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fAOM. SIX
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER S1, 1917.
WAR INSURANCE
PLANSSETTLED
Policies for Fighters Range From
$1,000 to $10,000.
PAYMENTS IN INSTALLMENTS
Disability Benefit to Cover 240
Month After Policy Holder Is In.
Jured Any Officer, Enlisted Person,
Malt or Female, and Any Member
f Army Nurse Corps, May Carry
Insurance.
Full details of the war insurance
plan for soldiers un failure have hen
pi n out by treasury department olll
el a Is.
"Insurance," snys the department,
"will lie Issued for any of the fal
lowing aggregate amounts upon nn
oue life:
Converted
Into mo.
Install-
Convert.)
Into urn
Install
ments nt
134 .V
37 3
i.2."
43 1.
4ti I"
4
1
U 1.:
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Amounis meats of
Amt.
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i 5
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8.i'iw
S.oiK)
.)
9.!f
10.W0
11 .000
1.8W
5 )
2 500
8 UUO
3.5uO
.'
( oi
e.soo
I 5 75
8 63
11.60
14 .8
it a
2 13
23 00
75
31 63
"There Installments will he payable;
during l;e total and permnnent dla
blllty of the Insured." the statement
continues, "or If death occur without
such disability, for 240 months, or if
death occur following such disability
for a mifilclent number of months to
make 240 In r.ll, Including months of,
dlsnbl'Pj already paid for. In both
cases except as otherwise provided.
"The lnsursiice Is Issued at month
ly rates or the age (nearest birthday)
(if the Insured when the Insurance goes
Into effect. Increasing annually upon
the anniversary of the policy to the
rate for an age one year higher."
The statement then gives a tuble of
monthly rates for ages from fifteen
to slity-flve, of which the following Is
an abrevlatlon:
Age
21 ....
22
23 ....
24
26 ....
2
27
28
U
JO
31
40
to
CO
66 .....
$1,000
...$ .05
.. .B5
.. .65
.. .61
., M
,.. .67
.. .67
.. .68
tf.,000
$3 25
3 26
8 25
5 30
3 30
335
8.35
3.40
3 4a
8 45
3.60
4 l
6 70
12!ii
16.76
tin.floo
$ii.5o
50 ;
t ;'i
6 60
6.60 '
6.70!
fi.T'i i
6.8"
6 9:
S.90 i
7,0) I
8.1" !
11.40 !
.69
, .70
81
1.14
2 21
8 35
22.1o
33 50
Eligibility Decided.
Percons entitled to carry this Insur
ance ore:
A commissioned otlicer (Including a
warrant otlicer) In active nervlco In
the military or naval forces of the
United States.
Any person, male or female, enlist
ed, enrolled, or drafted Into active
service In the military or naval forces
of the United States, Including non
commissioned and potty officers, and
members of training camps, authorized
by low.
Any member of the army nurse corps
(female) or of the navy nurse corps
(female) while employed In active
service under the war department or
navy department, respectively.
"Insurance may be applied for In fa
vor of one or more of the following I
persons," the statement reads, "with
the Bum of $r.00 or a multiple thereof
for each hcnclMury. The aggregate
not exceeding the limit of .flO.iKit) and
not less than $1,(KH) upon nuy one
life:
"Husband or wife,
"Child, Including legitimate child;
child legally adopted before April ir,
1117, or more than six months before
enlistment or entrance Into or employ
ment In active service, whichever date
Is the Inter; stepchild, If a nii'inhcr
fif the Insured's household; Illegiti
mate Ctllbl, but If the Insured Is his
father, only If acknowledged by In
Htrument In writing signed by him, or
If he has been Judicially ordered or
decreed to contribute to such child's
support, and If such child Is born aft
er December 31. 1917, Khali have been
born In the United States or In Its In
ttular possessions.
"Grandchild, meaning a child, as
above dellned.
"I'ii rent, Including father, mother,
grandfather, grandmother, stepfa
ther, and stepmother, either of the In
sured or If his or her spouse.
Includes Step-Sisters and Brothers.
"Rrolhcr or sister, Including of the
half-blood as well as of the whole
blood, stepbrothers and stepsisters
through adoption."
When there Is no designation the In
surance Is amenable to the laws gov
erning estate.
"In case the applicant does not de
sir the premium to be deducted from
his, her pay (or his, her deposit) he,
she should so select In writing at the
time of making triplication; but
If no selection Is made It shall
have the effect to provide for such
deduct, on from his, her pay, or If
such pay he Insiitllclent, any balance
from his, her deposit.
