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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-16

The PUBLIC FORUM
THE POWER OF LABOR
While substantially in agreement
with Mr.. Cochran's able article, !
wish to supplement it by few sug-
gestiOns.
1t is true sometimes that "plutOc-
racy wins because it is united and
labor is divided" But pIutocrats do
not always want any particular party
to win. 1t often divides its corrupt
ing financial support between all
parties that have any strength that it
may have support in all. It only lines
up against a party when it swings
clear of the monopoly road and
heads straight for commercial and
industrial freedom. Under the lead
of Bryan democracy suffered defeat
politically, but gained a new life that
later promises relief to all the victims
of monopoly. Under Wilson mOnOp-
oily sees its foundation being Slapped
and it's complete destruction threat
ened. 1t, therefore, seems to be lin
ing soidly for Hughes and the other
monopolists of the G. o. P.
If the working people do not line
up with Wilson they will delay the
relief that is coming and in the near
future suffer worse than they ever
have before. They should direct
their forces against the monoplies
that exist in laws, in constitutions,
in institutions, in customs and be-
iefs, and fight every candidate that
in any manner is under the control
of these maIign forces.
If labor were free to exert itself
without paying tribute to the monop-
olies and special privileges, plutoc-
racy would vanish, for society would
henceforth refuse to support any
normal human being that was not
doing beneficial work of some kind
for himself and for the people col
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-16

VNCllSu
LETS NOT FoRGET."-It gives
myself and family great pleasure to
read Mr.. Cochran's witty letters to
city officials, especially the one to
Judge Lands.
1 have never had the pleasure of
meeting Mr. Cochran, but l am sure
1 would like him when see him; he
seems to be such a humanitarian and
deserves the support of all working
people to make The Day Book sue
cess. It used to be a common occur
renee to see the wOrkingmen tear up
a trust paper and throw it away, right.
after the pressmen were lurched out
by the Chicago American, but how
soon they forget. Have the news
paper editors become more friendly
toward labor? Not on your life. They
know the average wOrkingman can
easily be misled and they are doing
what they can to bring about con-
dition of brother against brother.
Any of us who have. had any occa-,
sion to meet the lawyer politicians
during campaign time when they are
so friendly and say have one on me.
boys" are very much surprised to
find what a stiff bunch they really are
after election. Oh, we know. there
is a certain amount of dignity attach
ed to the office, but they exceed the
limit. It is good to have a man like
Cochran to remind us now and then
if we put them in office we also can
put them out if we can not get jus.
tice. Let's not forget so soon, boys.g,
Get as many of your friends to buy
The fool-killer., 1916-02-01
ANOTHER SMART FOOL.

Upwards of fifty different
papers and magazines from all
parts of the country reach my Of
flee here in the backwoods. Some
Of them are good, some are bad,
and some ere not much Of either
while others are interesting
merely as freaks and curiosities.
In the latter class E. w. Howe's s
Monthly, of Atchison, Kansas, is
worthy Of mention.
This same E. w. Howe's Month
ly is one of these-here all-editorial
sheet, everything in it being
written by the editor-so he says.
And I guess he writes it, all right,
for since Elbert Hubbard died I
don't know Of any man living ex-
cept Ed. Howe who is q smart
enough fool to write such brilliant
rot.
1t is a clear case that Ed Howe
is badly mashed on himself, and if
he was one-tenth as smart as he
thinks he is, the rest Of us
wouldn't have any sense at all. He
is trying his doggondest to strad-
die around in the literary brogans
of the late Elbert Hubbard, and
his mouth is watering for some of
the coin that Elbert got for sell
ing out to the plutes. Whether
Ed gets the coin or not, he never
fails to put in a stiff bid for it.
The alleged mind Of this great
Kansas editor seems to revolve
around the gold-plated delusion
that whatever the master-class
says or does is all right, while any
sentiment favorable to the sub
merged millions is necessarily
false and dangerous. Put I'D
Hows's writing in a pipe and hire
some fool to smoke it, and you
can see P1ntoeeecy in every puff.
The fool-killer., 1916-02-01

