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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-21
BITS OF NEWS

Jury to try Edgar Hettinger, 1e,
confessed slayer of Mrs. Agnes Mid
dlefOn in fiat over her millinery store,
3247 Armitage av., April 5, being
picked.
Earl Dear, alleged leader of auto
stealing syndicate exposed by States
Atty Hoyne, convicted by jury in
Judge Sabath's court.
Michael MichaIezski, 20, 600 Bur-
ling, window washer, fell from third
floor of building, 103 S. Market, to
death on sidewalk.
D. A. Kittermaster, scion of WELL
known Glencoe family, illinois uni
versity graduate, wounded while
serving as captain in England's Ca
madam army at the front.
Woman known as Miss Matilda
Reck, believed exiled Russian prin-
cess, found unconscious from gas at
1852 N. Clark. Believe attempt at
suicide.
VIM. Hughes, 1872 N. Clark, shot in
ankle in quarrel with man on Dear
born street bridge.
-O-O
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we. And l amt even got a headache.
Cheer up, kid. Wait until you've
been about three hours at work in
our stuffy place and you'll get head
ache alright
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GIVE EVERY MAN DUE CREDIT
Boost That Has String to It, No Mat
ter for What Reason, is Mean
and Unworthy.

oh yes, he is fine fellow, but do
YOU know who his father is?"
You have heard 1t said many times,
but could anything be meaner?
When Il man goes wrong his sisters
and his brothers, and his children, par
ticHlarlY. should not be made to bear
the brunt of his misdeeds.
Each and all of US have Il hard
enough tine keeping in the straight
and narrow path without double
handicap in the shape of our weak
relatives.
Give every man credit for the real
good he does.
Don't limit your praise with that is
mere than could be expected consider
ing his parentage"
BE charitable and fair enough TO for
get the drawbacks and give your com
pIiments without diSparagement.
Every famiiY has its black sheep. if
the truth We're known, and would give
anything in this world to save the
erring one.
As You want to shield the sinner in
your own fold, forget the SHINING in
the flock next door.
1t is a rule which works both ways.
Give every man full praise without
andicap.-Ghicago Examiner
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Where Man Makes Poor Showing

