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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-30

NEGROES FLOOD CITY AS AIDS
TO POLITICAL BOSSES
A triple investigation of what is
declared to be the most gigantic
fraudulent vote game ever attempted
in Cook county is under way. The
investigation is being carried on by
U. S. Dist Atty Clyne, States Atty
Hoyne and County Judge Thomas F.
ScuIly. More than /, 900 suspect no.
tees were sent out Saturday.
Over one-half that number were
sent to the Second ward, where it is
rumored negroes have been imported
from the south by certain Republi-
can bosses. Southern negroes are
flooding the city, according to re-
ports.
Dennis J. Egan, chief clerk of the
election board, who has taken charge
of the Judge Scully end of the probe,
said: These negroes have been
brought north on account of labor
conditions. Some of them, am told,
claim legal residence here and are
preparing to vote Nov. Z. Also the
number of fictitious names found on
the registration books is reaching
astounding proportions. The per-
sons living in some houses have &C
tuaIly never heard Of many people
who are registered from these"
Negro professional strikebreakers
are also being brought here. Agen-
cies who make a speciality of import
ing strikebreakers are under suspi-
cion of having aid in locating these
for the Chicago politicians. Several
railroads are said to have been the
cause of an influx of negroes at the
time of the threatened railroad
strike.
New York.-Prominent Jews an
campaign to raise $4,000
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New York.-Prominent Jews an
nounce campaign to raise $1O,OOO,-
900 in 1917 for relief of Jewish war
sufferers.
Pittsburgh.-Frank Morrison, sec'y
A. F. of L., in speech here said union
labor does not back any single party,
but supports its friends.
Sioux FalIs.-O. S. Swanson, war
den South Dakota penitentiary, q
suicide.
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GARDENERS LOVE OF SOIL
Every AsriculturIst Worthy the Name
Considers Its Welfare az Identi-
cal With His Own.

Every real gardener and true coun.
tryman loves the soil; the smell of 1t
when turned over in the sun, the feel
of IL under foot, It's welfare Is his own;
he loves to patch up the thin places,
blast out rocks. deepen and enrich it.
The soil Is u priceless heritage from
geologic time; 1t is the insoluble resi-
due from the crumbling Of the rock;
on its maintenance depends the pros
perity of the race of man.
And how we have misused and neg
lected our soil! The earth has been
plowed down the hill against the
fences where II is allowed to grow
brush, leaving the hillside and ridges
bare; 1t has been washed away and let
choke up the rivers and harbors with
the finest and latest of It's substance;
1t has been burned over and its fer
tility wasted in many other ways.
My father John ~Burroughs), like
the true countryman that he Is. al
ways loved. indeed almost worshiped.
the soil. He has had more real fun
and satisfaction in late years In i'm.
proving pieces Of land than in any
thing else. Last summer he found
huge delight in clearing up a stony,
broken pasture, blowing out the rocks
and building a fence with them, level
ing of the ground and getting II
ready for the plow, saying:
Fifty years and more ago my Ia
Their wanted to clear this field and
mako a meadow of 1t; now ! am able
to do it-what a fine, deep soil II
hast"
He would pick up a handful and
rub 1t between his fingers or thrust
the crowbar down into it to show the
depth. Not to clear away any more
forest. but to build up and improve
some Of the land already cleared, that
Is truly an occupation worthy Of any
man!-John Burroughs In the Crafts
man..
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posed Allison. Y want 20 SHOW yoz
something. Look in here" and he
opened the library door.
Dalrymple stepped to the opening
and saw, not merely seven men. mid
dle-aged and past. sitting around .
library table, but practically all the
freightable necessities of the United
States and practically all It's money, a
power against which his many million
dollar railroad system was of no more
opposition than q toy train.
g the transportation department
to be governed by a council composed
of the representatives Of the various
other departments herein mentioned"
droned on the voice of Rabbit.
The representatives OF the various
other departments therein mentioned
were bent In concentrated attention
on every sentence, and phrase, and
word. and syllable OF that important
document, not emitting to pay impor-
tant attention to the pauses which an
swered for commas; and o IN looked
up. Dalrymple closed the door gently.
Now will you SELF" inquired ALI.
son.
For a moment the two men looked
into each others eyes, while the old
enmity, begun while they we're still In
the womb OF time, lay chill between
them. At n instant, Dalrymple.
whose jaw muscles were working con-
vulsively, half raised his hands, as IL
he were minded to fall on Allison and
strangle him; and it was not the fact
that Allison was probably the strong
er man which restrained him, but a
bigger pride.
NO." he said, again with that in
finite contempt in his tone. Break
me-"
All right" accepted Allison cheer.
fully, and even with relief; for his way
was 10 free to pursue it's normal
course. He crossed to the door which
opened into the hall, and politely
bowed Dalrymple into the guidance Of
old Ephraim.
"Dalrymple won't SELL" he reported.
"hSh HS lSyOluSu Alo ltllOW HeIuUtTS
of the International Transportation
company.
Joseph G.. Clark looked up from a
set OF jotted memoranda which he had
been nonchalantly setting down dur
ing the reading.
Well pick It up in the stock mar.
ket." he carelessly suggested.
Cant" replied Allison, with equal
carelessness. He's intrenched with
solid control, and l imagine he doesn't
owe q dollar"
Chisholm, with his fingers in his
white mutton chops, was studying
cle~an-shaven old Clark's memoranda.
"A panic will be necessary, any
how" he observed. Well acquire the
road then"
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There Was = Difference.

