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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07
THE STARS NEW SERIAL:
POOR MANS ROCK ..,s,.. y Y. s.s,,
(Cepyright, 1920, by Little, Brown & Coz

10 school he started In teaching me
the business. and be taught me the
way he learned IL hlmself-in the
cannery and among fishermen. II I
do say Il. ! know the salmon bust
ness from gill net and purse seine to
the hank advances on the seasons
pack But father wasn't profitecr
He took the war TO heart His pa
trfotism didn't consist OF buying war
bonds and calling IL square. He got
In wrong In trying TO keep the price
OF fresh fish down locally. and the
last yea. he lived the Crow Harior
cannery only made a normal profit.
Last season the plant operated at a
loss in the hands OF hired men. They
simply didn't get the fish.
THE Packers association can't
hurt me-much. For one thing. I'm
a member. For another. can still
swing enough capital so they would
hesitate about using pressure. You
understand I've got to make that
Crow Harbor plant pay must have
salmon to do so. can pay 20 per
cent over anything Cover has ever
paid for bluehack and coin money.
Turn 70 Page 81
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07

fCoufinucd From Our last Isssse.)
stuboy paused 10 light a cignret-
I like II. It's our home. SO bebo'd
In me an active cannery operator
when the season opens. You live up
where the blueback salmon run.
don't you. Jack7"
Maciiae nodded.
THE Folly Tssy cannery gets prae-
tically all that catch7"
MacRae nodded again.
I'm trying TO figure a way OF get
ting some OF those blueback salmon"
Abbott said crisply. How can It best
be done7-
MacRae thought a minute. A whole
array OF possibilities popped into his
mind. He knew that the Abbotts
owned the Crow Harbor canpery.
When he spoke he asked question
instead of giving an answer.
Are you going to buck the Pack.
crs' aasociationT'
Yes and no" stubhy chuokled.
I'm be little more explicit. Briefly.
my father. as you know. died while
! was overseas. We own the Crow
Hslrbor czAaoesy. While l WAS going
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07
TAKE NO CHANCES, MIR. VOTER!

YOU woudnt hire as manager of your own pr;.
vate business any man who kept knocking il
and predicting that 1t could never be a success.
Then don't hire knockers and calamity hc,.,,.-
10 manage your city's business.
It's but ordinary prudence and plain busine..
.ense to elect c. B. Fitzgerald and Harry Bolton
Who want to make the railway the greatest ,ucc..,
pos.ible. Let not elect those who want il 10 s..
n order that they might be able to say that their
predictions had come true.
c B. Fitzgerald Harry Bolton and John E. Car.
roll Our veterans know the spirit that mean.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07
50, $50, 900 Voted
State Highways

OLYMPIA, March THE senate
today voted an appropriation OF
50 $50. 900 for the construction and
Improvement OF tho state highways.
For the maintenance Of state high
ways. outside Of Incorporated cities.
and OF streets IN cities thru which
the primary highways pass. the sen
ate Appropriated s2.soo.ooo.
Under the senate bill. specific
sums are set apart for the develop
ment OF the various artoriai high
ways of the state.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07
HUSBAND and
Wife KILLED
! Man Surrenders and Tells OF
Quarrel


v1SALIA. Cal. March 7.-Mrs.
Joseph silva. aged 81. and Joseph
Silva. her husband. aged -. were
shot and killed near Lindsay. Tulare
county. early to-day.
X X. Connoscy surrendered to the
sheriff. who said Connolcy told him
he shot and killed the Siivas after
a quarrel over family matters.
Connolly charged, according to the
sheriff. that Mrs. Silva first attacked
him with a butcher knife. and that
he shot IN self defens-
Connoscy is aged ~. and Is a
rancher OF Lindsay.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07

Mayor Caldwell himself took $4,000.
Why should il have been necessary for Caldwell
to do this with higher fares when Former Mayor
Fitzgerald could get along on a nickel fare and
meet all expenses and interest payments regularly?
WE'VE had year of calamity howIng-and
w the result has been that fares have gone up,
management has gone down, and an impossible
suit was started that could accomplish nothing ex-
ceptinjury to the ciy's credit.
Why the attack from ambush? Why didn't the
mayor and the IL taxpayers file fair and square
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07
Senate Confirms
Harding Nominees

WASHINGTON. March THE
senate today promptly confirmed
nominations sent In by President
Harding Of Henry p. Fletcher. ae un-
der secretary Of aate; Theodore
Roosevelt. a~ assistant secretary OF
the navy; Il. ID. Ball as assistant
secretary of agriculture. Major Gen
eral lie Jeune. coumnandant OF the
marine corps. and Brigadier General
George Barnett to be major general
In the marine corps.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07
Johnson Is Invited
to the White House

