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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-28

to vote at him and let him know just
how he stands.
1 don't know that anybody asked
him to run, but assume that he in
vited himself to make the race and
then declined his own cordial invita-
ton, thus giving himself a chance to
write letter to himself and print it
in his papers.
But l would like to see Willie run
on some ticket in some state for
some Office. That is, I'd like TO see
him try to run, although I don't think
he would get out of a walk, even if
he we're running as a Democrat in
Texas or a Republican in Utah.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-28
LETTERS TO EDITOR
WAR AT HOME

Editor Day Book:-The kaiser did
not bring on this war, nor the car,
nor the king, nor the president of
France, but the people, the fndivid
ual's desire. Talk about the wrongs
of others, blame it on the Creator, on
the lawmakers, yet never for a mo-
ment think that we are the ones that
cause it all. We want to get rich
and start out for fame and fortune
and no means are too low to help
us gain our point, even STOPPING to
the lowest step Of animalism, study
ing out HOW TO GET THE BEST
OF OUR FELLOW MEN, ever ready
to learn methods of acquiring an abil-
ity and proficiency for taking advan-
tage of our brothers and sisters and
call this bare-faced humbugging sci
ence, business and what-not. Sad,
indeed, to get down so low. The I'M
ion man, not worth his salt, must get
union pay because he belongs to a
union, not pay according to his eff
cheney. The employer not satisfied
with reasonable profit must have
plenty to hoard so that his offspring
can reap where they have not sown,
have money instead of brains, pat
tern after Thaw, and his kind.
Undeveloped brain capacity results
in unbalanced brain functions. We
praise HIM with our lips and honor
Him with our mouths, but our hearts
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are far from HIM. Vanity and greed.
Were it otherwise we would know
how wonderful we are made, and be-
ing wonderfully made, would know
that it pays to cultivate ourselves,
mentally and physically, in order to
grow and prosper. We claim to be
BEINGS of higher order. Is it JUS
titled? Lies. Actions speak louder
than words. Did we prove our claim
there would be no elegant houses
kept by respectable" married men
no burning of midnight oil-no sa-
looms at every corner-no carrying
gossip into the home-no diseased
children, but youthfulness ever be-
fore our vision and the laughter of
happiness comes to our ears. How
ever:
1--WE lived in mansions and in huts,
and stopt at good hotels, rubbed ell
bows with the flowery and hobnobbed
with the swells. Pm not complaining,
for you see, the good Lord, He has
been kind to me."-Fred.
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WHAT DUNN STANDS FOR

Editor Day Book:-1 think the time
has fully come when the press of the
country should follow the example of
The Day Book and demand that all
candidates publicly declare their prin-
ciples, not in evasive language, but
openly and above board as The Day
Book.
And has also been done by William
H. Dunn, Republican candidate for
clerk of the appellate court, running
on a platform to exterminate the
charity trust and administer to the
poor direct.
l know and the world knows that
William H. Dunn has for years at his
own expense in behalf of the depend
ent children deffed the charity trust
of Illinois and demanded the poor
and defenseless wards of our coun-
ty and state be protected by amend
ing the present juvenile law to pre-
vent them from being convicted of
the so-called crime of poverty by the
United Charity Trust and deported as
a slave to parts unknown and even
from under the folds of the stars and
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-10-20
Chapter WI.

In the day Of his unprecedented suC'
cesses 1t has become the fad among
. large number Of skeptics to question
the sincerity Of Rev. w. A. Sunday.
It Ia a well established principle OF
law that causes which govern In the
origin of any act must be fully
weighed In considering its ultimate
consequences The strongest proof OF
the sincerity Of Mr.. Sunday In his
subsequent activities IL found In the
early steps which he took following
his conversion, to altar the course Of
his life pursuant to the new ccnvic-
tons he entertained
Probably the very first step waS
that Of declining to play baseball on
Sunday. This new stand while dim
cult, was eazier 10 take because OF his
exceptional ability and pr0mtnence IN
the club Of which he was member.
This did not satisfy him. however.
Repeated visits to the mission Per
suaded him that there WIS Christian
work which he could do along some
what similar lineaL An early step We
to petition for HI release from the
team with which he had : cCntTack
Il llr1k- II - 1mpoe1lh1e to hEln1
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Continued from last weekly
Chapter v.