Doggoncd if I didn't think the
''new poetry" had just about
gone the limit, but 10 and behold,
the "new art" has done swallow
ed the cake and licked the skillet.
When it comes to ''new"
things, we arc having them these
days, and don't you forget it.
The ''new poetry is a sort of
bastard imitation Of Walt Whit
man. In fact, it sounds just like
the barking of Whitman's dog
when he freed a polecat.
And while we were still trying
to recover from the shock of the
new poetry, here comes another
'"new" thing called "Cubist Art"
and wants us to take it in as one
of the family and brag on it to
our friends.
The Literary Digest of Nov.
9th contains an alleged epic"
ture" which it is obliging enough
to explain represents "A Cubist
Impression of Broadway" It Was
very kind of the editor to add
that explanation, for otherwise it
might have been taken for the
place where a German shell had
busted through plank fence. If
it represents anything about
Broadway it must undoubtedly
be where forty-leven elevated
trains have all had a collision at
once and tumbled head foremost
into the Subway. All | can see in
it is a few irregular sharp corners
that might be splintered box cars
or sections of sidewalk torn up
with dynamite. Here and there
can be seen fragments OF business
signs that look sorter like a dead
ducks foot sticking out Of the
mud.
If I owned a steer calf that
couldn't drag his tail through a
paint bucket and then slap it
against the barn door and paint q
better picture than that, I'd swap
if for 80 cents worth Of Democra-
tic prosperity payable when Wood
pile lowers the cost Of living.
The fool-killer., 1916-02-01
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF
ADDRESS.

The party which calls itself the
"white mans party has sue
eeeded in disfranehising 10000
white men in the good old state
of Virginia, all because they were
three years behind in the payment
of their poll-taxes. The demo-
cratic papers insinuate that these
men were dishonest and wouldn t
pay their taxes, and that there
fore they ought to be disfraneh1s-
ed. But the truth is that this
overdose of democratic pros
perity" has made times so hard
that those poor men just couldn't
get any money to pay with.
Please take notice that they
were behind with their taxes just
three years just exactly TIE
same time that Wilson has been a
str:ddle of our nccks.
Poor old Miss Democracy had
BETTER be careful or she will fall
down her own throat and break
her neck.
The fool-killer., 1916-02-01
Notice to Club~Raiscrs.

The FooKier
scrpos or 10 cents clubs of five the
Of people enjoy getting clubs for the fun
become regular cubraiser distribute
DO NOT SEND STAMPS. 1t
careful
it.
STAMPS
Address all
THE FOOLrKILLER, Boomer N. c.
The fool-killer., 1916-02-01

Doggon it all, if you don't send
in another club to The Fool-Kill-
er purity soon, I shall hold you to
a "strict accountability"
The fool-killer., 1916-02-01

Europe was prepared" Where
is Rurope's peaee9
The fool-killer., 1916-02-01
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF
ADDRESS.

Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter
of her daddy, has caused a certain
amount Of space to intervene be-
tween her rosy lips, and through
the opening thus formed the NOV
able organ back Of her teeth has
forced out certain vocal sounds,
as follows: "It is disgraceful the
way the majority Of voters vote. -
Perhaps the reason Margaret feels
that way about it is because a big
majority Of the voters voted
against her daddy in 1912.
Europe was *'prepared." Where
is Europe's peace?
Oh, yes, when Morgan worked
up that loan for the Allies we
were solemnly assured that none
Of it would be spent for munitions
of war. It would all be sent for
food, clothing, and such like. Sure.
But now no attempt is made to
conceal the fact that it is all be-
ing spent for deadly war supplies.
That's the way the financial boss
es keep their promises. When the
devil wants a favor he is mighty
nice and polite. But when he gets
it he Is the same old devil.
Europe was prepared" Where
is Europe's peaee9
A Tennessee subscriber with
Democratic bats in his belfry
writes this Office to inquire why !
roast the Democrats SO much
harder than / do the Republicans
Well. Buddy, / will answer that
question by giving you an illu.
tration: Suppose you had tate1
patch and your neighber had two
old sows. And suppose one old
sow got into your later patch and
the oSher old sew didn't. Which
sow weuld you set your dog on
anyhow9 Do you see the point
It happens to be the Democratic
sow that is In our tater patch just
at present.
Europe was "prepared." Where
| is Europe's peace7
The fool-killer., 1916-02-01

