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-JOURNAL THE WEATHER. Unsettled and warmer this afternoon and to night. Thursday partly cloudy. VOLUME 1. -OvO. 31. OTTAWA, ILLINOIS. WJ2DNKSDA V, J AX IT A 11 V IT, 1917. PRICE, TWO CENTS. RAIDER OFF SOUTH AMERICA SINKS TWELVE ALLIED SHIPS HOUSE COMMITTEE ON RULES INVESTIGATES "LEAK" OF PEACE NOTE TO WALL STREET OTTAWA FREE TRADER Established 1840 OTTAWA JOURNAL Established 1830. TRADER OVERCOME BY AUTO FOB LUMBER FOREMAN NEAR DEATH NEW TERROR IS PLYING ON THIS SIDE OF ATLANTIC LONDON DECLARES ELUDES ALL PURSUIT BRITISH ADMIRALTY CONFIRMS REPORT OF "FLYING DUTCH MAN' THAT IS WRECKING SHIP PING. l.n(lon, Jan. 17 Twelve Allied Missels have fallen prey to a new Oct nun raider. Official r-nnouncemont was mad? by tho cdmiralty today tint ciflu P.ritbih and two French ships h.-ivo be n sunk cml that iv. ( other British boats wi-ri cap'uiol. Prize crews wore placed on the two rapture:! ships and it is likely th;il I hey tno have Loin converted in'o "Merchant cruisers" mid are now preying upon commerce somewhere on the high seas. The admiralty in announcing the loss of the twelve thips. said that r.oth lng was known of the whereabout.; or fate of tho captured ships. The rr.lder, fully as daring an the Moewo, cr tho Kmden, has managed lo rSudo cleanly till Pic patrols of the British and French arishlps that have sinking merchant ships, but the "Fly- ing iJutchnian" has always been able to elude pursuit. It Is believed that many of the mer - ehnnt ships that fell victims of this German hawk of the seas were sunk In the south Atlantic, perhaps off the. coast of South America . The fate or the seamen on tho f unk-j USCnflilJP fiPf'HD5 en ships Is in doubt, but it probably! YlLUUIIlU UWjUIIO la that some of them have been land- j ed by this time. ' Whether or not the raider escaped! wedding of Warren J. Luffkld from Germany or whether rhe is aiantl Miss ,;lildy8 l'ro!ft0,n lu(,,k Brlvateer-fitted out in some South; PnQl M.-vUnw Iu tint ttiotvil j Nrr Is it certain whether or not t ic ships have a base on the American Thebrldc wore a viccomitiK travel coast. It Is possible for the vessel to' i:,K f bluc dot1'' a,1(! a xvllit(; hat' avoid laming by seeurint; nip plies from her victims. One of tho ships which is believed lo have fallen u vic tim of tho Gcrnirn preyer is the Vol taire. Thh vessel is now about two months overdue at New York. How ever, if cho wa-'. taken thn t-tptiire must have been effected in th? north Atlantic in between tho the regular steamer lane j British Isles and New: York and had no call to deviate from her course towards S.ni'h American v.'nters. From what has been learned nt thu admiralty it is believed that the raider was a former merchant hip as a imlM marine would not Im able to carry ', enough men to provido prize (.'few,' fnr e.ntmed shins. S They are between 2i and ! I met'- chant shins that are overdue ; nd nii- ing and it is supposed that many of'. these fell victims to the German raid-. JHlliU'lU Will II l IlLL'U I I'SlUVIr.-VJ III kows-of tho Ions' of the shins hsjKa!l niver townrhip. increased the activity of tho British. ; and French patrols. ! MENDOTA ESTATE HAS CLAIM The British ships known to have; been sunk by the raider are the Dram-; atlst, Radnorshire Minieh, Net crby; un Mnt Tomnie Kins C.eonre and- !'"! , n - r- - Georgio. The trench ships I.-ro,.,.b china Vfinlos I 1 ,11 II IIMII". .-,. and Asniercs also wrre fiunk. - Information received by the admir alty makes it practically certain that the Voltaire fell a victim to the raider but whether or not she was sunk is uncertain. TWO UNFORTUNATE WOMEN ARE TAKEN TO KANKAKEE Mrs. Kinnm Ott, Oltawa woman found to bo of unsound mind by Judgn Mayo and a commission of Jurors who 'tested-her sanity at a hearing held in tho woman's compartment cf the county .Jail, this morning, was taken .. 