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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-06-30
HONOR SAMUEL insult

Samuel insult, president of the
the guest of honor at great recep-
tion rendered him on Monday night.
Among the several hundred who
were present were some of the most
prominent business men In Chicago,
including George NJ. Reynolds, John
G.. Shedd, James A. Patten, Henry A.
Blair. Solomon A. Smith. Benjamin
Carpenter, Watson f. Blair and John
j. Mitchell. William G. Beale pre-.
sided
During his response to congratu
latory address by William G. Beale
Mr.. insult had little fun with the
employees by guessing" many of them
were wondering when "the old man
was going to let loose of his Job, ant
double quartet from the company.
glee club surprised their chief ant
had a little fun with him by singint
song which ran like this:
Started life in London, where IT.
foggy, damp and bleak,
Where the pay and standing of 6
clerk Is rather meek
Was an agents Office boy at sever
| bob, a week
That's him, sitting over there.
He's accomplished many things In hi
own quiet way,
| Things for good of others without
thought of praise or pay;
Now he has been called upon to hell
the Y. s. A.
That's him, sitting over there.
A telegram from Thomas A. Edison
for whom Mr.. insult was once private
secretary, was read.
insult Is one of the greatest bust
ness men in the U. s. A., and as tire
less as the tides"
There was a sentence in Mr.. Ed
sons telegram of regret which was
significant and fitted In with the set
tings for the anniversary celebration
for the hall was decorated with the
flags of the allies, an illuminated rec
cross was mounted above the head'
of all and much of the music wal
| patriotic in character. Mr.. Edison
wired:
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-06-30

Cannot leave laboratory, as ] am
right in the heart of important ex-
periments for the government"
Mr.. insult sketched briefly the ire.
mendous growth of the electric light
and power industry since he came to
Chicago twenty-five years ago to take
the presidency of what was known as
the Chicago Edison Company.
Then during personal talk to the
company's employees he turned to the
younger men and said:
u suppose some of you are wonder
ing when we fellows higher up are
going to let go and give you a chance.
Well, we are in pretty good health,
and we like to hold our jobs. Posi-.
bly, you look at others of your asso.
ciates and say: What a lucky dog,
He stands i'm with the old man
You think he was lucky, but If you
will delve into his life you will find
he has taken care of his health; that
he has been willing to undertake big
things; that he trained himself to
think straight and true, and that
when opportunity knocked at his door
he was ready"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-06-30

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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-06-30
The SCHOOL MIDDLE

Here are the latest developments in
the school muddle:
Mayor read message to council say
ing he adjourned council as he 10 en-.
titled to do under the rules during
rioting. He suspected the old board
Of fearing an investigation Into it's al.
fairs.
Aldermen reaffirm hostility to
Thompson school board by voting, AZ
to 20, to approve minutes Of last Fri.
days rlotous meeting.
States Attorney Hoyne, Of his own
voiition, will not move to Gust mayor,
by either criminal or civil proceed,
ings. Council must ask action first.
Old school board asks Hoyne to
start lawsuit, to learn which 10 legally
entitled to the designation Of Board
Of Education.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-06-30
DRY LAW WILL RUIN CHICAGO.

