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I THE DAY BOOK! N. D. COCHRAN EDITOR AND- PUBLISHER. 500 S. PEORIA ST. CHICAGO, III Tflfnhnnoo Editorial. Jldnroe 333 JKiepnones circulation, Menroe 3SS8 Subscription By Carrier in Chicago, 50 cent? a month. By Mail, United States and Can ada, 50 cents 'a Month. Entered as aecond-class matter April 21. 1914. at the postoffice at Chicago 111. under the Act of March S, 1879 common-sense jury would promptly report 'Not Guilty." Should the state protect property that is taxable under the law and' yet withheld by the owner from taxation? A TIP FOR TAXERS. If our am bitious tax officials are wise, now's their chance to grab Opportunity by the scruff of the neck with one hand and the seat of the pants by the other and take advantage of the deft work of the enterprising gentlemanly burglars who have been exploiting the homes of our best, citzens on the aristocratic North Side., The plan is simple. As the burglaries are com mitted, ani-the list of stolen jewels published m the papers let said tax officials look up the tax returns of the burglarized plute and 'see whether the jewels were fairly re turned for taxation Of course, it may develop the shocking fact that some of our richest residents "on Lake ,Shore Drive and Sheridan Road have defective memories the kind that fail when making tax returns but such memories can be jogged "a bit bythe valuation placed on jewelry in reports to the police of swe.ll rob beries Another plan might be adopted, to wit: If the burglars are captured and put dn trial, let the mouthpiece for the defense offer as evidence that valuables alleged to be stolen weren't on the tax duplicate, and insist that the presumption in law ought to be that- personal property not returned for taxation doesn't legally exist and .hence couldn' b stolen. Then a , JAKE'S tOEBSTERS. As Jake Loeb's school board has decided on military training in the public I schools, with rifles and uniforms fpr the boys, we enter our protest now against the adoption of grey as the color for the uniforms. Grey is a nice mousey color, to be sure, but it is too modest and retiring. In factit is not Loeby enough. Red would De mope appropriate, some rich, flamey, startling, sensational red. A real lobster red would answer the pur pose nicely. We imagine this would be a great inspiration to the great American boy and help him find a suitable nickname for the high school sojers. Boys do love nick names, y'know. And what would be more descriptive and romantic than to dub the sojers Jake'sLoebsters? Supe,- Shoop could order all the teachers to instruct pupils in the gen lle art of pronunciation, so that they .wouldn't pronounce Loebster with a silent e. Orders couldbe issued to pronounce Loebster with the e strong, as in cheese. And the cadets would look so pretty in lobster red uniforms that the dear giris could scarcely keep their eyes off of 'em. We think, too, That Jinral Jake would look better in a red uniform than in a grey one; and that public school army will never look right on dress parade unless Jinral Jake hep-heps-atrthe head of it in a uniform. IT'S UP TO SCHUETTLER. All Chief Schuettler has to do is to take xthe mayor at his word and make gooa. ay giving mm a iree nana ana placing responsibility squarely on his shoulders. Mayor Thompson has given Schuettler his opportun" Hoyne has made it,easy for the -w gJZjtfgppZJj