Free trader-journal., January 05, 1917, Image 1

About Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920

Image provided by: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL

                
Ottawa free trader
Established 1840
' OTTAWA JOURNAL
Established 1880.
IADER-JOUKN
THE WEATHER.
Fair tonight and Satur
day; much colder to
night VOLUME 1.--NO. 44.
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS. 1'K I DAY, JANUAIIV 3, 1917.
PBICE, TWO CENTS.
LEADING NEUTRAL NATIONS PLANNING
CONFERENCES ON ENDING THE WAR
FREE
TIF
AL
BLAME WIDE STREETS FOR H
C05I IF PAVING "LOOP" DISTRICT
IMPORTANT PEACE MOVES III
BERLIN; SAYS LONDON CABLE
ASSESSMENTS ARE SPREAD
UnDER "AREA" PLAN
I IN ROLL
JOB TO BE LASTING
THOROFARES ARE DOUBLE THE j
WIDTH OF THOSE IN WEST AND!
SOUTH SIDE SECTIONS MAYOR
ENTHUSED ABOUT QUALITY OF I
WORK. !
That wide streets within the
"loop" and mot the high rost of ma
terials nor an excessively hind ti
rfiuite compiled by Public Engineer
George L. Furnsworth, are responsible
for the seemingly great expense of
repaying the downtown di.it riet, is tho
. concensus of opinion among city of
ficials and legal authorities whoso
views were obtained today by a rep
resentatives of the Frso Trader-Journal.:.
. In West tntl South Ottawa,
the average width of streets i; twenty-four
feet, while in the proposed
business district improvement t he
thorofares are all forty-eight feet wide
with the exceptions of Court, which is
forty-six and Mil) of twenty-six foot
width. The additional surface upon
the streets, will of course, increase
; the production cost almost double of
what was spent in South and West
Ottawa.
The C03t per square foot on the
west side was five cents. In South
Ottawa the cost for each square foot
., wa3 .(HIS spread under the special
: taxation plan. , In the "loop" with the
value of materials practicklly doubled
within the past two years and the
ftronte twice s wide the cost for "In
'jftlfir "lots Y'lll be abom nluc "cents
per squure foot and twelve cents for
the corner properties. The assess
ment.' according to It. V. Mills, par
ent of the roll now on. file in the of
fice of County Clerk A. E. Bach, was
spread under the "area plan," with
the corners paying more by one-third
than the inside lots and only the abut
ting property be'ng effected by the im
provement. Pome Objections Made.
Complaints have been made again-;!
the increased expense of Improving;
tht "loop" and doubtless some ob
jections will be filed asa'nst. the or
dinance. Judge Mayo lias fixed Jan
uary 17 as the last day for formally
filling these objections and in the
meantime officials of the city will he
busy ironing out these complaint:! to
the satisfaction of the property own
ers by explaining to them Just what
has happened before the matter is
threshed out in the courts.
To Be Fine Job.
In an Interview with a Free 'Tmlor
Journal reporter Mayor Bradford ex
plained all the angles nppurtaining to
the big improvement and closed his
remarks by saying:
"This Job, upon the face of it, ap
pears to cost more than the paving
did in either South or West Ottawa,
but such does not happen to be the
case. The wide streets are respon
sible for the -increased expense and
not eo much the higher prices that
must be paid for materials.
"It is to be a fine piece cf work and
' will be an everlasting one, I believe.
The base is to be of concrete of five
inch thickness substantial enough to
meet, all requirements for years and
vears to come."
REMODELING THEIR PLANT
The Ottawa Pianophone company,
who recently purchased the Organ fac
tory in north Ottawa, have been re
modelling their new factory for the
past three weeks and expect to begin
actual operations next. Monday morn
ing. The company will specialize in
the manufacture of talking machines
and electric piano?, . U. Bartholo
mee, factory superintendent, is in
charge of the work at the north Ot
tawa factory.
. About thirty men will he given em
ployment .Monday morning and the
number will be increased as the work
demands.
Improvement In Gat Lighting.
Coal tens Illumination was evolved
between 1792 ami 18(12, but It wus not
until about 1881 that it wns brought to
a high state of efllclency by the Welti
bnt'h mantle, and further developed by
the inverted burner uml the use of
pressure gas.
I. J. SUM IS
CLAIMED 0 0
BUSINESS MANAGER OF FREE
TRADER-JOURNAL AND PROMIN
ENT OTTAWAN SUCCUMBS TO
WEEK'S ILLNESS OF PNEU
MONIAFUNERAL SUNDAY.