The great transformations In the
lives Of men conspicuous in the affairs
of the world are always subject OF
exceptional interest Each man looks
at them in the light of his own philos-
ophy of living. Few men have come
to great prominence in the world with
out having some date or event set out
that transcribed with vividness from
; the rest of their lives. Particularly is
this true of the great men in the world
OF religion. Occasionally one will find
a great divine, who says of himself.
Il do not remember when l was con-
verified" Even these rare incidents
are usually found in families which
for generations have led not only
Cody lives, but lives actively devoted
to the advancement of religious work
In this world.
No such lack Of certainty concerns
the life Of Mr.. Sunday. A definite
Sunday night in the fall of 1887 stands
out wildly in his recollections over
all the other nights of his life This
event has been the subject Of one OF
the greatest sermons the evangelist
ever delivers. It has been heard In
more than 100 cities, twice that num-
Der Of newspapers have printed It,
and yet 1t thrills each time with a
sense of newness and truth that
makes a profound impression on all
who sit beneath its spell.
Mr.. Sundays mother was Meth
odist. AS boy he had been schooled
in the usages Of that church. Stu
dents of cause and effect may like to
ascribe the remarkable transformation
in life which took place at the age OF
twenty-four as based upon this ante
cedent. There Is none who can deny
them the right to that opinion, al
though 1t will not be the one generally
accepted. "Mr. Sundays mother was
a Corey" writes q friend Of the family.
'and emotionalism was prominent
treat In their makeup" In this fact
others will find q reason for what
transpired on the memorable night In
Van Buren, street, Chicago, Ill. But
here again no sufficient reason Is
forthcoming to account exactly for
what took place when 1t did. No one
who examines the facts from without
can hope to have the knowledge that
comes from q survey within. No phil
osophical disputation could add any
truth to the statement as the evangel-
list himself has outlined 1t, and GER
tainly none could be put 80 forcefully
Mr.. Sunday stands today an or
dained minister Of the Presbyterian
church, and emotionalism Is not essen.
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prior to that time. since tie PresByt9i
rian service Is not exactly the place
to look for baseball player who
comes Of Methodist parentage.
A very little youngster at that time,
now Chicago business man by name
of w. A. Thompson, brother to Mrs.
Sunday, ascribes the successful con-
summation of the coartship somewhat
to his own efforts. At least It was his
interest in baseball, and his youthful
admiration for the star, Sunday. that
made easier the friendship between
the daughter of wellto-do manufac-
turer and a baseball player. who like
many Of their class, could boast Of no
particular social standing.
According to young Thompson the
beginning Of this friendship was back
in 1886. Thompson tells an interest
ing story of how he tried his influence
with his sister for the position Of mas
cot on the Chicago team, a position
which Sunday made possible for him.
and which he enjoyed for a couple Of
seasons.
Nellie Thompson had had advan-
tages which were not part Of Mr.. Sum
days bringing up. She not only en-
joyed the usual schooling accorded
young women in Chicago, but devoted
considerable time to q study Of paint
ing and her intimate friends still prize
evidence Of her skill with the brush.
1t was during the courtship that Mr..
Sunday was converted. It is to the in
fuence Of his sweetheart that he as
cribes the fact that he became q
Presbyterian. The Thompsons were
Scotch, and Nellie Thompson SO adj
hered to the national church of her
ancestors. AS evidence Of her in
f1uence on his career, he is today an
ordained minister in church which
is neither the logical afiliation for one
Of his German extraction nor Of his
early training of his mother and the
home.
Just how much the religious convic-
tons of Mr.. Sunday had to do with his
marriage to Helen M. Thompson prob
ably no one will ever know. The mo-
mentous question was asked, however,
and the proper answer returned, and
the record shows that on the 9Th of
September, 1888, VIM. A. Sunday and
Miss Helen A. Thompson were joined
In marriage by David G. Marquis, a
minister of the gospel. It would seem
that Mr.. Sunday, in common with all
mankind. was considerably nervous at
the time he secured his license. This
was the day previous to the wedding.
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Chapter VI.