1 tll nl Lr,L".i1f re tr. tO tllO StatC UOHpimi "I "tuin(ino undergo treatment. Accompany ng: . . . t- nn1 Mrs. Ott was Miss i.ena uenz, 11 a ' year old htrcaioryount? won u. wnose; iMenla t-nnd t on was lounu 111 neeu of expert attention. Warden Law rence Morrissey accompanied both pa tients to tiie hospital. FORMER RESIDENT BURIED IN OTTAWA The body of Mrs. Edward Butler, rn iw years, who died at her homo, 04.7 Wabash avenue, Chicago, arrived In Ottawa this morning at 11:13 o.er me C, it. I. & P. The deceased was former Ottawa resident. Burial was made In St. Columba Cemetery. Subscribe for tho Free Trader-Journal, MILTARYLXPERTTD VISIT 0.H.S.GIIS CAPT. fTEAVER IN CHARGE OF MILITARY TRAINING IN HIGH SCHOOLS TO SPEAK IN OTTAWA NEXT MONDAY. Crpiain Louis Steaver, of Chicago, who lias charge of military training in tho high schools of the riiddle uvs;,! will be in Ottawa Mr.nday evening.! He will lecture to the general public : at the iu w O. II. y. auditorium. Ciptain Sieawr 13 regarded as an authority on military training for j youths, and Hum!.! lme a nuM inter-. I cs tn;; lecture for his audience. Since the visit of Lieut. Ort t) Otta-: va, keen interest in sold'erinr has ; teen manifested anions the student.' The company ha;-, a membership of 12.1, 100 of them having uniforms, j Ottawa high school is now looked upon as the leading school in I his part of the state in military traiiiin.;. Principals of other schools have visit- eJ the local institution to learn the! ideas in ui.e here. Captain Strepvcr in his talk Mon day 'evening will lay much stress up on the u :efu!mss of military etUra- n il l'noBo in the high school i C0U1-ip- merawra ' llie '""a' or',s wil! fiolKibly give an exhibition !ri" - 'ihe t"phonI orc!'P!,;r:l Wll 1 ','veral numbers. A largo audience j !1 expocteilnt this meeting. DUFFIELD-CR0MP10N ,ms - ' i' URt M 13. lJtirsonufic. with the Kev. ('. A. ljriggs officiating. Cronipton, wlio resides a nille north east of Ottawa, and nas resided in O., tawa and vicinity nearly all her lite. She wa;i a student at the Ottawa pub lic, and higli schcois and tho Ottawa I'ui iness College, and Is well known and popular among her many friends 11:11 "ei,uiu.uuucca " wiuii u.m Miuth of the river, where she formerly resided. The groom Is the son of Mr. and Air;:. Albert 1,. Huffield, of Fall River township, and is a well known, indus trious and pro.jp:'roii3 young farinei. l''" -'K.g"u ' ""''"B u" his own account for several year., Following the wedding ceremony the newly weds left for Genosoo, ... 1.. . .1 ...111..,.. tL 1" -1- wnere iney wn; viku lor a tew oaya w:tn Kev. ana M.rs. j. ii. nanmar, latter being a sister of tho bride, j I'Pon their return home Mr. and Mrs. AGAINST J. D. TOWER CO.! . . , , . . A petttiOn .or letters of adnnnistra- 1 ,,!., -, .. l..l,,, 0 : U'-o eitin nn iu a i.uin mi f,i jtm under tho workmen's compensal ion J act. against the John D. Tower farm Implement company, of Mendota, was1 filed ':i the estate or Joseph I'epiol In the prolate court today. Mr. Pepiot,! who is survived by 11 widow and three hildren, died from injuries received n the plant of the Tower concern. His personal estate consisted of. moneys amounting to which was Jn the bank. all 0 REED FUNERAL WILL BE HELD THURSDAY MORNING The funeral of George Reed, who died Monday afternoon ut 2:110 o'clock 'Bj tho home of his parents on h.S Third street, will be hold Thursday 1 mottling al 11 o'clock at St. Golumbn ! ,tnU,rm,.M, will be In St. Co .. , , . . . , .. lutnhn cemetery. Ger.rgn Heed was born in Ottawa In April, HIN3, lie was educated tun' grew to young manhood in this cily. The deceased had been ailing f,r three months. , Surviving he leaves his parents (in I' three Haters- Mrs. Addle O'Conne' of Mention, III.; Mrs. Emma Sto'n-' 1 her?, and Mrs. David Heighton, bolhnavp cmuniI,pcd that they will handle of Chicago- mid two broth-rn -Mar- tin at home, and Frank of Chicago, Optimist. The Canary "Well, I certainly pre "er n lilg muzzle like mine to a little mo like Fltlo'H." Life, HOUSE COMMITTEE ON RULES, IHVESTIGflTitiG ULERK Thn proUmitinry inveftic:itinn of the "leak" In enimeetl'in with tho Wilson peace nolo wliii h i.s being conducted by the rules committed of the house