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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18
SMUGGLERs OFGHIAEsE,
CAUGHT, TELL SECRETS
The EroIic Seized at Providence
After Landing Foreigners
MANY IN PROFITABLE TRADE
Officials at Some Ports Fixed" Pris-
oners Say-Eighteen of the For
ty-two Cinnamon Arrested-Dis.
covered by Accident. r

covered by Accident. =
Providence, r. 1.-The schooner
Froiic, for which the coast guards
and revenue cutters from Eastport,
Me-, to Cape Hatteras have been
keeping vigil for two weeks, came
Up the Boston Harbor and landed
twenty-seven members of her SNUG
gled Cinnamon ashore in broad day
light, and none of the authorities
knew it until eighteen of the China
men were captured.
A laborer at the coal pockets, Earl
Rush, stumbled onto two sleeping
Orientals on the wharf. Soon eigh-
teen Cinnamon and three Americans
who were engaged in the smuggling
were under arrest, and from the lat
ter the immigration authorities OBJ
tanned more information about the
smuggling of Chinese into the United
States than their secret agents had
been able to learn by months of in
Vestigating.
Many interesting details of the IL
legal business were disclosed, verify
in the suspicion OF the authorities
that it has been carried on for a long
period with great profit. The usual
route was by way of Newfoundland
and New England ports, and the as
sertion vas made by one of the
smugr'crs that the authorities at
landing pl>"es in the United States
were fixed" Sometimes, it was
said, Chinese were taken from Mexico
and West Indian ports to Canada and
then brought into the country
through New England ports.
John G.. Lehnemann, of Boston,
who is a prisoner, told the police that
he usually managed the landing of
the Chinese after his brother James
had seen them safely of from Cana
dian ports.
When Rush, the coal pocket en-
ploye, stumbled over the men asleep
On the wharf and discovered hat
they were Cinnamon, he was about
to eject them from the premises, he
says, when some one on the schooner
cried out: Don't bother those fell
lows; I will look after them" Rush
than informed the police, and the
Chinese were captured.
The only persons on board when
the authorities reached the boat were
TWO sailors who were sleeping in the
forecastle. The vessel was confiscat-
ed by the Government officials, and
the sailors were arrested and brought
ashore. They gave their names as
Edward Junkins, of South Boston,
and William A. Duncan, of Somer-
vile.
The Frolic had every appearance
of having undergone exceedingly
heavy weather. Her bowsprit had
been carried away. It is believed by
the officers that the break of the bow
spirit made it p%recarious to remain
longer at sea, and that the COM
mander of the yacht decided to make
a bold dash for port.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18
KILLED ON FOOTBALL FIELD.
Charles F. Surdam. Of Morristown,
Breaks His Neck.

Morristown. y. J.-In an effort to
tackle an opDoneut in a football
game between the Morristown School
and the Morristown High School.
Charles F. Surdam, right half-back
on the latter team. broke his neck.
He died afterward in the hospital
ward of the Morristown School. Sur
dam was nineteen years old and An
only son OF Seth s. Surdam, of the
Morristown .Tersevman.
Afgosl had just been kicked by the
high school. making the score 6 to O..
With Ave minutes to play before the
second half. the latter team kicked
of. when Surdam started down the
field for a tackle. He made a nlunge
at the player with the ball but
missed him and fell to the ground
on his head and shoulders. His neck
was broken.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18
FOREIGN.

General Bell will be left in COM
mand of the troops in Cuba.
Fire devastated the town of Sum-
merside on Prince Edward Island.
Archbishop Bond, primate of all
Spread of the Salton Sea causes
diplomatic complications with Mexico.
Miss Madelaine Lake, daughter of
an English army officer, was found
murdered in the city park Of Essen,
Prussia.
Count White, the former Russian
Premier, emphatically denied that he
would return to power, and intimated
that his bitter experience had driven
him to that decision.
Mont Pelee was reported in violent
eruption. Ashes fell owe West In
dian islands. Heavy earthshocks
have caused damage in Sicily.
The provisional government of
Cuba announced that it would not in
terfere with the status of the Isle of
Pines.
The Lebaudy airship has been sent
to Chalais, Department of Charente,
where it will be employed as a school
balloon to train crews for Frances
aerial war fotilla.
Mail advices from North China tell
of fresh Boxer outbreaks in the dis
tricts west of Pekin.
Agitation against the modus viven-
di in regard to the fishery question
continues in Newfoundland.
Advices from Madrid say hal the
new law of association will contain
stringent provisions against religious
orders.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18
WHOLE FAMILY MURDERED.
Father. Mother and Three Children
Slain on a Road i'm Missouri,

