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as though she really enjoyed the inter
est she was creating.
Barker knew fat lot of crooks OF
all kinds. and he had one pal called
Bulge Dudley who-wasn,t all he
might have been. but Texas stuck to
him because he'd helped him once
long time ago 1t was the same with
Larry the Josh. Larry had soft job
at The House, and Texas kept him for
old times sake.
We'll. that's got nothing TO do with
it. except that these fellers cooked up
a plant by which they were to get
girl into Jim's party. This girl Is
about the cleverest dip in New York.
and she was to lift the jewels and the
watches and the money and everything
she could get those swift hands OF
hers on. when, the party got warmed
up.
"It was part of the game for her
not to be seen going in or coming out
of the hotel, so it was fixed to get the
fre-escape down and let her go up it.
When she came down again she was
to be swung up into Barker's in
swing that is used sometimes to get
important people out Of the way II
unexpected visitors arrive"
She smiled grimly.
"And then she was to walk boldly
out the front door. Now this girl
"Sadiev breathed Mary Page sud
denly, and at the name the witness
paled and. swinging about stared at
Mary.
"How do you know" she began. but
Langdon interrupted quickly:
You say that the girl failed to carry
out her part of the plot. Will you tell
us why, please?"
why? Why, because jim wasn't at
the banquet and she couldn't get in.
There wasn't anybody else there who
recognized her, and she was counting
on Jim. 1t was fixed with him, but
l guess he forgot, so she was left out
in the cold. She stuck around till
pretty late, hoping to have a chance
to get in on the game anyway, and
then when she tried to so down the
ire-escape she found it about as quiet
as Broadway around eight O'Clock. 1t
was full of bulls and people and lights,
so she had to go downstairs and out
the regular way with nothing to pay
for wasted evening"
"Were you in the hotel that night?
'sI was. But not at the bauQue
"Where were you"
''!l the ladies writing-room on the
second floor" the witness answered
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Avoid CATCHING Cold.
ITO be continued.l

Colds are catching mostly from 9TH
ers. Therefore avoid people who have
colds. Avoid people who have recently
had pneumonia within two years..
Avoid crowds. Avoid hot places.
Avoid badly ventilated places.
Colds can't be caught from oneself.
Therefore keep the mouth. nose and
tonsils clean. Avoid gorging with food
or drink. Avoid alcoholics.
The germ is factor, but the human
body is also. Therefore avoid getting
overwarm or overcold in the entire
body or any part thereof.
Colds cannot be caught when resis-
tance is high. Therefore build up heat
making powers by sleeping out. taking
cold baths and eating moderately. Ex-
ercise daily in the open air.
If you have contracted cold do not
spit carelessly. Do not sneeze or cough
carelessly. Destroy all nose and
mouth secretions.
If the attack is accompanied by
aches and fever avoid pneumonia by
going to bed, decreasing eating and
by taking a purge. Take medical coun-
sci
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Care of the Hands.