WARRINGTON. March For
n< nrst tine since his nomination.
frsz'dert Harding today included
senator Hiram Johnson. Of Cali
'~nia, among the best minds" who
xe 70 heip him shape the course
= his administration
Johnson was one of score Of sem
sEs and congresxnen invited 20
eonfer with Harding at a dinner at
ne ~hite House tonight.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07
Harding Won't Make
Quick German Peace

WASHINGTON, March Hard.
ton OF peace with Germany have
been upset by that nations stubborn
refusal 10 accept the allied repara-
tons terms, IT was learned today.
Harding is said TO feel that adop-
ton OF the Knox peace resolution
at a time when British and French
troops are modified to enforce the
allied terms by marching into the
Ruhr basin. and occupying import
ant German industrial centers. would
be construed abroad as direct AZ.
front TO our late associates in the
war.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07
Tobacco and Cigars
Taken by Thieves

While y. Horuichi. 1909 Melrose
place. was in the back of his store
getting coal oil. a thief stole $50
worth OF tobacco. A. A. Malthy. 7o5
II. PIKE ST., missed ~ boxes OF cigars
after two men had asked many ques-
tions and inspected several cigars.
Both thefts were under investiga-
ton by detcctives Monday
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07
German Cabinet
Starts Session

BERLIN. March THE German
cabinet met at $50 a. m. today TO
remain in session until the repara-
tons sitting in London had been
concluded.
There were hints that the cabinet
will approve acceptance of the form.
cr French plan for six or seven an
nuities. after which the total would
be fixed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07

fight They don't know the spirit that means die.
And they want who will 60 to the city council
to fight for the city railway to fight for the ctys
credit and the city's good name, and not let them
die.
Let Seattle stand with the hghters-notk the quit
ters. and the shirkers, and the defaulters.
REMEMBER THIS: The city car lines arc on
~ paying basis.
Remember further that the railway did not 60 to
the general fund for any money for any part of the
system bought from the traction company until
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07
Stop Prosecutions
of Food Hoarders

WASHINGTON. March Z. - An
prosecutions Of hoarders of food
stuffs under the Lever law will be
stopped, despite the fact that the
authorizing provision Of the statute
was not involved in the decision OF
the supreme court last Monday,
holding the anti-profiteering sections
unconstitutional. Solicitor General
Frierson today announced.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07
Panama to Accept
Mediation of II. S

BALBOA. Panama. March -
The republic OF Panama will accept,
under protest, mediation OF the
United States in the dispute with
Costa Rica. President Porras de.
clared today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07
zap Paper Objects
to u. S. Guam Hold

WHO, March 7.--FortifIeation OF
~. s'and Of Guam by the United
49, n'terferea nnriously with the
n. plans Of Japan, according TO
Newspaper Mich Nlchi. which
.6hned 70 interpret fortification
49,, isiand az threat against the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07
FIRE SMUDCES
HOTEL GUESTS
Smoked Out by Flames in
Third Ave. Basement

Fire inspectors were investigating
Monday the fire in the basement of
the Remington Typewriter Co. III
Third ave. that drove a score of
guests Of the Empress hotel into the
streets In their night clothes and did
50. 900 or $4,000 damage at II D. m.
Sunday. The cause OF the fire is un.
known.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07
2 Ireland Mayors
Are Assassinated

DUBLIN. March Mayor George
Clancy and former Mayor o'Calla.
CHAN. Of Limerick. were sho, to
death in their homes here early TO.
day. Clancy's wife was wounded.
Icariy reports did not reveal the
cause OF the shooting.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07
Marked Dollars Are
Paid for Moonshine

The liquor was moonshine. and the
dollgs were marked. T. Okla. 1le
Wax lngton ST., knew the first fact
and the dry squad knew the second
In the exchange OF knowledge. Okla
was jailed. Tie was released on $500
bail
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07
Hughes Bars Landing
of Barbados Cable

WASHINGTON. March THE
attitude OF the Wilson administra-
ton in refusing to allow tho landing
of the Barbadoes cable at Miami.
Fla. will he maintained by the state
department under Secretary Hughes.
according TO an authoritative stAts-
ment here today
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07
Baby: /:
The "Flsssy' Chud
Trial Indeed.
| Find the Trouble.
| Novbe It's Feeding.
nv MRS. MAX wdST