EAtt'0F. "OtDeP anu 1nF0e CIIl0fen
Slain on n Road in Missouri.
Springfield. Mo. - News of the
5ourder OF tho family nf Barney Par
s0n%-the father. mother and three
cbHlren-near Horstnu. a town sew
ent~ mil"S east Of Snrinefeld, has
reached horn. .Ioda Hamilton. who
is re"o"ted ~ have confessed to tho
murders. is in the Horston Jail
ETarde" ny a fnr"o of IDENTITIES to pre-
VET a threateoed 7vnchirg.
Parsons. who w"S a farmer, sold
his rr0"s IN Hamilton. A quarrel
followed the sale. AS Parsons and
his family were driving home thew
were confronted by the murderer,
armed with a shotgun. He SHOT Par
SONS, who fell to the ground. Ham
jfton ciubhnd him with the butt of
the g"u. He then dubbed the moth
~r and children to death. after which
he nut tho bodies in the wagon. took
them TO Big Piney Creek. and threw
them into the creek; where fishermen
found them.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18
800 COOLIES DROWNED !
OR BURNED TO DEATH
Passengers on Blazing Ship at
Hongkong Jump Into Flames.
FIRE HORROR ON THE HANkoW
All Europeans Saved, Fleeing i'm Night
Robes-Disaster Laid to Chinese
Who Have Declared Boycott on
British River Boats.

Who Have Declared Boycott on
British River Boats.
Hongkong, British China.-Hud-
died together like sheep, than
1900 Chinese steerage passengers,
the majority women, lost their lives
in the burning of the steamship
Hankow at her wharf here.
All mean of escape for them was
cut off by the flames, which enveloped
the vessel five minutes after the
alarm was given.
The cries of the native passengers
were h~eartrending, and repeated ef-
forts were made to rescue them, but
without success. An attempt was
even made to scuttle the vessel, in
order that, the imprisoned steerage
passengers might escape the more
horrible death of being burned.
The steamship Hankow arrived
early in the morning from Canton,
bringing seven European passengers,
1000 Chinese in the Steerage and a
cargo of 600 bales Of mating, $50
bales of raw silk and 400 bales of
waste silk. BY 3 o'clock h was
moored at her wharf.
Hardly had she been made fast
when the chief officer reported to
Captain Branch hat she vas on fire.
The captain directed the chief en-
gineers to turn on the water through
the fre hose, but before it could be
transmitted the ship was a mass of
flames.
: Captain Branch himself went to the
staterooms of the European passen-
gers and awakened them. The fire
spread so rapidly that the European
passengers rushed from their state
rooms and off the boat in night
clothes. .
Because of the great heat and the
indammable cargo the Hankow be-
came a veritable frebox. The crew
saved themselves by jumping over
board.
The Chinese steerage passengers
were thrown into a frightful panic.
Some of those who gained the deck
rushed back into the vessel. while
others jumped overheard. But few
OF those who jumped overheard were
saved. Those who fed into the steer
age we're burned or suffOcated by the
smoke and intense heat.
The British cruiser Flora signalled
the naval dock Yards of the fire. and
engines aud other assistance were
sent to the burning vessel. Both the
land and floating brigadeS of firemen
made great efforts to extinguish the
flames. but in vain.
After the vessel had boon burning
about On hour Governor Nathan and
his staff arrived. and at his Sugges-
ton an attempt was made to scuttle
the shin. The cries of the imprisoned
Steerage passengers could still be
heard. The attemnt was a failure.
The vessel burned until 6 O'Clock,
at WHICH time only tho hull remained.
The fireuep beam tie work of re-
covering the dead. and after a few
minutes seventv-fva we're
taFeB ont Nanv Of fhe dead were
oniv SLIGHTLY hnrDaf. having died OF
suffocation. whiIn others were harred
bevond recognition.
The e"ti"s cargo. with fhn excen-
tfOn Of ?hn bales of raw silk. badly
damaged by water. was destroyed.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18
Killed at Spencer.

Spencer, Special-M. T. Rowe, aces
about % years, a brakeman on %
Southern Railway, was killed on %
Spencer yards at a late hour Tb0f'
day night by falling from a tram T."
which he was working. But little ca
be learned as to how the accident o'
Cured other than that Mr.. Rowe va
on the top of a shifting freight iIs !.
when he lost his balance and teI )
the ground. breaking his neck "'
dying instantly.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18
NEW CRUISER LAUNCHED.