was ex pected to brins forth sensational revela tions, ricinociatie members of the torn ; mlttee were convinced that the testimony of the Mitiiis.'s Hjmnioned to appear would determine whether there was a mysterious leak or whether the recent stock market break which preceded the White House announcement of the presi dent's peace move was merely due to pre-i.s , reports anticipating official announcement. ' If the lntttjr explanation appears to cov , er the case It Is probable that some of the SUPERINTENDENT J. A. GRAY AR- j RIVES IN CITY MR. GENT EX- PECTEO IN OTTAWA THURS DAY. Actve operations were begun today ! In the Gent motor factory at the co'-i ner of Clinton and Lafayette slroeis' upon the anival In Ottawa of J. A. I Gray, superintendent of tho auto com-! pany. To a Free Trader-Journal re-' porter this afternoon, Mr. Gray stated j that the work of building autoes j would be staried in two weeks. Mr. j (lent is expected to arrive in this city, tomorrow. ! An engineer was engaged today ivmX the work of heati'iK tlnj factory was j begun. (K.iiifj to the fa"t. that the pla::e has not been occupied no steam, has been kept in the building and it' will require roirie lime' to heat tne plant. Luring an interview given a report er Mr. Gray s lated Unit he was great-; !y pleased with the new factor;-. ' "Machinery for building the liotiie-) ! Iim lei'ii shipped to Ottawa and Iho. work will be pushed. 1 Cannot say, just how many will be given employ-; nient," said the young superlntondenT. I ATTORNEY GRIGGS SPEAKS CCnnC UAMHCAPTIU Li Attorney Clarence Griajia, one of the best known attorneys of La S: !': county, addresser! (he members of f'( Illinois Valley MiuiiiCu' tureis' Cub their weekly luncheon held 'n the d;;', rocms yesterday at noon. Mr. Griggs spoke on "Tim Mnnleipr.' Court of Chicago," and lohl the nfrj 1 of the great judicial sysiem of a gie'v I city. Ills was an interesting CMi; : v. It took the audience thru the tliffert.nl phases of the Chicago court. There was a large gathering or d n crs in attendance and lliey enjoyet' Mr. Griggs' talk. ALIENS WILL GATHER AT LINCOLN SCHOOL Foreigners, who are Interested in learnlns tho Knglisli language and wish to become citizens of the United States will meet at I incoln School on Thursday evening. Mlas Alice Rigden, Mips Madeline Harden and Prof. 1. Byrne have volunteered their services to instruct Ottawa aliens three nights R w,,(!ic. Misses Anna .lacks, Louise iurt)in. Glover and Man Pdwdcv a caH3 jointly, each week, 1 '. No Letup. "Yonr daughter bus n remnrknWe voice." "I'm glad you like It. What do you think renuirbiMe about It?" "Its endurance."--Detroit Free Press. GtlTllflFIETlli ra onus; t majority members of the committee wP.l ; take the attliu'le that there has been no mystery and that a further investigation will not be necessary to demonstrate that no blame attaches to officials who knew or might have known of the president's action before It was made public. , Anions tho witnesses are Thoinns W. Lawson of lloston and Clnrles II. Sahln, otto M. Kuhn and Bernard M. Haruch of New York. "I have come to Washington," Mr. Kahn f-ald, "M repeat what I said In my tele- gram to C'lialiman Henry and to answer any questions which the committee cares 10 usk mo. If any one was Kuilty of mak- In? money through a leak and I trust EXPECT GREECE TO UPON ALLIES. WAR Paris, Jan. 17t The dethrone ment of King . Constantino of Greece will he - the signal for a declaration of war against the Al lies, according to dispatches re ceived here today. It is declared that the Greek general staff haa already moved troops into strate gic positions for attacking the Al lies altho it has been reoorted for several weeks that the Greek gov ernment was fulfilling the demand of the Entente that all soldiers he removed from Theesaly. POSTPONE THE HEARING ON "LEAK." Washington, Jan. 17. Rep. Gar rett, on behalf of the Peace leak investigation committee, announc rd hrre would be no hearing to day. The announcement was made after an executive session during which It