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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-06-15
the WEEKS GOSSIP
Personal Mention Is Heard
Around Town About Men
Who Are Prominent in
Public Affairs.
Talk That Is Going the Rounds
as to the Doings of Lead
ing People.

Congressman Lynden Evans should
have an easier time being reelected
than he had being re.nominated. The
Democratic voters are united on his
candidacy, and he will receive thou.
sands Of Republican and Independent
votes. He has made good and the
people are with him.
Andrew ]. Ryan, the well.known
lawyer and former city attorney,
stands high in the estimation Of all
Chicagoans both a. lawyer and AZ Q
citizen.
The Rienzi Cafe and Garden, Diver.
sey boulevard, Evanston avenue and
Clark street, is one of the most pleas.
ant and enjoyable places in the city.
It is first class in every respect, con.
Quoted in most respectable and or.
derby fashion, and patronized by the
very best class Of people. For q good
time 60 to the Rienzi. Concert every
evening and Sunday afternoon.
The reelection Of Joseph G. Blaha
to the Legislature in the Nineteenth
District IL the duty Of every good citi.
zen In the district. Mr.. Blaha has
proven by his record down at Spring.
field that he IL an honest and energet.
ic representative Of the people.
~6A
William q. Mason IL the right man
to elect congressman at large.
When in the United States Senate
William q. Mason made friends In
every part Of Illinois by his honest
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-06-15

The people Of the Ninth District are
well acquainted with his able and
clean record at Washington.
One cent a call Is q fair telephone
fee.
~6A.
Judge J. J. Rooney IL making a
splendid record on the Municipal court
bench.
Anton Vanek, the popular Thirty.
fourth ward Republican and real es.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-06-15
tate man, would make splendid city

tate man, would make a splendid city
clerk.
As q great payroll graft the board
of local improvements Is success.
The easiest and quickest cleaning
preparation in the market today Is the
Pride Of the Bar. For polishing cop.
per, brass, zinc, nickel, bar fixtures
and general household articles It has
no equal. j. G. Paul & Co., are the
sole manufacturers of this great
cleanser.
| ~6A
The telephone company may have
silenced some Of the kicks about tick.
tick phones, but the people are not
satisfied and demand lower rates.
John A. Mahoney is a winner for
Municipal Judge.
| Hugh J. Kearns has made splendid
record as an attorney and he would
serve the people well as Municipal
Judge.
Judge Thomas +. Scully Is daily
adding to his big army of friends by
his fine record on the Municipal Court
bench.
The big department store Of w.
Kolacek and company, 2030.2042 Mil.
waukee avenue, has no peer Of its kind
In Chicago. It Is essentially store for
everybody. Highest qualities and low.
est prices.
No better plaes II Chicago for nc.
nics. festivals and parties of aI kinds
thaa b James Kolss's beautiful Elsc.
tric Park. ct the corner OF irving PART
boulevard and Northwest eth street.
People looking for beautiful home
IN . pretty. healthful and convenient
location should pay visit to beauti.
full Albany Park. the largest subdi.
vision ever laid out at any one tine
In Chicago. It 10 located right at -
terminal station Of the Ravenswood
branch Of the Northwestern Elevated
Railroad. with the Kedzie and Law.
renee stations on the property. Fur.
Their Information can be had at the Of.
ice Of NJ. J. Faherty. real estate and
builder, either at Lawrence and Kim.
ball avenues or ct Kedsie and EAST
wood avenues.
netslpA oslsase. SIC Nssth clask
stzsst, y ~ ssls sssat IT, ~ Uaitsl
States Ses ooAloseB run1sn, oePolstslA,
Pllaea, Hofbrauhaus. AusaehsA. BssP.
eseliohss DrauhauA TAs CASeago q.
- = u.1sr the Management & w.
| Fer ths finest tailoelng &C modsrsts
prices % to Tanner Z Cooley, Reaper
block. They stand In the trent raalu
Of Chicaso's Leading tailora Tuxedss
and full dress saits en- - rsaAsd
The Fair u ChicaSo's foeU0o0t q.
partment store and 10 also The aalost.
Il abounds With splendid assortnsots
Of merchandise exclusively Tor ~ ~
ot men
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21
MEETING CALLED OFF.

