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t WEATHER. OTTAWA FREE TRADER Established 1840 ottaVva journal Established 1880 REE- TRADER-JOURNAJ Generally fair tonight and Friday.. Probably frost. Somewhat warmer Friday. OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, TlU'liSDAY, AlMfIL 12-1, 11S. VOLUME :i. --.NO. i:J7 ip ran ifpi c IMMI 1L RFNAT BOND ISSUE FOR COMPANION BILLS ARE ADOPTED WITHOUT PROTEST ONETOR l.-M. CANAL STEATOR LAW MAKER CETS THREE MEASURES AFFECTING LAKES TO GULF PROJECT THRL UPPER BRANCH OF ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE. I S'liriURiV'lil. April 24.--fWltli lit! It.' debute or opiHisition tin- state tsenuto today passed Senator EssinKton's of Streator three t ompattioti waterway hills to the Ilurr waterway measure. These 'hills make an appropriation of $20,0i t),oou for the Illinois water way (ind Its appurtenances, ami an thorizen the issuance of :f2U.OOn,iMu In state 'bonds for construction pur poses and relate to the protection preservation and disposition of the I & M. canal. The senate passed Sen. Austin's hill seeking to abolish high school frater nities and sororities. Rep. MeCabe's 'bill concerning free text Ijooka In the schools was also passed by the senate. Tlie senile adopted a house joint resolution set ting aside Tuesday and Wednesday of next week for a joint session of both houses for arguments on rev Mine legislation. The house adjourned until in o'clock Tuesday. SIMMONS HOP, OF NAVY, HOME AFTER 6 MONTHS ABROAD Sliitmous Hop. son of Wall Hop, Ot tawa restaurantem, a member of the (luartermaster's branch of the I ni!e : Slates navy, arrived home last, night after spending more than six month in foreign waters on the IT. S. S. Wil limantic. Besides making a record in the quartermaster's branch to he proud of young Hop wears a. sleeve emblem showing he attained high marksmanship during his ten months in the navy. Simmons has seen a great slice of this lil' old world while in the serv ice. He sailed from Seaf.le down the Pacific seaboard, through the I'anam a Canal and then up to New York, from where he started for Kuropeati wateis. Me touched, during his service ithnn 1, at many of the principal Kuropean coast places, among them being i braltar, Ualli'poti. in Italy, and Fiuin-e. now the boneof contention at the peace conference. He returned to America by way of the Azores, anil after reaching the I'nited States shores was given leave. He has not received his ielense from the navy as yet, but expects within a rhort time to be returned to civilian 4 i fe. He enlisted June 15 last. SECOND PERFORMANCE OF JAPANESE OPERTTA 1 PLEASES BIG HOUSE The closing performance of "Miss Cherry Blossom." the unusieal comedy staged by unembers of the Ottawa Drama cluib. was witne.-sed by a f"ll house last night. The play went off M.ithmit n lilt eh. the performance was even .better than it was on the pre vious evening. Justin Jaeger and Jay S. Kuffner, two Ottawa men who have taken part in former home (talent Vylays) hurt have always delighted the audiences by their clever acting and their ex cellent voices never scored such great successes as they did in "Miss Cherry Blossom. The comedy contained sour hits ga lore and much witty repartee. The members of the club are. well satisfied wit htheproduetion and fell that they have 'been well repaid fi nancially for their work. At the close of the performance the members of the club entertained th? outsiders taking part in the play, at an informal dancing party and sup iper in .Miss East is' gymnasium. About pixty person! attended this supper. 