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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-15
CLEVER STUDENTS SAVE COIN

St. Louis, Mo-, Oct. 1870 cat
tle'' will arrive in St; Louis tomorrow
to root for the American School of
Osteopathy of Kirksville, Mo-, against
Christian Brothers college in the an
nual football clash between the two
schools. The osteopaths' followers
couldn't stand the $S.40 transporta-
ton rate and chartered a cattle car
in which each rooter will ride for 81
a round trip, classed as cattle.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-15
RESIGNATION

Cant you persuade your husband
to work."
81 s'pose l could" replied the
weary-looking woman. But he
couldn't work to suit anybody. 1
might as well keep him home and find
fault with him myself as turn him
over to strangers"
$780,
Detroit--Henry Ford has given
$4,000 to Canadian Red Cross.
CHICAGO GRAIN.-Grain up. Pro-
visions down. Dec. wheat close, $1.08.
1880
NEW YORK STOCKS. Prices fr-
regular; trading fell of. General,
Motor down 10 points,
900
WEATHER FORECAST
Unsettled weather tonight and
Saturday, probably rain Saturday;
not much change in temperature;
moderate northeast to east winds.
Temperature Thursday: Highest.
ST. lowest,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-15

In the meantime, traffic on Halsted
street between Adams and Jackson,
few blocks away, was all balIed up.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-15
Again he has the right dope.

One officer the writer talked to
Friday morning was standing in
front of place that is all union
lied.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-15
And if it is so blame unpopular
why can one court get away with it?
Various boys clubs are going to
fight it. More power to. ''em!

Sometimes the boys have more
backbone to get out and fight for
their rights than the men have.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-15

aren't. Who the deuce is?
And if it is so blame unpopular
why can one court get away with it?
Various boys clubs are going to
fight it More power to. ''em!
Sometimes the boys have more
backbone to get out and fight for
their rights than the men have.
Atty Guinea, before the police
brutality probers, made it very
plain that he was not trying to
hit the Individual officer.
That is the correct angle!
at isn't the beat or mounted man
we are AFTER" said Guinea. at is the
system"
Again he has the right dope.
One officer the writer talked to
Friday morning was standing in
front of a place that is all union
lied.
What are. you here for, where
there is no strike trouble?" he was
asked.
'BIamed if Know" replied the
officer. Somebody in charge of this
place just asked me to move on, but
| had to tell him was under ORDERS"
That raises the question as to just
where the higher-ups think the strike
district runs to.
Mounted Officers ALAG and
2,459 paraded up and down on
Green street between Van Buren,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-15

Punk team work. But "them's or
ders," and that's the system.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-15

Atty Guinea, before the police
brutality probers, made it very
plain that he was not trying to
hit the Individual officer.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-15

Had nothing to do It'll tomorrow
but obey orders.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-15
MERELY COMMENT

How many folks really are in
sympathy with the finger print
system of the boys court?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-15

The boys aren't The parents
aren't The majority of the judges
aren't. Who the deuce is?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-15

What are you here for, where
there is no strike trouble?" he was
asked.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-15

and Congress Friday morning
for hours.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-15
That is the correct angle!

at isn't the beat or mounted man
we are after" said Guinea. at is the
system"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-15

Mounted officers 4,146 and
2,459 paraded up and down on
Green street between VancBuren
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-15

NEW YORK STOCKS. -
regular; trading fell of.
Motor down 10 points.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-20
HIGH COST OF ARMY FEEDING
Comparisons That illustrate eermany's Bills for
Feeding Her Army.

