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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-24
HOME BUREAU PLANS
LAST TOUR THURSDAY

The third and last tour planned by
the La Sale county home bureau is
that of the La Sale, Peru and Ogles-
by industries AS with the two pre-
vious tours the scheduling Of the in
duStrieS is in the hands of the eXecu
tive secretary of the chamber of
commerce j. f. Bryan Of the tri city
chamber of commerce is arranging a
tour for Thursday, oct. 26. 1t will
start promptly at a. m. There will
be automobiles at the c. of c. head
quarters to carry any passengers who
may come in on the train.
Cooperating With Mr.. Bryan in
making the home bureau feel at home
in the city, Mrs. w. S. Mason of the
La Sale woman's club is arranging
to have a representative in each car
as the rounds of the city are made.
The industries that will he incud
ed in this visit are the Western Clock
company, Alpha cement works, one of
the zinc mills, the Orsinger bakery,
St Mary's hospital of La Sale and
the Peoples hospital of Peru. The
exact schedule cannot be announced
1t present. Everyone going on the
tour should be at the chamber of
commerce rooms promptly at 8 a. m.
Thursday Further announcements
will be made at that time.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-24
MISS METzGER IS
MARRIED TODAY TO
Ia SALE BANKER
LIVES OF TWO PROMINENT PEo.
PIE ARE LINKED IN CEREMONY
PERFORMED THIS MORNING AT
ST. PATRIck'c CHURCH.

A pretty wedding occurred at 11:3O
o'clock this morning in ST. Patrick's
Catholic church, when Miss Irna Metz
ger popular Ottawa girl, became the
bride of Adolph Writ. cashier of the
La Sale National Bank. The service
was read by Rev Lawrence Hackett
rector of St Patrick's church
Tho nuptial WAS marked by impress.
SlVe simplicity and only the maid of
hOnOr and best man were in attend
ance. Miss Helen Metzger of Chi
cago, sister OF the bride, served in the
former capacity and Tony Meeg of La
Sale Was best man.
Inc bride wore handsome gown
.of Russian roemer crepe, heavily
beaded, With this she wore a picture
hat Of varicolored flowers. Miss
Metzger wore dark brown satin
crepe gown and henna hat. Both
the bride and her maid wore corsage
bouquets of Sweetheart rosebuds.
At the close of the service at the
church a wedding breakfast Yves
eryed to forty guests at the Metzger
home on West Madison street An
autumn decorative scheme was used
throughout the house, browns and
orange prevailing, combined with au.
tumn flowers.
Mr.. Writ and his bride left this
afternoon for a honeymoon trip, the
destination Of which thev are keening
a secret from their friends. Upon
their return they will go TO house
keeping in an apartment on Sixth
street in La Sale.
Both the bride and groom have
many friends in Ottawa and La Sale.
Mrs Writ graduated from the Ottawa
High school, after which she was EN-
ployed for several years as clerk in
the county recorders office. She is
The youngest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Metzger of West Madison
street.
Mr.. Writ is q graduate o. the La
Saile-Peru High school He is son
of Mrs. Sophia Wirtz of La Sale and
is cashier Of the La Sale National
Bank. He is one of the best known
young business men in La Sale.
The out Of town guests who attend
ed the wedding breakfast were
Messrs. and Mesdames M. j. Chris
toph2r, Stanley Haley, John Welsh.
Harry Mitchell. Peter NJ Weeg,
Rother and Mrs. Sophia Writ and
Tony Weeg, all of La Sale.
BrethauerNcrchnak.
Miss Florence Brethauer and Joseph
We're quietly married last
evening at 7:45 o'clock by Rev, H. H.
Hartman in the parlors of Zion Evan
gelical Lutheran church. They were
attended by sister of the bride, Miss
Mildred Brethauer, and Joseph Le-
beau, an intimate friend of the groom.
Mrs Narcheuiak is a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herm2n Brethauer of
West ottawa and was always resi-
dent of this city.
Mr.. Narcheniak is q son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Narcheniak, having just
recently moved to this city
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-24
A BRAND NEW FORD
STRIKES AND KNOCKS
DOWN PEDESTRIAN.
JAMES DUNLAP, AGED 70, SLIGHT
LY INJURED THIS MORNING IN
ACCIDENT AT CORNER OF MApI-
SON AND LA SALLE STREETS.

