davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-16
of the employees THAT THE STORE
HAD LAID OFF DURING THE
OrnIHEU

IIAO EAlD UT OORttN0 TIE
STRIKE"
Marshall Field & Co., through one
of its superintendent, would not de-
ny that hundreds of petty wage earn
ers had been told not to come to work
while the strike lasted.
Have you laid off 500 of your en-
ployes to cut expenses during the
striker" was the question put to
Atty Kolm, assistant to C. M. Wood
cock, manager of the store.
81 do not want to be quoted on
this" said Kolm.
care your laid-off employees telling
the truth when they say that they
have been put out because they were
late?" Day Book reporter asked.
Marshall Field & Co. do not want
to be quoted in The Day Book" was
the answer.
A young fellow representing him
self as an employee of Marshall Field
& Co., who would lose his position If
his name were published, said at least
500 employees had been turned away
without notice.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-12

of milk cans, they have now taken a
contract to produce shrapnel shells.
A barbed wire fence charged with
electricity and reinforced by pow
erful revolving searchlight guards the
plant day and night. Inside detectives
keep tab on the employees,
The plant of the Aetna Powder Co.
at Aetna, Ind, is guarded in like
manner. The powder company also
has host Of private detectives with
Winchesters on patrol day and night.
Six hundred members Of the Chi
cago Assn Of Commerce will go to
KenoshA this afternoon to watch en-
ployes Of the jeffrey Motor Car Co.
make war supplies.
A test Of new armored car, built
for the U. s. army, wiz be held.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-12

batting rally which counted four in
the ninth. Tinker was back at short
and the team looked much better.
Cobb and Crawford failed to hit, so
Detroit lost. First time Red Sox
have ever beat George Dauss. Triples
by Henriksen and Hoblitzel turned
the trick.
Browns slammed 0allia while
James held Washington. LaVan
poled a triple and double.
Morton held MaeLnen to two hits.
Southworth. new Indian outhelder,
made a miraculous one-hand running
catch, robbing Strunk of q homer.
1t took IS innings, but Reds finally
downed Dodgers. Thursday they
played II innings to tie. Benton
famed IA Dodgers, Appleton was al
most as good.
d" MatheWson finally won a game,
holding st, Louis to seven hits.
Baltimore rallied late and beat
Buffalo, Duncan prodded a homer
and two singles
Tom Seaton was a pipe tor New
ark. Rousch stnng q triple and thres
singles,
A report from s.. Leuis says that
Larry Mclean. second catcher, sus-
pended for breaking training rules,
cried to clean up Manager McGrsw
and Scout Kinsella. The story given
out by McGraW says two chairs were
broken over Mclean. But no men
ton is made Of the damage Larry
did. His side Of the yarn might read
differently.
Miscellaneous Scores
:. Wendell Philips 8, Englewood 3.
! Harrison 8, Marshall 1.
Proviso 3, Evanston l.
Play for the Chicago tennis cham
pionship In singles began today at
the Wanderers club.
PLENTY OF WAR ZONES RIGHT
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-12
He IS A RIGHT LIVELY BOY,
NAME OR NO NAME

The daily routine of the matrons Of
the women's annex of the So, Clark
St police station has been enlivened
by the arrival Of q baby boy.
= The boys mother gave the name of
Alice 0'Hare when she was taken to
the station. Investigation proved that
this was an alyiaR and that her sisters
had cast her out because she refused
to name the father of her baby. She
was found wandering on the streets
after being discharged from the
County hospital.
Her father, brother and two sisters
Hive on W. Huron st, Last night
they said they might take her back.
Last Tuesday Prof. ", !. Thomas
Of the Chicago university shocked the
suffrage convention with the state
ment that every girl, mentally ma
ture, has q right to have q baby.
1.-THE girl has displayed all the
characteristics of true womanhood in
clingfng to her baby" said Prof.
Thomas in commenting upon the
case. "The parents would be noble
indeed If they took their daughter
and her baby back into their home.
The world would be better place to
live in If the parents would show the
devotion to their children that she
does to her baby"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-12

PLENTY Or WAX ZONES kJG7t
NEAR OUR WINDY CITY
One need not go very far from Chi
eago to reach a war zone, There are
many within short ride Of Chicago.
The nearest is the plant of the
Sturges & Burns Co., in Melrose
Park. Formerly the manufacturers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-13