The question of subsistence is a vital one to
an army, and many battles have been lost from
the failure of food supplies. The commissary de-
partment Of armies in all civilized countries is
in the hands Of men who are in reality dietetic
specialists on a large scale. The present war is
the supreme test for the q~uartermaster's depart
ment.
"Rations," as the daily food supply OF the SOL
diers is known, vary in each country according
to racial tests or climatic conditions. Thus the
meat ration of France is quite different from that
of Germany. For the purpose of comparison we
have taken the daily field ration of the German
army, which is as follows:
Seven hundred and fifty grams Of fresh bread,
or 500 grams of biscuit.
Three hundred and fifty grams of raw meat
(fresh or salted), or 200 grams of smoked beef,
pork, mutton, bacon or meat sausage.
One hundred and twenty-five grams of rice
(groats), or $50 grams of pulse or -four, or 1900
grams of potatoes.
Twenty-Five grams of salt.
Twenty-Five grams of coffee (roasted), or 80
grams of coffee (green), or 8 grams of tea and
II grams of sugar.
This supply for a week compared with the
huge mass of Cologne cathedral shows results
very surprising, for we have a loaf of bread
weighing 60,130,000 pounds and 1893 feet
high, which bulks well alongside the lofty edi
fee. Meat is represented by a side of bacon, but
in practice this might be varied by sausage
smoked beef, fresh beef, salt meat, or mutton
The bacon is $50 feet long and would weigh 16.
090, 900 pounds. Potatoes are the heaviest item
weighing 120, $50, 900 pounds. The bag would be
two feet less in length, while the sugar bag would
measure 3S feet high and would weigh 1866, 00C
pounds. Such amounts of food seem almost in
credible.-Scientihc American.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-20

is headed. At intervals of a minute or more tbs
leadsman casts his lead. while every three or -four
minutes the observers take observations until the
end of the course is reached, where a final set o.
observations locate the end of the line. The boat
then runs other lines in the same way until the
entire bottom of the surveyed area has been
sounded.
The lead-line method of sounding sufices to
record the lay of the bottom with sufficient accu-
racy where there are no extraordinary obstruc-
tons; but in regions like the coast of Maine
and that of Alaska, where there are many isolated
pinnacle rocks and lodges under water, or along
shores like those Of Florida, Porto Rico and the
Philippines, where coral reefs abound and coral
heads fringe the coast, special Investigations have
to be made. The lead line might be cast all
around a ~pinnable r~ock-might even strike it q
glancing blow-and still fail to discover it.
An instance of this kind occurred in Buzzard's
bay, Massachusetts, in 1902. Although more than
81, 900 soundings had been made, more than 10000
angles observed and 1,462 miles of sounding lines
run, a rock whose head was IS feet below the
surface was run upon by the cruiser Brooklyn
during the naval maneuvers of that year.
In order to discover such distractions in much
frequented waters a new instrument, the wire
drag, has been devised. 1t consists of a long wire,
sometimes more than a mile long, weighted down
at intervals with sinkers and supported at any
desired depth by surface buoys. Power boats are
hitched to it, usually one at each end and one
in the middle, and with these it is drawn around
a harbor much as a farmer drives his binder
around his field of standing wheat. If it strikes
no obstruction the photographers know that the
harbor bottom is clear to the depth of the drag
Another line of information the mariner must
have is about the movement of currents, so that
his ship may not be carried around by currents
whose presence he does not suspect. Information
concerning them is gathered by means of current
rods, as a rule. A current rod is an instrument
made to float vertically beneath the water, with
only it's tip showing above the surface, so that
it is not disturbed by the wind. Its movement is
observed, and the observations give definite infor
nation concerning the currents.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-20

A special feature of the building at
what is known as "The Gardens" a
section of Philadelphia, is the ~so-called
group building" plan. This plan makes
it possible to buy q house of superior
construction and enduring value for a
lower price because of its being either
semidetached or one of a group OF
three, four, six, eight or ten houses set
continuously in a row. Those groups
and rows add greatly to the beauty and
variety of the building scheme. They
have been planned so as to conform t
land and road contours and are of diff.
ferent sizes and prices, with varying
interior arrangements and architec-
tural treatment. For instance, houses
may be sold for less money than a de-
tached house on a larger plot, but the
group house purchaser has the same
advantages in construction, and a rich
ness and variety in the architectural
treatment of the block unit, not pos
sible with the smaller exterior surface
Of a detached house. That this novel
building feature has been appreciated
is shown by the fact that the group
houses have been eagerly bought.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-20
NOVEL IDEA IN NEW YORK
"Be a Good Neiehbor" Movement Is
Plan of Civic Association to
Relieve Distress.

