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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25
LIBERTY
Great Statesmen of America, Including
President and Elk. President. Oppose
Tyranny Of Prohibition.

Washington, d. CT do not be.
heve the party programs Of the highest
consequences ~ ne political life Of the
state lid Of the nation ought to be
thrust tc >ne side and hopelessly EN-.
barrassed Tor long periods together
by making political Issue Of a great
question which Is essentially nonpolit.
ical, nonpartisan, moral and social
In its nature" Wilson to
the Rev. Thomas B. Shannon Of New.
ark. N. j., while governor Of New
Jersey.
The above extract from letter by
the president while governor Of New
Jersey was dug up here In connec.
ton with VIM. J. Bryan's latest dec.
laration making prohibition q ma.
tional issue. II was written by the
president when asked to 60 on record
on local option. Every one who has
talked to him during the last few
uays agrees that his sentiments are
unchanged.
Under no circumstances, In the opin.
lon Of men closest to him, will Presi.
dent Wilson indorse any movement
designed to drag the liquor question
into the days political issue. They
say q letter written by him shows
this. In II the president wrote:
II am q thorough believer In local
lf.government and believe that
every self.governing community which
constitutes Q local unit should have
the right to control the matter Of the
regulation Of or the Withholding II
censes. The questions involved are
social and moral and are not suscep
tible Of being made parts Of q party
program. Wherever they have been
made the subject Of party contests
they have thrown every other Ques
ton, however important, into the
background and have made construc
tive party action impossible for lonl
years together"
National prohibition IL dangerous
proposition, said former President
Taft, speaking before the Bar Associa
ton of Boston at its seventeenth tn
ennial banquet.
1T would revolutionize the Ma
tional Government" he said. 1T woult
put on the shoulders Of the Govern
ment the duty Of sweeping the door
steps Of every home In the land.
national prohibition legislation 4
passed, local government will be de
stroyed.
"And II you destroy local govern
ment you destroy one Of the thing
that 60 to make for q healthy condl
ton of the National Government.
National prohibition Is non'enforce
able; It is q confession on the part Q
the state government Of inability 4
control and regulate their own 81
pecial business and duty: II the maj
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25

are trying to relieve this congestion
by building to the north.
THE heavy increase in population
and the rapid erection of buildings on
vacant property makes IL essential
that the park area be enlarged as rap
idly as possible II IL is TO continue TO
afford the playground and recreation
facilities needed by the North Side
section OF tue city"
Mr.. Crowley pointed out that if the
bond issue be approved the park board
has the dredging equipment needed TO
undertake the work at once. This
equipment consists OF engines, pumps,
pile drivers and other machinery val
ued at S390,0OO. II was used in build
ing the 2l2.acre extension OF the park
that has been completed in the last
few months.
Previous bond issues by which the
2l2 acres have been made amount TO
sl,s75, 900" he said. THE value of
this land, based on values OF adjacent
property, Is conservatively estimated
10 be worth from sls,000,0O0 10 $780,
100000. On this basis OF calculation,
the seyenty-fye'acre extension which
the residents OF the park district are
asked 10 ratify now will add from
100000 TO s7,000,000 to the land val
ues OF Lincoln Park"
One OF the most complete play
ground systems in Chicago Is contem'
plated by the park commissioners II
the bond issue carries, and give TO the
North Side youngsters recreation
field equipped with baseball grounds
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25
FIRST BLIND MAN IN HOUSE

Thomas d. Schall OF Minnesota
Is the first blind man to be elected to
q, a seat In the lower branch of congress.
Mr.. Schall's life has been one OF con-
slant battle against circumstances.
Orphaned when an infant, he ran away
with circus when nine years old.
From the day of his departure from
his home at Ortonville, Mimi, he has
been fighting an unequal struggle. He
BACKED boots and sold papers on Chi.
Cages streets, and later was bare.
back rider in circus. When young
man he returned to Minnesota, glad OF
working for his board and chance
to attend high school at Ortonville.
He won a scholarship at Hamline uni
versity In st. Paul. His ability as an
orator and baseball player give him
distinction. Mr.. Schall then went
through the University of Minnesota,
became a lawyer and soon forged to
the front of the Minneapolis bar. His
was a fight without influence, political
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25
TUMUlTY SAYS SEE AMERICA