Henderson.-Eighteen operators iii
district No. % came here with the
purpose OF arranging a scale OF
wages with the United Mine Workers
convention, in session here. The
operators and miners. though their
representatives had agreed TO hold
a conference, reconsidered the mat
ter President Roll OF the mine work
ers learned from ID. Stewart Miller
that the operators desired a postpone
ment of the conference to some date
subsequent TO the adjournment of the
convention, the meeting to be called
by the joint scale committee. This
was agreed TO by the miners Presi-
dent Roll charged that the operators
did not want to make any PROPOSE
ton until they knew what our am.
munition is" The reason that the
operators gave for waiting was that
there were some local troubles to be
settled and that the operators at
these points were not in a humor to
treat with the miners.
A resolution that the mine workers
Of district No. % indorse the Social
kt party failed to carry.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21
HANGS IN BALANCE
MINERS DEMANDS AGAIN RE.
JEcTED AND AMERICAN
STRIKE SEEMS ASSURED.
HALF A MILLION AFFECTED
Union officials and Operators Say No
Concessions Will Be Made-More
Out In Germany-British Peace
Conference Futile.

New York.-Whether or not 100000
American miners will walk out Is a
question OF grave moment here at this
particular time.
The conference OF the anthracite
operators and representatives OF the
United Mine Workers OF America. AT
which the reasons for the denial OF
the miners demands were submitted
by the committee of ten operators,
lasted Just long enough for the an.
swer of the operators TO be read
John p. White. president OF the
miners. and his associates then asked
TO be permitted TO consider the an
swer until Friday noon. whep there
will be a further conference at which
the miners will say whether they will
submit a new proposal or strike.
Following the conference the opera
tors said they had nothing TO add to
their answer and insisted that II
leaves the miners no alternative but
work or strike.
II Is known the heads OF the anthra-
cite locals OF the United Mine Work.
ers will scarcely consent to strike II
there Is peace inNthe bituminous dis
tricts. whereas united action of the
entire organization. claiming 20 con
troll half a million miners. would be
effective.
II is along this line that President
White and associates are comforting.
Berlin.-The coal miners strike In
the great German fields of Westphalla
continues to spread. There are over
240 700 men now on strike. and the
situation is becoming worse every
where. II has taken most serious
turn in several districts. and has re-
suited already In a fatal conflict be-
tween the police and the strikers in
the district OF Herne
London.-The thirteenth day OF the
coal strike ended without settle
ment having been reached. The joint
conference OF the representatives OF
the miners and mine owners and
members OF the cabinet adjourned "in
order TO consider certain proposals
made by the prime minister"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21
PARENTS WISE TO YOUTHS.

Louisville. On account OF the
timely arrival of two fathers pre-
vented the marriage of Fletcher Bry.
ant. II years old, of Clark Station
KY. and Florence Floyd, i6 years old
OF Simpsonville, Ky, at Jacksonville
The youth drove from the girls home
after telling her father they we're go.
ing to church. Instead they came to
Louisville.
When they did not return from
church at the usual hour Papa Floyd
telephoned Papa Bryant and ex.
pressed suspicion of an elopement
The fathers notified the police OF
Jacksonville to stop the marriage.
The police never did find the couple.
who procured a license from Magis-
trate James s. Kegwin. They were
Just about to be welded when the
parents arrived on the scene
Young Bryant had a heart.to- heart
talk with Miss Floyd's father. but he
showed no sign of thaw. lie took his
daughter away.
The Bryant boy was led by Bryant
senior, who looked as IL he still be
lieves in spanking as a cure for most
OF the minor infantile ailments.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21
1000 WOMEN STORM CAPITOL
Big Army OF suHraoe,tes In Washing
ton Seeking Aid From Congress
Speakers Are Eloquent.

Washington An army OF two thou
sand women has taken the United
States capitol by storm in the cause
OF woman suffrage The weapons
they used were eloquent words. still
more eloquent smiles and the most
captivating OF spring bonnets.
Heading this army were two gener
ais. Rev. Anna Shaw, who took charge
OF the peaceful attack. and Miss Jane
Adams. the beloved apostle OF Hui
House. Chicago. who led the forcefuI
advance on the house judiciary com
mittee.
Associated with these were speak.
ers, who In a most businesslike man
ner. laid before the committees their
views on suffrage for women. The big
committee room OF the house was
packed to the doors and many women
stood on boxes during the entire ses-
sion.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21
, ALLEGED DYNAMITE PLOT.