11. J. Sbee-buii passed away at hii
home, corner of I a Salle anil Superior
streets, this foreiio;m at 10 o'clock,
cf pneumonia, alter an illness of
seven days.
Mr. Sheihaii was taken ill hut
Thursday. U's condition was favorable
until yestcrJay when there v.uj a de
cided change for t!io worse. lie had
not been in good health for several
months and was not in the best f.f
rendition to tight the ravages of pneu
monia. The deceased was born in this city
May 1, a id ban lived here prac
tically all the time since. For several
yean; be was n traveling salesman
and afterwards cntereO the employe
of the late II. J. (lillen. lie was in
charge of the shoe department of this
store until Mr. Gilien retired from
business.
I'.i IS!i9 ho formed a partnership
with A. 'Richards, and purchased the
Ottawa Journal. This partnership
continued the publication of the Jour
nal In the Malor.ey building for sev
enteen years, or until the consolida
tion of the Free Trader and Journal
one month ago. Mr. Sheehan became
a member of the Free Trader-Journal
Printing Co. as the result of the con
rolldation and held the same position
w'.th the consolidated paper as with
the Journal.
The deceased wa9 one of the newly
elected directors of the Chamber of
Commerce, director" In the Ottawa De
ve'oj ment Association and the Ottawa
Business Men's Association for a num
ber of years. For ten years he has
been a member of the board of trus
tees of Ryburn hospital and for nine
years was secretary of the board. He
was also a member of Starved Rock
Council. K. o C, was grand knight
for one year and was district deputy
at the time of his death. He was also
a member of the Files and A. 0. If.
Ho was mairied to Miss Margaret
Dralle, June 15, 1!M)!. Since their
marriage they have rosiiod at the
corner of La Salle and Superior
streets.
The deceased was well known thru
out the county and district. He win
a man of good motives, honorable In i
all his dealings and ha J many friends
among tho bu tiness interests of Ot-.
tawa. Ho has always been active in j
church and society work. I
The Kni.-rhta of Columbus and 11. P.
O. Filks will participate in the funeral'
exercises, which will take place from
St. Coluniba church Sundo.y after
noon at 2.M o'clock. Fr!einl3 are re
quested to omit Rowers.
SUICIDE OF PITTSBUR8HER
Philadelphia. Jan. ."With the sui
cide of Bernard W. Lewis, wealihy
Pittsburg friend of Grace Roberts,
the police today consider the mur
der of Iho preity model a closed in
cident. While admitting that the shot which
ended Lewis' life also probably ended , amplo time for use of the lawyers,
the chance of the murder ever being;; Monday it Is expected Judge Khlredge
conclusively cleared up, they see the: will follow his custom of posting a
hand of circumstances pointed to, call of cases giving precedent to the
Lewis as the man who knew more large number of appoul mailers pond
about iho girl's death than any one ing upon his dockets,
else. I Among the untried matters are
"Every bit of evidence we have,"! some five hundred law suits, many of
said Captain of Detectives Tate, to-' which will be wiped off the court
day, "points to Lewis as the man for j "slates" daring the January session,
whom we were searching as the mur-j There are an equal number of chan
derer." - t eery cases, but it is not expected
So far as could be learned from the j that any at tempt, will be made during
pelier, Lewis left no notenothing, in the present term to try any of them,
fact, that could definitely establish The Juno term is recognized as the
I.Ih connection with the model. official chancery sitting and no Jurors
His hands bore evidences of nre called during that period,
scratches, as though be bad been scuf-l The term call issued by Judge Eld
fling with roine one. In one of the'redge demands three panuls of jurors
trousor's pockets, was found a tight-1 to report respectively January 1.1.
ly wadded handkerchief which had January 2!l, and February LI, just two
been blotd soaked. There things,! weeks apart,
coupbd with' the chauffeur's story j Grand Jury Monday,
that ho drove Lewis to a spot- near The Jun Rniml Jiry m(1(,t, M()n.
iht T?,l,i.i'i, n tin t ,m, t f.lltdv I'HnMVI . . .
...... . 'i
morning, the police hold, as proof.
positive that the Pittsburgher has in;ords of state.8 Attorney George 8
Grace Robert's apartment on the fa-!... . Tim ,,,., u-m i, t
tal night.
Pessimistic View,
"Do you believe It Is unlucky to mnr-
ry on n Friday?" "Why should Friday
be uu except loti?" 1'qck. ( -
! $ & & 4 p "3 , il l
V'V. , K-i-iti ''5-tsa
Photos by American Press Association.