Before W. A. Sunday had visited tho
Pacific Garden Mission: before he had
become convinced Of the obliQuity OF
the life he was leading. thsre had
come into his existence the element
of what Goethe calls, the eternal fem
inina In this instance It was persont
ned by winsome Nellie Thompson.
daughter Of . well-known West side
Chicago Ice cream manufactures.
The exact Incidents Of the nTSe
meeting are not clearly defined. Mr..
Sunday frequently refers to Il In her
talks - having talen place 1t : Pre-
bytsrian church. but the evidsnce u
N IN fayur Of Nr. Sundays having
I'D eome intezest q tie QEsmiaea
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Loader.
and on that occasion he gave age
as twenty-four, and that of 1iss
Thompson as twenty. This calls at
tention to the discrepancy of several
records concerning the early life Of
Mr.. Sunday. According to the infor-
nation on file at the orphan asylum.
Mr.. Sunday was born In 1862: accord
ing to the biographical sketch in
Who's Who" which is usually very
accurate, he was born in 1868, while
the deduction from the records Of his
marriage license would make his birth
year 1864.
For more than twenty years the
Sundays made Chicago their home. liv-
ing IN the vicinity q Throop and AAp
ANS streets, within one Of the best
resident sections Of the city.
Even In the lapse Of the relatively
short time since the marriage Of these
two, times have changed remarkably
now when q star baseball player be-
comes the victim Of Cupid's dart the
newspapers all over the country her
aid 1t In large type. but In that day
comparative obscurity was the portion
Of the views Of baseball players. The
Chicago papers either ignored the wed
ding altogether or dismissed It with
line or two.
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Thus began the 5frdgEis Of four Years

Thus began the struggle Of four years
Of hard work on an indefinite income.
A work with varying aspects and ex-
periences; broadening and deepening
his nature; simplifying his outlook
upon life and giving him acquaintance
with the people, and familiarity with
the organization which was shortly to
lead to his exceptional triumphs In
the field Of evangelism.
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tally q Presbyterian trait. True to
the earliest Influences Of his home.
he exemplifies the benefit of his moth
er's church, the foundations Of which
were laid In evangelism. At the time
of his conversion. Mr.. Sunday had
been q baseball player of national rep
utation for four years; he was In
receipt Of q salary which at the time
was considered very large. As life
goes, for men of that class, success
and whatever happiness that Is sup
posed to bring with twas already
his. Nothing that life In future years
has brought him has ever caused him
TO deprecate his earlier calling and
his associates Without being blinded
10 their faults, he has always had for
them the greatest charity.
The life OF q baseball player Is In no
sense calculated to induce religious
reflection. Its practices are not con-
sistent with any particular church
life. II Is not to be presumed, there
fore, that the conversion Of the base
bali player-Billy Sunday-was predi-
Gated upon In previous religious activt-
ties other than that Of his very early
home days Hundreds Of thousands
OF persons have heard him tell the
story. and dosens Of men have at
tempted TO write II, but none have
achieved IN approximation Of success
when he has departed In any way from
q verbatim report A Mr.. Sunday
tells the story:
'Twsnty-six years ago walked down
n rtreet I'm Chicago In company with
Soma ban players who were famous In
thia vprld-sona n6 them are dead n.y.
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when I first started out to be
Christian couldn't stand mp In q prayer
meeting and use three sentences conse-
cutively. but made It q rule to speak
came my natural difhdence. God b1esses
me because am determined to do some
thing TO- him. could have sat still and
withered and mflldewed like q lot Of
you. God wants to Develop N according
70 nature"
The evangelist's own version Of his
Introduction into Y. M. c. A. work II
interesting. He had Q contract to play
with the Philadelphia baseball team at
the same time that he was parttcu-
larry desirous Of taking up the new
work. He had already received his
orders to report for the trip South,
which is the common practice of large
baseball teams I'm the spring Of the
year. Not moving what to do Mr..
Sunday laid II before the Lord as q
business proposition" to quote his
own words. He decided that IL he got
hin release before March Is, he would
60 into the Y. II. G. A work, II he did
not get It he would play out the rest
Of his contract. The release came on
March IL. But with Il came another
offer from Cincinnati which again
threw him into doubt. He was offered
q contract q 900 Per month, while
his z. NJ @. a. position would give
hin only 81 Consultation with
| friends and particularly with his wife
persuaded him that the proper thing
70 do was to follow his conscience and
| to enter the fleId of work Tor which be
had prayed = snxueGtly.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-12
MYSTERY in SHOOTING