"You detectives" said TO Bentley.
must have lots of queer cases to tell
about. Can't you give me one while
we're waiting for the train?''
Bentley looked at his watch. The
train was due at 1915, and it was just
1905.
The only one j can think of that is
short enough to get into ten minutes
is case wherein a valuable sapphire
had been stolen. The thief WAS known.
and all there was to do was TO get the
property. A jewel is so small that 1t
can be easily got away with, or If
necessary 10 the thiefs safety 1t can
be lost-either where it can be found
by him or where it can never be re-
covered.
"A man OF the name OF Prichard and
stolen the stone from one who saw
him take it. Therefore there was no
doubt about it. was telephoned for
Immediately and was with the owner
five minutes after the theft. He de-
scribed the thief to me-a man with red
head, striped waistcoat and tuft of
beard on his chin. He had gone up the
street. / was to find him and recover
the property.
Not much chance. Ell? That's Just
what ii was-chapee. | hurried up the
street and had the good luck to see
man as described coming out of jew
eler's. That was enough for me. He
might have sold the sapphire to the
jewelr. If so 1t would keep; If not
it was my Job TO get 1t. followed
him to another jewelers. and, going In
after him, waited for him to offer the
article for sale. But he gave me
suspicious look, asked the Jeweler TO
show him some scarfpins and went out
without betraying himself.
"Of course I followed him. Being
quite sure from his having entered the
second store that he had not yet parted
with the stone and believing that he
had it on his person. 1 Swallowed him.
or, rather. kept close to him. In order
that he might not drop IT without my
seeing him do It OF course this gave
me away to him, and it was rot long
before he knew what l was about,
though 1 fancy he wondered how l got
on to him so quickly and possibly how
I got on to him at all. for he did not
know that he was seen to take the
property.
THE problem with him now was how
he could elude me. if not how he could
get rid of the gem in q way that would
admit OF his getting it again. or. If this
also was impossible, how he might drop
it where It would be lost to him. He
lodged into alleys. cut into back yards. |
went through buildings. but 1 kept not |
over twenty yards behind him. Then |
be took a trolley car. 1 boarded it and /
took seat opposite him, but the car /
was so crowded that II 1 had attempt |
ed to take the sapphire from him he /
might have been able to lose it with |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-13

one OF the largest farms in this
country. located on the western shore
OF Lake Champiain. near Piattsburg.
y. y. has been completely electrified
by the General Electric company and.
without doubt, is one of the best ex-
ampies OF electricity as applied TO
farm work TO be found anywhere in
the world. The farm covers some 1000
acres OF land. about 5000 of which are
under cultivation. 1900 are used for
pasturage. and the remainder is wood
land. The output consists Of live
stock and dairy products. all crops
grown being fed to the stock and only
the finished products shipped out.
About FIVE years ago. IL was decided
TO electrically equip the farm for both
power and lighting. \ concrete dam
was built across the ChaZy river. and
a power house erected containing two
waterwheels. TO which are belted one
50-lcw. 2300-volt generators. Current is
transmitted over a single circuit pole
line two and three-quarters miles long
10 the substation at the farm proper.
At the farm 'suOstation the 2300-volt
line IS stepped down to 2i0 volts
through three 40lcw. transformers and
converted into direct current through
a fOur-unit motor-generator set con-
sisting of one 1OOh.p. synchronous
motor. one 75-lzw., 22O-volt direct cur
rent generator, one 75-kw-. 11O-volt di-
rect current generator and one 12kw-,
11O-150-vOlt generator. \ second mo-
toT-generator set. consisting OF one
25-kyv.. 220-volt motor. one 25-kw., no
volt generator and one 12-kw-, 1lO1i5O-
volt generator Is available for use
when the hydro-electric plant is shut
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-13
NOT A POPULAR INNOVATION