In the lobby Of q hotel they were
speaking about speed fiends, and Con-
gresham Wyatt Aiken Of South Car
DINA recalled a Story about Jones.
One afternoon Jones was rambling
along the boulevard when he ran
across friend Smith. Handshake and
then some talk, which included the
war, the weather and automobiles.
by the way" said Friend Smith
recollectiyely. II hear that you have
been buying q machine"
YES" proudly admitted Jones. Il
brought her home about two weeks
ago"
Some speed, Of course" returned
friend Smith. How last can the ma
chine go?"
"Well." answered Jones with q
smile that was half sad, 1T depends
altogether on who IL timing II, my.
self or a country constable"
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Optimistic Thouoht.

Through die'csitiss We obtaia fses
Aam.
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CHAPTER XII.
Gall Solves the vedder Court Problem.

Gall Solves the vedder Court Problem.
Rev. Smith Boyd. rector of the
richest church in the world, dropped
his last collar button on the floor. and
looked distinctly annoyed. The collar
button rolled under his mahogany
highboy, and concealed itself carefully
behind one of the legs. Rev. Smith
Boyd, there being none to see,
laid aside his high dignity, and got
down on mis- knees. though not for any
clerical purpose, whereat the little col
lar button shone so brightly that the
rector's bullying eye caught the CLINT
of 1t. His hand swung round, at the
end OF q long arm, and captured Il be-
fore It could hide any further, then
the young rector withdrew his throb.
bling head and started to raise up, and
bumped the back Of his head with a
crack OF the bottom OF an open draw
er, near enough to the top to give him
a good long sweep for momentum.
This mishap being just n degree be-
yond the point to which Rev. Smith
Boyd had been consecrated. he ejacu-
lated as follows:-
No, It is not respectful, nor proper,
nor charitable, to set down what Rev.
Smith Boyd, in that stress, calculated;
but a beautiful, ~gray-haired lady, beau
tiful with the sweetness of content and
the happiness Of gratiied pride and
the kindness of humor, who had
paused at Rev. Smith Boyd's open
door to Inquire how soon he would be
down to dinner, hastily covered her
mouth with her hand, and moved away
from the door, with moist blue eyes,
around which twinkled a dozen tiny
wrinkles born OF much smiling.
When the dignifed young rector
came down to dinner, fully clothed and
apparently in his right mind, his moth
er, who was the beautiful gray-haired
lady with the twinkling blue eyes.
looked across the table and smiled in
diligently at his disguise; for he was
not a grown-up, tall. broad-shouldered
man of thirty-two at all. In reality he
was a shock-headed, slightly freckled
urchin Of nine or ten, by the name Of
"Smitty" ON the town commons, and
TOD" at home.
aren't you becoming a trifle irrita-
BILE of late. Tod?" she inquired with
solicitude, wilefully suppressing a
smile which flashed up in her as she
remembered that ejaculation. 1t was
shocking in a minister, of course, but
she had ever contended that ministers
we're, and should be, made of clay:
and clay is friable-
Yes, mother, / believe l am" con-
fessed Rev. Smith Boyd. considering
the matter with serious impartiality.
Mrs. Boyd surveyed her son with a
practiced eye.
Il think your appetite's dropping on
a %little." she commented. end then she
was shrewdly silent, though the
wrinkles OF humor came back to der
eyes by and by. II don't think you
take enough social diversion" she
finally advised him. you should 60
out more. You should ride, walk, but
always IL the company of young and
agreeable people. Because you are a
rector is no reason for you to spend
your spare time in gloomy solitude, as
you have been doing for the past
week"
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affect either a share of my stock or
the earning capacity of my railroad.
When you drove me out Of the trac-
ton field, / took advantage OF my ex-
%perience and intrenched myself. Go
on and gamble"
Il wish you wouldn't take that atti.
tuds,' returned Allison, troubled. 1T
looks to you as II ! we're pursuing you
because Of that old quarrel; but
want you to know that I'm not vim
iictive."
II don't think you are" replied Dali
fymple. with infinite contempt.
you're just q damned hog"
A hot flush swept over Allison's
face. but 1t was gone In an instant.
ut happens that / need the new Gulf
& Great Lakes system" he went on. in
q perfectly level voice: "and I prefer
70 buy it from you at q fair price,"
Dalrymple put on his hat.
TT isn't for SALE" he stated.
"1sst q minuts. Dalrymple." inter.
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y ILLUSTRATED GC.D.RffOHS
SYNOPSIS.