Police of Desplaines street station
are puzzled over the mysterious
shooting of Louis Reval, wealthy
head of the Reval Mercantile Com
pany, who was fatally wounded last
night while wrestling with his wife
for possession of gun.
Reval when taken to the hospital
said he shot himself Mrs Reval
claims it was accident. She is be-
ing held by the police.
The Revals lived at 157 w. Oak
street. Saturday they separated
Yesterday she went to his Office, 769
W. Adams St, to upraid him for his
actions. The shooting followed,
Judge Thomas F, SculIy named for
boys court. Opens March Is.
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MERELY COMMENT


ments point to "the educational in
f1uence of great store
Field has done a lot of educating.
The street cars have been educated
to run past the Field store.
The city council has been educated
to give tunnels under streets and
space under sidewalks to Fields.
City officials have been educated
to. give Fields all the ground under
Holden Court and all the air space
above Holden Court.
Fields has educated thousands of
women to work for So a week and
thousands of men to work for $40 a
week and be satisfied and say: Great
is the Field store where l work"
Henry SiegeI. merchant prince, had
to sneak out of private entrance of
the federal building in New York.
A mob of angry creditors-poor
dupes who had deposited their saw
ings in his private bank-were laying
for him.
Now this merchant prince is in
dicted three times for grand larceny
and is out on bail.
But Henry was a great merchant
prince" when he was spending thou
sands in newspaper advertising
We can't always feel exactly sure
about our prominent and leading citi-
zens and merchant princes.
Gee whiz,. Willie Hearst is now try
ing to get the Bull Moose and G. o. P.
elephant to trot in double harness.
Having failed to manage the DEM
ocratic administration, he now wants
Republicans and Progressives to get
together and win. /s-
All Hearst wants is president who
will send the u. S. army into Mex
leo to protect his ranch.
And president who wiILgrant spe-
oia1 Triui1o0oc t0 tho chinninor tT1ICf
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man entered the room whose face
was so battered that it seemed he
must have been run through sau
sage grinder.
But he was just streak of an in
terwoven blend of cloth. He had been
drinking too much and he didn't
know what hit him, but he thought a
wagon ran over his face, and he was
going to be married in a month.
Two Johnsons followed him, Jack
ar William, also one detective. The
detective told a thrilling tale of being
challenged by Jack Johnson, who
weighed over two hundred pounds
and by William, almost as heayy-a
tale in which artillery and chairs and
a man secreted in a closet intermin-
gled. as,--- .-s' -',77----------4'--+-r
HE got in the closet With gun
and dared me to come in and get
him." the detective said, "and / went
in and got him."
l looked deep admiration at the
brave representative of the law, and
nO tOuSGI WOnAO1Su WHY -DldLuOHu
Dick tales thrilled my brother in his
boyhood days-but alas!
Il had six men with me-" the de-
tectiNe added
Near tragedy, pathos and humor-
they all blend in a morning in the
Chicago avenue police court. ?
-0-O-- -
MYSTERY IN SHOOTING
DoI;oo of-naCDIoinoC etrao4 .+ot;o,,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-23
Let EN- Be Mortared

Brig Gen. E. M. Weaver, in his annual report, rec
lenses at San Diego.
Hurrah! 1t means couple of hundred more men
to drink San Diego beer chase the festive Mex curo
around Tijuana, patronize Mexicai bull fights and
pray heaven for somebody to start something with
burning of powder in it,
The coast defenses at San Diego like others else
where, are joke. The big guns already obsolete
and the Notifications located almost level at
the foot of Point Iona. Any enemy holding the
Point holds the aforesaid defenses and San Diego
at its mercy. But the more mortars for Spreckles-
town the merrier'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-23
WOMEN WILL MEET next JANUARY
TO DISCUSS PREVENTION OF WAR

the speakers scheduled.
The woman's constructive peace
movement differs from the ordl-
nary peace movements in that
the women are insisting on such
practical things as putting the
war-making power In the hands
of kings, presidents and emper-
ors, and including women in the
popular referendum which will
determine when war is to be
made. They are opposed to priv
ate manufacture of munitions of
war, and demand also that eX-
ports of arms and military equip
ment by private parties shall be
prohibited.
The movement aims to make
war in the future impossible, or
at least minimize the chances;
and the methods to be employed
are something more than the cre-
alton of sentiment against war.
They are aiming to uncover the
causes of war and remove them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-23
Were Some Diplomat