"If a signed statement In writing
requesting insurance for less than
R!VI0 Is mulled or delivered before
the llitli day of February, 11)18, to tho
bureau of war risk Insurance, Wash
ington, II. C or to any branch thereof
ijrn
or to any otlicer of the 1'nltetl States
authorised to receive be Kume, such
I'-surance, In the absence of other
specification in such writing, shall be
deemed applied for and the contract
fOR QUICK HKSiTLTH ITIY Till.
"WANT" AIM. IN THL FftEIC
TRADER JOURNAL
WOMAfTS SALUTE TO
THE NATION'S COLORS
.Mrs. Kallii'iiiic ll.u vi v. wife of I'.rlg.
(boi. W. II. Ibirviy, former cotnmand
Ing otlicer of the Nnii. md (iiuird of
the IMstrlct of Columbia, suggests that'
women place tliWr right bunds over
their hearts as a salute 'vheti the Star
Spangled r.anior is being played or
the colors pass in ivvlew. I
made on such VJth day of IVbruury,
V.M8, the provisions of section 401 as
to automatic insurance meanwhile con
tinuing In full force; if so mailed or
delivered on or after such day, or if
for $4.riOO or more, though mailed or
delivered before such day, the Insur
ance shall, in the absence of other
specifications In siidi writing, be and
he deemed applied for ami the con
tract made on the day of mulling or '
delivery."
UNEARTH SKELETONS
OF POMPEII VICTIMS
Discovered in Actual Positions in
Which They Were Over
taken by Calamity.
After n lapse of close upon 2,000
years since the destruction of Pompeii,
the iikeletons of four of the victims
have been discovered In the actual
positions in which they were over
taken by the catastrophe.
Two of these victims, apparently a
man and wife belonging to the upper
classes, had evidently been caught by
the shower of red-hot stones la the
cloistered garden of their villa, and
while hastening "to seek shelter In a
corner had been suddenly burled find
asphyxiated through the collapse of
the roof overladen with volcanic dust.
The husband was found In a sitting
position, wlili his head and back bent
forward mid the legs wide apart. His
wife was standing erect Immediately
behind him. Her gold earrings were
found on a level with her ears, and
there are two gold rings still on the
lingers,
A llilrd skeleton was that of a youth
huddling with his face to a hole In the
garden wall. The last of the group, a
full sUed man, bout almost double
muler the weight of the suffocating
debris, bad on a finger of the right
hand an Iron ring Inset with a prettily
engraved cornelian.
SNATCH BABY FROM MOTHER
Kentucky Kidnapers Use Auto in Dar
ing Crime.
, County authorities still are search
ing for Jimmy, 3-year-old son of Mrs.
I. A. McAfee, who was snatched from
Ills mother's 'inns on the streets at
Cyntbianii, Ky and carried away In an
automobile by three men, all strangers
to Mrs. McAfee.
Mrs. McAfee was on her way home
from the Western I'libm olllce, where
she is malinger. She said the iiiati who
took her child 'from her was of low
stature, stockily built and had tattoo
marks on both arms.
She bit and scratched lilm n number
of times before he succeeded In taking
the boy from her, she says. Mrs, Mc
Afee recently secured a divorce.
Father Enlists to Avenge Three 8ons.
William Mills of Lowell, Mass.,
whose three sons have been killed
while lighting with the British army
In France, has'etillst.-d in the British
ariiiy, and hopes soon to ho In the
trenches to avenge the death of hi
sons. Mills Is forty-nine years of age.
Cuba Will Have Recorti Sugar Crop.
Cuban sugar producers recently vis
ited Washington and announced that
the 101" crop will be lie largest In the
history of the island. Cuba's war con
tribution to her nllittt will bo a main
tenance of tia maximum sugar produc
tion, Remember Your Soul.
Never, admonishes Marcus Aurellus,
tnust you forget that you have n soul;
never must you miss a single hour In
which It n,'t;lit render the slightest
services to humanity.
THINGS THAT
By GENE
Orsl ACCOUNT
Of tOOA
AND fAHtlFuL.
5tRVlCE vt
DECIDED TO rAAKE
you CHIEF
LLtio
snt'sV
AMERICA PAYS FOURTH
OF COST OF WORLD WAR
Expenses Now for All Nations
Are Estimated at $160,
000,000 Daily.
The war K costing the belligerent
nations of Die world nt the rate of
$lW,.M),ouo a day W,"'hmjuo an hour
and I he United States Is paying at
least one-quarter of . this staggering
sum, according to estimates made by
the Mechanics and Metals National
hank of New York.