Il u
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF
ADDRESS.
Europe was prepared" Where
is Europe's peace?
Send along that club Of ten Or
more today. <
An exchange says the devil is
gaining on the churches. Gaining
nothing! He's done caught up
and joined and been baptized.
You never expect a story to end
the way you think k it will. If it
did there would be no surprise in
in. Hence if a st Dry has sur
prise ending you are not surpris-
ed, but if it don't you are.
When you get me convinced
that hand-saw is a good thing to
shave with, I will then be getting
just about crazy enough to believe
that the Rockfellers are the friends
Of labor.
"What would you do if you
could live your Ii fe over againf"
inquiries Marion Harland in a
magazine article. Well, for one
thing, Marion, I wouldn't waste
any time listenin e to political
promises, and that would help
some.
Europe was prepared" Where
is Europe's peace?
A couple Of lovey-doveys named
respectively Grass and Hopper
were married in Kansas the other
day, and the local paper headed
the wedding notice "Grass-Hop-
per-" But the real "hopping"
began when the groom got after
the editor with shotgun.
Listen at this from Millionaire
Vincent Astor: "The condition
of the laboring people has greatly
improved during the last few
generations" :" How many gene
rations has young Vincent been
living and observing labor con-
ditions,I wonder? Do we go to
jewelry store to buy our shoesi
Do we consult music teacher
about when to plant taters? Then
why in the blistering blazes do we
need a perfumed watersprout
from a millionaire s family tree to
tell us about our own condition.
Don't we know better than thati
Europe was prepared" Where
is Europe's peace!
| PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF
ADDRESS.
GET A COPY OF THE GREAT SONG
''Henry Dubb"
Written from Comrade Ryan Walkers car.
tOons. Price 10 cents each; 81 90 per dozen; $76e
The fool-killer., 1916-02-01

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF
ADDRBSS.
The fool-killer., 1916-02-01

Europe was "prepared." Where
is Europe's peace!
The fool-killer., 1916-02-01
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF
ADDRESS.

Europe was prepared" Where
is Europe's peace?
The fool-killer., 1916-02-01

Europe was "prepared." Where
is Europe's peace7
The fool-killer., 1916-02-01

Send along that club Of ten or
more today.
The Detroit times., 1916-10-06

This little lady ~ all dressed
up IN hcr sunday Eo-to-meetinE
best The It'll, coat IS beau
tIful model developed lu deiO
blue, Fur trimmed and lined
throughout with china silk The
hat is velvet with ribbon flower.
moderately priced NJ $3.50.
The Detroit times., 1916-10-06

and Mrs, Louis Scharstcin are hur
ryius back 20 their old home In Chi
cago plighting Gnew their troih and
carry ing the secret which led a.
their separation. The separation
began when Mrs Scharstein left her
home last February no visit rcla
'Iyos In the south az The suggestion
OF her husband suddenly letters
ceased
Investigation showed he had loft
bis employment OF l5 wears az good
salary as Interior decorator and var.
ish,d Po-tmas'ors were appealed
10 and last Ma, he was located iu
Semitic by Tom Howick. spcciaI
agent OF the Department OF justice.
ON May 81 ne wrote his wife prom
Using 20 return. but disappeared
again Tom HoVick again took up
the trail This time he brought the
wife here before notifying the hu-.
bend and effected reconcile lon
When they emerged Mr.. Scharatoln
announced himself happy again and
ready to go home
PrintinE--the plain neat kInd--thnt
L. riEht--Times Job Dept.--Main 4S2G.
The Detroit times., 1916-10-06

i'm Lou of silver The Rus ian PEG
pile. however were suspicious of The
new metal fearing that 10 mad no
value. and ~ was not long before
fho coins were out Of circulation. II
80 then that thoy began 90 appear
a5 buttons. ard Oh bo melted for pur.
poses more unitarian than decora-
tive.
The thrDcwble Russian niece in
those days bad money value
equivalent 10 $50 in oar coinage
us value as platinum WAS small
though Tho coin weighed around
twelve ponnywc'Eht Today, hgur.
ing ON thc basis of the last price ot
medium platinum which was SAG an
ouuce, q single one Of these plat
iHum three ruhle pieces would have
a cash value Of about $3.50"
The Detroit times., 1916-10-06

