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And I do- "know that Hoyne has been talking about a Chicago crime trustand the relation between it and politicians and police officers in a way that no man should talk unless he has facts on which to base his talk. Hovrifi avs tndav that-, fhfi nnonv- ering of the real ringleaders in the nMma I m.c- wi 1 vA4-1iff T WllilD UUOl lllO. J UUIC OUU1HUD. X shouldn't be a bit surprised. The pri mary election is some months off yet. The case against Barney Bertsche, which started Hoyne off on his wild talk about a crime trust, doesn't amount to a hill of beans. - Barney Bertsche never was any thing but a cheap politician, and he once was a felon. The only time he ever had any "drag" in Chicago was for-.a short period during the Busse shirtsleeve reign. vI don't see" that the discovery that Barney Bertsche has returned to his old paths of wickedness Is anything so wonderful. As to the Hearst-Harrison talk about crooked police officials. It seems "plain that that is aimed at Captain of Detectives John J. Halpin. Just as I never have met Billy Skidmore, so I never have met Cap tain Halpin. But I always have heard that'Halpin was a square policeman. On the other hand, while I never met Police Captain Paddy Lavin, I nfever heard that Lavin was on the square, and I do remember that Lavin helped break the stockyards strike of 1904, the newspaper strike of last summer, and was fired bodily by Mayor Dunne for taking part in a dirty frame-up. -So from what I know-of the two men, I'd-Eate to see Halpin fired by the- Hearst-business manager-managed civil service commission and Lavin putirfhis place. ' T- o o Pedestrian Madam, a boy who I am told is your son has just thrown a stone at met causing a wound that is: very painful. What are you .going to do about it? Mother I don't know; have you tried arnica?. , I SALARIES AND EXPENSE EAT UP CHARITY DONATIONS The Curran legislative committee yesterday forced? Eugene T. Lies, su perintendent of the "United Charities, to admit that 53 per cent 'of the money donated to the United Chari ties is used to pay the salaries and expenses of "United Charities officials. Lies, on the stand, denied that the United Charities controlled the Juve nile Court in cases brought up under the Mothers' Pension Law. Only a few weeks ago, Joel D. Hunter, chief probation officer of the Juvenile Court, told a Day Book re porter that "We never interfere with cases which the United Charities is taking care of." Lies said he thought the Mothers' Pension Law a good law If properly administered. Lies accordingly must think it very badly administered at present. The United Charities has prevented the granting of a Mothers' Pension to an overburdened woman many times, and now Is lobbying for a bill which would limit the pension of any one mother to $50 a month, no matter how many children she might have to care for. The present law, as it stands, leaves the amount of the pension en tirely in the hands of the Juvenile Court Lies also admitted yesterday that the United Charities tries to prevent anyone donating money to any char itable institution not contxolled'by it It Is possible that Julius Rosen--wald, the real head of the United Charities, may be called to the stand when the Curran commission returns to Chicago from Springfield atthe end of the week. '!And now, my dear General, come and sit by me and tell me all the scandal that's happened while I've been avy." "Well, really, Mrs. Mal lecho, er you see er the fact is that while you've been away there's been noscandal!"