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their lars 10 this situation for
their consideration

Even that was not enough. Thomp-
sons answer was TO bring actions Tor
/ libel against the members OF the Ma
tional Security League and against the
Chicago newspapers that printed the
document all except the Hearst paper
The crushing blow was yet to come.
The man could he touched only IN one
way. His vanity was sensitive.
On September 3 Lundin planned to
launch Thompson's candidacy Tor
United States Senator with n trumphal
tour of a thousand automobiles from
Chicago 70 the far Mt Kankakec. The
Mayor himself was supposed to lead
the parade. When the automobiles,
numbering only about one hundred,
assembled near Grant Park for the
start, the soldiers and sailors there
oncampcd rushed the cars, stripped the
banners from them, denounced the oc-
cupants rs slackers and traitors and
searched eagerly for Thompson. The
NUaultuIS luIUfu VH iHpit Zoo anu
FASTENED away TO the friendly rural
receptions which it was supposed had
been prepared in advance. The first
was at the suburb of Grant Park. 1t
was offered by indignant citizens head
ed by banner which read:
WE BELIEVE IN AMERICANISM
BIG BILL TYPE NOT WANTED.
GOOD ROAD STRAIGHT AHEAD.
At Momence the welcome banner
read:
ALL AMERICANS HERE. THOMP-
SON NOT WANTED. THIS WAY
OUT.
Other banners along the road sped
the travellers on their way, but none
urged them to tarry.
At Kankakee local editor suggest
ed "a reception committee of an indef-
mite number who will cordially and en-
Enthusiastically greet Big Bill with all
the eggs Of 1910 that may be collected
in this county. The more eggs the bet
ter we would be pleased"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
Who's Who Against America,
William Hale Thompson

! aggrandizemcnt. Men may succeed oS
that rule Of conduct. provided they cor
rectly sense eonglomerate opinion
| Thompson could not do that. He does
not understand people at all. lie at
tributes to them his own emotions
Therefore. he supposes they are selfish
and sordid and unwilling TO make sac
rifces: that they want TO be comforta-
bic and safe; that they shrink from
war because il hurts. and that DEM
ocrscy In their ears is only phrase.
And he was wrong even about the sixth
largest German city.
Thompson's pro- Germanism developed
Unexpectedly. He had got into a
ludicrous row with the liquor people
bv shutting Chicago up as tight as a
Kansas town. This he did for politi-
cal capital. on the eve Of shyly sub
hitting himself TO the attention of the
country as a candidate for President.
In the keeping of Lundin he was NOV
ing rrandly westward toward the Pa
cifc Coast in a special train, seeking
the psychological opportunity TO an
nounce that he would run for Presi-
dent only if the young Republicans OF
the country clamored for him to do IT,
when the United Societies OF chicago
a powerful organization of 'wets, out
L. IL IN.
printed broadcast the facsimile of a
written pledge. given by him before
election, TO oppose all blue laws and
to stand for an open town. He was
reached by telegraph aboard his spe-
cial train. At first he couldn't remem-
Der having signed the pledge. Then he
said il didn't matter whether he had
or not. Lastly he found and stood upon
the dilapidated ground thai the pledge
on It's face was immoral and invalid,
wherefore nobody could expect him to
keep il.
This experience partly explains why
people never were sure whether the
pro- Germanism and disloyalty which
DEVELOPED shortly afterward were real
or unreal. They incline 10 the worse
belief. which is that his attitude tow
ard the war was dictated by Lundin
purely as r matter Of political expe-
diency. This would mean simply that
between them they had underestimate
the Americl7ism of their own commu-
nifty.
The betrayed liquor vote had large
German content. That had TO he pro-
pitiated. Lundin. it is said, staked all
his precious political property upon the
proposition that the war would be IN
popular He has been quoted in the
assertion that man could be elected
Senator from Illinois on the anti-con-
scription issue alone. Thompson, in his
mawkish sentimentality, believed that
he women Of Chicago could be reached
anxious mothers.
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r,pycsen,s the majesty Of o'U gov-

