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OVER 250,000 MADE HOMELESS BY FLOODS "DEATH list grows men shoot wives AS FIRE' SWEEPS DOWN ON THEM THE 0AY BOOR , An Adless Daily Newspaper N. D. Cochran" QR 500 South Peoria St t - Editor arid -Publisher. g Tel. Monroe 353. VOL. 2, NO. 151 ' Chicago, Wednesday, JVIarch 26, 1913 ONECENT CHICAGO NEWSPAPER TRUST CCNSPIRESTO A " SUPPRESS THE; DAILY DAY BOOK;' 1 ' ' . .'.. . i i r,j - . -Police sOrder' AHk Newspaper Stands in ' the; Loop Not to Sell The Day. Boot War on to dhloroforW, ' - "the Truth in Chicago.--J l" s , y - - ., ... . -. e ' . ... . . i : ..v.. u -. ' , j -v' . " Can "the Chicago newspaper, trust suppress free speech arid ar free .press in Chicago? . . x J Can Itrust newspapers, prohibit the sae of. daily newsp'apers'that dp, not" belong. to. the' trusty anawhich publish t he. truth without fear or favor? ' - ''' ;', .ti ' The fight is on to find out. Policemen, under orders fromfhigher up", of course, issued Orders to all newspaper stands in the loop this morning that The Day Book must f not be sold on the 'stands. This means, of course, that the newspaper trust;. with crooked Bj.g Business behind it, has decided that an . adless newspaper that is free to publish the truth, and dares to publish, the truth, is, a dangerous thing for crooked business and slave drivers even if it is a good thing for the people. . It means that justice and fair play are to be chloro formed, and tlie strong arm of the law used to protect crooks from the' truth that hurts. ' -' 11: 'meansfhdt, Chicago is no more free-than Russia,