At q vestry meeting of the Market
square church Gail Sargent listens to
discussion about the sale of the church
10 Edward e. Allison, local
traction king, and when asked her opin-
Ion Of the church by Rev. Smith Boyd.
says IT is apparently a lucrative business
enterprise. Allison takes Gail riding In
MIS- motor car. When he suggests he is
ea,ltied to rest on the laurels of his
ec~hlevements. she asks the disturbing
question:: "Why?' Gail, returning to her
uncle Jim's home from her drive with Al
nson. finds cold disapproval in the eyes
or Kew. Smith Boyd. who is calling there.
AT a bobsled party Gall finds the world
uneomfortably full of men, and Allison
!eiis Jim Sargent that his new ambition
u 10 conquer the world. Allison starts q
campaign for consolidation and control of
the entire transportation system OF the
world. Gail becomes popular. Allison
gains control of transcontinental traffic
ana arranges to absorb the Vedder court
tenement property Of Market Square
church. Gail visits vcdder court and meet
ing BOYD there. tells him that the cathe-
9rai MARKET S<ksfe church proposes to
oulld w. be out of profits wrung from
squalor She becomes the center of mag
oeeSal set.
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eshvf that the position OF the consoli-
dation itself Will be i~mpregnable
against competition or the assaults Of
government. The advantages Of con.
troll, collection and distribution, are SO
vast hat they far outweigh any pos
sible question Of personal aggrandize-
ment."
Don't hedge, Allison" barked Ar
thur Grandin. You expressed It
right in the first place. You're put.
ting It up to US to step out of the local
championship class. and contend for
the big belt"
'"The prize isn't big enough pro-
nounced w. 7. Chisholm. as If he had
decided for them all. AS befitted his
calling, he was slower minded than
the rest. There are few quick turns
in banking.
Not big enough2" repeated Allison.
Not big enough, when the Union Fuel
company already supplies every can
die which goes into the Sudan, runs
the pumps on the Nile and the motor
boats on the Yang-Tse-Kyang, supplies
the oil for the fabrication of the car
Of Ju%ggernaut, and works the propel-
Ter of every aeroplane? Not big
enough, when already the %organiza.
tons represented here have driven
their industries into every quarter OF
the earthi What Shall you say when
we join to our nucleus the great
steamship lines and the foreign rail.
roads? Not big enough? Gentlemen,
look here!" He strobe over to the big
globe. From New York to San Fran
cisco a red line had already been
traced. Now he took a pencil in his
hand. and placing the point at New
York, gave the globe a whirl, girding
it completely. Gentlemen. there is
your empire!"
Again the nasal voice Of old Joseph
G. Clark drawled into the silence.
Il suggest that we discuss in detail
the conditions of the consolidation"
he remarked.
The bell of Allison's house phone
rang.
"Mr. Dalrymple, sir" said the voice
Of Ephraim.
very WELL" replied Allison. SHOW
him into the study. Babbitt. will you
read to the gentlemen this skeleton
plan of organization? II you'll excuse
me. I'll be back in I'VE minutes"
"DalrympleT" inquired Taylor.
YES" answered Allison distracted.
ly, and went into the study.
He and Dalrynple looked at each
other silently for . moment, with the
old enmity shining between them. Dial.
rympie, a nan five years Allison's
senior, a brisk speaking man with a
%protruding Jaw and deep-set gray eyes,
had done more than any other one hu.
man being TO develop the Transports
ton systems Of New York. but his gift
had been in construction, In creation,
whereas Allison's had been in combi-
nation; and Dalrymple had gone into
the railroad business.
"Dalrymple. I'm going to give you q
chance" said Allison briskly. II want
the Gulf G Great Lakes Railroad sys-
tenn"
Dalrymple had produced a cigar
while he waited for Allison, and nov
he lit It. He sat on the corner Of the
study table and surveyed Allison crit
ically.
Il don't doubt It," he replied. THE
system Is almost completed"
I'll accept a fair offer for your con-
trolling interest" went on Allison.
And II ] won't self"
Then I'll jump on you tomorrow In
the stock exchange, and take II away
from you"
Dalrymple smiled.
you can't do it. l own my con
trolling interest outright, and no stock
gamblings on the board of trade can
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SSv. snxh nngn wossd ha~s MED
- ss0te that No had been very
busy. bit he had a conscience, which
was . nuisance to him. He had spsn1
most OF his spare time up In his study.
with his chin In his hand.
"You are quite right. mother" he
somberly confessed. and swallowed
two ~spoonfuls of his soup. 1t was ex-
cellent soup, but, after taking a bite
OF a wafer. he laid his spoon on the
edge OF the plate.
Il think I'll drive you out Of the
house, Tod" Mrs. Boyd decided, in the
same tones she had used to employ
when she had sent him to bed. II
think I'll send you owe to Sargent's
tonight, to sing with Gail"
The rector Of the richest church In
the world flushed a trifle, and looked
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A loan widow has money out at In
terest.