represents INC WuJ'"'b ~
ey.nment
THEREFORE,, I, William Haze
THOMPSON, Mayor Of Chicago
call npon orr citizens to SNOW
70 our soldiers and sailors who
arc tearing for the front fhd'
our hearts, our hopes, orr prayers
no wth them and wW d6lde "ih
then, in their camps, on the peas
and on the sea. whcre their deeds
shall shed further lustre on inc
faq of freedom; and, IN the name
NJ our t,ro and half million Peo-
prs. united in q common lore lor
the blessings Of our free gorern-
ment and with assurance OF our
fondest hopes for the success o.
our arms in any conflict IN wh'ch
then may engage, I bid our SOL
d;ers and sailors godspeed.
This proclamation was printed in an
issuo Of The Republican, which con
tanned poem of four haggard verses
entitled "Mayor Thompson The last
verse read:
your hands are clean Of our sons hfe-o'oou
and your lips are clean OF lies
You sold us not TO a foe to ind your iaVo'
in their eyes.
You SHARED US not in the blood' wen OUT
willy foes have set.
And whatever the end OF II all may DC hno''
YOU we shall not forget
American straight to the heart OF you
strnight TO the stalwart bone.
Through all the years that arc yet 10 conn
shall the fame Of your name be known
For through this night Of dread and doubt
there is one who Is faithful still
One loyal friend to the unknown end and
that is Mayor Big BILL
And then The Republican began tc
clean up it's editorial miGd.
To call William Hale Thompson DIS
loyal would be unfair to the cult OF dis
loyalty. For him patriotism and un-
patriotism both begin with capita
TT" He could be neither loyal mol
disloyal to a country.
An American community kissed him
and an American community viii de-
stroy him for many reasons, not tn'
least of them being that he hath
grossly mistaken symbolic salute.
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Continued from page !

largest Norwegian and the second lar
Cest Polish"
"What inference do you draw from
that fact" asked the interviewer.
"Mv thought is that when a request
IS sent TO the Mayor in war times to
send an invitation to some nation en-
Gagged in the war, in the name of all
The people. think the Mayor is pre-
suminr considerably when he takes the
, rosition that all the people are in favor
Of this invitation"
But we are part Of the war now 2
"Are we"
Chicago had gone to war. It's Mayor
had not.
Chicago was wrong about William
Hale Thompson when she indicted him
into Office with kiss. And he, on his
mart. had vet to discover what an
American community in this democracy
;s not Each was mistaken about the
other. Chicago is the more excusable'
The man was a symbol. One does not
= botbor much about what stuff symbols
are made Of. II is only what they
mean. This one had a nice, clean ex-
terror. a reckless manner that was well
. liked and no political record TO speak
or. He meant Americanism to Chloaeo'
He turned out 70 be a creature
stuffed with infantile material gov
erned by womanish sentimentality' ego
centric 10 the point of madness and
spine]ess but for a streak Of vanity.
Ills one principle was 70 rise by votes
Nobody is sure yet whether he Is
really pro German and disloyal'
II is possible-very possible-that he
has only PRETENDED TO be.
As that may be, it is certain that
he wa. ve-y wrong about Chicago. dc
thought il was German city. and ne
has wrecked his ugly star on that mis-
take II wss an American city.
He was wrong about it also in an
other way, but that will be better
understood if left 70 come later
Meanwhile one should look steadily at
the man himself. He is fifty and rich.
lie was brought 10 Chicago by his New
England parents when he was nine
davs old. When he had lived thirty
seven years he inherited the large fort
me his father made in real estate.
He never went 10 college. His tastes
we're for the motor activities Of life.
He was a sportsman. an athlete. He
was commodore Of the Chicago Yacht
club. with the fastest boat on the
lake. He became a ciubman. He found
cd and built and became president Of
The Illinois Athletic Club.
At thirty-hve he was sufficiently
decorative member of the society IN
which he moved, self-regarding, self-in-
dulgent, vain. uncultured and dissatis
fed. He had used up all the private
praise and admiration that are be
slowed upon a man in that way OF Nv
ing. He thirsted for more. That could
come only from more people-thst ls'
from. the public. So he turned 10 poll
tics. He served two years as alderman
Of the "a Ward. Then he was elected
county commissioner and gained con-
siderable amount of public praise by
his enthusiasm for Fairgrounds.
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We hare no obligation to any
body that justifes as IN pouring
ont blood and tredsure' ercept as
1t 1ciH benefit us. 1t as all right
for our old men to dream dreams
of lCorld-lcide democracy and UNI
rcrSal peace, but in oar opinion
no dreamer even Of such far
seeming dreams has arg moral
right to Unrest the blood and
treasure" in a precarious attempt
to make his dag dreams come true.
What shall it profit an Arteri-
can President though he gain the
plGudits Of all the kings Of earth
and lose the lives Of his country
men?
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Fire Record