Glasgow-The case Of the Com.
monwealth Va. J. X. McFeela. charged
with trying to kill Deputy sheriff
Trigg Ennis with dynamite at Park.
! this county, last April. is on trial. The
alleged attempted assassination OF
Ennis was made by filling the thin.
bic of wagon wheel with dynamite
The thimble was buried end up near
the Ennis home. A cap was placed
in the explosive and a nail driven
through a plank was placed inside
the cap Above this were a number
of old rails and wood arranged in a
dead-fall fashion To the trigger that
held the suspended wood was at
tached a long wire by which tho
operator could stand 100 feet away
and pull the trigger from under the
wood. letting II fall. After the death
trap was arranged paper was hung
on bushes to attract attention. When
Ennis went to his barn to feed he no
ticed the paper on the bushes, and
true to the belief OF whoever set the
trap, went to investigate. When near
the place he heard fall and he no
ticed the wire moving of through the
woods. He charges the followed II
and saw the accused enter his home
carrying the wire. He returned to
the place and later found the Internal
machine.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21
DIED IN ALASKA.

Lawrenceburg.- Relatives OF J. W.
IIanly. at one time a citizen OF this
place, Who heard that he had died,
after having left the Philippine
Islands in 1908 with about $4,000 in
money on his person. have succeeded
in tracing IIanly to Juneau, Alaska,
near which point, they understand, he
was killed in mine accident about
two years ago. Renewed efforts 20
ascertain the value and extent OF
Hanly's estate were instituted by
Representative Harvey Helm. in be.
half OF sisters of Hanly who live at
Lawrenceburg AS a Ilsult ~ ais
receiving letter from j. w. Gaines,
attorney for the relatives of Hanly In
Lawrcnceburg. Representative Helm
wrote the secretary Of the interior
asking government aid in lnquirina
into Hanly's financial status at the
time he was reported to have been
Killed. about two years ago. Accord
ing to the I.awrehceburg advices
Hanly forwarded TO his sisters $1,000
short time before his death. Rela.
tives believe he was worth $4,000,
and probably more, at the time OF
his reported death. They have been
unable TO get satisfaction through
writing letters TO Alaska, and il is
thought government inquiry may
develop facts now unknown.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21
JURY MUST DECIDE
FEDERAL JUDGE REFUSES PLEA
OF PACKERS.
Government Sustained on Every Point
at acknowledgements Gain
Slight Respite.

ChIcago.-In their battle 10 obtain
their liberty. the Chicago packers,
who have been on trial for more than
three months before Federal Judge
Carpenter. lost an important point
The court In ruling on a motion OF at
torneys for the ten Indicted men that
the case be taken from the lAry's
hands. denied the plea and held that
the trial must proceed The courts
action came after Attorney John 8.
Miller OF counsel for the packers aad
made the final plea for his clients
The packers gained a slight respite
after the decision had been read when
the hearing was continued. Attorney
John S. Miller Of counsel for the pack
era obtained the continuance by de
claring that the defendants we're not
prepared TO so head
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21
BCOH FOR SENATOR.

Frankfort Friends OF Lee Jones. a
Franklin county farmer. member OF
the Franklin county board of control
of the Burley Tobacco Growers SO,
ciaty when that organization was In
existence, started booming him 10
succeed w. f. Bowling as a member
Of the senate in 1914 from this sena.
torial district. composed OF Franklin.
Mercer and Anderson counties. For
years the custom of rotating in the
matter OF electing senators from the
various counties in this district has
been in vogue. Mr.. Bowling was
named by the people of Anderson
county and. according TO custom. tho
people of Franklin county will have
the naming of his successor. Mr..
Jones lives at Switzer, Franklin coun.
ty, and has never held public office
before. He is one OF the original Nc.
Creary men.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21
SUGAR Workers Get Fsnslon

Jersey City. y. J.-Stockholders OF
the American Sugar Refining com
pany. here. unanimously passed res
olution providing for the pensioning
Of all employees more than sixty-iive
years OF age. They are to be retired
on a pension equal to one per cent OF
their annual income. multiplied by the
number OF years service. In the case
OF women the age limit is fixed at
sixty years.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21
MAY ASK PATENT ReHEARlNG
Strong Likelihood Of Such Action. on
Ground OF Divided Bench. Says
Wickersham.