The estimated dally cost at the be
ginning of the war was $o0,00,000,
and a year ago it was $luU0OO,O0O.
This country' rate of expenditure is
greater than nny other nation, Great
Itrltaln being second aud Germany
next. ' !
By
y next August, according to the ,
(8 figures, the total enst oftliei.
bank's fig
world war will be $ir5.lK0,WKj,)uo. Al
ready expenditures have exceeded
$lt),(i0,HR,0M), of which all but a
fraction hus been translated luto per
manent national Indebtedness. Inter
est on public debt Is now calculated to
he more than 10 per cent of the nor
mal Income of the German people, as
compared with less than one-half of 1
per cent In the cuse of the people of
this country.
The developed national wealth of
the allies Is placed at $i)U,0OO.tXX),(HXt
by the bunk, while that of the Teu
tonic powers Is given ut $130,000,000,
000. !
About 63,000.000 men are today en
gaged In war. To what extent the en
tente allies have galued superiority
over Germany Is shown by the bank
In striking fashion.
With no more than 2.000,000 of
American manhood enlisted, the total
military strength of the allies, is 3.'!,
000,000, against 'a total for Germany,
Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria ami Tur
key of 20.000.000. The population of
14 entente (illius from wlil'cJi (lie thanks
of their iiniiles" 1nay be replenishi'iMs
altogether 1.3t0,ooo,oiio, ugulyst a pop
ulation of less' tluin iritO,i)0O In the
central Kuropean nations.
TO HAVE MORE VEGETABLES
Big Gain In Yields of Onions, Cab- i
bages and Beans. j
Knortnous Increases in production of j
fall onions, cabbages and beans over,
last year are shown In estimates an-j
nouneed by the department of agrl-j
culture.
Fall onions production Is forecust at i
13,rtfi4,iriO bushels, compared with 7,-'
832,700 last year. The acreage this
year is 41,300, against lS,400 last year.
California lends, with 3,348,000 bush
els; New York Is second, with 2.881,
200 bushels, ami Ohio third, with 1,.
POO.OOO Uishels.'
Production of cabbages Is forecast
at 001,1)20 tons, compared with 2.72.310
tons last year. The acreage Is 73,200,
against 40.800 hist year. New Yorki
lends In production, with 349,080 ton, i
almost four times as much as Inst
year, mid Wisconsin Is second, with
121.000 tons.
Almost double the quantity of beans
Is forecast, with a total of in.S14.000
bushels In the live principal growing,
states New York, Michigan, Colorado,
New Mexico, and California. Califor
nia leads, 'with 0,278,000 bushels;1
Michigan Is second, with 4,006,000
bushels,
Rode In Airplane to Sister's Funeral,
Karl Hey nolds, In training ut the
aviation camp at Fort Sill, Wis., made
a record 13.r-tnlle dnsh In an airplane
and overtook n train bound for Belolt,
reaching that city by train In time to
attend his sister's funeral.
Soldier Cannot Dirt and Fight
Soldiers or the Ohio division, at
Camp Sheridan, Ala., have received no- j
tlee that they cannot enter restnurnntii j
whore waitresses ore employed. Offl-1
eers have ruled that men cannot fight j
aud tllrt aud do bull ucceasfutly.
s
NEVER HAPPEN
BYRNES
'it.
bCSS-VJlLLlC
STARTED TO WORK
IWO WEEKS P-lfORE.
DtD,.SO Voo
T Ht POSITION
REALIX FtLON6
TO HIM MD
&ESIDCS irl
PERFECTLY 6ATIV
ILLINOIS BRIEFS.
Sprln.Rfleld-Kxuminations of mln -
cr.; for the month of November by
the state mine mspeetor will take
.dace at the following places urn!
rinses' Dni.vi 1- Nov 1: 1 larrlshurs.
i
Nov. 2'i; lienton, Nov. .".H; llerron,'
Nov. "-a; Uiiquoin, Nov t; Belleville. j
Nov. U'; Collinsville, Nov. 14; Statin-1
ton. Nov. 1.1; Tayloi ville, Nov. It!;!
Peoria, Nov. 20; Spring Valley, Nov.'
2; Canton, Nov. 22, and Springfield, ;
Nov. L'ti-27.
o-
Springficld.