After driving two blocks with q
brand new Ford which had just been
purchased Oliver LandsaW Of Chess
nut street ran into James Dunlap, 70
years old, of Pine street at the inter
section OF Madison and La Sale
streets at about 10 o'clock this morn
ing.
Landsaw, accompanied by Allen
Shelton Of Marseilles, left the Daniel
son garage, with the new car and
was proceeding up La Sale street
He had driven autos many times be-
fore and was not worried at the heavy
traffic. When he reached the street
intersection a water wagon was pro
ceeding slowly down the center Of the
street. He swung to the right side
OF the street., intending to pass the
water wagon, but at that moment Mr.
Dunlap stepped from the Curbing and
the right front fender of the car hit
him and knocked him down, Passers-
by picked him up and took him TO
Ryburn hospital, where DR.. Clune was
called to attend him.
Examination showed Mr.. Dunlap to
be only slightly bruised about the
head and side. After his wounds
were dressed the accident victim was
allowed to 80 his way.
Vampire Hits Professor"
Thomas 0. Moore, veteran high
school instructor of mathematics,
nearly met with serious injury Sun.
day night at about o'clock at the
corner of Washington and Columbus
streets when speeding automobile
hit the professor, knocked him down
and sped on with increasing speed.
Mr. Moore was on his way to at.
tend the opening services Of the St
COLUMBIA mission when the accident
occurred. 1t was raining and the
professor started to cross the street
from the east to the west side and
was in the center of the car tracks
when the car hit Mr., Moore. The
machine, said to be Ford sedan
was travelling at a high rate of speed
1t was swerving from side to side
which caused spectators to think the
occupants We're intoxicated. The
right front fender struck the profes
sor. He was dazed for several min
utes after the accident. People com
ing to church picked up the teacher
His face and head were cut and bruis
ed and there was bad bruise on hi.
left hip.
After hitting the professor the ca
sped on, turned east on Columbu
street and was not seen again. Nh
Moore is able to attend his classe
at the high school but his iniurie
cause him considerable pain.
The jury returned a verdict award
ing the plaintiff damages of s40.65.
Asks Real Estate Commission.
This afternoon the case brought h,
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-24
REICHSTAG VOTES
MORE TIME TO EBERT

Berlin. Oct, 24-The reichstag. 5l4
to 6, today decided to prolong the term
Of President Ebert until June 30, 1925.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-24
FORMER OTTAWA
NURSE IS freed
OF SHEIk'S Death
Kansas City, Oct. 24.-Marie L. Peggy"
Beai, former Ottawa nurse faced life with renew
ed determination today. She walked from tbe
criminal court here last
night following her ac-
quittal on the charge of

-
the murder Of her lover, Frank War.
rem Anderson.
leaplng to her feet as the verdict
was read Mrs. Beal thanked the iurv
and asserted. "Now | am going to
stay right here in Kansas City and
make good. I'm going to send for
my little boys in Terre Haute and
make a good home for them"
The ordeal was comparatively brief
in court. There were few witnesses
and the testimony was speedily ad-
duced
The story of the shooting as told
by her as she wept She recounted
the episodes which terminated in her.
tataIly wounding Anderson in room
Whlch they occupied together in
hotel on June 3. He had lured her
there she asserted with a promise of
marriage. She had been reading q
passage in a romatic novel in which
woman had killed her lover She
shot Anderson as he lay on the bed
and turned the revolver on herself
sending bullet into her breast. She
said that she could not recall shoot
ing him but remembering shooting
herself in the breast.
The diminutive, bobbed haired do,
fendant, the marks of her impfison-
ment OF months evident on lfler fea-
lures, sat in the crowded courtroom
ald watched attorneys for the state
and tn defense spar for legal posi-
ton in the battle for her liberty.
In his opening statement George
Birmingham, attorney for the de-
Tense, stated he would prove Ander-
son was q modern "Sheik." The
state announced it will prove deliber-
ate, premeditated killing.
The first witness produced by the
prosecution was Dr.. H. f. Moss. dep
uty coroner by whose testimony the
state is attempting TO show that
Anderson was shot in the back.
The contention Of the state is that
Anderson had retired and was lying
with his back toward Mrs. Beal when
the fatal shot was fired.
Examination of the witness was
largely along medical lines. He tes-
titled to an examination of the body
and described the location of the
Two characters of fiction, the
"Sheik" and 'Thuyia, Maid of Mars
will figure prominently in the trial.
Peggy Beal, according to Anthony
Nugent assistant county prosecutor,
who conducted the case for the
state, is in real life "Thuvia," while
Mr. Birmingham is casting Ander-
son, scion Of an old Philadelphia
family and educational director of
one Of Kansas City's largest stores,
As the "Sheik."
"Sho will tell her own story" Mr.
said just before the
opening of court
She will tell the story of violated
love to the jury and on that she will
rely for acquittal"
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-24
BONUS BOOSTER MEET
IN AM. LEGION ROOMS