Secretary Tumulty. who accom-.
panied President Wilson on his mid.
western trip. ia now an ardent advo.
cate Of See America First" Until
this trip Mr.. Tumulty had never been
In any big city Of the country west Of
Pittsburgh. excepting indianapolis.
which he caught feeting glimpse
Of on the flying visit the president
paid to the Hoosier capital year ago.
Having viewed and admired Cleve.
land. Chicago, Milwaukee, Kansas City
and st. Louis, not to mention the Mis-.
sissippi river and the great lakes Of
Erie and Michigan, Mr.. Tumulty says
he feels It incumbent upon him to urge
all fasteners to take trip into the
United States and become acquainted
with the country.
He explained that before he went
to Washington he was too busy max
ing a living In New Jersey to travel.
One echo of the presidents trip
has given Topeka q good laugh. In
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25

ter were placed under Federal contrib
II would result In creation Of ma
chinery of government officials large
enough to nominate any president"
>e~
CONGRESSMAN Thomas Gallagher Of
Chicago in the course Of his speech
In Congress against the proposed pro.
hibition amendment said: National
prohibition would be destructive Of the
inalienable right Of the citizen to life.
liberty, and the pursuit Of happiness.
guaranteed by the Constitution. I
am q believer in personal liberty, and
as O citizen Of this Republic I feel
that this resolution would act as an
infringement on my right to such lib.
erty. II Is considered, and rightfully
80, as absolutely unAmerican by mill.
ions Of our people, who feel that they
are abundantly able to govern their
moral habits without Limitation or
restriction from Q law OF this kind. Il
is an abridgment Of the right origin.
ally guaranteed by the fundamental
law to the people Of the United
States. I am unalterably opposed
to It. because believe firmly
in the principle Of the largest share
Of personal liberty to the individual
consistent with the general welfare"
~
Il 10 about time that the state Of
Illinois came to the rescue Of the
people and passed . law prohibiting
the misuse Of the name bank.
A. matters stand at present, any.
ono with money enough to hire and
equip . store can paint the name
bank on the front windows and %.
licit and receive deposits without let
or hindrance.
Every year hundreds o: people
lose their savings through the failure
or collapse Of one or more Of these
wildcat institutions.
Legitimate banks which are In
themselves q guarantee Of security.
ARE passed by by thousands Of sim.
PIE and gullible people who are
charmed by the advertisements and
cunning allurements Of men who
never die any legitimate banking and
who never intended to do any.
The Chicago Eagle has often 70.
ferred to this matter before and Il
again urges upon the legislature and
upon men who are seeking seats In
the general assembly. the necessity
for passing law protecting legiti.
mate banks anc prohibiting illssiti'
mate ones.
Former Judge John e. Owens ia
strongly backed for one Of the Demo
cratic nominations for Judge Of the
Superior Court.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25
PRESTON'S BIG JOB

James ID. Preston. superintendent
Of the senate press gallery at Wash.
ington, has been given big piece of
work to do this year, but no one who
knows him and his capabilities doubts
that he will do II well. He has been
put in charge Of the press section Of
the Democratic national convention In
st. Louis June IA. and of the same sec.
ton of the Republican convention at
Chicago on June Z. Mr.. Preston will
be assisted by w. J. Donaldson. who
is superintendent Of the house press
gallery.
Both national committees. by res.
olution, delegated to the standing
committee of Washington correspond.
ents" the authority to apportion the
seats at the two big gatherings. Pres.
ton. a veteran at this work. and Don.
aldson. were selected by the CORE.
spondents TO keep all but working
newspaper men out of the press seats
This Job OF keeping the press
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25

The destruction of birds costs this
country the stupendOus sum Of 81 ,OOO,.
900 900 a year.
To 1000 editors the question was re-
Gently submitted as to whether the
word movie" Is to be regarded as a
legitimate English word to be used
without quotation marks, Five hun
dred voted for the words admission
without adOrnments; 220 declared that
the word is still on probation; $50
failed to express an opinion, but are
probably to be counted with the ma
| l0rity.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25
WIGS W~ana
W[R[IORE
LIPPITT'S SIMPLIFIED GOLF

