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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24

telephone company was right in it's
decision, while at the same time. the
adoption of this policy has proven an
noying to many people and has caused
no end of confusion.
We are of the opinion, however, that
those responsible for the change from
one telephone directory to two, while
believing they were doing a good thing
and making an Improvement, did not
stop to think if there was not some
better way to solve the problem.
Along with this change the tele-
phone officials began accepting dis
play advertisements in the directory,
all of which took up space. 1t is their
intention to accept one inch across
the page advertisements at the top
and bottom of every page, and pos
sibly across the middle In the recent
directory, advertisements were accept
ed in the Chicago directory only.
These advertisements totaled approxi-
mately 200 full width page inches or
about enough space to print about 110
pages of names, so it can be seen that
to have printed both city and subur
ban together would require only 130
pages additional. if no advertisements
were permitted.
If the telephone should succeed in
getting one inch advertisements to
cover top, bottom and across the mid
die of each page, it will have to pro-
vide approximately 325 additional
pages, which would make a book of
1850 pages for the city directory
alone, and we would be up against an
other unwieldy book.
We know of instances where people
| endeavOred to find the address or tele-
phone number of the residence of
some Chicago business man, only to
find it not in the book, and the
thought never occurred to him to look
in the suburban directory, where the
party lived
We have a suggestion to make to
the telephone officials. Why not throw
all suburban names back into one
book, and print two volumes of the
directory instead of one. There are
| many advantages to this method that
are readily apparent.
nOyance and complaint on the part of
the subscriber.
Second. 1t will create more busi-
ness, as possibly many people not find
ing the name in the city directory,
and not thinking to look in the smaller
suburban book, do not make the call.
And a suburban call is very profitable
/ as the company well knows.
Third. 1t will permit of more ad-
vertising space being sold as there
will be several hundred more pages.
Fourth. The cost will be less to
print the directory in this way.
We would suggest the division be-
ing made as follows: Volume from
A to X inclusive, and Volume II-from
l. to Il inclusive.
We offer the above thought to the
officials of the Illinois Bell Telephone
COmDanV
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24

North West Side Commercial Associa-
tion has a. live wire secretary in Tomaz
F. Deuther, who says in an article in
the bright monthly issued by the Asso-
citation for September:
When the last issue of the telephone
directory was distributed to the pat
rons Of the telephone system, each
subscriber received two books instead
of one. Where formerly city and su-
burban telephone subscribers were
listed in one book, they are now listed
in separate books. The book giving
the names of city subscribers contains
1,136 pages, while the book devoted to
suburbanites contains 230 pages.
When the preceding telephone direc-
tory was issued it was noted for it's
huge size, and the reason given for
the separation into two books was that
to continue both city and suburban
listings in one book would require a
book so large as to be unwieldy
We are inclined to agree that the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24

The City Council is asked for
authority to spend $4,000 for the i'm
mediate repair of sewers and water
pipes in State street to permit an ear
ly start on the repaving of that thor
oughfare through the loop from South
Water street to Eleventh street by
Michael J. Faherty, president of the
board of local improvements.
Mr.. Faherty said he was ready to
start work on the paving project, es-
timated to cost $500,00O, as soon as
the underground work has been taken
care of.
Il agreed to find the money for the
underground repair work if the de-
partment of public works would agree
to finish it in thirty days." said Mr.
Faherty. "They agreed to that, and
think the aldermen will let them have
the money.
''The improvement will give work
to 500 men right away, and probably
more later on. 1t will give State
street a smooth asphalt pavement in
stead of the disgraceful array of holes
and bumps that any hick town would
be ashamed Of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24

