotiated at the recent con
ference here for the limitation of ma.
tlonal ornaments was ratified by the
Senate. These treaties, it is sincereIy
noped, VIII give the world a breathing
spell at least, if not prove a permanent
panacea for troubles between the ma
tons of the earth
1t is not to be expected that such
a great undertaking as grouping the
worlds nations in bonds of common
advantage and accord can be accom-
pl1shed perfectly in a short time. Our
own country we look upon now as in.
d1ssolubly bound together. Yet in its
early days it went through such diff
ficulties and internal trials that the
statesmen of Europe were continually
expecting the complete breakdown of
the American experiment" AS late
~ as 90 years ago. two sections of our
country were engaged in a bitter
strife, one part seeking to separate
itself from the other because of con
fllctlng opinions touching the views
OF the limits to which the rights OF
states extended
The efforts to bind the nations of
the world together to some extent are
not unrelated to the early struggle to
make one nation of the new states on
this continent. The first plan under
which they were united proved a fail
ure, and led to the formation and adop-
ton of the Constitution. Regardless
of what individuals may think of some
of the late amendments to that instru-
ment-notably the eighteenth-it is to-
day the oldest constitution of the old
est continuous government in the
world, according to Arthur Deerin
Call, secretary of the American Peace
Society, and editor of the Advocate
of Peace"
Would Extend Law and Order.
This organization, which has been
in existence since 1915, purposes to
prevent the injustices of war by ex-
tending the methods of law and order
among the nations.
The Society has just completed a
booklet giving valuable history of
the formation of our republic, with
the suggestion that the lessons set
forth in those events are of great val
ne in considering the prevention of
war throughout the world.
The first great document in the
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would attempt to keep his paper up
to the old high standard, the new
rates were announced. 1t is now cas-
Ter to understand the anamosity that
existed between the two papers until
they were both to drop out of exist
ance. shortly before the present Pal
ladium was born, in 1881.
Used Shears
News collecting consisted mainly of
the liberal use of the shears. Foreign
news which occupied about third of
the space recmlnted in tabloid form
the happenings of European states as
given in eastern papers, or reported
by the shippers of packets just arrived
from England. News from the United
States was.clipped from the exchanges
that came to the office, often with
comment by the editor. Local news
was almost entirely absent, perhaps
on the supposition that local gossip
was already fully known before the
paper came from the press.
AS feature stories the papers car
ried excerpts from scientific articles,
philosophical treatiseS, and, as a rec
ignition of the large Quaker popula-
ton of the county, the Ledger printed.
a series on "A Quaker's Advice to His
Nephew on the Subject of Marriage"
an early ancestor of the advice of Mrs.
Elizabeth Thompson.
Would Take Produce
If you wanted the paper cash was
not always needed. In the issue for
May Z, 1925, the Public Ledger stated,
1.-THE following articles of country pro-
duce will be taken. for subscriptions to
the Ledger, viz: Wheat, rye. oats,
corn, bacon, lard, sugar, ginseng, bees
wax, tallow, candles. fax, wool, linen
rags, etc, etc, to be delivered at the
office"
Still another paper in the collection,
not one published in Wayne county,
suggested that whisky would make
desirable commodity for trade for the
paper
That single volume of exchanges
received by the Vincennes Western
Sun nearly one hundred years ago is
almost priceless now, for most of the
issues bound in it can never be re-
placed. The meager history of Wayne
county that was recorded at the time
is found in the newspapers, and the
copies saved were few
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Old Numbers of Richmond and
Centeroille Newspapers Found
Comparison of ModernPaper With Little Four Page Weekly
" Sheets Published in 1924 and 1925 Shows
!, Creat.Strides in Journalism