9onno.no DEER WATERWAY TALL STRANGER 10 SPENT NIGHT HERE SOUGHT AS SLAYER MAN ANSWERING DESCRIPTION OF LEE LANDERS. NEW BOS TON, ILL., MURDERER, IS SEEN IN OTTAWA THIS MORNING. BULLETIN. NOT THE MAN Tfiis afternoon Sheriff AyerS went to La Salle where a "strang er" was detaineed as a suspect in the New Boston cast, but after giving him a glance, declared that he was not the man. He was too old and outside of bulk in no wise fitted the description of the girl's slayer. A tip that a man answering the de scription of I.ee Landers wanted at New Bost.m, 111., for the brutal mur der of Maude Kaiuuiers .Sifter slit! spurned his 'proposal of marriage, w as seen in Ottawa this morning spurred members of the police force and depu ties from ;he sheriff's oliiee into ac tivity, hut. at pre:-,s time bore no further developments. The word was passed around am oversized man whose appearance tal lied with that of the New Thx! n slayer -was seen visiting several loop saloons during the early hours of the morning. It. reached the police tie partition and immediate. y men wei'e dispatched to shadow the suspect and run him down. When the sh ut lis took up the trail it went trom one place to another, and finally led to the. ititerui ban station, where some one said tilt! man got aboard a west hound car. Word was Hashed to La iSalle to be on the lookout for the man. The mes sage was sent, ahead of the car. and is believed to have reached Chief Poyie at. La Salle before the S:2T in teruiban pii'led in there. The suspect, those who saw him chum, was just about Landers' size and age. He appeared to have been in the army recently and wort; army shoes. But ir he had on a uniform it was covered by a pair ot overalls and a emit. Suspicion pointei to the fellow because of his being a stranger. as nt one accosted by the olhcers m their hunt for him ever remembered, seeing him before. He was described as being about six feet two inches tall. No notice of the Ottawa clew has hi en suit to Mirer County, nor will there iii! any until more positive evi ueiic has been secured that the man seen here is tile man wanted for the dentil of Maude Saunders. Arrested at Pontiac New Boston, 111., April 21 A man believed to be I.ee Landers, former artilleryman, sought in conii. ction with the murder of Maude Sander;, was arrested near l'onliac, 111., early today. Landers, is said to have been i-een with the Sanders girl late Sunday night at a lonely spot near her home. where she was found Monday ine. her skull fractured four morn times ami blinded in both eyes. The girl died Wednesday without regaining consciousness. Since the finding of the girls body, an armed posse has been searching for Landers. FIR PC PROOFING CO: SUES PERU WOMAN Mrs. B. O. Scebach, wealthy Peru woman, was made defendant today 1 na $r.nmi trespass case tiled in the circuit court, ihy the National Fire prooling Co.. of Ottawa. The suit is for materials said to have been sold iMrs. Seebach and shipped to Iowa to ue. useu on omnium i " """"ipast tell a special service coniiiieiuoi - in that state. Duncan & O'Conor rep-ntinf, o,,. twentieth anniversary of the resent the plaintiff company. . Ten Thousand Yanks Sail. . . .... m c . U;,s .ngW,.,.ru. - u TW-rrZ "roniUl! old friends of the parish are cor ban 10... 0 troops, nave cuartti .i.mi. .... ..... French ports ,i . . uounced today. S BRADFORD MISSING M A I L PERUVIAN AT PRETTY NUPTIAL DAUGHTER OF MAYOR AND MRS E. F. BRADFORD WED TO CURT A. NADLER CEREMONY AT Till" BRADFORD HOME. At. a very beautiful homo weddim. iiwoie extremely impressive by its sim plicity Miss liebrera Alii if Biadfurd iiecajue the bride of Curt Arthur Nad b r of I'eru. The ceremony was per toiiiied this afternoon Jit ". o'clot k at tin! home of Mayor and Mr-;. K. I". Iiiaiiford. H2H I'aul street, in the pres ence; o thirty' five of the immediate it-. alines of the Initial couple. '1 he beautiful Bradford bom" was elaborately decorated with white liii,-s, pink roses and pink snap drag ens, making a very effective sotting for a wedding ceremony. Mis. Albert K. Oilman placd i.o. hengrin'.