The North C"~olina Named by Gov
ernOr Glcnn'S DAUGHTER.
Neweort News. Va.-The new and
powerful armored cruiser North Car
Oiina was successfully launched from
b yards Of her builders, the New
port News Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock Company, in the presence of
10000 people The ships sponsor
was Miss Rebekah Williams Glenn.
daughter of Governor r. B. Glenn. of
North Carolina. The Governor was
present with his staff and an escort
OF prominent North Carolinians.
The launching was attended by
Rear-Admiral Berry, a large number
OF naval officers. and officers Of the
Italian cruiser Fieramosca.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18
Negro Fatally Injured In a CT
Game.

Elizabeth City, speeiaI-Th
steamer Alma had on board wbel
she arrived here a negro by the nant
of Halsey, who was shot In a ''crap'
row at Eastlake. HaIsey. al The
point of a pistol, held up another
negro and robbed him. The Othel
negro IN turn secured q shotgun and
emptied its contents In Ha!sey. WHO
died within a half hour after he was
landed here. The negro who did The
shooting has not yet been ARRESTED
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18
TAFT PARTY SAILS FOR HOME.
S~ecretary'S Great Work i'm Quelling
Cuban Trouble.

Havana. Cuba.-Secretary of War
Taft and Assistant Secretary of State
Bacon sailed from Havana for New
port News on the battleship Louis
lana. With them sailed Mrs. Taft
and Mrs. Bacon. The battleship
Virginia steamed out in the wake of
the Louisiana. carrying General
Funston. The ~battleship New Jersey
completed the homeward bound
squadron.
Judge Magoon. who is now .Provis-
ional Governor of Cuba. accompanied
Mr.. Taft and Mrs. Bacon to the bat
tleship in a launch.
Cuba has entirely resumed her
normal condition. The farmers have
returned to work and business is
going on as usual. The opposing ar
mics have .disbanded.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18

total resources and liabilities cad
amount to $40, 1924 The r~esourcs
a year ago were $50, 600, O24, so thu
there has been an increase duripl
the year Of $4,000 900, a very fo]
showing indeed.
A charter is granted the WeldpI
livestock Company, capital stoc;
$4,000, J. S. Allen and Others stock
holders.
The Governor offers $I0O reward
for Oscar Gaddy who murdered Ford
man Eubanks, employed on the wOra
OF double-tracking the Southern Rail-
way IN Davidson county. The con
tracing company which emplovH
Eubanks offers $3.50 reward.
Charters are granted the Combinsl
ton Lock Company, of Durham. I'd
manufacture locks, safes, etc. capitsl
stock $4,000, L. w. Grissom and
others stockholders; the EsIeftevils
Ice & Manufacturing Company is
authorized to increase It's capital
stock TO $4,000, John T. Harrison
Is Its president. e.
The Governor appoints 5he follow
ing game wardens under the Audu1
bon laws: W. A. Carter, Nash coun1
ey; n. W. Haynes, Edgeeombe; j
T. Badham, johnson; J. A. Ne
Freeland. Cumberland; E. 0. Rid
dick, Gates; j. S. Turner, Halifax.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18
LITTLE GIRL MURDERED.
Negro Seen Running Just Before the
Body Was Found.

Monessen, Pa.-The body of Anna
Kunpak. eight years old, was found
with the throat cut in a field near
here. She left home early in the
evening to bring a cow and did not
return.
After an all-night search the body
was found in a lonely spot, partly
covered with leaves. Upon approach
ing, the s~earchers saw a negro run
ming through a piece Of woods near
by.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18
Tar Heel Tonics.

The corporation commission gave
out the bank statement up to the
close OF business September 4th.
Loans and discounts amount to $31,-
fO2,4o2.32; invested trust assets, 81
340,41S; State North Carolina bonds.
$l42,409; national bank notes and
other notes, silver coin, gold, cash
items, demand loans and due from
other banks amount to $9.S11,T74.
The amount of capital stock is &c.
269,451; the surplus $1,264,963; the
undivided profits, $1,339,S99; depos-
It's subject to check, $25,556.50S: the
deposits In trusts $1.576,eA The
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18
New Command Given Funston.

General Frederick Funston has
been promoted to be commander of
the Southwest Division, United States
Army, with headquarters at st. Louis.
He will take command Immediately.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18
Jail Breaker Killed.