To keep the hands smooth. soft and
white wipe them until they are per-
fectly dry after washing them. The
neglect to dry the hands is the COM
monest cause Of the redness and chap
ping Of the skin. If the hands have
got into a condition where treatment
is needed rub them thoroughly at bed
time with mixture composed Of tine
ture of benZoin, one teaspoonfuk
glycerin. four ounces, and roseWater,
three ounces. a similar treatment is
to rub a small portion Of cold cream
well into the skin This may be done
during the day several times. and it Is
protective treatment against chapping
when about to go out into the cold
Wear loose kid gloves on the hands
during the night after applying the
lotion, as It aids in the softening and
bleaching work. A teaspoonfui OF
lemon juice. two teaspoonfuls OF
glycerin and six teaspoonfuls of water.
all mixed together, make serviceable
daytime application for the hands
after dishwashing. sweeping or scrub
bing. Wear rubber gloves when do
ing this work.
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someone laugh in tie corridor, and l
know the banquet must be arriving,
and | wanted to keep tabs on the
guests"
Did you see the defendant, Mary
Page pass:"
Yes
WAS she alore?"
no: Daniels, the theatrical feller,
was with her
There was a slight pause.
Now. Miss Hale" Langdon's voice
was serious, but deep with an emotion
that stirred the bewildered spectators
with the sense of something big and
important even though they could not
grasp it, did Mr.. Daniels show any
emotion when he passed the door OF
the gray suite2'
II don't know as you would call It
emotion exactly. He acted like man
chat hears familiar voice. To come
down to facts. he stopped short ana
listened and it wasn't till be noticed
that Miss Page had stopped too that
he laughed loudly as if to cover up
something and hurried her along to
the banquet room.
did YOU see Mr. Daniels aSain?'
"Yes: little later went across to
the window to get an eyeful OF what
was going on out there, but couldn't
see a thing, and after waiting bit
went back to the door,
Was anyone in the corridor?
Yes. 4 kid was walking along to-
wards the stairs and Daniels was
standing by the door Of the gray suite
with one hand on the knob and with
his ear fat against the panel.
How long did he stand there"
"Oh, minute or so. At first l
thought he was going to open the door.
Then he shrugged his shoulders and
walked a step away. Just then l
thought heard the sound Of a window
being closed and ran towards my
window. Before l got there, though,
there was a scream and shot and /
ran out into the hall instead. Old
Daniels was beating it down the cor
ridor and Mr.. Langdon here was
standing at the door of the gray room. "
Ibid you join the crowd about tn
door?'
"Of course did. I was one Of the
first to get into the ROOM
"Was the window still open"
"No." The witness was very en-
phatic. Her mouth shut in a tight
line.
"Now-be careful. Miss Hale-are
you sure Of that?"
Sure? Of course I'm sure. One
window was open, yes. The one to the
left hand side Of the room, but the
other one, the one through which had
heard the talk, was closed. I'm dead
sure of it-dead sure"
Miss Hale. you say you were one OF
the first to enter the room. Will you
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mental note to warn Langdon that
witnesses whose characters were not
beyond reproach detracted from rather
than added to a case.
Ind lie naCe -lI1ll resolution III the
face of the twinkle OF amused recog-
milton that Maggie Hale had shot him
when she took the stand. For all
kinds and all classes met at Barker's.
and it was with this famous place that
Langdons first question dealt,
LAS secretary to Mr.. Barker you
must have been frequently at his es-
tab!isnment back of the Hotel Repub-
lie, were you not:"
81 was the witness answered read
lily. But mostly in the daytime. l
had my evenings free
There were evenings when you were
there. though, were there not"
''Oh, lots," Her tone was freighted
with easy amusement. Sometimes !
met up with party for dinner OR a
show, ard then we'd drift about to try
and bank at The House
She smiled, and several men in the
courtroom smiled too.
Miss Hale, were you a friend of
James Pollock?'
81 knew him; knew him pretty we'll
He was at Barker's a good Bit
Were you at Barker's on the night
that he was shot?"
eyes, but early Somebody tipped me
off that the air was fresher at caba-
ret.
A Singer of repressed mirth filtered
through the room at this hint Of the
big raid but Langdon frowned.
Had you seen Mr.. Pollock that
day?"
NO. Not since the night before"
Miss Hale isn't it true that you
were to have joined the supper party
for the company that Mr. Pollock and
Mr. Daniels were giving?"
NO. ! wanted to, but he said it was
purely theatrical. Then I bet him l
would come anyway"
Why were you particularly anxious
to atten that party-on Mr.. Pollock's
account"
Not on your life, knew that there
was going to be some crooked work
pulled off. but l couldn't prove it. /
l had a grudge against someone who
was in on it, and wanted to queer
the deal
'Win you tell IS please what that
deal was:"
The woman twisted her hands to-
gether nervously, and her eyes darted
among the spectators as if searching
for menacing face, then she said
slowly
"The-the deal wasn't pulled off. and
I'd rather-tell it without any names,
if I've got to tell it. I'm not keen
about Switching on people"
q think you may tell it as you
please. Should it become necessary to
reveal the name I will ask for it
That's the ticket. Well, you see it
was this way"
Miss Hale settled back in her chair,
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describe exactly what you saw Lang
don moved nearer to her, and himself
listened attentively.
Il saw the body Of jim Pollock "
ing face down on the floor with drib-
bic of blood coming from under him,
and little ways off Mary Page lying
in a dead faint, with her face all twist
ed up. like a person with stroke. MI
Langdon was lifting her up IL his
arms. Daniels was there and the pret-
ty boy that played the lead in the Page
company. There was one OF the hotel
officials, too
The memory of the ghastly scene did
not disturb her at all She was as
calm as though she had been entertain
ing visitors at home.
But you did NOT see, did you, the
short man whom Pollock had been ha-
ranguing a few moments before?' The
question was sharp and direct.
on. Unless it was either you, Mr.:
Langdon. or Mr.. Daniels. There was
no other man there whom it could have
been"
WAS the voice you heard mine?
Speak frankly
NO. Unless you've changed your
elocution teacher" There was slight
litter 1t was kind Of thick and ma
SAL"
Would you recognize it again if you
heard it,"
Yes. But l haven't heard it since"
What did you do during the excite
ment:"
81 was too Mortified to do anything
for minute. Then people kept push
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This new witness was. however, not