\ casual study of the animal crea-
ton, in the majority of species. will
show how utterly thoughtless is man
compared with the ant or bee. These
little creatures are fully awakened to
the value of time Their lives are Of
short duration, and they have inteIll-
gence sufficient to appreciate the value
of every moment. No place for drones
among them! Beasts of prey. and
many others in their natural state
divide their time between action and
rest-they are always at work or
asleep. Waking hours are wholly de
voted to pursuit of prey for sustenance
of life. The human animal, to the re-
proach Of our natures be it said, finds
time heavy on his hands when he has
Il hundred channels of occupation open
TO him that the inferior creature has
not.
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stairs and tapped at the door of the
private office.
As nobody answered he walked in.
He heard hum of voices suddenly cut
short; he was conscious of stir and
hustle, and then he looked up In amaze
ment, to see that things were just as
they had been years before All the
old staff We're in their places. There
was old Jones the superintendent, and
the supervisor, Simpson, with little,
Cosgrove, and Brown, and Backman.
And at the window, just where he used
to sit. was his own desk, vacant.
There was Il hush of surprise, and
then in a moment everybody was on
their feet and running toward him. Old
Jones was wringng his hands hard
and shouting:
Its Peter. It's Peter come back to
u.s.
Peter stared in beWilderment ut the
welcoming faces, the outstretched
hands. Simpson snatched up a sheet
of notepaper and held it in front of
him. That's how much we think of
you" he shouted. And Peter read:
If Peter Lessard, formerly of 10
Scott street. will communicate with the
place of his former employment, he
may learn OF something to his adyan-
tage'
As Peter laid it down Jones grasped
him by the arms. Don't say you're
going to stay with your present job"
he yelled Rabbit is willing To pay
YOU anything He wants you, and he
says we've got to get you, no matter
at what price because there may be
men with your brains, but there isn't
one with Your brains and honesty. For
the Lords sake, Peter, open your
mouth and speak. How about it2a
NO, l haven't got job" muttered
Peter
Then you're coming back to US?
You can start in today?"
DO you mean to say the old shop
has openedf' inquired Peter
You didn't know? Then what
brought you in here? Mr. Rabbits
got the whole gang together again.
He has all the backing he needs, and
he's going to have that process just
IL fast rs you can pick it out of the
books. It's II three years contract
for all Of us, Peter We tried TO get
YOU, but You had moved, and. as you
know, il wasn't matter we could
make free Inquiries about. with all
those wolves on the scent What
brought you here, if you didn't know,
Peter?H
81 guess I did know, in sort of
way" said Peter. And he realized that
lie had known, as Clarice had known
For every dream comes true for a man,
it hard enough.
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has important shipyards and repair
shops for the Danube Steamship Navi-
CATION company, and is center for
trade in petroleum, cereals and pre-
served meats. 1t is supposed to derive
its name from the ruins of an old
tower in the vicinity which is said to
have been built in commemoration Of
one of the victories of the Roman EN-
peror, Severus.
1t was at Turnu SEVERN that King
Charles l, who died only a few weeks
after the outbreak of the European
war in 1914 first landed on Roumanian
soil in May 1876 and was hailed by the
populaee as the successor to their first
prince, Colonel Cuza, who, as AleXan-
dru John l, had been forced TO abdicate
a short time previously. Charles was
the second son of Prince Charles An
tony of Hohenzollern-Si gmaringen, and
at the time his name was submitted TO
the people of Raumania Che WAS chosen
by a vote of 1863 to 224) was an
officer in the Prussian army. As the
king of Prussia WIS pledged to support
a native noble for the Roumanian prin-
cipaIity, Charles could not be espoused
openly, but upon the advice of Bis
marck he resigned his commission in
the Prussian army and, under an as
sumed name and with forged pass
port, made his way down the Danube
into the country over which he was to
rule most successfully, first as prince
and later as king, for more than half n
century.
\ short distance below Turnu
SEVERN is the little village of kladoYa.
which in Roman times was known as
Egota the station from which Trajan's
two roads of conquest diverged, one W
the banks of the Danube and the other
striking north into Dacia. It was the
latter road which necessitated the con
struetion of the famous Trajan bridge
across the Danube at this point, the
largest in the Roman empire. How
we'll the great Damascus architect.
Apollodorus, designed this structure Is
Indicated by the fact that after more
than 1,S00 years portions of some of
its 10 stone piles described by the his
torian Gibbon are still to be seen, and
perhaps it would have done service
for centuries had it not been destroyed
to prevent the invasion of the terri
tory south of the river by the Goths-
The remains Of this famous work We're
not discovered until 1854 the honor of
the find being credited to Michael Jo-
seph Quin, who made Il systematic
search for the piers while accompany
ing the Hungarian road-builder, Count
Szeehenyt, on one of his journeys down
the Danube The stones which are
now disclosed at low water are the
ruins of piers 145 feet high, IS feet
broad and 1913 feet apart. When the
Roman sappers overthrow them to
check che march of the barbarian EN-
envy the masonry damned the waters.
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The Best PhiIanthronv

Be sure that you give the poor the
aid they most need though it be your
example which leaves them far behind.
If You give money spend yourself with
it, and do not merely abandon 1t to
them. We make curious mistakes some
times. Often the poor man is not so
cold and hungry as he is dirty and rag
ged and gross. :. There are a thou,
sand hacking at the branches of evil
TO one who Is striking at the root, and
it may be that he who bestows the
largest amount of time and money on
the needy is doing the most by his
mode of life to produce that misery
which he strives in vain to relieve. II
is the pious slave breeder devoting the
proceeds of every tenth slave to buy a
Sundays liberty for the rest.-Tho-
reau.
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FIGHT TO
Be WAGED IN HOUSE
REPORTED MEAS
URE FOR SiDERATlON-
NO REcOMMENDATIO
SUFFRAGlSTS ARE PLEASED
Opponents Of Anthony Amendment
Also Express Satisfaction Over De-
velopments-Hope to Have Ac-
ton on Question in January.