County Judge Frank S. Righeimer
issued warrants for the arrest of H.
Z. Byram, president of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railroad and
three other officials of the company
on charges of violating the general
election laws.
Those named with Mr.. Byram are
Burton Hanson, general counsel, L. K.
S1llcOx, general superintendent of mo-
tive power, and George T. Martin, as
sistant to Mr.. Sillcox. The warrants
were issued on application of Assist
ant States Attorney James W. Burke.
According to Mr. Burke's petition,
John E. Turney, a machinist in the
employ of the road, was denied two
hours off in which to cast his vote on
election day, June 6. Without the
consent of his employers, Turney took
two hours off and it is charged the de-
PENDANTS caused him to be "docked"
in pay in violation of the election
statutes.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24
~MSSA
MINERS TOLD
Of CLASS WAR
Lab0r'S Enemies Force Laws
Making Strike Crime,
Says Union Chief.
WILL SEEK HIGHER WAGES
Increased Pay and Improved Working
Conditions Will Be Sought in Max
ing New Agreements With the
Operators.

indianapolis, Sept. 22.-Organized
coal miners achieved the greatest nu-
merical strength in the history of
their union during the last year de
spite general Industrial depression and
widespread unemployment in the coal
fields, according to the report to the
convention of the United Mine Work
ers of America by William Green, sec
retary-treaSurer.
"Pernicious propaganda against or
ganized labor generally has been cir
culated throughout the press and 9th
er channels" he said, 'and special on
slaughts have been directed against
the United Mine Workers of America.
The idealism which seemed TO inspire
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24

all classes of people during the war
has disappeared.
"Enemes Assaii Labor"
''The forces of opposition have be-
come arrogant and aggressive, until
now organized labor is forced to de-
fend itself against hostile legislation,
Open-shop attacks and destructive enc
mics
'The pendulum of reaction has
swung so far that in some communi-
ties the contest between organized la
Dor and those who would destroy it
has become a class struggle.
collective bargaining is being de-
fined by some courts as conspiracy,
and the expression of the commonly
accepted right to withhold or confer
patronage is classed as a crime. A
form of involuntary servitude and
forced service has been enforced by
law against groups of workers in GER
tain trades.
Strike Is Deemed Crime.
SIN some states the exercise of the
right to strike has been defined as
criminal and subjected to both fine
and Imprisonment.
"We are approaching the day when
the present contracts between miners
and operators in both anthracite and
bituminOus coal fields terminate 1t is
necessary to adopt q policy to be fol-
lowed in negotiating new wage scales
in both of these extensive coal fields"
That the convention will declare in
favor of fighting for higher wages was
stated as a fOregone conclusion by
Vice President Philip Murray In his
report.
He Indicated that increased wages
along with improved working condi-
tons will be sought in making new
agreements with operators to supplant
present agreements in both anthracite
and bituminous coal fields, which ex-
pire March 81, next.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24

The Chicago Eagle is not alone in
finding fault with the omission of the
names of Chicagoans who reside in
the suburbs from the main Chicago
telephone directory. We have said
much on the subject and have re-
ceived many letters of thanks for such
criticism as we have made. The
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24

The City Council refused permission
to the Chicago Warehouse and Ter
minal commission to dump clay into
the lake outside the breakwaters. I'm
mediate passage of the ordinance with
unanimous consent was asked by the
alderman, but when Aid. Thomas O..
Wallace raised the question of water
pollution it was sent to the health
committee. Aid. Wallace said a firm
of lawyers close to the city hall ma
chine had been trying for weeks to
have the ordinance slipped through.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24

$9,OOO,OOO rehabilitation program of
the water system which is to be car
r1ed out in the next four years. The
cost of the tunnel will be about So
100000, that of the pumping station
about $2,500,000 and other expendi-
lures about $3,5OO,OOO The council
pledged $1,500,OOO of the water col
lections for 1925 to take up the GER
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24
1000 KILLED IN
GERMAN BLAST
Chemical Plant Blows Up at
Oppau; Town Is
Wiped Out.
300 ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED
Reuion Where Disaster Occurred Was
Developed During the War Into
Germanys Biggest Munitions
Supply District.