This new witness was. however, not
a woman to bring from Mary anything
but an uncomfortable shudder Of aver
sion. For she was Of the hard-mouth-
ed, bold-eyed type whose profession
it is to make herself attractive to men.
She was the decoy Of the great gam
bling he'll back of the Hotel Republic,
and Mary wondered vaguely what on
earth she could possibly know of the
tragedy. that after so many weeks
seemed no nearer solution.
The Prosecutor wondered much the
same thing, and the Judge made a
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~ in. ana 50 went across and took
another slant at the lire-escape."
Did you see anyone:
Not on the fre-escape itself. but
two men were in the alley staring up
at the hotel. | could see their faces
Two men-are you sure there were
two:"
Yes. Of course am, could see
them plain. One was almost under the
arc light"
Miss Hale" said Langdon. clearly
and calmly. weighing every word. as
though he knew the sensation his ques-
ton would create. was that man who
stood under the arc light dressed in a
light suit with a red tie?'
He was.''
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II was then that you found E"a
could not reach the tre-eScalc w.
it,
YES. But l could see it and that
was just ah"Nt as important for lie.
AL wanted was to have the goods
on woman that had been blabbIng
too much about me.
Miss Hale, did you at any time when
you looked out at the fre-eScape hear
any conversation
Yes
"When?
well, l wasn't wearing my wrist
watch that night so can't tell you the
exact time. 1t was pretty late, after
midnight. l had about decided that
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What Word Rimes With Slam?


Hello. sweetheart" said voice as
she took down the phone.
rs that you, honey" she answered
You bet il is. How are you?'
Just fine
'eWell, you were looking mighty fine
when l saw you last
Now you're fattering."
mo, I'm not
Tell me, Jim, what are you calling
me for this time of day?'
Jim l amt jim! Aren't you Flor
ence?"
mo, I'm not
Wrong number"
''Well, l think So
Sla1u.
Slam.-Indianapoli News
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James Pollock, Mary rage ana FhIllP
Lanedon.
the game was due to come off pretty
quick or not at all, and had leaned out
of the window to take a last look when
l saw the lights fash up in the next
suite"
Were the windows open?"
Eyes"
And you could hear talking?'
Yes"
"Was it a man and woman?'
|'No: two men. One was shouting
pretty loudly and the other seemed to
be promising him something or reas-
suring him. One voice seemed kind of
familiar, but 1 didn't place it then be-
cause it was thick, like man with an
edge on. The other voice 1 didn't rec
ognize. At any rate. heard the lush
say,
"'Now beat it. and don't you let any
body butt in this time. Stay where /
told you to. and for the Lords sake
don't get run in as a sneak. Do you
get me?
81 got you the first time growled
the other fellow. What the dickens
has got into you tonight, jim? l be-
lieve you've got something up your
sleeve you're cot tellin'.'
"'Well,' says the drunken voice.
you've been keepin' a few things up
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your sleeve for a long time. l haven't
had an accounting {Sr that money yet
at thar the other growis something
and they both came to the window.
Gould you see them LansdonS
voice shook little in his excitement.
'No. couldn't see anything but
their shadows A Tall one kind Of
wavering, and a shorter one
did you hear any more Z:
"No. Because just then heard
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out her part of the plot
without the slightest hesitation
That's around the corner from the
banquet room.
How near is that to what is known
as the gray suite Go you know"
.Of course I Go. Its at the end of
that corridor"
Can you reach the fre-escape from
it,
'No. There's fire tower at the
other SIDE OF the building that yo" are
supposed to use. But I didn't know
that when was seized with a desire
to write letters in that room
What tine did you 60 in there:
"Oh. l don't know-round about
eleven o'clock or so.
Did you lock cut the Window
Sure I dill, lots OF times. l had to
do something to prevent death from
boredom with my own company"
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MAGGIE HALE
w YHAT is your name?"
VI Maggie Hale"
And your occupation?"