After Ebert H. Gary had written
letters to President Wilson and Gov
ernor Whitman asking their help in
accelerating national and state public
works the mayors committee on
unemployed announced that it was
ready to try out a new plan for re-
Aeving distress in this city to be
called the BE a Good Neighbor"
movement.
The movement is described as fol-
lows by Charles Sickle, the commit
tees director of relief and emergency
measures:
THE plan has as its immediate pur-
pose the securing of a considerable
number of men and ONE who will
assume responsibility for families or
individuals whose need may consist of
food, clothing, a doctors service,
medicine or a job. The good neigh
Dor need not necessarily supply all
these wants, but he may assist by d.
recting the needy person to the agen-
cies or persons prepared to do So
However, no limit is to be placed upon
the friendship and neighborliness
which the good neighbor' may feel
disposed to exercise.
"'Good neighbors' will be given the
preference as to the particular agency
with which they would like to cooper
ate. If, for example, a good neighbor'
prefers to work only through the
churches the case will not be referred
to any charitable organization. The
same principle will be applied to all
other groups doing relief work."-New
York Times.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-20
NNNNSNNlNlNNNNIMNa
(~oOpyrlsht 1915, By ". G. ohapman)

Il decline to take the responsibility"
1t was with decided firmness that
Robert Gregory, mine manager, spoke.
1t was with ~resentful lips and a deep
scowl that William Dale faced him.
Don't stand in your own light, Greg
ory," he uttered, and there was a hid
den snarl in his tone.
I'm not thinking of that" declared
the young manager freely. my mind
Is with the men. You order the old
shaft pierced. 1t cannot be tapped
above the two hundred-foot level.
There isn't a man in the gangs you
could hire to go down Old Seven. They
know that poisoned air, fire damp,
sure death lie at the bottom of the
abandoned shaft"
"Oh, they always say that" retorted
Dale irritably. II don't ask them to go
down Seven. l want the wall pierced
SO we can break through across it to
the new lode"
why not work around 1t in the
regular way?" challenged Gregory.
And waste over ten thousand dol.
larsl".
"A dozen lives are worth more than
that" suggested Gregory steadily.
Dale lost all patience with him. He
looked ugly and menacing as he
asked with an angry catch in his voice:
Then you refuse to give the order
to the menu"
Positively. Mr.. Ransom, the presi.
dent of the company, may do SOL will
not take the responsibility"
But it is his expectancy to have the
work accomplished by this time next
week when he returns. He is bringing
some capitalists with him. Your duty
is clear-to put this work through, ]
fear" added Dale, as if he was pre-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-20
Mr.. BARRIE IN THE CHAIR
How Popular Scotch Author Served
as Chairman of a Burns
Celebration.

There is only n recorded instance
man of a public meeting. In the Cen
fury Magazine John D.. Williams has
recently told the story to the Ameri-
can public. 1t was on the occasion of
a Burns celebration.
Barrie took the chair as presiding
officer and then kept to it firmly.
Throughout the entire proceedings he
did not utter a single word. but re-
manned as If glued to the horribly con
| spicuous chair, loathing his predica.
ment, but inwardly amused at the e.
pressions on the faces of all about
him, which made dismally clear the
fact that he was a failure as a presid-
ing officer.
When the meeting was almost half
finished Barrie took advantage of a
laxative group in front of him and
quietly stole away before anyone had
a chance to miss him. But the next
week a well-known Saturday review
printed a satirical article called "Mr,
Barrie in the Chair" The thing was
simply whitening in it's ironical &C
count of the dumb presiding officer
who eventually fed, leaving a meeting
to preside over itself. The greatest
regret was naturally expressed by
those who had persuaded Barrie to
come to the Burns celebration. and
among his friends tremendous indig-
nation was felt and vented. But some
day they will know. If they have not
already found out, that the article
was written by Barrie himself!
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-20