Berlin, Sept 22-The town of Op-
pau in the Rhine, Palatinate, was CON-
pletely destroyed by an explosion in
the Bdische Chemical works which
was followed by fire. The force of the
shock was felt for 10 miles.
The management of the Badische
Chemical works estimated that 1OOO
persons had been killed and 500 more
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24

Hot debate on the high-rent prob
lem is expected to take place as a re-
suit of a challenge issued to landlords
and real estate agents by J. Ritchie
Patterson, president of the Chicago
Tenants Protective league, to enter
the discussion of the question with
officers of the league before the Bug
club Sunday at o'clock in Washing
ton park. The battlefield will be op-
posite the Fifty-eighth street 81" sta
ton
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24

Pork and beef in cold storage in Illi-
nois on Sept. 1 showed a decrease of
30,O00,00O pounds, compared with
Sept. 1 year ago. August was an
exceptionally good month for laying
away butter against the winter, for
100000 more pounds of it were
chucked into Illinois warehouses than
a year back.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24

Work has been resumed on the West
Side tunnel tied up for weeks. The
completion of the Western avenue
land tunnel and the William Hale
Thompson pumping station on the
west side are the initial steps in
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24

The Citizens Association saved the
people $50O,00O by its fight against
the Department of Finance reserve" "
1t was ably backed by Attorney Gen
eral Brundage.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24

tificates just authorized on Jan. 1,
1926.
Since work. was stopped on the tun-
mel, about one and one-half miles of
which have been bored, water has
accumulated in the place which will
require a week to pump out.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24
Even Jim Igoe Thinks That 1t Is the
Only Chance That the Democrats
Have Got
Change of Mind Brought About by Overwhelming
Sentiment of the Democratic Voters
i'm Its Favor

The Democrats and nti-Thompson
Republicans have decided on a coali-
tion ticket for county offices next
year
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24

The Bar Association did not show
very good judgment when it ignored
States Attorney Groves request for
an investigation by it of the vote
frauds
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24

Paving costs have dropped 81 a
square yard below last year, accord
ing to M. ]. Faherty, and conditions
are favorable for an increase in the
city's street-paving activity.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24

We cannot see why some dailies
make such a fuss about Assistant Cor
pOrat1on Council Chester Cleveland
having son on the city payroll The
young man does his work we'll and
earns his pay, which is only $1,000 a
wear
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24

1t didn't take Jim Igoe long to
change his mind on the coalition ques-
ton. He has coalesced.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24
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Judge Righeimer is going to find
out whether railroad companies are
greater than the law.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24
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The Cement Trust has been robbing
chicago home builders. The State
Senate Commission now here is after
the robbers to show them up
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24

G
Jim IgOe, the city clerk (who, by
the way, is no relation to Michael
Igoe) is reported to have reversed
himself on coalition in 1922. He is
quoted as saying in explanation of his
change of front:
While the Democrats may have diff
ferences among themselves as to poll
cies and methods of bringing about
coalition, we are all for coalition, the
sentiment is for coalition. | am
strongly in favor of the Democrats
and Republicans getting together as
they did in the recent judicial cleo
tiOn. My only insistence is that the
Democratic end of the coalition ticket
be named at a meeting with all wards
in the city represented. If that is
done | believe that you will find every
element in the Democratic party work
ing enthusiastically for the success of
coalition.
While we are Democrats, we owe
more of duty to our city and coun-
try than we do to our party, and any
thIHS IHdI we CdH uO W DElUS ABOUT
the downfall of the present Repub-
lican administration in Chicago will
be a godsend to the people, particu-
larly to those who pay taxes"
/n@aesA
Here is what Jim IgOe was quoted as
saying last week:
Why" said Jim Igoe, there is no
doubt in my mind that any Democrat
who allowed himself to be put up in
the primary as a dummy who would
withdraw in favor of a Republican in
a coalition agreement would be beat
en- two to one. The organization
would be unable TO control such a
situation, especially in view of the
fact that there is growing sentiment
Of independence among the young
Democrats Of Chicago right now. That
was demonstrated last fall when
Mike Igoe defeated Hoyne for the
nomination for states attorney.
There's a yelp all over town for a
new deal, new order of things, and
you can expect it to be stronger as
the time for the primary grows near
err"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-09-24

The state pay roll is now $4,OOO,OOO.
The fool-killer., 1921-06-01
Volume XI.
A Psalm of Hard Times.