The annual iltHtrlit;
convention of the Methodist churches
or me hprmgheid district, openeti
here today. The meeting is being
held ut the First Methodist church J
and will continue thruout Wednesday.1
Rev. K. N. Antrim, recently appointed j
district superintendent, presided. "Thej
Ideal Church and the Ideal Ministry," j
is. the general theme of the, conven- i
lion. Among the speakers are r. J.I
oin ir tin ft a l. v V uml
s M , uire,,or.gcneral of
,,.. ,
uiy Illinois v eiueuuiai ouiihis-hiuii.
S!)rinKtield.--l.ocal"omcluls of Mas -
ter Masons are hard at work perfect -
:ng plans tor a re-union of Master Ma -
kkis to bo hld here November 2G.
27 ,am! M. If the predictions of the,
walkers, come true, it will surpuss In!
elecance and beamy,, any reunion ever
ht hi. , .
o
Peoria. Birds In Peoria and vicin
ity are going to be conserved. The
city has organized the Peoriu Auilu
ban Society and have filed Incorpora
tion papers with the secretary of
tate.
Cuiding Fingere.
A machine has been perfected which
will copy to the smallest detail In a
piece of stone fastened under Its cut
ting tools a statue carried under guld
ing fingers. .
Worth Their Weight in Gold.
No man can do his best when suf
teritiK from backache, rheumatic
pains, swollen Joints, sore muscles or;
other symptoms of kidney trouble. B. i
If. Stone, Md' N. 2d St., Heading, Pa., j
writes: "l contracted a most severe
case of kidney trouble. I gradually
grew worse unci for months was un-j
able to attend to business. I besan to.
use Foley Kidney Pills and soon found
tho pains were none and I have had!
no aches since. They have been
worth their weight In gold to me."
For sale by W. I). Duncan
V
At! unfilled orders on our books are today subject to an advance
of 50 cents per ton. This advance la necessary to partly defray the
increased costs of coal recently added. These costs are a fifteen
cent per ton increase in freight charges granted to the railroad com
panies by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Another is a forty
five cent per ton Increase granted to the operators for their coal at
the mines, authorized by the President's proclamation of October 29.
On November 1 the war excise tax will add 2 to 4 cents per ton on
all freight. On coal, this being the, 3 per cent, tax authorized
.by recent law.
When the $5 rate per ton was established these advances were
not anticipated. Everyone thought that this price would prevail
during the winter. Many placed advance orders which we were to de
liver as aoon as an available, supply could be secured by us. We have
been unable to fill advance orders because of several reasons. The
coal has been hard to get oh account of the overwhelming demand for
it. The recent strike agitation cut down the supply. October has
experienced the coldest weather In years. The government is a new
consumer of Illinois coal. Think It over and you will understand. All
the coal which we have been able to secure after most strenuous ef
forts has gone to consumers In small quantities to supply their Im
mediate needs.
We, therefore, have done all that could be expected of us and do
not care to be criticized by those who have placed advance orders
and Have not been able to get what they wanted. They must re
member that the fuela administration does not advise the hoarding of
coal, and that they ahould take their chances with others In the alls
tribMta c-tcaal. We.erefore, give you the privilege of cancelling
these ede befoasjfjifyfy should
MAW M A 1 . 1 4
Ul I . Jl, 1SU.
MINE MORE COAL
THANJAST YEAR
Garfield Announces 10 Per Cent
Increase in Production.
SUPPLY FOR ALL SECTIONS
Question of Shortage This Year Will
Depend Upon Whether Demand Has
Increased More Than the ' 10 Per
Ctnt Increase In Production Cana
da to Get Its Share.
Coal production In this country this
year will exceed that of last J'ear by
10 per cent. The embargo against
l sending coal to Canada has been lifted
! and an arrangement made by which
she Is to lie supplied on a pro rata La
j sis. substantially as though she were
j a stule of the Uulon.' The American
! Northwest will lie properly supplied,
j These are high lights of recent con-
ferences announced by Federal Fuel
Administrator Harry A. Garfield.
! Not only will this year's coal pro
I ductlon exceed that of lust year by 10
; per cent, but It will exceed that of,
i two years ago by 234 per cent. These
! are the figures given Doctor Garfield
j by Prof. George O. Smith of the United
States geological survey.
"The question of shortage for this
year." said Doctor Garfield, "will de
pend then upon whether the American
demand has Increased by more than
the 10 per cent Increase In production.
If our Industrial development, from
the war and other causes, has grown
beyond that,' then we must go short.
We have no figures at hand to tell
! what that development lias been."
Ahead of Last Year,
Prof ess.r SnHth states that the sur
vey figures Include all bltunrtnous coal.