was decided to ask the Hers? for nmniEsion to employ rounnal to conduct the examina tion cf witnesses. A groin went up from the audience as Rep. Garrett made the announcement. Rep, C?rrett requested all wit nfises present to remain in the city and be ready to apnear be fore tho committee at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. EXPLOSION WRECKS COAL COMPANY'S PLANT. Dubois, Pa Jan. 17. A terrific explosion, followed hy fire, wrecked the power house cf the Buffalo and Susquehanna Coal Co. today. The lo?s is estimated at $50,000. A night crew of 200 min ers were lifted from the mines be fcre the hoisting machinery and elevators wsre affected by tho fire. STRIKE PREVENTION BILL 13 DEAD. Washington, Jrn. 17. President Wilson's strike prevention propos al is dead. There will be no at tempt at resuscitation. This was made plain today by administra tion leaders in Congress, follow ing the Senate interstate com merce committee's adverse vote on the measure designed to make strikes unlawful pending govJrn ment investigation, The cemmittee was practically agreed today to adopt a bill, put forward by tho Progressive Re publicans, providing merely for government investigation of labor .dirputen, but carrying no prohibi tion against strikes or lockouts. Figure In the News. "5fy boy Is fond of fulry stories, hut I don't like for him to rend about plants nnd pirates. I consider it harm ful. Don't you?" "Duntio. llnv nre jou pl:ig to 1-eop the baseball columns nuiiy from lilmV" EXTRA 'jFr!ialiW' there Is nobody 1 hone that he will bs punished. Tho committee should make e thorough Investigation." Secretary of State Lansing and Joseph 1'. Tumulty, secretary to the preslden. loth mentioned In connection with the leak, occupied conspicuous places at the hearing. Members of the rules committee Investi gating th leak are shown In the photo graph. They nre Representatives ('hlper tield of 1linois, Gurrett of Tennessee, Fos ter of Illinois, Cantnll of Kentucky, Har- nson or Mississippi, Campbell of Kansns, Lenroot of Wisconsin e.nd Henry of Tex- as, chairman. Mr. Henry is the fifth man from the left. E V PROPOSITION IS MADE AT OTTA WA CONVENTION JO UNITE TWO STATE SOCIETIES UNDER ONE MANAGEMENT. VOTE TO ADOPT MERGER WITH IOWA. At 2:30 this afternoon the com mittee on resolutions brought In a resolution endorsing the merger with the Iowa membership. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 31 to 1? and 'the merger will take effect February 1, 1917. Officers were not elected. At a joint session of the Iowa and Illi nois order the convention place and officers for the ensuing year will be chosen. A -proposed merger of the Illinois branch of the Ancient Order of tin I'nited Workmen with the snnio so ciety operatinr? in the slate of Iowa was the priiieips.l discussion at tht opening session of th,! organization now in meeting in Ottawa for the bi ennial convention. K. of P. hall, formerly Commercial ball, is the meeting' place of the d' le gates. About one hundred represent atives of lodges thiuout the stale art in hi tendance. The convention come to a close thi.i evening after final ac tion has been taken upon the propo sition to consolidate with tho Iowa lodges. Sentini-'tit upon the mer-ier -.; itl to be fairly well divided among the delegates and what thu outcome of the vote will be could not be dt terniined by members of the eemr.i't tee Inning that feature of (lie cat her ing in eburge. All mealing.