A big Bonus Booster" meeting will
be held by the members of Ottawa
post of the American Legion, tonight
building. The meeting will be call
ed to order promptly at o'clock and
will be held for the purpose of in
stilling enthusiasm and securing vol
unteer workers for the prediction
campaign. relative to the voting at
the Nov Z election.
All the members of Ottawa post will
be urged to do their part in seeing
that the bonus measure carried by
an overwhelming majority
All members of the organization
are urged to attend the meeting to-
night.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-24
WEATHER.

Generally fair tonight
and Wednesday; warmer
tonight.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-24

rythmics" will be in the Baptist
church Thursday.
All discussions and papers for
Thursdays program will be in the
Baptist church
All concerts Of every character will
be in the high school,
Tonight the La Sale County Music
Teachers association will hold an in
formal reception for the purpose of
getting acquainted, in the parlors of
the Clifton. The reception viii be for
teachers and artists
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-24
GRAND RIDGE: MANS
ESTATE GIVEN 7 0
WIFE AND ONLY SON
WILL OF LATE JOSEPH w. BOYD,
FILED IN PROBATE COURT TO.
DAY, DISPOsEs OF $4,000 IN
PROPERTY.

The widow and son of the late Jo-
seph w. Boyd of Grand Ridge who
died Oct. II. will inherit his entire es-
tate in compliance with the terms of
his will, which was filed for probate
today A petition fled with the will
listed the testator's estate as 2l2
acres of La Sale county land, valued
at $4,000, and personal property
worth $1,000.
The viii was drawn July 81, 1922,
and was witnessed by Raymond Ka9r
and Thomas Osborn. He specified
that his son, William Herrick BOYD.
should have ten hogs, and the widow,
Mrs. Adelia Boyd, should have a
horse, cow and calf All the other
stock is to be sold.
The real estate is to be equally di-
yided between the widow and son. and
the son is named as rosiduary heir.
The widow and son are Joint execu-
tors.
Try Auto Accident Case.
The case brought by Swanson Broth
ers CT Sreator against the c. S. Crary
company Of Streator to collect approx
imately $40 for damages their car re-
ceiyed in an accident two years ago
went on trial before jury in the
Circuit Court this morning. The case
was originally heard before a Streator
Justice OF the peace and a verdict in
favor Of the plaintiff was returned.
The dafendf mt then took an appeal
to the higher court.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-24
'DRYS" ENDORSE DICK"
YATES AND RATHBONE

Springfield. oct. 24-The Illinois
antisaloon league will support Rich.
ard Yates of Springfield and Henry
Rathbone of Chicago, republican can
didates for congressman at large,
George Fl. Yale district superintend-
ent announced here today. VIM. Mur-
phv and Simon J. German. their OPP
7onents, are considered by the league
to be friends of light wine and beer,
Mr.. Yale said.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-24
Try Auto Accident Case.
Pana Sees Bio Meteor

pana, M, Oct. IA meteor said
bv spectators to have illuminated the
sky more brilliantly than the MONDAY
sun appeared northeast of here at ) :l5
yesterday morning. 1t seemed to be
absut forty feet long and ten inches
wide.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-04-07
Worried Teachers.