-fs1zy- chsld rs. indeed. great
-, ard u il no wonder that a
r-eh<r,s patience often oroalSs under
- s,rain cf bis constant ~hifnper'
- er teasing.
Il ucst t. remembered. however,
snt ehlAarsn DO not fret for the do
IS,rzie purpose nf annoying their
nn1h,rx al least not while they are
~ vvuzr. II a child is whole well
- srpx~sher comfortable he DOES
= ,us. and n stands to reason that
y ypur baby continually fr.ts there
Z = punethsng the matter.
noog FUR.THE TROUBLE
AND rlT IT RIGHT
~ flr-t thing the intelligent
rr<srr vii do. instead Of giving
~ ID hsr annoyance. and szcoiding
= >hah;nx the child. viii be to set
herux % a careful examination for
e rrrpper q finding out what the
nna>Rr h md putting " right
mas . young baby who cannot
= ~uha~ IL hurfs.- she must make
~ shax ther~ are no pins or
vnhtu : the ciothinE. and that no
lnnd y ssn tight. and that he is
ruses ~ dean everyrwhcre. and that
tksrs = - irritation Of the tender
~
n = - , right n may b. The
- 4 o. trouhic hes In mistakes
4. 49,. 80 --~<.n.....<<s t<<s4f.<..
~ - Ssu6pubd tsnv~'vsse sstnblish.
= uirs 4 feeding tAhses right at
- - should know whether she
, efvne kfm the right amount Of
~ " fhe right sort and at the
r(gnt tauss. and whether In other rc-
preu she is following the best d.
Nr<scrs fnr his daily care
nAIIER NAY LIE IN
mSHAkEN FEEDING
n En child is older, he can ~orD~-
- instnzre the source Of hts dis
WhncA But herv. too. the trouble
- H. IN the great majority Of
GDsl IN mistakes In feeding. Or II
~ b that the child Ir tired from
1svne been taken to the movie the
uyxe b<fore. or allowed to b. awake
oar bedtime. for some other reason.
( o Z may BE- that he Is actually
j. md other things being made
>ost for him. the mother should
1nTs him hooked after al scnce BY a
- doctor To do these things
0svs the mother 10 be one Of those
- realize that the care of a n<ahy
, no great thing TO he careless
ahsut- In other words. she is one
Z he finest products OF the present
4R-xn Intelligent" young mother
uss. Mar We~t. lsse - the ~sfl-
evs's hnrsnn. =. a. drpartment 81
~. hns tstn>d Tire ~e~xti~ etnrss
9nn - sxp~rt ~ esrc ~ ehsidrea-
A1ew ~ p~v~snf s~vSe~ NJ daily ar-
artps y ensrssd~d che viii cendn~s .
uss&ty - ssnt w~eAIy sep~rssesf -
%snt1rD ssd saswer~ fsw North
U9aAvp mAhex.. AAdruH qnas-
- ~ Aks. MAX WET.
THE STAR.
sEArTLE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07
Investigate Crash
That Injured Ten

1any railway officials were in
ukaunz Monday the crash be
-'sh a Ballard \. car and an auto
ICY AZ "estlake ave. ~. and Ward
Il saiurday afternoon. in which 10
'S'pb WERE injured.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07
Home Folk Attend
Funeral of Clark

BOWLING GREEN. Mo. March z.
"A nush, caused by the sorrow of
my hearts, fell on this little village
ay az the home town folks wit
ssed the iast rites over the body OF
Champ Clark.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07

LONDON, March Tine Gefu1Ah
reparstions proposals are not 40
ceptabie and do not justify post
ponement OF the penalties TO be i'm
nicted by the allies. II WAS officially
announced following the final con-
ference at 40 .. m today.
The penalties laid down for Ger
man refusal 20 accept the demands
OF the allies included occupation Of
Dusseldorf. Duisberg and RuhrUt
In the Ruhr valley. seizure of Gus
toms houses. the evying Of tar
on German exports and establish
ment Of = customs line along the
Rhine.
=. Foreign Minister Won slusnos. Of
Germany. notified the allies thst he
Was unable 70 agree 70 reparatscns
demanded.
However. the Germans modified
their original rejection Of the allied
demands. with The following pro
possAls:
Ffrst-Agreesnent to make five OF
the yearly payments demanded BY
the allies fThe allies demanded pay
ments extending over 4, years.
Second-Acceptance Of the IL per
cent tax on exports. provided that
Germany be permitted to float a
loan: that Upper siiesia remain Ger.
man. and that commercial rcstric-
tios against Germany be abolished.
Won simons got into communica-
.tbon with Berlin Immediately on ar
rival at his hotel following the con
ference.
Lloyd George. arriving At St
James palace. was cheered by . big
crowd In the streets. Make them
payr' the crowd yelled.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07
Iillions Asked for
Japan War Machine