Only a special session of the legisla.
ture can save Chicago from bank.
ruptcy. City Comptroller Eugene r.
Pike declared in case congress votes
the whole United States bone dry
The comptroller added that he has
been given to understand that Gov.
Lowden has promised to call such a
session in that event. At the same
time. Comptroller Pike made his SEN.
sational announcement scarcely less
startling report was made public
showing that the 1905 saloon licenses
issued in Chicago during the last six
months period has dropped to 6,623.
These figures mean 1888 saloons have
gone out of business, with an annual
loss to the city in revenue OF s3S3,O0O.
Both the city and the saloonkeep.
ers will be heavy losers financially II
congress closes up the saloons in Chi
cago," said Comptroller Pike. Under
the law II will be impossible for the
city to refund to saloonkeepers any
portion OF the $500 licenses they have
paid for the period from May to No.
vember / next in case saloons must
close before that date by act Of con
gress. That will make II hard for the
saloonkeepers.
$50 far as the city is concerned, a
session of the legislature to enable
Chicago to increase its general tax
revenues will be absolutely necessary
In the event of the saloons being
closed TO save Chicago from going
bankrupt. During the months of No
vember and December alone Chicago
would lose more than s1,100,000 in
saloon licenses. Special legislation
was passed recently to help Spring.
field out of its financial hole after it
went dry last April, and am informed
that Gov. Lowden has agreed to call a
special session to enact similar legis.
lation for the financial salvation of
Chicago. Peoria and other wet cities
II congress closes the saloons"
Even II congress does not close Chi.
Cages saloons another big drop in the
number of licenses here on November
Is predicted in the report which has
been prepared by Deputy Collector
George Lehman and turned over to
Chairman John A. Richert of the alder
manic committee on finance by Collec
tor Charles J. Forsberg.
This report sums up the present
situation as follows
Saloon licenses issued Nov. /,
1916, to April 80, 1917. 1905
Revoked during same period. 4.
Number possible TO be issued for
the period May !, 1917, to Oct
80, 1917 ....,..,..........,. 6,s6t
Number issued May /, 1917, to
June 23 l7.,,,....,....... 6,62'
The heaviest loss has been in thu
First ward, which includes the down
town district. There thirty saloons
have quit
Reasons assigned for the decrease
in Chicago saloons are fear Of nationa
and state legislation, withdrawal o
credit 10 saloonkeepers and adoption
Of "A conservative policy" by breweries
higher cost Of beers and liquors an
Increased use Of automobiles.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-06-30
JUDGE sTELKs GOOD RECORD.

The court collected and distributed
s46Os3,S5 from January LIST TO May lst
this year, for the women and children
Of Chicago, in nOn.support and bas'
tardy cases. Women to the number OF
800 were the benefciaries. Many
children also The receipts Of last
April exceeded the receipts OF April,
1915, by S4,325,44 and April, 1916, by
93.OGl.2s, April was the banner month
in the history Of the court, Compar'
ing the collections OF the first four
months of this year with the first four
months Of 1915 and 1916 shows an in
crease over 1915 of $9,7Sl.O9 and over
1916 by s7,17S96.
This increase Is not alone by the
growth OF the business Of the court
but is produced in a large measure by
the strict enforcement of the law and
creating a wholesome respect therefor,
The dodger-the man who has hereto,
fore wilfully and with impunity dis
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-06-30
HEAD OF ARMY SUPREME COURT

As provost marshal general. Gen.
EnOch II. Crowter was charged with
the responsibility Of registering all
male persons In the United States and
Its territorial possessions between the
ages Of twenty-one and thirty years,
inclusive, who are subject to military
service under the selcctive draft law.
General Crowder was born In Mis-
souri,, April II, 1850, and was appoint
ed to the military academy at West
Point from that state September /,
1877. He first served in the cavalry
and later attended the University Of
Missouri. where he received the de-
gree Of IL. u. In 1885, and In 1905 was
appointed major and assigned to the
office Of the Judge advocate general.
February 10, 1911, he was appointed
Judge advocate general Of the United
States army. Upon the recent out
break of histilities with Germany Gen.
CrOwder was appointed provost mar
shnl general. The Judge advocate gen.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-06-30


O war and difficulty
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-06-30

New glass number plates for resi-
dences can be attached to porch ceiling
lights so that they can be read easily
ut night.
The Argentina national observatory
ut Cordoba is to be equipped with the
most powerful telescope in the southern
hemisphere and the third most power
full in the world.
A machine has been invented, chiefly
for the use of dealers, that makes IL
perforated rolls for piano players nj
once, either from sheet music or by
| cOpy!Eg other rolls.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-06-30
THINGS WORTH KNOWING

A new vacuum cleaner Is driven from
power derived from the water spigot.
The new battleship Mississippi, with
full-load displacement Of $4,000 tons,
is the third vessel of that same name,
Under the federal aid road act with
in the next five years SlGO,OOO,OOO will
be spent by federal and state govern
ments IN improving rural roads.
The British naval boot Is of light
pattern, owing TO its being chiefly used
for ieCil Lutics.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-06-30

The Chicago Eagle, newspaper
for all classes OF readers, is devoted
TO National. State and Local Pol.
tiles; to the publication Of Mu.
nicipaI, State, County and San.
itary District news; to comment
on people In public life; TO clean
Baseball and sports, and to the
publication Of General Information
OF Public Interest, Financial, Com
merciaI and Political.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-06-30
in THt[[lr1tLIdHT
DESERVES WELL OF HIS COUNTRY

