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hat We should worry and dig up our last year's derby. Our straw's worn out anyway. Thomas J. Sharun has escaped from Joliet in about the same man ner that Thaw hiked from Mattea wan. Bet," if they catch him, Sharun, will be taken back to the pen in double-quick" time. He hasn't got mil lions to back 'im. I Head of CFark University of Wor cester, Mass., has indorsed the use of "good slang." Some sense to that. Half of the hifalutin English these college professors spring on you you can't understand, while, as for slang, "Everybody's usin' it." Don't expect any milk Sunday morning. Milk Drivers' Union, Local 753, are going to hold seventh an nual picnic at Dellwood Park Satur day. o o LITHOGRAPHERS ON HEARST Lithographers' Union have sent out the following announcement: At our last regular meeting held August 9th a resolution was unani mously adopted and ordered sent to the organizations directly interest ed, and is as follows: "Whereas, W. R. Hearst's news papers, the Chicago American and the Chicago Examiner, from their very inceptancy in the newspaper field in the City of Chicago, pretend ed to be the jEriend of organized labor to the end that they might control the vote of the working man; and, "Whereas, Upon gaining this politi cal control of the city government these papers proceeded to use their influence in building up a political or ganization to fight union labor, lock ing out their union pressmen and es tablishing a I non-union newspaper; and, "Whereas, We believe the present movement in their pretended friend ship for the union voters of the State of Illinois is not one for the good of the cause, but for the personal ad vantage and political control over the union voters of the State of Illinois and elsewhere; and, "Whereas, We believe the special Union Labor Edition of the Examine will be to the detriment, rather thar. to the benefit of the labor voters oi this state; and, "Whereas, Thei short period of Hearst's political control in the City of Chicago has been one of favoritism and lawlessness, conducted by his papers and protected by his political henchmen; therefore, be it "Resolved, that the Lithographers Local No. 4, in regular session as sembled, protest to the Chicago Building Council against their aiding these non-union papers who are at this time running a scab or non union pressroom, in gaining circula tion and thereby aligning themselves against organized labor and their fight with these non-union papers;., and, be it further "Resolved, That we condemn the action of W. R, Hearst and his Chi cago American and Chicago Exam iner for their attempt to gain control of the union vote for his political gain, and we pledge ourselves to do all that we can to prevent this fraud being perpetuated upon the union voters of this state; and,' be it still further "Resolved, That the secretary of this organization stand instructed to send a copy of these resolutions to Simon O'Donnell, president Chicago Building Council, a copy to Web Pressmen's Union of Chicago, a copy to the Women's Trade League, one to the Illinois State Federation of Labor, a copy to the Chicago Federation of Labor, one to the union press of the City of Chicago, a copy to The Day Book, also a copy to be placed on the minutes of this body. J. H. Raven, President Local No. 4. Chas. H. Scharien, Secretary o o Two-thirds of the telephones used in the world are in the United States, or a total of over 8,362,000. To oper ate them requires more than 18,000, 000 miles of wire.