~. ~. March Additional bud
4 ,sppropriaung $3.50. 900 400 for
"apaneae army and navy have
@roduced n.lo the Diet
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07
Britain Planning
Mobilization Order

LONDON. March THE Daily
News today circulated a report that
the war office had warned reservists
TO hold themselves in readiness for
mobilization. The war office issued a
denial
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-07
allies WILL
take Cities
OF GERMANS
Troops to Invade Ruhr
Basin as Penalty for Ger
many's Refusing Debt

LONDON, MArrh 7s-f p. MI
--MarshaI Fcrh tonight ordered
fAne allied truups u move into
nw German tesritsry tSsncvrsw-
Thi~ Wa .msounord Officially.
IL was stased that there might
he on days drlay belcrc TIM -
Ii<d armies got un<bsr way.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-23

ST AUGUSTINE, Flay Feb. 23 (by Associated Press - Presldeneect Harding has completed his cabinet and the selection of Edwin Denby of Detroit be secretary of the navy the first surprise to those who thought they had pretty good line who would be named Denbys name had never appeared in the newspapers cabinet possibility lie IS former member of and enlisted man in the war in both the army and navy
 Following the selection of Charles F. Hughes as secretary of state and Harry K Daugherty attorney general which the presideneect made public Monday announcement was made yesterday of the other selections.
 Senator John W. Weeks of Massachusetts be secre- ary of war; Will H. Hays, postmaster general William L. Melon Pennsyvana secretary of the treasury; Henry C. Wallace Iowa. secretary of agrcuure Senator Albert Fall New MeXico secretary of the interior; Herbert C. Hoover secretary of commences James J. Dav retired steel worker and banker secretary of labor and Edwin Denby secretary the navy.
 Denby the last selection announced, and while conceded by those n close touch that dark horse would undoubtedly be named his selection a surprise.
 With only few fomalites remaining to close up the cabinet selections Presidenect Harding turned his attention today to other immediate appointments and his inaugural address.
 The chances for any changes in the cabinet considered remote and while there has been report here that friends of Hoover in New York said he is needed in the work which he is at present engaged Hardngs advisers sder it manesty improbable that he will decline the merce portfolio.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-23
Anchorage Police Chief Killed by Bullet From Own Gum
Mystery Surrounds Death
 0f Popular Officer From
 GunshOt Wound in Hedrt

ANCHORAGE, Feb. 23.-(Specia to the Daily Tmes) ).- Jack Surgls chief of police of Anchorage shot and killed Sunday night at 920 o'clock back of the Anchorage drug store The bullet which ended his life entered his left breast tore off the top of his heart and lodged in his spine Smgs lived two hours but unable to give account of the shootng
 Sturgis killed with his gun and deep mystery surrounds the An autopsy developed concusson the brain and not believed he sugged before he shot There signs of scufe the the tragedy.
 Many theories advanced how the shooting urred of which that Surgs shot himself accidentally So far known he had eneme and although he less the performance of his duties he overbearng His friends legion among all classes of people here elsewhere in Alaska
 Sturgis a member of Anchorage lodge, B. P. O. F., and that organization will conduct the funeral services.
 Jack Sturgs to Alaska in 1913, first going to the Shushanna. Since 1916 he has lived in Anchorage He native of Ohio and 59 years of age His wife survives him.
 coroners inquest has been called for today and officers have been working every tangible clYe in their efforts to clear up the mystery surrounding the shooting of the popular police chief.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-23
HEART ATTACK
 CAUSES DEATH
 M.F.M'COOMBS

NEW YORK, Feb. 23 (by Associ- ated Press).-Wm. F. McCoombs, former chairman of the Democratic national committee, died at Green wich, Conn., yesterday of heart disease. Frederick Ryan, his bus mess partner, announced McCoombs received his first experience in na- tional politics when he became cam, paign manager for President Wilson ia 1912 and later became committee chairman. He declined the post of ambassador to France. Born in Ham burn, Arkansas, in 1875 he graduated from Princeton and had highly sue. cessful career as a lawyer
The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-23
SOCIALISTS DENOUNCE PRESIDENT WILSON AND
 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

CHICAGO, Feb. 23 (by Associated Press). Headquarters of the Social ist party here has issued a statement denouncing President Wilson and the department of justice because Eugene " Debs has been denied writing and visiting privileges in the Atlanta pen itentiary. The statement presumes that the order, (which extends even to weekly letters to his wife" was issued at the instance of the presi- dent.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-23
VON BERNST0RFF'S
 WIFE BRINGS SUIT