Washington.-Wom suffrage adVo-
Gates won a partial victory in their
long fight to have the Susan b. An
thony federal amendment voted on in
Congress. when the House judiciary
committee reported the measure for
consideration without recommends
lion. A campaign now will be launched
to get special rule to bring the
amendment before the House for ac-
ton, probably some time in January.
Both suffragists and anti-suffragists
expressed satisfaction over develop
ment and are confident of victory on
the floor Though anxious that the
resolution be reported favorably, the
suffragists were pleased because the
committee, which Was generally re-
garded as hopelessly against their
cause, went as far as il did. On the
other hand, their opponents declare
an opportunity TO have the House vote
on the issue inevitably means a de
feat for suffrage which will settle the
question nationally fer many years.
The vote in favor of reporting the
resolution, II to 8, does not represent
the sentiment OF the committee on the
issue Some of its bitterest enemies
voted favorably, most of them conf
dent of seeing it beaten on the floor
and DESTROYS of quieting charges of
smothering' in committee
One element of the committee, head
ed by Representative Igoe of Missouri,
sought yainly to prevent action
I'VE are glad that the federal wo-
man suffrage amendment has finally
been reported to the House" said Miss
Lucy Burns, vice chairman of the Con
Union for Woman Suffrage,
tonight, but what suffragists are ask
ing for is not a mere report and a
vote in the House, but the passage of
the amendment through Congress
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pridefully. Peach and neetarine color
Ing figures In the side panels. In the
ornamentation of the frieze and cell
ing the imagination of the decorators
to the borough president has run riot.
Rosy garlands constitute the frieze.
The ceiling ornamentation includes
large wreath of these blossoms, sur
rounded by gold-colored leaves, with
the torches of Hymen placed fairly
close together. In the extension,
where the brides and bridegrooms en-
ter there is q rectnnple of lilies of the
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We
Old Shop
y:
By
JAMES SCOLLkRD
By
JAMES SCOLLkRD
Copyright. 1916. by w. G. Chapman0

Peter Lessard sat down YEARLY be-
side Clarice. his wife Yes. it's what
we expected" he said. I've got a
weeks notice. And that's called a con-
cession. They generally don't give no.
tice at all
CIance looked round the dingy fiat
and smothercd a sigh Their four years
of married life had begun so happily,
and threatened to end-nowhere.
Peter had dropped from a position
on a literary staff, at fifty dollars a
week, to job lis a semi-skilled work
man, at twenty-five. And their needs
and tastes were those of the sixty-dOi-
lar people.
Il cant blame Cough K Co." said
Peter. THE day of the unapprenticed
man has gone. I'm about the only man
in the shop who knows the trade from
its foundations; but | wasn't appren-
ticed and can't get union card.
And Cough & Co. are going to employ
only union labor That's all. except
that they're the last of the big firms
To follow the lead. I'll have to hunt
day jobs in the foundries now"
You shan't.a cried CIarice finging
her arms about her husbands neck.
"Peter, dear last night dreamed that
you were all back ut the old place,
working rs you used To do. It's good
sign. dear"
Peter laughed mirthlesSly. No
chance of that" he answered. They
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battle for them, as has been the case
so many times in the history of the
Low Countries. The dykes were cut
and the investing army of the Grand
Monarque fled before the flood.
During the War or the Spanish Sue
cesSion Termonde bravely resisted the
great English general, Marlborough,
but after ten days bombardment
was forced to yield.
On many maps Termonde goes by
its Flemish name of Dendermonde. AT
the outbreak of the war it was one
of the five fortified towns of Belgium,
but its defenses We're not of modern
design. The city is % miles by rail
southwest of Antwerp. The most in
teresting buildings in Termonde are
the Hotel de Vile formerly the Cloth
haID, Il fourteenth century structure,
and the Gothic church of Notre Dame.
which contains two valuable pictures
by Van Dyck
Termonde is only 20 feet above SER
level, a fact which accounts for the
ease with which the surrounding coun-
try VAS flooded when bo..t ged in 1861.
hundred years vi ItvIuug Will mol
no air efrl. ,f fa.AE.Y
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Turnu SEVERN a Busy Town
WHERE FLOOD BEAT A KING
Termonde, Belgium, Routed Army of
the Grand Monarque by Cutting
the Dykes.