. "enter c.i tu iiiumus r urn,
and that the figures for anthracite are
approximately the same. . Last year
the bituminous tonnage mined was In
excess of 502.000,000 tons. It Is ex
pected this year to reach o.V2.000.0iX ,
tons. Anthracite should show the ;
same Increase, substantially. America, j
! according to Professor Smith, Is now j
! nenrlv n month ahead of lost vear'S !
productlon t this lime.
Canadu got approximately 19,000,- j
ooo tons of coal, both anthracite and
bituminous, from this country last
j.,.nr. This year, under the arrauge- 1
meut of yesterduy, she will receive the j
same amount, plus an increase pro
rated upon Ihe excess over last year's i
production, substantially as though
she were a state of the Colon. This
action was taken because it is vital
! that Cimjirin's war Industries he keDt
I Rolng full blast. In order that she may
. ortva .lit im.sM In i
i ....... .
! the war.
j Th fuel administration is working
! nn ,he I,ro rutll,K 8t present. In Its
1 PuwesKlon are the records of all export.
! r8 of coal to Canada last year. Judge
P"k "
bus expressed his approval of the
plan. -
I All to Get Share.
Oonl apportioned will arrive on the
j upper lake docks before December 1.
i The amount apportioned to Canada un
. der the present order is not the full
j supply; nor is that already sent to
i the Northwest. But each district will
I have received Its percentage, and no
i section will draw upon another for Its
i supply.
j An r,mj 8ent bv water t0 Canada.
: ,vhleh Includes nractlcallv the whole
MiPI,y. moves from Lake Erie ports.
' This coal will be under the direction
;of F. C. Bnlrd, who will make dally
reports to the fuel administration at
! Washington.- '
i The fuel administration 1ms llsta
I showing the locution of more than 3,
! 000,000 tons of free coal that Is, coal
! not under contrnct and bona fide do-
mestic requirements are being taken
'? f when specific, authentic state-
ments of shortage are furnished. This
work Is under the direction of E. A.
Snend of the staff.
.
The Best Cheer.
"There is no cheer better than the
,'h''Pr tmit ,'miM fl'om lvltK 8od
cheer to others." Henry F. Cope.
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FRED SCHERER.
Car Cabbage
Good for winter keeping; also for kraut, etc. .
500 lb. lots, per lb 2c
100 lb. lots, per lb 2"4c
50 lot $1.15 for 50 lbs.
Buy early, as this won't last long.
i
Car of Winter Keeping Pears
Also good for canning, per bu $1.50 Per peck 4Q3
Car Bulk Apples
Good for present use, per bu $1.50
P. S. per peck 4qc
If you can use a ton of cabbage. We will make you a pries of
$32.50 pei ton.
CHAS. GEIGER
The Grocer
613 La Salle Sired Our Telephone Call is Double Tea
fTn fijn mm TTi rm
V LU"I.' 'J 1' M 1 '1 t rl T- J
mi
A Vacation. With Complete
Relaxation--
COMES ONLY WHEN EVERY LITTLE DETAIL
IS MADE COMPLETE, SO THAT ONE MAY FOR
GET RESPONSIBILITIES.
COMPLETE RELIEF OF MIND IS ASSURED
CONCERNING ALL VALUABLES, IF PLACED IN
OUR, FIRE-PROOF, BURGLAR AND PILFER-PR00F
STEEL SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES.
THIS SERVICE TO BOTH DEPOSITORS AND
NON-DEPOSITORS ENTAILS BUT A SLIGHT EX
PENDITURE. ENGAGE YOUR PRIVATE COMPARTMENT
BY TELEPHONE TODAY.
1 J THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK 1 ' J
j : OTTAWA iILLINOIS (
LOT-lk Rexall Store
'jc i
For Chapped
Hands and Lips
Lutz's Balm of Roses
25c 50c 90c
, Window Glass
- A large assortment of sizes,
and can cut any size or shape.
'It.' .,
C. J. LUTZ
Need Printing?
WK RESPECTFULLY INVITE
THE PATRONAGE OF. THOSE '
USERS OF PRINTING WHO
APPRECIATE NEATNESS,
AC C U RACY, PROM PTN ESS
AND F-A-I-R TREATMENT'
FREE TRADER - JOURNAL
1 25 W. MAIN ST. TELEPHONE 1 1 8
Electric Light Bulbs
Make your long winter eve
Ings bright:
15 ;
25 1
40 f
25o
50 watt 30c
60 watt 35o
75 watt nP.roger 65c
100 wan muoger $1.00
200 watt nitroger $200
Denatured Alcohol
For your auto by quart or
gallon.
The jfegqflL Store
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