Newspapers have changed. 1t needs
only the comparison of the modern
paper with the little four-page weekly
sheets that were published in Rich
mond and Centerville in the years 1872
and 1875 to notice the difference.
In dingy leather cover, with the
binding peeling and dusty, four num-
bers of the Richmond Public Ledger,
the second paper in the county, and
five numbers of the Western Empor-
ium, published about the same time
in Centerville, then the county seat,
were discovered among the files of the
Western Sun at Vincennes, Ind, and
loaned for week to The Palladium
"All letters to the editor must have
the postage paid or they will not be
attended to- says the editorial column
of the issue of the Public Ledger for
Oct. 16, 1924, just below the informal
ton that the paper was published by
Edmund S. Buxton on Front street, OPP
posite the Richmond hotel
CenterviIle Paper
The Western Emporium was pub
lished by John Scott on Main street,
opposite the courthouse, in Center
vile.
Rates for the Ledger were given as
$3.50 if paid in advance, with higher
rate for charge accounts, followed by
the warning mo paper discontinued
until the arrears are paid" Advertis-
ing rates were given at S1.00 for three
insertions of 10 lines or less, and %
cents for each reprint. Larger ad-
vertisements in the same proportion .
the notice said
Six months later the price was drop
ped to $3.50 for the so numbers, in adj
vance. 1t was not a voluntary drop;
competition had reached the newspa-
per business.
Had to Cut Rate
When ! commenced the publication
of the Public Ledger" begins an edi-
torial in the issue of Feb. g. 1925, 81
put the terms at those of every other
respectable paper in the state. And
fer paper that is worthy the patron
age of the public, two dollars is but a
fair remuneration for the expense of
publishing it. Ii is easy to publish a
paper at very low price, but such n
one would be hardly worth supporting.
However, the editor of the Western
Emporium has reduced the price of his
paper, which makes it incumbent to
reduce the price of mine also"
Then with promise that the editor
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iy. Eventually bold change of plan
was decided upon. Instead of revis.
Ing the Articles of Confederation. the
delegates decided to draw up a new
document for the approval of the PEG.
| pie. In this idea was the inception OF
the Constitution of the United States
The result of these deliberations ev.
, erybody knows-or should know.
The American Peace Society now
puts forward Suggestions for a gov.
| erned world" which may be briefly
summarized as urging the nations to
agree as follows:
l. To institute conferences of ma
lions at regular intervals. in continual
| ton of the two conferences at The
Hague.
z. To convoke conference as soon
as possible for the advancement and
extension of international law.
3. To establish an Administrative
Council of diplomats accredited to the
country in which the international law
conference is held, to represent the
interests of their governments until
succeeding conferences on information
al law convene.
4. To authorize the Administrative
Council to appoint an executive COM
mlttee or secretary's office outside of
its own members, to perform prescrib-
ed duties
5. To empower the Administrative
Council to appoint other necessary
committees.
3. To empower the Administrative
Council to name necessary technical
advisers.
Z. To employ good offices, media
ton and friendly composition wher-
ever feasible and practicable in their
own disputes, and to urge the employ
ment of these means in cases of dis
putes between other nations.
). To organize Commission of In
qulry for investigation and report on
international disputes.
y. To provide a council of Concil-
latlons for international disputes other
than those in the jurisdiction of the
Commission of Inquiry.
10. To arbitrate differences of an
international character not otherwise
provided for, and in the absence of an
agreement to the contrary, submit
them to the Permanent Court of Ar
bitration at The Hague.
IL. To set up an international court
OF justice to which, upon failure of
diplomacy, all states shall have di-
rect access.
II. To enlarge the jurisdiction of
this court from time to time of the ex-
tension of the rules of international
law.
IL. To apply inwardly in interna-
uonal law as rule of law for the de-
clslon of all questions involving its
principles, and outwardly to apply in.
ternational law to all questions arising
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Find ROGIIS HERO

CHICAGO, April 10.-Department of
Justice operatives and the American
Legion, rounding up bogus army uni
form wearers in Chicago, picked up a
self-admitted outstanding hero of the
war. Investigation showed he had
evaded registration for the draft. He
was wearing, however, insignia of the
nth Division, stripes of master SER
geant, service and wound chevrons.
craftsmanship medals and American
and foreign decorations.
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between and among all nations, so far
as they involve the law of nations.
IA. To furnish the citizens and sub.
Jects of the nations adequate instruc-
ton in their international obligations
and duties, as well as their rights and
prerogatives; to take all steps neces-
sary to render such instruction effec-
tive, thus creating that international
mind and enlightened public opinion
necessary for the successful effort,
to bring about the observance of those
standards of morality, honor, and JUS
t1ce-which force has failed to accom-
plish in the past.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-10
$1,000 LOSS IN FIRE
AT BETHEL, SUNDAY

BETHEL, Ind, April 10.-Fire caus.
ed loss of about $1,000 to Ezra
Thompson. Sunday, when his barn,
containing about 200 bushels of corn,
and his chicken coops with 200 chick,
ems We're destroyed. The loss is par
TALLY covered by insurance
Two fire trucks from williamsburg
were called and were instrumental in
saving Mr.. Thompson's house from
burning. A spark from the blaze
ignited the roof of barn belonging to
Jack Policy, about one-half mile dis
tant, but the fremen quickly put out
the fire.
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Candidates Are limited
To Attend Bethel Play

BETHEL, Ind, April 10. - Candi-
dates at the May primary are the spe-
cially invited guests of the home tai
ent play to be given Friday evening,
April IA, at Century hall, here. 1t is
announced that this event is to take
the place of the opossum supper of
previous years. Candidates will be
introduced to the audience during the
intermissions in the play. Seats will
go on sale April IL at Constable
garage
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LEGION HousEWARMINc

BINGHAMPTON, n. Y. April 10
Napoleon was right! Fifty cakes. 40
cases of soft drinks, two bushels of
peanuts, 20 gallons of ice cream. 4.0gG
sandwiches, and a crate of oranges
were consumed by 900 ex-soldiers land
friends) at an American Legion house.
warming at Binghampton, n. Y.