For a fraction of minute
she hesitated and then answered light
ly. 81 am out Of employment just at
present. was private secretary to
Theodore Barker
A flicker Of mutual amusement SHOT
from Langdon's eyes to those OF the
Prosecutor. and the spectators with q
whispering rustic of interest leaned
forward to stare, for Texas Barker
was. striking figure in the city.
His millions amassed By the mascu-
line love of taking q chance" would
have made him notable anywhere, but
Texas" the gambler enlarged that
nota bility to the spectacular, though
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A Flicker of Amusement Shot From
LangGon's Eyes to Those Of the
Prosecutor.
his constant clashes with the police
had recently robbed him Of some Of
his more exclusive patronage.
To Mary Page alone the name Bark
er meant nothing, and the sudden Gag
erness in her manner was due not to
the expectation of bit Of sensational
testimony. but because this was the
woman she had been supposed to be
ton the night when the police dragged
her to jail.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18

employees of common carriers, and
whether or not it is advisable, in the
interest of the public, and with a view
of maintaining uninterrupted COM
merce between the states, to take any
further legislative action regarding
the adjustment of disputes between
the carriers and their employees and
regarding strikes and lockouts?
(g) Whether any national legisla-
ton is required as to the organization
Of carriers in interstate commerce in
the nature Of national Incorporation,
permissive of compulsory, or in the
nature of national holding companies
under which state, corporations may
be controlled I. Id unified in their OPP
erations in the interest Of interstate
commerce, and what form of national
legislation for the incorporation of
carriers or for holding companies
owning the stock of state companies,
is desirable. How will national incor-
poration affect the police powers of
the state over railroads operating
within their boundaries? Will it be
advisable as in the case Of national
banks, for the national government to
prescribe uniform rule for the taxa
ton by the states of railroad proper
ties and securities?
Under the head of government own
ership the following subjects are in
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18
TRUST IS
WORTH s50,000,0OO

BOSTON, Nov. 16.-Representa-
tives Of Central Leather, the great
shoe trust Of the United States, de-
clare to The Wall Street Journal that
the amount Of profits to be made by
them during and after the war is
largely q matter of conscience.
The total available stock of the
trust is worth about $50,000,000.
BY Dec. 81 it is expected that Cen
trail Leather will have a. surplus OF
$19,000,O00 compared with $10,50O,-
722 as of Dec. 81 last, the close OF
the fiscal year.
Working capital by the years end
should reach at least $65,O00,O0O.
which is more than the company
needs.
In as much as Central Leather has
all the tannery capacity it needs and
all the hemlock and )ak bark lands
1t Is possible to acquire at any rea-
sonable price, it is something of a
problem to know how to make the
wisest use Of the surplus profits now
piling up.
Leading leather interests expect
that leather prices will continue to
climb. 1t seemed difficult two years
ago, when union sole, for example,
was selling at 40 to AZ cents per
pound, to foresee the time when 1t
would reach Is cents per pound. Yet
that is the current price level. Some
very sane judges of values predict 81
to $3.50 per pound for union sole be-
fore the peak Of the rise has been
reached.
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ton meeting and, using the figures that have been
gathered by the United States Health service or by
the Federal Children's bureau, or by any one of
numerous similar authoritative bodies point out how
poverty multplies and aggravates every evil to
winch eiildho'd is heir: and who would then pre-
sent the facts which are equally easy & access show
ing the utter needlessness of poverty would make a.
bigger contribution to the safety of children from
disease and death than could be done by any work
OF individual research. Mt but what such research is
valuable and deserving of reward such as it will
never get under the society that fosters and per-
petuates poverty.
II such person, speaking from the vantage
ground of medical and social SCIENCE should dare to
go on and point out how poverty is maintained by
exploitation and class rule and show that the gpor-
ance that leads them to support such system, then
this meeting would indeed mark milestone in the
work of saving the children
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BUYING BUT NOT GETTING.