Among the United States senators
who play golf. Henry +. Lippitt stands
alone, for he has reduced the game
to its lowest mechanical terms and
plays II on simplified basis that is
unequalcd, at least in Washington. His
theory is that for nonprofessional
golfer each club used adds Just that
much to the complications. He says II
is needless mental strain to have TO
rummage through an outfit of a dozen
clubs. trying to select the one that
applies to the situation at hand. If
he has to carry a pair of calipers and
a transit and couple of assistants to
determine at what angle he should
swat dinky little gutta percha ball.
he would just as soon give up golf and
play parchesi or dominoes. SO Lippitt
carries only three plain little clubs. He
owns no caddy bag and carries his
sticks himself, and all his caddy has
to do is to trot blithely along. point.
ing out the quarry. like hunting dog
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25
GATHERED INFORMATION

Glass factories In Japan are doing
a rushing business as a result OF
paralysis of the industry In Germany
and Belgium.
1t is said that an organization OF
women In Japan numbers 10000 men,
bers, who have sworn never to marry
unless their prospective husbands
agree to support a movement for OBJ
tanning for them equal treatment with
men and IN improved economic posi-
tiOn.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25

tennis courts. gymnastic apparatus
and protected bathing beaches.
"A lagoon will be located on the
west side of the extension for canoe.
ing purposes" said Mr.. Crowley. 1T
will connect with the other lagoons of
the park and provide ideal recreation
features of this kind.
Life nets will surround the bathing
beaches we have In contemplation
that will protect bathers from under.
tow currents.
Later 1t is planned to build further
extensions of the park to the north,
one of which will be devoted to pub.
lie golf course"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25
WHAT The COUNTRY NEEDS.

The business interests Of the coun.
try are tired Of these conditions:
Tariff tinkering for political ends.
Five tariff revisions in twenty.three
years.
Confidence shaken.
Business demoralized.
Huge money losses.
Millions of workers unemployed.
What the people demand is:
A sane and permanent tariff policy.
A scientific adjustment.
More common sense, less politics.
All the facts brought out.
The way to get these reforms Is to-:
Establish permanent Tariff Com
mission.
Make 1t non.partisan.
Give 1t broad powers.
Give 1t an ample appropriation.
Have everybody represented.
Put the professional politicians of
the job.
Stop lobbying and log.rolling.
Bring out all the facts.
Reduce unemployment.
Establish confidence.
Stabilize business.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25

comfortable livelihood
when lighting lighter electrical
Luz bright and clear, they dead
all rutess
Schal Il returned Minneapolis broke than
broke, debt and discouraged"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25
TO EXTEND LINCOLN PARK.

THE North Side has outgrown Lin.
coin Park" said George ID. Crowley,
secretary of the Park Board. 1T Is
more crowded in the summer months
than any other Chicago park, and we
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25

alleather caddy CLUBS
besides
home and the grandeur
succeed Nelson Adch
March He
Providence r. l.. October H. 1856
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25


will enable him m
everybody probably
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25

police protection Mr. Wilson, Mr. Tumuy
of whereas
Democratic
Topeka and twenty since
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25
TAXED TO DEATH.

The United States has Russia
skinned a mile in the noble art Of
levying taxes. The poor property
owner in cities Is forced to pay an
exorbitapt real estate tax and In Chi.
cago the tax eaters are asking the leg.
islature for permission to almost dou.
BILE the present high tax. The tax
rate under the proposed law Is to be
raised from one fifth to one third on
the valuation Of the property. A Chi.
cago Congressman proposes to tax all
incomes of over $4,000 except those
of Office holders, national, state, city,
county and town. Personal property
taxes are collected from people Of
moderate means who pay heavy real
estate taxes and they will have to pay
income taxes too, to oblige the Office
holding aristocracy. The national
government Is tired Of levying indi.
rect taxes by duties on imports. Many
bills now before Congress propose nu.
merous methods Of further taxing the
people directly and thus increasing
their burdens.
As O we'll known writer on the sub.
ject said several years ago in q noted
article, much Of the national revenue
Is used for the maintenance OF an
army Of political parasites.
And then the county governments
tax the people to keep up another set
Of politicians and pension their
friends on the people, occasionally
spending q little money to build q
road where 1t will benefit one Of them
or q school house to give some bank.
er q rake OF on the bonds or q few
hangers.on positions at mental wages
as teachers and special pets big
wages.
Then the township government tax.
es the people to whack up with the
very small fry who help keep up the
county fellows, hoping to some day
be one Of them.
Then the cities tax the people to
keep up another army Of non.produc'
ers, who are used to manipulate the
primaries and elections.
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-03-25