Tell me not in hopeful ditties
That there are no idle men,
For the cry from all the cities
Proves you've lied and lied
again.
Need is real! Men are earnest,
Hunting work the country
through;
But the Cleveland time returnest,
And they find no work to do.
Not enjoyment-o only sorrow
For poor families in distress;
Where they'll get a meal tomor-'
None would even dare to guess.
Debts are large, and cash is fleet
ing,
And our hearts, once light and
gay,
Now like courthouse bells are
beating
For the sheriff's auction day.
In the worlds broad field of
battle,
In this hot commercial hell,
Poor folks are a helpless chattel
That the rich may buy and sell.
Trust no plute, however winning
His fair promises may sound;
He'll be nice at the beginning
Just to get you gagged and
bound.
Lives of rich men all remind us
That we poor men made it all
Forging chains of wealth to bind
us
While at Mammon's feet we
crawl.
Crawling that perhaps another,
Who may vote a few years
hence
Some forlorn and soup fed broth.
Seeing us, shall learn some sense.
The fool-killer., 1921-06-01
Boomer, North Carolina, June, 1921.
AMERICAN PRISONERS. -

1.-THE United States government
refuses to have any dealings whatso-
ever with the present Russian gov
ernment until all Americans now held
prisoner are summarily released. No
government in Russia can come even
within hailing distance of the United
States government, it was emphat-
ically announced, until the prisoners
are given their freedom
The above is from a news story
sent out by David Lawrence under
a Washington date line. So it
seems that Uucle Sam has got ter
ribly interested all at once in hav-
ing American prisoners turned
loose. Well, he's got a mighty
good chance to start the ball a.
rolling right here in his own
native land. He might begin by
releasing Eugene Debs and hun
dred or so Of other political pris-
oners who are being kept in jail
| for the ''crime'' of trying to fol-
low in the footsteps of Jesus.
It seems to be an awful crime
for Russia to hold a few Ameri.
can prisoners, but it is no crime
lat all for America to keep hun.
dreds of her best citizens in jai
without even the shadow of ar
excuse for doing so.
| If America wants prisoners re-
leased, why in all creation dom
she set the exampIe2 It sounds
very inconsistent for the United
States to be fussing about want
ing other nations to turn prison
ers loose, while such a great an(
good man as Debs is kept in jai
| here at home.
| Does anybody suppose that tht
Russians do not know about Debs
and our other political prisoners
| Does anybody think they are toe
ignorant to see through our empt,
|shams and pretensions?
| No, sir, the Russians are not a.
big fools as some fools in thi'
country seem to think they are
They call stand an American boy
colt just as long as America can
and perhaps longer. Uncle San
is just cutting off his nose t.
spite his face. And he will find i
out when too late.
The fool-killer., 1921-06-01
DESTROY" VS.. put AWAY"

For this purpose the Son of God
was manifested, that he might de-
stroy the works of the devil.-I John
3:8.
Here we see that the Son of
God is going to DESTROY all the
works of the devil. That will
include death and sin and every
evil thing that we know, and if
there were such a PLACE as the
orthodox hell it would include
that, too.
We used to hear it called the
bad place." and if it is bad it
certainly is one of the devils
jobs and is to be destroyed. And
if all the works Of the devil are
destroyed it will remove every
bad thing outof the whole uni
verse. There could not be a bad
place. and there could not be
any sinners to suffer in it, be-
cause as long as one sinner is still
living in an orthodox hell there
still remains some of the devil S
works, and the Son of God would
have to acknowledge that he had
failed to do what he said he was
going to do.
Have you got such little conf
dence in Jesus that you think he
is going to fail in the main thing
that he set out to do? If that's
all you know about Jesus and
his power to do things I am
afraid you are mighty poo,
Christian.
No, he is not going to fail. He
is going to destroy all the works
of the devil, AND WHEN HE
ISAYS DESTROY He MEANS
| DESTROY he does not near
|sweeping them up in a corner anc
letting them lie there and stink
throughout endless eternity. Coo
does not do that sort of house
cleaning. When God sees some
thing lying around in his way
that he's got no use for-some
thing that is ugly and repulsive
and evil and never can be any
benefit to anybody, he does no1
set aside one big section of hi:
universe to hold all that useless
Junk. He just blots it out Of ex
The fool-killer., 1921-06-01
Number 4.