pieces. whether they contained irid
um or not. were eyed with suspicion
by the manufacturers, who then Sc
cured their metal from other sources.
Probably many people an this
country at the present time are
rot familiar with the fine Etruscan
work that was so popular in those
DAYS. and naturally they will know
iIiule. 4 anything. about the way
the desired nnish was obtained
Even In the old days the ira l'
might not have had so much sue.
cess with TO-. especially IN the NOR
conservative parts OF the country
IN II had been known that stall
beer played more or less impOr'
ant part in the finishing process
In the old days, the coloring
WAS produced hy acid treatment
bat this method IL used but little.
il az an. now In the first place
the gold Was combined with a
special alloy, which contained more
copper than silver The article AZ
ter being made up. Was immersed
.u boiling hot bath Of muriatc
acid and saltpetcr FOR tho required
time To know just how long 10
leave tho piece In this uath meant
the difference between a well-hnish.
I'd article and a wreck.
THE acid action Of the bath ate
away the alloy I'm the piece, leaving
coating OF fine gold on the ont.
eide Following this the piece was
brushed with 0ne steel or brass
hru- n. which gave II an attractive
yellow color that lasted as long as
'ho article Itself These brushes
we're dampcneG I'm stale beer, ln-
stead OF soapy water. which vas
first used. because IL was found that
tho chemical action of 'he lugredl
ents OF the beer quickly removed
any covering OF oxide OF copper NAT
might remain after the piece had
been immersed in the acid bath
Twenty dollar gold pieces fgut
I'd I'm another interesting way IN the
old days In the icw")ry trade. bur
IN a way that affected the trade
much more Indirectly than directly
knowing that good pric" could be-
had for scrap gold from the re-
fners. tho gold probably fading an
ssaAAA44hAA-- AiAll' ttisf.l III NV 80 y
trade. interruptions persons had sew
eral ways Of Obtaining This scrap
and still leaving enough Of tho coins
10 pass them on unsusprcuH@
'radrsmcn and banks that wer" not
careful enough 10 weigh them when
they were rendered
lone way ~ doing this known a
sweating. was 10 put number at
coins in bag and shake them vio-
'eutly thus obtaining tiny particles
of gold by friction The amount ob
tanned iu this way was so small 'Na'
the bags had e. bc burned 20 re-
cover e or the whole 70 ,ouI.
mot have been very profitable pro
cess. and don't think u lasted
long Another way was TO strip a
coin by putting a. into an electro.
chemical bath. getting thereby q
slight residue of gold on copper
plate. which was aftcrvard melted
and the metals separated This
method was not very popular either,
as T. had a tendency 20 disoolor The
coin and 80 lessen the chances Of
passing Il aftcrWard.
"Oue OF the most successful
chouas was the use Of specially
The Detroit times., 1916-10-06

lone OF the most successful
chouas was the use Of epecially
The Detroit times., 1916-10-06
Years Ago Russians
Wore 1t For Coat
Buttons
MANY AFRAID OF
COINS MADE OF 1T
Expert Tells How Jew
elerS Were Checked
In Melting Money


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The Detroit times., 1916-10-06
COUPLE UNITED
AFTER STRANGE
ENHANCEMENT

SEATTLE, oct G.-Reunited In
seattle after a separation Of eight
months. during which the husband
twice mysteriously disappeared, Mr..
The Detroit times., 1916-10-06

Now comes the blue Bird" hat
II IS smart style OF dark brown
panuc velvet with a guinea hen set
az a jaunty angle on the crown
front Tho angle is one Of tie i'm.
portant points Of the fad
The Detroit times., 1916-10-06
Specials for Friday and
Saturday Selling
5th Floor Shops

Women's liEht weight cotton union
suite, Dutch neck. elbow sleeves.
kle length. IN size i2-it only. &l25
values. SDc.
Womeus cotton vests and tights.
Dutch neck. elbow sleeves or hIEb
neck long sleeves, special al soc and
GSc
Corset covers. ten different STYLES.
muslin covers made of uue u8luso0N
dnfutilV trimmed I'M fine lace and
Swiss embroidery, auc values. 3ac.
For Friday and Suiurdst only
Pink Hatistc gowns made iu 1lfu-
nvor stNlr. tmpifp eject WITH woke
Of smoCk.nE. 81 % value. 800.
Women .ests. nslo or cotton. with
fancy vDkCa. our regular 3l.-H4U
values, f1r st.OO.
81 u Knit underwear for St.OO
Women cotton union suits. tight
or heavy weight. made with urtrh
neck. elbow slsrNrR. Dr high neck
long sleeves. ankle irugth 81 IS aud
iit5 values. 500 garment lu sizes
i0-l3.iI only.
The Detroit times., 1916-10-06