The Overseas News agency of Berlin
jrave out tliti following: ,
"The IJorne (StvlUerldtidf Tagebfatt re
ports tlnit tlie Scandinavian Bovernmenta,
according to rumor, will In tlie immediate
future hold a conference in order to fostoi
peace negotiations by common preposi
tions. "Likewise, the Ncua Zurlcher Zeltuns
reports from The Hague that the Nether
lands prnbnbly will Is.sue a note similar to
that of Switzerland.''
Couflrmation of the report that other
neutral countries are planning to follow
the action of SwilxBrland In minport of
President Wilwir.'o peace movement was
obtained In Wushinston In oftlclal iuar
JUDGE ELDREDCE PREPARING '
FOR BUSY GRIND DISPOSING OF
LARGE NUMBER 0 UNTRIED
i
CASES UPON DOCKETS.
Judge F.ldredgo In the circuit, court i
today paveil the way tor closing the'
October term of bin tribunal by dis-'
posing ol teveral roinine matters!
thai, are invariably found near the fag!
end of the calendar. Tomorrow ad-
jourr.nient "to couit in course" will bl
ordered and on Monday afternoon'
the January session will open with its'
usual clamor for setting caes for iin-;
medial' trial.
The calendar is now being printed -
and w ill be ready for disliibution in
uay aiternoon to invest uate ;;ome
forty odd cases now upon tlie re-
Wiley.. I lip lurots win no sworn in
at 1:30 o'clock and will retlr;: f irth
with to begin their deliberation:!. It
is expected the cases to be reported
will require the entire week before
the results of the inquisitions are tin
nounced.
CIRCUIT GOURTTQ
on inn:
i
. i
ters. One country after another will Join
the neutral chorus, . , . ' , ,,,UMlSl,yfWu,.gv.vernn1.!nt8.
fives of Important Latik-Ametiean coun
tries wan lu Id In Washington. The iucs-
tion of indorsing the president's peace
pian atui or tuning action similar to that
of Switzerland was discussed. As a result
of the conference long telegrams were sent
to the homo governments outlining the
situation urn! asking fur instructions.
Kunlier cnnfci enccs will ho held. One
of the conferees stated that the opinion of
the Central and South- American repre
sentatives here was "generally favorable
to Indorsement of the American no'e."
Whether the Lutin-AnurKan n.tiinnn
! will send separate notes to Ilia belligcrenta
I was not stated, i.nd probably will not be I
BROTHERHOOD TO COMFER
CM STRIKE ACTION.
Kansas City., Mo., Jan. 5. Com
menting cn tde prcbablc action by
the four railroad brotherhoods on
the proposed railroad legislation
affecting employes, the American
Railway Employes Journal, in its
January edition, Issued today,
states that the four brctherbooct
chiefs have called a conference to
be held in Chicago January 11.
The journal states that the pur
pose of the conference is to "con
sult the chairman and decide on
the line of action made nicessary
by the railroad managers refusal,
to put ito effect the 8-hcur work
day as contemplated by the AJam
eon law.''
COLORADO MINERS MAY CALL
STRIKE TO TEST LAW.
Denver, Cob., Jan. 5. Employrs
of r,ix nines near Frederick in the
northern Lignite coal fields will
fjo on strike tomorrow morning
unless their demands fcr an in
crease In wags from fifteen to
twenty per cunt are granted. The
ultimatum cf the miners was pre
esntcd to the owners following
viait of E. L. Dayle, secretary of
Dist. 15 of the United Mine Work
ere, nod is in disregard of the
atate Industrial act vhich requires
thirty days notice to employers'
and the state industrial cemmi.
sion on any proposition relating
to change of wao,s or hours. Tiie
union has decided to test the law.
RIORDAN FUNERAL WILL
PE HELD SATURDAY
The funeral of Mrs. Pat rich Rinrdati
will he held f-'aturday morning at 9
o'clock at si. Columbn church. Inter-
!ii"in win lie in n.. luiHini.i mn.;-
...mi i... cfc r...i. .........
tery.
Worth While Quotation.
There Is a great deal in the llrst
luilircwlon.-LVi..vve.
decided until replies have been received
bpam ih uxpei:tfcd to bo .one of the first
neutrals to send a note to the belllgeront
powers asking tlicm to accept Mr. Wil-
son's proposals and offering her services.