Ever since the war opened the
Briush admiralty has been more or
less continuously under the fire of
public criticism. If it was accused
of being unduly aggressive in the early
stage of the war and taking risks that
were not justified by the results, 1t
has latterly been just as insistently
charged with too much inactivity.
When the crime of Sarajcvo was
committed there was one man In Eng
land who had an apt perception of its
possible consequences before most peo-
pie realized that great events were
anead. That man was winston
Churchill, then first lord of the adj
miralty.
The British fleet had been in home
waters for great maneuvers, and
Churchill, who had been an alnrmist
concerning the European outlook Cor
q long time before the assassination
of the Austrian archduke. exceeded
his authority i'm his effort to prevent
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-06-30
GREAT ITALIAN STATESMAN

America, with her labor supply al
ready affected by the cutting off Of
immigration from the European coun-
tries MT war. must not look for n re-
sumption of the flow of man power
from abroad for some time after the
end of hostilitics, according to Fran
ccsco Snvcrio Nitti. II member of the
Italian parliament. who visited this
country us II member Of the Italian
war mission.
Doctor Nitti Is the professor Of
economics in the University of Naples
and was Il member of the Salnndra
cabinet ut the time Italy entered the
war. As member of that cabinet he
created the labor councils throughout
Italy for the purpose of developing CO.
operation between labor and the gov
eminent. II was he who brought about
the state monopoly of life insurance,
so far ms small policies are concerned,
and he lad much to do with the In
dustrial mobilization of his country NJ
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-06-30

the Of 4
disposition he had known
responsibility The he
the of which he far
declined
tlat inevitable
At the appreciated Clurhils
Today although Churchill forced
of Gnlpo the
who saved Britain In the
frst OF
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-06-30

The proceedings
United States usually the recommendations psone
to the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-06-30
Chief OF BUREAU OF ORDNANCE

As chief of the bureau of ordnance,
Brig. Gen. William CrOzier Is specially
charged with the duty of procuring, by
purchase or manufacture, and dis
tributing the necessary ordnance and
ordnance stores for the great armies
which this country will send to the
European theater of war.
In the past the annual expcndi-
lures of this bureau have been few
millions of dollars. With the United
States entering the world war these
expenditures took Il sudden bound past
the billion-dollar mark for the regular
army, National Guard and the first
increment of draft of 100000 men.
General CrOzier and his assistants
made survey OF the munitiOn plants
manufacturing supplies for the other
warning nations. The fact was devel-
oped that with a few minor changes
the Enfield (British) service rifle
could be adapted to use the Spring
field tyne of ammunition. the QrSenulS
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-06-30
~

DR.. Andrew ID. Warde, president of
the Fort Dearborn College Of Law is
one of the best educators in the United
States, His record is full of fine
achievements and his college well de-.
serves hearty support. The doctor has
just returned from New York, where
he went to bid goodby to his son, who
is on his way to the battle line at the
French front.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-14
LATM-AMERICANS
CAN HELP WITH FOOD
John Barrett Recommends That
They Be Given Expert Aid.

Latin-Amsrica can do much toward
feeding the United States and her al
lies.
John Barrett, director OF the Pan
American Union. declares that "the
countries Of Central and South Amer
lea can decisively help II not com
pletely solve the food problem facing
the United States and its allies"
In a report to the Council OF Ma
tional Defense, he points out that
these countries exported food prod
uets valued at S774,Oo0. 900 in 1915
Immediate action in aiding the coun-
tries Of Latin-America to Increase
their food production and to develop
their vast unused fertile areas Is
recommended. "If necessary and de-
sired. they should be supplied with
the necessary capital. agricultural
experts and engineers TO accomplish
this end" Mr.. Barrett recommends.
The director advises the appoint
ment Of commission or q committee
OF experts on Latin-America to CO
operate with the Council of National
Defense in caring for this problem OF
food supply.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-14
D. A. R. TO GIVE CONCERT
Proceeds VIII Pay for a Bed In
Army Base Hospital,