II f. understood the TRICKY Rail
way company IS considering tbs
equipment OF It's cars with a drop-your
nickeIIn-the-box as well as a pay-as
you-enter system. To the uninitiated
this seems like going back 20 the be
ginning OF the old horse car days
where the driver on the front pla-.
form answered all the purposes OF
public accommodation. The plan now
under consideration does not cOntem-
plate the immediate removal OF the
conductors. but IL Is a move in that
direction
According TO the scheme which has
met with varying success and a large
measure Of public disapprOval in cities
where IL has been attempted. the cars
are provided with a patent device sta
toned on the rear platform into which
passengers are required 20 drop their
fare as they enter. The conductor in
this event becomes merely a money
changer. He returns the full amount
OF the cash. but is not allowed TO
touch the precious coin that goes TO
the company. The passenger must
put this in the receptacle where 1t IS
registered.
Meanwhile the public IS educated
10 have the exact fare ready. and after
a while the motorman viii have
charge OF all the levers for opening
and closing the rear doors. and also
watching the deposit OF coins from the
front end. and people who have not
the right change viii have TO get of
and wait for the next car. In one
city. the street railway company that
has tried out the scheme. has already
dropped conductors in the face OF pub
lie protest.
While in numerous cities street car
men have condemned the scheme as
and in effect stamping
where they are retained as
everywhere IL has met with
disapproval on the part OF patrons.
many % whom have refused 10 deposit
the money in the box. holding that the
act OF rendering Il TO the company's
- all that is required
~ them
That the drop-the-niclal-in -the-slot
plan involves Inconvenience and hard
ship on the part OF the public Is not
10 be denied. and that 70 would prove
in the three cities, Il IS fair
70 presume. On the whole. IL seems
10 be primarily in the interest OF some I
lody who has got something 20 sell
20 street railway companies either
outright or on a basis OF royalty. The .
OF the scheme would. OF
,Ourse. involve a handsome invest I
nent on the part OF the street car /
that could only come I
Jack in the dismissal OF the conduct /
rs eventually.
II f. hard 20 believe that the Tri- I
lily Railway company which has al
vays been In the forerank in up-tO-date
and IN consideration OF the
and comfort OF its pat
ons. would think seriously OF taking
his backward step. so far as its rela-
Ions With the people are concerned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-13
ELECTRICAL NOTES

Electric lighters axe made for gas
stoves.
Wireless telephones are used to
communicate with moving trains.
a belt line electric railway will cir
Gle the ancient walls OF Picking
China.
Medical men are buying electric
cars because OF their noiseless opera
ton.
acknowledgement locks are now
used on automobile doors. Pressing a
button opens the door
With the new vacuum rectifier it is
promised that we Will soon be able to
telephone direct TO Europe.
Wireless telegraph waves are propa-
gated along the surface of the earth
with a velocity slightly less than 1885,
600 miles an hour.
Experiments with electric blowing
in Italy give the cost as follows: Ami
mails. S5.35 to S5.75 per acre; steam,
$3.50, electric power. So.
The General Electric company built
and installed a total of IS electric
locomotives for the various railroads
OF this country during the year 1914.
An appropriation of S15O,O00 has
been voted by the board OF education
at Richmond. Cal, for equipping the
domestic science departments in the
new school buildings with electric
heating appliances. The equipment to
be installed includes 20 disk stoves.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-13
The Daily Story
Told While Waiting for Train-By Edith " Ross.
Copyrighted Associated

+, out my knowledge.
'.He stuck TO the car TIL II reached m.
terminal which was on the outsIktr,s
of the town There were a few housas
where the car stopped. beyond that
open ground. Ny quarry set or walk.
ing on a road till he came TO for,,
There he hesitated which road TO take
and L made up my mind that he was
! losing his nerve.
''He didn't take either road. but. stoon-
ing, picked up several stones. knew
what they were for and drew my 20.
volver Suddenly he turned and stoo,
at bay. The next thing I knew stoae
grazed my cheek. l called on him n
stop throwing stones and give himseI.
up, producing my revolver to enforce
my demand Whether or not he heller.
ed / wouldn't shoot. he kept on throw.
ing such stones as he picked uD on the
road. some large, some small At LAST
fired a shot to miss. and this brought
him to terms.
al want n valuable sapphire you
have in your possession I said.
81 amt got no sapphire was the
logged reply.
aLh uuEtl anu uIIHHitL uIu. TAX
ing him back 10 the trolley terminal
near which was a police station. 7 took
him TO the latter and searched him.
THE sapphire was not 20 be found.
ale had beaten me after all The
only course left me was TO drop him
putting another man on to him 10 shad
ow him with a view TO being on hand
when he regained the stolen property
that is. II he had got rid OF It where
he could find It again. So / held him
till ! had got a man from the agency.
then let him go. I took a trolley car
back to town. and the thief took the
same car; also the man I had directed
to shadow him.
"Prlchard on the way home abused
me soundly, declaring that I had IN.
tended TO rob him and he would have
me arrested and sent mp. l paid no 90.
tention to him, buying an evening
newspaper and reading IT, When we
reached the city / left him in charge
of my deputy and went home TO din.
ner
THE next morning when I went to
the office there was Prichard in charge
of a policeman Ny shadower had
watched all night before the house
where he had slept and in the morn.
ing Immediately after daybreak had
followed him without himself being
noticed to the place where he had
stoned me. Prichard spent nearly half
an hour looking for something. Final.
ly he stopped, picked up what seemed
TO be a pebble, put It in his pocket and
returned to the trolley terminal. There
he was arrested, taken again TO the
police station and the sapphire found
in his pocket. He had thrown it at
me rs one of the stones.
a very ingenious way OF getting
rid Of IL, wasn't 1t?
Here comes our train"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-13