sentiDg a clinching argument, hest
tatioD on your part may lead to the
loss of his confidence and--well, that
also Of his family"
Gregory bowed with dignity and was
silent, but he left the Office fully aware
of-the significance of those last words.
They referred to Miss Beatrice Ran
som, daughter and heiress of the rich
and powerful owner of the Blythesdale
coal mines.
The allusion had disturbed Gregory.
AS he proceeded on his way his brain
was hard at work, seeking to devise
some method of tapping the new vein
without risk. There was a way and
he had suggested it, but it involved
two months labor and considerable
expense.
On his way to the shaft house the
young manager paused in front of one
of the numerous wretched shacks that
lined the road. A small poor crowd
surrounded the place. In the front
yard were a score or more of house
hold articles, such as beds. a cupboard,
chairs and tables.
A little white-faced crippled child
sat on a bench just outside of the
door, her crutches by her side. Stand
ing neal her was a hollow-eyed man,
apparently her father. His eyes were
swollen with despair as he viewed the
proceedings about him.
"One of our workers, l remember
him." s~oliloquized Gregory. becoming
interested. "Oh, / see!"
Tackled to a tree was a legal notice
of eviction and the seizure of chattels
for delinquent rent. This was a com
mon occurrence at the mines. In this
especial case, however, something in
the pitiable helplessness of the little
child and the forlorn bearing of the
old man appealed strongly to the
mine manager.
What do you say?" shouted the
%auctioneer. taking up a bird cage and
swinging 1t within the sight of his au-
dience. Gage and bird. A canary.
Looks like a singer. What am Of
fered?"
lnC CdEC wac VI thO SOhiAhOhCott iNo
feathered occupant IS neglected-look-
ing and cherries as its wners.
"Oh, papa!" spoke the little girl in
pleading. fearful tones. don't let them
sell poor dear Dickiel"
Robert Gregory moved to the side OF
the old pan.
Don't know your" he spoke
quickly.
"You put me on watch duty nights,
sir" wSs the response. but the old
rheumatlcs laid me up. We came
from the Dexter coal district when
they shut down. n had no money,
What yov 80 kindly allowed me to
earn here In all gone. and they're TAX
ing u pear belongings for rent"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-20
Towel Substitute.

One of the newest devices in cleo.
tricity is what might be termed the
mo towel drier." The apparatus looks
very much like a victrola. There is
an aperture near the top in which to
place the hands and a foot lever at
the bottom which. when pressed. sets
small electric fans in motion, circu-
lating the air, which has been warmed
and dried by a suitably designed heat.
ing plant.
While the new drier is naturally i'm
practical for the individual home. it
should prove a boon to the hotel. fac.
tory, children's homes, schools. etc. 1t
does away with the objection to tow
els, with the usual vain hunt for a
clean corner and even with the paper
towels, which are more or less, unsat.
isfactory on account of the litter they
make. Then, too. it would that
the towel was always on hand.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-20

"I1l stop that" spoke Gregory firm
ly. Don't cry, little one. You shan't
lose your pet bird"
Robert Gregory was as good as his
word. Inside Of five minutes the claim
upon which the sale was based was
paid out of his own pocket. the goods
restored to the house, and he was
more than embarrassed at the over
whelming gratitude of his poo pen.
s%ioners.
The little child had the bird out of
its cage and was caressing 1t as IL it
we're a petted child.
you don't know about Dickie," ex-
planned the old man.. Hes a hero, he
Is, and an expert. Down at the Dexter
mines twice we SEN him into the
shafts, and twice he came out, stag
gered and nearly gone. We knew
what that meant, sir-hre damp"
A quick idea came to the mind of
Gregory. He had read once of these
trained mine birds. For some time he
piled the old man with questions re-
garding the capabilities of the feath-
cred pet.
Can he do it," exclaimed the old
man-"could he tell how things are
in the old shaft Seven? Why, sir. I'll
be glad to try the experiment"
Two hours later a dozen curious
miners watched a ~pHcceeding unique
and mystifying to their point of view.
Old John Dean had not boosted vain
ly Of Dickie and his clever abilities.
The little bird stood on his finger,
head on one side, watching him as II
listening to an understood mandate
as a board was pulled away from the
shaft top.
Then, with a bright cheep Dickie
plunged straight down into the gloom
and darkness.
Five minutes, ten minutes-no token
of the return of the messenger. Fiji.
teen minutes! John Dean looked
grave and anxious.
Then a great wave of excitement
passed over the gathered throng as
there fluttered into view a wavering
splash Of yellow-Dickie.
The bird barely got through the
aperture. Its head dropped, it's wings
folded. 1t sank, a helpless lump, tC
the ground. Its eyes moved once OF
twice, 1t Strengthened out rigid.
ITS death down there" spoke John
Dean in a hoarse suppressed tone
Poor Dickie-a hero to the last!"
At daybreak the next morning the
warning of the expert little pet bore
fruit. Old Shaft Seven vas belchine
out smoke, the fire damp had begun
its dread work.
"If we had pierced that wall, where
would the new levels be now?" was
the pertinent question Robert Gregory
gravely put to Mr.. Dale.
And the latter bowed his head, pu'
out a trembling hand, and in his hear
was a great thankfulness.
In a manner unitarian, too, the fire
damp cleared the way to safe progress
in the new work.
Robert Gregory did not lose hi
prestige with his employer. Nor die
he lose the peerless Beatrice.
AS to the mine owner, he surpassed
even Gregory is providing the Dear
family a new home with permanen
comforts.
Little Nellie Dean mourned the los
of her beloved pet. There was tina
which turned her sorrow into proud
peaceful calm, however.
Near the mouth of old shaft Sevel
a modest granite block of stone wa
placed, bearing the simple and touch
ing inscription: Sacred to the Mem
DRY of Dickie-a Bird"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-20
Saskatchewan Piston Rlnu.