In fart, the belief was expressed that if
such a note had not already been dis
patched It was certainly In process of
pr. p.n atiotv
No. 1 In the pictures Is King Christian
of Ictimnrk; No. , left to rigjit. Kings
Chrislian of Denmark., Uustaf of Sweden
and Haakon ,if Norway: No. 3, King Al
fonso of Spain; No. 4. King Gualaf; No. 5,
Queen WilheUr.- .i; of the Netherlands;
No. P, King Haakon: No. 7. tlie reeentlv
1 1?
ted pt -i-.--f.le-i: of Switzerland. Kdmunij
Selm'.tbes'j
DETECTIVE SLAVS
TONY LAPORTE, LADD ITALIAN,
IS KILLED LAST EVENING BY
RAI WAY DETECTIVE EX0N0R
' ATES HIS MURDERER
Uuld, 111., Jan. '.(Special) After
; being arrested and handcuffed to his
, pal, Paula Pasuualli, Tony Laporte
: was shot to death last evening at
. 1 1 : i - oclocic by Joe belirillo, detec-j
live 'ii the employ of the Chicago1
j Milwaukee railway at their yards ini
; Ladd. Today authorities of three
j counties are searching for the detec
tive who lias mysteriously disappear
ed since the shooting. Laporte and
: Pastpu lli both reside in Ladd.
i The dead man gave out a statement
to A Homey C. M. Hollerich. of Ladd,!
'before bis death in which he exoner-l
inled tlie detective from any blame, (h.:
! daring the shooting was accidental.!
it In said thai the men were in the
ioct tif robbing n merchandise car In
i the Ladd yards when iho Italian de
fective made the discoverv. The men
bad both been handcuffed together and'
authorities here are unable to under
stand how Laporte bad been shot uf-,
tor he had been handcuffed. .
The bullet pierced the lung of Mr, j
j Laporte and death followed in nn hour:
jafte:- tlie .'hooting, To Attorney!
; Hollerith he declared that the shoot-j
: !-ng was accidental and rerused in',
! make any other statement. j
! Attempts last evening to get a state-i
ment. from Pasqiialli were f rut lie. He!
stated that he would give his version'
of the shooting at the coroner's in
quest, which was conducted this af
ternoon, i
Officials In Ladd. (
s
nanway omciain nave neon sum-
1 ,
motion 10 l.atld today and Will be;
to Ladd today and will be;
M
I KANGCUFFS
reked to locale the d. tective respon- VSome of de men (hit's alius tnlkin'
silllfi fop Jhe (t.illh of Ln)0rt0i Num-'mtit savin' de country," wild Uncle
:,'fn", ro,),'nri,' llflVe b(,f commit-! E.n. "is too liable to give you de Idea
led in tll(! yanU there n,ld Sdirlllo!dt iley's doln' it Mi business or fob
Wils nsslfc-ned to watch the merchan-j pleasure."
C. OF C. SAYS V 111 T E
"YES" Oil CONDUITS
ENDORSES MOVE TO PLACE THE
WIRES UNDERGROUND IN BOTH
DISTRICTS IN FORMAL STATE
MENT ISSUED TODAY.
In resolutions endorsing the peti
tion' signed by COO residents calling
for underground wiring in the district
lying between the I. & M. canal and
Lafayette streets, the Chamber of
Commerce today went on record as
formally approving a "yes" vote upon
both propositions at the referendum
election next Tuesday. The state
ment Issued by the commerce body
says:
January 5, 1917.
To the Citizens of Ottawa:
At a meeting of the directors of the
newly organized Chamber of Coru
meice of Ottawa, held at the office of
the president, Wednesday evening,
January 3, 191", the two conduit ordi
nances to be voted on next Tuesday
were fully discussed. The discussion
was participated in by the mayor,
Commissioners Campbell, Helffrich
and Meagher and also Mr. James J.
Conway, who owns property in tho
district,
A resolution w as unanimously adopt
ed, all the directors of the association,
together with the mayor, the commis
sioners and Mr. Conway, voting "aye,"
that all voters be advised to vote
"yeB" at the election in favor of both
condiut ordinances.
It was unanimously agreed that it
was desirable that all wires and ca
bles l.i both districts should be placed
under ground and if this is to be ef
fected, the ordinances must be sus
tained. The downtown paving Is certain to
fa down early.ln 1917. The good name
cf the city absolutely demands that
there be no further delay in remedy
ing the disgraceful conditions of this
pavement. If the downtown conduit
ordinance is defeated, it means either
that we will never have a conduit sys
tem down town or that the new pav
ing will have to be taken up when the
conduits are laid, which latter would
cause great additional expense an
much damage to the new pavement.
It is equally important that the up
town conduit ordinance should be sus
tained in order that those conducts
should be constructed before the up
town paving is laid. The Chamber
of Commerce therefore calls upon all
good citizens to vote in favor of sus
taining both conduit ordinances.