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (by Asso- ciated Press) .-Countess Jeanne Won Benstorff, wife of the former Ger man ambassador to America, has filed a suit in the district supreme court to recover property valued at $50O,000 seized by the alien property custodian during the war. She al leges that she inherited the property from her father, the late Edward Luckemeyer of New York, and not from Germany.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-23
ALLEGED ATTEMPTS TO
 DESTROY JAP PROPERTY

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 (by As. sociated Press). - Two alleged at tempts have been made recently to destroy buildings occupied by Japan ese through the use of phosphorous bombs, the bureau of fire proven tion has announced. The Japanese residents of this city have asked the department of justice to investigate the matter. Efforts to burn the buildings were unsuccessful only through a lucky chance.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-23
BELFAST CITY HALL
 TEMPORARILY HOUSE
 ULSTER PARLIAMENT

BELFAST, Feb. 23 (by Associated ess).-Negotiations are in progress to obtain the old Irish house of com mons mace and speakers chair for the new Ulster parliament. They are heirlooms of Lord Massereene at Antrim castle. The offer of the use of the Belfast city hall as a tempor- ary building for the new parliament will be accepted.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-23
MANY ENTRIES COUNCILMANIC
 RACE SEATTLE

SEATTLE, Fob. 23 (by Associated Press) ).-Fourteen nominees were in the city primary for the councilmanic nominations. The following were nominated; John E. Carroll (ncum. bent), A. Lou Cohen, T. S. Bolton Gin cumbent) Geo. F. Cotterell c. W. Doyle, labor representative, and c. B. Fitzgerald, former mayor. Three are to be elected at the city election in March.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-23
LOWER PRICES
 MARK AUCTION
 FUR EXCHANGE

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 23 (by Associated Press) Sharp declines since the May sales are recorded for virtually all the offerings at the international fur ex- change auction. Twelve thousand mar ten skins, however showed a 10 per cent increase. Blue and white foxes were Is per cent lower. Seal belts showed the greatest decline, averag- ing AS per cent drop.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-23
START FIRING
 IN TONG WAR;
 OLD MAN DEAD

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23 (by As sociated Press) Lii Long, an aged fisherman, was shot and killed in what is believed to be a general out, break of coast-wide tong war. The police have threatened to blockade Chinatown, making all Chinese vir. tually prisoners.
 All active leaders of the Hop Sing and Bing Kong tongs in San Fran. cisco have been ordered arrested.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-23
SAYS HOOVER
 NOT OFFERED
 CABINET POST

NEW YORK, Feb. 23 (by Associ- ated Press) Geo Barr Baker, identi- fled with Herbert Hoover in relief work, issued statement declaring that Hoover had not been offered a cabinet post. His friends believe that the department of commerce of fers no such field for service as the public service institutions with which he is now identified.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-23
WEST IS0N RAMMED
 BY BRITISH STEAMER

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23 (by As sociated Press). s).-West Ison, shipping board vessel en route from Seattle to Hong Kong, was rammed and badly damaged by the British steam CT, Kentucky, in Shanghai harbor, according to a message to the cham Der of commerce. The message also states that the West Ison will have to go into dry dock.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-23
]. s. WILL DEAL ADEQUATELY
 WITH ALIENS

OLYMPIA, Wash, Feb. 29 (by As sociated Press).-lThe house went into committee of a-whole to dis cuss the anti-alien land bill, after a telegram had been received from Senator Lodge had been read stating that the national administration would deal adequately with the ques- tion. The bill is nows on second reading.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-23
SEATTLE : SYSTEM CASE
 OUT OF COURT

SEATTLE, Feb. 23 (by Associated Press).-The suit of fourteen taxpay- CTS seeking to force the review of the purchase of the municipal car sys- tenn. was practically thrown out of court today when the superior court sustained the cities demurrer to complaint The plaintiffs were given five days in which to file amendment to complaint or to appeal from ruling.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-23
MONTENEGRO STARTS
 WAR AGAINST SERVIA

LONDON, Feb. 23 (by Associated Press) "A Berlin wireless states, that according to Swiss reports, the Montenegrius have declared a holy war against the Serbians. Two Ser bians regiments occupy Cettinje The situation is very grave.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-23
ANTI-HIGH RENT
 STRIKE IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Feb. 23 (by Associated Press) .-The Tenants Protective As- sociation of Chicago has launched a tenants strike and campaign meet ings will be held in all parts of the city. The plan is to enlist hundred of thousands of tenants to refuse to pay increased rents.