-) wedding march as, (he couple came down the stairs and took their places in the music room, in front of a largo bunch of white lilies. The ceremony wits performed by Rev. Carl Stackman, pastor of, the First Congregational Church. Tie- only at tendant, was Maijorie Fogarty of Oak I 'ark, a cousin of the bride, who car ried the wedding ring on a while French pillow. The bride) wore a very handsome gown of white georgette crepe and taffeta, and carried a large showei bouitiet of white roses and i-ilics of the valley. Little Miss rogarty wore a French embroidered gown of white At the close of the ceremony a wed ding dinner was served to the guests in the dining room. Tin's room was decora led in lilies, roses and snap dragons, and the place cards and favors were carried out in the same color scheme. Y.r. Xa.ller and his bride will le've Ottawa this evening for the east for a short honeymoon. They will re turn to this city nex;. week for a shut Visit before going to Basin, Wyo.. where they will make their future home. The bride's traveling costume is a midnight blue cloth suit, with a tlower turban. The bride is one. of the best 1-nown young women of the city and has a very wide circle of friends. She is the only daughter of Mayor and .Mrs. K. F. Bradford and has resided in Ot tawa all her life. She attended the public schools, graduating from the Ottawa Township High School in the class of llti. She is a charming and accomplished girl, anil has always taken an active part in lite social af fairs of the city. The groom is a well known young pharmacist of Peru and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nattier. He Has been in the drug business in Peru for several years. He entered the army in the fab of PUT and received his discharge this winter. Recently lit purchased a drug store in Basin, Wyo., whore he will take his bride to make his future home. Many handsome and beautiful wed ding gilts have in rived at the Brad ford hnme during the past few days from the many friends and relatives of Mr. unit Mrs. Nailler. CLEARS 2.000,000 IN CORN DEALS ON OMAHA 'EXCHANGE Omaha. April - i. tleot ge Roberts of Omaha has cleared $.,ihmi,0 II prof its in corn in the last live days, ac cording to curent reports here. He is t.aid to have broken a pool of Chicago market, manipulators ami to have beaten Jesse Livermore of New York. Huberts disposed of a corner on corn Saturday. He sold Kuo.iiOO bush els tt eastern manipulators Monday, 2,00'i.t - 0 bushels Wednesday and Lfiihii .lino bushels when the market opened today. WILL OBSERVE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF REV. FARRAR'S PASTORATE On next Sunday morning at half Pev. G. W. (Farrar's rectorship of; Christ church will be held. A spe-j cial anniversary sermon will be j iiireat hed ibv evfl. Farrar. and a spe ; wi , pivpn.'tioI1 Iloxt Sunday afternoon. A ,ni- ,r -iiiu nvtteii to fLLienti uiis sci v ice. SACK I S F 0 U N D POUCH CARRYING OTTAWA CON- I ciruuruT rc I cttcpc Rnns IN CAR AFTER HAVING BEEN REPORTED STOLEN. The mystery en lirouding a mail .-'ai k, siippostl to have either disap peared at the Ottawa Hock Island sta tion, or to have .bc n stolen from the messenger while en route here, was leared up this morning with receipt of word that, the pouch was safe on the train where it had been mislaid. A search repealed it as missing. l'ir a while there was cxcileinmt it tlie north side depot and suspicion was getting ready to point its accus ing linger at possible thieves. While no arrests were made such a thing remained a possibility until the mes senger sen t a note .back here frtwii .'ieneseo saying the missing sack had been found and was in his possession. Tie! pouch carried drat class mail from Chicago ordinarily is considered me of the most most valuable mail shipments sent here. The flurry which passed around with the report there hail been a postal robbery did not subside until after the messenger sent back information the sack was safe in his keeping. It is presumed (he suck was thrown n at Chicago and kicked to one side when more incoming mail was tossed rboard. it 'became lo:A under the maze of bags in the mail car. The clerk denied ever having received it while the messenger at Chicago stout 'y maintained he put it aboard the tram. The incident began by looking like! something of a mystery. It ended with nothing but a safe and sound issortment of Ottawa letters. SOLD TO OTTAWA NS E DRIVE SALES HOP IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS ON THIRD DAY OF VIC TORY CAMPAIGN EARLVILLE FIRST OVER THE TOP. Subscribers, Yesterday. Total. National 94 $15,200 $;7,7S0 First National City. . . Ottawa B. & T. . People's S. & T Total 52 50 19 4,250 6,400 1,350 15,800 15,800 3,900 $83,250 .215 27,200 Twenty-seven thousand two hun dred dol.ars' worth of Victory bonds were sold in Oitawa yesterday, bring ing the total sale up to IfMl-M). This morning the three days' volunteer drive opened in Ottawa, which is ex pected to bring the bond barometer il by bounds till, il it passes over tin up. Ottawa is still $.':is.:i."iti from raising her entire ipiota of til-Llbm. If tin! (luota. is not raised by volun teer subscriptions th to be organized and i city wfll have house to house canvass made to raise the sum. Karl vilie wa the lirst town to go over the top. H will have the Honor of Hying ihe. lirst honor flag. At the close of the Larlvllle nanus a si evt niug it. was discovered tne tUoia oi 2!l2.7!iO had been oversubscribed by $Liriu. A total of $!3.9'M) worth of bonds had been sold. Retort Co. Employes Take $11,000. During the first three days of the Victory Libertv Loan campaign 12fi employes of the Chicago Retort & Fire Brick Company subscribed for their 'bonds 'thru the company. The total subscriptions amounted to $11. 800. Others subscribed at the thanks, but lit is anticipated that the total sub scriptions to tin company will exceed ? 1 2.000. Several have increased tneir . .unmlIltK af!(.r turning in :' r turning in their cards. Streator K. of C. Will Initiate. Streator council. No. 70, knights - 'of Columbus, win si.ige a nig iiium- - ; her of local members of that organi ..i t.n.l tho ever - zaiioit ate fcwme "" -... cises. 83,250 BONDS 1 OPENED CAPT. PETTIT HOI AFTER 21 FOREIGN SERVICE OTTAWA DOCTOR WHOSE LET TERS WERE READ ALL OVER UNITED STATES ERINGS FRESH STORIES OF EUROF'EAN BAT TLEFIELDS. r Walking on a cine, but looking little and rugged. Oupt. Roswcll Peitit, the fir t man from La Salle county to see overseas service as a member of the 1'nited Slates army, arrived in Ot tawa last evening to upend U seven day furlough with his father, Dr. J. W. Pettit. 1017 i'aul sireet. The well known Ottawa otlicer, is still suffer ing from injuries received while on duty at a military hospital at Dijon, in December, when he loll down u (light of stairs in the darkness, ami received a bad wound on his knee. He is a patient at an army recon struction hospital in Chicago, where lit! has -been since April i:th, and will remain a patient there for several months longer, before boilig granted his honorable discharge. There is very little difference in the Ottawa physician since he left Ottawa in June, 1917, and his twenty one months of the hardest and most dangerous kinds of overseas service have left no marks on his personal appearance. It will be remembered Capt. Pettit was the author of a number of letters that were written to Ottawa friends, and published in the Free Trailer Journal, from time time, during the fall winter and spring of 1H17 anil PUS. These letters were followed closely by the renders of the Free Trader-Journal, and were anxiously looked forward to by the thousands of subscribers. Other papers made offers to ("apt. Pettit. for letters, but he refused to a crop t these offers. ('apt. Peitit was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the medical corps, in the summer of 1917, anil sailed ov erseas, lauding in France in July of the same year. He was in Paris when there was not a uniformed coni'batant I'nited States soldier then1. In No- (Continued cn pate 3, col. 4 ) POLICE UNCOVER PLOT TO "CAPTURE" CHICAGO AFTER "REDS" PARADE (Tiicairo. Anril 24. - A group of liti sian reds, from New York, who claim to have aided Trotsky to seize the Russian government, and who, mem-: hers of this city's anarchist squad , say, 'were urging "ultra reds" of Chi-, cago to take possession of industries: here May 1, are today reported leav- ing Chicago hurriedly, returning to' New York in groups of two and