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

Since President Wilson and the
newspaper representatives Of the
International oligGrchy Of iOeaIth
caused the United States Congress
10 plunge this country into the
bloody COrter.-
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Sir J. Simon on Fighting Line

LONDON. Oct. 13.-Sir John Simon,
former Attorney General, The Daily
Mail" announces. has been given com
mission in the army and has joined the
British forces in France. Sir John
gives up legal practice said 70 De
worth about 100000 a year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
The President should keep our
drafted men at home.
Is WILSON MASTER OR SER
VANT?-Have We right TO he gen
erous with other mems lives!

As n man would who Is both morally
weak and emotionally excitable, Thomp-
son became rccklessly offensive and
did preposterous things. Criticism
moved him only to further excesses. II
is surprising enough that he should
have allowed his organ, The RoDubH-
can. 10 get so far over the line as to
invite the attention of the government.
But his official acts were worse.
The Popular Indictment
or Thompson
He refused 10 invite the Jofre mis-
sion TO Chicago. The Council did II
over his head. Then. having apparent
" put himself on record with the Ger
man vote. he attended the reception
and was Inundated by his own people
in the presence Of the foreign visitors.
He retarded the Liberty Loan by re-
fusing TO receive the solicitors into the
City Hall, until the newspapers began
Indignantly TO ask when the City Hall
had seeded from the Union.
He rhetorically opposed sending
troops to Europe.
He vehemently denounced the draft.
He publicly defended and encouraged
slackers at the marriage license bureau.
He defcd the Governor Of the state
and gave the notorious Peoples Coun-
Gil asylum IN Chicago. dangerously
setting .hc power of the city against
the power Of the state.
He announced himself candidate
for the United States Senate on an
anti-America platform.
He refused to attend the farewell
ceremonies at the departure of Chi
csgo's troop quotas for the National
Army.
When his conduct had become posi-
lively dangerous loyal people began
seriously 20 demand his impeachment.
This demand at length became clsmor-
Gus. Every patriotic society in the
city took part in it. The National
Security League issued the following
statement, which will live forever ns
a livid spot in the history OF Chicago:
In disobeying, obstructing and
defeating the lawful order Of the
Governor the Mayor 1Uas guilty
of palpnble omission Of duty and
misfeasance in the discharge Of
the duties of his office, for which
the lqiCs Of the state make him
liable to indictment and on con-
riction to fne and to remoUdl
from office by the court in Which
such conviction is had.
From the beginning Of the irdr
between or country and Germany
the Mayor has expressed no pa
triotic 1cord Of support Of his
country that has come TO our no
tice. He has been so outspoken
in his disloyGlty that his name has
become a byi0ord throughout the
land and reproach to the second
greatest city Of the country.
IN our opinion he is disloydl
citizen. In oil Of this he has alto
gether miSrepresented the seiti-
nlent Of the loyal people Of has
oun city ard state. In our opin-
ion, IN his tcords and actions since
/ the outbreak Of the Wor, he has
adhered to the enemies Of his
( country, giving them aid and conf
fort, which the Constitution Of the
! United States declares TO be trea-
SON.
On behalf Of the National Sc
c,uity League lOe beg to call the
attention Of the authorities Of the
state and Federal governments
charged lcith the enforcement Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

fere are some Characteristic phrases
picked at random:
Regardless of 1chether or not
our cause of ,car against Germany
juStifes orr spreading dough and
democracy" oUer the lCorld.-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

The men subject TO the draft,
many Of lohom object to pouring
ont their blood" in foreign lands
for an impracticable dream of
1corld-,ciGe democrdcy."-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

PRESIDENT WILSON AND THE
PEOPLE SHOULD KEEP WITHIN
THE LAW-Has the Executive a law
full right TO draft the National Guard
into the regular army?-Or TO send
drafted men abroad!-Present plan
popular principally with profteers.
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And some typical headlines:

WHY THE WORLD is AT WAR:
REAL REASONS AT LAST EN-
POSED-Race hatred and control of
trade blamed-Peace crucified on the
cross of commercialism.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
The Subsequent Career
OF an Ego-Maniac

His career since then has been that
Of an ego-maniac in the Guise Of a
demagogue lie has been willing to do
ANYTHING people wanted him TO do, not
from any feeling for the multitude, but
because people were votes and votes
were a means 10 further personal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR?
IS 1T WORTH THE PRICE WE PAY?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
Another Coat Group.