The District of Columbia chapters
OF the Daughters Of the American
Revolution. fifty-nine in number, will
give benefit concert on next Wed.
nesday evening in Memorial Contlnen-
tai Hall. The Rubinstein Choral Club
Of Washington. composed OF 100 wom-
ems voices, under the direction of Mrs.
A. NJ. Blair, have consented to give
their services for the cause, which is
the extension of the war relief work
sustained by these organizations.
The ID. A. r. chapters are working
under instruction from Mrs. Matthew
T. Scott. national chairman for the
war relief work OF the ID. A. r. They
purpose at once to furnish a bed for
the new base hospital OF the United
States army, and to sustain It through
out the duration of the war, the cost
approXimatinE about 5000 annually.
They are also engaged in making
naval outfits for undersea sailors,
furnishing warm clothing necessary
for this equipment.
Mrs. Blair announces that the Ru-
Club will have as soloists
Miss Jeanne Woolford, the well-known
OF New York, and Richard
Lorleberg. 'cellist. The patronesseS
will be tho regents OF the separate
chapters OF the d. A. r.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-14
TO APPORTTON 10 ACRES
IN COMMUNITY FARMS
New high Living Cost War Planned
By Reno Residents.

coIored residents OF Reno, near
TenIeytown, are entering the spirit
Of the home garden movement with
a will. Not only have the IA pupils
enrolled in the Reno. Public School
started plots but nearly ten acres
Of fertile land Is being apportioned
among the adult inhabitants OF the
section by H. B. Jones, a teacher in
the school
Jones, with q corps OF eight young
assistants, appeared today at the
central garden committee headquar-
tiers for seed. When the youthful
gardeners left each bore a large
package Of tested seed under his arm.
Jones explained his plans to gar
den officials and held a long consul
tation with them relative to the best
methods Of using the land apportion-
ed
The plan Of the advocate Of the
community farm is to apportion the
land, according to the size OF the
families. II present plans carry fam
lies Of from two to four will be as
signed plots 5Ox50 feet When there
are from five to ten in a family, pIotsI
of 5Ox1OO feet will be assigned.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-14
LIVES THOUGH LISTED
AMONG NAMES DEAD
George Sullivan, Seaman, Cause Of
Inquiry by Navy Men.

Navy officials are today looking
up the record OF a man claiming to
be George Sullivan, reported killed
when the battleship Maine, was blown
up at Havana in 1898, and who
recently appeared at the home of his
sister in Chicago.
Sullivan went to the home of his
sister, Mrs. Daniel Shaughnessy, and
asked for q meal. II was given him.
but before he had finished Il he re-
vealed his Identity.
A short time prior to the destruc-
ttion OF the battleship, Sullivan, who
says he had been a member of the
crew for six years. was discharged.
and became one OF the crew OF an
English merchantmen.
The list OF dead sent to the Navy
Department included his name, he
declared. The error was never cor
rected, Sullivan says. because he did
not care to write letters not being
handy with a pen"
The records at Arlington show no
one by his name among the list OF
dead buried there, although it is pos
sible. officials said, that a body sup
posed to have been his had been
buried with the number OF unidenti-
fled men inferred together.
Sullivan says that since the disas-
ter. he has Travelled around the world
several times as a sailor on all types
OF vessels, finally giving up his call
Ing because OF the submarine menace.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-14
Lemons Do Whiten!
Try This on Face,
Neck, Arms, Hands

The lemon juice massage INDUCED
In once or twice each day means =
little time and trouble, girls, but what
of the splendid results? A skin
bleached beautifully white, a com
plexion with the bloom OF a peach, .
-softening OF those lines of care; In
fact. a skin eloquent OF natures
purity and hands white, soft and full
Of charm
What girl or woman hasn't heard
Of lemon juice to remove complexion
blemishes: to bleach the skin and to
bring out the roses, the freshness
and the hidden beauty2 But lemon
Juice alone Is acid, therefore irritat-
ing, and should be mixed with
orchard white this way. Strain
through a 1ne cloth the juice OF two
fresh lemons into a bottle containing
about three ounces of orchard white,
then shake well and you have a whole
quarter pint Of skin and complexion
lotion at about the cost one usually
pays for a small jar OF ordinary cold
cream Be sure to strain the lemon
juice so no pulp gets into the bottle.
then this lotion will remain pure and
fresh for months. When massaRed
daily into the face, neck, arms and
hands II should naturally help to
whiten, clear, smoother and beautify
the skin.
ANY druggist will supply three
ounces Of orchard white at very little
cost and the grocer has the lemons
Advt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-14
SAYS BUSINESS MUST
BEND TO WAR AIMS
Sinclair Kennedy Warns Defense
Council Of Britain's Blunders.