-! are confined solely t deb ;:ale: In support or the welding of tlv two sts.'e societies, arguments arc limn - thai lowa tins a metnnei snip e 1'!, . while Illinois lias the names of only Ic'h'l on its roster. It i pointed out by consolidation tiiihii'. lasts that the merger would be d ': llnitly advantageous, to the llilnei; group. In event a union is formally effecter! the election of officers scheduled 1 01 late this ai'iernoon will be postponed until representatives of both parent bodies can hold a meeting. j The order hnioring Ottawa with itf convention was founded by John fpehtircli in 1 SOS, at. Meadvllle, Pa j ;and since has grown to very healthy j proportions having large memberships in practically every state of the union. MISS CORA Mc HANE IS BRIDE OF FRED STANSELL yjiini WITH IOWA SOGIETt At high noon yesterday Miss Cora n ray miruu expenses. Mae McRbane, of l.ostnut, became tho : " brid" of Fred Stansell, a prominent ! PRES. WILSON NAMES Magnolia farmer. The ceremony or-j CHERRY POSTMASTER purred at the Methodist parsonage,! Itev. C. A. Brlpgs. Jr., officiating. Thoi Washington, Jan. 1 1. (Special.) vpimir couple are upending their lion-1 John Cahlll was named postmaster or 'eymoon in Chicago and will take up i Cherry, 111, hi the appointments made farming March Ld. j1' resident Wilson here today. DIDN'T KNOW H NUMBER: T TWO CHICAGO YOUTHS AND DE PUE COOK HELD IN COUNTY JAIL COULDN'T TELL LICENSE FIGURES. Believing that in the arrest of James Ford, aged 23, Robert Burke, aged 24, and Walter Seaman, DePue restaur ant cook, who was ia the dragnet for his connection with the Dowd-Davon- port case last November, they have captured two more links in Chicago's enaiess cnain or auto nanaits, la haiiei county authorities ore hoiUing the trio ; their case, while receipt of word Is uwaiieu irom 1 uicago. Beaman, caught at the time "Doc" Ira Davenport and Walter Davenport deserted an Abbot-Detroit 1916 road f-ter on the plank road, admitted to; the deputies that he came to Ottawa to int et Li.rke and Ford to show them the route to DePue. He made the same kind of an excuse when Daven to't and Dowd were captured and re turned to Chicago, but was released because of the plausibility of his story. .Burke and Ford were detained late Tuesday afternoon after they had driven up to the court house parking place and stepped inside the county building to purchase a hunting li cense. They had a rifle and a shot gun with them, when Deputy Sheriff Arthur Barrett became suspicious and decided to interrogate them. During t'ne deputy's Interrogations he learned that neither Burke nor Ford the lat ter r.o relation to Henry of tin lis fame knew anything about their car, least of all the figures In the state li cense it bore. When they could not tell the license number suspicion was decidedly strengthened r.nd Deputy Barrett decided to lock the pair up until their case could be thoroly look ed into. About this time Seaman came upon the scene and remember ing his connection with the Daven- port-Dowd affair, he was taken alons. to the county Jail. Smith's Name "Petzer." When they saw they were in a cor ner and likely to be caught in their alibis, Burke and Ford stated they had purchased the machine a Ford runabout from a man named Pctzer. The that license number, 4!)SfiG, showed;''" l "e ,!iroiul 10 Re ini" a gooa Frank A. Smith, 2724 Cottage sui'M f air is circulating in Grove avenue, Chicago, was the owner of the car. All thriw are nceiinvlntr cells at the Hotel d'Dav-ls, where they will be held! pending further disposition of their. case. Believe Seaman a Fence. cpon tne tneory mat seaman , . , ieiice 101 lll UUIU iiin vco, a nsm investigation will he conducted into his operations hy both La Salle coun ty and Chicago authorities. His double connections with cars appre hended in Ottawa will cause a de tailed search into his past in an effort to ascertain whether or not he has been aiding the Chicago gangs in dis poning of their stolon cars. DAVID KOHAN, PEDDLER DIES VERY SUDDENLY David Kohan, a Jewish peddler aged 4H years, died yesterday afternoon at Ityburn hospital following a short ill ness of pneumonia. At an inquest held this morning at. Gladfelter's un ci rtaking rooms his demise was attri buted to that disease. On Friday. January 12, the man was taken ill. He was ordered to Ryburn hospital, but remained In that Insti tution only one day. Yesterday noon he fell, overcome with exhaustion. He was taken to the Burlington hotel on West Madison street, where he roomed and boarded, nnd then re moved lo Hyhurn hospital at 2 o'clock where deal 1 occurred a half hour later. At the Inquisition into