In a desperate attempt to break
Jail at Macon, Mo-, William O:Brien,
accused of highway robbery, was SHOT
and killed by Sheriff Graves thirteen
year-olc son, Milton.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18

Nearly Killed While Driving a Nail.
The explosion of a Kotchkiss rapid
fire gun shell, which he had secured
as q souvenir, nearly killed Henry
Oesfe1d, an actor, at Cincinnati, while
he was driving a nail with it.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18
DAUGHTERS Of C0NFEDG RACY


order-Gen. Julian s. Carr Deliv-
ers an Address Of Welcome-Con-
siderable Interest in the Report Of
the President, Mrs. II. A. London.
Durham, Specialize tenth an
'nual session of the North Carolina
Division United Daughters of the
Confederacy, came to. an end with
a brilliant reception given at Hotel
Carolina by General and Mrs. Julian
S. Carr, this being complimentary to
the visiting Daughters and the hos
tesses and hosts who are looking af-
ter them while they are in the city.
1t was a fitting close for a session of
patriotic women which was the most
important meeting of the Daughters
of the COnfederacy ever held in the
State.
The session was largely attended.
There were delegates here from all
parts Of the State. and at the meet
ings and the reception there were
a large number OF people present.
Promptly at 10 O'Clock the assem-
bly, call was sounded. the bueie used
being one that was used IN the first
Bethel fight. The call was sounded
by Mr.. T. Ed. Cheek, and Immediate
ly. the tenth annual session was OH.
The bugle, as heretofore stated. is
the property of Mr.. r. T. Iowerton,
Of this city, who was a member of
Company c. Third Virginia Cavalry.
He has kept the bugle as a precious
memento of that dreadful day.
On calling the convention to order,
which was done by Mrs. Henry A.
London, of Pittsboro, was followed by
a musical selection, "Our South
land" this being followed by prayer
offered by Rev. 7. A. Smoot, pastor
of Main Street Methodist church.
General Julian s. Carr, himself a
prominent veteran and at the head
of the North Carolina Division of
United Veterans, delivered the adj
VI HClPOuIc tOEbu0 lduloS, WHICH
was both patriotic and eloquent.
The hearty welcome extended by
General Carr was supplemented by
an address by Mrs. NJ. II. Jones,
president of the local chapfer-the
Julian S. Carr Chapter.
To these hearty welcomes Airs. IT..
A. London, the president, responded
III behalf Of the State organization.
She appreciated, for herself and all
her sisters, the hearty welcome ex-
tended to them.
After the response of Mrs. London
there was music, at which "Caro-
lina,' was rendered, and then fol-
lowed the benediction for this part
OF the exercises. Immediately after
the adjournment of the preliminary
meeting there was a business session.
The principal feature of this .ses-
sion was the annual address of the
president, Mrs. Henry A. London, in
which she reviewed the work done
during the year, the new chapters
established and a general outline of
what the United Daughters of the
Confederaey in this State are TODAY.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18
Bold Diamond Theft N Ashevill..

Asheviile, Special.-A bold da-
mond robbery recently occurred at
one of Asheville's principal hotels.
Miss Mabel Underwood of Louisiana
was the victim of the theft, and at
the same time another young woman
lost through the operations Of thu
robber a goodly sum In cash. The
matter has been reported to the pr
lice. but thus far NO clue that might
lead to the discovery Of the rObba
has been discovered.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18
Collected $4,000 in ~ Minutes.

At the annual convention of the
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Dr.. Simpson collected $4,000 in sew
enty-tWo minutes.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18
FATAL TRIP OVER HUSBAND.
Wife, With Baby in Arms, Fails to
See Him KneelinC i'm PRAYER.

See Him Kneeling in Prayer.
Waukomis, Okla.-Philip Sprouse
and his wife spent the evening with
friends and returning home prepared
to retire. With the baby in her arms
Mrs. Sprouse in passing through the
darkened sleeping room did not see
her husband kneeling in prayer at
the bedside. She stumbled over his
feet and, in trying to save the baby
from injury, struck her head against
a washstand, breaking her neck and
dying almost Instantly. The child
fell from her arms and was so Sc
verely hurt it may not recover
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18

In recent years much OF the 80 If
of the business of the depaIti oaorn1.
ipstice is attributable to tAe IONS
Gus expansion of commerce Il .osppt
portation legislation. Al the
trust prosecutions are sWeillns ;ness.
Volume Of the departments bushes BUSHES
Attorney General Moody eAn ~ tie
the opinion that as time goes oroori-
general government will, DE app its
ATE laws. exercise more u r.;thin
nlenary power over commerce
its control.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18
KILLED IN HER SCHOOL.
Rejected Lover of Teacher Then
Shoots Himself.