The nation must Immediately dis
tinguish between essential and non
essential business IF America is TO
escape the plumbers OF Great Britain.
and II she Is to overcome to a maxi
mum extent the natural results OF
shifting her governmental, domestic,
and economic energies from peace
time to wartime channels, according
to Sinclair Kennedy, Boston.
Kennedy thus warned the nation
today in an open letter addressed to
Howard E. Coffin, OF the advisory
commission of the Council of National
Defense.
"Great Britain" Kennedy wrote
Coffin, entered this war with the
slogan, Business as usual Great
Britain made a mist9ke. She could
not keep on doing an that she was
doing before and win the war.
at was not a question Of decreas-
ing volume OF business, 1t was the
question OF directing the same or
even a greater volume OF business
into new channels. There was busl-
ness enough to satisfy everybody,
but IL was the business of winning
the war, not Of catering to the tastes
Of peace.
AS promptly as possible Great
Britain should have turned her mill
fners into garment makers, her for
lists into market gardeners. her Jewell
ers into munitions workers-in short,
she should, as far as possible, have
turned all non-essential business into
essential business, because even at
The best the amount and quality Of
the essential business could not be as
great as needed.
Great Britain dallied with the
problem. and after two and a half
years finds herself in a desperate con-
Hilton. Through waste OF life and
treasure, she has learned her error.
"She now distinguishes between
and non-essential business"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-14
BALL GAME HERE
FOR WAR RELIEF
MetrOpoitan-CheVy Chase
Team to Meet Racquet Club.
CLASH SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Funds To Be Used by Providence
Hospital for Supplies.

Baseball fans will have an oppor-
tunity Saturday afternoon not only to
seen an enjoyable ball game, but also
aid Providence Hospital to equip a
number of its wards for war emery
encies.
The cream OF the players Of the
Metropolitan and Chevy Chase clubs
will clash in their annual game with
the Racquet Club Of Philadelphia at
the American League Park at $50
p. m.
Last year these teams did not play
here, as has been their custom in past
years. In their stead the National
Press Club arranged a game which
Melted the hospital more than 81 500.
Proceeds from the games for the
last two years have been used 70 build
sleeping porches for children and
smoking porches for men at the hos
pital.
This year a sterner future is facing
the Providence Hospital, and the sum
realized will be expended in the pur.
chase Of surgical instruments, band
ages, and other war supplies.
4 military touch will be given by
the Boy Scout Band of fifty-six pieces.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-05-14
MILLIONS ENGAGED
IN GARDEN EFFORT
Charles LOthrOp Pack Declares
Movement a Success.

The efforts of the home garden
movement have been crowned with
success in the Nations Capital, and
through all sections of the United
States. After two months the move
menI has gathered such force that
millions OF persons have turned to
it.
THE people," says Charles Lathrop
Pack, president of the national emer-
gency food garden commission, ARE
not only endeavorfng to produce
food for themselves, but are learning
the value OF land as never before. In
the campaign for a million food gar
dens, which is the aim of the pro
motors Of he me gardens, hundreds of
organizations are cooperating.
The General Federation OF wonn-
ems Clubs, with 1000, 900 members, Is
sending out the commission garden
primers. The Christian Endeavor So
ciety, 100000 strong, has enlisted in
the cause. The Rotary Club OF
America, with its countless influential
members. is working well. The wom-
an suffrage leagues in many States
have organized for the cause, and are
receiving daily lessons, and the Ma
tional League for Women's Service Is
docking to the banner.
Bankers and professional men, of
all classes. have Joined in the move
ment. The National City Bank Of
New York and the American Bankers
have sent out urgent ap-
peals to all banks and bankers to en-
ter into the movement The German
American Insurance Company has be-
come actively interested. Colleges in
all sections of the country have
jumped at the chance Of giving so
a course in agriculture
to so many persons. The public
schools are conducting extensive
campaigns, as are the different boy
md girl organizations in all sections
II the country"