Washington. Attorney General
Wickersham indicated that there
was strong likelihood OF re-
hearing being asked of the Supreme
Court In the patent monopoly" case
decided by divided bench. four to
three.
II is said he has taken the matter
up by letter with the parties at issue,
asking II rohearing was desired
The government. not being n party
TO the suit. can act only through the
defeated parties. The rehearing would
be asked on the ground that 'ull
bench had not passed on the case.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21
Predicts Strike April I.

New York.-"The United Mine
Workers OF America will not compro-
mise one demand that they have made
Of the anthracite coal operators" de
clared John r. White. president OF the
mine workers. here Il look for a
general suspension OF work In the
anthracite field April l."
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21

Barbourville. 80 The International
Harvester company, which has in.
vested several million dollars in Har.
Ian county coal fields, has established
it's first battery OF coke ovens and ia
now manufacturing that product
Operations are centered at the head
of Looney's creek. to which point a
30-mile railroad extension has been
built
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21

Customs officials tell us that Ameri.
cans imported $l7OOO,OOO worth Of Die.
lures from Paris last year. Evidently
they mean that Americans paid sl7..
100000 for pictures imported from
Paris.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21
REBEL LEADERS
ARE CHRISTIANS
} W. HARVEY WRITES TO HIS
SON IN LEXINGTON ABOUT
CHINESE UPRISING.
SAW gao SICK AND WOUNDED
Says Soldiers Are for the Most Part
Well Armed and Of Coed Disei-
pline and Are Not Afraid
10 Die.

LeXington.-That America Is now
Chinas ideal and that so per cent OF
the revolutionary leaders Of that
country arc Christians are statements
made in a letter written TO the Rev.
J. W. Harvey of Pennsylvania Univer.
sity by his son. Or. w. NJ. Harvey. a
medical missionary in China, who
with other American missionaries is
now following in the wake of the
Chinese armies, giving aid to the
wounded OF both sides after their bat
ties DIR. Harvey's letter. which gives
an interesting view Of the men and
ideas which the revolution has re
Gently brought TO the front in that
country. is as follows:
RED Cross Station, Ku Chon. Jan.
81, 12-Dear Father: We got here
two days after two battles, the first
was a victory for 1000 imperialists
against 200 revolutionists. the second
battle saw the imperial forces driven
out of town, and to a point 80 miles
north.
Have Seen 24o Sick.
"The two days we have been here
we have treated 240 sick and
wounded The seriously wounded
have been sent to mission hospitals.
or TO our temporary Red Cross hos
pitfalls at Sing Hwai and Kwan. The
soldiers are fine men, very polite to
us and dead game. 1t is pleasure to
be associated with them. The gen
eral never sees us without expressing
his thanks for our willingness to 'ea:
bitterness to help out his men.
I'VE remind him of Confucius' pro
verb. Within the four seas all men
are brothers and assure him ii is a
pleasure to help anyone. America is
now ChiIa's ideal and, strange to
say, Americans are doing very much
more than others to better the physt
cal condition OF the men.
eve have a lot of literature and
Scriptures which we give to those
who read They know that so per
cent of the revolutionary leaders are
Christians. and appreciate literature:
in fact. they are glad to get hold OF
telling them of Christ
Is Always Ready.
To-day we will move north and try
to get another peep at the ex-viceroy
Of Marking. The old gentleman has
been lounging around and suffering
as Uncle Remus would say, there
long enough. He lives in a railroad
coach to which are hitched two en-
gines, one facing the north and the
other the south. He is ready to 90
"The soldiers are for the most part
well armed, well clothed and well
trained. Thousands of Cantonese are
here and they are regular demons in
battle. They say they are not afraid
10 die, but their business is to kili
the enemy rather than look after
themselves. About 10000 OF these
men are here and 10000 more on
heir way. Or. Koumling of Michigan
IS with me now. DR.. Shields is just
below us opening up new hospital
Drs Moore and Crawford will be here
soon. We have a staff OF mission
trained Chinese. the army has a med
cal corps. We are fairly well
equipped and manned to help the
Wounded and sick
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21
asst Peace Council In enaIand.