The profits of the United States Steel company
are now 81, 100000 day. The actual cost of the
plant OF that company is less than $3O00cOO OO This
was the testimony at the time the trust was formed
The people of this country are therefore buying
the steel trust every year in thte profits taken by
the owners. But the people do not get the trust
1t still remains the property Of the stock and bond
holders.
instead OF reducing our debt by $685., 600 900
each year we are increasing it that much. Every
dollar that we pay in profits be renvested and
much of it is renvested. Then we must continue
to pay profits on the new investment.
This year the total income flowing into the
hands OF those who this country is between
sixteen and twenty billions. AS has been pointed
out before this is almost the exact valuation of the
entire United States in 1860
At that time we paying about $500 600 900
IN profits to the entire owning class. This is only
little over twice the sum taken by the Steel
trust alone. But each year this sum was renvested
and became new load to be carried.
The result is one of those examples of the mar
Vicious increasing power OF compound interest. The
$4,000, 100000 has grown to $228, 0000OOO0O and
every year since then the number Of home owners
has grown less, the number Of renters and wage
earners has increased and the burden these renters
and workers are carrying has now multiplied more
than sixteen fold.
Had the people of 1860 stopped the robbery at
that time and used the sum of which they were ex-
plotted to buy out their exploiters this nation would
have been common property by 1880.
But the rate Of increase is constantly growing.
The billions Of today are invested in machinery that
produces many times much as the machinery Of
the Civil war period. The worker still receives
less than enough to feed, clothe and house him de-
Gently The surplus constantly returns to be piled
upon the load that labor is carrying.
The wealth Of this nation doubled in the 10
years from 1900 to 1910. It doubled again in the
next SIX years. But the gap between wages and
cost OF living was never so great as today.
The richer we get the poorer we are You see
there are two :we's." The t'we'' that is getting
richer is composed Of those who live by owning.
The we' that is getting poorer at least relatively,
IS composed OF those who live by working.
The workers Of America who carry the capital
lists upon their back, asked to believe that as
the burden grows heavier the carrier is better off,
Before long that back will either break or
straighten up and throw off the load
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18
IN THE RICE INDUSTRY ALSO.

Every industry tells the same story of concen-
traton. The federal census bureau has just issued
bulletin on ''Rice Cleaning and Polishing.' The
industry has been of sufficient Importance to find
place in the census only since 1879.
By 1899 there so establishments In 1914
there we're only SO. But the 80 had capitalization
of only $2,600,000, while the SO employed $12,-
100000 There II *'proprietors and firm
MEMBERS in 1899 and 48 in 1914
By 1904 the process of concentration was we'll
under way That year the value Of the product
was 100000. In 1914 it $23,000,000, an in
crease of 40 per cent. During the same period
wages increased only $5,00O or less than per cent
The "value added by manufacturer which rep
resents profits, had increased more than 100 per
cent.
Same old story; fewer and bigger establish
ments fewer and riches owners wages almost sta
tionary, profits doubling.
It is about time to start an Investigation to
find out whether there is not a trust in this in
dustry.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-18
NOW, NEWS TRIBUNE!

The News Tribune, when in that rosy, pre-e1ec-
ton frame of mind, protested to be terribly con-
cerned over the plight Of the American workingman
The tariff and the eight hour movement and
what would happen after the war and all that sort
OF thing. They felt no concern over the plight of
the steel trust that is in print But how they tried
to tell us that we were being fooled.
Now in order to be consistent, News Tribune. il
is up to you to contne and protect the interests Of
the workingman whether your candidate has been
elected or not
There are lots of things to be done in Minnesota
For instance state wide standard of WEIGHTS
and measures so that the workingman will not nav
ten cents tor loaf OF bread that is three or four
ounces under weight.
AND HOW WILL YOU STAND ON THE
STATE CONSTABULARY BILL TO BE INTRO
DuCED BY WESTLAKE OF HENNEPIN
COUNTY?
Will you tell the truth and fight it,
Or will you continue your present tactics!
Remember an old law something like this. econ
sistency thou art jewell, 49,