Packing the pistons in an internal
combustion engine is not an easy mat.
ter, and many are the plans made to
circumvent the necessity of continual
ly adjusting and packing loose pistons.
A novel type of piston ring has been
invented by a Boston manufacturer,
in which the uso of radial holes serves
to equalize the pressure between the
outer and inner surfaces. The piston
rings have a slightly conical shape.
which causes them to be forced tight
ly against the cylinder walls during
the compression stroke, when the
tendency of downward crowding' 10
at its highest.-Scientific American.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-20

his own adventures and experience is
apt to be more truthful, more realistic
than the average story teller, but the
annals OF fiction hardly bear this out.
Tolstoi was as realistic-and as auto
geographic in the true sense--in
Anna Karenina" as he was in his
adolescence. An artist must perforce
set forth his own experience; life and
imagination are his only resources.
and imagination in a vacuum, is, Of
course, the bane of what is called ro-
mantle and artificial fiction.
There are many ways OF telling a
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-20

story. At one time one method has
vogue, at another a different method.
Henry James tells us that he tells a
story best through the agency Of a
third person--that is, someone Gre
ated by him writes as an eyewitness
and benevolent observer. Mr., James
exaggerates the virtues Of this method
and thinks it new, whereas many 9th
ers have practiced it, In the James
novels and stories it is employed with
remarkable success, but 1t does not
guarantee success by any means The
fiction Of our day is not likely to
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-20

10 HELPS
SYSTEM OF CITY BUILDING
Practically the Same Principles Should
Be Applied as in Commercial
Development.

An important session of the conven-
ton of the American Civic association
at Washington was that devoted to city
planning, with Mr.. John Nolen of Cam
bridge, Mass, vice-president Of the as
sociation, presiding. In introducing
the subject, Mr.. Nolen said:
1.-THE subject allotted for this session
is City Planning, which needs in this
association very little explanation, be-
cause it strikes at the root of so many
Of our civic problems. l think that it
is true that all successful enterprises
of magnitude have been planned enter
prises; they have not come about by
chance. In city planning we recognize
that millions of dollars in money and
many things more precious than
money have been wasted because of a
lack Of plan. Our streets, u parks,
our recreation spaces, our houses and
homes, give ample evidence of all Of
this. The first step, it would seem, to-
ward the solution of our social and in
dustrial problems is a comprehensive
plan. We need transportation plans to
solve our transportation problems; we
need a zone plan to district our cities,
to give stability to land values and to
protect districts; we need an indus
trial district plan in order to give eff
cheney to industry, and we need a plan
for homes for the workers because,
without a plan, there is not the slight
est prospect that they will be properly
housed. Commercial efficiency rests
upon rapid and cheap transportation
of merchandise; upon the proper loca-
ton of water and rail terminals and
facilities; upon distributing routes;
and upon contented people in good
homes with ~playgrounds."