three; on every passenger antl freight train j leaving tibs city. j According to disclosures here loday he reds have been -working in this! i city tor some weeks, organizing tue "et remists" preparatory to taking' over the city. They planned to hold: throe parades on May 1. The parades were to start from different parts of the city and wind up in the loo) sec tion. Seizure of the subtreasury and the big ibusinis houses were to lnl low after which they planned to set up a new government by a workmen's council. Lute yesterday certain of the "ultra reds" learned that, they had Iheeii I spoiled by tlie detectives ami the general exodus of the reds today low ed. r"1 LOYAL RUSSIANS j CONTINUE TO GAIN London, April 21 -The offensive by Admiral Colschak's Siberian army against the bolsheviki is proceeding satisfactorily along the whole of the I'ral front. Orenburg has been evac uated by the reds. The communist army is badly shaken and three whole divisions refused to tight. Advices today from Omsk quoted Admiral Colsclmk as saying that he will no wbe able 'o press his offen -ive without assistance of foreign contin gents. General Maynard. command inn the Murmansk forces, has improv e.l and consolidated the lines held by the troops in the Murmansk and Art - ; angel sec'ors. Loyal Russian troops - n. v.. l,..en adsins in these oiiera- have . ...... . - Hons. MONTHS fiEL?milG 0FECL0UDS Paris, April 2A."Thcu lifting in the Italian clouds. reported this afternoon LOOP PAVING COSTS 10 PCT. ADDITIONAL BY REASSESSMENT COUNCIL ADOPTS ORDINANCES PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL ROLLS FOR DOWNTOWN ANC NORTH SECTION. Ordinances ap'. roving supplement.! assessments on the downtown an North Lafayette street pavement were unanimously adopted this morn ing at an adjourned meeting of tin city council. The additional tax on the "loop" improvement is $10,S!tv:!4 which wiU bo equally distribute' among all the property owners abut ting the district, and i.l7'.'!7 for tin north section. 1'poti a basis of a 10 per cent in crease on the installments now bein; paid,, persons affected by the supple- I mental toll can arrive at an eMimali 'of what the extra cost, will he as tbeii 1 share of the additional cost. If tin ; assessment under the original roll j was add 10 per cent, or $n. and ! the final figures to be paid w ill Ik $ttn. The ralio of increase is tin. same in each district. Disposal of this important niatlei precedes entering court, to have tin stipplementai roll affirmed. II. H White was appointed to spread tin assessments on tlie pavement, as web as an assessment, against property to he benefitted by the library alley sewer. His appointment was math this morning by Mayor Bradford and approve-d by the council. When the ordinance for the down town pavement was presented Com missioner Campbell moved its atlop lion. On the second ordinance, pro viding for an extra assessment against tho north district. ( ommis: ionei aimer moved its adoption. Both top ositiotis car; ieil by a unanimous vol. of the council. All members wen present. ' To Settle White Claim. Recommendations that the city set tie a claim held against the city by .Mrs. Lawrence While as damages for injuries received hist Itecem! t'f whei: she fell on Main street and suffered severe injuries were made to the coun cil by Attorney Roger CI. irk. The accident occurred near the Mo d produce market, when Mr- Whit' 'stumbled over a protruding hi 'it k lit" 1 1 : the curb. She suffered severe pain , after the fall and w as under a doc iter's care for several week; Sl.t i offered to set'!-" the claim let' and the commissioners were in j to believe her oiler a fair one. The mis.di Clark matter wa s li na !!y left ner lleliirieii and to seitte. The count il to Co V..:' iti-.e.