istence, and that's the way the
Son of Coo is going to destroy
the devil and all his works.
That's what the Book says,
and I'm fool enough to believe it.
But all the big orthodox preach
ers come along and tell me the
Bible has got it wrong. They say
that sin and evil and all the
works of the devil are going to
exist right on and on, and that
the Son of God never had any
notion of doing what he said he
was going to do.
I came across something IN
my reading the other day that
was so funny I just had to bust
out and laugh. [ was reading a
sermon on this very same text by
one of the big Eternal Torment
pop. guns, and ] want to show
you how he fixed it. He began
by quoting the text, For this
purpose was the Son of God
manifested, that he might de-
stroy the works of the devil, y
and after going through a great
long riganarole in which he tried
his best to twist all the meaning
out of the text, he wound up by
saying, And Satan himself will
| be banished-he will be PUT
AWAY; every sinner will have
been PUT AWAY"
Now don't that cap the stack?
Bless my gizzard! PUT AWAY!
The text does not say a word
about putting anything away.
1t says all evil things will be DE-
STROYED. Imagine God saying
to some of the angels, Here, you
angels, come and gather up all
this nastiness that the devil has
smeared over my universe. Pick
up every scrap of filth and nasti-
ness you can find and put it all
away carefully in the basement,
because | might need it some
time"
My sakes alive! 1t must take
an awful lot of nerve to be an
orthodox preacher and dispute
Gods word like that. It's won-
der to me that God don't thunder
strike every cne of them.
The fool-killer., 1921-06-01

Uncle Sam has crawfished back
wards until he is in the Leeg all
but his head. But still he swears
he is not in. A fool ostrich will
hide it's head in the sand and think
it is all hid, Uncle Sam ought to
have more sense than an ostrich.
The fool-killer., 1921-06-01

Tell your neighbor about this.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-03-16


clear as to who is the logical dealer
TO handle the tractsr.
Many automobile dealers have COM
planned that the profits resulting from
their tractor business was not COM
with. the labor necessary
to sell the tractors. This may be
true if considered in one light, but
the trouble here lies in the fact that
the tractors were improperly sold.
A tractor with a plow is a thirty day
a year piece of machinery. Every
purchaser Of tractor is q prospect
not only fora pillow but for the whole
line Of equipment which may be ap-
piled to the ttractor. Therein lies
the answer to the profits in the trac-
tor business.
Of course satisfaction must rrle
the customers mind and service is
the foundation for satisfied 'custo-
mers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-03-16
PLANS OF GOODYEAR TIRE ARE
NOW READY FOR STOCK
HOLDERS ACTION
After Weeks of Negotiation Agree
ment is Reached for Recapitu-
lation and REIMBURSEMENT

New York. The eagerly
awaited report ,,of the plan decided
upon for the reorganization and ref
nancing of the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Conlany has been made pub
lie. 1t provides for disqualification
and readjustment of the debt and
was agreed upon. only after weeks OF
negotiation.
The program will be submitted to
the stockholders for ratification at a
special meeting to be held in the
near future. The adjourned meeting
which was to lave been held for dis
cussion of the refnancing plan will
be deferred again.
There have been persistent reports
that when the plan. went into effect
there would be important changes in
the management with the. elimination
of President Seiberling from active
control b,tt official confirmation is