Is a young person, when there is
q high hip" or a dropping of one
shoulder. it is probable that careful
examination viii disclose a curva-
tuTe Of the spine. In many cases
the mother will notice q greater
prominence OF the ribs over one side
OF the trunk, and this. too, usually
indicates spinal curvature.
The causes OF curvature are 10
ricketts, and faulty position Of carry
ing a baby. 90 inequality in the
length OF the legs. which IS more
common than one would imagine.
90 habituaI assumption OF faulty
posture. The latter is the most fire.
quent factor OF curvature. II may
be a habit OF sleeping always on one
side. with one shoulder ION a thick
pillow; or playing the violin; OF
carrying heavy school books under
one arn-a thing no child under
IS should be permitted 10 do. anyway;
or writing At a desk which is too
high.
Some cases OF curvature result
from pleurisy or empyema (chest
abcess) Some are due to infantiIe
paralysis which leaves the muscles
on one side weakened.
About one in every ten school
children has curvature in greater oil
lesser degree. More girls than boys
are affected. because girls do not de-
velop their muscles like boys
Never Outsro,vn.
True curvature OF the spine is
never "outgrown." It is a terrible
TO neglect a case with that
hope in view. II the child has only
a careless attitude. in which one side
DROPS at one time and the other
At another time. good exercise
viii undoubtedly cure him of his
habit But II there Is a curvature oil
the spine the symmetry is never |
the deformity Is always the |
same. And parents should not rest |
without doing everything possible to 1
correct the trouble while 1t is still 1
to correction.
The patient must be examined 4
and that means with all /
clothing removed down to the level of 4
he hips Nothing short of this will
permit o: a diagnosis.
Exercises prescribed for the indi-
-idual case according 10 the nature
nj degree OF curvature present, are
.lways OF value in the treatment.
fassage. too. helps I'm the develop
lent OF the defective muscle groups
Apparatus or plaster casts are es-
entail parts OF the treatment in all
Feu established cases OF curvature. /
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-13
been killed and their carcasses de-

been killed and their carcasses de-
sfroysd-
Live stock growers generally now
contend that experience already has
shown that eradication OF the disease
after 70 has obtained such q start as
the present epidemic had. Is impOssi-
bic. They point 20 the great losses
which have been suffered through i'm
posing Of quarantine restrictions and
the killing Of animals which the state
and nation are supposed to pay for
Jointly In no case. however. II the
full price paid. while there Is danger
that much OF the most carefully bred
stock in the country viii be wiped
out II g. BY no means certain that
compensation viii be given by con-
gress and the state legislature. no ap-
propriatl0ns for this purpose having
yet been passed. and II the money Is
nnaIly paid Il viii be only after long
delay.
Another feature 20 which farmers
object g the loss which they must
stand on grain and forage which they
have on hand when their live stock Is
killed. This cannot be sold and IS
dead loss because there s. no proyis-
Ion for compensation for IL
such herds as have passed through
a siege Of the epidemic and escaped
the executioner have come out In fair
- good condition and With compare
lively few deaths and but little deter
ioratiOn in physical condition. Those
who are fighting the measure taken
20 stamp out the epidemic point 20 the
fact that hOOf and mouth disease has
been prevalent IN Eurore and else
where from time irmemoriai and that
10 O. accepted as a matter Of course.
They assert that the proper course in
the United States Is 20 abandon the
radical measures now In effect and
rely merely upon those which viii
tend 20 minimize the III effects. rec
oEniziuE 10 as a necessary evil. at
least till more elective means Of Inn
munizinE animals than are now IN
vogue are discovered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-13
HOOP AND MOUTH DISEASE