Termonde, prosperous town of
10000 inhabitants ut the beginning of
the war. spreads over both banks of
the Bender river and the right bank
of the Seheldt, the Bender forming a
juncture with the larger waterway at
this point, says war geography bull
letin of the National Geographic So
ciety on one of the cities of Belgium.
Situated only l6 miles east of Client
the great heart of Flemish history,
Termonde itself has past of which
its citizens may well feel proud. 1t
was here that Louis NV suffered an
ignominious defeat at the very be-
ginning of his War of Devolution. or
Queens War, in which he set about
to upset political customs and suhsti-
tute civil usage in the matter of royal
Inheritance. Louis defeat was due
not TO the prowess Of the city'S garri-
son but 10 the SefSacrifiee of her peo-
pie. who employed the irresistible wa
tiers % ttp North ser to fight their
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If the eye is fastened steadily upon
a white surface in the sunlight imme-
diately after staring upon some bril-
liant-colored objects, it will behold the
images of those objects clearly at first,
then with increasing dimness. fading
gradually through a series of colors,
blue, green, indigo, violet. pink, dark
orange and so on. If the eye has
stared lengthily upon Il red surface
and then suddenly is shifted to green
the intensity of the latter will be great
ly enhanced for the first few moments.
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gunng
his hind and reached his through Sister touched his
a
QUITE
according should
n society
home Mr. Cummins
and Thompson succeeded in assong the
bears t game
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An entirely new and apparently rich
oil field has been discovered in Burma
An instrument has been invented te
check quickly and accurately the align
ment of automobile wheels to ascer
tain if they track correctly.
Air cooling methods of the rapid.
fire guns now in use have proved in.
adequate and the soldiers seem &c
think that water-cooling is superior.
A series of electric buttons. the cor
rect combination of which TO produce
results is known only TO authorized per
sons, features one automobile Starter
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Correct THOUGHT First.

Social reform is not to be secured by
noise and shouting, by complaints and
denuncation, by the formation of par
ties or the making of revolutions, but
by the awakening of thought and the
progress of ideas. Until there be cor
rect thought there cannot be right
action; and when there is correct
thought, right action will follow. Pow
er is in the hands of the masses of
men. What Expresses the masses is
their own ignorance, their own short
sighted selfishness-Henry George.
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have II address. They'd have written
if there were any chance Of starting
up again.
Go down, dear, and see if there's
any chance of their resumins.
Peter laughed mirthlessly 4 guess
the little old place changed hands long
ago he answered.
Clarice sighed. That was Just like
Peter, waiting upon events. He never
lid have initiative.
At twenty-five Peter had entered the
employment of the Rabbit Electrical
company. 1t was small concern and
being crowded out by more prosperous
rivals. However Rabbit had an idea,
and h. had put all his resources into
it.
There was certain process for
cheapening carbons, on which dozen
men had been working independently
for years. 1t was Il highly technical
affair and Rabbit had score of trust
ed employees in his works busy upon
the scheme. But the hitch was soon
found. In order to bring it to perfec-
zion it was necessary to study all the
metallurgical writings of the modern
German scientists.
Now, German scientists are the only
men who pursue the minutiae of chem
Teal Investigations for their theoretical
advantages. Perhaps ten men had de-
scribed the process, without reference
to r. ,raatinal anU1ip1tinn StutfnraI
through German literature, Rabbit
knew for certain, We're descriptions of
the new carbon process. These had to
be translated, brought together, ana
lyZed and reapplied Peter had had
German mother. He knew the Ian
guage. He had some literary gift and
Il good education And for year after
year he had pored over these books,
translating piecing together. until the
secret was within Rabbits grasp.
Then Rabbits money gave out and
the whole thing was abandoned. Bah
bitt had only one comfort. Nobody
else was likely to hit on the solution.
Nobody else had attacked the problem
from the same angle, and without this
careful spadework success was impos-
sible.
And Peter, who might have taken his
geanings to any of the dozen com
petitorS of Babbitt, and made a for
tune, was either too stupid or too hon
est, or probably both.
Next day he found a letter from
Cough & Co, dropping him and inclos-
ing a weeks wages He started out to
hunt for a job He hunted four days.
Everywhere ii was the same story.
Only union men We're wanted.
Peter tramped the city from end to
end. Work seemed impossible to at
tain. 1t was on the fifth day that he
suddenly realized he had come within
a block of Rabbits old place. Curl
ously, he strolled toward it.
He had heard that 1t had changed
hands; Yet now, to his surprise, he saw
Il brand new sign, Rabbit & Co." over
the dingy old doorway, and. stepping
forward to look, he was surprised to
see that the foundry was running
again, just as it used to do.
The Wild hope came to him that
there might be a job there after all.
1t was not likely any of the old stsff
remained but Peter had TO get some
thing; If they wanted only union men
he would 20 as night Waterman OF por-
ter-aaythins. He walked up the
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-12-21