-t thei ter. w lib authority ind Vi's. Whil. to a will I in i.e- $0 NEW BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETS A special meeting of the board of education was held this ii'ii'i'tnun at II o'clock in the nlli.es of the boar 1 , in tho Moioiiev l'ec'dili'.' for tlie pur-j po. e of winding tip ,'"' Ml- im'.ss of ) the obi and to organize the new board j The personnel of the school board will remain the same d iring the y ear. It was said that no .letinii for the arrangements for the of the new school building coming ! ai-; ion -recto,! Ill n e l-Vib-rul Plate district would come be-, lore the meeting this afternoon. At - . the time the paper- went to pre-? - th. re had be. n no action taken op the - purchase of the six lots nor for the acceptance of the four lots in Va'i 'v addition, on which the sell. fit will tie built. As the option on these lot -will expire on. May 1",. it is liiody they will be purchased late this afternoon. has been a slight the Central News "Lloyd George confer red witli Premier Orlan do for ninety minutes and left smiling.. Orlando has aban doned his plan to leave Paris at 2 o'clock this afternoon and if he leaves iL will be by a special train later. An Kalian delegate said it watt impossi ble to re-enter the negotiations unless Wilson withdraws his statement. "Orlando's reply probably will bo publshed tonight." Premiers Back Wiison. Paris, April 21.- l-'atice and (Ireat liriiiiin are fully in accord with Presi dent Wilson's publicly announced po itiou on the italiari-.Iugo-Siav lerri orii'.l dispute, and any attempt by the uerniau peace deb gates to make cap ital out of the tcmporaiy break will licet wiih no success, it was declared today in American circles. Should tilt; Germans attempt, to make any arguments, basing their .outfiitions on the fourteen principles, President Wilson will interprt t them hinisel,'. It became known today that the President's statement, had been pre pared three days ago. with the ap proval of Premier Lloyd . Urjorga and Premier clemenceau. It was re-read several hours before it was made pub lic, and the two premiers were asked ''or suggestions. "It is admirable in every way and I would not change a word iff it," Premier Cieineuceau is said to have .cmarUed. There is no apprehension among the American delegates as to the ef fect the statement will have in Italy. But in unofficial circles some fears were expressed for th.' Americans now in Italy. Practically all of the American troops are out of Italy, but there aie some Red Cross wotkers in hat country yet. It is learned from French sources 'hat forty-three members of the Gr nan peace mission have alieatly -pa. and are rt ady to leave for Ver .ailles t,n short notice. Accompany ng the delegates and their secretaries ire a number of telegraph and wiie ess experts to keep Berliii touch with ! he developments. Cheer 'talian Leaders Rome. April 21 - Oreat demonstra tions were held here and ill other cities turnout the kingdom today. Almost tlie entire population of Home ni ir, be.l flint the streets cheer ing Premier Oriando ami Pat on Son nino. the foreign minister for the .-.land tin y have token on Finnic at Paris. Austria Breaks Willi Hungary. Zurich. A pril 2 1. Au.a bi has tritkeit off illations with lluiif'ary, I,,,,!-, tin. tn a disuatch fiolii Berlin ;GETS WARRANT FOR ALLEGED ASSAULT ! This afternoon u warrant was se I cured in Judge Km nigs court by jl.lovd Thai her for Kmde Oompareiit on a charge of assault. The warrant, j is issued following trouble which arose ve-ierday afternoon while tho t men w el'- w oikiiiff at the C. O. Ai P. car bams. Tlie case is si t tor a Heal ing loinorrow morning. STRINGER FOUND NOT GUILTY OF ASSAULT A verdict of not guilty was return ed agaia-t Thomas Stringer of Strea ior vcieiday afternoon, when he was tried on an assault charge preferred aga list Hi in. by Christ Ait. The arrest followed a tight which occurred in a sti-ec! harbor shop, when Striing"!- went to bcp u a barber chair. FRENCH READY TO MARCH ON BUDAPEST ( ope:. :..v,e:i. April 21 --Sixty thou sand French colonial troops are ready o march u,.o:i Budapest from Neu s'ult. where thi-y art" now stationed, aid a tetma dispatch today. The soviet gnv.-i nnient at Budapest ap .e.trs en the verge of collapse, if it lias led a. rcatly doao so. II