Shoots Himself.
Cleveland, Ohio.-In the presence
of sixty pupils, in the South Euclid
school, Harry Smith, twenty-five
years old, shot and killed Miss Mary
Shepard, a teacher, twenty-five years
old. Cornered behind the barn in
the rear of his home, in Warrens-
Vile, two hours later. Smith shot
himself through the head, dying in
stantly.
Four Cleveland policemen, with
drawn revolvers and under cover of
eight armed farmers, were about to
rush on young Smith when he ended
his life.
Disappointment in owe is said to
have been the motive for the murder.
Smith. who was a fourth cousin Of
Miss Shepard, had wooed her for
some time, and recently was rejected.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18
Killed at Grade Crossing.

Confused at a grade crossing in
SteCbenville, Ohio, Mrs. Lester
Clarke and William Conley were
struck by a Panhandle train and
killed.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18
Northwest Cereals Injured.

Cereal crop reports are rather bet
ter, threShing having been resumed
at the Northwest, where quality has
been Injured.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18
HURRICANE IN COSTA RIGA.

$120,OOO Damage Done to Rubber
and Banana Crops.
New Orleans, LA wireless mes
sage from Bluefields, Nicaragua, to
the Times-Democrat says that a hur-
ricane in the neighborhood of Port
Limon, Costa Rica. has done $685.
600 damage to rubber and banana
crops, besides other property damage.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18
MiIIiner Eurned to Death.

A fire which swept tho little town
OF Checotah, I. T., burned to death
Mrs. Strother, { milliner.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-18

The largest pin factory in the r%Sosland,
is that in Birmingham a.,sIetur,
s7.O0o,0e0 pins ere E'a1
Ed every working day.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
The Human Animal.

In babyhood his mother called him
a kitten.
When at college he was commonly
called a calf.
After he left college, he became
among his friends a gay dog. -
In business he was referred to az
a sly fox.
In Wall street he was bull.
In his love affairs he was a per.
feet tiger.
In society he was described as .
lion.
(The neighbors called him little
monkey
(The girls usually termed him q
puppy
(But according to his enemies he
was beast.)
(His competitors labeled him wolf
in sleeps clothing.)
(And just as frequently bear.)
(Some said, however, perfect don.
key.)
.(varied occasionally by that stupid
ass. metropolitan Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
Fixing the Blame.

"Do you believe in hoodoos?" asked
the superstitious person.
well" answered the man who had
failed to make good in dozen diff
ferent enterprises, 1--WE got to pre-
serve my self-respect, you know
Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
Food for the Dead.

Corn and bread are still offered by
the pious BasQues OF the Pyrenees to
the dear departed on their death ami
versarv. A traveller In Spain de-
scribes how at San Sebastian he has
often seen some poor fisherman's
daughter praying In church for q
dead relative, ''amid baskets full OF
fruit. loaves OF breai and corn. and
kneeling upon the tomb Of her ances-
tors.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16

Helen-I never know when your
friend Gluet is Joking and when he is
In earnest.
Henry-He's In earnest when he
tries to borrow money.-Chicago
Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
He Was No Mastodou.

every cigarette you smoke, young
man, is another nail in your coffin.
"Gwan! I've been smokin' about
30 a day for the last ten years. What
kind OF coffin would hold that many
nails ?"-Cleveland Leader.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16

HE departure OF
Moses and Aaron
early that morn
ing from Goshen
had stirred the
people to further
anxiety, and there
was much specu-
lation as to what
there errand might
be. The plague OF
frogs and lice
which had invaded
the land of Goshen
as well as all the
land of Egypt had
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
MIGHT Come Handy

II love thee!" vowed the sentimen-
talist. Il swear 1t by yon blue sky
by the purple seas-by the green for
est-by the yellow moon-by-"
Say" interrupted the Practical Girl.
at would suit me a heap better II
you'd put all that il black and white. :
Cleveland Leader.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
A Smart Child.

a Smart Cn1ld.
Mamma" said six-year-old Harry,
when l have any sweets | always like
to share them with you.'
'.I'm glad to know you are not sel-
dsh, Harry" replied his mother. but
why do you like to share them with
me instead of with anyone else?"
"Cause," answered the little diplo-
matist, you always take them, thank
NE, and then give them back. Royal
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-16
Works Both WaYs.

Dibbles-What are you doing now?
Scribbles-Running society paper
Dibbles-Well, that ought to be q
winning proposition. Lots OF people
are willing to pay well to see theil
names in print.
Scribbles-Yes; but get more out Of
those who don't want to see theii
names in print.-Chicago Daily News