Mixtures and BureIa potn VII
Opoum collars. plush trltnmeu iHA'N
and lneI Fall colorngs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
COATS-Though Conservative
That Achieve 1.-THE Smart"

Bureha ana
vcou preferred shades ncid
hohnSKy ~
of snuggIy 3O.OU
and$
Evening journal., 1917-03-22
ELETON CHURCH Gains
80 MEMBERS BY REVIVAL

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
EI4KTON. Md. March 22.-One OF
the most successful revivals ever held
in the Elkton NJ. e. Church came to
a close last wsek. Eighty persons pro-
fessed conversion.
The cause OF woman suffrage was
championed by Miss Emma s. Mac
Alarney. Of New York. who addressed
meeting In the courthouse In Elk
ton on Monday afternoon.
The 74-acre farm OF Marian u. Polst
situated near Gathers Corner. las
been sold to Mrs. W. b. Claggett for
$1,000.
Mrs Elsie A. McNeal. OF Elkton, has
been granted a divorce from her hus-
band. Fred II. McNoal. the custody OF
the minor children being given TO
the wife
Personal - Mrs John j. Hartnott
was recent visitor In Chesapeake
City. Mrs. George Eber Brown en-
tertained the Elkton Sewing Circle on
Tuesday evening. Mrs. Anna Couden
OF Aiken. was a recent guest Ots FRS
Alexander Evans, Sr-Roy Carpenter
Of Cecilton, has been visiting here
Miss Annie b. Boulden, of Chesapeake
/ City, has been spending a few day.
with the Misses Tuite.-Miss Helen II
Ash has returned from "A visit to Bal
timore relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Wal
lace Daniels, OF white Hail." are a
home again after a visit 10 Washing
ton. ID. C-Miss Bessie Bratton ha
been the guest Of Baltimore friends
Evening journal., 1917-03-22
IN MEMORY OF
HARLOW CURTIS
BY Anna X. Sanborn.

A herald from the Heavenly host
Has lowered DER our hearth,
And called to Peace, our dear old
friend
From all the cares OF earth.
lie spent his life in making friends
And helping those in need;
And now we mourn the loss OF ono
Who proved a friend, indeed.
Still there's one thought he left be-
hind
That we might yet fulfill.
To follow I'm His footsteps
And obey the Heavenly win.
He willed to each and every one
A kindly word and smile;
The sort that makes one happy
And makes life seem worth Tho
while.
We know he's earned HIS lonSed-fo
rest,
In time our tears Will cease;
But only when we realize
lie wears his crown Of peace.
Evening journal., 1917-03-22
cANNING CLrR AT REDDEN.

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
REDDEN, Del. March pa can
ming club, under the direction of Miss
Jefferson OF the Women's College OF
Delaware. has been organized here
with the following officers: President
Mrs. r. c. Hill; vice-president Mrs.
James West: secretary and treasurer
Miss Mabel V. Human. The member
shin is steadily increasing.
Evening journal., 1917-03-22
HUMAN SOUL development
COMPANY DISSOLVED TODAY

By The United Press
DETROIT. March 22-The Human
Soul Development Corporation OF De
troit was dissolved today. Its only as
set. little girl. is adrift in Toronto's
underworld and the corporation IS a
failure
The company was organized a year
ago 70 redeem the soul OF pretty Il
yoar-old Christine Nelson, whom
force of circumstances had compelled
TO the easiest way.
A newspaper story telling how the
girl. a waif. was held by Federal au-
thorities, caused four well known De
troit business men. Joseph p. Mason
James S. Holden, H. A. Douglas and
William McCredie. TO meet with Fed
eral Judge futile and form the HUI
man Soul Development Corporation
They were to educate the girl in Can
ada and start her on the right path If
Detroit later.
Chris 20 lived with a minister II
Chatham Ontario, went 10 school
worked hard and made progress
Then somehow her fellow students
learned her history. They sneered
Christlne's newly made friends
dropped her
Christine fought a losing fight 70
months. Then she disappeared
postal card to the Human Soul Deve
lopment Corporation from her ad
vised she had obtained employment
in Toronto and needed no more hell
A representative Of the Corporatio
Evening journal., 1917-03-22
EVANSTON. Threatened
With PETTICOAT rule