around Eighth and Chestnut streets,
Philadelphia, guaranteed their treaties
with William Penn, years and years
before the town became famous for its
scrapple.
The belts now belong to the Mu-
scum of the American Indian.
The arrival of these belts has
started some talk about what would
happen If we were on a wampum fl
nancial basis again and the bank roll
was in shells. The price of hard
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TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES

A recently patented porch or lawn
seat can be converted into swing or
crib for a small child.
For administering medicine TO
horse an inventor has patented hol-
low, perforated bit with funnel at
one end.
A patent has been granted to New
the fingers of person using sewing
machine being pushed under the
needle.
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figure that would make clam worth as n pc
On the old basis with o
would
few hundred feet of
her the
pleasant wait a short of change
1t is impossible just Walters will
AT Majestic which
rendered by
o
circulation The
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to
the
he
good bureau
couples On day Mr. Scus tying poes foushd
fully that 6S
Everything
J.
promotion
If
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population Then the tide turned discovered
n owe a
suggested the of the village rapidly changed For time
to
in
discovered village
number backyard
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lots QueerAdVenture.

ST Louisville four-year-old daugh-
ter of Louis Pitt. who was asleep on
the back seat of her fathers aatomo-
bile when it was stolen. was found in
the machine in park here. Tie child
was in excellent humor when she at
tracted the attention of a policeman
She said she awoke as the car stopped
and that negro FASTENED away.
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Papers Withdraw Annaal

WESTINGHOUSE Supreme Court pro
eeedings for the s0-ealled Missouri
beef trust case We're ended when the
court, upon request of Armour & Co.
Swift & Co, the Hammond Packing
Company and others, dismissed the
packers appeal from Missouri DEGREES
assessing $4,000 fines for alleged VIC
lation of the state antitrust laws.
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Guard Must Stand Alone.

Washngton.-The federal govern.
ment has done everything possible for
the National Guard and if the state
troops fail now in efficiency it will be
because of defects inherent in the mi
litia system, says the annual report of
the Militia Bureau of the War Depart
mPnt
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PAY Extra Dividend

New York.-An extra dividend of
100 per cent on the common stock
was declared by the E. w Bliss Com
pany, together with the usual quar-
terly disbursements on the common
and preferred stock The company is
extensively engaged in the manufac-
ture of war munitions.
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Carranza Has Protocol.

Queretaro, Mex-Alberto J. PAM
one Of the Mexican members Of the
American=MeXican Commission, ar
rived here and Immediately present.
ed the protocol signed by the commits.
sioners 10 General Carranza. He was
closeted with General Carranza some
time.
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a La Carrie Nation

Seattle, Wash. Fixtures and fur.
nishings valued at $4,000 in a social.
ed barroom and dining room of the
Hotel Cecil We're DESTROYED with axes
by the dry squad of the Seattle Pc
lice Department for alleged violation
of the prohibition law
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Undismayed.

ITS that horrid Mrs Bore again
and l know she wants to sell me
tickets. Didn't YOU tell her, Jane,
that l was not at homer"
Eyes, ma'am, but she told me 70
come back and ask you when you
would be in"
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More For U. S. Defenses.

Washing1on-Su supplemental esti-
mates of S1.t34 600 We're submitted to
Congress by the War Department to
meet the increased cost of labor and
material in the manufacture of guns
for the coast defenses at home and
insular possessions.
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Suspend Lumber Rates.

Washington.-The Interstate Com
merce Commission suspended until
April proposed increases in freight
rstes on hardwood lumber in car
loads from Louisiana and Arkansas
points to Rochester \. Y.