his case this morning at 10 o'clock il was learned, that he wits engaeed as a peddler andj went about tho rural districts selling' his wares mid buying Junk. He leaves . no relatives. Funeral arrangements Lave not been made. The man dins possessed of a norse and I '-am wlibh will probably be takrn In custody by tho county to help tie- MRS. GEORGE SINGER FINDS HUSBAND UNCONSCIOUS IN GARAGE COCTOR SAVES LIFE BRAOISH YARD EMPLOYEE RE SUSCITATED ArTER 5 HOURS FIGHT BY DR. W. H. JAMIESON VICTIM BETTER TODAY. George S. Singer, of 830 Jefferson Street, foreman for the Bradish lum ber company, narrowly escaped death from cas fumes escaping from an automobile exhaust, last evening at 8 o'clock. His unconscious form was ,,, , .... found in the garage adjoining tne 1 Singer home and for five hours ha Ilngored between life and death whi)e Dr. W. H. Jamieson worked tirelessly to resuscitate him. His condition this morning was not considered serious and. he will recover. At 7 o clock in the evening Mr. Singer went to hl3 garago to over haul his auto. He started the engine and closed all the doors and windows to keep out the cold. After he had been working to the garage a short time he left the place but came in again. All tho time the motor in the auto was operating poisonous gases were being expelled thru the exhaust pipe. About 8 o'clock Mrs. Singer became uneasy of her husband's welfare and went to the garage. She found him lying over one of the fenders. His unconscious body was removed to the hquse and Dr. Jamieson was called. The physician at once started to save Mr. Singer from death and for nearly five hours he showed little signs of life. Stimulants were administered and salutions of salt were injected In to the veins. As in Mr. Singer's case, when this gas is inhaled a chemical combination is -formed in the bloodrenderJng-lt lmca pa hln of taking nitygen. Should thirty per cent, of the hemoglobin be destroyed death would have occurred. First Case In Vicinity. ' Mr. Singer is the first in this vicin ity to bo poisoned by- auto exhaust fumes. Deaths from this cause, how ever, have occurred in other parts of thn state. The plight of Mr. Singer should servo as a warning to other auto own- tneir garages wnne 1110 motors or ineir cars are in motion. Proprietors of garages have issued warnings to em- P's to give close heed to ventllbv m''n Attacks similar to Mr. Singer's come very gradually and the victim rtrwiu lint raa Mv.a Yta rnnHHInn until R h ((m fm. hm to ne,p nimgelf( Mr. Pinter's many friends hope for aiSj speedy recovery. OTTAWA YOUNG LADY WEDS U. S. WIRELESS OPERATOR This afternoon at 3 o'clock occurred I the wedding of Miss Arneita Calkins j and Jasper I. Ward, at the home or the bride's mother, Mrs. jiary Calkins, i (128 Catherine street, South Ottawa, Kev. Vonckx, pastor of the Presbyter Ian church, officiating. Miss Calkins has taught music In Ottawa, Grand Bldgo and Streator for the past three years. It was i.i Strea tor that the romance, so happily cul minated In the wedding of today, had its beginning, while Mr. Ward was a resident of that city. Ho is now em ployed as a wireless operator at the U. S. Radio station at Boston, Mass. The bride was prettily attired in a dress of crepe de chlno and georgette crepo trimmed with shadow lace. Tho couple was attended by the bride's rdster, Mildred, little Florence Rogers, of Grand Ridge, nnd Martin Snvder, of South Ottawa. The newlyweds will make their homo in Roston. dr. KETMAN TO SPEAK AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH Tho local Kantlst church Is mak- Ing preparations for the coming this Sunday of T. L. Kidman, D. D, of Chi cago, who will address a men's meet- i .MC in the afternoon at 3 o'clock 011 the subject, "God I'slng Men." The Bible classes of all the churches ro cordially invited to bo present ut this meeting. Mr, Ketinan will deliver his great address, "The Other Seventy," at the evening service. The speaker Is a big man, physically, mentally and spiritually. It will be worth any one's while to hear Dr. Ketman. l