For a really fine coffee at a mod
crate price, drink Denison's Seminole
Brand, 35c the h., in sealed cans.
Only one merchant in each town
sells Seminole. II your grocer isn't
the one, write the Denison Coffee Co.
Chicago, for q souvenir and the name
Of your Seminole dealer.
Buy the 8 lb. Canister Can for $500.
ADV.
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Bavaria has rich graphite deposits.
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He Laid Aside His Dignity and Got
Down on His Hands and Knees.

at the barley in the bottom Of his
soup. His mother regarded him quiet.
ly. and the wrinkles went out of her
eyes. She had been bound to get al
the bottom of his irritability, and now
she had arrived at 1t.
II would prefer not to go" he told
her stifiy. and the eyes which he lifted
to her were coldly greer. Il do not
approve of Miss Sargent"
GRO BE CONTINUED)
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Aided Pasaenaer In Peril.

A notable instance of the kindness
Of those In charge OF transatlantic
liners developed recently aboard the
liner Ryndam, which was stopped In
midocean and held on an even keel
while the appendix Of a passenger
was removed. Besides the ships sur
geon, and the captain who stopped
the ship, an American dentist coop
Grated by administering the an
esthetic.
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FOUND THE SOURCE OF GUM
Discovery Probably Pleased Small
Elsie Considerably More Than II
Did Her Mother.

S~ix-year-old Elsie teased her mother
unremittlngly for a chew of gun be-
fore they went into the theater, but
explaining that 1t was impolite to
chew in public her mother refused to
give 1t to her.
Little Elsie did not forget the gum.
however, for when the show was over
che said:
Mamma. where does gum come
from"
From a tree, Elsie." replied her
mother.
What kind Of & tree, mamma?"
why, a spruce tree. my dear"
We'll, the seat / sat in must have
been made Of a spruce tree. cause I
dug a nice big chew of gum off the
bottom of it."-Judge.
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Mamma. where does gum come
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History and Men.

For, as l take 1t. universal history.
the history OF what man has accom-
piisiied Ia this world. is at bottom tho
history of the great men who have
worked here.-Carlyle.
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Continued from page y

Black Tom Island is now almost sure to be about twenty
five millions The island is small strip Of land Juttng IN
to New York bay off Jersey City, The loss OF life cannot
be determined until opportunity is found to check up
the workmen employed the island and on the boats
Three are known to be dead least five more are missing
and scores are injured three Of whom are mortay hurt
The detonatOns which were felt in five states began with
continuous rapid fire of shells. The blowing up OF
great quantities of dynamite and other high explosives
was followed by the bursting of thousands Of shrapne
shells which literally showered the surrounding country
and waters for many miles around Then the fire started
and soon spread death and desoatiOn 1t destroyed th
teen warehouses of the National Storage Company
Black Tom Island, in which was stored fifteen million
dollars worth of merchandise.
Warrants charging manslaughter have been issued
for the arrest of Albert Bckman agent Of the Black Tom
island dock of the Lehgh Valley Railroad company for
Theodore B. Johnson, head of the Johnson Lghterage
Towing Company, and for Alexander Davidson, super
intendent of the National Storage Company These
charges are supposed to be based negligence and there
is no proof that the explosions were caused Intentionally
The Seward gateway. (Seward, Alaska) 1914-1917, 1916-07-31
The Seward
General Hospital

