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FACTORY INSPECTORS' OFFICE
HAS CASES AGAINST TWO
BIG LOOP STORES
- Two moret loop advertisers were
nailed as child labor drivers yester
day when State Factory Inspector
Nelson filed complaints against them
in Judge Reams' court. They are
Hillman's, ''State- street dep't store,"
and Tebbetts & Garland, grocers to
the wealthy, at 19 N. Michigan av.
""When the cases aealnst the stores
comes up Jan. f5 Nelson will make
the following charges against them:
'That Hillman's worked Esther
Zucker, 15 years old, 1048 JVash
burne av., ten hours daily during the
Christmas rush.
That Hillman's kept Maurice Bar
rett, 528 W. 45th pi., at work liy2
hours. '
That Tebbetts & Garland had
eight girls at work overtime in vio
lation of the state child labor laws.
The evidence on Hillman's was
gained after the state factory inspec
tor had numbers of complaints
against the "store from overworked
girls.
Inspector Gertrude Stoelzel was
sent over and she wenf'among the
-employes. The two cases named
"were the first where proof was pro
cured 'of the age of the child. Others
are now under investigation.
S. M. Hitt, himself, manager of-the
store, was the man held responsible
forthe conditions. He must explain
things on Jan. 15.
In the Tebbetts & Garland cases
Nelson himself got pie evidence. In
response to ,tips that they were
working girls in violation of law, he
Tiustled down to the swell store him
self one night
The door was locked, but he
'banged away at it until the manager,
A. B,. Shelle, openedit and asked
what business, he had there
Nelson showed his star and walked
in. There .were eight girls in sight,
although it was late at night Before
fie had talked two"" minutes five Had"
disaDpeatfed. '
Nelson, after some argument with
the manager, went into the base
ment and there he found hats and
coats of 20 girls. '
After a further Investigation he
found the girls under the sidewalk
of Michigan' av.
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PEACE NOTE OPPONENTS FEAR
EFFECT ON MONROE DOCTRINE
Washington, Jan. 5. A desire to
"avoid dumping the Monroe doctrine
overboard" seemed today to be the
actuating motive behind the senate
fight against the Hitchcock resolu-
tioh endorsing Pres. Vilson's dis
patch of notes to belligerents.
The specter of a break or war with
Germany over submarines appeared
to have beeto relegated to the back
ground, though opponents of the res
olution knew that administration
sources have declared the notes had
that spirit behind them.
In a nutshell, the fight, as It
shaped up today, was against Ameri
can interference, in the peace situa
tion, lest this be misinterpreted and
involve lasting displeasures and en
tangling alliances.
Opponents of the endorsement
resolution believe that the sugges
tion of a world peace league or simi
lar instrumentality means ditching
the Monroe doctrine and plunging
this nation into the involved mass of
European politics, intrigue and per
haps even war.
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E. H. SOTHERN ILL
JuliaMarlowe, famous wife of R
"H. Sothern, actor, is rushing here
from New York to the bedside of her
husband. Sothern's illness, which at
first was reported slight, is of such
serious nature that it is believed an
operation will be hastily performed..
Dr. Gustav Futter, who is attending
the actor, diagnosed the complaint
as-stones u the kidney. Dr. Jos. Bis
sell, Sothern- family physician, will
arrive with Mrs. Sothern to perfon
the operation.