London.-The delegates OF the coal
owners and the striking miners as
sembled again al the foreign office
with Premier Asquith and members
of the cabinet for what must be the
deciding Joint conference.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21
Has Rathtuh Trust Case.

Detroit. Mich--The case OF the gov.
eminent against the so-called bath
tub trust. charged with criminal con.
spiracy in restraint OF trade. has been
placed In the hands OF the jury In
federal court here.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21

The Harvard youth who lost $4,000
at roulette may feel the loss OF his
money. but he is fully as popular
among his fellow students as II he had
made the football team.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21
cr.atly improved phonoeraph.

A new duplex photograph has been
introduced in Paris and by Its means
It is possible to have a continuous per
Torrance. without break. for hours.
The whole opera of Carmen was thus
produced, SO odd records being used.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21

Reports that wolves have resumed
the ancient pastime OF chewing ND
hunters remind US that country CORE
sopndents. as well as city folk, are az.
fiicted with coal bills.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21

There are times when joke is not
joke A probation officer In New
York holds that 80 per cent OF that
city's marital troubles are due to the
mother-in-law.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21

Picking the ten most beautiful wo-
men is dangerous pastime. A young
fellow named Paris once changed the
map of the world doing a stunt some
thing like that
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21

The fact that various Philadel phians
hurled eggs az the Irish Players leads
one TO suspect that those who partIci.
pated IN the ceremony were million.
aires or that the eggs were under sus.
picion.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21

A Chicago professor proposes to
give progressives lessons in oratory.
But has 1t not generally been supposed
that the progressive orator was born.
not made.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21

A Pittsburg Judge has enjoined a
dog from barking The courts have
often attempted to muzzle the press,
but this is the first time they have
tried it on a dog.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21
Her Artlstlc Eve

Il sometimes think" said Mrs. Lap
sling, who was looking at a collection
of family portraits. that the pictures
they take nowadays aren't half as
good as the old vagariotypes they
used 10 take 60 years ago"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21

Some folk hold that the grizzly bear
and the turkey trot are graceful and
others are firm in the contention that
they are disgraceful
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21

The man who kicked about the cold
weather a week ago is now kicking
about the slush. The weather man
learned long ago that he can't please
all the people all the time.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21

Treasury officials are said to be
In favor OF the coinage OF three cent
pieces. II II will make money any
more plentiful it has our hearty In.
dorsement.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21

II is said that 44.50O letters find their
way every day into the dead letter Of
fee, and yet there is no sign OF de-
crease In the number of bills We get.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21

A Chicago professor has demon
strated that the smoke from a single
cigar can kill 5000 germs. A cigar
store is no place for a respectable
germ.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21

Fears that the ten-hour law will ap-
ply to household servants are ground
less. Nothing on earth could induce
them TO work that long.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21
MEMBER OF

Some bachelors who pretend to fear
that they will be made leap year vic
tins are merely throwing bouquets at
themselves.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21

The San Francisco thief who stole
the fence around a grave evidently fail
ed TO see why the dead man should
have a fence to keep him in.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21

The Wright brothers are said to
have developed a safe and sane aero
plane. but we refuse to take a
chance in one of them until We have
been shown.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21

There may be a dearth Of $4,000
men. as George Perkins says. but few
men make II n practice to dodge
$4,000 Jobs.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21

Philadelphia has a case where the
lady not only proposed but paid the
carfare and the parson. Leap year
Isn't so bad after all
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21
German Coal strike Spreads.

Berlin.--The coal strike is spread
ing rapidly to other fields besides
those In Westphalia. over 100000
miners have laid down their tools.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21

England may be mistress OF the
seas, but that Is cold comfort to
Queen Mary when she has one OF her
attacks OF seasickness.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21
Abe Martin Saws.

When folks tell you you haint
changed a bit it's usually cause they
can't think q anything else T. say. II
costs more L keep tn good will o.
ne people than II does tourin' car.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21

1t is as pertinent comment as any
that not one of the IS immortals that
have Just been listed ever saw their
names in the baseball news.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-03-21
IIneolIalIv Divided.

Sometimes A gets credit for saying
what 3 may have felt and thought
and what C had lived for years with
courage and self-deuial. miss Thacs
nrAy.