\ LOWER standard of education in the District
n of Columbia is unthinkable.
Yet, according to DR.. Frank W. Ballou super
ntendent of schools, this is the one alternative to
higher salaries for Washington school teachers.
On school questions Dr. Ballou of all men in
this city, should know whereof he speaks. To him
the teachers bring their pleas. To him they present
the statistics of other cities. And his position
makes him intimately acquainted with some of the
inconvenience under which they must work. re-
CARELESS of pay.
Educational standards of the District are in
tended to be the educational standards of the ma
tion Any tendency to fall away here is certain to
be reflected throughout the United States Wash
ngton schools have drfted for some time Surely
every member of the House and every Senator re-
Allies that now is the most opportune time to stop
this drift.
The situation has been placed squarely before
Congress. Parsimony in this respect would be the
most serious mistake the Senate District Commit
tee could make in its dealings with this city.
Permission to do outside work to increase their
income is granted District teachers only in ex-
ceptonal circumstances. Yet we learn from DR..
Balou that it has been necessary to grant ninety
four such permits. Otherwise the teachers would
not be able to meet living costs. Such work de-
tracts seriously from their efficiency as teachers.
The Districts most precious possession its children
suffer the consequences.
Worried men and women cannot have the mag
netism of personality which is required of the sue
cessfu teacher. Despite their own best intention
they become irritable and impatient Inability to
make ends meet is most serious cause for worry
1t is up to Congress to see that no such cause
exists.
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father. who was the inventor Of the visible
Beside. ,s hSd 81 a Ben. Ss The
phone. the graphophone. the forerunner OF Sne
eeta suse. IN na the .h SoGy Dr. Bell
his home in this city
JANUARY Is. Ie7l. FRIDAY.
To The Friend Of the People:
Please let me know what day January IL.
January Is. 1871 came on Friday.
BLACK KNIGHT JERSEY PAPER
To the Friend Of the People:
Can you ns tel where the Black Hnsh'
The Black knight Magazine is published at
Atlantic city. N. J.
~.- WRITING As OLD As RACE
To the Friend Of the People;
When did man nrst begin to writer Oh
the human race As far back as it is possible TO
th.r. also evidences St they u,ed
some means for recording their deeds And
thoughts
POPULATION OF PHILIPPINES.
To the Friend of the People:
Ss the to ::
government changed since 1902? q. c. H
The Tss S.. Ct sas a ISIS
the Philippine Commission, established in 1902 by
composed Of twenty four membees A house Of
representatives was also instituted in 1916. made
PAL MoORE's RANK.
To the Friend Of People:
Was Pal Moore ever bantamweight champion
Pal Moore never bantamweight cham
JUNE 0. 1900. WAS WEDNESDAY
To the Friend Of the People:
What day did June 8, 1900, fall on!
June 8. 1900. fell on Wednesday
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-04-07

10 see no reason why wages SnOulu
not go on increasing indefinitely
the railroad men who voted to stri'-"
and the men on my farm who struck,
curiously enough at the moment
when the government called a ma
tional conference on unemployment.
Human nature is strange, isn't it?
But no employer who is intelligent
can fail to recognize the steady de-
generation of the caliber of en-
ployes. while the wages during the
last six years have mounted steadily.
the quality of work given for the
high prices has with equal regu-
larity declined.
That is why I say the old fash
Toned virtues are being destroyed
not completely destroyed. however.
for on the whole I believe in the
progress of the human race. the
sacrifice of the individual to the
race, IL necessary. All through the
history Of the world progress has
gone in cycles, or, we might say.
in pendulum-like waves Of calm and
stress. We're on the wrong side of
the storm center now. but with its
next swirl it will carry men a lit
tie higher along the path. I believe
that thoroughly. Ia 1850, perhaps,
or 1880, we shall once more be on
the upper trend-that is, those who
come after us-the' next generation.
But we have many obstacles in
the way of progress and civiliza-
ton. Superstitions that everyone has
are extremely hard to batter down
in the fight for progress. They die
hard even in race which believes
1t is civilized. Not so long ago the
newspapers related how a multitude
Of men. women and children. many
of them suffering from loathsome.
contagious diseases, gathered to kiss
an ancient relic with the idea that
1t had peculiar properties that would
cure them. 1t was a case Of super
stition against scientific knowledge.
No less hard a death was that of
the idea Of a fiat. four-cornered
globe. Who would believe that as
late as the latter part of the nine
teenth century this theory was ar
gued by intelligent men?
However. the epochs and episodes
OF retrogression must be expected and
taken into account in making up
the estimate of scientific progress.
The average position Of so-called
civilized men is always behind the
mean position obtained by scientists.
But I believe that the war has given
impetus to science and that the fu-
ture looks very bright. In the past
century we have seen the extinction
of the ravages of such dread diseases
as typhus and yellow fever and a
great mitigation Of consumption and
typhoid. 1t was necessity which
cleared Havana Of yellow fever and
produced there extraordinary and ef-
fect.ye health regulations. Those ell
ements will largely aid the onward
n'erch nf science"
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the erstwhile republic. Then he
was released He gave UP fghting
and developed an Immense planta-
ton on which he produced hemp.
sugar cane. raisins and cocoanuts.
Then he graduated into the vege-
table oil business. For years un-
til last January he was vice presi-
dent Of the Philippine Refining Co.
His children were sent to America
as soon as they were old enough
to receive college educations. His
daughter. Carmen. became a popu-
lar student at the University Of
Illinois. She Is now the wife Of
Jose p. Meiencio. former director
Of the Philippine Press Bureau in
Washington
Emilion, jr-. the eldest son, is now
attending the Phillips Andover
Academy in Massachusetts.
When he was released two dec
AIDES ago he announced he would
remain out OF politics. He has kept
to his promise. What energies he
has devoted to the cause OF his
people have been along the line OF
creating harmony and obtaining
greater freedom for thu islanders.
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GAY By Day
impressions:
bMCQeMsMtw,e
hbtalIifa,|,I!''.9 a