Former Judge John e. Owens ia
strongly backed for one Of the Demo
cratic nominations for Judge Of the
Superior Court.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-08
RYE COUNTRY CLUB

Typically English is the new Green
Meadow Country Club at Rye, N. Z"
which is being founded by number
Of New Workers. who live at Rye and
adjacent places. Included in the
founders are Dom Barber, Philip W.
Doardman, Halliburton Fales, Richard
T. Wainwright, Lundsford Pitts Yam
dell, lie Barron S. Willard. Frederick
6 Wonham, A. P. Walker. Stuyvessnt
Wainwright, william ]. Tingus.
Charles Smithers, William Remsen,
Livingston Platt, H. De Berkeley Par
sons. George @. Palmer, Francis +.
Palmer, Brakeman Quintard Meyer
Albert T. Maurice, Clarence Living
ston Burger, W. X. Bond Emerson.
Emlen Hare, Oliver Hartman. G..
Maurice Heckscher, William J. Knapp
George D. +. Leith, Joseph NJ. Mac
dnoueh. Hunter Marsten. Edward b.
Close, Douglas Hartshorne, Robert r.
A. Banks and others.
An atmosphere Of simplicity Is the
aim Of the club management. There
will be no regular meals served. but
a buffet for refreshments. The club
ia in picturesque spot on North
Street, just opposite Macy Park-s
convenient location for members liv-
ing in Rye, Purchase, Greenwich Fe'-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-08
GREENWICH

Greenwich, Conn, Oct. IA coun-
try masquerade ball, given by Mrs.
Jacob Langeloth in the garage on her
estate at Riverside, Conn, last Sat-
urday evening, was one Of the big
gest society events OF the autumn
season. The grounds we~ illuminated
by fairy lights and Chinese lanterns
and the ballroom was decorated In
yellow and black. Cornstalks. pump
kin vines, yellow crepe paper and
autumn flowers we're the principal
decorative features.
About l75 prominent society peo-
pie Of Greenwich and New York at
tended in costume. There were fow-
err girls, two Indian princesses, farm
ers, country lassies and others at
tired in more elaborate costumes.
Miss Margaret Crawford and her
partner, Of New York. entertained
with country dances.
Mrs. Walter Bennett. Mrs. Maurice
Wertheim and Mrs. William II. Ham
lin gave costume dinner parties before
the dance.
Among those present were Mrs.
Walter Z. Frew, Job E. Hedges, Miss
Hedges, Miss Alta DLamar, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred H. Curtiss, Miss Mary
Louise Baldwin and Miss Marjorie
Rambeau, of New York, and Colonel
W. E. Horton, Miss Finley and Miss
Cox, of Governors Island.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-08
BY F. A. WRAY.

London, Sept. 81. Will British trade
unions ever regain the hardly-won
rights and privileges which during war
time they have waived? Are the pre-
viously unskilled workers who during
the war have taken the places of skilled
men to be relegated to their former
work at wages perhaps one-third Of
what they are now making?
Can the army Of women who have
burst into the labor market, and in
some cases sent up the rate of produc-
ton, be cast off summarily and driven
back to domesticity or idleness? Can
there ever be any kind of interna-
tionalsm among workers after the
war?
Labor Finds No Answer.
These are only few of the ques-
tons now agitating the thinking sec
ton of the labor movement in Great
Britain. In not single instance can
any definite answer be found. The
problems are so complicated and inter-
related that few of the leaders of labor
and practically none of the chiefs Of
trade unionism care even to approach
them. The remainder is content to
adopt the attitude of wait and see"
and to comfort each other with the
admonition, Hope for the best
Philip Snowden, member of Parlia-
ment for Blackburn, leader of the In
dependent Labor party and the I'm
tellectual" of the Socialist movement
in England, in an interview with The
Tribune expresses himself as frankly
pessimistic in regard to the present
condition of labor in this country, more
especially if it is to be judged by the
proceedings at the recent Trade Union
Congress held at Birmingham
III | thought" said. Mr.. Snowden,
"that the ideas put forth and the
resolutions passed represented the
minds of the workers OF Great Brit
ain, should feel inclined to give up
the work of twenty-five years and lose
all hope for the future.
"But, fortunately, the congress did
not represent British labor. Con-
trolled by officials possessing no other
qualification but their status in their
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-08