Notice what diplomatic experts are? Observe
how the administration responds to advice?
Why, less than ten days ago, suggested that the
way to stop bullets from Mexico battles coming into
our country to start our bullets flying into the
Mex. country, and here President Wilson sends
three batteries to Naco, Arz, to initiate the battle
of Naco, Mex.
We repeat that the arrangement is unobiection-
able, morally, automatically and internationally
s'What is sauce for the goose is for the gan
der" We haven't been making proper use OF this
maxim, in diplomacy.
But why send guns with only fve-mile range
Woodrow? Why not guns that would accidentally
drop shot into Hermosilo, Chihuahua, Vera
Cruz? The bigger the gun the bigger the soothing
effect, isn't it?
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Court Government

Observe this lovely demonstration of the beauties
Of government by the judiciary:
In 1905, the California legislature passed law
requiring foreign corporations to pay special license
fees and taxes
In 1912, the California supreme court declared
that law to be unconstitutional
In 1913 the Legislature repealed the law because
the state supreme court had declared it to be un-
constitutional.
Early in 1914 the u. s. supreme court ruled that
the state supreme court had wrongly ruled to the
unconstitutionality of that law.
This week, the state supreme court reverses its
own decision of 1912.
What's the useg Why, it makes business for law
yers anyhow, doesn't itf
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BY gibson GARDNER.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. 20.
How women can prevent future
wars, If not stop the present war,
is to be discussed at big mass
convention to be held in Washing
ton early in January. Plans have
been made by the various
branches of the Woman's Move
ment for Constructive Peace,
launched in this country by Mrs.
Pethick Lawrence of London, and
which already has organization in
Washington, Chicago, New York,
Boston and Philadelphia, with
other cities organizing.
Jane Adams of Chicago, Mrs.
Rositka Schwimmer of Hungary,
Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, pres
ident of the Woman's Political
Union of New York, Mrs. John j.
White of Washington, Mrs. Mary
Beard of Columbia University,
Mrs. Pethick-Lawrence and 9TH
err prominent women are among
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HER SOLE COMFORT.

He came home and found his
young wife dissolved in tears.
What do you think has happen
ed?" she cried. II left the cage
open and our canary has flown
away"
He undertook to give what con-
ISOLATION he might and took the
poor, distressed woman In his
arms. AS she nestled against his
shoulder new access of sobs con-
vulsed her. "Ah, George" she
murmured, in a choking voice,
now I've only you left"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-23

Germany agrees to the pope's suggestion of an
armistice during the Christmas holidays, provided
that all the other belligerents consent.
When England and France needed time, the kaiser
wouldn't give it to them. Conditions have changed
and the pope is justified in despairing of peaceful
Christmas in Europe. Still, it was good sugges-
ton and one that should have been made.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-12-23
Just As Of Old

Petrograd strategists already discounting the
Russian evacuation of Warsaw, saying that the
Ibombardment of cities has tendency to demoralze
armies, anyhow.
Napoleon proved that the Russians are the great
est people on earth to take licking and still look
pleasant. History often repeats itself.
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SORTIE REPILSED.

Ibid you ask little Jimmy Wom-
bat about the fight over at his
home the other night?"
Yes"
"And what did you get out of
him7"
mot very much. His mother
is evidently an exceedingly strict
censor.--Judge.
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HIS DIMENSIONS.
) 8 o o o o o o o o o o o . Z

We had a delightful call Tues
day from Rev. Mr.. Dawson, of
THE Mountain" church. Rev.
Mr.. Dawson is most charming
man to meet-a man well read in
the topics Of the day, genial
man, in short man with no side.
New Glasgow (Can.) Enter
prise.