EVANSTON. H., March 22.-Weary
OF having mere men mayors and coun-
cilmen who spend their waking hours
working in Chicago and let municipal
affairs in this exclusive suburb go
hang, the women Of Evanston have
drafted a system of Petticoat politics
and plan 10 elect a woman-manned city
administration this spring.
The women hero have the franchise
and the men rather expect them to put
their plan into effect. Already they
have one woman elected TO the school
dictatorship and another a Justice OF
the peace. the first in Illinois.
4 The plan is to have the women win
all the elective offices, then appoint
women to all the appolntive Offices, in
GLIDING the position Of FIRE and police
commissioner. However, the firemen
and policeman themselves will con-
tinue TO be men.
we will admit that men know some
things that we do not know about city
affairs said Mrs. Anna Row Gross
wife of an attorney, today, but vel
very soon learn them" Mrs. Gross Il
one Of the movements leaders.
Evening journal., 1917-03-22
BABY week WORK this
Year TO Save MOTHERS
BY The United Press.

By The United Press.
WASHINGTON, March Plans
to make Baby Week celebrations
throughout the country this year
from May ! to May 6, huge educa-
tlonal movement for the reduction OF
mortality among women at child
birth are under way at the Children's
Bureau OF the Department OF Labor
today.
Baby Week celebrations in the past
have been directed more towards re-
ducing infant mortality. The fact.
however that 10000 mothers are dy-
ing annually from conditions incident
TO childbirth has opened UP an even
greater problem. the Bureau an
nounced Ignorance and neglect are
the prime causes for this high mortal
ity
Many women one official at the
Bureau said. do not seem to realize
how much their own health and the
health of their children depends on
he intelligent care OF the mother be-
fore her baby is born Baby week car
help mothers in various ways and II
will be made the starting point, this
year, for certain concrete activities.
Plans now being completed will
include centers for mothers living IL
the country to gather and take pre-
natal educational work. The needs o.
rural mothers are less generally I'm
derstood than those OF city mothers
and a rural nursing service is urge,
as one means of reducing the mortal
ity rate in sections far removed from
the city.
Evening journal., 1917-03-22
MORE NONSENSE
Request Of Friend W.
Written for THE EVENING JOUR-
NAL BY James 7. crozIer.


When cats growl on your fence at
night,
Or frogs in ponds you hear,
It's a peanut to an onion
That the spring Is very near.
Fire flies. mosquitoes, ants and
bugs,
VIII be here with us soon,
Also when John and Jane you know,
Can sit outdoors to spoon.
All skates and sleds and other
things
Can then be laid away;
Get good and ripe for you TO use,
On some next winter day.
How often have ] on my sled,
Rode down Old Quaker Hill,
And If ] was not mp a tree
would enjoy It still.
When man becomes as young as ],
Such things don't seem to last;
The only Joy that comes TO mo
Is memory Of tho past.
And yet It's sweet to recollect.
What Joy II brought me then,
But that has gone because l am
; Among Old Gentlemen.
s l trust my brother can read this,
Without that awful scarce
He sometimes has and don't know n
He is in Delaware.
s ! never thought a poem ] wrote,
{ Would cause him such a fright,
: So 20 TO bed Insurance Man,
Laugh, sleep and snore all night,
Evening journal., 1917-03-22
Train Your Hair AS
An Actress Does

No class of people devotes as much
time to beauty as do actresses, and
no class must be more careful to re-
tain and develop their charms. In
quiry develops the information that
in hair care they find it dangerous TO
shampoo with any makeshift hair
cleanser. The majority say that TO
have the best hair wash and scalp
stimulator at a cost of about three
cents. one need only get a package
of canthrox from your druggist; dis
solve a teaspoonful in cup OF hot
water and your shampoo is ready.
This makes enough shampoo liquid
to apply it to all the hair instead OF
lust the top of the head. After its
use the hair dries rapidly, with uni
form color. Dandruff, excess oil and
dirt are quickly dissolved and entirely
disappear when you rinse the hair.
After this your hairs will be SO
fluffy that it will look much heavier
than It is. It's lustre and softness
will also delight You, while the
stimulated scalp gains the health
which insures hair growth.