NEW YORK. April GA stars
dressing ROOM! An deliberately
marcelled woman smoothing out
gowns of silver. gold and lace.
More like a reigning dowager than
stage dresser. Far of the faint
sobbing of muted violin and muf-
fed beat of drums. The opening
overture.
And then a honk in the areaway.
A uniformed call boy throws open
the door and she arrives-tossing
an ermine coat to the floor as II It
were a discarded flower. Frantic
dabs at grease paint and powder
box, snatching puffs from a cigar
cite with the qufckness of lizards
tongue the while.
Raps at the door. A smooth
white arm snatches gay-colored
boxes filled with flowers. She looks
at the names on the cards and
losses them in a heap in the corner.
Her eyes are fever bright and two
hectic spots fame in her cheeks.
In a few moments slike a pun
ball she floats airily out before the
sea of faces with a burst of hand
claps. Her name swings from lip
to lip Women suck in their breath
in admiration and the eyes of the
men take on a covetous CLEAN. All
spellbound by the supreme stage
Illusion.
In the movies they fash back.
So! had just come to the thealer
from a house in a narrow crooked
street where river warehouses
sprawled in a disorderly array. In
a lean-to shack, bent over the
river. lay a bald. hook lean
1awed man-one eye socket nat and
empty.
His cough could be heard above
the shrek of the river craft
wineries. tugs, police cutters and
steamers. All melodrama is not of
the stage. Life itself is melo-
drama. He was the stars father.
Her mother. notorious South
American procuress. But he had
asked to see heF-the star.
Her reply: HE can go to heIl,"
He died the next day. And those
who say newspapers are ruthless in
shattering of regulations may be
interested to know this. Not New
York newspaper printed the story.
Down on oliver street. a thor-
oughfare teeming with newly ar
rived Russian Jews. they hold side
walk dances nightly. The music is
furnished by a mouth organ and
the participants chip in to buy
lemonade and sandwiches. 1t is a
community spirit that does not
exist in any other section OF New
York.
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Admiral Pearv.


A NERICA will have fallen on evil davs when
n hero worship dies in the hearts of her people.
But fortunately VIC have the invaluable inherit
ance OF many heroes whose glory was not won on
the battlefield or the smoke-swcpt deck-men whose
names stand out in the annals of peace and prog
ress, of science and discovery
OF all these men Admiral Robert E Pearv
dlscovcrer OF the North Pole has one of the most
fascinating and inspiring life stories The dedca-
ton of monument to his memory in the nation
shrine OF heroes. Arlington, yesterday must needs
bring back for moment most vivid memories of
the feats he accomplished
Admiral Peary secured for the United States
the foremost place among modern nations in the
field OF exploration. His discovery of the Pole
came at the end of such long list of failures by
expeditions from other nations that the task was
considered well.ngh impossible
Most essentially, Peary did not succeed where
others failed through any trick Of fortune Few
North Pole expeditions encountered more constant
hard luck" Pure American grit carried him
ahead from the point where Others discouraged,
turned back. And at the end of the most glorious
exploit in modern exploration he returned to find
himself nearly robbed of the credit through tho
claims of another
The call of the Northland ever has been
strong in the breasts OF the adventurous The most
daring sailors OF all times have ventured into the
unracked ice and the long darkness. There was
little material reward. In the great waste, they
knew, no vast treasure continents no mountains of
diamonds or hills of radium, awaited, discoverer
The scientific value Of their discoveries without
doubt was great. Its worth hardly yet is apprc-
ciated. But it not sufficient attraction to
tempt men to face the tremendous odds in favor
OF death in the stormy night country
The crackers of the Arctic, Peary among them.
were tempted especially by the glamor of the ad-
venture and they asked nothing at the end-not
even ribbon to stick on their coats
Surely as high place in the hearts of Ameri-
cans must be held by Admiral Peary as by any of
the nations great war admirals.