Further discussion developed the
fact that the installation cf the on
dttit system does not mean that the
rates for light, and power to private
conrumers will be increased. These
rates are now fixed and cannot be
rnied without, the consent of the Pub
lie Utilities Commission.
OTTAWA Clf.AM.RKIt OF COM
MKRCR. P.y CLARKNCM ORICns, President.
And CHAR I FS H. KINO MAX,
Secretary.
We, the undersigned, Mayor and
City Commissioners of Ottawa acqui
esce In the above statement and re
quest all voters to vote "yes" on both
conduit ordinances.
K. F. BRADFORD
P. J. MFVIHER.
Al'tiFHT M. HELFFRICH.
CHARLKS W. CAMPHKLL.
WALTER II. PALMER.
disP cnra ,nat wpre ,oft in 1-altl
Daporte is about thirty years of age
ar"! was & former resident of La
Salle.
MENTION PRESIDENT'S KIN-IN-LAW
IN LEAK QUIZ.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 5. With
every prosDtct fcr a bitter politi
cal fight the house rules commit
tee today began its investigation
into charges of Thomas W. Lar
son that there was a "leak" be
fore President Wilson's peace note
was announced and that Wall
street profited and was driven to
panic at the same time. So far
the names mentioned in the In
vestigation are those of Joseph
Tumulty, Wilson's private secre
tary; Barney Baruch, Secretary
of State Lansing and F. H. Boling,
brother of Mrs. Wilson. Boling
Is a broker with offices In Wash
ington. Overdo th Thtnn
RULERS ARE TO CONFER IN
GERMAN CAPITAL ON
NEW TERMS
E
NEWLY CROWNED AUSTRIAN EM
PEROR DESIGNATES REPRE
SENTATIVE TO CALL UPON
POPE BENEDICT.
WILSON MAY TAKE FIRM
STEP FOR PEACE.
Wathington, D. C, Jan S De
velopments in the peace situation
In Washington today pointed
strongly toward President Wil
son, adopting a more radical at
titude than has been forecasted.
Administration officials close to
the president indicated their be
lief today that the attitude of the
administration will be changed
gradually to the position of de
manding a cessation of hostilities
on the ground that the United
States and other neutral coun
tries have as deep an interest ih
the struggle as the nations at
war. Congressional administra
tion leaders are known to sup
port thio view to a large extent.
Diplomatic representatives of both
sides In the world struggle do not
hide the fact that they have lit
tle idea that if pursued along
present lines, the efforts to se
cure peace will be fruitless. This
is known to the White House and
the State Department.
REPORT ON ALLIES' PEACE
TERMS.
London, Jan. 6 It was report
. ed today that the concrete terms
of the Allies would embrace the
following demands:
Restoration of Belgium with
Indemnity.
' Restoration of occupied
portions of France with In
demnity. Restoration of Poland, Ser
via, and Montenegro.
Establishment of a protec
torate over Armenia by Rus
sia. Constantinople, and., the
Dardanelles to Russia.
London, Jan 5 Developments of the
utmost importance, all bearing upon
the peace situation, are taking place
in the Central Empires. Briefly they
are:
1. Emperor Charles of Austria
has sent a special emissary to
Rome requesting the Pope to
take steps for peace, according to
news received in London today
from a Swiss source.
2. "The German Emperor has
sent Prince Adalbert on a se
cret mission to Sofia and Con
slant inoplo," says an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Amster
dam. It is believed that tho visit
is In connection with peace. The
Prince is expected back at Ger
man Headquarters, within the
next week.
3. The presidents of the parlia
ments of the Central powers have
been summoned to Berlin for an
important conference.
1. Dutch newspapers report that
the rulers of the contral powers
are to meet In Vienna.
fi. A plenary session of the
Reichstag is to be held in Ber
lin the middle of this month, if
present plans are carried out.
It is understood that the allies'
reply to President Wilson's note will
go forward at once and it is reported
on what seems to be high authority
that Germany may send a second note
to the United States.
Seme persons go so far as to pre
dict that the whole world will know
the peace terms of both sides before
another week shall have elapsed.
Despite the obstacles that seemed at
first to have blocked all progress of
the peace issues, there is n growing
trend of opinion that the way may
be made on Fotterdam despatch to
day saying that the economic situa
tion in the Central Empires compel
led Germany to make her peace move
last month.
The contents of tho telegram are
based upon Information secured from
a neutral in close touch with diplo
matic circles in Berlin. The follow
ing points are made in this despatch.
"That the German governments
wish for a quick peaco to save the
economic situation.
That the military situation ot the
f lei man allies is not regarded as dangerous.
EMISSARY TO
ROM
r