"OD Nv we wish to call very special at
- ~ tention to our chidren's shop
$3.50 We do not believe that there is another shop
in town well prepared to outfit the young
sters This shop has special showing for older girls
These garments have been carefully chosen as every
one knows this is a very difficult age to fit
The Childrens Shop also has very special show
inc of Infants Wear. 1t is truly delight to visit
this shop. Ones attention is attracted from one dan-
ty novelty to another in seemingly endless succession
Even Infants and Chdrens furniture place IN this shop
And wonderful beds scales etc could
hardly be imagined Here charming gift for the new baby
could be
The Detroit times., 1916-10-06

PrintinE-the plain neat kiBd--thnt
In riEht--Times Job Dep,.--Main Ago
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
IN VAUDEVILLE

PALACE-Eddie Foy and the Seven
Toys in 1.-THE Old Woman in the
Shoe; Grace La Rue, Morton and
Moore, Gertrude Vanderbilt and
George Moore, Chic Sale, tho Misses
Campbell, Dainty Marie, Arthur
DEACON.
COLONIAL-Nan Halperin, Toots Paka
and Hawaiian Singers; Genevieve
Cliff & Co., in "A Breath of Old Vir-
ginia"; Dong Fong Cue and Harry
Cav; Lovenberg Sisters & Co., in
around the Compass; Dugan and
Raymond, in "They Auto Know Bet
ter; Will Morrissey. Pima & Co.
and Frank lie Dent.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Shone & Co.,
in Every Girl; Nellie V. Nichols,
willard Simms, Oscar Lorraine,
Charles Leonard Fletcher. Joe Cook
and the Cycling Brunettes.
ROYAI.-Lew Brice and Helen Coyne;
Ryan and Lee. Maria 10 and models;
Keller Mack and Anna Oakley; Will
lam Sisto and the Retter Brothera
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
OUOTH COBB AND MECRUE

slipped into the Geneva Restaurant
right next door, and wrote a scenario
on the tablecloth. While our backs
were turned they sent the tablecloth to
the laundry
$50 we wrote the next one on the
table, 1t was Mr.. Megrue's turn.
ave we're then confronted with the
problem of getting the table out of the
restaurant" he continued, warming up
to his topic. Ordinarily a restaurant
proprietor becomes suspicious Of Gus
toner who enters his establishment and
endeavors TO carry off one of the
tables
Instead Of a loosely fitting over
coat" wedged in Mr.. Cobb. Therefore
we moved to the Knickerbockcr, where
both the cuisine and the stationery are
decidedly superior, and Mr.. Regain is
entitled to use as an advertisement the
fact that two luncheons at the Knicker-
booker were sufficient to enable US to
Sentence 1t is really astonishing"--
Glow much important business is
transacted at lunch. Nations fall and
gross receipts rise as the direct results
of the time between the end Of the salad
and the beginning Of the coffee. At all
events, we built our play around Ir-
vin's"-
"Excellent"-
Short story, The Escape Of Mr..
Trimm.' We wrote two acts in front
of it and couple back of tt
"And then closed in on it. Conse-
quently, the story is not now in the
play Not even when it was dropped,
however, did | so much as murmur an
objection. We got along perfectly,
which reminds me to inquire If you
ever heard the story about
paul Armstrong and the opening
night of The Deep Purple Paul was
standing on the stage before the cur
tain went up, and the stage manager
told him about something in the third
act that ought to come out. why
don't you talk it over with Mr.. Miz-
ner?' asked the stage manager. Wilson
Miner, you may remember, was
Mr.. Armstrong; collaboration. Huh!
snorted Armstrong. I'm not speaking
to Miner Then mention it TO the
actors continued
"The stage manager. Il should say
rot replied Armstrong. I'm not
speaking to those actors And little
later, when the audience applauded and
demanded speech from the author,
Armstrong was not to be found around
the theatre. But he sent word that he
was not speaking to that audience. And
although with us"-
"The case was quite different" inter-
larded Mr.. Megrue, "you are priv
ileged to say anything you want and
we will stand for it. And IL you think
of anything bright
Remember to credit It to me-"
finished Cobb. "If they're just faiT
you can let Roi have them"
And so that one belongs to Mr.. Cobb.