Rock Island county farmers and
stock raisers. though they have not
been directly made losers to any great
extent by the hoos and mouth disease
and the fsht which the state and gov
eminent are making for its eradica-
ton. viii be generally pleased that an
injunction has been issued In the
Kane county circuit court 20 prevent
further sIauShtcrirE OF cattle which
are in.scscd- Il viii give an oppOr-
tunity for n hearing OF both sides OF a
much mooted question
Those responsible for the extreme
measures used TO stamp out the cpl
dernic claim that the hoof and mouth
disease IL serious and that II II Il not
eradicated Il Will always remain in
this country and will greatly lessen
the profits IN the raising OF cattle and
hogs From the first they have be-
lieved that u would De pJssfble.
through proper quarantine Testric-
lions. the killing OF Infected herds and
the disinfsctius OF places where sick
animals had been kept. TO wipe out
the last trace OF the disease. They
have proceeded diligently un Ter his
conviction and hundreds OF thousands
Of dollars have been expended. while
hundreds OF thousands more are now
due to owners OF animals which have
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-13
New York Has Largest Electric Farm

down. Current is furnished to this
set by three 35-kw.. 25O-volt Curtis tur-
bines located in the substation-
The l2-kw. generators are used for
charging a 6OO-ampere storage battery
outfit which is used as balancer. and
for lighting and power after $3.50 p.
m. when the hydro-electric plant is
shut down. The switchboard consists
of six panels of white Italian marble
with instruments and switches in pol
ished copper.
In the five years that the plant
has been in operation there has not
been a single moment, day or night,
OF interrupted service.
The motor equipment on the farm is
very large: all told there are seventy
eight 220-volt direct current motors
varying from II TO 35 hip, in constant
operation. One very interesting mo-
tor application is that of the milking
machines. In the dairy section there
is a vacuum pump operated by 4
is a vacuum pump operated by 11A-
hip. motor and supplying power for
Ave milking machines. One hundred
and fifty COWS are MIXED each day
and but two men are needed to handle
the operation. Two 25-h.p. and one
35-h.p. portable motors are being used
at present for work in the fields. Va
rious other motors are installed In
the dairy buildings, butter house, re-
frigerating plant, grist mill sausage
factory, fish hatchery, woodworking
shop. machine shop, laundry. and for
pumping water TO various points on
the farm.
The farm buildings are lighted with
incandescent lamps. while arc lamps
are used for lighting the yard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-13
WHAT ARE WE PAYING FOR?

Out OF all this hullabaIoo that has
been raised about our Inadequate mil
itary and naval strength the public is
getting some interesting information
on the way the public money has been
squandered- Seventy per cent OF the
government revenues have gone TO
the establishment and maintenance Of
the army and navy. yet We are sol
emily told that we are totally unpre-
pared for defense against a first
class power
Our naval expenditures exceed those
of Germany and Austria combined.
yet Admiral Fiske has testified that
10 would take FIVE years 70 get our
navy into a state OF efficiency equal
10 that OF the German navy. The total
appropriations for the United States
navy during the past Is years aggre-
gate Si.6s5.0O .1Ss The total appro-
priations for the German navy durISg
these Is years were only sL237.s15.-
$50. Only Great Britain's naval ex-
pendiiure In this period has exceeded
ours Yet We are not prepared for
defense
Where. asks the Quincy Journal. has
The money gone?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-13

two electric ovens and an electric cir
culating water heater.
I Until the government built its large
plant at Trollhatten. all the hydro
electric plants in Sweden were owned
as private enterprises. The govern
ment has two other large plants under
construction at Daleff and Porjus in
Lapland, which as soon as completed
will furnish the power for the state
railways in northern Sweden. The
waterfalls of Sweden have been cal
culated to contain 100000 horse
power. about 16 per cent being util-
lied at present
At Bangkok. Siam. there was re
Gently completed a municipal electric
power plant with three 1000-kilowatt
Curtis steam turbo-generators. Paddy
husk. a by-product of rice milling, is
the chief fuel, although facilities have
also been provided for using fuel oil,
coal or wood. \ large 11O-cell stor-
age battery is part of the electrical
equipment installed. This station pro-
vides lighting for a large area occu-
pied by royal palaces and residences
for Siamese mobiles. The motive
power for operating the machinery of
the Bangkok waterworks and the
opium factory is also supplied by this
plant.