desires to acquaint the general hospi-
tai interests Of this country with the
facilities OF this institution for giving
the latest devised methods Of nursing,
care to persons requiring medical or
surgical treatment. Special attention
given to patients requiring gyne-
Geological treatment. HydrOtherapeu-
tic treatments carefully followed.
This building, just complete, electric
lighted, steam heated, hot and cold
water. Physicians placing patients in
our care will receive every ethical at
tention. Prompt readiness for acct
dents, obstetrics and emergencies,
day or night. For further particulars
address,
SISTER SUPERIOR.
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SERIAL NO. ON

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PAIENl
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that NORTH
WESTERN FISHERIES COMPANY cor
u1ratiou, jas assignee OF RICHARD w. nun -
J.lug entitled TO the benefits of Section 2SOO
of the Revised Statutes OF the United states
and amendments thereto, has applied 10 maze
entry of tae lands embraced In U. >. Nom
mineral Survey No. 252 as amended. situate
ON tn, risul bank OF Nakuck River, about one
half mile Yves. of L. 5. Survey No 544, Brls-
tol Bay, Territory of Alaska, and more par
ticularIy described as follows, to-wit:
Be.inuins NJ. &. Cor. No. 1 on beach Max
mex River at ordinary high tide. cor. not set,
Wit. cor. am iron pipe set in ground marked
W. G.. A. 5. 232 Cor. i, bears No. 2.Ul ems
dist; thence from true cor. No. North LOS
chs TO cor. No. 2. an iron pipe set IN ground
marked a. s. 252 Cor. ., from whence cor.
No. survey No. 232 bears No. 6.OO chs. dist :
thence Eas, $50 chs to Cor. No. 3. an iron
pipe set i'm ground marked a. ). 232 Cor. s.
from whence u. $. l.. NJ. Or. q. u. Z. SUR
bears a. o. deg. DO min h. 1891 chs; thence
So. 40 chs. 10 NJ. &. Cor. a, cor. not set
wit cor an iron pipe set in grouno marked
*. $. 232 Cor. W.. g.. bears North LIS chs. /;
disc. thence meanderiug Nakuek River at or
binary high tiue Cd ). "a deg. 81 min. W.
GIL chs; CD ). 90 deg p min. w. los chs. :
TO NJ. G.. Cor. No. /. the place OF beginning
Area 44I acres Variation at all corners p
deg. 40 min. East. Longitude lO7 deg. OO
min. w Latitude 90 deg. "a min. 10 sec, N.
As additional 10 original homestead entry OF
Richard ". Hunt. II. l.. 29O9 at Springfield
5Io. Dated March 8. 1866.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
porti0nof The above described tract of land are
required 90 ale with the Register and Receiver
OF the United States Land Office at Juneau.
Alaska, their adverse claim thereto. under
oath. durinE the period of publication or with
i'm thirty days thereafter, or they will be bar
red by the provisions of the Statute.
NORTHWESTERN FISHERIES COMPANY.
BY NEWARK L. BURTON.
It's Attorney ia Fact.
First Publication June /, 1916.
Last Publication August IL, 1916.
u. $. Land Office. Juneau, Alaska. March
81. 1916.
IT Is HEREBY ORDERED that the fore
going notice be published for the statutory
period In the Seward Gateway. a newspaper
of general circulation printed at Seward, AL
aska the nearest newspaper to said above des-
cribcd claim or survey.
c. B. WALKER.
Register
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CALLS FOR BIDS FOR
MAIL IN THIS DISTRICT
Cordova, Alaska, July %, 10l,

Cordova, Alaska, July %, 1910
Proposals are asked for the per
Torrance of Emergency Star Route
service from Seward 10 Anchorage,
Alaska, one round trip per week, for
the period from the close Of naviga-
ton at Anchorage in 1915, to the
opening of navigation at Anchorage
in l9,7.
Bidders are requested to submit TWO
bids-one for the handling Of twelve
Q2OO) hundred pounds Of mail per
single trip lin each direction) and one
for the handling of sixteen $1,000
hundred pounds per single trip in
each direction.
These proposals will be received at
the Office Of the chief clerk, Railway
Mail Service, at Cordova Alaska,
until August 18th, 1916
ALVAH EAMES,
Chief Clerk.