and Mr.. and Mrs. Argyle Parsons, OF
Garden City, Long Island, Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Peters, and Miss Edith
Peters, Of Philadelphia; Mr.. and Mrs.
George Coale, Of Boston. Mrs. Nell
lie Peters Black will entertain at a
family dinner and Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward c. Peters will entertain the at
tendants and out-of-town guests at a
buffet supper tomorrow night.
The important social event Of the
last week was the marriage of Miss
Mignon McCsrty to Brooks Morgan
Among the guests from a distance
were Mrs. W. G. Morgan, of Lexing-
ton, KY; Coleman Morgan, of New
York; Mr.. and Mrs Clifford Stephens
and Brooks Stephens, Of Summit, n.
j.; Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Ford, Of
Newark, N. j.; William H. Tayler, Of
Washington; Mrs. Wilbur Johnson,
Wallace Johnson and Joseph X. Ha'
den, Of East Orange, n. J.
At a meeting Monday of the debu-
tantes of the present and the las;
two seasons the invitation of the
National Junior League to join that
we'll known social and philanthropic
organization of the younger set in the
large cities was accepted, and Miss
Isoline Campbell, chairman of the
meeting, was instructed to invite a
member of the national board to
come to Atlanta to organize the local
branch.
The seasons debutantes have made
Miss Parry McGehee their president.
and their first plan is for a cotillon,
probably in December. The first for
NAL club entertainment of the season
will be the Halloween ball at the
Piedmont Driving Club.
Among the winter residents already
arrived in Atlanta are Mr.. and Mrs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-08

vices to their country. Why should
they not be equally rewarded?
"But supposing that the conscrip.
tionsts do go further and conscript
labor, either attempting to do so now
or after the war?-and following their
logic, there is no reason why they
should not make the attempt. III sue
cessful, the whole edif!ce OF trade
unionism falls to the ground. Sure y
the leaders should be prepared, now,
and on their guard. But are they
Apparently not.
Strongest Weapons Lost.
"Then again there are the two great
questions of the introduction of skilled
labor and the rate of production, In
the past trade unions have used these
two justiiable weapons-in sense
their only two weapOns-to gain their
rights and regulate their dealings with
the capitalists. They have said: Ger
tain Jobs shall only be undertaken by
skilled labor and further they have
fixed certain scale Of production.
These regulations they have guarded
with the utmost jealousy.
"But the war has upset all these
ideas and arrangements. At the re-
quest of the government the unions
have waived all their regulations. Con.
sequently, in hundreds of thousands or
cases, men who did unskilled work pre-
yiously are doing the jobs OF skilled
men and frequently earning three, four
or five times their former wages. Can
the unions, after the war, insist that
these mer be relegated to their former
positions? Similarly with regard to
output. Where this has been multi
piled several times during the war, can
there be a return to the normal pre-
war scale?
Both these questions, again, were
neglected by the Trade Union Con-
gress. Yet they have been the essence
of the battles of the last fifty years.
Women RevolutiOnize Work.
"And in the case of women, also:
Here we have several millions Of
women, newcomers into industry. They
have carried out successfully work of
a nature hitherto deemed only possible
to men. Because of their presence en-
tire conditions have, at times, had to
be changed in factories and works.
Their coming marks a revolution in
trade uLionism and industry in this
country. Ildu the OOnBIcSS any POliSy
10 offer in regard to it?
"None at all. One resolution was
brought forward b. the Tramway
Union Directing to the employment of
women as conductors on trans and ON
nibuses. II was carried. And yet this
very union has admitted the women
conductors to its membership! Fur
thermore, the sole argument adduced
against such employment of women
was the old hypocritical mans asser-
ton about the future of the race"
"No question was raised in regard
to the economic position Of women.
none in regard to the conditions Of
their employment. Such was the treat
ment accorded by the Congress to q
problem of these dimensions.
Can Never Regain Standing.
Personally speaking, I do not be.
lieve that trade unions in Britain will
ever get back to the position they held
before the war. They never can argue
again on the same basis. Their leaders